Monoboy User Manual
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1. Check the Input Level meter and adjust the Threshold slider the slider beside the level meter to a point above the background noise but below the level of the signal you wish to capture Click the Record Arm button to prepare the engine for recording Once the input level goes over the threshold level recording will begin and will last for about 1 second When the recording has finished the recorded data is compressed for storage in the snapshot This process can be monitored via the Saving progress bar When the Saving bar is full the snapshot can be saved safely Lowering the Sample Rate can increase the sample length but will reduce the quality of the recording 5 3 ENVELOPE The envelope controls are displayed in the top right box when either Wavetable or Dual Pulse mode is selected 7 THE ENVELOPE CONTROLS The controls are as follows Attack controls the attack time fade in time of the volume envelope Decay controls the decay time fade out time of the volume envelope Sus sustain toggles sustain mode on off When active the volume will remain at the peak level after the attack phase of the envelope then decay when the key is released When inactive the volume envelope will start the decay phase instantly after the attack phase Leg legato when this button is off the envelope will re trigger from the beginning with each new note When it is active the envelope will only re trigger if ther2. CREDITS Instrument Design Programming Adam Hanley GUI Design Shaun Ellwood Artwork Alex Zhukov Snapshot Programming Dave Fraser Ari Winters George Valavanis Adam Hanley 14
3. are as follows e SYNC Tempo Sync When active the Rate control will sync with the master tempo e Rate controls the playback rate of the modulation table e Steps sets the number of steps in the modulation table e Loop when active the modulation playback will loop continuously When inactive the modulation table will only playback once from start to end e Re Trig sets whether or not the pitch modulation playback will re start with each new note The Pitch Modulator has two additional controls e The Power button toggles the pitch modulator on or off e The Range switch sets the modulation intensity High 24 semi tones u Low 1 semi tone The Modulator has one additional control to set the modulation range the Amount knob and a readout that displays the Destination of the Modulator The Destination for the Modulator changes depending on the Generator mode u Wavetable Wave u Dual Pulse Pulse Width u DM Sampler Loop Size adjusts the Start and End times of the sample playback 11 5 6 EFFECTS MONOBOY features 3 master effects for further sound sculpting possibilities 5 6 1 Bit DELAY The Bit Delay effect is a unique distortion FSU effect based on altering the digital data in unusual sometimes brutal ways At its core the Bit Delay is a delay effect but it only delays one bit from an 8bit stream It also then allows you to further alter the audio data stream with additional contr
4. BLE This mode uses banks of 16 4bit waveforms to generate sound This mode also includes an envelope that can scan through the waveforms in the table automatically 3 THE WAVETABLE CONTROLS There are 4 wavetable banks to choose from e Saw the waveforms mimic various states of a lowpass filtered saw wave e Square the waveforms mimic various states of a lowpass filtered square pulse wave e Vocal 1 the waveforms blend between a few vowel sounds e Vocal 2 like Vocal 1 but with a different selection of vowel sounds To the right of the bank selector there are three knobs e Wave selects the base wave to play back from the wavetable e Env Rate Controls the rate of the wave envelope e Env Amt Controls the modulation intensity of the wave envelope This control is bipolar 5 2 2 DUAL PULSE 4 THE DUAL PULSE CONTROLS The Dual Pulse mode gives you control over two pulse oscillators These can be used in 4 different ways selectable from the slider to the left e Unison The two oscillators will sound the same note but with a slight tuning difference to create a thick sound e Chord The two oscillators play different notes to form a chord e Echo The second oscillator is delayed to create a pseudo echo effect e Glide Only one oscillator is used in this setting but it is given portamento controls to glide between notes The first three modes have 4 parameter knobs the first of which changes functi
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6. aktor s browser we suggest you place them in the Reaktor user folder located here lt user gt Documents Native Instruments Reaktor5 Library 4 3 OPENING MONOBOY To open MONOBOY either e Double click on the MonoBoy ens file e Open Reaktor andgotoFile gt Open Ensemble or press Ctrl 0 e Drag and drop the MonoBoy ens file onto the Reaktor desktop icon or into Reaktor itself e Browse for MonoBoy in Reaktor s file browser Now MONOBOY should be open and ready to use 4 4 CONTROL HELP All controls in MONOBOY have info text You can use this to better understand what each control in MONOBOY does without the need to refer to this manual You can view these by activating Info Hints either by clicking on the i symbol beside Reaktor s transport controls or by pressing Ctrl i With Info Hints active you can view the info text by hovering your mouse pointer over any control 5 THE MONOBOY INTERFACE MonoBoy 001 Square Lead monozdY mead 111 Bit Delay Tone Speaker Off on cee B Off On Subtract r Dry Wet Damping In R 1 THE MONOBOY INTERFACE The main MONOBOY interface is split into three main rows e The top row contains the sound generation and performance options e The middle row contains the two modulators e The bottom row is where you will find the master effects 5 1 VOICE MODE The Voice Mode area is located to the top left of the interface and is where you will find the options for how the
7. an be found on the Native Instruments website http www native instruments com en products komplete synths reaktor 5 3 ABOUT MONOBOY MONOBOY is a monophonic synthesizer that uses 8bit style sound generation It has been designed to allow you to create nostalgic sounds with speed and ease MONOBOY features 3 main synthesis types e Dual Pulse Oscillator two digital pulse wave oscillators that can be controlled in a number of different ways e Wavetables 4 banks of 16 lofi waveforms e DM Sampler a Delta Modulation sampler that can record from the audio input On top of this MONOBOY features additional performance modulation and effect options to further enhance the sound 4 GETTING STARTED 4 1 USING REAKTOR For help and guidance with using Reaktor either as standalone or in a host please refer to the Reaktor user manual The full details of Reaktor s features will not be covered in this manual For additional help and support with using Reaktor use the Native Instruments user forum or contact the Native Instruments support team Only contact ICEBREAKER AUDIO if you are having a problem with the MONOBOY instrument specifically 4 2 INCLUDED FILES In the main MonoBoy folder you will find 2 versions of MonoBoy e MonoBoy ens the main BitRate Il ensemble file to be used in most cases e MonoBoy ism the BitRate II instrument file These files can be placed anywhere on your hard drive but for use in Re
8. e is a gap between notes Vel velocity toggles velocity sensitivity Note that the envelopes like the generator are low resolution The Dual Pulse envelope has only 16 volume steps and the Wavetable envelope has only 3 steps 5 4 SAMPLE The Sample controls take the place of the envelope controls if the DM Sampler mode is selected 8 THE SAMPLE CONTROLS The controls are as follows e Start sets the start position of the sample playback e End sets the end position of the sample playback e Leg legato when this control is active new notes will not re start the sample playback position unless there is a gap between notes e Loop When active the sample playback will loop between the Start and End points for the length of time the note is held 5 5 MODULATORS MONOBOY features two modulators which allow you to alter the sound of the generator over time 9 THE MODULATORS The modulators are hard wired step sequencers with a number of options that allow them to be flexible in terms of performance The Modulators can act as LFOs sequencer or even envelopes depending on the settings Both modulators share the same main controls e The main box to the left is the modulation table you can click and drag here with the mouse to draw in a sequence e The readout above the modulation table labelled Value displays the current value of the step you are editing 10 The remaining shared controls
9. instrument will respond to MIDI notes 2 THE VOICE MODE CONTROLS There are three main Voice Modes selected by the slider to the left These are e Mono the last note played will be the last note sounding all other note events are then erased This means that when you release the last played note but are still holding other notes on the keyboard no new sound will be re triggered e Re Trig this mode is similar to Mono mode but enables release re triggering which behaves more like analogue keyboards when you release the last played note but are still holding other notes on the keyboard a new sound will be re triggered with the values of the note played just before the released note e Arp activates the arpeggiator which cycles through the held notes at a constant rate The Arpeggiator has two controls located to the right of this area The button to the left selects the direction e gt gt upwards direction The arpeggiator will cycle through the notes from lowest to highest e lt lt downwards direction The arpeggiator will cycle through the notes from highest to lowest Beside that is the control for the Rate Click and drag to set the rate at which the arpeggiator will cycle through the held notes 5 2 GENERATOR This is where the main audio is generated There are three sound generation modes selectable from the buttons at the top of the interface We will look at each one individually 5 2 1 WAVETA
10. ols Bit Delay QE Qe 10 THE BIT DELAY CONTROLS The controls for the Bit Delay are as follows e Smpl Rate sample rate controls the internal sample rate of the effect e Bit selects which of the 8 bits will be delayed e Delay controls the delay time of the selected bit Note that the final delay time is tied to the Sample Rate setting e Nibble Swap swaps the data between the two nibbles 4 bits of each 8 bit sample e Subtract removes the input signal so only the delayed bit can be heard e Filter controls the cutoff frequency of a lowpass filter e Dry Wet mixes the effect wet signal with the input dry signal 5 6 2 TONE The tone controls allow you to alter the timbre of the sound Tone Damping 11 THE TONE CONTROLS There are two controls e Damping gently removes high frequencies e Sub controls the volume level of an octaver effect adding an oscillator one octave below the input signal 12 5 6 3 SPEAKER The Speaker effect simulates the sound of a small speaker It can be used to give the impression that the sound is coming from a small electronic device Speaker Off 2000 12 THE SPEAKER CONTROLS e Gain controls the speaker input gain High values will cause distortion e Type selects between 3 different speaker models e Room controls the dry wet mix of the room simulation effect e Mix controls the dry wet mix of the speaker effect 13 6
11. on depending on the selected mode e Unison Detune sets the tuning difference between the two oscillators e Chord Interval sets the transposition amount for the second oscillator the interval between the oscillators e Echo Delay sets the timing offset of the second oscillator The other three knobs have the same function in each of the first three modes and are as follows e Width 1 controls the pulse width of the first oscillator e Width 2 controls the pulse width of the second oscillator e Vel 2 sets the velocity difference of the second oscillator When the mode is set to Glide the number and function of the knobs changes 5 THE CONTROLS FOR GLIDE MODE e Width controls the pulse width of the oscillator e Rate Controls the rate of the pitch modulation Note that the settings of the Rez knob will also affect the final glide time e Rez Controls the size of the steps in the pitch modulation Note that this will also affect the overall glide time 5 2 3 DM SAMPLER The DM Sampler can be used to capture audio from Reaktor s audio input The audio is sampled at 7bit resolution and then encoded using 1bit Delta Modulation in a manner similar to the Nintendo NES or Famicom The result is a sound with a lofi character very different from traditional bit crushing 6 THE DM SAMPLER CONTROLS RECORDING A SAMPLE Sampling is performed in a manner similar to old Casio keyboards 1 5
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