5.7.1 The Motion Recorder activation/deactivation ............................................................................................... 51
5.7.2 Playing recorded Motion curves ................................................................................................................... 51
5.7.3 Recording a parameter motion curve in real time ........................................................................................ 52
5.7.4 Erasing a recorded automation in real time ................................................................................................. 52
5.7.5 Quantizing a motion curve ............................................................................................................................ 52
5.7.6 Setting the modulation amount of a motion curve ......................................................................................... 53
5.7.7 The parameters available for the Motion Recorder ...................................................................................... 53
5.7.8 Editing a motion curve .................................................................................................................................. 54
5.7.8.1 The Edit tools ............................................................................................................................................................ 54
5.7.8.2 The Curve Editor screen ............................................................................................................................................ 55
5.8 THE VOCAL FILTER ................................................................................................................................................ 55
5.9 THE LOW FREQUENCY GENERATOR ....................................................................................................................... 57
5.10 THE MODULATION MATRIX .................................................................................................................................. 57
5.11 THE ARPEGGIATOR .............................................................................................................................................. 58
5.12 THE CHORUS AND STEREO DELAY ....................................................................................................................... 59
6 THE BASICS OF SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS ................................................................................................. 60
6.1 THE THREE MAIN ELEMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 60
6.1.1 The oscillator, or VCO .................................................................................................................................. 60
6.1.1.1 Triangle ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61
6.1.1.2 Sawtooth .................................................................................................................................................................... 61
6.1.1.3 Square ........................................................................................................................................................................ 62
6.1.1.4 Pulse Width Modulation ............................................................................................................................................ 62
6.1.1.5 Synchronization ......................................................................................................................................................... 62
6.1.1.6 Frequency modulation ............................................................................................................................................... 63
6.1.2 The noise module .......................................................................................................................................... 63
6.1.3 The Mixer ...................................................................................................................................................... 64
6.1.4 The filter or VCF ........................................................................................................................................... 64
6.1.4.1 The cut-off frequency ................................................................................................................................................ 64
6.1.4.2 The resonance ............................................................................................................................................................ 65
6.1.5 The amplifier or VCA .................................................................................................................................... 65
6.2 OTHER MODULES .................................................................................................................................................. 66
6.2.1 The keyboard ................................................................................................................................................. 66
6.2.2 The envelope generator ................................................................................................................................. 66
6.2.3 The low frequency oscillator ......................................................................................................................... 67
7 A FEW ELEMENTS IN SOUND DESIGN ............................................................................................................ 69
7.1 SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS ..................................................................................................................................... 69
7.1.1 A simple bass sound ...................................................................................................................................... 69
7.1.2 A 3 oscillators lead sound ............................................................................................................................. 71
7.1.3 A polyphonic accompaniment ....................................................................................................................... 72
7.2 THE MODULATION MATRIX ................................................................................................................................... 73
7.2.1 Using the arpeggiator ................................................................................................................................... 75
7.3 THE EFFECTS OF THE MINI V ................................................................................................................................ 75
7.3.1 The stereo chorus .......................................................................................................................................... 76
7.3.2 The stereo delay ............................................................................................................................................ 77
8 MODES OF OPERATION ...................................................................................................................................... 78
8.1 STANDALONE ........................................................................................................................................................ 78
8.1.1 Launch the application .................................................................................................................................. 78
8.1.2 Configuration of the instrument .................................................................................................................... 78
8.2 VST 2 ................................................................................................................................................................... 79
8.3 VST 3 ................................................................................................................................................................... 79
8.4 RTAS ................................................................................................................................................................... 79
8.5 AU ........................................................................................................................................................................ 79
8.6 64 BIT COMPATIBILITY .......................................................................................................................................... 79
8.7 USE IN CUBASE/NUENDO (VST) ........................................................................................................................... 80
8.7.1 Instrument use in VST mode .......................................................................................................................... 80
8.7.2 Rescan the plug-in directory in Cubase ........................................................................................................ 81
8.7.3 Saving of presets .......................................................................................................................................... 81
8.8 USING IN PRO TOOLS (RTAS) .............................................................................................................................. 81
8.8.1 Opening of the plug-in .................................................................................................................................. 81
8.8.2 Saving the presets .......................................................................................................................................... 82
8.8.3 Automation under Pro Tools ......................................................................................................................... 82
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