A.3 ANALOG DRUM MACHINES
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# A.3 ANALOG DRUM MACHINES APPENDIX A: MACHINES SEL1-SEL8 (CC 1–8 Select) specifies the CC commands whose values you control controlled by the parameters on the AMP PAGE 1 (CC VALUE) page. The selectable commands are the standard MIDI Control Change Messages. (1–119) Please note that the MIDI machine has only one LFO available. A.3 ANALOG DRUM MACHINES The Syntakt has three Analog Drum voices (available on tracks 9–11). The Analog Drum machines cover everything from kicks and snares to rimshots, and even have a dual VCO machine for creating more melodic sounds. BD HARD TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillator. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time. The depth of the sweep is fixed. SNAP (Snap Amount) sets the snap transient level. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. WAV (Waveform) sets the oscillator waveform to sine, asymmetric sine or triangle. (0, 1, 2) HOLD (Hold Time) sets the hold time, the time before the decay phase starts. TICK (Tick Level) sets the level of the transient tick. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. BD CLASSIC TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillator. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time. Low values result in a short sweep. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. APPENDIX A: MACHINES WAVE (Waveform) sets the oscillator waveform to sine, asymmetric sine or triangle. HOLD (Hold Time) sets the hold time, the time before the decay phase starts. TRAN (Transient) sets the tick or noise transient sound and its level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. BD FM TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the first (modulated) oscillator. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time of the first (modulated) oscillator. FM D (FM Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the second (modulating) oscillator and, con sequently, the decay time of the FM effect. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the first (modulated) oscillator and, consequently, the whole drum sound. FM T (FM Tune) sets the pitch of the second (modulating) oscillator. FM S (FM Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time of the second (modulating) oscillator. FM A (FM Amount) sets the amount of frequency modulation the second oscillator subjects the first to. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. BD PLASTIC TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the two interacting oscillators. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time of the two interacting oscillators. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. TYPE (Modulation Type) The first is linear Frequency Modulation between the oscillators. The second is FM combined with ring modulation. MOD (Modulation Level) sets modulation depth. TICK (Tick Level) sets the level of the transient tick. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. APPENDIX A: MACHINES BD SILKY TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillator. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. DUST (Dust Level) sets the level of subtle tape-like static. HOLD (Hold Time) sets the length of the hold phase. CLIK (VCO Click) sets the soft, oscillator-generated click level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. BD SHARP TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillator. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. WAVE (Waveform) sets the waveform. There are five waveforms to choose from (Sine, Asymmetric Sine, Triangle, Sinetooth, Sawtooth and Square), and there is a choice between letting the oscillator run freely, or have it reset each time the synth is trigged (wave graphics showed with an anchor point on the LCD) HOLD (Hold Time) sets the length of the hold phase. TICK (Tick Level) sets the level of transient tick. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. BD ACOUSTIC APPENDIX A: MACHINES TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch (in semi-tones) of the oscillator. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. HOLD (Hold Time) sets the length of the hold phase. IMP (Impact) sets the level of the digital transient. The transient consists of a mix of PCM and noise. WAVE (Waveform) sets the waveform. There are six waveforms to choose from (Sine, Asymmetric Sine, Triangle, Sinetooth, Sawtooth, and Square), and there is a choice between letting the oscillator run freely, or have it reset each time the synth is trigged (wave graphics showed with an anchor point on the screen). OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. SD FM TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the first (modulated) oscillator. FM T (FM Tune) sets the pitch of the second (modulating) oscillator. FM D (FM Decay Time) sets the decay time of the second (modulating) oscillator and, consequently, the decay time of the FM effect. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the first (modulated) oscillator and, consequently, the whole drum sound. FM A (FM Amount) sets the amount of frequency modulation the second oscillator subjects the first oscillator to. NDEC (Noise Decay) sets the length of the noise decay phase. NLEV (Noise Level) sets the noise level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. SD NATURAL TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the first oscillator. NDEC (Noise Decay) sets the length of the noise decay BAL (Noise Balance) sets the balance between noise and oscillator. DEC (Decay Time) sets the length of the decay phase of the oscillator. HPF (Noise HPF) sets the noise highpass filter cutoff frequency. LPF (Noise LPF) sets the noise lowpass filter cutoff frequency. APPENDIX A: MACHINES RESO (Noise Resonance) adds a resonant peak to the Noise LPF. Zero value quenches noise reso nance altogether. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. SD CLASSIC TUNE (Tune) sets the common pitch of the oscillators. DET (Detune) sets the pitch of the second oscillator in relation to the first. BAL (Osc Balance) sets the balance between the levels of oscillator 1 and oscillator 2. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. SNAP (Snap Amount) sets the snap transient level. NDEC (Noise Decay) sets the length of the noise decay phase. NLEV (Noise Level) sets the noise level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. SD HARD TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillators. The interval between them is fixed. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. TICK (Tick Level) sets the level of the transient tick. NDEC (Noise Decay) sets the length of the noise decay phase. NLEV (Noise Level) sets the noise level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. SD ACOUSTIC APPENDIX A: MACHINES TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch (in semi-tones) of the oscillator. NDEC (Noise Decay) sets the length of the noise decay. NLEV (Noise Balance) sets the level of the noise. BDEC (Body Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the oscillator. HOLD (Hold Time) sets the length of the hold phase. IMP (Impact) sets the level of the digital transient. The transient consists of a mix of PCM and noise. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. RS HARD TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillators. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the pitch sweep time. SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the pitch sweep. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. TICK (Tick Level) sets the level of the transient tick. NLEV (Noise Level) sets the noise level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. RS CLASSIC TUN1 (Tune Osc1) sets the pitch of the first oscillator. TUN2 (Tune Osc2) sets the pitch of the second oscillator. BAL (Osc Balance) sets the balance between oscillator 1 and oscillator 2. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. TICK (Tick Level) sets the level of the transient tick. NLEV (Noise Level) sets the noise level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. APPENDIX A: MACHINES UT (UTILITY) NOISE GEN (WHITE NOISE GENERATOR) SDEP (Sweep Depth) sets the depth of the LP Filter sweep. Negative as well as positive sweeps are possible. STIM (Sweep Time) sets the length of the sweep from the depth set by SDEP. Low values result in snappy sweeps, high values result in longer sweeps. ATK (Attack) sets the length of the attack phase. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. The decay can be set to infinite length. HPF (HP Filter) sets the highpass filter cutoff frequency. LPF (LP Filter) sets the lowpass filter cutoff frequency. RESO (Resonance) sets the amount of resonance around the cutoff frequency of the LP Filter. LEV (Level) sets the overall sound volume of the machine. UT (UTILITY) IMPULSE (POSITIVE/NEGATIVE POLARITY IMPULSE) The Impulse machine can be used to “ping” the filter to create tom sounds. On the FLTR page, set the filter FREQ parameter to around 48 and the RESO parameter to a high value and then trig the machine. Another use case for the Impulse machine is to create a transient sound that can be used together with another sound. ATK (Attack) sets the length of the attack phase. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. POL (Polarity) sets the polarity, positive or negative. LEV (Level) sets the overall sound volume of the machine. SY DUAL VCO TUNE (Osc 1 Tune) sets the tuning of oscillator 1. DET (Osc 2 Detune) sets the tuning of oscillator 2, relative to oscillator 1. DEC1 (Osc 1 Decay) sets the decay time of oscillator 1 level. APPENDIX A: MACHINES DEC2 (Osc 2 Decay) sets the decay time of oscillator 2 level. CNFG (Osc Config) selects the waveforms and interaction of the two oscillators. There are two different waveforms for oscillator 1 (sine, sinesaw) and five different waveforms for oscillator 2 (sine, skewed sine, triangle, sinesaw, saw). “+” = Mixes the oscillators. “R” = Ring modulation. “FM” = Frequency modulation (linear) with osc 1 as the carrier. (Does not pitch track 100% correct) “F+R” = Frequency modulation (linear) and Ring modulation (Does not pitch track 100% correct) Waveforms that begins with a small square = The oscillators are reset when trigged. BEND (Bend) sets the depth of a fixed time pitch envelope and increases the volume of a short transient. BAL (Balance) controls the levels of the two oscillators. At a value of 0, both are 50%. Negative values attenuate oscillator 2. Positive values attenuate oscillator 1. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. SY RAW TUNE (Osc 1 Tune) sets the tuning of oscillator 1. Value 0 corresponds to note C-2. DET (Detune) sets the tuning of oscillator 2, relative to oscillator 1. LEV2 (Osc 2 Level) sets the level of oscillator 2. DEC2 (Osc 2 Decay) sets the decay time of oscillator 2 level. WAV1 (Osc 1 Wave) selects the waveform of oscillator 1. There are six waveforms for oscillator 1: sine, asymetric sine, triangle, sinesaw, saw, and square. If the waveform begins with a small square then the phase of both oscillators are reset when trigged. WAV2 (Osc 2 Wave) selects the waveform of oscillator 2. There are seven waveforms for oscillator 2: sine, asymetric sine, triangle, sinesaw, saw, square, and ring modulator (oscillator 2 ring modulates oscillator 1 using a square wave, even if you set LEV2 to 0. Turning up LEV2 to adds a sine wave). NLEV (Noise Level) sets the noise level. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. SY CHIP SY CHIP is inspired by a technique used in 80:s home computers that uses an internal arpeggiator to change between selected notes at a high speed to create the illusion of playing a chord. It is also useful for creating a certain type of drum sounds. The root note will be followed by up to three notes, offset from the root note. APPENDIX A: MACHINES TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch (in semi-tones) of the oscillator. WAVE (Waveform) sets the waveform of the oscillator. • Static waveforms Analog sine, asymmetric sine, triangle, sinesaw, saw, square Digital SID-style noise (pitched) • Animated waveforms (repeating): Anim 1-4: Ringmodulated analog variants Anim 5: Alternating analog waveforms, animated at note speed PWM+ : Digital pulse wave, animated at note speed from 50% PWM- : Digital pulse wave, animated at note speed from 10% • Table-based waveforms (non repeating alternating waveforms, TRI as an example) .TRI : Short noise-burst, then triangle +TRI : Noise, then triangle TRI+ : Triangle, noise, then triangle TRI* : Triangle, noise, noise, then triangle TBL1, TBL2, TBL3 : Short noise-burst, then a selection of waveforms • Digital pulse wave (1 to 99%) SPD (Speed) sets the speed of the internal arpeggiator. First range of values are note divisions of the set BPM. Second range of values are fixed values in Hz. At the end of the list are a number of values which sets the arpeggiator in “single-shot” mode, where the arpeggiator will not restart. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. OF2–4 (Offset 2–4) sets three note offsets from the pitch set by TUNE. Basically by selecting differ ent offsets, you create different “chords”. A value of 0 restarts the arpeggiator (or stops it, in case of single-shot arps). OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. MIDI The parameters for the MIDI machine are split over the SYN, FLTR and AMP PARAMETER pages. MIDI (SYN page) Here you can set the MIDI channel that the MIDI machine should use to send data. Bank and program change values are also set here, together with a few standard CC parameters. The default value of the parameters on this page is OFF, meaning they are disabled and do not send out any data. Press and hold [FUNC] and then press the DATA ENTRY knobs to enable them. You can then use the DATA ENTRY knobs to set the parameter values as usual. Disable the parameters again by repeating the activation procedure. Press [SYN] once to access this parameter page. CHAN (Channel) sets the MIDI channel the track sends MIDI data to. If you set this parameter to OFF, it turns the MIDI track off. Please note that this parameter cannot be parameter locked. (OFF, 1–16) BANK (Bank) sends a bank change message on CC 0 MSB. (OFF, 1–128) SBNK (Sub Bank) sends a bank change message on CC 32 LSB. (OFF, 1–128) APPENDIX A: MACHINES PROG (Program Change) sends a Program Change message. (OFF, 1–128) PB (Pitch Bend) controls the pitch bend data sent on the MIDI track. (OFF, -128.00–128.00) AT (Aftertouch) controls the aftertouch data sent on the MIDI track. (OFF, 0–127) MW (Mod Wheel) controls the modulation wheel data sent on the MIDI track. (OFF, 0–127) BC (Breath Controller) controls the breath control data sent on the MIDI track. (OFF, 0–127) MIDI (FLTR page) Here you can set the values of up to eight assignable CC commands. The default value of the param eters on this page is OFF, meaning they are disabled and do not send out any data. Press and hold [FUNC] and then press the DATA ENTRY knobs to enable them. You can then use the DATA ENTRY knobs to set the parameter values as usual. Disable the parameters again by repeating the enabling procedure. Press [FLTR] to access this parameter page. VAL1-VAL8 (CC 1–8 Value) controls the values that the CC commands send. You specify the CC commands themselves on the AMP (CC SELECT) page. These parameters default value is OFF. Press [FUNC] + DATA ENTRY knobs to activate the parameters and then turn the DATA ENTRY knobs to set a value. (OFF, 0–127) MIDI (AMP page) Here you select the eight CC commands whose values you set with the parameters on the FLTR PAGE (CC VALUE) page. Press the corresponding knob or [ENTER/YES] to activate the parameter change. Press [AMP] to access this parameter page. SEL1-SEL8 (CC 1–8 Select) specifies the CC commands whose values you control controlled by the parameters on the AMP PAGE 1 (CC VALUE) page. The selectable commands are the standard MIDI Control Change Messages. (1–119) Please note that the MIDI machine only has one LFO. APPENDIX A: MACHINES DISABLE (MACHINE DISABLED) There are no parameters on the SYN page when the DISABLE machine is selected. Use this machine to make sure no sound or noise is coming from the track the machine is assigned to. A.4 ANALOG CYMBAL MACHINES The Syntakt has one ANALOG CYMBAL voice (available on track 12). The ANALOG CYMBAL machines focus on metallic sounds such as hihats, rides, cymbals and cowbells. CH CLASSIC TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillators of the closed hihat. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the closed hihat sound. NCOL (Noise Color) sets the timbral color. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive. OH CLASSIC TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the oscillators of the open hihat. DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase. NCOL (Noise Color) sets the timbral color. OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive.
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