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1. SESE Attack All NLog Synth envelopes are based on the classic analogue ADSR model A means Attack and controls the time to rise to full level when a key is pressed D means Decay and controls the time for falling again after peak has been reached S means Sustain and controls the level Decay is falling to R means Release and controls the time the note sounds after a key has been released The specific Velo gt A parameter lets modulate the Attack time by velocity of keys pressed Evenlope 1 is pre routed to the amplifier while envelope 2 is pre routed to cutoff filter 1 For envelope 3 the env shows some pre defined modulation targets above All four envelopes can be individually set to different targets within the modulation matrix Experiment with modulation of oscillator pitch for implementing drum or sci fi sounds The Noise FM and Ring targets let the envelope modulate various aspects and character of a sound patch NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 36 Amplifier amp Glide The amplifier controls are shown within the performance section and control simply volume and panning Use the Glide parameter to control speed of the portamento effect when you play notes legato NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 37 Modulation Matrix Press Mod in the main menu and the modulation matrix page will be shown ow o m us lo o od EM o Leste Cope sme2. y n N Press the ArpOn Off button to toggle to Arp On mode Now just press a few keys The keyboard is automatically switched to hold mode in arpeggio With the other buttons on the arpeggio subpage you control the arpeggio style With Exit you will leave the arpeggio subpage Sync On Off The Sync button activates sync mode The standalone app version can be synchronized to incoming MIDI Clock messages from external devices or virtual MIDI connections If Sync is activated the arp tempo and downbeat position is sync ed to the incoming messages If arp sync is activated and no sync signal is received there are no notes emitted from NLog Thus you can start amp stop NLog s arpeggio from start amp stop of the sync master The Plug In version can be synchronized to the song s tempo when Sync is activated The arpeggio s tempo is then synchronized to the song tempo even if the tempo varies In addition to tempo sync you can also sync the beat position either to be aligned to the moment a key is pressed or to the next downbeat position of the master tempo of the Plug In host Select Key Sync or Beat Sync accordingly after activating sync mode Algorithm The Algo button toggles through a set of different arpeggio algorithms from simple up or down to more complex ones Here is the list with schematic explanations Up gt 123412341234 Dwn gt 432143214321 UpDo gt 1234321234321 U
3. attenuating frequency components The second page shows two peak elements Each of them can be controlled in terms of center frequency Q factor the spread of the peak and gain factor for amplifying rsp attenuating frequency components NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 41 Phaser Ledo Copo Seol Tapes By ol me o The phaser implements a typical phasing effect by applying a set of allpass filter to the sound On the left side the phasing effect can be controlled in terms of speed and depth of phasing as well as the color timbre On the right side positive or negative feedback can be added to intensify the phasing The Phase parameter controls the phase difference between the two stereo channels Thus the stereo width can be influenced The Dry Wet parameter controls the mix between the phased signal and the original signal Flanger Leste Cope Sowel Tato Dp o meo The flanger is mimicking the old effect of playing the same sound on two tape reels and slightly delaying and accelerating the speed of one the two tape reels On the left side the flanging effect can be controlled in terms of speed and depth as well as the phase which controls the phase difference between the two stereo channels Thus the stereo width can be influenced On the right side positive or negative feedback can be added to intensify the flanging The Dry Wet parameter controls the mix between the flanged si
4. the preferences please see section above The MIDI channel of each voice can be selected from the lower left corner of each voice control You can assign each voice a different MIDI channel but you can also assign different voices to the same channel Thus multi layered sounds can be created To the right of the MIDI channel selector the audio output channels can be assigned NLog synth engine produces stereo audio for each voice If you have an audio device with more than 2 output channels you can assign each voice to a specific output channel pair At the right of each voice controller section there is a volume control for quickly changing voice volumes without making them active in the user interface NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 9 From the File menu of NLogPoly Synth you can save the complete set of all voice settings for fast store and reload Please use Save Session and Open Session accordingly The files are stored with an nlogsession extension NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual Menu Structure The NLog Synth is structured into different screens Each screen can be activated by a menu button on the top After startup the main screen is shown i Pego i CI cme E CA Coe y JE l a CIMAS COE CIMA CTA w 12 CORA The Info menu button activates an info panel with useful information about the software By clicking on the icons the respective web page will open All other menu sc
5. very short fade in and fade outs with a crossfade at each loop cycle Other Buttons The Save button lets you save a recording permanently on your device A dialog will be presented to enter an appropriate name for the recording The correct file extension will be added automatically The Click button activates the metronome control See the following section for detailed description NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 24 Metronome Standalone App The metronome panel will be displayed when the Click button is pressed from the tape screen It displays controls to activate and configure the metronome teade cmp o Save o Tape a ays o mm ol Activation The left button activates the metronome and toggles between three states of operation Off On and Rec In off state the metronome is deactivated In on state the metronome runs all the time In rec state the metronome runs only while recording in the tape screen is activated BPM Control To the right of the activation button there are three controls for modifying the tempo of the metronome expressed in BPM beats per minute The plus and minus buttons in and decrease the tempo A single click with operate by a single BPM unit When holding one of these buttons after a short delay the BPM is modified continuously Thus you can quickly change the tempo In the middle the actual BPM is displayed Tapping on this display will modify the tempo according to t
6. NLogPoly Synth User Manual a a a a POLY a a a a ALAJAAA Preface This manual describes NLogPoly Synth version 5 3 NLogPoly Synth is a professional level software synthesizer for Apple s Mac OS X NLog models a polyphonic and multi timbral classical analogue style synthesizer with 4 oscillators noise generator frequency modulation ring modulator 2 filter 4 envelope generators 4 LFOs a modulation matrix and a stereo effect section containing reverb 4 band parametric EQ distortion phaser flanger chorus and delay We at TempoRubato believe in high quality audio and sound synthesis It is our aim to provide highest standards possible on the used hardware Carefully tuned algorithms and efficient machine level programming gives us the freedom we need Great user interface design and graphics by David Boldini provides for intuitive and appealing GUI experience Maximizing user s creativity is what we want to achieve in our interface design NLogPoly Synth was created by Rolf W hrmann in 2011 Frankfurt October 2014 Rolf W hrmanmn 2011 2014 All rights reserved Apple the Apple logo Logic Studio GarageBand MainStage iPod iPod touch and Tunes are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc Ableton and Ableton Live are trademarks of Ableton AG VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are property of their resp
7. SOC A AAA A AS 40 Dla Vea aaa choos haters comm reco cialietra a naan estar ered anliae nebulae 40 A ge aia tae eens ea ae ae tens ae ce a eee eigen oe assent 41 Each etc ete ste we een ve ci ace eae ie in ease aude cats ea ae ua enemies 41 ae ola eee eee er eer eee ee ee re Leo 42 nn eis E E E E A me dane evtalea ls snumaiieehanuenevaeeeet 42 NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual Chorus Distortion NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual What s new in 5 3 The version 5 3 has been mainly built for supporting the VST3 format In addition there has been a couple of bug fixes NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual Standalone App amp Plug In Versions NLogPoly Synth for Mac OS X comes in currently two parts A standalone app and a plug in both supporting 32 amp 64 bit environments for VST2 VST3 amp Audio Units The standalone app is a multi timbral synth engine providing the power of 8 polyphonic virtual analogue synths Each with 4 OSC 2 Filter 4 LFOs 4 Envelopes Modulation Matrix and an individual Effect Rack with Reverb 4 Band Parametric EQ Chorus Phaser Flanger Stereo Delay and Distortion All 8 synths can be assigned to individual MIDI channels With assigning them to the same MIDI channel NLogPoly Synth provides a polyphonic multi layered synth with up to 8 layers The plug in version is running in as many instances your hardware allows within your DAW digital audio workstation It provides the full set of more than 200 para
8. at sounds can be easily produced Osc Running Reset Phase Use reset phase for percussive sounds and running phase for analogue style sounds The difference is very subtle to hear but important for sound designers In running phase the oscillators are kept running after release end that each new note starts with a different phase as in analogues oscillators In reset phase mode oscillators are started always with same phase which is important for sharp attacks or percussive sounds Setting is stored with each patch individually NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 27 Knobs Settings The four performance knobs on the performance screen can be assigned to four sound parameters The parameter assignments will be saved within user preferences Pressing one of the parameter assignment buttons will open a dialog for selecting the sound parameter The possible sound parameters are organized in four pages The pages can be switched by pressing the page buttons at the right bottom A parameter is selected by pressing the respective parameter button which is accordingly highlighted Once your are finished with the parameter selection press the OK button in the bottom left corner to assign the parameter or simply Cancel to leave the dialog without any change NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 28 Control Settings Pitch Bend Interval The interval setting of the pitch bend wheel determines the bend interval when the wheel is at ma
9. ch All current edits will be lost so please make sure that you have saved edits in case you want to keep them The patches will be shared automatically between the standalone app and the Plug In version Importing amp Exporting Single Patches Patches can be saved and loaded from the file system In the standalone app choose oave Patch and Load Patch from the File menu in the Plug In press the Export Patch rsp Import button For persistent storage after loading you have to save the patch into a sound bank Just navigate to the Save page Patches have the extension nlogpro and can be opened also directly from the Finder app Patch files can be exchanged with the iPad app NLogSynth PRO in both directions Thus you can read patches written from your iPad work on them on your Mac and save them to further continue with NLogSynth PRO on your iPad NLogPoly Synth can also load patches written with the iOS app NLog MIDI Synth However the iOS app NLog MIDI Synth cannot read patches written with NLogPoly Synth since its synth engine has fewer modules NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 20 Banks Complete sound banks of 32 patches can be saved and loaded from the file system In the standalone app choose Save Bank and Load Bank from the File menu in the Plug In press the Export Bank rsp Import button When loading a sound bank you have to select
10. ch of Oscillator 1 amp 2 in a vibrato like manner Now you can use the modulation matrix to let envelope 3 modulate the amount of this vibrato Thus the vibrato is evolving in its pitch amplitude over time according to the settings of envelope 3 To put this even further you can then use at the Env page the Velo gt A parameter of Envelope 3 in a way that the attack time of introducing the vibrato is controlled by note velocity For each destination the amount of modulation can be controller by the horizontal sliders to the right It can be positive or negative With the modulation matrix you have sheer endless options to modulate your sounds and put all your creativity into sound design NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 39 Effects Section The Eff button at the main menu lets access you an effects section with a stereo delay reverb a four band parametric EQ phaser flanger chorus and distortion ER m o uv ew o Mote CO ICAO ON ICI The delay section is shown to the left while all other effects are selected by the respective sub menus to the right The latter have also a bypass button which let you switch them off individually Delay The delay section contains a stereo delay with cross feedback and damping Delay L and Delay R control the delay time of the respective stereo channel A switch toggles between time driven and synchronized mode In the latter the delay times left amp right are relative t
11. cluded in the recording The maximal recording length is restricted to 240 secs If the maximal length is reached the recording automatically stops In recording mode the Rec button changes its label to Stop which needs to be pressed to finish the recording lt is a good practice to wait after the last pressed note has been played its release tail and not to cut it off by pressing stop too early After the recording has been finished the display is updated with the waveform of the recording It is automatically scaled to the dimensions of the display You have to save the recording to keep it permanently Playback The last recording can be played back by pressing the Play button In playback mode the button title changes to Stop for finishing playback If the end of the recording is reached the playback stops automatically The slider on the right controls the playback volume You can play along with the actual sound patch You can leave the tape screen anytime while playback Looping If the Loop button is activated playback will operate in loop mode If activated the button will be highlighted in blue In the tape display the loop is displayed in dark blue NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 23 On the left and right side of the loop there are handles which you can drag to control start and end positions of the loop This can be done even while playback To avoid clicks in Wave mode playback automatically applies
12. controls the transposition modes In transposition mode you transpose the arpeggio by simply pressing a single key to which the arpeggio is transposed There are three states Off Chrm and Diat The latter two modes puts the keyboard into a transposition controller The hold arpeggio notes are moved invisibly into the background If you are now changing the hold note by pressing a different key the arpeggio will be automatically transposed Thus you can play the arpeggio much like a pattern based player The two modes Chrm and Diat differs in the way the transposition is executed In Chrm mode the arpeggio is simply transposed chromatically In Diat mode NLog tries to identify the tonality of the arpeggio and stays in that tonality if the transposition key is also NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 17 in that key e g Arpeggio is C E G B thus NLog is detecting a C Major key If you now press D as the transposition key NLog will transpose to D F A C In chromatic mode NLog would have transposed this example to D F A C Arpeggio Storage The arpeggio settings are stored within each sound patch When transposition mode is activated also the arpeggio keys are stored in the patch Thus you can store the transpositional patterns with your sound and make them an inherent ingredient Delay Sync Mode The delay has been extended with a synchronized mode Please see delay description within the Edit section NLogPoly Synt
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14. er notes rise cutoff Finally LFO 1 and LFO 2 can modulate the cutoff as well Below filter 2 there are various controls for setting up the filter architecture First there are 3 filter modes to select from parallel serial and split In parallel mode both filter have input from all oscillators and run in parallel The FiltPan then blends between the outputs of both filters In serial mode filter 1 is taking the output of all oscillators and feeds input of filter 2 The filter panning then blends between direct output of filter 1 in which filter 2 has no effect and the output of filter 2 in which the output of filter 1 is indirectly contained by feeding input of filter 2 In split mode filter 1 takes the output of oscillators 1 amp 2 only while oscillators 3 4 are feeded into filter 2 The filter pan is blending between filter outputs 1 amp 2 The filter pan can be modulated within the modulation matrix Thus highly complex sound structures can be achieved When activating the CfSync switch both filter cutoff frequencies are synchronized The cutoff knob of filter 2 then changes into CfDelta which controls a fixed difference between NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 33 cutoff frequencies Thus when you modify cutoff frequency of filter 1 while CfSync activated cutoff frequency of filter 2 is modified accordingly plus minus the filter delta value The last two knobs below filter 2 let modulate its cutoff freque
15. gnal and the original signal NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 42 Chorus The chorus section is simply controlled by Speed and Depth parameters which control the speed and intensity of the time varying delay You can use the chorus to make sounds more rich and fat Distortion The amount of distortion is controlled by the Drive parameter Dry Wet blends between the distorted and and original signal Please be careful with distortion since sound can be harsh and loud NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 43
16. h v5 3 User Manual XY Pad The XY pad provides a two dimensional controller based on two selected sound parameters The parameters can be selected in the Sys menu on the Control subpage The selected parameter are stored within the sound patch Thus each sound patch has it s individual XY parameter settings Both parameters are controlled via moving the knob in the XY pad You can either drag the knob for a continuous movement or single click in the display Double clicking returns the knob to the default values of the two parameters stored in the sound patch Standalone app The X Y pad can be assigned to specific MIDI controller messages Please see settings chapter further below NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 19 Loading Sounds NLog Synth organizes all sounds within several sound banks each containing 32 sounds There are predefined read only factory banks as well as three user banks in which you can save your own creations Press Load to display the sound selection page ATA lion AA In the display the top row buttons let you select the bank The left side buttons represent the factory banks The right side buttons toggle between the three user banks The 32 sounds in each bank are divided into three pages On the bottom right you can select between the pages of each sound bank In the main area of the sound screen the patches of the selected page bank are displayed Selecting a patch button will load this pat
17. he speed of the tapping Accentuation The Acc button controls accentuation Pressing the button toggles between various states In the Acc 0 state the accentuation is deactivated In the Acc 2 state every second beat is accentuated in the Acc 3 state every third and so on up to every sixth beat Volume Control The slider controls the playback volume of the metronome NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 25 System Settings The system settings page can be accessed from the main menu with the Sys button It is divided into the subpages Pitch Knobs Control MIDI and Env They can be reached pressing the appropriate buttons Pitch Settings Tuning The pitch page controls the overall tuning By pressing the plus and minus buttons the pitch is modified in steps of one Hertz This setting is stored within user preferences Transpose Press the buttons to apply a global transposition 12 semitones Setting is stored within user preferences Unisono The unisono parameter controls two to four unisono voices When activated each key stroke plays not only one note but the number of unisono voices The synth is operated in monophonic mode when unisono is activated All unisono settings are stored within the sound patch NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 26 The unisono voices are controlled by detune pan and delay parameter which modify each individual unisono voice slightly to the others Thus rich and f
18. ion ring modulator 2 filter 4 envelope generators 4 LFOs a modulation matrix and a stereo effect section containing reverb 4 band parametric EQ distortion phaser flanger chorus and delay NLogSynth PRO Diagram Volume amp Pan Phaser AA Te OT a ee H o Chorus Sound Generation Mastering 4 OSC3 Filter Mode Sel OSC4 _ _ _ Modulation Matrix I LI E M od u lati on KeyTrack Velocity Expression NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 31 Oscillators The oscillator section is shown by pressing the Osc menu button CI Mote EM Lande Cope O o m eOjeie Le e Deture Vor Oc 2 er aaa Detiese Ang dise Dax Detare All oscillators are implemented based on a custom studio quality alias free algorithm They are separately tunable Pitch with fine grained detuning Detune at the second third and fourth one All provide 20 waveforms Wave including classic analogue style sine triangle sawtooth and square as well as more complex waveforms The first osc when waveform is set to square sqr also provides pulse width PW control which can be modulated by LFO1 directly or by various sources within the modulation matrix The blend between oscillators 1 amp 2 can be controlled by the Osc Mix button and modulated with LFO2 directly or via modulation matrix Oscillators 3 amp 4 can be indi
19. le to run Different audio devices may have different rates available The device sample rate will be changed immediately NLog s internal audio engine will change its internal sample rate to the device one s at next restart However you can continue to run NLog without any problems since in case sample rates will be automatically converted in high quality The HW Buffer Size controls the size of the sample buffers NLog uses to communicate with the audio hardware NLog is optimised for running in low latency mode with sample buffers as small as 32 samples which relates to less than 1 ms at 44 1 kHz sample rate However not all hardware may run fast enough for such low latency Best to start with a setting of 128 samples If you experience clicks or time outs please increase HW Buffer Size accordingly until they disappear Please press Apply for taking the settings into effect Please also note that restarting Core Audio drivers may result in clicks so control volume accordingly This is not due to NLog but to the audio hardware and Core Audio drivers NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 7 MIDI Mac OS X computer can be connected to many MIDI devices using Apple s Core Midi technology For in depth control of the MIDI driver please use Apple s standard tool Audio MIDI Setup app found under Applications Utilities Here you can also set up virtual MIDI devices as well as MIDI connections via WiFi or ethernet networks A Prele
20. meters of the NLog synth engine for automation or remote control by external hardware controller NLogPoly synth Plug In has been tested with the recent versions of major hosts like Apple s Logic X GarageBand MainStage Ableton s Live Steinberg s Cubase or Presonus StudioOne Other hosts support the Audio Unit or VST2 or VST3 standard may also work fine This manual describes both versions of NLogPoly Synth If some feature applies only to one of both it will be noted accordingly NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 5 Installation The standalone app will be downloaded from the Mac App Store and installed automatically Further the Mac App Store will also notify about any updates of the standalone app and provides its own mechanism to perform the update The plug in version needs to be downloaded from http www temporubato com plugin Please unzip the archive you have downloaded and double click on the package The installer will guide you through the installation procedure The plug in requires that the standalone app is installed within the main applications folder of your Mac system disk Typically when downloaded from the Mac App Store it will be automatically installed there if not please move it into this place Applications NLogPoly Synth app Now restart your favorite plug in host like Apple s Logic Studio or Ableton s Live You can run in 32 bit or 64 bit mode Please make sure that you have the most recent version
21. ncy by envelopes 2 3 directly All filter cutoffs and resonance parameters can also be modulated within modulation matrix e g modulating the resonances results into interesting sound textures NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 34 LFOs NLog has 4 LFOs The first two LFOs are shown when selecting menu button Lfo while the other two are shown at the modulation matrix page LFO stands for low frequency oscillator which are used to modulate various parameters of NLog Synth They can be controlled in frequency and waveform The Delay parameter lets the LFO s modulation fade in smoothly controlled by the delay time set LFOs 1 3 4 4 have also a Sync switch When selected the LFO phases like in a vibrato are synchronized when you play multiple notes at once The LFO 2 has a Keymod switch When activated the amount of modulation is controlled by sliding the onscreen keys vertically when you play notes This gives additional expression control LFOs 1 amp 2 have some preset modulation target options at the Lfo menu section In addition all four LFOs can individually target many different sound parameters within the modulation matrix NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 35 Envelopes The envelope section of envelopes 1 3 is shown by pressing the Env menu button while envelope 4 is edited at the modulation matrix page owe mm ous e moe en o issie COmpe Sevee Tepesi Sp e mo orie 070 0 e Dec ay Osc
22. o Tapes Dp oi meo As already mentioned the modulation matrix page shows you also the controls for LFO 3 amp 4 as well as Envelope 4 But the main function is the modulation matrix itself on the right side Here you have 4 modulation slots which can be selected with the button at the top right Each slot is defined by a modulation source which you can pick from a list when pressing the source button owe m o us tw o umie EN ICO ON ICI All four LFOs as well as Envelopes can function as modulation sources In addition keyboard parameters like Key Track note pitch Velocity and Expression can be used The latter relates to the vertical movement while holding a key at the onscreen keyboard Within each slot you can route the modulation source to up to 3 destinations which you can pick from a list of destination parameters by pressing the respective button owe m o us ol tw o umie EM o Lede Cope smeo Taee Dp oi maol CEN Let frees Led Free sos cx conn gt TEO Apart from sound editing parameters you already know from their respective editing page there are some specific ones for the modulation matrix The amount LFOs and Envelopes control various sound parameters can be modulated individually e g the modulation target Lfo1 Amnt controls the amount of how much Lfo1 modulates to what it is assigned to NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 38 For example Lfo1 modulates the pit
23. o the tempo setting of the arpeggiator The DelayL amp DelayR parameter can be set to different relationships to the tempo The Decouple parameter add in synchronized mode some extra time to the delay in order not to be too mechanical lt does so by adding slightly different values to the right and left channel Thus some extra stereo effect is heard Feed controls the amount of feedback within each channel while X Feed controls the feedback send from one channel to the other HiCut adds damping to the feedback by implementing a simple lowpass filter within the feedback loop With HiCut the delayed signal gets smooth and prevents overdriven feedback Be careful with adding feedback it can become very noisy The Dry Wet knob in the right bottom blends between original and delayed signal NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 40 Reverb liste Copo Smee mote Bes o mee The reverb can be controlled by size of the room damping factor dullness of the room stereo width and controls for amounts of dry amp wet signal EQs Leto Cope memo mee mo mo Ce Caco Oyper sin dis Mira PeiGee PQ Pafo Pibes Mia The two EQ pages gives you control to a four band parametric equalizer The first page shows high and low shelf parameters for controlling the very high and low end of the frequency spectrum You can control the frequency cutoff point as well as a positive or negative gain factor for amplifying rsp
24. of your host application Please check your plug in host documentation how to instantiate plug ins within their environment In case of problems please email to info temporubato com 1 Depending on your language settings in the Finder Applications may be named Programme etc However the physical file system path you see like in the Terminal app is always Applications 2 Some Plug In hosts like Native Instrument s Maschine needs to be run in 64 bit mode since otherwise they do not display Cocoa user interfaces of Plug Ins This is a design decision of Native Instruments NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 6 Audio MIDI Preferences Standalone App For running the standalone app the audio and MIDI preferences must be set Please select Preferences from the NLogPoly Synth menu There are two preferences tabs for Audio and Midi Audio You have to select the Audio Device for playback The list will show all installed audio drivers compatible with Apple s Core Audio standard If you newly connect an audio hardware while running NLog you may to re open the preferences panel to see it For further control of the audio driver please use Apple s standard tool Audio MIDI Setup app found under Applications Utilities A Prelerera es Audio wg Aabo Derre Degeddewegn Mbas 2 84 Sample Rate 44100 He e HW Bufor Sve AP The Sample Rate selects from the sample rates the device is ab
25. one of the three user banks in which the new 32 patches will be stores Please be aware that all previous sounds of that bank will be deleted Bank files have the extension nlgbankpro NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 21 Saving Sounds For storing sound edits permanently select Save from NLog s main menu First select the user bank page and the slot where you want to save your patch edits Then select the Save button and type in name or optionally accept the existing name Last you have to press Return to permanently save the patch All patch saved from the standalone app are automatically available also in the Plug In version and vice versa Further if you have multiple Audio Units running they all share saved patches NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 22 Tape Standalone App The tape screen can be reached from main menu via the Tape button It provides recording facilities for quickly recording NLogPoly Synth Syrth ea al jus a uv al ued o am o Lento Supo Quo al Maia el judo el e C Pw C A Recording Pressing the Rec button activates recording mode The actual recording starts with the first key pressed Any played sound will be recorded including all used wheels performance knobs xy controller and sound parameter It is no problem to leave the tape page while recording but you have to come back to stop the recording If the metronome is activated its sound is not in
26. p2 gt 132413241324 Dwn2 gt 423142314231 OrgU gt 1121314111213141 OrgD gt 4 434241444342414 Rand gt random like 341231324 OrgR gt random with fixed note 4121314111211141 Chrd gt chord mode Octave NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 16 The Oct button toggles between the range of used octaves In the Org algorithms every second notes are never affected by the octave setting Thus in the Org algorithms every second note a constant key is repeated independent of the octave settings Rhythm The Rthm button toggles between different rhythmic patterns including accent patterns Repeat The Rept button toggles between the number of repetitions of a note before the next note of the algorithm is played Humanize The Hum button toggles between different level of humanizing playback in terms of temporal precision length variation and accents Swing The Swng button controls the swing from even notes 50 to heavily punctuated notes 95 Note Length The Len button controls the length of the notes relative to the beat from 5 to 95 Tempo The and buttons controls the BPM from 40 to 320 Keeping the button hold will automatically count the BPM up rsp down Alternatively you can tap the tempo in between both buttons To the right side of the button you control the metrical division from 1 4 to 1 32 including some triplets Transposition Modes The Trans button
27. pective parameter can be set in the Control section of the Sys menu The parameter type and position of the wheel parameter will be saved within the sound patch Both wheels are also controlled by standard MIDI messages from external MIDI hardware NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 13 Keyboard Settings The keyboard settings within the performance section lets you control the configuration of the keyboard Some of the settings are stored in the user preferences Please check the appropriate paragraph l cme ome el 3 n J a a os a a 3 e uN Arpeggio Please see the following chapter Size Standalone App With the size button you can control the size of the keyboard It toggles between four different sizes in increasing order The size setting is stored in the user preferences Poly Mono Legato By default NLog Synth runs in polyphonic mode Some classical analogue synths were not able to do polyphony Therefore there are two non polyphonic modes called Mono and Legato You can toggle between all three modes by pressing the button In mono mode each new key stroke will trigger a new envelope onset In legato mode a new key stroke triggers only a new envelope onset if there has no previous key been still pressed Otherwise just the pitch is changed If hold is activated and you are in mono or legato mode each new key stroke will stay hold but will release the previously hold key NLogPoly Syn
28. reens will be described in the following sections NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 11 Performance Section The performance section is always displayed It provides the main controls for performing with NLogPoly Synth eu sal 2 The performance section contains two wheels an XY pad main volume pan amp glide control four assignable performance knobs keyboard and arpeggio settings The keyboard settings are for standalone app only The performance knobs let you control quickly four main aspects of the selected sound patch without going into the detailed edit sections Performance Knobs The four performance knobs to the right can be assigned in the Knobs subpage of the Sys section to various synth parameters of NLog The selection which parameters will be assigned is saved within user preferences The individual values of the selected parameters will be saved within each sound patch Standalone app The performance knobs can be assigned to specific MIDI controller messages Please see settings chapter below Wheels The pitch wheel on the very left lets you bend the pitch of the currently played notes After releasing the wheel it snaps back into neutral middle position The maximum bend interval NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 12 can be set in the Control section of the Sys menu and will be saved within user preferences The other wheel controls a specific parameter of the sound patch like filter cutoff The res
29. rerma er Avdio Ag IAC Treiber IAC Bus 2 AC T re ber LAA Mis 1 IAC Treiber AC Bus 4 Network Lomglony Mbox Port 1 Exprers 128 Pont 1 LS gt gt Express i128 Pon Exposa 12A Pon 3 aw Within the Midi section of NLog s preferences panel you simply select from the list of MIDI devices which one you want to use to control NLog You can select as many as you like Further MIDI control like channel settings will be performed directly within NLog s Voice Control interface please refer to next section NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 8 Voice Control Standalone App NLogPoly Synth s standalone app is 8 times multi timbal Each timbre is called voice and is by itself polyphonic Above the on screen keyboard there are eight boxes controlling the individual voices Q Meert le d Go 60 SS 64 de 50 Sd Sn gt e a head md i od beas bed b ha i In each box you have 4 controls Sound patch MIDI channel audio output channels volume control All parts above the voice controller are used for sound editing They display the settings of the active voice which is highlighted in blue by its patch name field in the voice controller You can change the active voice by clicking on its patch name field within its voice controller Each voice listens to a specific MIDI channel of all MIDI devices selected in the Midi section of
30. th v5 3 User Manual 14 If Unisono is activated in the Pitch submenu of the Sys page the sound by default is non polyphonic even if Poly is activated The Unisono setting is stored with the sound patch while the Poly Mono Legato setting is stored in the user preferences Velocity Standalone App The Velo button toggles between on and off state If activated the vertical position of the initial touchdown at the onscreen keyboard determines the velocity For MIDI devices the MIDI velocity data is used The velocity setting is stored in the user preferences Hold Standalone App The Hold button toggles between on and off state of keyboard hold While activated all keys of the onscreen keyboard will be sticky After release the key keeps pressed and the note continues to sound For deactivating a note press the key again You can activate as many keys as you like However depending on the speed and hardware capabilities of your device only a certain maximum number of notes will be able to sound If this maximum number is reached voice stealing will occur and keep the number for sounds below that maximum In any case keys stay pressed Keys Off Standalone App This button quickly terminates all sounding notes NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 15 Arpeggio The Arp button within the keyboard settings leads you to the arpeggio subpage OR OR ORT OR OR CaO Cito Rede gt Dry Wet Dora elo Woby me gt am ol
31. vidually switched on or off and controlled in volume which can be modulated via modulation matrix as well You can alternatively turn off an oscillator without modifying the blend by simply selecting the off waveform Frequency Modulation Synthesis Osc1 can modulate Osc2 s frequency For classical FM synthesis turn Osc Mix to 1 0 to isolate FM controlled output of oscillator 2 Intensity of modulation is controlled by FM knob Play around with different Pitch and Detune settings as well as different waveforms Start with sin wave in the beginning then move to more complex ones By modulating the FM or Osc1 s pitch parameter with LFOs or Envelope 3 you can create highly complex and fantastic sounds and patches Blend Osc1 s modulation signal into the mix by turning Osc Mix back from 1 0 to lower values The blend can be modulated by LFO2 All FM parameters can also by modulated within modulation matrix Ring Modulation Blend with the Ring knob into the ring modulated signal of both oscillators Use this classic electronic music effect for example to add additional higher partials and make sounds more crisp and brilliant You can modulate the Ring parameter with LFO2 Envelope 3 or within modulation matrix Noise Generator NLog Synth contains a generator for white noise The Noise knob blends between oscillator mix 1 amp 2 and noise The blend can be modulated by LFO2 Envelope 3 or within modulation matrix NLogPoly S
32. ximum or minimum The interval can be set with the plus minus buttons in halftone steps from 1 to 12 The setting will be stored within the sound patch Wheel Parameter The second wheel can be assigned a specific sound parameter Pressing the parameter button leads to a parameter selection dialog similar to the one described for the Knobs settings page However the wheel parameter assignment is stored within the sound patch XY Parameter The XY settings assigns the sound parameters controlled in the XY screen by dragging in the respective directions Pressing one of the parameter buttons leads to a parameter selection dialog similar to the one described for the Knobs settings page However the XY parameter assignments are stored within the sound patch NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 29 MIDI Settings Standalone App The settings map different MIDI Controller numbers to the X amp Y pad parameters as well as to the 4 perf parameters They control the same sound elements of NLog as their onscreen equivalents Envelope Settings The envelope settings let you control the steepness of the envelope curves There are four options for each e Flat e Normal e Square Steep Try different slopes for different sound types e g steep slopes for percussive sounds NLogPoly Synth v5 3 User Manual 30 Sound Editing NLog models a classical analogue style synthesizer with 4 oscillators noise generator frequency modulat
33. ynth v5 3 User Manual 32 Filters The filter section is shown by pressing the Filt menu button EA A EM Lente Cope Semo Tepee Spe 6 nto l _ DADA Ae AP Ae AT DAS Resonat lt e Typ Mery tr a Velocity Cutet Resonas Type Asa da Decay Sustan e gt Cutoff Mide Ol Syn Caw gt c Erv3 C Rew a The two filter carefully implement classical analogue filters There are 6 genuine filter types for each A lowpass LP which damps higher frequencies a high pass HP which removes low frequencies and a bandpass BP which selects only a specific range of frequencies All LP HP and BP filter types come in two modes where the steepness of the frequency reduction is different like LP2 has less steepness than LP4 For compatibility of pre 2 0 versions of NLog there is the LPv1 compatibility mode for keeping older patches consistent By selecting OFF as filter type you bypass the filter The Cutoff parameter selects the respecting frequency range while Resonance adds additional frequencies by adding feedback which is a classic analogue style effect The filter 1 has its own envelope 2 below in the screen It modulates the cutoff frequency by the amount controlled with gt Cutoff parameter The modulation can be positive or negative for rising or lowering the cutoff frequency Cutoff can be further modulated by the note you play With the Keytrack parameter the cutoff rises for higher notes with the Velocity knob loud
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