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1. P d16 group Accent velocity level In External sequencer mode sounds are accented when their velocity exceeds a certain value Below this threshold 2 value sounds are played without Accent You can choose one of the available predefined threshold values from the Options panel Synthesis tab Current accent velocity level group Options Current accent velocity level Di Low 32 e Medium 64 High 96 Current oscillator tuning A Di Arrurate Current accent velocity level This setting is stored within the host application s project OS Cra M Play modes e Internal Sequencer mode Internal Sequencer mode In Internal sequencer mode Phoscyon uses the internal bank of patterns Pressing Play on the host sequencer or Start Stop on Phoscyon will start play back of the default internal patterns 2 Note If a pattern is started using Phoscyon sStart Stop button and the host sequencer has not been started playback can only bestoppedusing the Start Stop button on Phoscyon The LED diode next to Start Stop button indicates if a pattern is playing it lights up Tempo synchronization to the tempo of the host program SEQ 1 e e e INT INL HOST SEQ SYNC MODE Plugin modes With Int Sync On Phoscyon will use its own internal tempo TEMPO OPH Tempo control se2. Value Clip Preamp Signal Diode clipper e cutoff resonance m HP filter out P a cutoff m BP filter out 4 a cutoff mm Brightness LP filter tt x fader E Clipped only D Mix out 2 d16 group Distortion input Density o Size o Wetness Distortion output Distortion block diagram Distortion e Controls A IE d16 group Controls The block of Distortion controls are placed in the top right area of the GUI There are six knobs which give total 7 control over the distorted sound DISTORTION Distortion section e Preamp The level of gain for the Distortion input signal Defines the gain of the signal that goes into the Distortion effect The leftmost position gives no additional gain while the rightmost position gives 60 dB e Clip The clip level of the input signal Signal coming to the Distortion block can be clipped to define the level of amplitude The rightmost position of the knob means no clipping the amplitude is at O dB The leftmost position indicates that the signal is clipped To get a more distorted sound you can use Clip with the Preamp parameter which adds gain to the signal before clipping it e Size Controls the middle frequency of the BandPass filter Controls the middle frequency of the BandPass filter in the range of OHz left position to 22050 Hz right position This parameter also indirectly controls the cut off frequencies of L
3. itis possible to select patterns from a MIDI keyboard using keys C1 to C2 to select the pattern in a bank and keys D2 2 E2 and G2 to choose between one of the three available banks The currently selected pattern is shown on the Phoscyon interface PHEW KEET Eza PATTERN HAME Pattern display and navigation section In format BANK NUMBERI PATTERN NUMBER Below it is displayed the pattern s name in Pattern name text box After loading Phoscyon the pattern corresponding to the C1 note is chosen The current pattern is marked by ablinking LED on one of the white keys on Phoscyon s keyboard The bank is marked by LED on one of the last 3 attribute buttons Gate Slide and Accent When the Start button is pressed the LED on the Step number will indicate the current step in the pattern STEF HUNGER MEO PATTERN LENGTH Step number and pattern length s LEDs padagewea A uiris AUR MEUM HM YMSM HURRY s 11 Play modes e Internal Pattern Storage A IEEE d16 group To select another pattern whilst playing select it using the combination of one of the white keys and attribute button II 2 H OE Oo i a Selecting pattern via music keyboard on GUI Or select it using the keys on a connected MIDI keyboard The next pattern will start when the current pattern comes to the end of its final step Making a patterns chain Toselect the start pattern press the app
4. e e e INT INT HOST SEQ SYN MODE Plugin modes Phoscyon works in two modes In the On position Phoscyon uses the internal sequencer Notes coming from the host or using white e Internal iti keys from music keyboard on GUI are used to control the order in which patterns play In the Off position Phoscyon uses notes coming directly from the host sequencer to generate sound e External The next few chapters describe both of the sequencer Modes in detail Preset management All the sound parameter settings cutoff resonance etc SE d Dur i ri e Eg hi f UEX wee 67 F SLIDE TIME IE MEG HE SONANWCE nate i Eh Em EH m acc Em EN ACCENT L ACCENT VOL STEP LENGTH Sound control section ES SOUND CONTHOL Wave PHOS ON Overview e Preset management p Bad dr d16 group DISTORTION Distortion parameters Ll LN amp DIST EG amp d FC I yy a yy yy m E aa at T E c THESS n i Distortion section i Arpeggiator parameters ARPEGGIATOR P CH ARP MODE OCT RANGE ARP TEMPO APPEL OD MULTIPLIER Tih marth e e do G i 2 OOwH ARP SHUFFLE ARP REPEAT 3 a Na UP DOSVN Arpeggiator section and Volume parameter are stored in a Preset Master volume PHOS ON Overview e Preset management A IEEE d16 group The Preset browser tool is provided to simplify
5. Midi Control I Configuration panel tabs e Sequencer configures sequencer s work mode e Synthesis configures default and current synthesis track e Presets indicates personal resources loaded instead of default presets e Patterns indicates personal pattern banks loaded with every new instance of the plug in in the host application e Midi control configures MIDI communications with the plug in Clicking on Options while holding CTRL opens a window with information about the version and the license owner Egadagewewe E NN keman nya am s anak g Configuration e Sequencer tab d16 group Sequencer tab Current Settings 9 Current Settings checkboxes Current settings v Use internal sequencer Use internal clock Host Mode Note Off Mode Self Reset Mode Current settings reflect the state of controls from the Seq Settings section on GUI INT INT HOST SEO SYNC MODE Plugin modes The Note Off Mode and the Self Reset Mode state checkboxes are exceptions and are not available on GUI They are only available in this tab Host mode description available in earlier chapters Egadageweae naek Aa FEHLER HORAM Akan ny am s HUM EHE M D Configuration e Sequencer tab A eececoecococococococococococoecececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococccoecececococecocococecooo 3 d16 group Defa
6. only notes from E Major Only notes from drawing pools are transposed The actual values of step notes stay unchanged UO CLEAR COPT PASTE x SHIFT gt TAAN SPONE Pattern edit section EgadAgeweae E ive irap HEP tans mmbssmnyynsmmmenmm e Randomizing basslines e Randomizer A eecececococococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococececececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococcececesecococococococecooo d16 group e Clear When pressing the Clear button in Randomizer mode the drawing pool is cleared When the CTRL key is held while pressing Clear all notes in the edited drawing pool are set 5 URDD CLEAR COPT PASTE x SHIFT gt THANSPOSE Pattern edit section e Prev Flatten As it was mentioned above the states of Gate Accent and Slide attributes are always set when they are drawn This means that after drawing a pattern and changing one of the Event threshold knobs the pattern will sound different This is because all states of attributes are set so only the threshold value for the attribute decides which of them will be included or not Flatten deals with this problem and saves wanted density of attributes This function is activated by pressing the proper button with CTRL key held It changes the states of the attributes depending on the values of the attributes and threshold values The function operates only on the attributes for which the corresponding Randomi
7. C E G eee 6 Minor C DG 6l e mo fosca EX m7th C D G A 5e e ur CEGB A die mts opera e Dim C Dt F a e Predefined arpeggiator chords Notes coming into the Arpeggiator message Note On are not queued as in the case of the Custom tone like regular arpeggio only the last incoming note is given attention This note is used as a base note for the chosen defined chord This means that the chosen chord is played in relation to this base note E g a Major tone with the base note C3 will form a C Major chord into 3 rd octave and the base note E4 will form an E Major chord into 4 th octave If any new note comes in it transposes playing sequence immediately PHOS ON Arpeggiator e Usage A IP d16 group The range of octaves The Arpeggiator transposes notes from a defined tone in the range from 1 to 2 octaves Switching to the chosen Octave causes this octave to be used during Arpeggiator operation Arpeggiator plays only if at least one octave is used The mode of transition between octaves depends on the Arp Mode settings OCT RANGE Arpeggiator s octave range The changes in the set of octaves do not take place until the last note from the defined tone is played The Arpeggiator then resets the note position within the defined tone and changes the set of octaves If the value of the transposed note exceeds Phoscyon s note range C2 B5 it is then wrapped at t
8. Distortion s density parameter PHOS ON A d16 group Wetness 0 Freq 0 a Size 0 5 22050 Hz Amp LP BP HP Wetness 1 Fre 0 4 Size 0 5 22050 Hz Distortion s wetness parameter Distortion e Controls A seecececocococococococococccececececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococococececececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcecececocececocococecooo d16 group Pre Post Eq Switch This switch is responsible for choosing the distortion work mode diagram above the signal flow in the distortion 7 effect We can distinguish two blocks in figure Diode clipper with preamp and Equalizer containing three filters BandPass LowPass and HighPass DIST EG PRE a OH POST Distortion s Pre Post Eq switch e Whenthe switch is set to the Pre position the signal comes through the Equalizer and next through the Diode Clipper with preamp e Whenthe switch is set to the Post position then the signal comes through the Diode Clipper and next through the Equalizer PHOS ON Preset Management e Browsing presets A IP d16 group Preset Management Browsing presets Presets in the plug in are hierarchically organized in groups and contrary to the linear structure this setting Is not compatible with the native methods used within the host application The user can see the presets assigned to particular groups in the
9. Preset Browser Groups can be also defined by the user PREY HEMT BROWSE mer m SI 1 E ay Tee aon E LIH AILES ERG LX IL Preset management section Controls available in the preset selection section e Preset name Displays the name of the selected preset Allows editing of the preset name before saving the preset Clicking on the control causes a shift into edit mode After applying changes through the keyboard confirm the new name with the Enter button e Prev Next Buttons used to navigate through the preset bank Next button moves the browser to the next preset If the current preset is the last preset in a group pressing Next moves the browser to the first preset in the subsequent group Prev button moves the browser to the previous preset If the current preset is the first preset in a group pressing Prev moves the browser to the last preset in the preceding group 2 iu d e Prev CTRL Prev button pressed while holding CTRL copies the edited preset to the buffer use Apple key instead e Next CTRL Next button pressed while holding CTRL pastes the buffer to the current preset with postfix of CTRL key copy added to its name e Browse Opens a Preset Browser menu Egadapeweae AR mames 50 Preset Management e Browsing presets e Preset Browser A IEEE d16 group Changes in the preset bank are not permanent After removing and reloading the plug in the default preset bank wil
10. about 60 ms standard setting and right position to about 1 5 s e Cut off freq Filter cut off frequency This is the frequency filter cut off which is added to the filter envelope In other words this parameter moves the range of effect of the filter envelope e Resolink mode Allows the user to choose the work mode of the Resonance and Sweep time knobs If it is turned on the Resonance knob controls both resonance and sweep time parameters Sweep time knob is inactive when Link is enabled If it is turned off the control of Resonance and Sweep time is divided respectively between the two knobs e Resonance Controls the filter boost at the cut off frequency If the Reso link mode switch placed next to Resonance knob is turned on the knob also controls the speed of attack of the accent envelope Sweep time parameter EgadAgeweae A akan MEUM HIPH nna HE HB RE YE FRAU 17 Synthesis e Controls 2 IPIE d16 group e Sweep time Controls the speed of attack of the accent envelope if Reso link mode is turned off If Reso link mode is turned on this knob is inactive e Envmod Envelope modulation Defines the range in which the filter envelope is affected The higher the value 3 of Envmod is set the more gain the amplitude of the envelope has e Env Attack Envelope attack Sets the attack time of the filter envelope e Env Decay Defines decay time of the filter envelope This parameter applies only to notes without the Acc
11. as follows e Prev Flatten Next Accept These buttons allow you to move to the previously written or the next written sequence F T a EV FLA 2 d L NEXT AC Next and prev buttons PHOS NON 2 d16 group Randomizing basslines Randomizer e Randomize notes Rand Gate Rand Accent Rand Slide The state of these buttons define whether Randomizer will write corresponding attributes or not This feature allows the user to choose which attributes will change or not It also allows the exclusion of chosen attributes from being written after reaching their expected settings 5 RAND GATE RANO RECENT leaving them untouched ERN Random notes gate accent slide E Eai mA dem E g When Randomize notes and Rand Gate are set while Rand Accent and Rand Slide are not only values of Note and Gate will be written while values of Accent and Slide stay unchanged Using the values of Gate Accent and Slide means that the state of the attribute is always set in all the steps of the edited pattern However its value is written from its full range O 127 Due to the fact that Threshold mode is always set when using Randomizer the density of these attributes can be easily controlled with the Event threshold knobs NECI Fals ea Andi dd i EDIT STEP VALUES BENI E Bi Step TO D EUN threshold PHOS ON 2 Randomizing basslines e Randomizer IER d16 group e Notes Trans
12. e Clear Patterns With every new instance of the plug in an empty preset bank is loaded e User Defined Patterns bank selected by the user When choosing User Defined option the Browse button on the right side is activated Using this button opens a dialog box in order to select a path to the user s patterns bank Confirming the path saves it in the Phoscyon configuration file The selected patterns bank will be loaded as default The text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the user s preset bank PHOS ON Configuration e Midi control tab A I d16 group Midi control tab Phoscyon can assign its controls on GUI to any MIDI CC Midi Control Change allowing the control of the plug in 9 using external hardware or software Midi Learn mode CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter Eeee JD Default map Browse Midi control tab Seva M 2 d16 group Configuration e Midi control tab Controls included in the tab e Midi learn mode Checkbox which activates Midi learn mode 9 e Alistof active MIDI CC links containing pairs comprising of a CC code and the name of the plug in parameter e Default Map Checkbox which activates a default MIDI CC map When the map is activated it will be loaded with creating a new instance of the plug
13. in Midi learn Assigning a Phoscyon control to the MIDI controller reguires 1 Checking Midi Learn Mode checkbox in the Midi Control tab Midi Learn mode CC Parameter Midi Learn Mode selection checkbox or press the Midi Learn button in the Midi section on GUI MIDI m 1 Al Mice MID ACT LEAMA Midi section PHOS ON Configuration e Midi control tab A IER d16 group 2 In the status bar in the bottom section of GUI a message should appear waiting for a controller or parameter movement 9 NEN Waiting for a controller or parameter movement Status bar In this mode the plug in waits for any change in the parameter value movement of any control on GUI and for the movement of any MIDI CC control from the external MIDI controller which operates on an active MIDI input channel directed to Phoscyon The order of these actions is irrelevant During the above mentioned actions the status bar informs about the currently changing values of controls and provides their names When a MIDI control GUI control link is established a line is added to the MIDI CC link list CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter 21 Filter 2 Cutoff 123 Filter 1 Cutoff Filter 1 Cutoff cree J D MIDI CC link list and function buttons When a link is established for a controller it is possible to repeat the operation for the next MIDI CC and parameter pairs Subsequent links will be cr
14. option Then add a Midi track with output set to Phoscyon and place the Midi note lowest C note in the Midi clip As soon as the Midi Note On is sent to the plug in Phoscyon will start playing Presets tab Preset Storing Using Prev Next buttons or the Preset Browser navigates through the preset bank Any change in the current preset can be stored automatically or on demand Depending on the selection one of the two options is active Preset Storing Automatic On Demand Preset Storing flag e Automatic Any change of a parameter in the current preset is automatically stored e On Demand If any parameter is changed the change is not saved in the current preset until the Store option is used CTRL Browse Selecting a different preset from the bank causes irreversible loss to changes applied to the parameters unless the Store option is used removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved PHOS ON 2 d16 group Configuration e Presets tab A IP d16 group Default Presets D16 provides a set of default presets with Phoscyon They are applied to every new instance of the plug in If a bank 9 of presets is created which should be applied every time instead of factory presets it is possible to select such anon option Default Presets section Default Presets Factory Presets Clear Presets User Defined Browse Default Presets selecti
15. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NoteOff Self Clear Reset PHOSCYON will play Steps of pattern 23 4 56 1 2 3 4 5 23 4 5 Steps of pattern 1 mem on us EE ime Hi e m Steps of pattern 1234 5 ON ro m EE MN Steps of pattern 1 2 3 11213 Note off clear and self reset example padapgeweae AEE E ae e Play modes e Internal Pattern Storage e Midi output A IER d16 group On the previous page we can see an example of Self reset and Note off usage The MIDI note is triggering pattern 2 The actual sound in four different setting combinations It should be noted in Host mode the Start Stop button on Phoscyon does not function Patterns are only played back while a key on a connected MIDI keyboard is pressed and held In this mode currently playing pattern is indicated by display unit PREV HEXT Pattern display and navigation section PATTERH HAME In format P TONE NAME or JJOCTAVE NUMBER Below it is displayed the pattern name in Pattern name text box Midi output Phoscyon has a permanently active MIDI output This allows the control of external instruments virtual or hardware by Phoscyon s internal sequencer It works either in Native or Host mode Velocity values of MIDI notes sent by Phoscyon are calculated on a basis of Step attributes accented or non accented When Phoscyon is in External mode it passes MIDI notes through itself uncha
16. A ap EA An d16 group ee e0 0 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 9 User Manual Overview ali a a alla aca aa Aa a T d16 group Overview After loading the plug in into the host application the Phoscyon Graphic Interface will appear 1 SEQ MIDI e MIDI LEARN PRESET NAME DIESEN EEG ee ele mE i PHOSCYON OPTIONS INT INT HOST Wini E PREY HENT BROWSE eg SEG SYNG MODE ACT LEARN cet ET xr Hass irc SOUND CONTROL m nny A WAE a LIN d LHK rh F ER ATTACK Eh DECAT ACC DECAT EH EE L ACOBIT VOL STEP LENGTH TUM ite SLIDE TIME CUT GFF HEU H SONHANCE L SEP TINE AHPEGGIATOR DISTORTION OCT RANGE ARP TEMPO MULTIPLIER ARP REPEAT e 3 a A EB Sd ARP SHUFFLE xi b 1 2 i g TEMPO PATTERN CONTROL amp EDIT mlml im HELLE E Mila PATT UMDO CLEAR COPY PASTE x SHIFT gt THAHSPOSE OP pn SHUFFLE PATTERH HAME STEP HUNSER PATTERN LENGTH TRANSPOSE E IL uu ee A 1 z L t Ad H 55 EM uum PREV FLA MIELE Graphical user interface PHOS ON Overview p eesssoccccccccccocccccccccccccssccccccccscsccccccscscc0c0cc0009900000000900000009990000000090900000090990900000009099000000099900000009099000000099990000009090000000999900000099900000099900000999900000900 d16 group Phoscyons interface is split into the following parts e Control module On the top of the GUI there i
17. FOS WO GS erii ner HIDE RIDE 12 Controlling the tempo oooooooooooooooooo 29 Midi output be an ba KR aa SLE 15 ETIN NR na Bana Bata 29 Threshold MO at 16 Loading and saving patterns 30 3 Synthesis terrent 17 Saving PALLENS sean intestini ii 30 eoi M 17 Loading patterns eeeennnnn 31 DOUE Ca E E D Contents 5 Randomizing bassline 32 FRANCO OU maan 32 6 Arpeggiator mk aa mh 3 CONOIS goan r naa 37 JS A E EE EEE HEN 38 Arpeggiator tone ooooooooooooooooooo 39 The range of octaves oooooooooooooooooo 41 Arpeggiator run time modes 42 Arpeggiator repetitions oooooooooooo 43 Multiplication of tempo eere 43 Reihe ena aan EN 44 odi T at 45 Sold ets mente 46 Pre Post Eq Switch oooooooooooooooooooooooo 49 8 Preset Management ee 50 Browsing presets eoooooooooooooooooooooooooo 50 Preset BFOWSGL sudeste ana Unas 51 PHOS ON Loading and Saving presets oooooooo 56 E Configuration oma 57 Sequencer CAD ale ettet estes 58 Current Settings ooooooooooooooooooo 58 Default Settings ooooooooooooooooooooo 59 Host play detection ooooooooooooooooooooo 59 Piresers DAD 2 aan imd REPE EIS 60 Preset Storing ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo 60 Default Presets ooocooooooo ooco oo
18. ch position ZIIIIIII Envelope generator output 3 pole Filter cutoff input Envelope Envelope EnvMod Li EnvMod SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE 3 SLIDE Oi SUDE ACCENT ACCENT ACCENT ACCENT ACCENT ACCENT 0 1 2 3 4 5 Steps 0 1 2 3 4 5 Steps Envelope generation process Envmod Cutoff Env Att Env Dec Acc Dec Env Acc Accent Ink a 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 On b 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 On Parameters for examples above PHOS ON e Bass line editing e Attributes of step e The pattern editing A eececoecoecocococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcccececececocecocococococococococococececececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococcccecececococecococococooo d16 group Bass line editing Every pattern is a single track with up to 16 steps Each of these has attributes such Note Gate Accent and Slide 4 Attributes of step e Note defines the pitch that is played within each step e Gate decides whether sound in the step is played or not This only concerns the amplifier since the oscillator is set to the frequency of the step s note e Accent determines whether a step will become accented The volume of an accented step will be louder than steps which are not accented Additionally during an accented step the other parameters are slightly changed e Slide when a step has the Slide portamento attribute switched o
19. cococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococecececocococococococococococococcccecececococococococecooo d16 group The number of the step is indicated on the display Step number LEDs You can also use those LEDs to choose the edited step directly without going through pattern using Prev Next buttons 4 ag STEF HUNGER MERO PATTERN LENGTH Step number and pattern length s LEDs Editing functions URDD CLEAR COPY PASTE x SHIFT TAAASPOSE Pattern edit section e Clear Resets all attributes of the pattern This means that the settings will be as follows Note equal to C3 Gate Accent and Slide attributes are switched off and their values are equal to O Before clearing the pattern completely its content is copied to the undo buffer e Copy Copy all the pattern contents Meaning the length of pattern states of its attributes and all of the step contents e Paste Replaces pattern content with the content from the clipboard if there is any content in the clipboard e Shift Nudges the pattern content to the right or left depending on the arrow that is pushed on the rocker switch Pressing once shifts by 1 step All attributes of the step are shifted as well e Transpose Transposes the contents of the pattern up or down by 1 half tone The notes are wrapped at the ends of the keyboard note range This means that note C5 changes into B2 when it is transposed up and not
20. cted one PREV HEXT ELT follow mode is on i PATTERN HAME the edited pattern With Auto follow turned on currently playing pattern becomes the edited one Pattern display and navigation section changes to match the pattern which is playing Prev and Next buttons do not work then immediately and the switching between patterns using keys Prev and Next is disabled aaeeea E S aE 23 Bass line editing e The pattern editing d16 group Entering notes Theone octave keyboard allows the user to set Note attributes for the pattern for one step at a time 4 Music keyboard To be more precise the keyboard sets the base of the note range C3 C4 To cover the entire range of notes in which the synthesizer operates the user should use the Transpose buttons TRANSPOSE e NE DIAM UP RAF Lite DI Octave transpose buttons These allow the user to set the note transposition for an edited step in the range of 1 to 2 octaves With the base note range of C3 to C4 it allows a total range from C2 to C6 to be selected When only the Transpose down attribute isset it indicates a transposition down 1 octave When only the Transpose up attribute is set it indicates transposition up 10ctave When both of these attributes are set it indicates a transposition up 2 octaves akupun ON inem E MAH EE ament nt e Bass line editing e The pattern editing A IP d16 group Entering step attribute
21. ction While Phoscyon is internally synchronized the Tempo display shows current tempo PHOS ON 2 d16 group START STOP le Bd Start stop button The Int Sync switch allows selection of the synchronization mode For the Off value Phoscyon synchronizes Play modes e Internal Pattern Storage Internal Pattern Storage There are two internal Play modes e Native mode available when the Host mode LED is turned off T INT HOST SEG EYMC MODE Plugin modes e Host mode when this LED is turned on Each of these modes shares a common pattern storage system The whole bank of patterns comprises of 96 different patterns that can be triggered using GUI or MIDI messages depending on the play mode Native mode Phoscyon is in this mode when it is first loaded This is the default mode It allows a range of patterns or single pattern to be selected When selected Phoscyon will play and continually cycle through the patterns These patterns can be selected to play using the keyboard on the GUI M TEA MN PHOS ON HAN SRE RR REN HBZEHLEDHLUUE F 2 d16 group Play modes e Internal Pattern Storage A IEEE d16 group The 8 white keys from the keyboard select the pattern The Gate Accent and Slide buttons step attributes are used toselect the bank This means that only 24 patterns can be selected This is a limitation of Native mode Alternatively
22. diting e Loading and saving patterns Loading patterns To load pattern click Prev button with CTRL key pressed on keyboard The menu should appear TERN CONTROL amp EDIT Load pattern 1 E Load pattern bank memi PATT SHUFFLE ha Loading pattern Choose the Load pattern option to show file dialog To load whole bank of patterns to Phoscyon s memory choose Load pattern bank option 2 Note Files saved by Phoscyon are in standard XML format and can be easily edited within any text editor PHOS ON Following file types are saved and loaded by Phoscyon e phptrb Bank consisting all 96 patterns e phptr Single pattern 2 d16 group 2 d16 group Randomizing basslines e Randomizer Randomizing basslines 5 Randomizer The Randomizer fills the internal patterns with random complex content it works only in Internal mode When the randomizer is switched on the LEDs of the controls affected by it start to blink AUGUE When randomizer is active Threshold mode cannot be turned off it changes the use of the Event threshold knobs Turning on the randomizer is performed by pressing the Rand Mode button a E FOLLOW MODE LEN Almost all the controls used with randomizer have more than one function These controls are double Pn 3 labeled The red colored labels describe the behavior of the control when used with randomizer Their altered uses are
23. e defined set changes in cycles Up Down Up Down E g for a set of octaves equal to 1 O 2 the octaves will change as follows 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 Egadageweae AAE ANN Anam ny mm UHDH UH ne 42 A d16 group Arpeggiator e Usage Arpeggiator repetitions Arp Repeater parameter allows the user to define the number of repetitions of every note from a defined chord before 6 Arpeggiator will go to the next note of the chord ARP TEMPO MULTIPLIER ARP REPEAT 3 a 7 Arpeggiator s tempo multiplier and repeater Multiplication of tempo The Arp Tempo multiplier parameter defines the multiplication factor of the tempo of the Arpeggiator This follows inrelation to the tempo of Phoscyon be it the tempo of the host program in External mode or that of the internal sequencer in Internal mode This feature means that for a multiplication factor equal to x the Arpeggiator will execute x Steps of its internal work during one step ARP TEMPO MULTIPLIER ARP REPEAT 3 4 NTP PHOS ON Distortion A IE d16 group The distortion effect deforms the sound of the synth section and enhances high freguencies making the sound become more expressive while adding to the cut off freguency of the synth filter With the distortion effect switched off the synthesis of low frequencies is at a low volume level because of the poor high frequency content though using external EQ can change
24. e C2 changes into B4 whenit is transposed down Egadageweae AA b i M MPH HIHDUS EHE VUA HR Bokeb han ma Rania e Bass line editing e The pattern editing e Length of pattern To select the destination pattern for copying use the Prev and Next buttons with Auto follow turned off or leave Patt Write mode and choose another pattern to edit that way enter Patt Write mode PHEW HET PATTERN HAME Pattern display and navigation section Length of pattern In Pattern write mode the length of currently selected pattern can be set using the Pattern length LED row First press the Patt Len button on Pattern control section The Pattern name edit box will show Set Length message The length is set by clicking on a LED representing the last PATTERN CONTROL amp EDIT Pattern control section step on this row the LED representing length of pattern will be blinking PHOS ON Mi STEP NUMBER PATTERN LENGTH 2 d16 group Bass line editing e Controlling the tempo e Shuffle A IE d16 group Tempo control section When the synthesizer works in internal clock mode Int Clock LED is on the adjustment of internal tempo settings can be done with the tempo controls placed in the mid left area of the GUI The internal tempo parameter has a range of 40 300 BPM Beats Per Minute The BPM display is used to adjust the tempo value by dragging any of the decimal places with the mouse Tem
25. eated and added to the list PHOS ON Configuration e Midi control tab A eecececococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococccccecesecocococococococooo d16 group 3 When all the needed links are created uncheck the Midi Learn Mode checkbox or press the Midi Learn button in the Midi section on GUI again 9 In order to create new links it is possible to reactivate the Midi Learn Mode at any time The links are always sorted in an ascending manner in relation to the CC column according to the MIDI CC code Unlinking and midi link management On the right side of the link list there are 4 function buttons located CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter Ex 21 d a 5 td SL gt MIDI CC link list and function buttons Ex Removes a selected link choosing any link from the list and clicking on it highlights the selected link Using this button removes the selected link i Removes all MIDI CC links 2 Note MIDI map MM te Loads link lists MIDI maps from file phccmap Phoscyon MIDI CC Map which enables theireditionin kJ Saves link lists MIDI maps to file any text editor PHOS ON Configuration e Midi control tab A IP d16 group Default MIDI Map Selecting a default MIDI Map 9 Default MIDI Map selection 1 Check the Default Map checkbox which act
26. ected group E a Ta a a 1 Pure Sawtooth hh Lazy Frog JI Prophet hh Spicey Accents Ih Red Lips h Accent Birds Ji Small Speaker ii Soft Square hh Long Accents Jh Cutting Edge Sequence 1 Shoot Me hh ds Horns List of presets in the selected group 2 d16 group Egadapeweae E S mts HE ank Preset Management e Preset Browser A eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececececococococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococccoecesocococococococecooo d16 group Actions available in the Preset Browser e Clicking on a slot in the preset list loads the selected preset 8 e Clicking on a slot in the group list selects a group of presets e Both presets and groups can be renamed Double clicking on a slot toggles edit mode After entering the new name press enter to finish e he bank of presets has exactly 128 items The number of presets cannot be changed This means that there is no possibility of adding or removing presets Only relocating them between groups or changing their order is possible By dragging the preset you may gt P Change its position in the group by dropping it in a different slot in the list of presets in a selected group the orde eee in Move the preset to a different group by dragging and dropping i
27. eme right position the amplitude is up to 6dB Master volume padagewea Women ketenaran MEUM HP Raman PH RO IER SHE 18 Synthesis e Oscillator tuning A IEEE A d16 group Oscillator tuning Phoscyon has three tuning modes selected from the Options panel accessible via Options button Go to Synthesis 3 tab and select in Current oscillator tuning group Current accent velocity level _ __ r De Low 32 e Medium 64 E High 96 Current oscillator tuning Accurate Vintage Battery low Current oscillator tuning group 2 Note This here are three possible values setting is stored patel its hot e Accurate Linear tuning across the scale precise BDDUCONOR I project e Vintage Slightly de linearized giving the impression of real vintage gear e Batter Low Extremely detuned PHOS ON Synthesis e Filter envelope Filter envelope The base element of the filter envelope circuit is the envelope generator which generates a base signal with two states Attack and Decay The duration of the Attack state is controlled by the Env Attack parameter However the duration of the Decay state is controlled by the Env Decay or Acc Decay parameter depending on the state of the Accent attribute in a given step If Accent is set then Acc Decay is taken otherwise Env Decay is used The generator is reset at each step not preceded by the Slide attribute T
28. ent attribute e Acc Decay Defines decay time of filter envelope This parameter applies only to notes with the Accent attribute e Accent link mode Allows the user to choose the work mode of the Env Accent and Accent vol knobs If it is turned on the Env Accent knob controls both envelope accent as accent volume parameters and the Accent vol knob is inactive If it is turned off the control of Env Accent and Accent vol parameters is divided between the respective knobs e Env Accent Controls the accent level of the accent envelope on modification of the envelope filter for notes with the Accent attribute If the Accent link mode switch placed next to Env Accent knob is turned on the knob also controls the Accent vol parameter for notes with the Accent attribute e Accent vol Controls the Accent volume parameter for notes with the Accent attribute if the Accent link mode is turned off If the Accent link mode is turned on this knob is inactive e Steplength Defines the time of sound duration Time of sustain in the range from about O 1 of 16th note to full 16th note Aside from the controls listed above there is one more knob belonging to the synthesis block The Volume knob controls the volume of the sound the synthesizer produces If the knob isin the extreme left position the synthesizer stops processing In the middle position volume of the sound is on normal level and no overdrive will appear In the extr
29. he amplitude of a generated envelope is always constant The signal from the envelope generator follows two paths PHOS ON 1 Depending on the Accent attribute state the signal goes through the RC lowpass filter The output amplitude of this filter is controlled by the Env Accent parameter The cut off freguency is controlled by the sweep time parameter the Resonance or Sweep time knob depending on Reso link switch position CUTOFF Envelope generator ENVMOD ENV ATTACK ENV DECAY 9 4 ACC DECAY o o Accent c RESONANCE 0 SWEEP TIME o gt 3 Pole LP filter Value Signal Envelope generator diagram A d16 group Synthesis e Filter envelope 2 IP d16 group 2 The amplitude of the signal is controlled by the Envmod parameter and moved by the offset defined by the Cutoff parameter 3 The signals from these two paths are summed up and the resulting signal controls the cut off frequency of the 3 pole lowpass filter The RC lowpass filter smooths the envelope and moves frequency of the 3 pole filter up in step with the Accent attribute In this way the famous wow is created It should be mentioned that the output signal of the envelope generator controls the gain of the input signal amplitude This makes accented tones sound louder than unaccented tones The value of this gain is controlled by the Accent vol parameter Env Accent or Accent vol knob depending on the Accent link mode swit
30. he ends Transposed notes above B5 are moved to the lower end of the range above C2 Transposed notes below C2 are moved to the upper end of range below B5 Eigadapewea E reign ab maU MI PPGEH MAH E a Arpeggiator e Usage A IP d16 group Arpeggiator run time modes With the Arp Mode switch the user can choose from one of 5 run time Modes 6 ARP MODE orf f Arp mode dial e Off Arpeggiator is off e Random Arpeggiator draws octave randomly e Up Thetransitions between notes from defined chord are normal which means that notes are changed in the same order that they are specified in the defined chord After reaching the last note the first note will be played again and also the octave from the defined set will change Octaves from defined sets of octaves are changed increasingly from the lowest one After reaching the highest one it starts over from the lowest octave again E g for a set of octaves equal to 1 O 2 the octaves will change as follows 1 O 2 1 0 2 e Down The transitions between notes are normal also However octaves from the defined range are changed decreasingly from the highest and after reaching the lowest it starts from the highest octave again E g for a set of octaves equal to 1 0 2 the octaves will change as follows 2 O 1 2 O 1 e Up Down The transitions between notes are also normal The way of transition between octaves from th
31. ike Prev on GUI allows to move backwards on the hierarchical structure of presets Works exactly like Next on GUI allows to move forward on the hierarchical structure of presets PHOS ON Preset Management e Loading and Saving presets A IP d16 group Loading and Saving presets At the bottom of the Preset Browser there are function buttons which allow to save load presets on from the hard 8 drive Preset Load Save Bank Load Save Loading and Saving presets from the hard drive functions Four buttons are available e Preset Load loads asingle preset from a file file phprs Phoscyon preset gt Note Before Preset Save saves the current preset to a file saving the preset toafilesaveit Bank Load loads the entire bank of presets from a file file phprb Phoscyon bank in Phoscyon using CTRL Browse when On demand function is selected in the plug in configuration e Bank Save saves the entire bank of presets to a file 2 Note Files saved by Phoscyon are compatible with XML format which enables their edition in any text editor Egadageweae naek Aa FEHLER HORAM Akan ny am s HUM EHE M e Configuration A IP d16 group Configuration 9 SE OPTIONS IHT ABOUT SEd Options button After clicking on Options in the upper left corner of GUI a configuration panel unfolds The panel has several tabs IM T Sequencer Synthesis Patterns
32. ing a Note off will eventually stop the pattern It depends on whether the Note Off Mode State is set in configurational panel is checked To change Note Off Mode open configurational window by clicking Options button 2 SEG D OPTIONS INT ARAUT SEO Options button Go to Sequencer tab and check or uncheck the Note Off Mode checkbox in Current Settings group Theres an another flag which works in Host mode Self reset When the Self reset flag is set a Note On message playing the same note will restart the pattern the pattern starts playing from the first step If this attribute is not set then the pattern will not reset when a corresponding Midi On message arrives when the same note is played Playing any pattern for the first time or playing any pattern other than one preceding it will always reset said pattern To change Self reset flag open configurational window by clicking Options button OPTIONS INT KTT ri SEU Options button Go to Sequencer tab and check or uncheck the Self Reset Mode checkbox in Current Settings group This flag is most commonly used together with the Note Off flag With these flags it is easy to fit a pattern of 5 steps with a pattern of 16 steps You can do it by switching off both of the attributes see the figure on the next page Egadageweae TO meraka uniri UM Eae ag Play modes e Internal Pattern Storage A IER d16 group Stepno 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
33. itch controls the value of Arp Repeater This value responds to the number of repetitions of every note from the defined chord on the Arpeggiator Usage The Arpeggiator allows the user to program the notes used by Phoscyon the range of octaves number of repetitions tempo multiplying etc During operation the Arpeggiator increases note repetition by the following means When the value of this counter reaches the value of the Repeater the Arpeggiator takes the next defined note and resets the counter After reaching the last of the defined notes the Arpeggiator changes to the next octave defined bythe octave range and sets the first of defined notes again When the last octave from the defined octave range is reached the whole cycle repeats PHOS ON e n External mode the Arpeggiator input notes come directly from the host When two or more notes start or end at the same time the host decides the order in which to send the notes to Phoscyon At the same time Phoscyon decides what order to push the notes into the queue Setting such notes with a little time distance stops any issues from occurring e In Internal mode the Arpeggiator input notes come from the internal sequencer With internal patterns it can be set to only one note per step If the step has no Gate attribute it corresponds to a sequence of two messages Note On and Note Off just like pressing and releasing a piano key If a step has a Gate attribute it means
34. ivates the Browse button on the right 2 Click Browse and select a file with a saved MIDI Map 3 After selecting the MIDI map the text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the active map file A default MIDI map is loaded each time when the plug in is loaded bgadapgewea AE S pa sebaran ee E Contents A di6 group EM OUVerVIe Wooten miei mie 1 Oscillator UNINE sssrinin ninni 19 1 0 Work modes nana an toa 4 Filter envelope oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 20 Preset management oocoooooo o oo Wo Ko o o Koo 4 4 Bass line editing oooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 22 2 Play modes aa no na bola 7 Attributes of step oooooooooooooooo 22 External Sequencer mode oooooooooooooooooo The pattern editing ooooooooooooooooo 22 Accent velocity level eeoooooooooooooooooo 8 Entering notes na 24 Internal Sequencer mode o ooooooooooooooooooo 9 Entering step attributes ooooooooooooooooo 25 Tempo synchronization eene 9 Entering step values oeooooooooooooooooooooo 25 Internal Pattern Storage ocooooooooooooo 10 Navigating trough steps in pattern 26 Native FN OG ES sn nan sanam 10 CCW SPONGE ONS AA PA 2 Making a patterns chain 12 Length of pattern ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 28
35. l beloaded However saving the project within the host application will also save the status of the plug in including changes in the preset bank After reloading the project all changes in the current parameter settings and in the preset 8 bank will be restored Preset Browser As it was mentioned the preset bank in the plug in has a hierarchical structure i e presets are organized in groups Presets can be selected by Next Prev buttons which navigate through the structure in a linear way or by using the Preset Browser The Preset Browser is a tool which allows to easily manage the preset structure To open it click Browse in the preset selection section MIDI LEARN PRESET NAME RESET D GM OTT Preset management section Egadageweae A EHI Nai ANA keman nyament e Preset Management e Preset Browser d16 group Preset Browser CO J Pure Sawtooth JJ Lazy Frog J Prophet Jh Spicey Accents JN Red Lips Jh Accent Birds Jifi Small Speaker Jh soft Square J Long Accents Jh Cutting Edge Sequence Ji Shoot Me Jh Horns wow v 4 E D 4 Preset Load Save Bank Load Save Preset browser OSV COR i e Preset Management e Preset Browser The left side shows the list of groups in the preset bank far Distorted Tar _Arpeggiators lar Not used List of groups in the preset bank The right side shows the list of presets in the sel
36. n the pitch of this step will be held over to the next step with a simultaneous smooth tone change between each pitch The pattern editing 2 Note Most of Thecontrols used with pattern editing are placed in the bottom half of the GUI and are labeled Pattern control amp edit the controls used within pattern edit implement E two functions L When either RIT Randomize mode or Threshold mode is on some of the controls have different functionality SHUFFLE AUTO MAWO PATT UNDO CLEAR COPY PASTE lt SHIFT gt THANSPOSE PATTERN HAME FOLLOW MODE LEN a Pattern edit and pattern control sections PHOS ON Bass line editing e The pattern editing A IPIE d16 group To edit the currently selected pattern press the Patt Write button it is not necessary in Host mode since Pattern write is the only possible mode there 4 r SE dm mi A Mal PATTERN C PATT SHUFFI WRITE i i j e Patt write button Phoscyon by default follows the edited pattern with one playing because of Auto follow button being turned on Auto follow button works only when Pattern write mode is active U ge i c RE Auto follow button With the Auto follow button turned off to choose a pattern to edit we need to navigate through the available patterns using the Prev and Next buttons The playing pattern 2 Note When Auto Will not change but the edited pattern will be the newly sele
37. nged Egadageweae Toner in HUS HM HA ADUGUH HEP TUA YMSM MEHR PHA IER HE e Play modes e Threshold mode Threshold mode Threshold mode works only in Internal modes Edit step values button allows you to switch this mode on off but only in Internal mode Threshold mode is active when Edit step values is off Activation of Threshold mode is indicated by a Threshold led above Rand Gate Rand Accent and Rand Slide knobs These knobs allow you to set threshold values for each of the attributes Gate Accent and Slide The threshold value for a given attribute of a step means that only attributes with values below the threshold value will be included treated as switched on The leftmost position of a given knob s threshold value is equal to O and the rightmost is equal to 127 For attribute values ranging 0 127 it means that if the threshold value is equal to O then none of the attribute will be included If the threshold value is equal to 127 then every switched on attribute will beincluded no matter the value of the attribute Remember that these knobs work as described above only when Threshold mode is on In Internal sequencer mode with Threshold mode switched off these knobs are responsible for setting the values of the proper attributes for each edited step see Step management in the section Internal mode 2 Note If the threshold value for Gate attribute is equal to O then Phosc
38. on Options available in the Default Presets section e Factory Presets Default value after installing Phoscyon Choosing this option loads the factory presets with every new instance of the plug in e Clear Preset Zeroed parameters with every new instance of the plug in e User Defined Preset bank selected by the user When choosing User Defined option the Browse button on the right side is activated Using this button opens a dialog box in order to select a path to the user s preset bank Confirming the path saves it in the Phoscyon configuration file The selected preset bank will be loaded as default The text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the user s preset bank PHOS ON 2 d16 group Configuration e Patterns tab Patterns tab There re included some default patterns and drum kits with Phoscyon These are loaded every time it is started This 9 can be changed to point to user default patterns and kits If a bank of patterns is created which should be applied every time instead of factory pattern bank it is possible to select such an on option Default Pattern section Default patterns Factory patterns Clear patterns User defined Browse Default Patterns selection Options available in the Default Patterns section e Factory Patterns Default value after installing Phoscyon Choosing this option loads the factory patterns with every new instance of the plug in
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40. owPass and HighPass filters The cut off frequency of each of them is moved up or down from the mid frequency of BandPass by roughly the offset amount controlled by the parameter Density PHOS ON Distortion e Controls 2 eececoecocococococococococcccecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececococococococococococococococcecececococecocococecooo d16 group e Wetness Controls resonance of the filters Controls the boost of the cut off frequency of the LowPass and HighPass filters and the bandwidth of the BandPass filter The left position means no boost and awide band while the right position means maximal boost and a tight band e Brightness Expressiveness of sound Controls the position of the cross fader used between filtered and non filtered signal The left position means that all non filtered signal comes through the cross fader and the signal is not filtered when this is the case the parameters Size Density and Wetness don t affect the sound The right position means the exactly opposite situation while the mid position means an even mix of the two Output signal Input signal Distortion diode clipper Egadagewea Nania Rei ANA akan nyament M i 47 Distortion e Controls Density gt 0 Freq 0 11025 22050 Hz Amp HP BP LP Cutoffs a Density 0 Freq 0 11025 22050 Hz Amp HP BP Freq 22050 Hz
41. po value is stored per pattern and can be change only in Patt Write mode Shuffle Shuffle is also called Syncopation or Swing It is added by dragging the Shuffle display when in Pattern write mode Shuffle is represented by values from O to 100 percent When it is set to O shuffle is turned off and notes are spread equally within the pattern Increasing the value causes the shuffle effect to be more pronounced PATTERN CONTROL e l PATE SHUFFLE C WRITE Shuffle display Shuffle value is stored per pattern independently Egadageweae permanentment N e Bass line editing e Loading and saving patterns A IER d16 group Loading and saving patterns It is possible to save or load a single pattern or a complete bank of patterns 4 Saving patterns 1 Before saving the pattern should be named click on Pattern name display PREV HEXT ET PATTERN HAME Pattern display and navigation section Just click on it and enter the name for the newly created pattern Pressing enter ends the editing process 2 To save pattern just click Next button with CTRL On MacOS use Apple CMD key instead of CTRL key key pressed on keyboard The menu should appear Save pattern A Save pattern bank Saving pattern Choose the Save pattern option to show file save dialog To save all patterns currently stored in Phoscyon choose Save pattern bank option akupun E ab omia PUER PPGEH MAH E 30 Bass line e
42. pose Up Down The one octave keyboard allows you to define the pool set ET of notes from which Randomizer will select note values Together with the Transpose Up Down sr NA buttons it can define another pool of notes for each of four octaves The randomizer selects notes I E 5 from a pool defined by all octave pools ione gt Note This If only Transpose down is set the Randomizer selects from the 2nd octave If only Transpose up Transpose buttons e da is set it selects from the 4th octave If both Transpose Up Down are set it will select from Randomize notes the 5th octave If no transpose is selected notes are selected from the 3rd octave et mina e Arp Chord With this switch the pool of notes used for drawing can be easily reduced to set of notes contained the controls stay in a specific chord When one of the predefined chords is set the drawing pools for all four octaves are initially set inactive tonotes contained in that chord Then the pools can be modified For Custom setting the note selection pools need to be set by the user The custom drawing pool is remembered even after Rand chord is changed ARP CHORD 7th ratih 1 i Arp chord rand chord dial e Transpose With the Transpose rocker switch all notes can be transposed up or down one half tone the notes are then treated as one chord and transposed together With this feature Randomizer can be easily set to draw notes from specific keys e g
43. ropriate white key on Phoscyon s keyboard with the mouse To select the last pattern in the range select another pattern WHILST holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard Phoscyon will now cycle up through the range and repeat A Midi keyboard can be used to select a range to play To do this press the two notes on the keyboard which cover the range at the same time Phoscyon will now cycle through this range and continually loop Whilst playing back in chain mode selecting a different pattern either using a Step key on the interface or key on MIDI keyboard will cause Phoscyon to play that pattern next after coming to the last step in the currently playing pattern It will then continue to play the new pattern until stopped Host mode In Host mode patterns are triggered using only MIDI notes This allows access to the full bank of patterns stored within Phoscyon Each note coming from the host program corresponds to one internal pattern The whole bank of patterns is accessed by the 96 available MIDI notes whole MIDI keyboard range without the first and last octave padagewea A E PH HIER s 12 Play modes e Internal Pattern Storage A eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocecocococococococococococococecececococecocococecooo d16 group ANoteon causes the corresponding pattern to play Releasing the key and send
44. s Gate Accent Slide These three buttons control the states of their corresponding attributes Gate Accent and Slide 4 for an edited step Gate accent slide buttons Entering step values Aside from their states switched on off Gate Accent and Slide also have their own values that range 0 127 These values can be set per each step in Internal mode NE IMs wel i vs RAM ry l EDIT STEP JI CU Se SANK ET Step values threshold Egadageweae AR ri i M HIPH HIHDUS EH MAPA VM RH UE HELM ae 23 Bass line editing e The pattern editing A eececoecococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococcececesecococecocococecooo d16 group PREV FLA EDIT STEP VALUES EE Edit step values button Those values are useful in a Threshold mode or during bass line randomization Navigating trough steps in pattern Prev Flatten Next accept These two buttons allow changes of position within a pattern with regard to pattern length Pressing the Next button moves the position to the next step while pressing the Prev button moves position to the previous step H 4 NEXT AC Next and prev buttons Egadapeweae AA nie i M MEE HHRDUS EH MAPPA RH UE HS aret UH D e Bass line editing e The pattern editing A eececoecococococococococococoecececo
45. s a row of controls These are responsible for selecting the plug in 1 Mode MIDI learn and preset management MIDI LEARN PRESET NAME Control module e Sound control section The next row contains one switch and twelve knobs These are responsible for Phoscyon synthesis control Fi PEN LINK f y SLIDE TIME UT de rara eiie EWM ATTACK EH EM ACC DECAY ENV ACCENT L ACCENT VOL STEP LENGTH ZUM EN aade n E JN ul BF WAVE e Arpeggiator To process incoming notes from sequencer in External mode or from internal sequencer in Internal mode Sound control section ARPEGGIATOR ARE CHORD ARP MODE OCT AANGE ARP TEMPO rr MULTIPLIER ARP REPEAT RANDOM e o6 8 3 NIP M 7 AAP SHUFFLE id e Tu i Arpeggiator section PHOS ON Overview p ARUN ANN ana SIE SEN EGO ESL SRS UR UL ee EA ROPAGAUR REELS DANES AU PAUSE OU UP QUU CNRC NO E MC Md UN KR NUN UN PIU KUR KAN ANTA KN a p A M ON AO HR GU MI wp TREN BA iniit dU am SORTS E INR RU Ml M do d16 group e Distortion Distortion effect unit to further process sound DISTORTION DIST EG Distortion section e Internal sequencer Responsible for editing patterns in Int Seq mode E NIEPHUMHEH 0 0 ET PATTERN LENGTH Internal sequencer section PHOS ON 2 d16 group Overview e Work modes e Preset management Work modes The Int Seq switch allows selection of the sequencer Modes
46. st Accepted randomized state UGG CLEAR COPT PASTE lt SHIFT gt TEABBSPOSE Pattern edit section PHOS ON Arpeggiator e Controls A eececoecococococococococococoecoececocococococococococococococcececececococecocococococococococococcecececocococococococococococococcececocecocococococococococococcccececececocococococecooo d16 group Arpeggiator 6 Controls The block of Arpeggiator controls is placed in the center of the Phoscyon GUI MID oy APEGGIATOR ARF CHORD ARP MODE OCT RANGE ARP TEMPO BR ore MULTIPLIER 223 ARP REPEAT 9 6 6 e Ill ng ARP SHUFFLE do 8 42 j 6 Arpeggiator section gt Note The defined e Arp Chord switch is responsible for setting the tone set for the Arpeggiator chord is not taken f A I into iecount This switch implements two functions When Randomizer is turned off the switch is connected if the Arpeggiator to the Arpeggiator However if Randomizer is turned on only in Internal mode the switch is connected ne ONE to the Randomizer When setting the tone of the Arpeggiator the user can choose one of the defined chord types Major M7 Dim etc or choose a Custom chord defined by them e Arp Mode The Off position keeps the Arpeggiator turned off Positions from Random to Up Down allow the user to set the run time mode of Arpeggiator It controls the order of the playing notes Note Thiscontrol Arp Shuffle Decides how much of s
47. t in the chosen slot in the group list a group is possible oa dedd Holding CTRL or SHIFT and using the mouse button allows to select more presets E ta Holding CTRL and clicking on presets selects single items I the order by Using SHIFT allows to select a range of presets The first click marks the beginning of the range and the second dragging several click marks the end presetsinagroup is inactive When more than one presets are selected it is possible to drag them to a different group Egadageweay AA system e Preset Management e Preset Browser A IER d16 group On the left side of the Preset Browser there are function buttons located Adds a new empty group to the preset bank 8 Removes a group from the preset bank but only if the selected group is empty Before removing a group remaining presets should be relocated to different groups An empty group can be recognized by the lack of bold font and the lack of apointer on the right from its name wr Misc gt Ta _Organs Empty group in the Preset Browser i Pastes the edited preset to the buffer works exactly like the combination of Prev and CTRL Toon Overwrites the selected preset with the buffer content works exactly like the combination of Next and CTRL The postfix _copy is added to the name of the preset pasted from the buffer Function buttons of the Preset Browser Works exactly l
48. that only Note On message pressing and holding key is sent The Note Off message will appear when the step with other note arrives or when a step with no Gate attribute comes along Arpeggiator e Usage A eecececococococococococococoecececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococococcecocecocococococococococococococcececocococococococococococococcccecesececocococococecooo d16 group When the Arpeggiator is turned on the Accent and Slide attributes work in the same way as when the Arpeggiator is turned off The attributes can be used to create complicated Arpeggiator sequences 6 The Arpeggiator seguences can be used while playing live as well Arpeggiator tone With the Arp Chord switch the user can choose the Custom tone mode or one of 7 predefined tones ARF CHORD 7th rarth i i Arp chord rand chord dial In the Custom mode the tone is created from incoming notes from host application With the 7 predefined chord types the Arpeggiator works a little different All tones produced are part of the specified chord All predefined tones are illustrated in the figure on the next page Egadageweae AA ni i M MEE HRDUS EH MAH VR RH UE HS han menanamkan D Arpeggiator e Usage A eecececococococococococococcecoececocococococococococococococcecececececocococococococococococcceocececececococococococococococococccecececococococococococococococococcecesecococecocococecooo d16 group Major
49. the organization and use of Presets The Preset section on GUI is used for navigation throughthe preset bank To read more about preset management go to chapter Preset Management 1 MIDI LEARN PRESET NAME Preset section padageweae OT ementi rib R MU ismnyyayesymmymsm s O Play modes e External Sequencer mode A IEEE A d16 group Play modes External Sequencer mode Clicking the Int Seq diode in the Seq box changes Phoscyon from using its internal sequencer to using notes from the host sequencer is i IHT IHT HOST SEU EwWHC HOGE Plugin modes In this Mode the plug in acts as a regular sound module A MIDI Note On message triggers the sound and MIDI Note Off message ends it Only parameters controlling the sound Distortion effect and the Arpeggiator work in this Mode Phoscyon is a monophonic synthesizer This means that during play triggered by a MIDI Note On if another note comes another MIDI Note On the first note stops playing immediately and the next one starts to play Between both notes a Slide is executed with the time set by the Slide time knob In other words the user can only play one note at a time The user can also specify the amount of Slide i kl I l PI aum p o A x Ff es Li SLIDE TIME CUT ta Slide time knob DC pan C tentem ibn esmena D Play modes e External Sequencer mode A I
50. this gt Hint The To obtain the constant level of amplitude desired from the Phoscyon both on low as well as on high frequencies distortion effect can be used for something P itwasnotexactly Turning the Preamp to the left and Clip and Brightness to the right will give a non distorted sound processed through created for the diode clipper With these settings the signal goes together through LowPass BandPass and HighPass filters When additional events for the Size and Density parameters are set the sound will become similar to a phaser effect the distortion effect can be used However a separate compressor can also be used bgadagewea naek Aan HA HORAM ERE MRUMMMHAHIHHR am s 44 Distortion e Structure Structure In the distortion block see the figure below the signal from the synthesizer is processed as follows PHOS ON 1 The signal is amplified proportional to the Preamp parameter 2 Depending on Clip parameter settings the signal comes through the diode clipper 3 The signal is sent proportionally to three filters LowPass BandPass and HighPass whose frequencies are controlled by Size and Density parameters The resonance is controlled by the Wetness parameter 4 Outputs of all the filters are summed up 5 The filtered signal and signal from the diode clipper are cross faded the Brightness parameter and is finally sent to the output of the Phoscyon
51. ult Settings Default settings v Use internal sequencer Use internal clock Host Mode Note Off Mode w Self Reset Mode Default settings Default Settings group contains checkboxes with default flag values for the Current Settings group In every new instance of the plug in in the host application the Default Settings flags are overwritten on the Current Settings flags Default Settings values are saved in the Phoscyon configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug in When removing any instance of the plug in from the host application the configuration file is saved Host play detection Host play detection e By transport change By lowest C nate Host play detection flag This solves sync problems with some hosts It mainly concerns Native mode The properly written host should send a Transport Change code to the plug in after pressing the Play button in the host application When the By Transport Change option is selected then don t need to add an extra Midi track to force the plug into start to play It should start to play automatically In some cases it doesn t work If this happens choose the By The lowest Egadapeweay Waka PAPA HUS IH HEAPUIPHA AN MU Peka abadikan ese HP D Configuration e Sequencer tab e Presets tab The Preset Storing flag is saved in the Phoscyon configuration file and applies to all new instances of the plug in When C Note
52. wing syncopation is added to sequence generated by Arpeggiator Am um Changing value is performed by dragging the Arp Shuffle display Shuffle is represented values from O to 100 is turned on percentage when it s set to O shuffle is turned off and notes are spread equally in time Increasing value causes otherwise it s l Shuffle effect more audible and pattern more swinging disabled Egadagewewe pEemammnmmnmy mtm sysmyymmeyysamstemm D N amp Arpeggiator e Controls e Usage IEEE d16 group 2 Note If all the octave buttons on the Arpeggiator are turned off and the Arpeggiator is turned on then Phoscyon will play as if the octave O button was still turned on 2 Note Value 1 5 for Arp Repeater is omitted 2 e Oct Range These four buttons allow the range of the octaves that Arpeggiator will play to be set Initial Arpeggiator notes are transposed in the range of active octaves The method of transition between octaves depends on the Arp Mode The number of octaves from 1to 2 are given relative to the increase or decrease 6 in the octave of the initial note e Arp Tempo multiplier Arp Repeater If the horizontal switch placed under the multi plier repeater switch isin the left position the multiplier repeater switch controls the value of the Arp Tempo multiplier which is the tempo multiplication factor If the mentioned switch is in the right position then the multiplier repeater sw
53. yon will not generate sound because attribute Gate for every step will not be included PHOS ON p PREV FLA RAH i F EDIT STEP VALUES E z Edit step values button race Be i QU ii DATE d z hd 1 T Step values threshold Threshold mode can be very useful when the values of certain attributes need to be edited Changing threshold values across time e g with event edit in a host program allows the user to control the attribute amount at any given moment Another very important application of this mode is using it with the Randomizer see the chapter Randomizer 2 d16 group Synthesis e Controls A IP d16 group Synthesis Controls The block of synthesis controls is placed in the top portion of the Phoscyon GUI These controls are described below 5 ia f rs s ye Qi e ae a ese OW Qi LINK 4 F He a SLIDE TIME CUT GFF FAEO AGS ORANGE s Se TIME CHYMOD ERE ATTACK EH DECAY ACC DECAT EH ACCENT zm ACCENT VOL STEP LEMGTH Sound control section e Wave This switch allows the user to choose between saw or square waveforms e Tuning This tunes the instrument continuously in the range of 12 half tones A 440Hz in the middle position e Slide time Duration frequency change between two notes slide legato with Slide attribute placed on the first of them Left position corresponds to O ms legato middle position to
54. zer attributes Rand Gate Rand Accent and Rand Slide are set Next and prev buttons Egadagewewy permanentment mi 35 Randomizing basslines e Randomizer A IP d16 group Let us say we have drawn a pattern and after it we have set threshold values for Gate and Slide We want to save their values and make them independent of their threshold values We want also to leave the Accent attribute dependent on its threshold value So we make sure that Rand Accent is not set while Rand Gate and Rand Slide 5 are set Next we use the Flatten function The resulting states and values of the Accent attribute do not change However states for the Gate and Slide attributes stay active only for the steps in which the value of the attribute is lower than its threshold value at the moment the function was activated The values of the Gate and Slide attributes for all steps are set equal to O In other words the Flatten function limits clips the attributes of the steps with values exceeding the threshold value e Next Accept Each time you press this button you randomize new bass line or just a pattern s attributes accordingly to the chosen settings Pressing this button with CTRL button accepts current state and it is added toaundo buffer This makes it possible to go backto this state using the Undo button after further randomizations n m EV FLA 1 3 Next and prev buttons e Undo Goes back to the late
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