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1. Additionally the Frequency diode flashes accordingly to the LFO oscillation s frequency helping to determine the rate of the subsequent cycles Signal flow e Modulators ee POPeee eee eee eee eee rere rere rere ere rere reer errr errr errr errr errr errr reer reer errr errr errr rere errr errr errr rere rere errr reer rere rere rere re rere errr rere rere ree reer rere reer e rere tre rere rere re ee JG group e Wave Shape of the generated oscillations wave starting from the top LFO s waveform Triangle Sine Square Falling sawtooth wave Smoothed Sample and Hold S H e Invert Reversing the phase of the generated oscillations Wave inverting Signal flow e Modulators d1G group e The LFO generates waveforms independently for both stereo channels Phase parameter controls the phase shift between channels Left and Right or Mid and Side dependently on the selected delay line signal representation The range of this parameter is from O to 180 degrees in which zero means lack of phase shift both channels have an 2 identical waveform whereas 180 degrees means generating the stereo signal in a counterphase LFO Phase shift LFO in synchronization mode with the host application tempo 3 The LFO synchronization with the host application tempo is activated with the Sync button Activating synchronization mode with tempo for LFO If the Sync mode is active the oscillation frequ2. By selecting a range of items click the first one to mark the beginning and then click the last one while holding CTRL key to mark an end 3 Selected item s can be moved to any subfolder using the drag n drop method It is also possible to move a selected Preset Folder or group level up in the directory tree using the drag n drop method if we drop the selected item s onto the column on the right 3 There are several buttons in the top bar of the Preset Browser The buttons can be used to perform additional actions wei oa T Bar Aligned Sources Ee Puce nen Preset Browser Top Bar buttons T Creating a new Folder in the current location ie Creating a duplicate of a selected Preset file this option does not work on Folders and groups of items ii Deleting a selected item or group of items k _ Refreshing the columns content in the Preset browser It is necessary in the situation when Sigmund is loaded and the content of the hard drive in the location where Preset files are kept has changed Preset Management e Preset Browser ee dG group Pas age da ull alice Low bk oni ues ond ups babig ff awl F ae a Lina oe 3 Preset Browser Bottom Bar The Ok button on the right or Close button in the upper right corner closes the Preset Browser 3 Blocking delay lines parameters on the Preset Browser level Itis also possible to block delay lines paramete
3. SIC M Ul e High Quality Flexible Delay Unit cG group eooo oooeoo ooo 0o00 000000000000000 000000000000000 O DELAY PARAMETERS SIGMund i HIGH GUALITY FLEXIBLE DELAY UNIT JIG group Fey User Manual Overview Overview d1G group Sigmund is a multi tap delay type effect with four identical and independent delay lines which can be connected 1 together in a few different manners work in a few different configurations After loading the plug in to the host application the following graphic interface appears DELAY PARAMETERS CUTOFF RESO 700 Hz eo OVERDRIVE JAB DELAY MODULATION MOD 1 MOD 2 BRL JJG PREAMP COLOR GAIN FEEDBACK SPREAD 7 UN 77 TIME 6 o Oo Cc i AE J y S TN ee AN JPR YEG amp 2 ST 3 DT fa 12 7 A 0 1Hz 40Hz FREQUENCY I SiGMund OPTIONS MIDI LEARN Sle ts Cale HIGH QUALITY FLEXIBLE DELAY UNIT d16 group A THRESHOLD 120B z FX WET a OG Naked Chopin PREVIOUS NEXT SAVE SAVE AS BROWSE g 3 Sigmund s graphic interface Overview The following elements can be distinguished e Delay parameters parameters section of the chosen delay line one of four 1 z CHANNEL MODE DELAY PARAMETERS FEEDBACK YW yyy PREAMP COLOR GAIN e SPREAD 7 ON p Y 7 6 oO G CUTOFF TREMOLO ad gt F 7 7 7 is LLL Delay parameter
4. e By leaving the loop the signal enters the module which moves one of the Left Right channels or Mid Side depending on the given delay line s channel mode in phases of provided time interval Stereo spread e Subsequently the signal goes through the amplitude modulator Tremolo 3 The parameters responsible for controlling the delay line are situated in the Delay Parameters section on GUI 1 DELAY PARAMETERS CUTOFF RESO 700 Hz FEEDBACK Ye YY PREAMP COLOR GAIN SPREAD LUN Uy TIME 6 a o m g Delay parameters section Signal flow e Delay line ee POPP eee ee eee eee eee rere rere rere reer rere reer rere rere rere rere rere errr rere rere rere r errr errr rere reer errr errr rere errr errr errr rr rere rere rere errr rere rere eee errr errr rere rere errr eee ee ee ee JG group Mixer section Sel Copy buttons 3 The buttons work in radio mode and the backlights inside the buttons and numbers in the upper left corner of the Delay parameters section indicate which line is currently chosen Delay parameters section Delay line number Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee eee eee rere e reer errr reer errr errr reer reer errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr reer errr errr errr errr errr errr rr rere rere rere reer rere rere eee errr errr rere rere rere etre rere ee eee ee JG group Multimode resonant filter and distortion module Firstly the signal which is passed on th
5. 66 MIAECONTOrC D rearen R 67 MAG ee E N 68 Unlinking and MIDI link management 70 Default MIDI map ssesessssesesessesessesesessesesessesesesseseseesess 72 d1G group
6. Peer eee ee eee eee reer rere reer reer rere errr errr errr reer errr reer errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr reer errr errr rere errr errr rere errr rere rere rere errr rere reer ree reer errr e rere rere reer rere reer ee ee JG group Preset Browser As it was mentioned in the previous chapter presets in Sigmund are stored as files on the hard drive Therefore 3 the Preset Browser reflects the file structure of a location on the disk where presets are actually kept T Bar Aligned Sources T General Purpose my Exorcisms 2 lipstick pickup 2 marijunaena 2 talkolade A talkolade mk2 J wild animal Restore default All lines Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Lines locking af Line 1 af Line2 Line3 af Line 4 Preset browser 3 The hierarchy of the file structure on the disk is represented by columns each column is a single level in the directory tree in which the leftmost column is the highest level in the file structure Preset root folder and subsequent columns going to the right represent successive levels of the directory tree Each column may contain two kinds of items e Folder Which name is emphasized with bold font and an arrow onthe right iar Folder e Preset file dh Preset Preset Management e Preset Browser Clicking the Folder selects it and its content subfolders and files is displayed in the adjacent column to the right If the folder we selected contain
7. Paste buttons which are used for immediate muting of delay lines The buttons work in toggle mode pressing the button with the left mouse button will mute the line pressing the button again will restore the signal on the output of the particular line The current state of the button is indicated by its backlight a a Muting of particular delay lines Clicking with the right mouse button Mute buttons work in Solo mode will mute all the delay lines except the one to which the pressed Mute button corresponds Signal flow e Delay lines mixer ee POPP eee ee eee eee reer rere reer reer rere errr errr errr reer ere reer r errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr reer errr errr rere errr errr errr errr errr rere errr errr rere reer rere rere e rere errr rere rr rere reer eee ee J1G group The next row consists of knobs controlling the Panning value of particular lines n 2 PAMNANI gt 7 r a C a C i a E E a E SEES VOLUME Panning setting for particular delay lines 3 The next row consists of VU meters which indicate the signal level on the outputs of particular lines VU Meters measuring output signal level on delay lines Signal flow e Delay lines mixer ee d1G group a n 4 aan Faders controlling output signal level on particular lines Copying delay lines settings 3 Using Sel Copy and Mute Paste buttons enables copying the settings of one
8. a SAVE AS BROWSE Preset management section Signal flow ee POE eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee rere rere ee ere rere reer ere rere eee eee rere ee eee ree eee ere rere ee eee rere rere ee ere rere eee rere rere errr e rere reer ere rere reer ere eee eee ere rere ee eee eee eee eee JG group Signal flow 3 This chapter focuses on the plug in signal s processing route presents and describes its components and their 2 controlling parameters situated in specified sections of the graphic interface 3 The general diagram of the signal s processing by the plug in is pictured below ROUTING gt Kyy e Plug in signal flow general block diagram The signal is transferred from the input to the router module from which it is sent TO particular delay lines and BACK enabling the forming of different connection topologies between those lines For example the signal can be processed parallel through delay lines serial passing on from the output of one line to the input of the next line or in a mixed manner in which some delay lines are connected parallel and others serial After the signal reaches the end of the route set by router it is transferred to the plug in output after passing through the limiter Signal flow e Delay line Delay line The most important element of the entire effect is the delay line module As it was mentioned before there are four 2 delay lines available and every line has the
9. actions the status bar informs about the currently changing values of controls and provides their names CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter Z t 2 MIDI CC Assignments table and functional button When a link is established between MIDI CC and the sound parameter a line is added to the list of MIDI CC assignments Configuration e Midi Control tab ee Serer eee OREO rere errr reer rrr r rrr errr rrr errr errr rrr rrr terri rrr rr terete rrerrrrr tert rrr rere rrrtrrrrrrt err rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr rrrrrrrrrr rrr rrrr rrr rrrrr irri rrerrrrrrrrr tire rae E JG group 3 When all the needed links are created uncheck the Midi Learn Mode checkbox or press again the Midi Learn button on GUI in the Control section 4 3 In order to create new links it is possible to reactivate the Midi Learn mode at any time 3 The links are always sorted in an ascending manner in relation to the CC column according to the MIDI CC code Unlinking and MIDI link management On the right side of the link list there are four function buttons located mm i wy Function buttons B Removes a selected link selecting any link from the list and clicking on it highlights the selected link Pressing this button removes the selected link T Removes all MIDI CC links gt Note MIDI map files are saved in XML 3 iw Loads a MIDI map from file sgccmap Sigmund MIDI CC Map format which enables epee mee tel Saves al
10. cascade 2 manner by all delay lines and afterwards passed on the output Serial Tapped serial connection The signal is processed in a cascade manner as in the previous configuration but every line besides passing its output on the input of the next line also sends the signal to the mixer Serial parallel connection First two lines work in a cascade manner in which the output of the second line is send to the mixer while lines 3 and 4 work in parallel mode and their outputs are passed on the mixer Tapped serial parallel connection The configuration is almost the same as the previous one with one difference Line 1 signal is tapped therefore apart from creating a cascade with line 2 line 1 passes the signal on to the mixer Signal flow e Routing ee Serer reer Perret rere reer rrr errr rrr errr rrr rrr rer rr rrr errr r reer terre errr reer re rrrrrrerrrrr rrr rrrrterrrrrrrrrr rrr rrrerr rrr rrrrrr terrier tert rrrrrrrrrr titi errr rrr rrr rrr re E JG group _ GUI Symbol Comboboxname Diagram Description Oo D Semi parallel connection with two cascades Lines 1 and 2 2 form a cascade and lines 3 and 4 form a second one Both cascades are processed parallel 2 Mixed 3 3 area eee ee EE E ees Sag eae peer ane i ee ier Re a w Similarly to the previous configuration there are two E cascades but the difference is that lines 1 and 3 are tapped Mixed 4 and send their output to the mixer ER Semi parall
11. delay line onto the other 1 Copy the delay source line parameters value to the buffer Clicking Sel Copy button while holding CTRL button on Mac OS X use Apple CMD saves the parameters of the line corresponding to the pressed Sel Copy button in the buffer 2 Overwrite the chosen delay line with the buffer content using the corresponding Mute Paste button by clicking it while holding CTRL button Apple CMD on Mac OS X Signal flow e Routing ee d1G group Routing In Sigmund delay lines can be connected in several different manners The display in the Routing section shows 2 the current configuration under which the delay lines work Routing section on GUI 3 There is a button in the upper right corner of the Routing section which opens a combo box with available connection configurations nine different to choose from GUI Symbol Combo box name Diagram Description Parallel line connection default The signal is provided on the inputs of all four delay lines Every line processes it independently and afterwards the line outputs are mixed Parallel together Signal flow e Routing ee Serer eer errr rr err errr rrr errr rrr errr rrr errr errr rere r terre errr errr rer reer rr rrrrr errr rrrrrrrrr tert rrrrrrrr rrr rrrerr rrr rrrrr trent errr rrr rrr rrr reir rrr errr rrr rrr rrr nae E JG group _ GUISymbol Combo box name Diagram Description es ER Serial connection The input signal is processed in a
12. ee J1G group The parameter map is represented in the form of table in which the column No is the number of the general usage automatable parameter and the column Parameter is the internal parameter of the plug in Each line assigns an internal parameter to an automatable parameter We assign an internal parameter using the combo box 4 inthe Parameter column 1 2 J 4 5 i lt S ae i i S Host parameter assignment Configuration e Parameters For example when we assign the general usage parameter No 1 to the internal delay line parameter Delay 1 gt Filter Cutoff 4 Options i Line 1 Filter Cutoff We 2 none ha 18 a none 19 4 none F 20 5 none jF 21 Parameters tab Parameter mapping Then we can automate the chosen parameter from the host application level m LS instru Tracko1 RW oaral ne Cubase Delay 1 Filter Cutoff automation SiGMund Configuration e Parameters ee POT rere terre errr retire rrr rrr rrr rrr rrr titre r errr rrr rrr rr rrr rrrtrrrrrrirrrrrrrirrirrrrrrrr errr irr rrrtrrrrrrnrrrrtrirrrr tr rrrrrirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr rrr nnn nn ne E JG group Assignment List Management gt Note Assignment On the right side of parameter assignment list there are editorial function buttons availabl
13. errr errr reer errr errr rere rere errr reer rere errr errr errr errr errr errr e rere rere reer reer e reer rere rere ee ee JG group The display of the section shows the current values of delays for both channels L and R in Stereo mode or M and S in Mid Side mode in the form of common fractions On the left side the delay of the Left Mid channel is displayed onthe right side the delay of the Right Side channel is displayed 2 Display with delay values synchronization with tempo mode 3 Dragging the mouse arrow over the numerators and denominators allows to change their value independently Influencing the rhythmical values of channel delays Full Dot and Triplet buttons on both sides of the display are modifiers of rhythmical values set on the display Rhythmic values modifiers synchronization with tempo mode e Full Full note in accordance with the display e Dot Note with a dot e Triplet Signal flow e Delay line ee Peer eee ee eee eee reer errr reer reer rere errr errr errr reer errr errr errr errr errr errr errr reer errr rere reer errr errr rere errr errr rere rere rrr rrr rere reer rere reer errr rere errr r reer rere rere rere eee eee ee J1G group Delays not synchronized with tempo When the Tempo sync is inactive no synchronization with the host the Time subsection content looks as follows 2 TME Tempo C coms e E a a a E a JOM H ri a CHANNELS i A a a A a om
14. in the 2 delay line Feedback and Resonant C CUTOFF en O CUTOFF CUTOFF TYPE TYPE RESONANCE IN OL IN FEED FILTER FILTER Block diagram of cutoff filter frequency modulation Signal flow e Delay line ee POO ee eee eee e eee eee reer reer reer rere errr errr reer reer errr errr errr errr errr errr errr reer errr rere reer errr errr rere errr errr errr rere errr rere rere errr re rere errr reer rere rere errr rere rr rere ee ee eer ee J1G group e Tremolo range of influence of the Modulator on the output delay line s amplitude The higher the value of the parameter the more the minimum of the generated Modulator route nears to the minimum off the modulated signal 2 MODULATION MODULATION Block diagram of amplitude modulation Tremolo Effect AMPLITUDE TREMOLO VALUE INPUT SIGNAL AMPLITUDE SIGNAL TIME Influence of Tremolo parameter on the depth of amplitude modulation by LFO type Modulator Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee ee ee ee eee errr rere rere errr reer errr errr errr errr errr rere reer reer errr reer errr errr rere errr errr rere reer errr errr reer reer rere rere reer errr rere eer errr errr r rere rere rere errr errr ee eee J1G group MOD1 and MOD2 buttons working in radio mode allow to chose the source of modulation one of the two available low frequency oscillators 2 Signal flow e Modulators Modulators The two available in Sigmund Modulators of
15. rrr rrr terre nae E JG group Similarly as in the Modulator Properties the Learn mode can be used to quickly define the MIDI note s pitch Simply use the Arm button in the bottom right corner of the contol 4 Current Retrigger Midi Note r MOD __ lt AjpAAMPT MOD 2 MIDI channel All MIDI channel All JN JN Note co e Note c1 Learn mode activation and set the note s pitch with one key press on the connected and active MIDI keyboard Default settings Every time a Sigmund is loaded in the host application new instance is created the Default settings value is used for a Current settings Default settings are stored within a configuration file of Sigmund This file is saved at the moment of unloading any of active plug in instances from the host application Configuration e Presets ee Serer C ree Perret errr rere rrr e rr rrr errr rrr errr rrr rere r rr rrr rrr errr rrr errrrrrrrrrrr terre rr rrr rrrrterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr errr rr rrrr err rrrr rrr rrrr irri rr errr rrr rrr rrr ra JG group Presets Inthe Presets tab we have an access to functions allowing certain global actions on preset file 4 Presets Parameters Midi Control Author Update presets Presets directory C Users moog AppData Roaming D16 Group Sigmund Presets tab Every preset in Sigmund apart from storing the values of sound parameters stores also certain additional information ie author s name
16. K SPREAD Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee eee eee rere e reer errr rere errr errr reer reer errr errr errr errr errr errr errr rr errr rere rrr rere errr errr errr errr rere e rere rere rrr ere rere errr rere re errr rere rere rere rere rere etre rere ee ee ree JG group Three parameters are available e Feedback which can be set as a positive or negative feedback with zero value in the center 2 Zero value lack of feedback the sound is passed on once by a provided time interval of the loop delay module and does not return to the beginning of the loop Positive feedback The signal delayed by the loop delay module is added to the signal on the loop input proportionally to the value of that parameter The larger the value of the Feedback parameter the larger part of the signal is passed on the line input causing longer sound fading more echoes Negative feedback works similarly to the positive feedback however the delayed signal is subtracted from the signal on the feedback loop input proportionally to the value of the Feedback parameter As it was in the case of positive feedback the higher the value of the parameter the longer period of time the sound fades as a result of more echoes e Spread a phase shift between L R channels Left and Right channel or M S channels Mid and Side channel This parameter may have the following values C Center The center value is neutral meaning no phase s
17. ble before overwriting the parameters of particular delay lines Delay parameters section or and value of the FX parameter ratio between Dry and Wet signal In order to block a group of parameters Click the padlock icon It works similarly to buttons in toggle mode one click blocks a group of parameters second click unblocks it 3 Blocking delay lines parameters Blocking delay lines parameters is achieved by using the padlocks situated in the upper part of the delay lines Mixer Padlocks which allow to block particular delay lines Preset Management e Padlocks ee POPP eee ee eee eee reer eee e ee errr errr reer reer reer errr errr errr errr reer reer reer errr reer errr errr rere errr reer rere reer errr errr errr errr rrr rr errr rere rere reer rere reer reer errr rere etre rere eee ee JG group In order to block parameters of a particular delay line Simple click the padlock over the number corresponding to that particular line 3 Every padlock encompasses the parameter values of a single delay line 3 Blocking the FX parameter 3 The padlock responsible for blocking the FX parameter is situated directly above it i I TLE o a Es ni as 2 a ml 7 Padlock which blocks FX parameter 3 One click on the padlock is sufficient in order to block the parameter from overwriting its value while loading a preset Preset Management e Preset Browser ee
18. d through the lower threshold right limiter Transient is hed ee alee an occurrence of a rapid raising slope in the input signal s envelope The red vertical line along functionality isnot the Threshold parameter slider represents the temporary value of the envelope showing a visual available feedback which allows to comfortably select the threshold values Signal flow e Delay lines mixer ee POPeee ee ee eee ee eee reer rere reer errr reer errr errr errr errr errr errr reer reer reer errr errr errr rere rere errr errr rere reer errr rrr errr errr errr errr rere reer ere re errr reer ere rere reer rere etre reer ee ee ee JG group Delay lines mixer On the right side of the Delay parameters section there is the Mixer section which is used to easily control the output 2 volume of particular delay lines set the panning for each of them or choose a particular line for edition ic PANNING s a a a Mixer section Signal flow e Delay lines mixer ee POPeee eee eee eee rere rere reer errr reer reer errr errr errr errr errr rere reer reer errr reer errr rere reer errr errr rere rere errr reer errr rrr errr errr rere errr errr errr errr rere rere r rere rere rere eee ee ee JG group The first row consists of Sel Copy buttons working in radio mode which are used for choosing a delay line for edition in Delay parameters section 2 Choice of delay line fai edition The next row consists of Mute
19. e 4 list files are compatible with XMLformatand gy f e nad T Clearing the entire assignment list and edited inany text editor t Loading the assignment list from a file ssghpmap bi Saving the assignment list to a file sghpmap Default Parameters map Selecting a default Parameters map e Check the Default Map checkbox which activates the Browse button on the right e Click the Browse and select a file with saved Parameters map After selecting a Parameters map the text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the active map file A default Parameters map is loaded each time when the plug ins is loaded Configuration e Midi Control tab ee POO eee eee eee eee reer rere reer errr reer reer errr errr errr errr errr rere reer reer errr reer errr errr errr errr errr rere ree errr rere e reer errr rere rere reer reer errr errr errr e rere rere rere reer rere eee re ee J1G group _ Midi Control tab 3 Sigmund can assign its controls on GUI to any MIDI CC Midi Control Change event allowing the control 4 of the plug in to use external hardware or software controller Midi Learn mode CC Parameter CC Parameter CC Parameter otek r er Default map Browse MIDI CC Assignments table and functional button Controls included in the tab Midilearn mode Checkbox which activates Midi learn mode e List of active MIDI CC assignm
20. e Feedback delay module controls the signal delay in the feedback loop before it returns to the loop s beginning and will be summed with the input signal Parameters of both components are controlled in the Time subsection of the Delay Parameters section eT Time subsection 3 The Delay and Pre buttons are used to indicate whether the value of Pre delay or the value of Feedback delay will be edited in the Time subsection Choice between editing Pre Delay or Feedback loop delay Signal flow e Delay line ee Peer eee eee reer errr errr reer rere errr rere errr reer rere rere rere errr rere rere reer errr rere rere errr rere rere errr errr errr rere e errr rere rere rere reer errr rere eer rrr errr errr errr rere etre rere rere ee JG group Delay synchronized with tempo The delay time can be synchronized with the host application tempo The synchronization is activated with 2 the Tempo sync button Activating delay with tempo synchronization mode 3 Changing its state changes also the content of the Time subsection i e the set of available controls parameters The synchronization with the tempo can be activated independently to the Pre delay or Feedback delay 3 When Tempo sync is active the value of the Time section looks as follows FRE JOM CHANNELS Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee eee reer errr reer reer rere errr errr reer reer errr errr errr errr errr errr errr reer
21. e T TEMPO TAP Orn Time subsection view in not synchronized with tempo mode i A dema d _ il a 18 3 In this mode the delays are set in milliseconds in the range from 0 1 to 1000 The values of delays for the Left and Right channel Mid Side can be changed independently by using the potentiometers on both sides of the display 3 Alternatively the desirable value can be precisely set by modifying a specific item after dragging the mouse arrow over the delay values represented on the display 3 Tempo tap The tempo tap allows to quickly set the delay time by repeatedly pressing the Tap button for Left and Right channel The time measured between subsequent clicks is averaged and afterwards set as the delay line time for a respective channel Signal flow e Delay line ee d1G group Join channels mode Using the Join channels mode allows to set the delay times for both channels Left and Right simultaneously A change 2 of the Left channel delay will immediately cause an identical update in the Right channel delay value and vice versa This mode is activated by the Join channels button in the Time subsection and works both for the Pre delay and Feedback delay regardless of whether it is active in synchronization with tempo mode or not Tempo sync flag Join channels mode Delay line feedback parameters Delay line feedback parameters are edited in the Delay subsection HOLD FEEDBAC
22. e delay line goes through the Multimode resonant filter and the Overdrive 2 distortion module OVERDRIVE PREAMP COLOR GAIN 6 O gt gt J gt Multimode resonant filter and Overdrive subsections Signal flow e Delay line ee d1G group Multimode resonant filter Multimode resonant filter is situated in the Filter subsection 2 FILTER CUTOFF RESO E 4 s Resonant filter parameters 3 The Multimode resonant filter is controlled by the following parameters e Type Type of filter OFF Inactive filter LP Low pass filter BP Band pass filter HP High pass filter e Cutoff Filter cutoff frequency or band frequency for BP e Reso Resonant filter lining or band width for BP Signal flow e Delay line ee ere rr rer re rere rr rrr rrr rr rrr rere rere rrr rrr rer rr rrr rere rere rere rere rrr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr ere JG group Overdrive distortion module OVERDRIVE 2 PREAMP COLORA GAIN B a 2 e s m m i kd OdB 412 B4 OB Overdrive distortion paramaters Overdrive distortion module is controlled by the following parameters e Preamp signal amplification before distortion using the symmetrical diode clipper e Color controls the distortion type a band with additional harmonics appearing as a result of signal distorting A low value of Color parameter results in a subdued sound and additio
23. e of the chosen Modulator on three parameters of the delay line e Delay time in the feedback loop e Cutoff frequency of delay line filters e Delay line s output signal amplitude Signal flow e Delay line ee d1G group Modulation subsection e Time range of influence of the Modulator on the delay value in the feedback loop Lin and Log buttons next to the Time parameter work in radio mode and they allow to choose a scale according to which the Modulator should influence the delay Lin Linear scale Log Logarithmic scale Signal flow e Delay line 2 MODULATION TIME Nal UM aay vances W L j iy al FREQUENCY FREQUENCY Example of influence on the value of loop delay in linear scale on the left and in logarithmic scale on the right in a case of Modulator working as LFO Spectogram is scaled logarithmically Signal flow e Delay line ee Peer eee ee eee reer errr reer rere reer errr rere errr rere rere rere rere reer rere rere rere rere rere errr errr rere rere errr errr errr reer errr rere rrr rrr rere errr rere re errr rere rere reer rere reer ere ree JG group e Cutoff range of influence of the Modulator on the cutoff frequency of the Resonant filter and the Passive filter in the feedback loop the resultant value being the sum of the Modulator s output and the value of Cutoff parameter is provided in the Filter section as the input cutoff frequency which is the same for both filters
24. el connection with one cascade Lines 1 2 and 3 serially connected form a cascade which works parallel EJ to line 4 Mixed 5 Ep 4 Tapped semi parallel connection with one cascade Similarly to no 8 but the difference is that lines 1 and 2 e 2 are tapped and send their output to the mixer Mixed 6 E3 Es Signal flow e Routing ee POPeee eee eee eee reer rere reer reer eee rere reer rere rere rere rere rere errr reer rere rere rere rere reer rere errr reer errr reer errr reer errr errr errr errr reer rere re ere rere rere rere rere rere rere reer ee ee ee JG group It is necessary to add that in the case of a topology in which the signal from one delay line is passed on the input of another line cascade and additionally the signal from line one is tapped and passed on to the Mixer using the Mute button for line one mutes only the tap which was directed to the Mixer input while regardless of the state 2 of the Mute button line one passes the signal on the second line g m r gt lt m K Cc m O Cc anf O Cc mf O m r gt lt m w iE am m O cC Mr rw DELAY LINE 4 MUTE gt G eee IN OUT Hae Block diagram of Mute buttons functioning in Mixer section The above picture presents all potential connections between delay lines in Sigmund As it depicted the taps are situated after the line output and before the Mute switch therefore using Mute
25. ency Rate is defined in rhythmic values dependent on the tempo in the range from 32 to 1 32time Otherwise the oscillation frequency is defined in Hz from the range of 0 01 Hz to 40 Hz Signal flow e Modulators ee Peer eee eee eee eee errr reer reer rere errr errr reer reer errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr errr rere reer errr errr rere rere errr reer rere rere rere errr errr rere rere rer errr reer errr rere etre rere ee ee ere JG group 4 s a O 180 PHASE FULL DOT View of LFO section with synchronization with tempo mode active Additional buttons appear working in radio mode which allow to choose one of three available rhythmical Rate value modifiers PULL DOI THI Modifiers of LFO rhythmical scale in synchronization with tempo mode e Full The rhythmical value remains unaltered in accordance with the value of the Rate slider e Dotted The rhythmical value is increased by 1 5 times the value of Rate e Triplet The rhythmical value constitutes 1 3 of the value of Rate Signal flow e Modulators Serer eee Perret rere reer rrr errr rrr errr errr rr rer rrr errr terre errr errr rer rrrr rrr rrr terre rr rrrrrrrtrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr trite rr rrr titi errr rrr rrr terre rae i JG group Resetting the LFO phase Regardless of whether the Sync mode is active or not the LFO phase can be optionally reset externally with a MIDI 2 note or internally with transients de
26. ents Containing pairs consisting of MIDI CC number and the name of the plug in parameter e Default Map Checkbox which activates a default MIDI CC map When the map is activated it will be loaded with creating a new instance of the plug in Configuration e Midi Control tab ee POPP eee ee eee See eee rere eee reer errr reer errr reer errr errr ere rere errr rere rere rere rere reer rere errr rere rere errr rere rere rere reer rere rere rere reer rere rere rere errr rere rere errr rere errr errr ee eee ee J1G group 3 Midi learn 3 Assigning a Sigmund s control to the MIDI controller requires 4 Checking the Midi Learn mode checkbox in the Midi Control tab Midi Learn mode CC Parameter Midi Control tab Midi Learn mode checkbox or pressing the Midi Learn button in the Master section on GUI OPTIONS MICH LEAR es d16 group L Master Section Midi Learn Configuration e Midi Control tab d1G group 2 Inthe status bar in the bottom section of GUI a message should appear waiting for a controller or parameter movement 4 Waiting for a controller or parameter movement Status bar In this mode the plug in waits for any change in the parameter s value movement of any control on GUI and for amovement of any MIDI CC control on the external MIDI controller which operates on an active MIDI input channel directed to Sigmund The order of these actions is irrelevant During the above mentioned
27. ere rere errr rere rere rere errr rere rere rere ee eee ree JG group Feedback loop s passive filter Inthe next part of the sequence there is the passive filter in the feedback loop which type and cutoff frequency are 2 controlled by the same parameters as the Multimode resonant filter parameters of both filters are connected By default the filter in the loop is inactive and it can be activated by the Feedback button working in toggle mode in the subsection of the Filter section a E a FEEDBACK Activating feedback filter in feedback loop In this case the signal is additionally filtered by the Passive filter apart from being filtered by the Resonant filter before passing on to the feedback loop Apart from the influence of the Feedback parameter from the Delay subsection as a result of which the signal amplitude is getting lower this results in the fact that during each loop the signal is more subdued when LP is set or with a more limited band when BP is set or it has less low frequency harmonics when HP is set If the chosen Filter type is OFF then both the Multimode resonant filter and the Feedback filter in the feedback loop are inactive Signal flow e Delay line d1G group Pre delay and Feedback delay The successive processing elements in the delay line are e Pre delay module moving the signal by a provided time interval before it will be passed on to the feedback loop
28. ering is inactive e Note the triggering event is the MIDI note Transient the triggering event is the transient in the input signal Depending on the selected event type its parameter values conditions of occurrence are set on the right side e For Note mode the MIDI channel must be defined using the combo box as well as the note s pitch using the control the graphic representation of the music keyboard which will trigger the event Retrigger mode Retriggering MIDI note off MIDI channel 1 F Note Transient lt a Note CO Re triggering with the midi note Signal flow e Modulators ee POPeee eee eee eee eee errr reer reer rere errr errr reer reer errr errr errr rere errr errr errr errr rere rere reer errr rere rere errr errr errr errr errr rere errr errr re rere errr rere rere rere reer rere etre rere ee eer ee J1G group The Arm button activates the Learn mode in which the note s pitch can be quickly set using the connected and active MIDI keyboard 2 Learn Mode e For Transient mode Retrigger mode Detection parameters of Speed Note Transient Threshold Transient detection parameters gt Note The re 3 Speed the rate at which the envelope of the input signal is followed coe ae Threshold the moment when the transient appears passing the signal s envelope through the upper threshold in the VST version left limiter only if it has earlier passe
29. figuration Configuration 3 The Configuration panel in Sigmund allows us to change the general settings of the plug in Use the Options button on GUI to load it ji i ni j a i NG oroun 7 eee i a h k hy FF a e gt a T taia i Options About button 3 In the Configuration panel the following tabs are available Presets Global actions on preset files Configuration Panel Tabs Processing Global configuring the sound processing path Parameters Configuring automatable parameters within the host application Midi Control Configuring MIDI communication with plug in d1G group Configuration e Processing Q eeececoooooooeecccccoooooooooeecccccooooooooeeeccccoooooosoceeeccccoooosooceecccccooooooooeeeccccooooooooeeecccccoooooooeeeecccccooosoooeecccccooooooosececcccooooooooececccccooossoseeceso JG group Processing 3 In the Processing tab the current and default values of specific parameters influencing the processing path are 4 configured wiii iii tiii iii Processing tab Current quality settings Current quality settings section Configuration e Processing ee POPeee eee eee eee eee reer reer rere reer rere reer rere rere rere rere reer errr reer rere rere rere errr reer rere rere reer errr errr errr reer rrr errr errr rere reer errr rere errr reer errr ere rere rere etre reer ee eee ee JG group This section allows to set the processing quality of
30. g of the delay line in the following order e Monophonizing optional e Choosing the processing mode L R or M S e Swapping channels L with R or M with S depending on the chosen mode 3 Therefore when To mono mode is activated and subsequently the channel swap option is used Ch Swap while the M S mode is on the signal received on the output will not contain the M component only the S component regardless of the signal provided on the input stereo or mono Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee eee eee reer reer rere reer errr reer rere rere rere rere rere errr rere rere rere rere errr reer rere errr reer errr reer rere rere errr errr errr errr reer rere re errr rire rere rere rere rere rere rere rere ee JG group Delay line parameters modulation In Sigmund there are two Modulators of general use available However these are not Modulators independent for 2 every delay line but global generators with the parameters defined for the entire instance The Modulators can be used to modulate some of the delay line parameters 6 6Hz e gt 6 e amp r s w O 1Hz 40Hz 3 z O 1Hz 40Hz FREQUENCY z FREQUENCY MOD1 and MOD2 sections 3 The range of influence and the parameters of a given delay line which are influenced by the Modulator are defined per delay line and these values can be different for every delay line The Modulation subsection in the Delay Parameters section allows to define the influenc
31. g the LFO phase sesseseesessessssesssseseesesees 34 Envelope Modulator sesessesessesesessssesessesesesseseseesess 34 Envelope triggering sessessesessesessessssessssessesessese 35 Peak Follower Modulator es sssesssesssessoessesssesssensees 36 Delay lines MIXED ssssssesessesessesesesesseseseesesesseseseesesesessesesee 33 Copying delay lines settings s ssesosses0s0s00s0000 42 ROUUN E cariene E EEA 43 Master Section sissstsed cssacseacacceesssssbecrescsosescsiathcadaczavdensenieessess 47 3 Preset Management ou cc scscscstscscstscseesssseseees 50 Preset storage ree ee 50 PAO K a scssiasetenssieyssevnassasisanaite essa 51 Blocking delay lines parameters ous 51 Blocking the FX parameter wuss 52 Preset Browser ccssssssssssscsesessecssscsssessssssssssseseseserersees 53 Blocking delay lines parameters on the Preset Browser level esesssseseseeseesseseersesse 56 Restoring default plug in parameters values esssessesressessesseeseoseoseeseesseseessessessess 57 4 Configuration se sessessesseseesesesesseseesessessessesesseesesseseesessees 58 F400 S fee ee A E 59 C rrent Selnes sarene 59 Current Retrigger MIDI Note settings 0 60 Default settings n ssesesseseeseseesesseseesessesessesesseseosesees 61 FS E E E 62 PaM aaa A 63 Assignment List Management sessesesesees0s00000s0 66 Default Parameters map s esessesesessssesessesesesseseseeses
32. general use can be used to modulate some of the delay lines parameters Amplitude Filter cutoff time Delay time in feedback loop ce r z 2 o 40Hz ENN x 2 0 1Hz 40Hz 2 FREQUENCY o 180 FREQUENCY PHASE MOD1 and MOD2 sections on GU 3 Each of the Modulators can be of three types e LFO Low frequency oscillator e ENV Envelope e PEAK Peak follower The Modulator type can be selected by the radio group on the left d1G group Signal flow e Modulators Sere Eee Ore ee Perret rere reer errr rrr rrr errr rrr rrr rer rr rer errr r errr rer rrr rrrrrrr rrr rrrr rrr rrrr rrr rrrrterrrrrrrrrrrrrerr errr rrr rrrrrrrrrr rrr rrrr rrr r rrr rrr tr rr rrr rrr rrr rrr rae JG group LFO Modulator LFO can work in synchronization with the host application tempo or without it dependently on the Sync button status 2 The default mode is without synchronization Switching the Sync parameter slightly changes the view of the LFO section on the GUI because only part of the LFO s parameters is common for both modes 3 LFO without synchronization with the host application tempo o 0 1Hiz 40Hz o 180 FREQUENCY PHASE LFO without synchronization with the tempo Without the LFO s synchronization with the tempo the following parameters in the Modulator section on GUI are available e Frequency Frequency of the generated oscillations a 0 11Hz FREQUENCY Frequency of LFO oscillations
33. hift L Left Along with decreasing the value of the parameter towards L the phase shift between channels Stereo L R is increasing meaning that channel L precedes channel R Minimal value i e maximal inclination towards L means that the phase transition between channels takes half the time of the feedback loop delay R Right Along with decreasing the value of the parameter towards R the phase shift between channels Stereo is increasing meaning that channel R precedes channel L Minimal value i e maximal inclination towards R means that the phase transition between channels takes half the time of the feedback loop delay e Hold button working in monostable mode which when pressed causes a momentary setting of the Feedback value to 100 If the Feedback value is positive then it is set to 100 If the Feedback value is negative then it is set to 100 3 In M S Mid Side mode S Side replaces the maximal value of R and M Mid replaces the minimal value The rule 3 is the same as in the case of channels L R but the Spread is a phase delay between Mid and Side Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee reer errr reer reer rere errr rere errr rere rere rere rere reer rere rere rere rere reer errr errr rere rere errr errr errr rere errr errr rere rere reer rere rere errr reer errr rere reer errr e rere ee ee eer ee J1G group Processing in Left Right Mid Side and Mono mode Every delay line in Sigmund proce
34. l links in the list to a MIDI map file Configuration e Midi Control tab ee POPeee eee eee eee reer errr errr errr errr errr reer errr errr errr errr reer reer reer errr errr errr errr reer errr errr rere reer errr reer errr errr rere rere reer rere rere errr rier re rere rere rere reer reer rere rere ee JG group Default MIDI map 3 Selecting a default MIDI map 4 Default map Browse Setting a default MIDI Map 1 Check the Default Map checkbox which activates the Browse button on the right 2 Click the Browse button and select a file with a saved MIDI map 3 After selecting a MIDI map the text box on the left from the Browse button shows the path to the active map file Adefault MIDI map is loaded each time when the plug in is loaded Contents E Overview seessseseeeseesseesssesssesseessesssesssesssesseosseosseesseeseesssesssesseesse 1 E Signal flow 0ao0000000000s00oseoessevusseossoesssosossosossesesessesassecesosseseso 6 Dely a eaa E E E 7 Multimode resonant filter and distortion MOUI sen eE ER 10 Feedback loop s passive filter wc scesststeeees 14 Pre delay and Feedback delay s n ssesesesessesessesesees 15 Delay line feedback parameters oon 19 Processing in Left Right Mid Side and MONO MOE 1 0 eessssssssesssecsescscecscsesessseesesescseseseeeees 21 Delay line parameters modulation wus 23 PICCHU AG ONS oirn A ii 29 LFO Modulators csessssessnsetvaissesercanctesectesavenmustenciietcavacs 30 Resettin
35. nal harmonics appear in the low and medium band The higher the value of the parameter the more harmonics appear in the higher bands and less in the lower and medium bands e Gain controls the output volume of the distortion module The button in the upper left corner of the subsection activates deactivates the Overdrive module 3 Both modules described above Resonant filter and Overdrive are situated in the delay line just before the feedback loop s summing node Therefore before the signal is processed in the delay line it is processed by both aforementioned modules Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee ee reer reer reer errr reer errr reer rere rere rere reer reer errr rere rere rere rere errr reer rere rere reer errr reer errr errr errr errr errr errr rere rere reer rer errr reer e rere rere reer rere eee ee ee J1G group Pre and Post resonant filter work mode Pre and Post resonant filter work mode determines the sequence in which the input signal is processed by both modules e Pre Pre Overdrive The signal is initially passed on the Resonant filter and subsequently on the Overdrive distortion module e Post Post Overdrive The signal is initially distorted Overdrive and subsequently filtered Signal flow e Delay line ee POPeee eee eee eee eee rere rere rere reer errr reer rere rere rere reer errr rere errr errr errr rr errr rere rere errr errr rere reer rere rere rere rere rere rere reer r
36. or rating The Author box in the Presets tab describes the author s name which is going to be saved within every new instance of the preset Double click and edit the box confirm with enter button to change the value of the box Any new instance of the preset is going to encompass information from that box 3 Update presets button updates information about the author in every new instance of the preset created by the user Other presets e g default presets presets of other authors will not be modified 3 The Presets directory value below the Author box displays the path to the present bank on the hard drive Configuration e Parameters Q eeeeeeecccocccccococcccccocecocooeoooeoooeooeoeoooeooeoeeeoooeeoooecocoooooooooooooooooocooooooooooooooooooocoooooooooooooooooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooosoooooooooooosooooooooosoosoooooo J1G group Parameters 3 Due to the fact that the number of sound parameters in Sigmund exceeds 128 allowed by VST AU technologies 4 number of automatable parameters we can map assign the chosen internal parameters of the synthesizer on 128 automatable from the host level general usage parameters in the Parameters tab Options Parameters tab Configuration e Parameters ee Peer eee ee eee eee eee reer reer reer reer errr errr reer reer errr errr errr reer errr errr errr errr rere rere reer errr errr rere errr reer reer reer rere rere reer ee errr rere eee rere rere rere rere rere etre reer eee
37. r eee rere ere reer reer errr errr errr errr errr errr reer reer errr reer errr rere rere errr errr errr reer errr ere errr reer errr rere reer errr rere eee errr errr rere rere errr rere reer ee ree J1G group e FX parameter used to define the ratio in which the processed and unprocessed signal will be mixed by the effect before passing it on the output o Ill FX parameter Dry Wet e Output parameter which controls the output signal level Two Left and Right diodes which inform about exceeding the maximal value of the amplitude by the output signal Parameter which controls output signal level Preset Management e Preset storage ee POPe eee eee eee errr reer reer rere reer rere reer rere rere rere rere rere errr reer rere rere rere errr reer rere rere rere errr reer errr reer rere errr rere rere errr ere re eer erie rere rere rere rere etre rere ee eer ree JG group Preset Management Preset storage All kinds of presets are stored on a disk in a particular location which makes the process of management smooth and allows to easily exchange presets between users When you insert a plug in to a host application before the window Opens some initial actions are performed Among those Sigmund scans the location in which presets are stored on the hard disk and projects this location into the tree hierarchical structure which corresponds to a structure of folders and files e Single files are projec
38. rs use of padlock mechanism before changing the value while loading anew preset without closing the Preset Browser window 3 In the bottom part of Preset Browser there are padlock buttons which work exactly in the same manner as those inthe Mixer section i e in toggle mode Clicking any padlock buttons blocks the delay line s parameters with the number corresponding to the number on the buttons before overwriting with new values while loading the preset Lined P Live 2 of ie Lie Preset Browser Padlocks which block parameters of particular delay lines Preset Management e Preset Browser ee POPP eee ee eee eee reer reer rere eee ee reer reer reer errr errr errr errr errr reer reer errr errr errr rere rere errr errr errr reer errr reer errr rere rere rer rrr errr reer reer e rere rere rere errr rere etre rere ee eee ee J1G group Restoring default plug in parameters values In the bottom right part of the Preset Browser window there are buttons situated which enable restoring the default 3 plug in parameters values or parameters of any delay line Preset Browser Restoring default parameters values All lines button initializes all sound parameters with default values current settings are lost while buttons from Line 1 to Line 4 cause the initialization of delay lines 1 to 4 respectively Default values mean the status of parameters just after setting the plug in in the host application Con
39. s any subfolders analogically you can perform the same action on and on until reaching the deepest level of the directory tree All columns starting from the left side will correspond to successive levels of the directory tree 3 Clicking the Preset file selects and loads the preset and also displays information about the preset in the column directly on the right side 3 It contains information like Preset name Author and Rating We can change the Rating according to our recognition by giving it 1 to 5 stars by mouse clicking on one of the stars The author s name is assigned automatically to all newly folder 1 folder 2 folder 4 Preset 1 Preset 10 Preset 11 Preset 12 Preset 13 Preset 14 Preset 15 Preset 16 Preset 17 Preset 18 Preset 19 Preset 2 Preset 20 Preset 21 by Sh Preset 2 a Preset 3 hh 1 vi bee Preset 1 J Preset 5 J Preset 6 JN Preset 7 My rating wrekyk Author Preset Browser Preset description created and saved presets based on information given by user in a Preset tab in Configuration panel 3 Double clicking the item Folder or Preset file toggles edit mode which allows to rename the file d1G group Preset Management e Preset Browser ee d1G group We can select for removing or copying oe A Single item by clicking it 3 e Group of items By selecting the first one and adding new elements by selecting them while holding CTRL key Apple CMD on Mac OS
40. s section e MOD1 MOD2 two Modulators of general use which can influence certain internal parameters of delay lines a 0 1Hz 40Hz N 5 2 0 1Hz 40Hz FREQUENCY O 4 FREQUENCY MOD1 and MOD2 section SiGMund Overview 1 e Mixer part of the interface which controls the process of mixing the delay lines signal outputs Delay lines mixer e Routing control which enables choosing one of nine available configurations connection topologies of delay lines ROUTING Control enabling the choice of the connection topology of delay lines SiGMund Overview ee POPP ee ee ee eee reer eee reer errr reer rere reer rere rere rere rer errr errr reer reer errr errr errr rere rr rrr errr reer errr errr rere reer errr errr errr errr rere errr reer e err errr r rere rere rere reer rere ee eee ee J1G group e Master section allows to apply the final touch to the processed sound by the plug in before passing the sound on to the audio output 1 VU METERA OPTIONS MIDI LEARN SIGMund cial a d16 group A ACTIVE THRESHOLO 1208 z I t gt il ua DAY Master Section Overview e Preset section allows to choose load presets save current settings as a new preset or overwrite them on the currently chosen preset The preset section also provides access to the Preset browser which allows to perform more advanced operations on the preset files 1 PRESET ESET PREVIOUS
41. same set of parameters C9 i Optional TO MONO conversion H CUTOFF Optional L R to M S encoding TYPE and CHANNEL SWAP gt IN OUT l PRE OVERDRIVE FEED FILTER m TIME gt TIME FLT FEED i RESONANCE IN gt 7 1 IN OUT H IN QUT HHFA IN OUT IN s OUT OVERDRIVE FILTER 7 PRE DELAY LOOP DELAY I OVERDRIVE l POST OVERDRIVE i o maii H AMOUNT SPREAD lt OUT OUT IN OUT IN i 1 I TREMOLO STEREO SPREAD i I I to L R decoding Signal flow block diagram along a single delay line The above picture presents a circuit diagram of Sigmund s delay line in which the signal while passing through the router passes in sequence through the following modules e Overdrive distortion e Multimode resonant filter or inversely the sequence is variable e Initial signal delay Pre Delay Signal flow e Delay line ee Serer E eer eer errr terre reer rrr errr rrr errr rrr errr errr terre terre errr errr rerrrrrrrrrrrr rrr rrrrrrrrrrrt rrr rrrrrrrr rrr rrrrrrr rrr rrr rrr rrrr rrr rrrr rrr tert rrr rirrerrrrrr rrr r irre rae E JG group e Subsequently the signal enters the feedback loop and is processed successively by Feedback delay module Loop Delay 2 Optionally by the Passive Feedback Filter e Acertain part of the signal defined by the Feedback parameter returns to the beginning of the loop which causes an echo effect or a resonance in case of very small loop delays
42. sed to modulate the delay line s parameter The Peak Follower s is controlled by the following parameters e Attack the amplidute s raising slopes following speed e Release the amplidute s falling slopes following speed e Sensitivity the amplification of the input signal for detection Modulator Re triggering 3 Each of the two available Modulators of general use can be re triggered by one of the events e The occurrence of a MIDI note with a specific pitch on a respective MIDI channel e Transient detected in the input signal 3 Re triggering is available for all types of Modulators except the Peak Follower therefore e For the Envelope which is triggered when an event occurs e For the LFO which phase is reset when an event occurs Signal flow e Modulators SOOO eee eee reer Perret rere reer rrr errr rrr errr rrr rrr rrr errr rr rrr rrr terre rrr rrrr rrr rrrrrr terre rr rrrrrrrtrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr errr rr rrrr errr rrr rrr errr rrr rr errr rrr rrr rrr ne E JG group The type and parameters of the re triggering event are configured in the Modulator itself independently in both Clicking the sprocket icon in the upper left corner of the Modulator section reveals the Modulator Parameters 2 MOD 1 Retrigger Settings Retrigger mode off Note Transient The icon which opens the Modulator Parameters section Modulator Parameters window 3 Retrigger mode defines the event type e Off re trigg
43. sses the stereo signal in L R Left and Right channel mode therefore by setting delays Pre delay Feedback delay or by moving channels toward each other Stereo spread the Operations are performed in the L R domain Sigmund also allows to process the signal by a delay line in the M S Mid and Side channels domain In this case delays Pre Delay Feedback delay are set for Mand S channels instead of L and R and the same applies to the phase shift of channels in the feedback loop Stereo spread the shift is made between M and S channels Whether the processing should be performed MOND in L R or M S mode can be set per delay line by choosing the adequate mode using Channel mode buttons CH e L R the line works in Left Right mode Choice beween iR and Mas M S the line works in Mid Side mode processing Additionally by using the Ch Swap button channels can be swapped with each other L with R or M with S depending on the value of Channel mode Swapping channels L with R or M with S Signal flow e Delay line ee dG group Monophonizing the input signal The button works in toggle mode pressing the button activates the option pressing it again deactivates the option The operation consists of summing the input signal from the left and right channels and overwriting them with aresultant signal Operations described in this subsection are performed at the beginnin
44. tected in the input signal for detailed information refer to Modulator re triggering chapter The moment of resetting the LFO phase is indicated by the Reset diode in the upper left corner of the section 3 Envelope Modulator Envelope Modulator Signal flow e Modulators ee POPeee ee eee eee eee errr reer reer rere errr rere errr rere rere rere rere reer rere rere rere reer reer rere errr rere rere errr errr errr rere errr errr errr errr rere reer errr reer errr reer rere rere rere errr rere rere ree J1G group The Envelope generator is another available Modulator type in Sigmund controlled with the following set of parameters Attack time 2 Decay time Sustain level Hold time Release time Envelope modulator in Sigmund Envelope triggering In order to activate the Envelope it must betriggered with a MIDI note or transients detected in the input signal for detailed information refer to Modulator re triggering chapter 3 The Trig diode in the upper left corner of the Envelope section indicates the moment of triggering with a MIDI note or a detected transient Signal flow e Modulators ee d1G group s LFO S SENSITIVITY ATTACK RELEASE Hi FAST SLOW FAST SLOW Peak Follower Modulator 3 The last type of the Modulator is the Peak follower which allows to trace input signal s amplitude envelope by following the momentary maxima of the signal The delineated envelope can be u
45. ted as presets and the file name is the preset name e A folder is projected as a group of presets which is presented in the Preset Browser as a group node It is allowed to nest the structure of groups and single presets into another group etc 3 In the Preset section we can always distinguish a few controls PRESET SAVE AS BROWSE Preset management section gt Note All kinds r g I of presets are stored _ accordingly to The text box containing the name of the currently loaded preset a human readable XML standard There e Prev Next These two buttons are used for linear navigation through the bank of presets is no need to edit Browse This button opens Preset browser presets manually however theycanbe e Save Saveas Storing a current settings as a preset overwriting as new one opened and editedin any text XML editor For storing presets the standard OS dialogue windows are always used Preset Management e Preset storage e Padlocks ee d1G group By default presets are kept on the hard drive e For MacOS X the folder Library Application Support D16 Group Sigmund 3 e For Windows the folder C Users user_name AppData Roaming D16 Group Sigmund Sigmund recognizes sgprst file extension as its preset 2 Padlocks Padlocks is a functionality which allows to block certain groups of parameters before changing their value during reloading presets Blocking is possi
46. the plug in while taking into consideration available system resources CPU power The grading includes four levels 4 e Low e Normal e High e Ultra 3 The qualities are arranged from the lowest to the highest and simultaneously from the least to the most demanding considering the CPU load 3 The processing quality selection is made independently for Real time processing and Offline processing e g during mixdown 3 Current Retrigger MIDI Note settings Current Retrigger Midi Note MOD 1 mop 2 MIDI channel All MIDI channel All Note CO Note Ci Current Retrigger MIDI Note section The settings in this section are linked with the settings available in the Modulator Properties see Modulator Re triggering chapter They concern the re triggering the modulator with a MIDI note The Current Retrigger MIDI Note section allows to configure independently for each Modulator the pitch and channel number of the MIDI note which will retrigger the respective Modulator provided that the Retrigger Mode parameter in the Modulator Properties is set to Note MOD1 and MOD2 subsections allow to define the note s pitch and channel for Modulator 1 and Modulator 2 respectively Configuration e Processing ee Serer eee reer terre reer errr errr rrr errr rrr errr errr rere rr rrr errr errr iret reer tert errr rrrrrrrrrrrrrterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrr errr rrrrrrrrrr titi errr
47. will not interrupt the signal flow from one line to the other when they are working in a cascade manner Signal flow e Routing ee Sere eee eee Creer Perret terre rrr rrr errr rrr errr rrr rrr rer rr rere rr rrr errr errr rrr rr errr rrrrrrrerrrrrrrrrrrrterrrrrrrrrr rrr rrr errr rrr rrrrrrrerrrrrrrrr rrr rrr rrrrtrrrerrrrrr irr r rrr nae i JG group Master section In the Master section the final touch is applied to the signal summed in the Mixer section 2 VU METER OPTIONS MIDI LEARN Sle ts Cae HIGH QUALITY FLEXIBLE DELAY UNIT d16 group ACTIVE THRESHOLD 120B e7 il ui Master section Signal flow e Routing ee Peer eee eee eee reer reer reer rere reer rere reer rere rere rere rere reer errr reer rere rere rere errr errr rere rere reer errr reer errr reer errr reer errr errr rere rere reer rere rere rere errr rere etre rere rere ee JG group The Master section contains the following elements e Pair of analogue like VU meters which observe the amplitude of the output stereo signal 2 VU Meters in Master section e Limiter with an automatic release LIMITER f ACTIVE THRESHOLD 12dB 406 Odds Limiter in which Active switch responsible for turning on or turning off the limiter Threshold regulates the range of the output signal dynamics top value to which the input signal dynamics is cut Signal flow e Routing ee POPP eee eee eee reer ree
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