Arturia MiniBrute User's Manual 3 6 Legal notes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction ............................................................................. 5
2 Installation ............................................................................... 9
2.1 Usage Precautions ................................................................................................. 9
2.2 Register your Instrument ...................................................................................... 11
2.3 Connecting the MiniBrute to the World ............................................................ 11
2.4 Warm-Up and General Tuning ........................................................................... 12
3 Quickstart .............................................................................. 14
3.1 Create your first sound: the “basic patch” ...................................................... 14
3.2 Add some vibrato ................................................................................................ 15
3.3 Tweak the envelope ............................................................................................ 16
3.4 Meet the LFO ......................................................................................................... 17
3.5 Create arpeggiated sequences ....................................................................... 18
4 General description ............................................................. 20
4.1 Analog synthesizer architecture ........................................................................ 20
4.1.1 Signal generators..................................................................................................................... 20
4.1.1.1 Pitched signal generator (oscillators) ................................................................................. 20
4.1.1.2 Unpitched signal generator ................................................................................................. 21
4.1.2 Signal enhancers ..................................................................................................................... 22
4.1.3 Filter ........................................................................................................................................... 23
4.1.3.1 What is a filter? ........................................................................................................................ 23
4.1.3.2 Filter types: Low-pass, Band-pass, High-pass and Notch ................................................ 23
4.1.3.3 Resonance or emphasis ........................................................................................................ 25
4.1.4 Amplifier .................................................................................................................................... 25
4.1.5 Modulators ............................................................................................................................... 26
4.1.6 Player interface ....................................................................................................................... 27
4.1.7 Inputs and outputs .................................................................................................................. 28
4.1.8 MiniBrute diagram ................................................................................................................... 29
4.2 Front Panel ............................................................................................................. 30
4.2.1 The oscillator and its signal mixer .......................................................................................... 30
4.2.1.1 The waveforms ........................................................................................................................ 30
Saw and Ultrasaw ................................................................................................................................ 30
Square and Modulated Pulse ............................................................................................................ 30
Triangle and Metalizer ......................................................................................................................... 31
The sub-oscillator (Sub Osc) ............................................................................................................... 31
Noise ...................................................................................................................................................... 31
Audio In ................................................................................................................................................. 31
4.2.2 The filter..................................................................................................................................... 32
4.2.2.1 Mode ......................................................................................................................................... 32
4.2.2.2 Cutoff ........................................................................................................................................ 32
4.2.2.3 Resonance ............................................................................................................................... 32
4.2.2.4 ENV Amt (envelope amount) .............................................................................................. 33
4.2.2.5 KBD Tracking ............................................................................................................................ 33
4.2.2.6 Envelope speed ...................................................................................................................... 33
4.2.2.7 Filter Envelope ......................................................................................................................... 33
4.2.3 The amplifier ............................................................................................................................. 34
4.2.3.1 Amplifier Envelope ................................................................................................................. 34
4.2.4 Controls ..................................................................................................................................... 34
4.2.4.1 MOD Wheel ............................................................................................................................. 34
4.2.4.2 Aftertouch ................................................................................................................................ 35
4.2.4.3 Bend Range ............................................................................................................................. 35
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