User manual ANTARES KANTOS 1.0

[. . . ] Owner's Manual ©2002 Antares Audio Technologies. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Antares Audio Technologies 231 Technology Circle Scotts Valley, California 95066 USA voice: (831) 461 7800 fax: (831) 461 7801 email: info@antarestech. com web: www. antarestech. com Printed in USA Rev 1. 7rgb 09/2002 The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo The Antares kantos 1. 0 software and this User's Manual are protected by copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law. [. . . ] Here are the Top 5 things you need to know about the Articulator: · The Articulator has three inputs: Osc 1, Osc 2, and Noise In. Enable their "LEDs" to send them to the Articulator. · With the control dot at the lower left-hand corner, the input passes through unaffected. This equals numerical values of 0% Q and 0% Amount. 20 · Moving the dot to the upper right hand corner produces the maximum effect. This equals numerical values of 100% Q and 100% Amount. · The Formant Offset parameter shifts the input's detected formants (overall harmonic structure) up or down in frequency, providing yet another twisted way to affect the sound's character. · The Emphasis section is a three-band graphic equalizer with separate controls for low, mid, and high frequencies. Use it to tailor the sound's overall character. · Continue playing the VOCALS_WORDS. AIF file. If needed, bring down the delay slider (or click on its mute button) from the previous tutorial. Also turn down the Input slider in the main Mixer so you don't hear the original vocal. · Start off by dragging the glowing blue ball to the lower left-hand corner, where the Articulator has no effect. · Drag the ball around and note the audio result. As you move it to the right, the sound becomes brighter. Toward the left, the sound becomes darker and lower. · Enable and disable the Articulator's Osc1 and Osc2 buttons to hear how they affect the sound. Leave them enabled for now, along with the Noise In button. · Bring up the Sub-Mixer Noise slider and check out the creepy whispering effect. · Click on the Noise Filter's Active button and experiment with different filter settings. · Experiment with the Emphasis sliders to check out how they affect the sound. 21 Chapter 8: Modulation Mastery What Is Modulation? Modulation is the process of using a control signal to vary a sound-altering or sound-generating parameter. For a simple example, turning up an amp's volume is an example of "modulating" the amplitude with a "control signal" (your hand turning the knob). More examples: synthesizer vibrato uses an LFO to modulate oscillator pitch, and the tremolo in a guitar amp modulates level with a periodic waveform. [. . . ] For example, when used to control pitch, they create vibrato; when controlling amplitude, they creates tremolo. There are two identical LFOs, LFO1 and LFO2. Each LFO has the same parameters. NAME RANGE WHAT IT DOES Wave Sine, triangle, ramp up, ramp down, square, random 0. 1Hz to 20Hz Chooses the shape of the LFO oscillator's output. Freq Changes the LFO frequency Modulation Matrix WHAT'S IT FOR?The Modulation Matrix routes modulation sources to modulation destinations, and sets the amount of modulation. [. . . ]