User Manual

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SPECTRALIS 2
2. Introduction
We first would like to thank you for purchasing the Spectralis 2. You have
purchased a modern music instrument, which not only sounds great, but also
doubles as a powerful ”music-machine”, which will provide new impulses for
your future LIVE-performances as well as production activities. This manual
is intended to help you to utilize as much of the Spectralis 2’ potential right
from the get-go. It should accompany you through the basic exploration period
and introduce you to a number of its special features. Beside the reference
sections it is mostly of a practical users guide and workshop handbook, which
can provide you with a pretty extensive overview of the Spectralis’ potential.
The emphasis is on practical, repetitive and repeatable lessons. The Spectralis
comes with an integrated help system which works a little bit like an additional
on board reference manual. If you need further information about the meaning
of an displayed parameter name just press the shift button and touch the encoder
button of the assigned rotary encoder.
2.1 What is the Spectralis 2?
The Spectralis is a performance-oriented music instrument with multiple
sequencer-sections optimized for LIVE-operation. In addition it is also an ex-
travagant and powerful sound-design tool. The Spectralis also doubles as a
workstation and can handle complete music production jobs - due to its sampling
engine which comes with digital multimode-filters.
What the Spectralis has to offer:
– A pattern-based 17-track sequencer with unique performance-
possibilities, drum-grid, „Step by Step“- and realtime programming/
editing
– A complex, subtractive synthesizer with 4 digital oscillators and analog
filters.
– Sample/DSP based sound-engine with 32 stereo-voices, sound
processing with 128 MB RAM, 4 GB internal flash rom for data
storaging.
– A 32 track analog-style step-sequencer, which not only plays notes, but
can also modulate most of the soundparameters of the Spectralis.
– A filterbank with ten bands (8 bandpass-, plus one high- and one lowpass
filter), controllable with the help of the step sequencer.
– A DSP based effect section and an internal audiomixer with various In-
and Outputs.
– SD Card slot for data backups, sample import and firmware upgrade
transfers
As you spend more time with your Spectralis you’re sure to realize and master
its full potential. Hopefully this manual will prove to be a valuable companion
Introduction