User manual NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5

[. . . ] Getting Started ABSYNTH 5 ­ Getting Started ­ I ENGLISH ABSYNTH 5 Germany Native Instruments GmbH Schlesische Str. 28 D-10997 Berlin Germany info@native-instruments. de www. native-instruments. de USA Native Instruments North America, Inc. 5631 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028 USA sales@native-instruments. com www. native-instruments. com Table Of Contents 1 Welcome to ABSYNTH 5!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 1 What's New in ABSYNTH 5?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 2 The ABSYNTH 5 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 2. 1 In this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 2. 2 Other Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 2. 3 Formatting Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 3 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. 1 Setting up ABSYNTH 5 in Stand-Alone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. 1. 1 Audio and MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. 1. 2 About Latencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2. 1. 3 The MIDI Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Theapplicationsofthefeedbackloopareendless. Theyalsodependontheaudio materialsenttothefilter. Don'thesitatetotrydifferentsettingsinvarioussituations!For more info, please refer to the Reference Manual. ABSYNTH 5 ­ Getting Started ­ 39 ENGLISH 4. 3. 4 Interlude: Saving Your Sound It is highly recommended to saveyourworkregularly, inordertoavoidanyaccident. Hence, we propose you to do it now before to go deeper in the sound design. To save your Sound in the KORESOUNDformat(*. ksd), dothefollowing: 1. ClickontheSaveAsbuttonintheNavigationBar. ASaveAsdialogwillopenup. SelectthefolderinyourfilesystemwhereyouwanttosaveyourSound. Bydefault, ABSYNTH 5 proposes you the "My Sounds" folder. Enter a name for the KORESOUNDfile, forexample:"MyLeadSound", andclickon"Save. " Your Sound is now saved. ! We recommend that you save the Sound in the default folder proposed by ABSYNTH 5 or in one of its subfolders. This will automatically integrate the Sound into the ABSYNTH 5DatabaseandmakeitreadilyavailableintheBrowserwindowinthesamewayastheSounds provided in the Factory Library. 4. 3. 5 Modulating the Filter WecannowcontinuetoshapeourSound. Tomakethesoundmoreinteresting, we can for example modulate the Filter's frequency. The term "modulate" means the automated change of a parameter via some control signal. To do this, we need to set upamodulationsource(thecontrolsignal)andamodulationtarget. ! For a presentation of the concept of modulation, please refer to the section 3. 1. 2 "Modulation" above. In our case, the modulation target is the Frequency control of the Filter module that we implemented in the previous section. To modulate this parameter, we will use an Envelope as modulation source. What Envelopes Do OpentheEnvelopewindowbyclickingontheEnvelopetabintheNavigationBar: The Envelope window replaces the Patch window in ABSYNTH 5's interface. 40 ­ ABSYNTH 5 ­ Getting Started By default, three Envelopes are already set up for new Sounds: they control the signal amplitude for each Oscillator A, B and C. These Envelopes are listed in the bottom left part of the Envelope window, in the so-called Envelope List(labelledAvailable Envelopes). Inthislistyoufind, forexample, theamplitudeEnvelopesofourtwo Oscillators: Oscil A Amp and Oscil B Amp. All the selected Envelopes in the Envelope List are depicted in the main part of the Envelope window, one on top of the other, in the so-called Envelope display. In the Envelope display, each Envelope essentially is a assembly of segments and curves of various colors and directions, joined by a few points between them. Nowthebasicthingtoknowis:Thesesegmentsindicatethelevelofthemodulated parameter as a function of the time. The parameter levels are represented vertically and the time horizontally. The Envelope's outlined course represent the value of the modulatedparameter:whenyouplayasound, thiscourseistriggeredandthefluctuating value of the Envelope controls the value of the target parameter. Creating a New Envelope for the Filter Frequency WeactuallywanttoworkontheFilter'sFrequency. FirstwemustcreatethisEnvelope, as it does not appear in the list yet: 1. IntheEnvelopeListontheleft, clickontheNewEnvelopebutton. The so-called New Envelope dialog opens. ABSYNTH 5 ­ Getting Started ­ 41 ENGLISH On the left, you see a list of the activated modules in your patch, along with the whole Channels in use. According to your selection in this left column, the middle column then displays the list of parameters that can be modulated. [. . . ] 11 Plug-in mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Pro Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 T Template Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Transform menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48 Transition control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]