Sample Fuel POLY CRE8, Manual

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Page 3: ...5 Sphere 6 Trigger Pads 8 Macro Page Parameters 8 Automating Parameters 9 SIMPLE ADVANCED 9 Simple Page 11 Advanced Pages 12 The Master Section 13 The Synth Section 14 The FX Section 15 The Motion Section 16 The Arp Section 17 The Midi Player Section 18 The XY Section 19 The About Section 20 Factory Presets 21 The Browser Tab 21 Naming Scheme 22 Additional Resources ...

Page 4: ...ring composing or performing Of course there is an incredible amount of functionality and sound design capabilities contained in the additional pages we provide all with the same concept of being simple and intuitive Loading the VST Sound Instrument Set To load the instrument set in HALion HALion Sonic or HALion Sonic SE load any of the presets that come with the POLY CRE8 library Loading and Savi...

Page 5: ...the cutoff filter offset for both layers at the same time with one knob The Motion knob can control all the motion and pulsing of a patch It defaults to full motion but can dial the motion all the way down to no movement at all A very creative way to control many LFO s Step Filters and User Envelopes all with one simple knob PAN LFO OSC LFOs and the ARP is excluded from the Motion Quick control kn...

Page 6: ...the corresponding pad In POLY CRE8 these 8 Trigger pads are assigned to the Arpeggiater s 8 possible patterns These can be triggered on the fly all without losing sync in real time This allows you to perform pattern switches in real time creating almost endless pattern possibilities from the 8 available live patterns Once you play around with this feature it becomes a very powerful creative tool T...

Page 7: ...ext menu select Learn Trigger Note 3 Play the note on your MIDI keyboard or click the note on the virtual keyboard The name of the MIDI note that you assigned as trigger note is displayed in the top left corner of the pad Ö Keys that serve as trigger notes light up in blue on the virtual keyboard These keys no longer play sounds but trigger the corresponding pads Removing Trigger Note Assignments ...

Page 8: ...to 8 pages SIMPLE ADVANCED o SIMPLE o ADVANCED MASTER SECTION SYNTH FX MOTION ARP MIDI PLAYER XY ABOUT Automating Parameters All of the Macro page parameters can be automated except for the Mono and Poly parameters in the Master section and the Step Level and Snap parameters in the Stepmod section on the Motion Section ...

Page 9: ... viewed layer o Layer Lo Pass Cutoff and Resonance o Layer Pan o Layer Main Volume o Layer Course Tune and Octave Control o Midi Player Bypass switches Midi Player state On or Off o Arpeggiator Bypass switches Arpeggiator On or Off o Arpeggiator Octave Changes the Octaves used in the Arpeggiator o Layer Hi Pass Cutoff and Resonance Upper Middle Section o Oscillator Preset Menu This changes between...

Page 10: ...the user to choose between Osc 2 or Osc 3 Lower Middle Section o Amplitude Envelope Controls Attack Offset Decay Offset Release Offset Ssutain Offset AmplitudVelocity o Filter Controls Cutoff Filter Types Resonace Filter Envelope Amount Distortion Distortion Types Filter Velocity Lower Section o Motion Contains two preassigned LFO s On assigned to Volume and the other to Pan Each LFO contains Bypa...

Page 11: ...section remains fixed and is referred to as the Master Section This section all about having instant access to all the parameters that you will use most of the time without the need to jump to other screens The Lower section is where you will find more in depth parameters for the Oscillators Motion Controls FX Arppegiator and Midi Player and filter controls via XY Pads ...

Page 12: ...Follow Oscillator Volume and Pan Voices parameters Mono Poly Switch Polyphonic Count Legato Mode Glide parameters Glide Bypass Glide Amount Glide Sync Glide Fingered The Middle Section includes Mod Wheel parameters Modwheel Bypass amount and destination AfterTouch parameters AfterTouch Bypass amount and destination ADSR offset controls for both Amplitude and Filter Filter Cutoff Filter Type Resona...

Page 13: ...s switch Some notable terminology Waveform Type CM otherwise known as cross modulation combines two oscillators A and B The B s pitch will be modulated by the A sine triangle saw or square via the rate of the audio sample PWM otherwise known as pulse width modulation Specific only to the square wave this allows the Waveform knob to alter the ratio of the values of a square wave Sync This provides ...

Page 14: ... a fixed start phase If Free Phase is selected analog synthesizer behavior is emulated It will run freely and continuously If Random Phase is selected with each trigger of a note the start phase is set to a different value randomly If Fixed Phase is selected the oscillator s start phase is fixed The Waveform knob only operates if the Sync CM XOR and PWM oscillator types are chosen ...

Page 15: ...idener Vintage Ensemble Main Synth Filter with VCF section that has 24 filter shapes and five distortion modes There are also unique morphing filters that seamlessly blend between up to 4 out of 24 filter types via the XY Page 4 Band Fully Parametric EQ Morph Filter with 2 filter shapes that can be controlled via the automatable XY controller right on the Morph Filter FX module 2 independent stere...

Page 16: ... a destination pull down similar to the pull down used with both the LFOs and User Envelope a Step parameter Triplet toggle switch Frequency Rate Grid Snap Sync Mode Slope Mode and Slope Amount Sync Mode Polarity Switch Reset Step Forward and Step Backward buttons and Step Modulator Presets At the right of the section the user will find the Envelopes There are three different kinds User Envelope P...

Page 17: ...ing Three additional controller lanes are available for quick and easy step modulation for oscillator and filter parameters The phrases of the arpeggiator can be recorded internally and exported to the DAW via drag and drop to make them accessible as editable MIDI events Additionally you can store and trigger 8 different phrases on the fly in real time without ever losing sync The entire Arpeggiat...

Page 18: ...8 THE MIDI PLAYER SECTION This is a simple midi file phrase player that you can drag and drop midi files to and from your DAW Additionally you can store and trigger 8 different phrases on the fly in real time without ever losing sync ...

Page 19: ... XY controller boxes The first XY box controls the Main FX Filter when it is set to dual or quad Morphing modes The second and third XY boxes are tied to the fixed Lo Pass and Hi Pass Filters that are found on the Main Section This is a very fun and creative way to automate these filters ...

Page 20: ...websites of Sample Fuel and Steinberg If you click on the SAMPLE FUEL logo in the middle of the page you ll have the option to visit our page at www samplefuel com If you click on the Steinberg logo on the bottom right it will take you to Steinberg s home page www steinberg net en home ...

Page 21: ...ignates how many layers the preset contains The Browser Tab Browse through the patch library with ease and find what you need quickly thanks to the detailed tagging system and large viewing window that is part of the MediaBay sound management system The browser can also open undocked and be resized up to full screen size ...

Page 22: ... Additional Resources Videos Installation Main Page Motion Page Motion Knob Synth Page Arp Page Midi Player Page Browser Page More Videos on YouTube Channel Manuals HALion Sonic SE 3 Manual HALion Sonic Manual HALion 6 Manual ...