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1. This determines how much the pitch bender on your MIDI keyboard bends the note up or down in semitones 12 is an octave Negative values are used to reverse the meaning of the pitch bend control moving it up will lower the pitch and vice versa 2 2 1 2 MIXER Here you mix the sounds that you have generated in the OSC section You can also add a Sub oscillator that always oscillates at the same pitch as Osc1 but 18 Operating Modes and Menus Group MIXER an octave lower using a triangle waveform Furthermore you can ring modulate multiply the two oscillators together for creating new overtones giving the sound a metallic and percussive character Table 2 2 Page Parameter Value Comments Osc1Level 0 127 Sets the mixing level for each of these Osc2Level 0 127 sound sources SubOscLevel 0 127 NoiseLevel 0 127 RingModLev 0 127 Sets the amount of signal sent to the mixer from the Ring Modulator 2 2 1 3 FILTER The range of sounds generated in the oscillator section can be greatly enhanced by selectively removing or subtracting frequency components This is what filters are for By using different filter types you can carve away parts of the frequency spectrum from the mix of waveforms changing drastically the timbre of the sound In Australis there are available two identical resonant multimode filters with two poles each slope of 12dB octave A flexible routing mechanism all
2. It will follow the internal clock unless you set the synchronization options in System Mode to Auto or Ext see page 42 for more details Table 2 12 Page Parameter Value Comments ARPEGGIATOR Mode Off This Like the LFOs means that On the pattern can play continuously OneShot ON once through OneShot or Hold forever Hold Clock 32T You have a range of tempo Ah based options for synchronising 1 4 notes the speed to your MIDI tempo e g 1 4 notes 1 8 note Triplets 8 Bars etc Pattern 001 128 There are 128 different rhythm patterns to choose from Dir Up When you hold down a chord Down the pattern will trigger the active Up amp Down sorted notes in this order UP or Down amp Up DOWN only go in one direction Chord UP amp DOWN DOWNSUP will do just that CHORD will play them all at a time Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 29 Group Page Parameter Value Comments Sort AsPlayed This determines the order used ByNote by Dir AsPlayed follows the ByVel temporal order as they were Random pressed ByNote and ByVel uses the Note and Velocity values respectively as a key to be sort Random is auto explanatory Octaves 1 6 It will span the notes over more octaves than you play using this parameter Velo Played This specifies what velocity Pattern pattern it uses PLAYED is what First you play PATTERN is what is in Last the pattern FIRST is from the first Full note pressed
3. KnobMode TempoLED LockEnc ScrnSaver Utility Init Single Init Multi Reset All Reset Bank A Reset Bank B Reset Bank C Reset Bank D Reset Multis Reset ArpPat Australis vX X 61 Appendix Factory Presets The following tables contain the name of the factory presets supplied with this version of Australis They fill completely the Single Banks A B and C and a portion of the Multi Bank Single Bank A 001 ChamyPad 036 Beaming 002 FilmPad 037 PolySynth 003 DarkPad 038 Interact 004 HiStrings 039 Password 005 Ensemble 040 Transgen 006 DarkStr 041 Loathing 007 LargeStrn 042 Sacrilege 008 FmStrings 043 Syntax 009 HiSweep 044 Debacle 010 Mistery 045 Syncope 011 ResSweep 046 Flipper 012 HiPassPad 047 Umbrella 013 GrowPad 048 Spot 014 Milkyway 049 Finely 015 OpenSweep 050 Inflamed 016 Spiky 051 Hoarse 017 SpecPad 052 Rope 018 Tremolous 053 Venice 019 Galaxy 054 Allusion 020 WonderPad 055 Oomph 021 SoftSquar 056 Smudgy 022 SynCchoir 057 Pouding 023 Malechoir 058 ByGone 024 MelloPad 059 Disto303 025 VoxPad 060 Declaim 026 Aurora 061 SynBass 027 BellStr 062 SubBass 028 ForceOne 063 LowBass 029 SynthEp 064 Oizo 030 HarpyHarm 065 ObyBrass 031 Flux 066 SynBrass 032 Silicone 067 Brassiere 033 Evenly 068 Brash 034 Party 069 Concoct 035 Bathos 070 Shortfall 62 Factory Presets 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 08
4. Note that there is a Quick Access group that also groups together many of the most commonly used parameters for ease of use Here for example is the Quickedit window a single part _ Chameleon GUI GLOBAL MODE The global settings are the main system configuration parameters for the Australis synth Generally you will set these up and then leave them as they are See the relevant chapter for more details Alternat Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 79
5. Chor Phas Type Chorus Mix Delay Feedback Depth Sync Clock Speed Phaser Mix Peaks Frequency Feedback Depth Sync Clock Speed Send Sync Clock Time Feedback Filter PingPong Parameter Mode Clock Pattern Dir Sort Octaves Velo Note GateTime PatternLen Quantize KeyRestart PatReset Quick Navigation Tables Parameter BPM MinValue MaxValue MinValue MaxValue MinValue MaxValue MinValue MaxValue Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 59 60 Multi Edit Mode MidiChannel NoteLow NoteHigh VelLow VelHigh Volume Pan Transpose Detune DiySend ArpMode FxDelay Sync Clock Time Feedback Filter PingPong BPM Quick Navigation Tables System Mode Australis Synthesizer User s Manual Parameter Snapshot Performance Single Multi Arp Pattern Single Bank A Single Bank B Single Bank C Single Bank D Multi Bank ArpPat Bank Global Data Total InputThru SyncMode MidiThru GlobalChan SysEx ID ArpSend Rx ctlChg Tx Ctlchg Rx Prgchg Tx Prgchg MasterTune
6. 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 Transfer LowMutes LeadPick Psychotic SyncCity SynBass2 ChorBass Bastard TBxfer ResoTB DanceBass BootBass MeloBass Raver MiniNoisy MoogMan Acidify PillBass FilterAtk WarBass B Bass Dee Troit VerySub Netwerk TypBass AccBass PickBass SiloBass LowBrass SoftBrass Brassy Brasster Anattack MeloBrass TerraNova Brassic Darkness LeadBrass Leading SineLead Leader SawLead ShortLead SyncLead CrazyLead Factory Presets 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 OldSkool MagicOrg OrganPad ChorusOrg Epiano HighEP PercEP SoftEP RingPiano FazOrgan Metalkey Vibes Vibes Vib Woodkey Marimbaaa Kaleemba Congas Bongo DanceKick Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 DeepSubBD Bum BD RingRide Brass SN DrySnare HipSnare NoiseSnr AnaSnare2 BigHat Maracas ClosedHH2 Shaker TickSnare NoiSnare BigSnare Snap WhitePing Analogtom XowToms 65 66 Single Bank C 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 0
7. LAST is from the Half last note pressed And FULL and HALF are used to specify a velocity value of 127 and 64 respectively Note Off You can have automatically Pattern generated note offset sequences within the patterns as well If Pattern is selected the active note will be added with the stored offset creating complex melodic phrases GateTime 64 63 You can shorten and lengthen the length gate time of the pattern notes PatternLen 1 16 The pattern can be any length up to 16 Trying unusual numbers like 13 and 11 can make some very interesting patterns that cycle well over the top of standard 4 4 beats Quantize OFF ON This allows you to start the pattern synchronously in the next quarter note KeyRestart OFF ON It specifies if a new key will restart or not the selected rhythm pattern PatReset OFF ON It is used to restart the note list from the beginning when the rhythm pattern is reset 2 2 6 COMMON Lastly in Common you can adjust a number of common parameters that are global to the sound including the set up of your external MIDI controllers see page 32 for more details Table 2 13 Parameter Value Comments COMMON Tempo BPM 65 192 To set the internal tempo clock that is used when no external MIDI clock is used Wheel MinValue 0 127 For adusting the range of these MaxValue 0 127 external MIDI controllers that are 30 Operating Modes and Me
8. Preset or On reassign it to a new mode for using it OneShot together with the rest of presets in Hold the multi Group MULTI The second group in Multi Edit Mode is for setting up the global tempo and Delay effect settings Remember that a single that is being used in Multi Preset Mode has its internal TEMPO and the DELAY related parameters disabled Table 2 15 Page FxDelay Parameter Sync Value OFF ON ON Clock 32T 1 4 notes 1 Bar OFF Speed 0 1354 ms Comments The effect can be synchronised to the MIDI clock or set at a certain speed directly When the SYNC is OFF you can set the speed in milliseconds When SYNC is ON you have a range of tempo based options for synchronising the speed to your MIDI tempo e g 1 4 notes 1 8 note Triplets etc Feedback 0 127 Without feedback the effect creates only a single echo This feeds a portion of the output back into the effect for creating repeating echoes that die away At high levels you can get a recurring feedback that grows and grows in a similar way to guitar feedback Filter 64 63 This uses a frequency filter to either make the output darker or lighter in relation to the original PingPong 64 63 For creating stereo movement in the delay lines Tempo BPM 65 192 Sets the internal clock tempo for the multi SAVE AND EXIT To exit Multi Edi
9. with 128 pattern presets available which can be redefined and adjustable gate time velocity direction and note sort order Comprehensive MIDI automation and bulk Dumps Front panel real time controllers assignable to most internal parameters with several operating modes absolute relative and pick up Parameters assignable to external controllers including support for aftertouch and sustain and expression pedals Downloadable arpeggiator patterns via MIDI SysEx Overview 1 2 Sound Architecture Australis is a digital emulation of musical instruments developed in the analog electronics world It is based around the concept of subtractive synthesis that is one of the classic methods for generating complex sounds using analog circuitry The diagrams and short explanation below should provide all you need to know to understand the architecture of Australis 1 2 1 AUDIO These elements generate and manipulate the audio signals SubOsc gt Audio Osc1 Filter1 RingMod Mixer Routing be Amp iF tt Osc2 ami Filter2 Ext Input Figure 1 1 Simple signal types are generated by the oscillators Osc1 Osc2 SubOsc and noise generator Noise The Mixer combines these signals together and sends the result to the Filters Filter1 Filter2 for cutting out certain frequencies The Routing configuration establishes the signal flow between both filters and the output is then passed t
10. 0 is used to generate white noise uniform energy distribution With positive values the noise contains less low frequency energy than white noise and with negative values the noise contains less high frequency energy than white noise Unison Active OFF ON This parameter activates or deactivates the unison mode where two voices of Australis are used to render the same played note making a sound fatter Detune 0 127 It is used when Unison Mode is active to slightly detune the two voices providing a chorus like effect PanSpread 0 127 It is used when Unison Mode is active to vary slightly the panorma position of both voices providing an stereo effect Keyboard KeyMode Poly Mono You can either have a synth that only plays one note at a time mono or a synth that can play multiple notes and chords poly Trigger Always Staccat It specifies if the envelopes are restarted every time you play a note always or at the first note only when playing legato staccato Glide Always Legato when the portamento is active it either always triggers or only on the separated notes of a legato phrase Common Portamento Transpose 0 127 64 0 63 Here you set the amount of time used to glide the pitch from the current note to the next note played This raises or lowers the pitch of the whole OSCILLATOR section BendRange 64 0 63
11. Do it SysEx dumps are MIDI code that the Chameleon will send to your MIDI sequencer to save the internal settings of a SoundSkin for safekeeping Place your sequencer in record and then use the VALUE UP key to execute Snapshot sends the current part parameters as standard MIDI control codes see table in Appendix B Performance Do it This sends the current state of all parts as SysEx in order of being repeated exactly as is without modify any stored preset Single Do it Sends the current single state as SysEx Multi Do it Sends the current multi state as SysEx Arp Pattern Do it Sends the current arpeggiator pattern as SySsEx Single Bank A Do it This sends a whole bank of presets as SysEx Single Bank B Do it 42 Operating Modes and Menus Group Page Parameter Value Comments Single Bank C Do it Single Bank D Do it Multi Bank Do it Sends the full bank of multi presets as SysEx ArpPat Bank Do it Sends the full bank of arpeggiator patterns as SysEx Global Data Do it This sends the global parameters not stored with any single or multi preset as SysEx Total Do it Sends a dump of everything This is the safest to use to make sure you never lose all your finely tuned presets Input InputThru 0 127 This parameter defines the portion of the input signal that will be fed to the output directly bypass Sync Syncmode Int Sync
12. For instance with a bassdrum sound you might not want to alter the fundamental pitch as you play along the keyboard Phase Free You can set at exactly what point in 0 360 Deg the wave cycle the sound starts when triggering a new note Free stands for an arbitrary value Osc2 Wave Sine Triangle Sawtooth Square Wave01 36 See OSC 1 PulseWidth 0 127 Pitch 64 0 63 Detune OFF ON You can set the pitch of Osc 2 to be detuned in relation to Osc 1 KeyTrack OFF ON Phase Free See OSC 1 0 360 Deg Sync OFF ON This feature allows to use the phase of the Osc1 to synchronize or reset the phase of the Osc2 This results in a new static wave whose frequency is that of the Osc1 but whose shape is a portion of the Osc2 Note that the choice of wave for the Osc1 is irrelevant and only it s frequency matters Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 17 Group Page Parameter FmAmount Value 0 127 Comments FM synthesis is a way of generating musically interesting sounds by changing the basic frequency of a sound using another signal with a frequency in the hearing range In practice it just means connecting the audio output of an oscillator to the frequency input of another oscillator In Australis FnAmount controls the amount of the output of Osc1 used to modulate the frequency of Osc2 Noise Color 64 63 Here you adjust the frequency contents of the generated noise A value of
13. Frequency 0 127 Resonance 0 127 These parameters modify two related values at a time i e Operating Modes and Menus Group Page Parameter Value Comments EnvAmount 0 127 FILTER Common Resonance will change at the same time FILTER Filter1 Resonance and FILTER Filter2 Resonance overriding the old value of them This is for controlling them simultaneously 2 2 1 4 AMPLIFIER In this section an amplitude envelope see below is applied to the signal from the previous stages and the resulting sound is finally sent to the stereo part bus with the level and stereo pan specified Table 2 4 Page Parameter Value Comments AMPLIFIER Volume 0 127 General level Panorama 64 0 63 Left to right stereo positioning 2 2 2 MODULATION Next we have the sets of components that deal with controlling many of the above parameters over time to add movement and dynamics to the sound 2 2 2 1 ENVELOPES Envelopes are used to generate a control signal which value changes over time The envelope starts when it is triggered whenever you press a key on the keyboard The four parameters the classic ADSR give you control over the start the middle and the end of the sound Value Maximum Value Decay Rate Sustain Level Attack Rate Release Rate Time Key Pressed Key Released Figure 2 1 You have control over certain time dependant para
14. In the modulation sections below you can set up a filter envelope to manipulate the cut off frequency over time This parameter determines how much the filter cut off is controlled by the filter envelope Envinvert OFF ON With this parameter you can invert the above envelope so that it acts in reverse upon the cut off frequency value As the envelope raises the value the filter lowers it correspondingly KeyTrack 64 0 63 This allows the filter to modify the cutoff point depending of the note played in the keyboard For instance if you left this off while using a heavily LowPass filtered sound you would hear nothing at the very top of the keyboard Filter2 Common 20 Type LowPass HighPass BandPass BandStop Frequency 0 127 Resonance EnvAmount Envinvert 0 127 0 127 OFF ON KeyTrack Routing 64 0 63 Serial Parallel See Filter 1 You can route the sound through the filters in different ways Serial configuration means that one filter processes the sound before passing it to the other Parallel configuration means that they both take the signal at the same time process it and then the results are mixed back together again Balance 64 63 When the Routing parameter has been set to parallel this specifies the mix ratio of each filter Negative values affect the Filter1 output and positive values affect the Filter2 output
15. Preset Mode In this mode you can listen and navigate across the full 512 single presets stored in internal memory VALUE UP DOWN and the BIG DIAL change the current single preset 1 to 128 Note that the menus wrap around from 128 to 1 for quicker selection PARAM UP DOWN change the current bank A B C or D If you want to listen inmediately how Australis sounds you can enter the Demo Mode by pressing SHIFT EDIT keys Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 9 1 5 1 10 In all operating modes the LED located next to the SHIFT key will flash at the selected tempo speed quarter notes The Realtime Controllers on the right of the front panel are used to change the value of internal parameters that you assign to them for instant access See page 31 for more details The LED above each Realtime controller will light if its controller is assigned to any parameter When you use a Realtime Controller a screen will appear for a few milliseconds telling you about the parameter changed and the new value assigned When browsing around the different presets for the first time do have a play with these controllers to see how the sound can be manipulated The volume knob located in the left side of the front panel controls the global level of the audio outputs including the headphone connection Stuck notes By pressing together the SHIFT and PART UP keys Australis performs a Panic function The Panic function sends and executes a
16. Value Comments FX Distortion Curve OFF There are 10 different distortion 1 10 curve types ranging roughly from mild to highly overdriven types Gain 0 127 For boosting the sound with the distortion curve Volume 0 127 Use this to turn back down the volume level of the signal after boosting it with the gain 2 2 4 2 THE CHORUS PHASER This effect is really composed of two different ones but only one of them can be activated at a time The Chorus effect is delay based and it simulates the effect of multiple stereo voices It thickens the signal by reproducing the same sound on top of itself several times with a very slight delay and pitch change Controls are added to make these extra voices move about in pitch over time The Phaser effect is a set of 3 or 6 allpass filters which displace the phase 180 degrees each giving 3 or 6 peak resonance frequencies A phaser reproduces the same signal on top of itself but this time modulates the frequency phase difference between the two thus causing a frequency dependant delay between both signals The result is that certain frequency components are eliminated and others are enhanced as the phase relationship changes over time It is usually controlled by its own internal sine wave LFO An internal LFO is used to modulate the delay time in the Chorus and the Frequency in the Phaser giving the sound movement The menus for this particular effect are dynamic that
17. Villena Vicente Solsona Jose Manuel Torrelo Josep Oriol Tomas Simon Smith Sergi Cerni We wish to thank also BiTeR mc Jordi Trujillo Andreu Jacob Raul Jordan Paul Maddox Eddy Robinson Wolfgang Merkle amp Thomas Merkle a k a Bitplant Are Leistad Spin Audio and everybody else who has helped in making the Chameleon its soundskins and all related items manual factory sounds demo songs etc and beta testing the long list of intermediate versions Australis Synthesizer User s Manual iii Table of Contents 1 moa BD gt OV OT VIEW 55 sedi scticnscudisneduaccscassicdecsoadavcssusessencuvactedessedwesenissedadsedenetossendsoes 1 11 Main FEBTUNES ssiasiessnc cossosnesdeassiayssssnsscancvancensdendeuatsoucesbivenssieassevneens 1 1 2 Sound Architecture seesessosesessossoossossoesossscseseesossoessossossoessese 3 A AUO e r a A a E AA 3 1 2 2 MODULATION COMPONENTS ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessseecceceeeeeeeesseesssssssnnnnsnnnnees 4 WDB c ERGECTS Emna ae sean Oa a A 5 1 3 Memory Structure cccccccccccccccecccscscccccccececcsscscceceseeeeeeees 6 1 4 Setup and Connections e ssoessooessoessoosssocesscessecesoceeoocessocesoeessoe 7 1 4 1 MAKING THE CONNECTIONS i scssess octet ded sa ctidl a das delist hedarcianeachcesstseteedaly 7 1 4 2 LOADING THE SOUNDS KIN asic atieracnienau Walia lines ee 7 1 5 Quick Tour of the Controls and the Front Pamel cssesee 9 1 5 1 NAVIG
18. and you will still be able to store it later If you want to start over with the original preset from memory from Preset Mode simply use VALUE UP DOWN to change to another preset and then change back to load the original sound from memory If you are sure you want to save your preset just press and hold the EDIT key down This is also useful if you haven t changed anything but want to save it to a new location otherwise the Edit button wouldn t normally ask you if you want to save it as you have made no changes and would simply take you back to Preset Mode 2 3 1 1 NAMING AND NUMBERING So once you have chosen to save the preset the next screen will allow you to set the name and number of the preset you are saving By default the current preset number and name will be shown First you can change the number and bank then the name Use the BIG DIAL or the VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN keys to alter the value PARAM UP anmd DOWN to select the bank and the EDIT key to move to the Name field to edit that The active field is enclosed between two animated brackets When the Name field is selected you edit the name like this the VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN keys choose from the different characters available from Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 33 34 numbers to capital letters and symbols and the PARAM UP and PARAM DOWN keys move you around left or right within the name You can always jump back to the preset number fie
19. for moving and saving your Presets and bank info e STORE TO This allows you to move presets around By selecting a preset then pressing STORE TO and then selecting a destination slot you can copy the Preset to other slots in the library Remember that by default bank D is empty for user slots Note that the STORE TO button will flash until you select a destination Chameleon GUI e SWAP WITH This allows you to swap presets around By selecting a preset then pressing SWAP WITH and then selecting a destination slot you can swap the preset with other slots in the library Note that the SWAP WITH button will flash until you select a destination e SAVE BANK press this to save the bank to your computer hard disk for back up The next two buttons help to synchronise the banks of GUI and those of the Chameleon e REQUEST BANK this will ask the Chameleon to send a particular bank s data so as to co ordinate the GUI with the Chameleon s memory e DUMP BANK this will send all bank data from the GUI to the Chameleon to co ordinate the Chameleon memory with the on screen GUI EDIT MODE The buttons on the right hand side are used for storing loading and resetting patches as well as co ordinating the GUI with the Chameleon s own internal settings or vice versa Editing all the many parameters in the lower section of the GUI is straightforward to use if you know your way around the synth already We a
20. is they change depending which effect type you have selected So if you choose Phaser as you scroll upwards you will see the Phaser effects parameters The same is true for Chorus Table 2 10 Group Page Parameter Value Comments FX Chor Phas Type Chorus Select the effect type you want Phaser Mix Off MIX sets the balance between 1 127 the FX and the original sound Delay 0 127 DELAY sets the time difference between the original and the Feedback 0 127 processed signal Feedback adds Chorus Depth 0127 a portion of the output signal to P the input and depth controls how deeply the LFO affects the delay Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 27 Group Page Parameter Value Comments Sync OFF ON The internal LFO can be ON Clock 327 synchronised to the MIDI clock Ti or set at a certain speed 1 4 notes directly When the SYNC is OFF you can set the speed in 2 Bars milliseconds or in Hertz cycles per second When SYNC is ON OFF Speed 101 Hz you have a range of tempo a based options for synchronising 281 seconds the speed to your MIDI tempo Static e g 1 4 notes 1 8 note Triplets etc Mix Off MIX sets the balance between 1 127 the FX and the original sound Peaks 3 6 Peaks defines the number of Frequency 0 127 allpass filters to use Frequency Feedback 0 127 sets the base pitch area that is Phaser Depth 0 127 effected Feedback adds a p
21. you see in this section will change according to what options you have selected in the upper section Different sets of parameters will show in the lower section ranging from the libraries of Preset banks to all the synth s parameters for each part The UPPER Section in Detail The buttons on the right hand side are used for storing loading and resetting patches as well as co ordinating the GUI with the Chameleon s own internal settings or vice versa Saving your work with the GUI is more complex than a standard soft synth as you can save records of your Patches locally on your computer as well as to the memory of the Chameleon itself So there are a variety of options found here Chameleon GUI Dialog boxes will appear to help you or to warn you if you are about to do something major like initialise everything Progress bars will also let you know how any large data transfers are getting on Lets look at it a line at a time The top two lines are for storing to the Chameleon memory and resetting patches e STORE This saves the current part that you are editing to the Chameleon s memory overwriting the previous stored Preset at the same location This is equivalent to saving the Preset over itself on the Chameleon e RESET This initialises i e wipes blank the current Preset to default values a basic sine wave Patch In the case of resetting a Multi it will initialise ALL the parts in that Multi Use these resetti
22. 0 127 How quickly or slowly the sound fades away once you let go of the keys Filter Attack 0 127 These controls are exactly the same Decay 0 127 as the Amp envelope above but Sustain 0 127 control the filter cut off point instead of the overall volume of the kelgasa k AMPLIFIER section 2 2 2 2 LFOS 22 LFO stands for Low Frequency Oscillator It creates a periodic slowly moving control signal that can be used to automate another parameter in cycles Here you set up the pattern and you can then assign the LFOs to control various parameters by different amounts using the Modulation Matrix For instance a triangle shaped LFO control attached to the panning control of a synth would shift the sound repeatedly left and right at the same speed as the LFO Here are two exampes of the LFO waves available Operating Modes and Menus Group LFO ore Max Min Figure 2 2 MODULATION Max Min Figure 2 3 TRIANGLE SAWTOOTH TIME TIME This is quite different from the ENVELOPES above which are designed to create a control movement only once on every key trigger The LFO normally just keeps going regardless of whether you are playing or not however sophisticated LFOs like the ones here can be coordinated with the keyboard for even more control Table 2 6 Page Lfo1 Parameter Wave Value Sine Triangle Sawtooth Square S amp H Comments You can choose the w
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27. ELAY related parameters are disabled in the Single Sound The reason is because in Multi Preset Mode the DELAY adjustments are stored in the Multi preset as the Delay effect is a global resource Operating Modes and Menus 2 4 1 4 TO EDIT THE SET UP OF THE MULTI To set up the mix and so on for a particular Multi you go into Multi Edit Mode by pressing SHIFT EDIT Again the key presses have been reversed from previous versions of Australis The following section deals with the Multi Edit Mode options that you find Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 37 2 5 Multi Edit Mode Here you can set up the mix pan transpose Delay FX tempo and Part layering options for your Multi In the Multi Edit screen the little m symbol and the number of the current edited part are shown in the upper left corner of the display Just as in Single Edit mode the Multi adjustments are ordered using the same Group Page Parameter menu structures The tables below outline the Group PART 38 available options The first Group houses all the parameters for each Part Here you can set up the layering mix and so on Table 2 14 Page Parameter Enable Value OFF ON Comments This turns on the Part MidiChannel 1 16 Sets the MIDI channel that the Part responds to NoteLow C 2 G8 You can choose to only put the sound in a portion of the keyboard These parameters set the range Fo
28. FOs to interact on Osc1Pitch 64 0 63 different parameters and with each Osc2Pitch 640 63 other there are endless sounds that Pulsewidth 64 0 63 Can DE Created PulseWidth1 64 0 63 PulseWidth2 64 0 63 OscFm 64 0 63 FilterFreq 64 0 63 Filter1Freq 64 0 63 Filter2Freq 64 0 63 FilterReso 64 0 63 Filter1Reso 64 0 63 Filter2Reso 64 0 63 FilterEnv OscPitch 64 0 63 Not only does the Filter Envelope Osc1Pitch 64 0 63 control the filter cut off you can apply Osc2Pitch 64 0 63 it here to control these other Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 25 2 2 3 2 2 4 26 Group Page Parameter Value Comments Osc2Detune 64 0 63 parameters at the same time OscFm 64 0 63 AmpEnv OscPitch 64 0 63 Not only does the Amplifier Envelope Osc1Pitch 64 0 63 control the AMPLIFIER section volume Osc2Pitch 64 0 63 you can apply it here to control these OscoDetune 64 0463 other parameters at the same time OscFm 64 0 63 Random Panorama 64 0 63 Every time you hit a key this random PulseWidth 64 0 63 generator can adjust these PulseWidth1 64 0 63 parameters PulseWidth2 64 0 63 Osc2Detune 64 0 463 Use just a little for a touch of liveliness and a human factor or OscFm 64 0 63 loads to create really random FilterEn
29. Mode defines the source of the MIDI Auto clock to synchronize the delays and LFOs Ext When set to internal the MIDI clock is generated internally using the Tempo specified in the next parameter If set to external the clock is extracted from the incoming MIDI stream and the Tempo is calculated from it The Auto Mode is used to automatically change between external and internal tempo if the system receives incoming MIDI clock then it will follow the external tempo If there is not incoming MIDI clock then the system will use the internal tempo MIDI MIDI Thru OFF ON When on the Chameleon will echo out instantly of the MIDI OUT port all information that it receives at the MIDI IN port Global Chan 1 16 It is used as the listening MIDI channel when in Single Preset Mode Sysex ID 0 126 If you have more than one Chameleon and Any you want to send SysEx information to them independently on the same MIDI chain you can uniquely identify them using this setting ArpSend OFF ON When this parameter is ON Australis will send out through the MIDI OUT port the stream of notes generated by the internal arpeggiator Rx Cctlchg OFF ON Australis will respond to MIDI controller po change messages Tx Ctlchg OFF ON When this is ON whenever you adjust a parameter Australis will transmit the corresponding MIDI controller change message Useful if you want to record a performance with the real time controllers
30. N of your sequencer Once all connections are made turn on the power of the Chameleon and all the other devices in your system 1 4 2 LOADING THE SOUNDSKIN The Australis soundskin is contained into a MIDI file called Australis_vX X mid where X X is the current version number of the soundskin Like any other Chameleon soundskin when you load Australis you will wipe the memory of the Chameleon and use it for this new soundskin instead So you have to first make sure you have saved your personal settings and user data stored in the Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 7 soundskin you are about to replace with Australis You can save it by making a quick MIDI SYSEX Total dump Remember if you have an older version of Australis or a different soundskin installed in your Chameleon you will lose your user data if you don t make a backup of it before updating the software version Please read the important notice in the Appendix A to check how to save your and load new soundskins into the Chameleon When you have loaded the latest Australis you can still reload again your old Australis presets previously backed up by MIDI The new software version will update the preset formatting of your presets if necessary Once the soundskin is loaded it is ready to use and you can treat the Chameleon as if it was a regular synth By default the soundskin comes loaded with the Factory presets banks which provide a wide range of r
31. Once you have chosen a group and gone inside a particular page you can then select from a list of parameters for adjusting The name of the current parameter is shown in the lower line of the Display aligned to the left e VALUE VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN keys and or BIG DIAL All the other buttons described above are for navigating around the soundskin With VALUE UP DOWN and or the BIG DIAL you actually change the value of a parameter The current value of the parameter you have navigated to is shown between animated brackets on the lower line of the Display The LCD display always tells you where you are as you navigate the upper line shows the Group name and the current page separated with The lower line shows the current parameter name and their value between animated brackets In the following chapters we have laid out all the groups pages parameters and their possible values in tables which show this hierarchical menu structure clearly Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 11 Chapter Operating Modes and Menus Australis has several different operating modes Here is a brief description of what they do and how to move between them e Single Preset Mode This is the default start up mode as shown above and it is where you can browse through the various single sounds available the soundskin uses the MIDI Channel set in the Global system controls From here you can e Enter Single Edit Mode by pressi
32. Rx PrgChg OFF ON Will respond to program change messages for changing preset Tx PrgChg OFF ON Australis will transmit a program change messages whenever you change preset from the front panel Set Up Mastertune 64 63 Determine the overall pitch of Australis KnobMode Abs Provides a selection of several knob Rel operating modes depending on personal Pick preference or suitability to the tasks you are dealing with In absoulute mode Abs the assigned parameter value will jump directly to the value determined by the current position of Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 43 44 Group Page Parameter Value Comments the knob In Relative mode Rel the parameter value will change in the same proportion as the knob changes from the current position In Pick Up mode Pick the parameter value will remain at the original setting until the movement of the knob passes beyond this position TempoLED Alt You can choose between two types of flash Typ patterns for the tempo LED Straight flashes or a slightly longer flash on the first beat of the bar LockEnc OFF ON When playing with the real time controllers it is possible to knock the BIG DIAL by accident which could mean changing preset This option switches off the big dial so that during a gig you don t accidentally change preset and sound stupid Aren t we nice ScrnSaver OFF You can set the time before
33. Some entries can be disabled depending of the value of other parameters For example the entry OSC 0sc1 Pulsewidth will be disabled if OSC 0sc1 Wave has a value different of Square Single Edit Mode Page Parameter Wave PulseWidth Pitch KeyTrack Phase Wave PulseWidth Pitch Detune KeyTrack Phase Sync FmAmount Noise Color Unison Active Detune PanSpread Keyboard KeyMode Trigger Glide Common Australis Synthesizer User s Manual Portamento Transpose BendRange Parameter Osc1Level Osc2Level SubOscLevel NoiseLevel RingModLev 54 Filter1 Parameter Type Frequency Resonance EnvAmount Envinvert KeyTrack Filter2 Type Frequency Resonance EnvAmount Envinvert KeyTrack Common Page Routing Balance Frequency Resonance EnvAmount Parameter Parameter Attack Volume Panorama Decay Sustain Release Filter Attack Decay Sustain Release Quick Navigation Tables Australis Synthesizer User s Manual Parameter Wave Sync Clock Speed Fadeln Mode KeyTrack Phase PulseWidth Wave Sync Clock Speed Fadeln Mode KeyTrack P
34. Square wave this parameter sets the pulsewidth of the Square signal generated Lfo2 Wave Sine Triangle Sawtooth Square S amp H Sync OFF ON ON Clock 32T 1 4 notes See LFO 1 8bars OFF Speed 101Hz 281seconds Static Fade In 0 127 Mode Poly Mono Poly1Shot Mono1Shot KeyTrack 0 127 Phase Free 0 360 deg PulseWidth 0 127 2 2 2 3 MODULATION MATRIX This is where you assign the many modulation controllers to parameters that have already been discussed in the previous sections The list of options is extensive and these controls can twist the sound in all sorts of directions You can apply positive or negative amounts of control to the paramters so that as one parameter value is being being raised by a controller another can be simultaneously lowered Several modulation controls can also be sent to the same parameter and they can interact to create a very expressive synth 24 Operating Modes and Menus Group MOD sound Table 2 7 Page Parameter Value Comments Velocity Volume 64 0 63 Velocity refers to MIDI signals that are Panorama 64 0 63 sent from most keyboards as you play PulseWidth 64 0 463 that indicate how hard you hit the Pulsewidth1 64 0 63 keys PulseWidth2 64 0 63 i 4257 ak os Det ne 40363 The most obvious app
35. USER S MANUAL soundart Quis Tr Ciuwicss Chameleon Virtual Analog Synthesizer Application revision 6 06 2004 soundskin version 1 23 www soundart hot com Copyright 2001 2004 Soundart www soundart hot com Soundart makes no warranty of any kind expressed or implied with respect to the contents or use of the material in this document or in the software and hardware it describes and specifically disclaims any responsibility for any damages derived from its use Hardware and Software may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications Soundart reserves the right to revise and modify the topics covered in this document periodically which are subject to change without notice This document may be reproduced and distributed freely provided no alterations of any kind are made Soundart software is subject to the terms of the Soundart Tools Software license Third party software is subject to the terms of their respective owners license Third party trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners Preface This manual was written to help you to become familiar with Australis the Polyphonic Virtual Analog Synthesizer for Chameleon It will also aid experienced users with routine tasks To avoid confusion the terminology used in this manual is based on the Australis s parameter names Acknowledgements The Soundart team Jesus
36. aveform shape that you want the control signal to take Sample amp Hold is a random value generator Australis Synthesizer User s Manual Sync OFF ON The LFO can be synchronised to the ON Clock 327 MIDI clock or set at a certain speed in a Hertz cycles per second or 1 4 notes milliseconds When the SYNC is OFF you can set the speed directly When a SYNC is ON you have a range of 8 Bars tempo based options for OFF Speed 101 Hz synchronising the speed to your MIDI i tempo e g 1 4 notes 1 8 note 281 seconds Triplets etc Static Fadeln 0 127 You can set it so that the LFO takes time to kick in when you press a key For instance the panning control outlined above could slowly become more and more extreme using a fade in 23 Group Page Parameter Value Comments Mode Poly Poly means each note played has its Mono own LFO starting point Poly1Shot Mono1shot Mono means all notes share a common LFO 1Shot means that when you trigger a note the LFO cycles once only This makes the LFO similar to an Envelope in function KeyTrack 0 127 This allows the LFO to increase its speed as you rise up the keyboard Phase Free You can choose where in the 0 360deg waveform cycle the LFO begins For instance with a sine wave you might choose to start it at the top of the peak or at the bottom of the trough PulseWidth 0 127 When the Wave selected for this LFO is the
37. ch between the different areas of the GUI that are shown in the lower section of the GUI e LIBRARY is for managing all your saved Presets e EDIT is for adjusting individual parameters within the different sections of the synth OSC FILTERS FX etc e GLOBAL is for setting up the main system parameters for the synth such as master tune screen saver and so on Remember that what you will see in the lower section as you switch between the LIBRARY and EDIT sections will also depend on what you have selected in the main window the Multi name or one of the individual Presets Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 75 76 NGLE LIBRARY BANK A The LOWER Section in Detail LIBRARY MODE The buttons on the right hand side are used for storing loading and resetting patches as well as co ordinating the GUI with the Chameleon s own internal settings or vice versa These libraries are for getting an overview of all your different Patches Here you can rapidly select a Preset you want You are also able to swap Presets around within the library move them and reset them Remember that e If you have selected the Multi name in the main window you will enter the Multi library e If you have selected a Preset name in the main window you will edit your Preset libraries instead For example here is a Single bank library nl S Party 11 The buttons on the top right are for storing and saving The first three are
38. configure the GUI to work you simply need to set up the correct MIDI ports inside the program and that is it There is no audio to configure as the GUI only changes the synth s parameters by sending and receiving MIDI commands CC CPRESS and SYSEX etc 1 Open the midi settings window under the system menu 2 Then select and insert the appropriate in and out ports E g input from your keyboard output to your Chameleon MIDI Settings x Available MIDI output ports Delta 1010 MIDI MT4 Out 0 fall MT4 Out O1 MT4 Out 02 xl Available MIDI input ports MT4 In O1 MT4 In 02 MIDI Yoke NT 1 MIDI Yoke NT 2 xl Insert Delete Insert Delete Installed MIDI input ports Installed MIDI output ports MT4 In 01 MT4 Out 0 fall MT4 In 02 MIDI input channels 7 KEM MMEM 7 o x oks xI a k ig Ike oie A Is 3 11 MIDI input filter MIDI output filter Tl Poly Aftertouch Chan Aftertouch J Poly Aftertouch J Chan Aftertouch I Control Change J Pitchbend J Control Change J Pitchbend Program Change System Exclusive J Program Change J System Exclusive MIDI through Cancel Chameleon GUI Loading the Skin Firstly you should load the latest Australis soundskin onto the Chameleon directly from the GUI 1 Press Soundskin in the save menu on the right You will then see this box 2 Once you hit yes it will lead you through the st
39. dvise exploring the Skin directly from the Chameleon first to get to the menus Drop down menus are hierarchical where relevant and any parameter that should not be accessible is deactivated automatically e g the chorus parameters are deactivated while the phaser is chosen Many of the parameters you find inside the Chameleon menus are represented with knob and numbers that represent the knob s position and value and you can edit them in two ways Volume 1 Use the mouse to turn the knobs by clicking and dragging up or down double click to reset a knob or 2 Double click the numerical value to enter it directly from your keypad For more details on what each parameter means see the relevant chapter of this manual Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 77 MULTI EDITING If you have selected the Multi name in the top section s main window you will be able to edit all the Multi s parameters such as balancing the level and panning of all the parts adjusting the MIDI channels and the global delay FX and so on CO me o Baami o PNG c fame o a g Fl K F N 0 7 3 0 0 i d s K SINGLE EDITING If you select one of the Single parts on the top section s main screen you can edit all that single s parameters such as the filters oscillators and so on You can choose what group of parameters you wish to edit by picking the parameter group LFO MIXER etc using the middle row of buttons
40. eady to use singles and multis to choose from These are useful starting points for editing your own presets Play around with these to take a quick overview of Australis Remember you can tweak many parameters straight away with the Realtime controllers on the front panel NOTE Factory presets can be edited modified and overwritten like any other preset so all 512 available presets are considered as user presets and there are not the so called ROM presets So be careful how and where you save However don t worry about overwriting the Factory presets permanently If you think you have made a mess of a single individual sounds from the factory bank can be reloaded at any time Once the soundskin has been successfully downloaded into the Chameleon You will need to make sure you have a MIDI keyboard or sequencer able to send MIDI to Australis in order to trigger sounds and control parameters Overview 1 5 Quick Tour of the Controls and the Front Panel The following diagram highlights the main buttons and knobs used for controlling Australis These are referred to throughout this manual The only controller not magnified here is the BIG DIAL on the left of the Realtime controllers in the centre 2 control realtime page param Figure 1 6 The first thing you see when powering up the Chameleon with Australis loaded is the default mode Single
41. eps like this Cancel Next 3 Once you hit next a progress bar will show you haw long it will take to transmit the skin Cancel Your presets stored in the Chameleon will be overwritten so you should save them before updating the soundskin Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 71 72 Using the Australis GUI Firstly a working knowledge of the Australis synth and its parameters is assumed in the following descriptions If you need more detailed explanations on the workings of the Australis synth and how to program it see the relevant sections in this Australis manual Version 1 0 of the GUI is for editing the Multi sets and all their parts only Single mode is not supported Full implementation of a separate Single editor with all the relevant parameters covered notably the Single delay FX will be added in the next version of the Australis GUI However remember that you can of course already edit nearly every aspect of the Singles using this version of the GUI For understanding how it works we can split the GUI into two parts e THE UPPER SECTION this is permanently visible and shows the main readout window and all the main saving storing and resetting functions You can also switch between the three main editing areas that are displayed in the lower section the Preset libraries LIBRARY all the different pages of editable parameters EDIT and the global settings GLOBAL e THE LOWER SECTION what
42. ers for adjusting the ranges of each controller See page 30 above for more details 2 2 8 EXITING SINGLE EDIT MODE AND PREPARING TO SAVE You exit Single Edit Mode by pressing the EDIT key If any of the parameters have been modified the soundskin will show the Single Save screen so that you can save your work If you have made no changes you will simply return to the Mode you entered single edit from either Multi Preset Mode or Single Preset Mode If you have not made changes but you DO want to save it for instance to save the sound to a different slot as it is it s possible to force the saving of the current single sound by holding down the EDIT key in Single Edit Mode 32 Operating Modes and Menus 2 3 Single Save Mode To exit the Edit Mode and return to the Preset Mode single or multi press and release quickly the EDIT key again If at this point any of the parameters of the current preset have been modified you will be asked if you want to store the modified preset to memory You can choose whether you want to overwrite the old preset or save it with a new name new location So it will ask you if you want to store the altered single preset like this By pressing VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN selects between yes Y or no N Once selected press EDIT to proceed or SHIFT to abort and return to the Preset Mode without storing If you abort your preset will still be modified the number will blink to remind you of this
43. et Mode the LCD display will show information about the currently loaded single preset as showed in the following picture Here s a detailed list of what you see The upper line e Alittle s in reverse colour will appear in the upper left corner of the display to indicate Single Preset Mode This small s will blink if the preset is dirtied in any way that is the preset is somehow changed in relation to what is stored in the memory and it has not yet been saved This can happen via MIDI by moving an assigned front panel Realtime controller or by editing something while in Edit Mode So if you change preset without first saving what you have edited you will lose all the changes you may have made Equally if you have ended up with a sound you don t like and want to return to the saved preset simply use VALUE UP DOWN to change to another a preset and back again to reload the original preset from memory again e Next there is the name and memory location of the currently loaded preset The four banks are indicated by their letter A B C D and the 3 digits show the preset number 001 128 within the bank e Between the s symbol and the number of the selected sound the round MIDI data reception symbol will be shown when Australis receives any incoming MIDI data Use this to check your MIDI connections are active The lower line e This simply shows the three Realtime controllers potentiometer s cur
44. ewidthAmount 79 ModVelocityOsc2PulsewidthAmount 80 ModVelocityOsc2DetuneAmount 81 ModVelocityFilter1 FreqAmount 82 ModVelocityFilter2FreqAmount 83 ModLfo10sc1PitchAmount 84 ModLfo10sc2PitchAmount 85 ModLfo10sc1PulsewidthAmount 86 ModLfo20sc2PulsewidthAmount Australis Synthesizer User s Manual MIDI Ctrl Australis Parameter 87 ModLfo1Filter1ResoAmount 88 ModLfo1Filter2ResoAmount 89 ModLfo2VolumeAmount 90 ModLfo2PanoramaAmount 91 ModLfo20sc1PulsewidthAmount 92 ModLfo20sc2PulsewidthAmount 93 ModLfo2FmAmount 94 ModLfo2Filter1FreqAmount 95 ModLfo2Filter2FreqAmount 96 ModEnvFilterOsc2DetuneAmount 97 ModEnvAmp0Osc1PitchAmount 100 ModEnvAmpOsc2PitchAmount 101 ModRandomOsc1PulsewidthAmount 102 FilterFrequency 103 FilterResonance 104 FilterEnvAmount 105 ModVelocityEnvFilterAmount 106 ModVelocityFilterResoAmount 107 ModLfo1FilterFreqAmount 108 ModLfo20scPitchAmount 109 ModLfo2FilterResoAmount 110 ModEnvFilterOscPitchAmount 111 ModRandomfilterFreqAmount 112 ModRandomOsc2PulsewidthAmount 113 ModRandomOsc2DetuneAmount 114 ModRandomeEnvFilter1 Amount 115 ModRandomeEnvFilter2Amount 116 ModRandomFilter1ResoAmount 117 ModRandomFilter2ResoAmount 118 ModLfo1Lfo2SpeedAmount 120 MidiAllSoundOff 123 MidiAllNotesOff BLUE Standard Midi controllers supported BOLD Australis v0 9 parameters The two standard BankSelect MIDI con
45. g 1 4 notes 1 8 note Triplets etc Operating Modes and Menus Group Page Parameter Value Comments Feedback 0 127 Without feedback the effect creates only a single echo This feeds a portion of the output back into the effect for creating more echoes that die away At high levels you can get a recurring feedback that grows and grows in a similar way to guitar feedback Filter 64 63 This uses a frequency filter to either make the output darker or lighter in relation to the original PingPong 64 63 For creating stereo movement in the delay lines 2 2 5 ARPEGGIATOR Group The arpeggiator splits the incoming MIDI chord into its single notes and repeats them rhythmically Different sequence modes can be defined to cover a wide range of applications In addition to the synthesis features Australis offers a deeply programmable arpeggiator for every preset sound The arpeggiator uses a so called note list that can store up to 16 notes This list is set up depending on the arpeggiator parameter settings For example when Sort is set to ByVel the list is rearranged so the note with the lowest velocity is placed in the first position the second with the lowest velocity at the next and so on This function can automatically generate patterns and rhythms from the notes you hold down Use it to create sweeping harp like chords or stuttering basslines hi hat patterns and more
46. gt ModMatrix i i gt Audio ss Control wis ere Osc1 Filter1 RingMod a Mixer Routing Amp enonse P Mier E i Osc2 Filter2 Mixer Distortion PART ie e 7 8 Figure 1 3 Each synth part can have its own PHASER CHORUS and DISTORTION At the very end there is a global DELAY effect that can be put across all the sounds Australis makes that is then mixed in before going to the output You can learn more about the effects possibilities in section EFFECTS on page 26 Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 5 1 3 Memory Structure The memory of Australis can store all your presets and combinations of presets It is made up of three main sections as shown in the following picture Internal Memory multis singles patterns Global Configuration Data Figure 1 4 e 512 single sounds singles split into 4 banks of 128 Think of a single like one complete synthesizer You can store the exact configuration of the synth in a single e 128 multi sounds combinations multis In Multi Preset Mode you can have up to 8 single sounds running side by side You can mix them pan them detune them activate or deactivate arpeggiators and select what MIDI channel they each respond to In memory you can also store e 128 arpeggiator patterns patterns The arpeggiator patterns are used by singles to play different rhythm and note variations when the arpeggiator is activated Arpeggiato
47. hase PulseWidth 55 Parameter MOD Velocity Volume Panorama PulseWidth PulseWidth1 PulseWidth2 Osc2Detune OscFm FilterEnv Filter1Env Filter2Env FilterFreq Filter1Freq Filter2Freq FilterReso Filter1Reso Filter2Reso Lfo1 Volume Panorama OscPitch Osc1Pitch Osc2Pitch PulseWidth PulseWidth1 PulseWidth2 OscFm FilterFreq Filter1Freq Filter2Freq FilterReso Filter1Reso Filter2Reso Lfo2 Volume Panorama OscPitch Osc1Pitch Osc2Pitch PulseWidth PulseWidth1 PulseWidth2 OscFm FilterFreq Filter1Freq Filter2Freq FilterReso Filter1Reso Filter2Reso 56 Quick Navigation Tables MOD continued Australis Synthesizer User s Manual FilterEnv Parameter OscPitch Osc1Pitch Osc2Pitch Osc2Detune OscFm OscPitch Osc1Pitch Osc2Pitch Osc2Detune OscFm Panorama PulseWidth Pulsewidth1 PulseWidth2 Osc2Detune OscFm FilterEnv Filter1Env Filter2Env FilterFreq Filter1Freq Filter2Freq FilterReso Filter1Reso Filter2Reso Parameter Select Level Balance 57 58 Distortion Parameter Curve Gain Volume
48. haser DelayTime in Delay and note length in arpeggiator e 2 multi wave oscillators sine triangle sawtooth square and a list of over 35 complex waveforms suboscillator coloured noise and ring modulation per voice square wave with variable pulse width synchronisation and frequency modulation FM between the oscillators allow the generation of metallic or percussive timbres different phase initialisation options per oscillator e Unison mode with configurable detune and pan spread amount to make the sound fatter e 2 resonant analogue like multimode filters lowpass highpass bandpass bandstop per voice with 12dB oct slope and selectable Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 1 routing between serial parallel configuration the serial configuration gives you an equivalent 24dB oct slope filter 2 ADSR Envelopes filter amplifier per voice 2 multiwave LFOs sine tri saw square sample amp hold per voice LFO functionality includes adjustable fade in phase initialization and square waveform with variable pulsewidth Huge modulation matrix Individual chorus FX available per part Individual phaser FX available per part with 3 and 6 peaks mode Individual distortion FX available per part with several distortion curves Global delay FX with individual send level assignable per part External audio input support allowing to send it to the effects section of a part Individual programmable arpeggiator per part
49. is try setting a lower tempo in the sequencer e g 90 BPM e After the process has been successfully completed the Chameleon will power up automatically loading the new application which will need a few seconds to be fully operative after reconfiguring all the internal resources to it s needs It is at this stage that all the old presets of the previous application are wiped out It is therefore vital that you save all your precious work by doing a MIDI dump BEFORE you load a new application even if it is just a version update NOTE There s no risk of damaging the Chameleon with wrong or corrupted data as the Chameleon just won t accept it In case of error the old application will remain unharmed Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 47 Appendix 48 Midi Implementation The next table shows the parameters mapped to MIDI Controllers whose value can be changed using standard MIDI control change messages 0xBn ctrl value MIDI Ctrl Australis Parameter 0 MidiBankSelect 1 MidiModulationWheel 3 Osc1Pitch 5 OscPortamento 7 MidiVolume 9 Osc2Pitch 10 MidiPanorama 11 MidiExpressionPedal 12 Osc1PulseWidth 13 Osc1KeyTrack 14 Osc2PulseWidth 15 Osc2KeyTrack 16 Osc2Detune 17 Osc2FmAmount 18 NoiseColor 19 MixerOsc1Volume 20 MixerOsc2Volume 21 MixerSubOscVolume 22 MixerNoiseVolume 23 MixerRingModVolu
50. ld from the preset name field and back using the keys PAGE UP amp DOWN If you are saving to another location by default the name and number of that location will be shown However if you wish to use the original name of the source preset you are copying to the new location you can do so While you are editing the name simply press PART UP or DOWN and it will give you the option of using the source name The VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN keys choose between Y or N and the EDIT key will execute Once finished press the EDIT key to store the settings or press the SHIFT key to cancel the operation Operating Modes and Menus 2 4 Multi Preset Mode Multi Preset Mode is for playing several synth sounds at once selected from your banks of Single presets You can play up to 8 synths together and each one is called a Part You have lots of control over how the 8 Parts work together you can set it up so that they all play on a single MIDI channel or just within a certain range on the keyboard and even within a certain velocity range So you can place different instruments in each hand while also layering sounds on top of each other that only trigger when you play quietly or loudly These options are great for creating lush pads and expressive multi layered instruments for performance work Alternatively you can set it so that each of the 8 Parts can be controlled independently on its own MIDI channel from a MIDI sequencer for st
51. lication of this is to Volume so that the harder you oscFm 64 0 63 play the louder it gets FilterEnv 64 0 63 FiltertEnv 64 0 63 Using these parameters you can Filter2Env 64 0 63 create a very expressive synth sound FilterFreq 64 0 63 that responses to your touch as you Filter1Freq 64 0 63 play Filter2Freq 64 0 63 FilterReso 64 0 63 Filter1Reso 64 0 63 Filter2Reso 64 0 63 Lfo1 Volume 64 0 63 Here you can assign LFO 1 to control Panorama 64 0 63 parameters automatically OscPitch 64 0 63 Osc1Pitch 64 0 63 Applied to several parameters you can Osc2Pitch 6A 0 63 create very complex and rich evolving Pulsewidth 64 0 63 soundscapes PulseWidth1 64 0 63 AN PulseWidth2 EATE Particularly interesting is to apply LFO1 to control the speed of LFO2 OscFm 64 0 63 This way you can create quasi FilterFreq 64 0 63 random and wildly varying LFO Filter1Freq 64 0 63 patterns that rarely repeat Filter2Freq 64 0 63 themselves and as you mix the LFO FilterReso 64 0 463 wave types there is a wealth of Filter Reso 64 0463 sounds to be created by these simple Filter2Reso 64 0 63 controls LFO2 speed 19420463 By using the realtime controllers to adjust the LFO speeds and waveforms you can explore Lfo2 Volume 64 0 63 This is the same as LFO 1 Panorama 64 0 63 OscPitch 64 0 63 By getting the L
52. me 24 Filter1Frequency 25 Filter1Resonance 26 Filter1EnvAmount 27 Filter1KeyTrack 28 Filter2Frequency 29 Filter2Resonance 30 Filter2EnvAmount 31 Filter2KeyTrack 32 MidiBankSelect 33 EnvFilterAttack 34 EnvFilterDecay 35 EnvFilterSustain 36 EnvFilterRelease 37 EnvAmpAttack Midi Implementation MIDI Ctrl Australis Parameter 38 EnvAmpDecay 39 EnvAmpSustain 40 EnvAmpRelease 41 Lfo1Speed 42 Lfo1KeyTrack 43 Lfo2Speed 44 Lfo2KeyTrack 45 ModVelocityAmpVolumeAmount 46 ModVelocityAmpPanoramaAmount 47 ModVelocityOscPulsewidthAmount 48 ModVelocityFmAmount 49 ModVelocityEnvFilter1 Amount 50 ModVelocityEnvFilter2Amount 51 ModVelocityFilter1ResoAmount 52 ModVelocityFilter2ResoAmount 53 ModLfo1VolumeAmount 54 ModLfo1PanoramaAmount 55 ModLfo1FmAmount 56 ModLfo1Filter1FreqAmount 57 ModLfo1Filter2FreqAmount 58 ModLfo20sc1PitchAmount 59 ModLfo20sc2PitchAmount 60 ModLfo20scPulseWidthAmount 61 ModLfo2Filter1ResoAmount 62 ModLfo2Filter2ResoAmount 63 FilterBalance 64 MidiSustainPedal 67 AmpVolume 68 AmpPanorama 69 ModRandomFmAmount 70 ModEnvFilterOsc1PitchAmount 71 ModEnvFilterOsc2PitchAmount 72 ModEnvFilterFmAmount 73 ModEnvAmp0Osc2DetuneAmount 74 ModEnvAmpFmAmount 75 ModRandomPanoramaAmount 76 ModRandomfilter1FreqAmount 77 ModRandomfilter2FreqAmount 78 ModVelocityOsc1Puls
53. me filter control CC message at the same time Examples of this type of Multi are the variety of kits that come with the Australis Multi library such as tek boy kit and so on If you deselect MIDI CC then SYSEX control will be used and this will no longer be a problem COMPARE and PANIC SOLO allows you to mute all other Single Parts and just listen to individual Parts COMPARE allows you to toggle between the Preset saved in the memory and the edits you have been making for comparison This is possible because your edits are being temporarily saved in a volatile buffer memory PANIC will send an all notes off MIDI message to clear any stuck notes sOLG COMPARE PANIC m Chameleon GUI The Main Window This window allows you to see the currently selected Multi and all its parts You can see the MIDI channels being used the Single Part names and so on You will also see that any MIDI activity will flash the appropriate MIDI channel numbers to help you keep track of what is happening This is useful in trouble shooting situations 2 CloseHH 5 i MoreBeats 4 i OpenHH 4 AnaSnare You can step up and down through the lists of Multi or Single Presets in your library using the PRESET UP and DOWN buttons on the left of the screen In the main window if you double click a Preset or Multi name you can rename it LIBRARY EDIT and LOCAL Use these three buttons to the right of the main window to swit
54. meters and levels The output signal from an envelope is usually unipolar only positive values and it can be inverted only negative values Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 21 The ATTACK phase is entered just after the envelope is triggered In this phase the control signal rises up to the maximum value at a rate specified in the Attack parameter The DECAY and SUSTAIN stages are for adjusting how the envelope behaves once the attack phase has finished but you still have your notes held down The RELEASE phase is entered one the key pressed is released In this phase the control signal drops to zero from the Sustain level at a rate specified in the Release parameter For instance with a long attack high value the sound will fade in slowly and with a long release it will fade out slowly after you take your fingers off the keyboard This is typical for soft string pads and so on Whereas even with the same OSCILLATOR waves a short instant attack and release low value would sound much more like an organ There are two independent envelopes in Australis one for controlling the AMPLIFIER and one for the FILTER cut off Table 2 5 Group Page Parameter Value Comments ENV Amp Attack 0 127 How quickly the sound fades in Decay 0 127 How quickly the volume then fades down to the SUSTAIN level Sustain 0 127 The level that the volume finally holds at if you keep the keys held down Release
55. n All Notes Off command to terminate stuck notes Panic also immediately sets all envelopes to their release phases while stopping the arpeggiator playing Australis includes a screensaver function which will fire after a number of minutes specified in the System menus When the screensaver is activated the display shows an animated message informing about the soundskin version Any external event as pressing a key or MIDI activity will exit from the screensaver state When MIDI SysEx data is received the current screen is temporary disabled and a blinking information message is shown instead NAVIGATION AROUND THE SOUNDSKIN Once you enter the Edit modes or System mode outlined below you will find a lot of parameters to control However navigating them is quite easy with parameters grouped together into logical menus which you can browse through to access and modify parameters The menus always have the following structure e GROUP GROUP UP and GROUP DOWN keys The group buttons move you between the main sections within a Mode The name of the current group is shown in the upper left line of the Display Overview e PAGE PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys Within each group outlined above there are usually several pages to navigate through that contain subsets of parameters for dealing with one particular aspect of the mode The page name is shown on the right of the upper line e PARAMETER PARAM UP and PARAM DOWN keys
56. ng EDIT for editing a sound e Enter Multi Preset Mode by pressing PART UP for grouping sounds together e Enter System Mode by pressing and holding down EDIT for adjusting global parameters e Enter Demo Mode by pressing SHIFT EDIT for playing the demo songs included e Single Edit Mode Here you go inside the single to adjust all the parameters for that sound You can make your changes and then exit by pressing EDIT If necessary it will ask you if you want to save your changes see page 32 e Single Save Mode This mode is used to store the single preset edited in the Single Edit Mode in any of the available memory locations e Multi Preset Mode In this mode up to 8 singles can be selected to be played mixed and modified together Each one is called a Part You can switch between the 8 parts choosing a single sound for each one The current part is indicated by a small number on the lower right of the screen From here you can e Enter Single Edit Mode by pressing EDIT This will edit the current single Part as outlined above 12 Operating Modes and Menus e Enter the Multi Edit Mode by pressing SHIFT EDIT see below e Enter System Mode by pressing and holding down EDIT for adjusting global parameters e Return to Single Preset Mode by pressing PART DOWN counting down through the Multi Preset Mode parts until you enter Single Preset Mode again at the bottom e Multi Edit Mode In
57. ng options to start a Patch from a clean slate Note that even if you reset a preset on the Chameleon nothing is saved until you explicitly commit it to memory using STORE Until then the changes reside in the volatile buffer memory If you turn the Chameleon off and on again or even just switch to another Preset and back your temporary changes are lost This is just like when editing directly on the Chameleon itself e STORE ALL This saves to the Chameleon s memory all the changes made to all parts Again it saves to their current positions e RESET ALL This initialises ALL PRESETS AND MULTIS THROUGHOUT THE CHAMELEON Watch out The middle line of buttons is for co ordinating the GUI with the Chameleon s data or vice versa e REQUEST ALL This asks the Chameleon to send all settings for all banks Multi and Single as well as all global settings This is for making sure all GUI parameters are the same as those in the Chameleon When you start this option it can take some time for the Chameleon to send everything However You will not see a progress bar on your computer screen as the GUI and the Chameleon are not linked together in a way that makes this possible You are simply sending a request for a SYSEX dump that the Chameleon will then carry out e DUMP ALL This is the opposite of request all this sends all parameters from the GUI and sets the Chameleon so it is exactly the same as the current GUI set up In this case yo
58. number and name of the selected Single preset in this Part 2 4 1 1 CHOOSING OTHER MULTIS To change to another Multi set up you press SHIFT while turning the BIG DIAL or while pressing VALUE UP DOWN This will take you through the other Multis available In older versions of Australis you could just browse the Multis without having the press SHIFT but this has been changed The reason we have done this is because we want to preserve the use of the BIG DIAL without SHIFT for selecting sounds for the Parts where you often have one hand on the keyboard as you cycle through looking for a sound you like see below 2 4 1 2 SELECTING THE SOUNDS FOR THE 8 PARTS To select a sound for the current Multi Part you can now simply browse with the BIG DIAL or VALUE UP DOWN buttons just as in Single Preset Mode As soon as you have changed the Multi s configuration like this the m will blink If you want to edit a different Part use PART UP DOWN to move between them Note that PART DOWN at the bottom of the list takes you back to Single Preset Mode 2 4 1 3 EDITING THE SOUND OF A PART 36 If you want to edit a Single sound s internal parameters you can still press EDIT to go to Single Edit Mode make the changes save and exit in just the same way as in Single Preset Mode Only this time you will return to Multi Preset Mode Remember that while editing a single that is being used in Multi Preset Mode the internal TEMPO and the D
59. nus Group Page Parameter Value Comments Exprs MinValue 0 127 assignable to parameters MaxValue 0 127 Modulation wheel CC 1 found on Pedal MinValue 0127 most keyboards Expression pedal CC 11 Sustain pedal CC 64 and MaxValue 0 127 aa h Aftertouch pressure sensitive touch Aftc MinValue 0 127 on keyboards that still reads pressure MaxValue 0 127 while you are holding a chord 2 2 7 ASSIGNING THE REALTIME CONTROLLERS The Realtime controllers allow you hands on control of almost any parameter Every preset can have its own unique Realtime controller set up As well as for live performance they can be used for intuitive editing For instance while editing a preset you could then assign three of the FX parameters say Delaytime DelaySend and Feedback to the three controllers Then you could tweak the parameters simultaneously focusing on the sound while finding the sweet spot without thinking in numbers or staring at the screen The Realtime controllers also send out MIDI controller data so you record any parameter edits into you sequencer effortlessly in the same manner This is all really easy as assigning parameters is a very quick process In Edit Mode 1 Find the parameter you want to assign 2 Press SHIFT while turning one of the pots 2 2 7 1 WHAT HAPPENS AS YOU ASSIGN The value of the parameter won t change but a message Knob x assigned
60. o the amplification section for setting the volume of the sound The sound or part can be polyphonic meaning more than one note playable at a time multiple voices The output of all voices triggered by one part are mixed together automatically An additional source of audio can be mixed with the generated sound before going to effects the signal present at any of the external input connectors of the Chameleon Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 3 1 2 2 MODULATION COMPONENTS These elements can be used for adding shape and movement to the sound MIDI nance eeenenessenaeeseeneeseneesseesensenssnsecsecaucseenensesseseeneesesenssens gt Arpeggio sesse gt Control 7 ToT gt SubOsc A ji i Aadio v farenennen gt i Osc1 Filter1 x Poy i RingMod Mixer Routing Amp tit 4 Osc2 Filter2 Mixer E Ext Input Figure 1 2 The modulation components control the synths parameters over time to add dynamic movement and are assigned to parameters through the Modulation Matrix The diagram above shows the modulation components alongside the audio components The possibilities for adding movement and dynamics to the sound are huge and you can see all the modulation routings in Table 2 7 on page 25 4 Overview 1 2 3 EFFECTS This last stage takes the synth output and adds internal effects EPRI loc cossovencconsccconsnseornencoseocsoscansuceansocsensocsnsessaccesscesuscenees gt Arpeggio MIDIIN
61. ortion of the output signal to the input and depth controls how deeply the LFO affects the frequency Sync OFF ON The effect can be synchronised ON Clock 327 to the MIDI clock or set at a certain speed in directly When 1 4 notes the SYNC is OFF you can set the speed in milliseconds or Hertz SB cycles per second When SYNC is ON you have a range of OFF Speed 101 Hz tempo based options for ze synchronising the speed to your 281seconds MIDI tempo e g 1 4 notes 1 8 Static note Triplets etc 2 2 4 3 GLOBAL DELAY This effect operates across all the Parts Here in Single Preset Mode this is effectively the same as the individual effects but in Multi Preset Mode you have one delay setting for all the different Parts There you set the delay effect parameters in Multi Edit Mode instead The send levels can still set within each preset or changed in the multi parameters See page 38 for more details Table 2 11 Group Page FX Delay 28 Parameter Value Comments Send Dry This turns on the effect and 1 125 determines how much of the Wet sound is sent to the global delay Sync OFF ON The effect can be synchronised to ON Clock 327 the MIDI clock or set at a certain Ju speed directly When the SYNC 1 4 notes is OFF you can set the speed in milliseconds When SYNC is ON Ba ru have a range of tempa based options for synchronising the OFF Speed 0 1354ms speed to your MIDI tempo e
62. ow you to get for example a LowPass filter of 24dB octave by putting the two filters in series each with a LowPass configuration Table 2 3 Group Page Parameter Value Comments FILTER Filter1 Type LowPass Filters operate around a determined HighPass frequency called the cut off point BandPass BandStop In a lowpass filter all frequencies below the cut off point are allowed to pass In a highpass filter all frequencies above the cut off point are allowed to pass A bandpass filter lets frequencies in a mid range band defined by the cut off point and resonance pass through while lower and higher frequencies are cut out The bandstop filter type can be seen as the opposite of a bandpass filter It cuts off frequencies in a mid range band letting the frequencies below and above through Frequency 0 127 This sets the cut off point of the cut off point chosen filter Resonance 0 127 This is used to further adjust the characteristics of the filter With lowpass and highpass filters it Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 19 Group Page Parameter Value Comments feeds back the frequency around the cut off point into itself which at low amounts creates a sharpening of the sound and at high amounts creates a piercing tone In bandpass and bandstop filters the resonance affects the width of the passband and the rejected band respectively EnvAmount 0 127
63. pOctaveRange 32 ArpVelocity 33 ArpGateTime 34 ArpPatternLen 35 ArpQuantize 36 ArpKeyRestart 37 ArpPatternReset 38 OscKeyTrigger 39 OscKeyGlide 40 Osc1Phaselnit 41 Osc2Phaselnit 42 Lfo1Sync 43 Lfo1Clock Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 51 52 MIDI Ctrl Australis Parameter 44 LfoiFadein 45 Lfo1Phaselnit 46 Lfo1Pulsewidth 47 Lfo2Sync 48 Lfo2Clock 49 Lfo2Fadein 50 Lfo2Phaselnit 51 Lfo2PulseWidth 52 FxDistortionCurve 53 FxDistortionGain 54 FxDistortionVolume 55 FxChorusPhaserType 56 FxChorusLfoSync 57 FxChorusLfoClock 58 FxPhaserMix 59 FxPhaserOrder 60 FxPhaserFreq 61 FxPhaserFeedback 62 FxPhaserLfoDepth 63 FxPhaserLfoSync 64 FxPhaserLfoClock 65 FxPhaserLfoSpeed 66 SingleFxDelaySync 67 SingleFxDelayClock 68 UnisonActive 69 UnisonDetune 70 UnisonPanSpread 71 ModVelocityFilterFreqAmount 72 ModLfo10scPulseWidth 73 ModLfo10scPitchAmount 74 ModLfo1FilterResoAmount 75 ModLfo2FilterFreqAmount 76 ModEnvAmpOscPitchAmount 77 ModRandomOscPulsewidthAmount 78 ModRandomFilterEnvAmount 79 ModRandomFilterResoAmount 80 ArpNoteOffset 81 InputSelect 82 InputLevel 83 InputBalance BOLD Australis v0 9 parameters Midi Implementation Appendix Quick Navigation Tables These tables summarize the menu entries shown in the different operating modes of Australis
64. r instance a drum kit could be made up NoteHigh C 2 G8 of different drum sounds that are set to one key only or a pad sound could be placed in the left hand and a lead in the right VelLow 0 127 With these parameters you can set a Part to only respond within these velocity values This means if you put several sounds on the same MIDI VelHigh 0 127 channel with different velocity layers you can create a really expressive performance instrument that changes sound as you play loud or soft Volume 64 63 To set the Part s relative volume level Pan 64 63 To place the Part in the stereo field relative to the preset adjustment Transpose 64 63 You can change the pitch of the part in relation to the others This is also useful if you have put two Parts side my side on the keyboard You can re adjust the octave so that the sound on the low part of the keyboard doesn t need to sound low 12 one octave Detune 64 63 For fine tuning the pitch of the Part Operating Modes and Menus Group Page Parameter Value Comments DelaySend Preset It allows you to use the same value Dry set in the single preset Preset Or 1 125 reassign it to a new value for using it Wet in the new Global Delay context of the multi ArpMode Preset It allows you to use the same value Off set in the single preset
65. r patterns can be changed using MIDI SysEx dump See section ARPEGGIATOR on page 29 e Global data This stores the global soundskin parameters which affects all sounds in all parts regardless of what single or multi you have loaded This includes screensaver times general MIDI configurations master tuning synchronisation options and so on 6 Overview 1 4 Setup and Connections This section explains how to load and get started with Australis for the first time 1 4 1 MAKING THE CONNECTIONS In order to start using Australis you need first to have the Chameleon unit properly connected if you haven t already done so Make sure that you have the Chameleon power supply 9V DC 1 2A plugged to the device and connected to the AC mains The following figure shows the Chameleon rear panel connections OUTPUT Figure 1 5 Before connecting the Chameleon to other units in your system for safety ensure that the power to all units is off There are no real surprises here To hear sounds from the Chameleon connect audio cables from the left and right Chameleon outputs to a suitable amplifier or mixing desk line level inputs or plug your headphones using the front panel jack You also need to connect your MIDI sequencer to the Chameleon so that it can send and receive MIDI data The MIDI OUT of your sequencer should be connected to the MIDI IN of the Chameleon The MIDI OUT of the Chameleon should be connected to the MIDI I
66. r automatically generating patterns of notes from the notes you hold down on the keyboard 5 COMMON 16 For adjusting some common parameters like external controller setups and the internal tempo for the synth s clock Operating Modes and Menus 2 2 1 AUDIO 2 2 1 1 OSCILLATOR Group OSC The Oscillator is the basic building block of an analog synthesizer the raw audio material to be used as a starting point for a sound An Oscillator generates a sound continuously It actually generates a periodic waveform or a shape that will be fed into the other processes for manipulation The shape determines the timbre characteristic of a sound The rate at which it generates each cycle of the waveform is what we hear as pitch Here you can set up the waveforms of the two oscillators plus the noise generator as well as determine general characteristics of the OSC in relation to your MIDI keyboard Table 2 1 Page Parameter Value Comments Osc Wave Sine You have the four classic basic waves Triangle plus a range of more complex Sawtooth waveforms Square Wave01 36 PulseWidth 0 127 If the selected wave is Square this controls the period when the wave is up changing the harmonic content of the waveform Pitch 64 0 63 Here you can tune the pitch of the OSCILLATOR in semitones KeyTrack OFF ON This turns on or off the option of using the keyboard to modify the pitch of the oscillator
67. rent position 14 Operating Modes and Menus To choose from the different presets available simply scroll with the BIG DIAL or use the VALUE UP and VALUE DOWN keys To change to a different Bank A B C or D use PARAM UP and PARAM DOWN By pressing and holding about a second the SHIFT key the screen will display temporary the same information shown in the screensaver soundskin info Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 15 2 2 Single Edit Mode This is where you customise the synth sound by browsing through the sections adjusting its parameters A little symbol in the top left hand corner will remind you what you are doing Either A little s symbol is shown in the corner if you have entered the mode from Single Preset Mode A little part number will show if you have entered from Multi Preset Mode to remind you what part you are editing Both these symbols will blink if any parameter s value is changed to remind you to save as you exit As stated in the section above on Sound Architecture the synthesis process is split into several sets of components and their controls In Single Edit Mode there are also the controls for the arpeggiator patterns and some common controls 1 AUDIO This section deals with generating and manipulating audio signals 2 MODULATION For adding movement to the audio generation parameters over time 3 FX For adding sound FX to the synthesized sound 4 ARPEGGIATOR Fo
68. s 42 PA IDEIMO MO GG EEE EEEE 45 Loading Soundskins s5isz sadcusssrsasondevnsssadcesovedsosunssvandasseeasvevtasecnasvensveese 46 Midi Implementation eessoessoeesseessecesoccesocesoocesoccssocssooessoeesosessecesoe 48 Quick Navigation Tables ssoeessesssesesoccesocescocesoccssocsssosssoeesscessecesoe 53 Factory Presets cccsccccccscccsssscsccccccccccssscscsccccccscccsscscsccsscsseseeseeees 62 Chameleon GUT siscgicstccccccsccesjcevostecsacedeccecnucecescacedsscvavaceesdoveuactoussceotbcae 69 Chapter Overview Australis is a polyphonic analog synthesizer emulator for Chameleon capable of producing an enormous range of high quality synthesized sounds from warm pads to distorted punchy basses The sound is generated using modern digital signal processing algorithms running on the Chameleon s DSP chip to emulate classic analog circuitry while adding the benefit of digital control and stability The sound textures obtained with these techniques recreates the character found in classic vintage analog synthesizers of the 70 s and 80 s 1 1 Main Features e 16 dynamic allocated voices e 8 multitimbral parts e 4 single sound banks with 128 available presets each e 1 multi sound bank with 128 available presets each multi sound is composed of 8 individual addressable single sounds e Factory sound banks and demo songs e Tempo Sync external internal auto for time based parameters Speed in LFOs Chorus and P
69. signed the lower line will show the lt NOT ASSIGNED gt message Pressing the EDIT key will leave the Assigns Info Mode Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 41 2 8 System Mode You enter this mode by pressing and holding down the EDIT key when in Single Preset Mode or Multi Preset Mode In System Mode you can modify several global parameters and access different utility functions These parameters are independent of whatever Single or Multi you might have loaded This section also includes the pages where you perform the all important MIDI System Exclusive SYSEX dumps that safeguard your presets before you might load a new soundskin instead of Australis You can simply select from the different SysEx dump types using PARAM UP and DOWN and then press VALUE UP DOWN to execute when you are ready If your MIDI sequencer has been put into record first you can record the data as it streams out from the Chameleon and save it as a MIDI file just like the other Chameleon files from us that you use to load soundskins and presets To reload these back into Australis later you simply play them to the Chameleon on any MIDI channel and the Chameleon will do the rest Be careful to start your sequencer before you execute a system exclusive MIDI dump and not to stop your sequencer before it has finished This table shows all the available system parameters Table 2 16 Group Page Parameter Value Comments Dump Snapshot
70. t mode once you are done press EDIT If any value has been changed the soundskin will automatically ask you if you want to save by taking you to Multi Save Mode below If there have been no changes you return straight away to Multi Preset Mode Again as in Single Edit Mode it s possible to force the saving of the current multi preset even if it hasn t been altered by holding down the EDIT key instead This is useful if you want to save it to another location without any changes Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 39 2 6 Multi Save Mode This screen is very similar to the Single Save although without the possibility of selecting the destination Bank as there s only one bank for storing multi sounds 40 Operating Modes and Menus 2 7 Assigns Info Mode In this mode the display shows the parameter assignments for each available controller source that is Realtime Controllers Knob1 Knob2 and Knob3 Standard MIDI Modulation Wheel Wheel with a controller code of 1 Standard MIDI Expression Pedal Exprs with a controller code of 11 Standard MIDI Sustain Pedal Pedal with a controller code of 64 Standard MIDI Channel Pressure Aftertouch Aftch with a status value of 0xDn where n is the MIDI channel The parameter assigned is shown in the lower line The keys PAGE UP and DOWN are used to change the current controller selected showing the parameter assigned If a controller hasn t a parameter as
71. the LEDs above the knobs will sequence to keep you amused Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 45 Appendix 46 Loading Soundskins To load a new application or version update into the Chameleon follow the instructions below MIDI OUT MIDI IN e600 Chameleon SHIET MIDI Sequencet Player Figure 2 4 e Power up the Chameleon with the Shift Key held down to put it in ready mode to accept the new application It will show this message e Connect the MIDI OUT of your MIDI Sequencer Player machine for example a computer with a MIDI interface to the MIDI IN of the Chameleon and Play the Application MIDI File containing the new application or version update It s recommended to disable the MIDI clock in the MIDI Sequencer Player If everything is connected properly the following screen will be displayed showing an increasing block counter e When the counter arrives at the last block the Chameleon will ask you to store the application in the internal Flash memory this must be confirmed by pressing the SHIFT key within 20 seconds in order to accept the received data If you don t press SHIFT the Chameleon will simply return to the Waiting state If you do press the SHIFT key to accept the application will be burned in the internal FLASH memory If any problem happens during the downloading process the display Loading Soundskins will show BAD DATA of TIME OUT To solve th
72. the screensaver 1m kicks in 3m 5m 15m Utility Init Single Do it You can initialise a preset s parameters but without losing it s name to their default value so you can start again Note you still have to save the changes for it to be permanent Init Multi Do it This will initialise the current multi to default settings The same applies as the Init Single Reset All Do it This will wipe your user presets and initialise ALL presets back to the factory banks Unlike Init Preset this will happen straight away Careful Reset BankA Do it These commands are for recalling the factory Reset Bank B Doit bank sounds or patterns one at a time You Reset Bank C Do it don t need to recall them all if you don t pasar Banke Doit want to lose other things you have made Reset Multis Do it that yorlik Reset ArpPat Do it Info Version For your information Serial number For your information Operating Modes and Menus 2 9 Demo Mode You enter this mode by pressing SHIFT EDIT when in Single Preset Mode In Demo Mode Australis will play back demo songs written specially for this soundskin and stored internally The user can select one from the available demos using the keys VALUE UP amp DOWN Any other key will exit this operating mode and will return to the Single Preset Mode While the demo song is playing the SHIFT led blinks at the song tempo and
73. this mode you set up the multi You can adjust the relative mix pan and so on between the 8 parts and set their MIDI channels You also set up the global DELAY effect here You exit by pressing EDIT and if necessary it will ask you if you want to save your changes see page 39 e Multi Save Mode This mode is used to store the multi preset edited in the Multi Edit Mode in any of the available memory locations e Assigns Info Mode It is useful to see the current parameter assignations for the front panel realtime controllers Knob1 Knob2 and Knob3 and the external MIDI controllers Modulation Wheel Expresssion Pedal Sustain Pedal and Aftertouch e System Mode For adjusting global parameters and functions that remain the same regardless of what preset you have loaded e g screensaver times MIDI SYSEX dump requests etc e Demo Mode The Demo Mode will playback a number of factory songs for your pleasure Each of these Modes is described in detail in their own section below Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 13 2 1 Single Preset Mode Single Preset Mode is for selecting from the 4 banks of 128 presets An Australis preset is a combination of synth settings modulation routings and other such parameter values stored in memory When you switch on the Chameleon with Australis loaded it automatically defaults to this Single Preset Mode From here you can enter the other modes easily 2 1 1 THE DISPLAY In Pres
74. trollers ctrls 0 and 32 are equally used to select the Preset Bank which will be used in the next Program Change message The next table summarizes the possible values of value and their meaning value Bank 0 Single Preset Bank A 1 Single Preset Bank B 2 Single Preset Bank C 3 Single Preset Bank D 16 Multi Preset Bank 50 Midi Implementation When selecting a Multi Preset Bank Change 16 Program Change multi preset number Australis will change to Multi Preset Mode if it is in Single Preset Mode The next table shows the parameters mapped to MIDI Polyphonic Pressure parameters less used to continuously control whose value can be changed using standard MIDI polyphonic pressure messages 0xAn ctrl value MIDI Ctrl Australis Parameter 0 SingleTempo 1 Osc1Waveform 2 Osc2Waveform 3 Osc2Sync 4 OscKeyMode 5 OscTranspose 6 OscBendRange 7 Filter1Type 8 Filter1Envinvert 9 Filter2Type 10 Filter2Envinvert 11 FilterRouting 12 Lfo1Waveform 13 Lfo1Mode 14 Lfo2Waveform 15 Lfo2Mode 16 FxChorusMix 17 FxChorusDelay 18 FxChorusFeedback 19 FxChorusLfoDepth 20 FxChorusLfoSpeed 21 FxDelaySend 22 SingleFxDelayTime 23 SingleFxDelayFeedback 24 SingleFxDelayFilter 25 SingleFxDelayPingPong 26 ArpMode 27 ArpClock 28 ArpPatternSelect 29 ArpDirection 30 ArpSortOrder 31 Ar
75. u will see a progress bar The second from the bottom line of buttons are for loading and saving your set ups to your computer for back up purposes and archiving of all your work Every time you switch skin you should save your Australis patches to your computer so that you can return to them when you load it onto the Chameleon again Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 73 LOAD This is for loading into the GUI editor a syx file previously saved on your computer You can then dump the info over to the Chameleon SAVE This is for saving a syx file to your computer for backup which contains the complete state of the GUI editor Using request all and then saving a syx like this you can quickly save all your patches to your computer before you switch to a new skin The last lines of buttons are SOLO SOUNDSKIN for loading the latest version of the Australis soundskin onto the Chameleon as outlined above MIDI CC This option allows you to use SYSEX to send all parameter controls from the GUI This is to get around some limitations inherent in the MIDI standard Normally Australis uses CC and P press MIDI messages to control many of its parameters as this allows for a wide variety of easy data manipulation techniques in modern sequencers But it also means that in certain situations there is a conflict For example if you create a Multi with all Singles responding to the same MIDI channel all Singles will respond to the sa
76. udio work Of course these layering and MIDI options can be combined any way you please You can also do things like mix the relative volume levels stereo pan positions and individual delay sends as well as transpose individual Parts up and down in pitch Another exclusive feature available is the possibility of overriding the preset s parameter arp mode allowing to determine the presets arp behaviour in Multi Preset Mode too 2 4 1 THE DISPLAY In Multi Preset Mode the LCD display will show information about the currently loaded multi preset and the details about the different Parts that make up the multi you can view and edit the parts one at a time as showed in the following picture Heres a detailed list of what you see The upper line e Alittle m in reverse colour appears in this screen at the top left corner of the display to denote MultiMode Like the s of Single Preset Mode it blinks when any parameter is modified in the selected multi Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 35 e Beside this symbol 3 digits indicate the number of the current selected Multi There are 128 Multis slots to save to in one bank There are some factory multis to show you what s possible e On the right of the number appears the name of the Multi The lower line e The number of the current selected Part in reverse colour which again blinks if any parameter is modified in the selected Single preset e The bank
77. v 64 0 63 movement and changes into the Filter1Env 64 0 63 canna Filter2Env 64 0 63 FilterFreq 64 0 63 Filter1Freq 64 0 63 Filter2Freq 64 0 63 FilterReso 64 0 63 Filter1Reso 64 0 63 Filter2Reso 64 0 63 These adjustments change simultaneously the value of the two next parameters INPUT This section is used to feed any external signal to the synthesis structure of Australis just before the effects section of a part Table 2 8 Group Page Parameter Value Comments INPUT Select OFF Here you can select the external L R input channels to be used with the L internal effects L R stands for R stereo input Level 0 127 The level applied to the input signal before being mixed with the part voices Balance 64 63 This parameter adjusts the stereo positioning of the input signal EFFECTS After all the synthesis building blocks that create and manipulate the audio next are the internal effects you can add to the final sound you are working on There are two types of effects e Individual effects that can be applied to each synth preset uniquely Distortion Phasing and Chorus e The global Delay FX that operates across all sounds Operating Modes and Menus 2 2 4 1 DISTORTION This effect allows you to heavily transform the signal by clipping and overdriven it and adding a lot of new overtones Table 2 9 Group Page Parameter
78. will be shown in the Display for a few seconds Knob X refers to which knob you are assigning 1 2 or 3 It will also show the assigned parameter name When a potentiometer is assigned the LED above it will lit If you want to assign the same pot to different parameter simply repeat the process You can also un assign a pot by pressing the SHIFT key and turning the pot all the way to the left The Display will show this message Knob x unassigned and its LED will turn off to show that this potentiometer is free Australis Synthesizer User s Manual 31 Once a parameter is assigned to a controller its value can be modified outside of Edit Mode as well When you move it the screen will always briefly show you details of what you are doing Note that there are some specific parameters that cannot be assigned If you try to assign them the display will show the following message 2 2 7 2 EXTERNAL MIDI CONTROLLERS You can assign a number of MIDI controllers to any parameter just like the Realtime controllers This includes MIDI expression pedal CC 11 Modulation Wheel CC 1 Sustain Pedal CC 64 and Aftertouch When assigning the whole mechanism behaves in exactly the same way as the Realtime controllers Simply hold down the SHIFT key and move the controller to send a MIDI signal to the Chameleon when you are looking at a parameter you want to assign In the common menu of each single there are the paramet

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