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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
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1 Welcome To Absynth 5
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What Is ABSYNTH
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What's New in ABSYNTH 5
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The ABSYNTH 5 Documentation
14
In this Manual
14
Other Documentation
14
Formatting Conventions
15
2 Control Elements And Areas
16
Windows, Pages, Panels, and Tabs
16
Buttons and Switches
17
Menus and Selectors
17
Value Fields
18
Sliders and Knobs
19
3 Application Menu Bar
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File Menu
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Edit Menu
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Help Menu
22
Options Dialog
23
General Page
23
Surround Page
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Browser Page
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4 Navigation Bar
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Top Row: Global Controls
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ABSYNTH 5 Logo
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Window Tabs
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Record Button
30
CPU Meter
31
Input and Output Level Meters
32
Panic Button
32
NI Logo
32
Bottom Row: Sound Management
33
File and Edit Menus
33
Sound Name Display and Sound Menu
33
Previous/Next Sound Buttons
34
Mutate and Retry Buttons
34
Save and Save as Buttons
35
Database Activity Indicator
35
Keyboard Button
35
5 Patch Window
36
Signal Flow in the Patch
37
Combining Modules in the Channels
37
Channel Level Controls
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Surround Pan Switch
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Master Channel
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Mono Mode and Poly Mode in the Master Channel
40
Common Features for All Modules
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Edit Menu
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Panels and Tabs
42
Universal Library
42
Common Features in Many Modules
44
Waveform Selector and Waveform Selection Dialog
45
Frequency Menu and Frequency Control
47
Anti-Alias Switch
48
Phase Inverter
49
Oscillator Module
49
Oscillator's Panels and Tabs
50
Oscillator's Edit Menu
52
Single Mode
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Double Mode
54
FM Mode
55
Ringmod Mode
56
Fractalize Mode
57
Sync Granular Mode
58
Sample Mode
59
Granular Mode
61
Audio in Mode
62
Filter Module
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General Functioning
63
Filter's Panels and Tabs
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Feedback Loop and Feedback Panel
64
Lowpass
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Highpass
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Allpass
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Bandpass
70
Notch
71
Comb
72
Supercomb
73
Cloud
74
Modulator Module
77
General Function
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Ring Modulation
77
Frequency Shift
78
Waveshaper Module
80
General Function
80
Main Panel
81
6 Effect Window
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General Interaction
83
Change of Status and Selecting an Effect
83
Signal Pathway
84
Surround Panner
84
Control Area
87
Modulation and Sensitivity Control
87
Pipe
88
Parameters
89
Multicomb
90
Parameters
90
Multitap
92
Parameters
93
Echoes
94
Parameters
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Resonators
96
Parameters
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Aetherizer
98
Master Section
99
Grain Cloud Parameters
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Aetherizer Display
103
7 Wave Window
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Waveform Page, Spectrum Page, Morph Page
104
Creating New Waves
105
Editing Waves
105
Tools in the Waveform Page
106
Transform Menu (Waveform Page)
106
Spectrum Edit
108
Tools in Spectrum Page
109
Transform Menu (Spectrum Page)
109
Wave Morph
110
8 Envelope Window
113
Fundamentals for Operation
113
Zoom Function
114
Envelope List
114
Selecting an Envelope
116
Copying and Inserting Envelopes
116
Breakpoints, Transitions/Steps, Sync
116
Creating and Deleting Breakpoints
118
Grid Switch
118
Lock/Slide Switch
118
Free/Sync Switch
118
Sustain/Release Marker
119
Envelope Modes
119
Release Mode
119
Sustain Mode
119
Loop Mode
120
Retrigger Mode
120
Control Driven Envelopes
121
Link Mode
122
Sample Jump
123
Envelope LFO
124
Envelope Modulation
125
Master Envelope
127
Assigning Breakpoints
127
Controlling the Master Envelope
129
Transform Commands
129
Scale
130
Expand to Rhythm
130
Generate AR Pulse
131
Set Duration
131
Load Template
132
Save as Template
132
Initialize Selected Envelope
132
Delete Selected Envelope
132
9 Lfo Window
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Oscillator Section
134
Modulation Sections
135
Channel Parameters Section
136
Master Parameters Section
137
Controller Section
138
10 Perform Window
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Global Features
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Global Settings Bar
140
Master Envelope
141
Audio in
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Automation In Absynth 5: Macro Controls
142
Controllers Page
145
Assignments Page
147
MIDI Page
148
Pitchbend
148
Volume
149
Pan
149
Velocity
150
Note Page
150
Note-Dependent Modulation
151
Glide
151
Tuning Page
152
Creating a User-Defined Tuning
152
Octave Link
153
Audio Mod Page
154
Audio Mod as Envelope Follower
154
Audio Mod as Trigger
155
Parameters
155
11 The Browser And Attributes Windows
157
The Attributes Concept And The Kore Sound
157
Searching And Loading Sounds With The Browser
158
Database View
159
File Tree View
163
Programs
165
Mutator
166
Basic Operations
167
Mini-Patch View
168
Mutation History
169
Finetuning Controls
170
Mutation Controls in Other Parts of the GUI
171
Defining Attributes And Saving Kore Sounds
172
12 Additional Features
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Virtual Keyboard
174
Hold Switch
174
Sustain Switch
175
Audio Recorder
175
Main Operations
176
Overdubbing
177
Options
177
Once the Recording Is Finished
178
13 Appendix A - How To Work With Attributes
179
The Instrument Column
180
The Source Column
181
The Timbre Column
183
The Articulation Column
184
The Genre Column
185
Examples
186
14 Appendix B - Attributes Reference
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Instrument Categories
191
Instrument
191
Source
193
Timbre
195
Articulation
196
Genre
198
Effect Categories
200
Type
200
Mode
201
Characteristic
202
Application
203
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Model
Absynth 5
Category
Synthesizer
Language
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