Native Instruments Retro Machines MK2, Manual

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Page 4: ...ection 7 2 1 2 FILTER section 8 2 1 3 AMP Section 9 2 1 4 PERFORM Section 10 2 1 5 EFFECTS Section 11 2 1 6 LFO Section 12 2 1 7 SOUND VARIATIONS Section 13 2 1 8 ARP and CHORD Switch 14 2 2 ARP CHORD Page 14 2 2 1 ARPEGGIATOR Section 14 2 2 2 CHORD Section 16 2 3 SETTINGS Page 17 3 Credits 19 Table of Contents RETRO MACHINES MK2 Manual 4 ...

Page 5: ...pairs and with all the benefits of state of the art software technology The RETRO MACHINES MK2 interface provides consistent control across the board whichever vintage monster you re currently tweaking Each preset captures the character sound of the original instruments with eight integrated sound variations These variations are production ready synthesizer sounds a specific combination of OSC Fil...

Page 6: ...r one has a reverb and a phaser effect The screen shots used throughout this chapter will show an exemplary preset interface with a specific mix of controls You will find descriptions of all possible controls in the relevant Controls sections below 2 1 SYNTH Page The SYNTH properties window is the first window you see when you load a RETRO MA CHINES MK2 instrument This window contains all synthesi...

Page 7: ...trols SOUND Morphs through various 3 band EQ settings The parametric peak equalizers within KONTAKT have been programmed to produce a wide range of tonal alterations for each sample to give a wide variety As you step through each setting you will hear how signals were altered When the dial is in the far left position no EQ settings are applied As you move the dial from left to right various progra...

Page 8: ... potentials of the Filter section can enhance or simply modify these samples to pro duce something new and distinctive which is important for the overall sonic impression The Filter section Controls FILTER on off switch This switch is a bypass for the whole Filter section When switched to the right the Filter section is active when switched to the left the Filter section is bypassed CUTOFF Sets th...

Page 9: ...are de signed to mimic the frequency response of the human vocal tract These filters can be used to emulate the talk box effect LFO AMOUNT Sets the amount of modulation applied from the LFO to the cutoff fre quency VEL AMOUNT Sets the amount of modulation applied from the MIDI velocity to the cut off frequency ENV AMOUNT Sets the amount of modulation applied from the filter envelope to the cut off...

Page 10: ...N Adjusts the volume of the selected Sound Variation Also useful for matching the volume of different Sound Variations Furthermore it allows you to make up for loss of volume due to extreme filtering PERCUSSIVE Changes the AMP envelope mode to create shorter percussive sounds 2 1 4 PERFORM Section The Performance section allows you to set parameters for the behavior of notes when played from a MID...

Page 11: ...onophonic synthesizers When in SOLO mode the CHORD feature from the ARP CHORD page cannot be used LEGATO Enables legato mode As long as a key is depressed in legato mode the attack phase of a successive note will not be triggered but the current note will pitch bend to the second note s value This feature is only active when SOLO is set to on GLIDE button Turns pitch slides on or off The rate of t...

Page 12: ...itch and the filter cutoff frequency Unlike the Envelope Generator in the AMP section which acts as a one off modulation the LFO modulates by using a cyclic repeating wave pattern The waveforms present in RETRO MACHINES MK2 are Sine Square Saw and Random The rate at which they can be used to modulate the oscillator pitch and the filter cutoff frequency is adjusted with the Rate parameter The LFO s...

Page 13: ...variation to all var iations Changes to any knob or button are immediately stored in the selected sound varia tion slot Alt clicking any knob button will copy the control s value to all Sound Variations MORPH slider Morphs through Sound Variations Only the knob settings of the varia tions will be affected by morphing This slider can be controlled with the arpeggiator or the pitch bend wheel the pi...

Page 14: ...l sound variations Alt clicking a sound variation button will copy the entire Sound Variation to all varia tions 2 1 8 ARP and CHORD Switch The ARP and the CHORD switch have the same function as the corresponding switches on the ARP CHORD page See 2 2 ARP CHORD Page for further reference The Arpeggiator and the Chord switch 2 2 ARP CHORD Page 2 2 1 ARPEGGIATOR Section An arpeggiator automatically ...

Page 15: ...t SAVE Click here to save any changes made to the current arpeggiator preset If it was a factory preset a copy will be created in the user area If it was a user preset and no name changes have been made the preset will be overwritten DEL Click here to delete the current arpeggiator preset GRID Selects 12 step triplet mode or 16 step mode X2 double time Doubles the tempo from 16th note to 32nd note...

Page 16: ...ion for the corresponding step here click on a field and drag up down to select one of the eight variations CLEAR lower Clears the Sound Variation grid When alt clicking this button the var iation steps for all active sliders all sliders greater than zero will be randomized 2 2 2 CHORD Section RETRO MACHINES MK2 features an advanced approach to playing chords The Chord Player creates chords from s...

Page 17: ... note NOTE 3 Enables disables the 3rd chord note NOTE 4 Enables disables the 4th chord note NOTE 1 Interval Sets the interval for the 1st chord note NOTE 2 Interval Sets the interval for the 2nd chord note NOTE 3 Interval Sets the interval for the 3rd chord note NOTE 4 Interval Sets the interval for the 4th chord note PLAYED NOTE Only visible when FIXED CHORD is off This note shows the incoming MI...

Page 18: ...ets the pitch bend range when the pitch bend wheel is moved down Make sure PITCH BEND is selected in the PITCH BEND drop down menu above PB RANGE UP Sets the pitch bend range when the pitch bend wheel is moved up Make sure PITCH BEND is selected in the PITCH BEND drop down menu above SETTING RECALL GLOBAL If enabled the controller settings will be applied to all instru ments with this option enabl...

Page 19: ...an Laping Thanos Kazakos Sebastian Müller Nicki Marinic Graphic Design Efflam Le Bivic Cameron Wakal Kenneth Jensen Sample Processing Julian Laping Documentation David Gover and Patryk Korman Samples recorded by Native Instruments Michael Bernard Danny Zelonky Stephan Rühl Credits RETRO MACHINES MK2 Manual 19 ...