Synapse Antidot, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual...

Page 2: ...illator 1 2 7 3 2 2 Sub Oscillators and Mixer 10 3 3 Filter 10 3 4 Modulation Envelope 13 3 5 Filter Envelope 14 3 6 Amplitude Envelope 15 3 7 LFOs 15 3 8 Effects 17 3 8 1 EQ 17 3 8 2 Bass 19 3 8 3 Di...

Page 3: ...he behavior of analog filters much better than previous designs Envelopes and LFOs further shape the sound and the modulation matrix which can modulate almost any sound parameter adds the necessary de...

Page 4: ...y glide from one note to another in this way The difference be tween Mono and Mono Legato is that the Mono mode retriggers all envelopes whenever you press a key while the Legato mode will not change...

Page 5: ...en any arbitrary sound parameter from the destination list to get a vibrato type effect Note that aftertouch is available in many but not all MIDI keyboards Consult your MIDI keyboard man ual to find...

Page 6: ...eriodic wave forms The resulting signal is typically very bright To further refine the timbre the signal is processed by the filter block which attenuates frequencies speci fied by the user usually hi...

Page 7: ...work in the same way re gardless of which type is chosen Exception Noise Sawtooth A high quality analog style sawtooth oscillator Each sawtooth in the bank has a vir tual master oscillator which allow...

Page 8: ...rame ters have no effect on this oscillator type since white noise has no pitch Ringwave Synthesizes bell type waveforms us ing ring modulation Use MODIFIER to change the timbre of the sound WT Waveta...

Page 9: ...his parameter to be audible Detune works on all oscillator types except noise SPREAD This parameter spreads the oscillators in the stereo field from monophonic to full stereo Note that more than one o...

Page 10: ...tooth wave pitched one octave below oscillator bank 2 Sub oscillators are often used to add more body to a sound When a fader is set to zero that oscillator is inaudi ble The DRIFT parameter adjusts t...

Page 11: ...equency Magnitude Cutoff frequency The Highpass filter attenuates the frequencies below cutoff by 12 dB per octave Diode Ladder This filter is a special kind of low pass filter which models analog fil...

Page 12: ...no effect on the cutoff frequency At 100 the envelope spans the entire cutoff range from the minimum to the maximum value Most sounds will use a low pass filter with an enve lope amount setting in be...

Page 13: ...en set to zero the envelope immediately starts at the peak value The slope of the attack stage is linear DECAY After reaching the peak the decay stage commences During the decay stage the envelope fal...

Page 14: ...m value Most sounds use a setting near the minimum in order to start bright DECAY After reaching the peak the decay stage commences During the decay stage the envelope falls back to a lower level the...

Page 15: ...ll back to the sustain level SUSTAIN This parameter specifies the sustain level that is reached after the decay stage ends The sustain stage lasts as long as a key is pressed RELEASE The final release...

Page 16: ...d LFO 2 on the left and right side of the user interface The LFO can target an arbitrary sound pa rameter which can be chosen by clicking on the drop down list box Sometimes it is desirable to control...

Page 17: ...cts units to further enhance the sound coming from the synthesis engine All of them may be used simultaneously It is important to note that the effects are global that is all voices are first summed a...

Page 18: ...in decibels At center position there is no effect MID FREQ The second EQ in Antidote is a peaking filter for the middle frequencies This knob sets the operation fre quency of the EQ in Hz MID Q Adjust...

Page 19: ...sh and become less pronounced BS AMT Adjusts the magnitude of the bass effect When set to zero it is completely bypassed DRY WET Blends between the dry and processed signal Note this includes both the...

Page 20: ...fect DRY WET Blends between the dry and processed signal Com bined with the Drive knob the distortion can be tamed where needed 3 8 4 Phaser A phaser modifies a signal with a series of filters and the...

Page 21: ...with a time delayed copy of itself creates a chorus effect if the time delay is continu ously varied as well When choosing small delay times and applying feed back the classic flanger effect is obtain...

Page 22: ...on to a sixteenth triplet 1 1 sets the duration to span an entire bar COLOR The echoes can be processed by a 6 dB oct lowpass or highpass filter making each subsequent echo darker or brighter than the...

Page 23: ...reverb trail to become dark more quickly LOW CUT The low cut filter in the reverb effect can be used to remove unwanted low frequencies from the processed signal This is useful for sounds containing...

Page 24: ...g levels above the threshold ATTACK The attack time specifies how quickly the compressor will react to peaks that exceed the threshold The at tack can be set down to the microsecond range which essent...

Page 25: ...dulation matrix in Antidote is located in the center of the interface It comprises 5 rows with source amount and destination controls The modulation en velope and both LFOs have one additional destina...

Page 26: ...tool LFO 2 AT The output of the second LFO multiplied by after touch Use this parameter to make the LFO amount dependent on aftertouch MWheel The value of the modulation wheel PWheel The value of the...

Page 27: ...sed This source can be used to shorten the envelopes for high notes in order to mimic the properties of some acoustic instruments e g gui tar 4 2 List of Destinations Pitch Coarse The coarse pitch ran...

Page 28: ...meter Osc 1 Modifier Changes the value of the Modifier knob Osc 1 Pan Changes the panorama of the oscillator bank Note that this is a bipolar destination to sweep from left to right and back be sure t...

Page 29: ...l amplitude modulation either via one of the two LFOs or via the Gate Note that the Mix Volume destination is generally not useful for other purposes For instance it should not be used to fade in or f...

Page 30: ...n be used for filter cutoff modulation commencing with the onset of the sustain stage Filter Env Rel Changes the value of the release time of the filter en velope Amp Env Atk Changes the value of the...

Page 31: ...ct an external input signal its level can be modulated with this destination EQ Mid Freq Changes the value of the EQ s mid frequency control This can be useful to create phaser like sounds by us ing l...

Page 32: ...y Mod Amt Changes the modulation amount of the delay unit Delay Dry Wet Changes the overall effect amount of the delay unit Reverb Time Changes the reverb time Reverb Mod Amt Changes the amount of rev...

Page 33: ...andom order Gate Acc A special mode which does not gener ate any note sequence but merely transmits the Gate and Accent signals to the modulation ma trix Read the GATE ACCENT section below for more in...

Page 34: ...ery note is accented but some of the preset patterns contain separate note and accent data The most im portant difference between Gate and Accent is their shape however The accent shape has a soft sl...

Page 35: ...inputs which are fixed to Pitch Bend Modulation Wheel and Amplitude Reason will automatically connect those CV inputs in some cases Sequencer In Allows to connect Reason s step sequencers such as Mat...

Page 36: ...xplained in the second chapter Furthermore the MIDI key velocity can be routed to the volume panorama and filter cutoff parameters While this could be done via the modulation matrix using the knobs is...

Page 37: ...Input Amount 4 Osc 1 Semi 78 Osc 1 Fine 79 Osc 1 Detune 80 Osc 1 Spread 81 Osc 1 Phase 82 Osc 1 Modifier 25 Osc 1 Key Track 36 Antidote Parameter CC Osc 1 Pan 37 Osc 1 Waveform 13 Osc 1 Voices 23 Osc...

Page 38: ...Lfo 2 Sync 56 Lfo 2 Free Run 57 Lfo 2 Target 54 Lfo 2 Target Amount 55 Arp Mode 68 Arp Hold 69 Antidote Parameter CC Arp Pattern 60 Arp Octave 61 Arp Rate 62 Arp Gate 63 MM Slot 1 Source 105 MM Slot 1...

Page 39: ...d 149 Phaser LR Offset 150 Phaser Dry Wet 151 Chorus Delay 152 Chorus Rate 153 Antidote Parameter CC Chorus Depth 154 Chorus Feedback 155 Chorus LR Offset 156 Chorus Dry Wet 157 Delay Type 158 Delay L...

Page 40: ...s who contributed patches to Antidote and a website where you can learn more about their work Ab Author Name Website EX eXode Daniel Thiel www soundcloud com exodesound KD Koshdukai Marco C www Koshdu...