SynthMaster 2.6 User Manual
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1. e RR 40 ENS er Pme I MVP MU d ELE a ica IM DM MUS E IEEE IE 41 DEAN EUER E ERE REN E I E LO e 41 PROV EID cA C w e eee 41 COMPIE Srta CELL 42 a KEM RR ROME EA A E 42 Modulation OU CES isos iia peak a or rere kei belt nie ae la NS 42 ADSR e MM Mi E e ER re 43 Mi llistage EnveloD68S eno inmeli id loss 43 2D ENVEIOS fete O EUN 44 Bi ccc ECT M TERRENUM TIERE UNE EU 44 FRC SC ICIS PA AN us aol elucet PRE E te tu A NE Laur Sut etas 46 SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Introduction System Requirements SynthMaster 2 6 comes in the following formats Format System Requirements DAW Requirements Windows 7 and above VST Instrument amp Effect MacOSX 10 6 and above 2 GB RAM 2 GHz CPU VST Host supporting VST 2 4 plugins MacOSX 10 6 and above zy AU Instrument amp Effect 2 GB RAM 2 GHz CPU AU Host application Windows 7 and above RTAS Instrument MacOSX 10 6 and above 2 GB RAM 2 GHz CPU ProTools 9 ProTools 10 Windows 7 and above AAX Instrument MacOSX 10 6 and above 2 GB RAM 2 GHz CPU ProTools 10 3 6 and above ProTools 11 and above Downloading the Full Installer SynthMaster 2 6 full installer can be downloaded at e Windows 32 bits http www kv331audio com DownloadFile aspx fileID242 e Windows 64 bits http www kv331audio com DownloadFile aspx filelD 48 e Mac OSX 32 64bits http www kv331audio com DownloadFile aspx filelD 43 This instal2. The Phase parameter is used to set the start phase of the oscillator waveform For Noise waveforms it is used to add a constant DC offset to the oscillator output For WAV AIFF samples it is used to change the start position of the sample SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 32 e The osc s phase pulse width or frequency can be modulated at audio rate by FM Src parameter while its amplitude can be modulated at audio rate by AM Src parameter The following can be modulation sources o Modulator 1 o Modulator 2 o Modulator 1 Modulator 2 o Modulator 1xModulator 2 o Modulator 3 o Modulator 4 o Modulator 3 Modulator 4 o Modulator 3xModulator o Audio Input Additive Oscillator Additive oscillator is nothing but 8 basic oscillators running together Each basic oscillator has its own e Volume e Pan e Detune e Tone e Phase e Waveform type Sine Square Triangle Saw Pulse Noise Wavetable SFZ e Frequency Vector Oscillator Vector oscillator is a subset of Additive oscillator There are 4 basic oscillators running together The mix ratios of oscillators are determined by the x and y indexes and 1D 2D buttons For classical vector synthesis 2D is on by default SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 33 Wavescanning Oscillator Wavescanning oscillator is similar to basic oscillator except that the waveform can be scanned interpolated in between 16 different waveforms shapes The position of the waveform c
3. Target Target x 1 Mod Amount Mod Amount X Mod Source TIP For an Oscillator Voice to turn off completely after they receive MIDI Note Off messages you should modulate the Osc Voice Volume with and envelope in X mode and set the modulation amount to the max value 1 Ifthe volume parameter has other modulation sources as well the X modulation must be applied as the last modulation source To assign a modulation source for a parameter knob bring your mouse over the control knob and then right click to bring up the context menu ADSR Envelope 1 ADSR Envelope 2 ADSR Envelope 3 ADSR Envelope 4 Laveri Filkeri Cukoff Modulation 1 Source None Multisegment Envelope 1 Modulation 1 Type MIDI Modulation 2 Source b Wocoder Modulation 2 Type k Synth Easy Controls Multisegment Envelope 2 D Envelope 1 X D Envelope 1 4 20 Envelope z X 2D Envelope z Y MIDI Learn Ld CC OF F F Once you decide on the modulation source click on its menu item The modulation matrix will also be updated to reflect the changes SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 22 To change the modulation amount click on the modulation amount knob Add To change the modulation type click on the modulation type dropdown Modulation Matrix When you add new modulations for each parameter they are shown on the modulation matrix The matrix has 8 pages each page displaying 8 entries By c
4. 30 MultiMode 0 24 db oct slope mode sweepable between lowpass bandpass highpass Dual 0 24 db oct slope parallel series combination of 2 analog MultiMode filters e Mono Legato Poly voicing 64 voices single layer 32 voices dual layers e Up to 8 voices unison o In Unison mode numbers of voices don t decrease o For unison there are separate spread parameters cutoff detune pan wave index as well as a unison index parameter available as a modulation source e 5 Insert effects The effects can be any of the following Distortion LoFi Compressor Phaser Ensemble 6 Band EQ Chorus Tremolo Echo Delay Vocoder Reverb e Arpeggiator Sequencer o Has classic modes Up Down UpDown DownUp AsPlayed Chord as well as Sequence and Arpeggiate modes the last one being unique to SynthMaster o The number of steps can be between 0 and 32 o Each step has the following parameters velocity length between 1 32 hold slide note number for sequence mode delta for arpeggiate mode o Monophonic Polyphonic chord sequences can be imported into the arpeggiator by dragging and dropping MIDI files onto the arpeggiator view or by selecting Import MIDI Pattern from Arpeggiator presets menu e Awide range of modulation sources available for all knobs o Voice sources 4 Keyscalers 4ADSR envelopes 2 Multistage envelopes up to 16 points 22D envelopes up to 16 points 2Voice LFOs MIDI Velocity Uni
5. Getting Started with SynthMaster Now that we you ve installed SynthMaster it s time to explore it Let s start by instantiating a SynthMaster instance in our DAW application VSTi SynthMaster 2 5 Instrument KY331 Audio Track 1 S No preset Y l Param 2 out uy empty preset lt 4 gt save SaveAs ML MN elocity E Iv Amoun SynthMaster opens up with its Default skin One of the unique features of SynthMaster is that it support multiple skins You can even edit the skins that come with SynthMaster and customize your own skins with the Interface Editor that comes with SynthMaster EE SynthMaster Interface Editor Skin 2nd Skin 2 wx Control Tree Edit Align Size Spacing CViewContainer A CFilterSpectrum iew CFilterSpectrumView ultiKn CMultiKnob CMultiKnob CMultiKnob CMultiKnob CMultiKnob CMultiKnob CMultiKnob CMultiKnob CMultiKnob M Properties EFA E Axis A YAxisufidth 16 AxisTextStyle ShowAxis MaxResponseDb 24 MinResponseDb 24 YAxisSpacingDb 6 XAxisSpacingSemit 12 E Colors PointFrameColor SpectrumPointFram PointB ackColor SpectrumPointB ack GridColor SpectrumGridColor AxisColor SpectrumAxisColor FrameColor SpectrumFrameCok BackColor SpectrumBackColo LineColor SpectrumLineColor Y YAxisWidth SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 10 Exploring Different Faces of SynthMaster As we said above SynthMaster support multiple skins To explore its skins move your mouse over
6. copy the preset bank file s and the archive file s if the preset bank uses any custom samples waveforms to the following locations e Windows C Program Files Vstplugins KV331 Audio Presets e MacOSX Library Application Support KV331 Audio SynthMaster Presets Adding Presets to Your Favorites List It is possible to mark the presets you like as favourites so that you can easily load them again in your session To add a preset to your favourites list e Click on the preset name to choose the preset pee e Right click on the MIDI Learn Prev Preset preset name to MIDI Learn Mext Preset bring up the 3 Rename AR CompyTranceArp RL dropdown menu e Choose Add to I AR CompyTranceArp RL to Favourites Favourites Assigning the Default Preset Default preset is the preset that is loaded when a new instance of SynthMaster is created To assign a preset as the default preset e Click on the preset name to choose the preset e Right click on the preset name to bring up the dropdown menu e Choose Set As Add BA Acid 303 Pulse BT to Favourites Default Preset Set As Default Preset Preset List MIDI Learn Prev Preset MIDI Learn Next Preset Rename BA Acid 303 Pulse BT Delete BA Acid 303 Pulse BT SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Creating a New Preset To create a new preset click on the HEM button A popup menu will be displayed Choose Reset Preset to create a new preset wi
7. editing capabilities O sunthmaster player BROWSER Instrument Type Attributes Music Style Author Bank Search Arpeggiated Bass Bells Brass Chords Percussion Piano Pluck Reed Seguence Strings Synth Vocal Additive Aftertouch Amplitude Mod Analog Arpeggiated AudioFX Digital Distorted Expansion Factory Freguency Mod Gated HardSync Layered Legato LoFi Metallic Mod Wheel Mono Monophonic Noisy EASY PARAMETERS Lj OscWavelndex OscDetuneSpread OscPanSpread a a EnvAttack a EnvRelease x Acid Ambient Baroque Bluegrass Blues Breakbeat Chillout Classical Country Dance Disco DnB DubStep Easy Listening Electro Electronica Ethnic Folk Fsu Funk Glitch ArpGate e Aiyn Zahev Factory Presets BIGTONE Frank Neumann Insigna i Michael Kastrup Mr Shoufuku Nori Ubukata Rob Lee Teoman Pasinlioglu Ufuk Kevser Xenos Soundworks Xenos from KVR FilterPreGain FilterCutoff FilterReso Ancient Pad RL ARP Metal Harp ARP Raspy Gate ARP Sweet Chords ARP Uplifting ARP Abyss ARP Bass Berlin Style h ARP Flubber ARP FM PysBass ARP Hello Noise FN ARP HiPass Stabber Mk ARP Moving Bass MK ARP Outer Limits ARP Progressive Chord ARP Subtle Chords MK ARP Tangerine Nightm AT Granular Mist AT Plague of Vermin AT Reactor Core BA Corroded Metal pa ReverbFX ReverbTime If you want to switch back to SynthMaster skins again you
8. should 1 Click on the left right arrows next to the parameter name on the header to display the current value of the Global Skin parameter 2 Click on the left right arrows next to the parameter value on the header to change Global Skin parameter s value 3 Close and then reopen the skin INSERT 1 INSERT 2 INSERT 3 INSERT 4 INSERT 5 LAYER FX SENDS BUS 1 BUS 2 DRY 4 taven1 Q O 9 LAYER 2 O 6 BUS 1 BUS 2 INSERT 1 BN INSERT 2 2 BEN INseRT3 SM w INSERT 4 RB INSERT 5 E O VOLUME TUNE gi 4 4 A4 Jj Q SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Browsing Presets SynthMaster 2 6 comes with a comprehensive preset library start browsing the presets click on the button Instrument Type Analog Arpeggiated Bass Bells Brass Chords Drums FX Flute Guitar Keys Lead Organ Pad Percussion Piano Pluck Reed Sequence Strings Synth Vocal AD OscTone nm Env ttack When you select a preset from Attributes Additive Aftertouch Amplitude Mod Analog Arpeggiated AudioFX Chords Digital Distorted Expansion Factory Frequency Mod Gated HardSync Layered Legato LoFi Metallic Mod Wheel Mono Monophonic Noisy PWM Phase Mod Physical Model Pitch Wheel Pulse na OscPitch ra EnvRelease Music Style Acid Ambient Baroque Bluegrass Blues Breakbeat Chillout Classical Country Dance Disco DnB DubStep Easy L
9. to filter the incoming MIDI CC signals SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 28 SynthMaster 2 6 Architecture The architecture in SynthMaster consists of 2 layers followed by 2 global effect send busses The effect routing is totally flexible as seen below The effects can be inserted by right clicking on the insert and choosing the effect from the dropdown menu An insert effect can be activated bypassed by left clicking on it LAYER 1 Reset to defaults Save LAYER FX ROUTING MTRO Poly HA Pitch Bend 2 Unison 2 Arp On Layeri Layer Filter structure Split Parallel ni Dist Insert 2 LoFil LaFiz Disto Lo Fi Ens Phaser EQ Insert 3 Ens 9 9 9 Insert 4 Phaser2 SEES Insert 5 LAYER SENDS Bus 1 Bus 2 Dry Layer 1 O e Reset to defaults EPI Poly HARE Es Pitch Bend 2 Unison 8 Arp Layer 2 Filter structure Split Parallel Series Disto Lo Fi Ens Phaser EQ EE RA L OT amp O or Bus 1 Bus 2 Of Of Off Off Insert Insert 2 Insert 3 Insert Insert 5 Layers Each layer in SynthMaster has e 2 oscillators with multiple synthesis algorithms o Wavetable VA o Wavescanning o Sample Playback SFZ o Additive SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 29 Vector Noise Pulse Hard Sync Osc 2 can be hard synced to Osc1 not available for Sample Playback synthesis e 4 modulators sub oscillators that can modulate frequency phase or amplitude of each oscillator or other modulators This make
10. 2 Boyuk 144 bayt de Fairlight Saw F 1 auto way Uzunluk 00 00 00 de Insigna gt Boyuk 2 32 KB 4 Korg ze J melotron Saw F 2 auto way Uzunluk 00 00 00 de Modul ti Boyut 1 31 KB odulus Moog Saw F 3 auto wav Uzunluk 00 00 00 Mopho WAV Boyut 638 bayt de Oberheim Saw F 4 auto way Uzunluk 00 00 00 Lo Oddysey Boyut 320 bayt gt Le AtherSamnled ut SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 34 So basicly to import your single cycles you should place your single cycle WAV AIFF waveforms under lt My Documents Folder gt SynthMaster Waveforms If you have multisamples they should be named as e lt Waveform gt lt Root Note gt lt file extension e Or lt Waveform gt lt Root Note gt auto lt file extension For instance if you look at the above screenshot the default waveforms are named as e Saw Ci auto wav e Saw F1 auto wav e Saw C2 auto wav e Etc auto in the file name is used to indicate that SynthMaster will detect the period start end positions For it to work correctly the waveform should start before a zero crossing and end after a zero crossing as shown below Start before zero crossing End after zero crossing Zero Crossing When importing multiple single cycles SynthMaster takes care of resampling filtering and phase alignment of the multisamples automatically using spectral FFT IFFT processing TIP Currently the maximum period length SynthMaster supports is 2048 samples Importin
11. 46 Keyscalers are used to modulate parameter values based on the current MIDI note number The keyscaler graph can have upto 16 points and the graph determines the scaling for each MIDI note between 0 127 The scaling amount is unipolar between 0 0 1 0
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13. HS Multi Dual parameter sweepable between LowPass BandPass and HighPass modes continuously Dual filters are two MultiMode filters that are running together in parallel series Each filter has its own cutoff slope mode parameters although they share the same resonance parameter Mix 1 2 parameter determines the mix ratio of the two filter outputs Topology determines the series parallel mix of the two filters At min value the topololy is series while at max value it is parallel SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Arpeggiator 37 Comb filters are a kind of digital filters that are used in physical modeling of musical instruments Cutoff parameter determines the delay line length of the comb filter Feedback parameter determines the feedback amount of the comb filter Damping parameter determines the cutoff frequency of the lowpass filter in the feedback path of the comb filter A distortion stage can be inserted before after or even inside the filters Inside Filter mode is applicable to Analog filters Comb filters and Dual filters Bias parameter is used for adding a constant offset to the input of the distortion stage This is useful for adding even harmonics to the distortion output The distortion curve can be edited by the user SynthMaster features a very powerful arpeggiator with up to 32 steps each step having its own Velocity Length Slide Hold Delta used in Arpeggiate mode and Note
14. Manual EQ Display Filter Display ADSR Envelope Display Multistage Envelope Display Step Glide LFO Display Arpeggiator Display 19 Double Click resets the button back to its default value EQ displays are used to show the frequency response of 2 4 Band EQs The graph is in logarithmic scale on both axes By clicking on a point on the graph you can change the cutoff frequency x axis or gain of a band y axis Filter displays are used to show the frequency response of various filter types used in SynthMaster By clicking on a point on the graph you can change the cutoff frequency O or resonance y axis By clicking on a circle ka on the graph you can change the mode x axis or slope y axis ADSR Envelope displays are used to edit various parameters of ADSR envelopes By clicking on a point T on the graph you can change the length x axis or final value of an envelope stage By clicking on a circle ES on the graph you can change the slope curvature of an envelope stage Multistage Envelope displays are used to edit various parameters of Multistage envelopes By clicking on a point EE on the graph you can change the length x axis or final value of an envelope stage By clicking on a circle a on the graph you can change the slope curvature of an envelope stage Step Glide LFO displays are used to edit step volumes and slopes curvatures of Step Glide LFOs By clicking on a
15. Phase L R Ratio parameters The LFO speed can be synced to the tempo as well by turning on Sync parameter Chorus CHORUS Reset to defaults Save Chorus effect is used to add time varying delays to its stereo inputs The amount of delay modulation is controlled by Mod Depth parameter The delay modulation speed is controlled by Mod Rate parameter The feedback of the delayed output can be controlled by the Feedback parameter The internal LFO has stereo output L R outputs can have different phases or speeds controllable by L R Phase L R Ratio parameters The LFO speed can be synced to the tempo as well by turning on Sync parameter The stereo width of the chorus output is controlled by Width parameter Tremolo Tremolo effect is used to modulate the amplitude of its stereo inputs The internal LFO of the effect is used for amplitude modulation The internal LFO has stereo output L R outputs can have different phases or speeds controllable by L R Phase L R Ratio parameters The LFO speed can be synced to the tempo as well by turning on Sync parameter SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 41 Ensemble The ensemble effect is up to 8 voices running in parallel at different delay modulations There are 2 LFOs at 2 different speeds that can modulate the initial delay delay spacing Each LFO has multiple outputs at different phases Phase parameter controls the phase difference of each LFO output LFOs can modulate the del
16. SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Version 2 6 16 Written By B lent B y ko lu SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Credits Programming Concept Design amp Documentation User Interface Development Web Site Development Factory Wavetables User wavetables Factory Presets v2 5 2 6 User Presets Beta Testing Bulent Biyikoglu Jonathan Style Bulent Biyikoglu DJSubject KVRAudio Umut Dervis Bulent Biyikoglu Galbanum Compiled with permission from public archive Big Tone Frank Xenox Neumann Nori Ubukata Rob Lee Sami Rabia Teoman Pasinlioglu Umit Insigna Uy Xenos Soundworks Ufuk Kevser DJSubject KVRAudio FragilexX KVRAudio Ingonator KVRAudio MLM KVRAudio Sound designers KVRAudio com MuzikTek net forum users AU Version of SynthMaster is built using Symbiosis by NuEdge Development XML processing is done by using TinyXML HTTP FTP processing is done by using LibCurl Copyright 2007 2014 KV331 Audio All rights reserved This guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the express written consent of KV331 Audio SynthMaster is a trademark of KV331 Audio ASIO VST VSTGUI are trademarks of Steinberg AU is a trademark of Apple Corporation RTAS AAX are trademarks of Avid Corporation All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners Product features specifications system requirements and availability ar
17. an be adjusted using the wave index parameter The number of waveforms to scan can be adjusted by clicking on the of Waves dropdown Audio In oscillator is used to pass the incoming audio input of SynthMaster through its oscillators filters effects etc SynthMaster features an envelope follower as well which can trigger a MIDI note when the follower output is above a certain threshold This way the internal oscillators filters effects etc can be used to process the incoming audio in various ways Importing Single Cycle Waveforms SynthMaster supports importing your own single cycle waveforms into its engine You can even import multiple single cycles taken at different root keys The below screenshot shows how the default waveforms in SynthMaster are imported 2 e BOOTCAMP C Program Files VstPlugins KV331 Audio Resources UserWaveforms Mopho y er Ara Mopho I al Y r k v T m n al Yaz Yeniklas r e v Ol bs Logs B Uzunluk 00 00 00 Lo Partial Presets 2 Boyut 3 12 KB Lo Presets Saw C2 auto way Uzunluk 00 00 00 Boyuk 1 71 KB Ji Resources de FactorySamples way de Factory Waveforms Saw C3 auto wav Uzunluk 00 00 00 de Skins 2 Boyut 934 bayt e UserSamples Saw C4 auto wav Uzunluk 00 00 00 Le UserWaveforms 3 Boyuk 426 bayt de Arp ee A A J BigTone Saw C5 auto waw Uzunluk 00 00 00 Jii Buchis Y d Boyut 252 bayt Doepfer Saw C6 auto waw Uzunluk 00 00 00 do EMS
18. as more than 3000 parameters This might look quite complicated at first But using the 12 easy parameters you can control the most important parameters using those 12 easy parameters Easy parameters are also modulation Layeri Filterl Cutoff sources In Modulation 1 Source Mone SynthMaster so to Me Modulation 1 Type E assign an easy Modulation 2 Source vocoder pa rameter to any Modulation 2 Type Synth parameter bring the MIDI Learn mouse over the parameter and right click wv Pads Aside from the 8 easy knobs there are 2 xy pads which are also used as easy parameters For any of the 12 easy parameters you can rename each and give them meaningful names for the current preset TIP When you link easy parameters to MIDI controllers those links are saved globally so that you dont have to link easy parameters for each preset TIP To see all parameters modulated by a certain easy parameter choose Automatic mod matrix filter and click on the easy knob Assigning Easy Parameters Automatically Since figuring out which parameters to choose for easy parameters might be a problem we have developed an algorithm in SynthMaster to do the assignment automatically for you To assign the easy parameters for the current preset settings click on the button and then click on the dropdown list next to the xy pads Choose Auto Assign from the menu SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 24 Copy Settings k Paste Setti
19. ay or spacing of each voice The stereo width of the ensemble output is controlled by the Width parameter Delay effect is used to add EQed and or distorted delay to its stereo inputs The delayed EQed Left Right signals can be feedback using the Feedback parameter creating Echo When PingPong button is pressed left output is feedback to right input and right output into left input vice versa The 2 Band EQ is used to filter the delayed outputs The distortion stage after the EQ can be turned on off The stereo width of the delay outputs is controlled by the Width parameter Reverb SynthMaster features a powerful Reverb effect used to simulate rooms spaces Early Late EQs are used to change the tonal characteristics of the early late reflections of the effect Eary Late reflection mix ratios can be controlled using the E L Mix parameter The late reflections reverb time time it takes to decay 60 dB is controlled using the Reverb Time parameter The Room Size parameter calculates the early reflection tap delays gains behind the scenes The Distance parameter controls the distance between the listener and the reverb inputs The Damping parameter controls the high frequency loss that takes place when reflections in a room bounce off of walls The Mod Amount Mod Speed parameters control the amount and speed of random modulations that SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 42 slowly change the delay line lengths
20. d on the Number of Loops parameter SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 44 Envelope amount controls the volume of the envelope It s useful for modulating envelope output with other sources such as MIDI velocity By using Bit Depth the output bit depth of the envelope can be quantized between 2 24 bits By using Drift the output volume of the envelope can be slightly modulated by a random glide LFO 2D Envelopes 2D envelopes are similar to multistage envelopes but with one major difference They are 2 dimensional and therefore have 2 separate outputs X and Y Number of stages sets the number of envelope stages Each stage has 3 parameters Length Slope and Final Value A loop can be defined between 2 segments by setting Loop Start and Loop End parameters The loop can repeat itself either indefinitely or between 1 32 times based on the Number of Loops parameter The length of each stage can be set by adjusting the bars on the right side of the envelope view Envelope amount controls the volume of the envelope It s useful for modulating envelope output with other sources such as MIDI velocity By using Bit Depth the output bit depth of the envelope can be quantized between 2 24 bits By using Drift the output volume of the envelope can be slightly modulated by a random glide LFO LFOs There are 2 LFOs Low Frequency Oscillators available for each layer voice as a modulation source The output of the LFO can be
21. e Ww TenalNoise Combo smpp 8 29 2012 10 23 PM SMPP File Desktop AA E Libraries 7 Computer CL NN Network 9 Berane Save as type Synth Master Partial Presets smpp v Cancel To load the settings back for a module click on the button A popup context menu will list presets for that module If you select the first menu item Reset to defaults the parameter values for that module will be reset back to their default values Wavescanlestl AdditiveTest1 Engine Settings In SynthMaster there are 2 settings that affect the rendering of audio for each SynthMaster instance Engine Quality changes the internal sampling rate It can take 4 different values Draft x1 Good x2 Better x3 Best x4 Engine Buffer Size changes the smallest buffer size length at which the internal LFOs envelopes etc are recalculated It can take 5 different values Short Normal Large XLarge and XXLarge SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 26 TIP Global engine settings always override preset settings Microtuning Scala Support Each SynthMaster instance can have its custom tuning loaded from a Scala tuning file TestScale The tuning definition files in Scala format scl are placed under e Windows C Program Files VstPluglns KV331 Audio Scales e MacOSX Library Application Support KV331 Audio SynthMaster Scales If you want to use different tunings please copy the scale files that end with scl into th
22. e MIDI data TIP Before importing the MIDI file make sure you quantize the note durations SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 39 Effects 6 Band EQ The Highpass and Lowpass bands of the EQ can have a slope between 12 48 db octave They can be turned on off The LowShelve HighShelve bands have 6dB oct slope The Lo Mid Hi Mid bands have 6 db oct slope with variable Q The Distortion effect in SynthMaster consists of a 2 Band EQ followed by a distortion stage followed by a 2 Band EQ The EQ Bands can be cut or shelve The distortion curve can be drawn by the user The distortion effect has also an envelope follower whose output can be used to add a bias to the distortion stage The LoFi effect is used to apply bit reduction and sample rate reduction through sample and hold The output bits can be controlled by the Bits parameter The output sample rate can be controlled by the S H parameter The effect also has a resonant filter that has Cutoff and Reso parameters SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 40 Phaser The Phaser effect is 4 8 12 16 stage analog modelled phaser With the Feedback parameter the phaser output can be feedback to its input Initial Cutoff and Cutoff Spacing parameters can be modulated by the internal LFO of the phaser The speed of the LFO can be controlled with the Speed parameter The internal LFO has stereo output L R outputs can have different phases or speeds controllable by L R
23. e above folders By default EqualTempered is the default tuning for each instance SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 27 Global Engine Settings Under the tab the following global engine settings can be adjusted Default Skin Default Sk Default Skin changes the skin globally If set to Preset the preset skin takes effect When the skin is changed the plugin window s must be closed and reopened Default Scale Pitch Bend Range Preset Default Scale changes the tuning scale globally If set to Preset the preset scale takes effect Pitch Bend Range changes the pitch bend range globally If set to preset the preset pitch bend ranges take effect Defauk Waveforms Sawtooth F gt Engine Quality changes the internal oversampling rate globally square Pr If set to Preset the preset quality takes effect Triangle Engine Buffer Size changes the internal buffer size globally If set to Preset the preset buffer size takes effect l Sg Io T Antalased Drewin g MIDI CC Filter Lag Default Waveforms Sawtooth Square Triangle change the wavetables of basic waveforms globally So if you import single cycles of a specific analog synthesizer for instance you can globally set basic waveforms as those single cycles Antialiased Drawing is used to turn on off high resolution drawing of many of the display views on the plugin window MIDI CC Filter Lag is used to set the lag length of the smoothing filter that s used
24. e subject to change without notice SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS gt yninMaster 2 0 U ser Manual x2 aze eb ak aa u ba baleye na ya a SA se di akl lap ll ee 1 INTO ias 5 oystem REGUIFEMENIS wi e 5 Downloading the UM I tallas 5 Downloading the Latest Update iie e l di 5 Forgot Y OU Sena NUMDE a a c 6 ASANO Eatest Version 6 Changing Data Fold Sonata de dad dada 7 Checking tor Updates s A e 7 Exploring Different Faces of SynthiMasler ii a 10 Changing Current Skin Globally erso sa sinin tret pte di ao 10 Switching Back from Player Skins to SynthMaster Skins eese 11 Browsing LE SES o deste ie O cL ya la dalar id cci et LIU akel s Ba l 12 Controlling the Browser from your MIDI Controller seseesseeeenn 13 Online PIesels d ee I dietum iue Uu du REM I LE Md eM si EIE 14 Importing Preset Banks Into SynthMaster sess nnne nnne nnn nens 15 AddingPresetstoYourFavorittesList eee 16 Assigning the Defaut Presel endet ee dz 16 Creating a NCW TPIOSOL A a deo A dau bon eis 17 Loading the Default Preso aa 17 Loading a Preset trom Your Favorites EISE Lon a 17 Prest Attributes Metadata str dolido 17 Editing Freset ParametlelS seann aa a i Aa 18 Assigning Parameters to MIDI Controllers MIDiLeam AMAMAMMAMAMA
25. each layer voice as a modulation source The output of the envelope is unipolar between 0 0 1 0 The envelope has basically 3 stages Attack Decay ending in sustain and Release Attack time controls the time it takes to reach from initial envelope level to the attack level Decay time controls the time it takes to reach from attack level to sustain level When the envelopes reaches the sustain level the envelope stays at that level until the voice receives a MIDI note off message if Hold pedal is pressed the envelope stays at sustain level until the pedal is released Release time controls the time it takes to reach from sustain level to final level Envelope amount controls the volume of the envelope It s useful for modulating envelope output with other sources such as MIDI velocity By using Bit Depth the output bit depth of the envelope can be quantized between 2 24 bits By using Drift the output volume of the envelope can be slightly modulated by a random glide LFO Multistage Envelopes There are 2 Multistage envelopes available for each layer voice as a modulation source The output of the envelope is unipolar between 0 0 1 0 Number of stages sets the number of envelope stages Each stage has 3 parameters Length Slope and Final Value A loop can be defined between 2 segments by setting Loop Start and Loop End parameters The loop can repeat itself either indefinitely or between 1 32 times base
26. either bipolar between 1 0 1 0 or unipolar between 0 0 1 0 based on the Bipolar parameter s value There are 3 LFO types in SynthMaster 1 Basic LFO 2 Step LFO 3 Glide LFO For all 3 types the LFO has a 2 stage Attack Release envelope Attack Slope Time and Release Slope Time parameters are available for the envelope SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 45 Basic LFO can have one of the 4 basic wave shapes Sine Triangle Square and Sawtooth The LFO start phase can be controlled by adjusting the Phase parameter The LFO speed can be controlled by adjusting the Speed parameter The LFO speed can be synced to host tempo by turning on Sync parameter lf Sync is on Speed parameter multiplies the synced speed between 1 128 128 128 In Step LFO mode Steps parameter controls the number of steps the LFO has while Loop Start controls the loop start step The loop end step will always be the last step The duration of each step is controlled by the Speed parameter By turning on Sync step durations can be synced to host tempo If Sync is on Speed parameter multiplies the synced speed between 1 128 128 128 For each step there are 2 parameters initial value and slope The final value of the step is always zero Glide LFO mode is very similar to Step LFO with one exception The final value of a step is the initial value of the next step SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Keyscalers
27. ers I SideChain Masters IN Smoothy Moogy I Smoothy Moogy I S5 The Rumbler I S The Rumbler II X Flutter LED Analog Square LED Whispy Bypass lead SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 13 To load a preset on the list click on it Na To go to the next preset on the list click on the FJ arrow or press the Down key on your keyboard or move your mouse wheel down To go to the previous preset on the list click on the A arrow or press the Up key on your keyboard or move your mouse wheel up To load a random preset from the list click on the New button and select Load Random menu item Reset Preset Load Default Favourites d Templates b To clear all browser filters Right click and select Clear browser filters menu item Preset Bank Filter Extract preset files Import preset bank s Clear browser filters Controlling the Browser from your MIDI Controller It is possible in SynthMaster to control the preset browser from your MIDI controller by sending MIDI CC messages You can assign buttons on your controller for scrolling up down e Instrument type e Music style e Preset Author e Presets To link a button to a list move your mouse over the list and then click on the right mouse button The popup menu will show up with 2 selections Prev and Next Preset Category Filter Preset Author Filter Preset List MIDI Learn Prev Preset MIDI Learn Prev Category MIDI Learn Prey Author
28. g WAV AIFF samples as SFZ Instruments In SynthMaster it is possible to import single multisampled WAV AIFF files onto SynthMaster as SFZ Instruments which can be played by any oscillator modulator SynthMaster can read the root note information from each WAV AIFF file It can also read loop start end points so you don t have to worry about those if they are defined in the WAV AIFF header If you are importing multisamples and they don t have root notes defined in the WAV AIFF headers you can do that by renaming the files in the following way e Multi1 C1 wav e Multi1 G1 wav e Multi1 D2 wav e Multi1 A2 wav SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual Pitch Keytrack ng Pitch Dnt Base Note eo EE Amount A Amount P9 1 n d F d Modulators Pitch Keytracking Base Note T F M Amount Filters Speed P9 35 To import the file s simply do the following 1 Drag and drop your WAV AIFF file s on to the oscillator waveform view or alternatively choose Import Multisamples as SFZ from osc waveform dropdown menu 2 Enter the name of the SFZ file to create and save A modulator is essentially a basic oscillator but it is not heard directly It is used to modulate frequency phase pulse width for pulse or amplitude of Osc 1 2 or other modulators The only extra parameter a modulator has is the DC Offset parameter which is used to add a constant value to the modulator outpu
29. ickStartGuide pdf 03 02 2011 21 09 PDF amp BOOTCAMP C uninsO00 dat 07 09 2011 01 52 DA Ga Macintosh HD E 9 uninso00 exe 07 09 2011 01 52 Uyg _ unins001 dat 05 09 2011 09 30 DA ci Ag jl unins001 exe 05 09 2011 09 30 Lyc E BBMACLAPTOP gt 15 e Checking for Updates To check for updates simply move the mouse over the KV331 Audio SynthMaster text area on the header SynthMaster will display the current version on the tooltip area SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 8 Next click on the KV331 Audio SynthMaster text area and SynthMaster will connect to the KV331 Audio web site to get the latest version number SynthMaster 2 5 E x You are running the latest version of SynthMaster Tamam If you version is not latest you ll be directed to our downloads page Download Updates Latest updates for registered users of SynthMaster SynthMaster 2 6 VST VSTI RTAS for Windows Installer Registered users can download this file by entering their e mail address and serial numbers Please extract this zip archive ta a temporary location and run SynthMaster255etup exe to install SynthMaster 2 5 plugin on your computer Download Updates IsynthMaster 2 6 VST VSTi AU RTAS for MacOSX Installer Request Serial Number Registered users can download this file by entering their e mail address and serial numbers his archive file contains the VST VSTi and AU versions of SynthMaster 2 5 Extract it to a tempo
30. ing a text editor and change the following line RootFolder lt new folder path goes here gt e Then save the SynthMasterFolder txt file and you re done LEET ioi O gO mM VstPlugIns KV331 Audio Ara KV331 Audio SO y Bilgisayar BOOTCAMP C Program Files VstPlugins X Ara VstPlugins D zenle KitaplGaekle y Bununla payla Yaz Yeni klas r fil D zene y Ja v Yazdr Yaz Yeniklas r IP SN Ad De i tirme tarihi T r sr Sik Kullan lanlar Ad De i tirme tarihi T r 8 Kar dan Y klemeler Config 07 09 2011 01 52 Dos 39 Kar dan Y klemeler 8 SynthMaster2 dll 11 09 2011 02 12 Uygulama uzant s RE Masa st lli Logs 28 08 2011 09 46 Dos BE Masa st 23 SynthMaster2FX dll 11 09 2011 02 15 Uygulama uzantis El Son Yerler di Partial Presets 28 08 2011 09 42 Dos oe ES SynthMasterFolders Ext 16 09 2011 21 48 Metin Belgesi CS Kitapl klar e Presets 11 09 2011 00 34 M M SynthMasterFolders txt Not Defteri E E Ioj xl Belgeler de Resources 07 09 2011 01 52 Dos Dosya D zen Bi im G r n m Yard m a M zik de Scales 07 09 2011 01 52 Dos E i ud version 0 0 ie Resimler m GUIEditor exe 08 08 2011 22 15 Uyg RootFolder c Users bulent biyikogluNvstPlugInsXKv331 Audio E video ReleaseNotes txt 05 09 2011 01 30 Met ea SynthMasterLicenceAgreement pdf 15 06 2011 05 41 PDF dj Ev Grubu E SynthMasterLicenceKey txt 04 09 2011 23 15 Met Ml Bilgisayar ea SynthMasterQu
31. istening Electro Electronica Ethnic Folk Fsu Funk Glitch Handsup Hardstyle Hi Nrg Hip House HipHop House gt OscSync nm ArpGate Author Bank Adam Bialy Aiyn Zahev BIGTONE Beat CPS 2012 Bulent Biyikoglu DJ Puissance Dakkra Emrah Celik Frank Neumann Insigna i Mathieu Le Manson Michael Kastrup Mr Shoufuku Narkso Nori Ubukata Olli Kiet v inen PauiMay3r Paul Roach Rob Fabrie Rob Lee Stealth Bopper Subject Teoman Pasinlioglu TigerWidow Xenos Soundworks Xenos from KVR AT A ArpSwing Factory Presets OnlinePresets with more than Preset ARP Butter ARP Metal Harp ARP Raspy Gate ARP Sweet Chords 12 1000 presets to start with To ARP Sweet Chords II ARP Trance bass la ARP Abyss ARP Bass Trap ARP Bells ARP Butterfly ARP FM PysBass ARP FM Sqaure Bass ARP Flubber ARP Osmosis yer ARP Progressive Chords ARP Rain ARP Resonant waves ARP Resonant waves I I ARP Rounded Squares ARP Silicone Circuits ARP Space Station I ARP Space Station II ARP Space Station III ARP Sparkles ARP Underwater BAS Bass Drop BAS Bass Tubes I XYPadi X XYPad1 Y XYPad2 X XYPad2 Y FilterCutoff FilterReso ChorusFX ChorusMod the list it is loaded from disk and its easy parameters are displayed You can tweak the easy parameters right from the browser or using you MIDI controller s knob sliders that are globally linked to the easy
32. k MIDI Learn MexE Preset MIDI Learn Next Category IDI Learn Next Author SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 14 After you select one of the menu items press the button on your MIDI controller to send the MIDI CC message SynthMaster will learn the button and establish the link between the button and the browser function SynthMaster saves this link in its configuration file so you have to do this linking only once Online Presets Aside from the factory presets that come with SynthMaster starting with version 2 5 SynthMaster has now an online preset library where users can e Upload their own presets to the online library e Browse for presets in the online library e Download presets from the online library To browser for online presets click on the button When you do this for the first time SynthMaster will ask for your permission to connect to the web service SynthMaster 2 5 di e Online preset browser is currently not enabled For SynthMaster Do you want to enable those Features Click on the Yes button to continue SynthMaster will connect to KV331 Audio web site and display online presets To download an online preset just double click on the preset It will be downloaded and stay in memory To save the preset to your local preset library simply click on the Save button to save the preset contents In case there are connection errors SynthMaster will display an error message SynthMaster 2 6 Use
33. ler contains the latest binaries and all the data files necessary to install SynthMaster 2 6 Downloading the Latest Update The latest update of SynthMaster 2 6 installer can be downloaded at e Windows 32 bits http www kv331audio com DownloadFile aspx filelD 44 e Windows 64 bits http www kv331audio com DownloadFile aspx filelD 49 e Mac OSX 32 64bits http www kv331audio com DownloadFile aspx filelD 53 This update unlike the full installer contains only the latest binaries and data files for SynthMaster 2 6 To start your download you should enter your registered email address and serial number File Download Before downloading synthmaster25alphawindows zip please enter the following information E mail Address Serial Number SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 6 Forgot Your Serial Number If you forgot your serial number it is very easy to retrieve it Just go to http www kv331audio com requestlicensefile aspx Request Serial Number Please enter the e mail address you used when purchasing SynthMaster to receive your serial number E Mail Address send Request enter your registered email address and that s it You ll receive your serial number plus the above download links in a couple of minutes Installing Latest Version Once you download the zip archive containing SynthMaster 2 6 setup files simply extract its contents to a temporary location and run the setup application SynthMaster26Set
34. licking on the arrows or by using the mouse wheel you can scroll through the matrix pages The matrix also has filtering functionality By default no filtering is applied so all matrix entries are shown To change the current display filter click on the filter dropdown Mane Bv Target Automatic There are 4 display filter choices None By Modulation Source By Modulation Target and Automatic To see parameters modulated by a specific modulation source only Select By Source from the display filter SynthMaster will display another dropdown below to select the modulation source Select the source from this dropdown and SynthMaster will only show the modulation targets for that source To see a specific parameter s modulation sources only Select By Target from the display filter SynthMaster will display another dropdown below to select the modulated parameter target Select the modulated parameter target from this dropdown and SynthMaster will only show the modulation sources for that parameter SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 23 Automatic filtering You can also select Automatic from the display filter In that case the source target filters are set automatically when you click on any knob For instance if you want to see modulation entries for Layer1 Filter1 Cutoff only click on the cutoff knob and SM will display entries for that parameter only Easy Parameters SynthMaster h
35. menu Click on the Remove MIDI CC Link menu item and the assignment will be removed Layer1 Osc1 Volume Modulation 1 Source Modulation 1 Type MIDI Learn Current Preset MIDI Learn Global Layer 1 Filter 1 Cutoff Modulation 1 Source Modulation 1 Type Remove MIDI Link with CC 1 he Assigning Modulation Sources for Parameters In SynthMaster continuous parameters knobs can be modulated by the following modulation sources pi Vocoder Bands 1 16 XY Envelopes 1 2 Key Scalers 4 SS 1 Bipolar Unipolar Random Alternating The difference between Voice modulation sources and Global modulation sources is that a Voice modulation source operates on a certain voice parameter such as Oscillator Tone Filter Cutoff etc SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 21 Therefore you cannot assign a Voice modulation source to any non voice parameters and you get the following warning A global parameter can not be modulated with a voice modulator Modulating parameter values is an essential element in achieving time varying timbres in synthesizers There are 2 types of modulation types Modulation In this mode the modulation amount is between 1 and 1 The center default value indicates zero modulation The target parameter is calculate as Target Target Mod Source X Mod Amount X Modulation In this mode the modulation amount is between O and 1 The target parameter is calculated as
36. ne by one how to use them Type Knob Dropdown OFF Description Knobs can either operate in Linear or Circular mode To operate in Linear mode Left click close to the center of the knob and then move your mouse in up down direction To operate in Circular mode Left click around the outer ring of the knob and then move your mouse in circular direction Double Click resets the knob back to its default value Shift Left Click is used to edit the knob s value in a finer resolution Mouse Wheep Up increases the knob s value by one step Mouse Wheep Down decreases the knob s value by one step Dropdown controls display a list of values to choose from To select a value click on the dropdown the list will pop up If you want to cancel your selection just click on an area outside the list and it will go away Double Click resets the dropdown back to its default value VOICES e Mouse Wheel Up selects the previous value in the list of 3 Voices values e Mouse Wheep Down selects the next value in the list of values Waveform e Waveform dropdowns are a subclass of dropdowns and they Dropdown operate in a similar fashion e Shift Mouse Wheel Up selects previous globally selected waveform dropdown value 1 nv e Shift Mouse Wheel Down selects previous globally selected waveform dropdown value 1 Toggle Button e Toggle buttons are basically On Off buttons Clicking on them toggles their state SynthMaster 2 6 User
37. ngs Easy Parameter Presets Since you might want to use the same easy parameter assignments for different presets SynthMaster allows you to save your current easy parameter assignments and then load them back to other presets To save current easy parameter assignments Click on the Preset button and then click on the Save button next to the xy pads After entering preset name SynthMaster will save it e Ad De i tirme tarihi T r Araman zla e le en e yok Son Yerler ape UU ccm 2 Dosya Ad JustTestind X Kay t t r SynthMaster Easy Parameter Presets smep iptal La To load an existing easy parameter preset Auto assign Click on the easy parameter preset dropdown and Copy Settings select an easy parameter preset Paste Settings JustTesting Saving Presets Once you re done editing preset parameters and attributes it s time to save them in preset files To save a preset you can either press EM or Savers buttons If you click on the IB button SynthMaster will ask you SynthMaster 2 6 Debug whether you want to override the existing preset Are you sure you want to overwrite this preset SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 25 Save Preset As C Users bulentbiyikoglu SkyDrive Documents SynthMas If you click on the Exe button SynthMaster Savein Presets v 92 PE will ask you to enter the name of the new m ER sedi ne
38. number s used in Sequence mode The arpeggiator works in the following modes Classic modes Up Down UpDown DownUp UpDown2 DownUp2 As Played In the above classic modes one note at a time is played In As Played mode the notes are played in the order they are pressed When the layer voicing is in Mono mode Slide of each step can be used to create slide portamento between successive notes Chord mode In Chord mode all notes pressed are played simultaneously according to the step lengths velocities SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 38 Sequence mode In sequence mode you can create monophonic sequences with up to 32 steps E E MN E cams _ E rra EN E Arpeggiate mode This mode is unique to SynthMaster In Arpeggiate mode you can adjust the successive note increments decrements within the set of notes you pressed Importing MIDI Sequences Into Arpeggiator It is possible to import monophonic or even polyphonic chord MIDI sequences into the arpeggiators in SynthMaster v gg EMEN To import the MIDI sequence there are 2 ways 1 Drag and drop the MIDI file on to the arpeggiator view 2 Select Import MIDI Sequence from the arrpeggiator presets menu then select the MIDI file to import When the MIDI data is imported the mode is set to Sequence and the Number Of Steps Gate Duration and Sync Speed parameters are calculated automatically from th
39. parameters The presets can be filtered by Instrument Type Attributes Music Style Preset Author Bank Name For instance if you want to see all Mono Bass Factory presets for Electro music style created by Aiyn Zahev click on Bass Mono Electro Aiyn Zahev and then Factory Presets Instrument Type Analog Arpeggiated Chords Drums FX Flute Guitar Keys Lead Organ Pad Percussion Piano Pluck Reed Seguence Strings Synth Vocal Attributes Additive Aftertouch Amplitude Mod Analog Arpeggiated AudioFX Chords Digital Distorted Expansion Factory Frequency Mod Gated HardSync Layered Legato LoFi Metallic Mod Wheel Mono Monophonic Noisy PWM Music Style Acid Ambient Baroque Bluegrass Blues Breakbeat Chillout Classical Country Dance Disco DnB DubStep Easy Listening Electro Electronica Ethnic Folk Fsu Funk Glitch Handsup Hardstyle Author Adam Bialy Aiyn Zahev BIGTONE Beat CPS 2012 Bulent Biyikoglu DJ Puissance Dakkra k Emrah Celik Frank Neumann Insigna i Mathieu Le Manson Michael Kastrup Mr Shoufuku Narkso Nori Ubukata Olli Kiet v inen PauiMay3r Paul Roach Rob Fabrie Rob Lee Stealth Bopper Subject Teoman Pasinlioglu Bank Factory Presets OnlinePresets Preset BAS Bass Drop BAS Bit Crusher I BAS Bit Crusher III S Electro Bass Rough Heavy Legato Rough Heavy Legato I Rough Heavy Legato I S Short Distorted S SideChain Mast
40. preset ny TUT 001 Default Preset smpr 8 15 2013 5 46 PM SMPR Recent places 2 TUT 002 2 Osc Detuned smpr 8 16 2013615PM O SMPR TUT 003 Env Amt Velocity Mod smpr 8 16 2013 6 17PM SMPR YE Q TUT 004 Env Times Velocity Mod smpr 8 16 2013 10 50 AM SMPR Desktop TUT 005 Random Mod smpr 8 16 20136 17 PM SMPR a _ TUT 006 Pulse Width Modulation smpr 8 16 2013 10 52 AM SMPR TUT 007 Vibrato smpr 8 15 2013 6 08PM SMPR Libraries Q TUT 008 Osc Tone smpr 8 16 2013 11 31 AM SMPR TUT 009 Osc Tone Step Mod smpr 8 16 2013 11 32 AM SMPR A TUT 010 Osc Tone Glide Mod smpr 8 16 2013 11 33 AM SMPR Computer Q TUT 011 Osc Tone Rnd Mod smpr 8 16 2013 11 33AM SMPR Q TUT 012 Osc Tone Sqr Mod smpr 8 16 2013 12 16PM SMPR Cn TUT 013 Osc Voices smor 8 16 2013 1 10 PM SMPR Y Network a R File name f v Save Save as type SynthMaster Presets smpr v Cancel Saving Partial Presets SynthMaster supports saving settings for separate modules Osc Mod Filter Chorus Reverb etc as Partial Presets To Save the settings for a module click on the Save Partial Preset C Program Files VstPlugins KV331 Audio Partial Pres Bl Savein amp Filter v 3 p 3 EA button SynthMaster will ask you to enter the new of the new preset i T mms p d _ DistortedAnalogLP smpp 2 8 2011 9 04 PM SMPP File Recent places Fusion smpp 9 23 2011 9 00PM SMPP File Meccha smpp 9 23 2011 9 03 PM SMPP Fil
41. r Manual 15 SynthMaster 7 9 ES 4n error occurred while downloading preset To upload the current local preset to the online library click on the button During the upload process the server makes some checks and might return an error back such as preset metadata missing Importing Preset Banks Into SynthMaster If you purchase preset banks from our website you will notice that most of them require manual installation expect the ones that come with their own installers Starting with version 2 6 15 we ve made it very easy to import those banks into SynthMaster Click on the E button to display the preset browser Move your mouse under the Bank list and right click Popup menu will show up Select mport preset bank s menu item N 3 Directory browser dialog will open up Browse to the folder where you extracted the zip file that contains the preset bank files that end with smpb smar and click OK to import the files Browse for Folder Please choose the folder where preset bank s exist EE Desktop A T Network gt e Libraries E Recyde Bin gt A bulentbiyikoglu k BA Control Panel b a Homegroup gt gili Computer Le AnalogMaster Ji Born This Way 4 expansions 4 fimport is successful the preset browser will be refreshed and you ll see the imported banks SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 16 In case importing fails due to write permission error you can manually
42. rary location and then click on the SynthMaster255etup pkg file inside to install SynthMaster SynthMaster 2 6 VST VSTI RTAS for Windows x64 Installer Registered users can download this file by entering their e mail address and serial numbers Please extract this zip archive ta a temporary location and run SynthMaster255etup exe to install amp ynthMaster 2 5 x64 plugin on your computer SynthMaster 2 6 Player VSTi RTAS for Windows Installer File synthmaster25playerwindowssetup zi Size 137 MB ersion 2 6 13 Registered users can download this file by entering their e mail address and serial numbers Please extract this zip archive to a temporary location and run SynthMaster26PlayerSetup exe to install SymthMaster 2 6 Player plugin on your computer SynthMaster 2 6 Player VSTi RTAS for Windows x64 Installer File synthmaster26playerwindows64setup zip Size 137 MB Version 2 6 13 Registered users can download this file by entering their e mail address and serial numbers Please extract this zip archive to a temporary location and run SynthMaster 6PlayerSetup exe to install SynthMaster 2 6 Player plugin on your computer SynthMaster 2 6 Player VSTi AU RTAS for MacOSX Registered users can download this file by entering their e mail address and serial numbers Please extract this zip archive to a temporary location and run SynthMaster 6PlayerSetup pkg to install SynthMaster 2 6 Player plugin on your computer SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual
43. s it possible to implement the following types of modulations at audio rate O O O O O Frequency Modulation Phase Modulation not available for Sample Playback oscillators Pulse Width Modulation using Pulse osc type Amplitude Modulation through adding DC Offset Bias to Modulator output Ring Modulation when DC Offset Bias of Modulator is zero e 2 Filters with mainly 2 algorithm categories O O Digital Digital filters are biquad filters that have a hard limiter in their outputs At high resonance values their output will be clipped by the limiter Lowpass 12 24 db oct slope HighPass 12 24 db oct slope LowShelve 12 24 db oct slope HighShelve 12 24 db oct slope BandPass 6 12 db oct slope BandStop 6 12 db oct slope Peaking 6 12 db oct slope MultiMode 12 db oct mode sweepable between lowpass bandpass highpass slope Dual 12 db oct slope parallel series combination of 2 digital MultiMode filters slope Comb useful for physical modeling algorithms Analog Analog filters are modeled after the famous ladder filter They have continuously variable slope unlike the digital filters with fixed slope At high resonance values the filters self oscillate Lowpass 0 24 db oct slope HighPass 0 24 db oct slope LowShelve 0 24 db oct slope HighShelve 0 24 db oct slope BandPass 0 12 db oct slope BandStop 0 12 db oct slope Peaking 0 12 db oct slope SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual
44. son Index Bipolar Unipolar Random Alternating o Global synth sources 4 Global LFOs 12 Easy parameters 16 Vocoder bands MIDI Controllers Channel Aftertouch Pitch Wheel SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 31 Oscillators There are 5 types of oscillators in SynthMaster Basic Additive Vector Wavescanning Audio In The first 4 of those 5 oscillator types share the following common parameters Pitch Coarse Tune Fine Tune Volume Drift Amount Speed Using drift amount speed osc pitch can be randomly modulated Pitch Keytracking Base Amount Basic Oscillator Basic oscillator can synthesize the following types of waveforms e Sine Pitch Keytacking Pitch Drift Base Note Y Speed n e Square Triangle Sawtooth Amount gi Amount le e Pulse e Noise e Any single cycle wavetable e WAV AIFF samples defined in SFZ files By pressing the Free button the osc can be made free running so that the osc start phase starts at a random value when a new note starts That is the behavior or analog oscillators By increasing Voices upto 8 copies of the same waveform be it a single cycle or WAV AIFF sample can be played back simultaneously By increasing Detune Spread Detune and Stereo Spread Stereo this gives a rich unison effect The Tone parameter is used to apply a sharp lowpass filter to the osc output For WAV AIFF samples it has no effect For Noise waveforms it is a 1 order lowpass filter
45. step you can change its volume By using the mouse wheel you can change a step s volume By clicking on a circle EE on the graph you can change the slope curvature of the corresponding step Arpeggiator displays are used to edit step lengths deltas and velocities of arpeggiators By clicking on D you can edit the velocity of the corresponding step By clicking on 3l you can edit the delta note SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 20 number y axis or length x axis of a step e By using the mouse wheel you can change the volume or note number delta of a step Assigning Parameters to MIDI Controllers MIDI Learn In SynthMaster continuous parameters can be assigned to MIDI controllers This assignment is achieved by the MIDI Learn feature in SynthMaster Upto 32 assignments can be defined and they are saved within the preset To Start MIDI Learn Bring your mouse over the parameter knob and then right click to bring up the content menu Click on MIDI Learn Global or MIDI Learn Current Preset menu item and then start moving the corresponding knob slider etc on your MIDI controller device to send MIDI Control Change CC messages As soon as SynthMaster receives a CC message it will assign that controller to the parameter To Remove MIDI Controller Assignment Bring your mouse over the parameter knob that s linked to a MIDI controller and then right click to bring up the content
46. t This is useful in Frequency Modulation and Ring Modulation which then becomes Amplitude Modulation when offset is added In SynthMaster each layer has 2 filters Each filter has 2 main algorithm categories Digital filters are biquad filters that have a hard limiter in their outputs At high resonance values their output will be clipped by the internal limiter The limiter s envelope follower has 3 parameters attack decay and threshold The drive parameter is used to boost the filter output before it enters the hard limiter so that the signal can be distorted by the hard limiter SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 36 Analog filters are modeled after the famous ladder filter They have continuously variable slope unlike the digital filters with fixed slope I believe this is a feature unique to SynthMaster At high resonance values the filters self oscillate PreGain parameter is used to boost the filter s input so that the boosted signal can be distorted inside the four filter stages Drive parameter is used to boost the signal within the four filter stages lt is useful when combined with PreGain and Resonance parameters Aside from the standard Lowpass Highpass BandPass BandStop Peaking LowShelve and HighShelve filters SynthMaster features 3 extra filter types MultiMode Dual and Comb Algorithm Digital Analog Boost On Reset to defaults zu MultiMode filters have variable Mode IP BP BS LS
47. th initial settings init patch sawtooth waveform Loading the Default Preset Instead of creating an empty preset with initial settings you can load the default preset by clicking on the button and then choosing Load Default menu item 17 Load Default l Load Random Favourites Templates Reset Preset Load Default Load Random Favourites Templates Loading a Preset from Your Favorites List Instead of creating an empty preset with initial settings you can load one from your Favourites list by clicking on the button and then choosing a preset listed under the Favourites menu item Preset Attributes Metadata Default Sound Fawourites AR CompyTranceArp RL p AR Lush Arp TP BA Fender Jazz MK BA Heavyears 1 Templates For each preset in SynthMaster the following preset attributes are available Author name Company name Bank Name Comments Instrument type Attributes Music Style To edit the attributes click on the ee button Please note that you can select multiple values for Instrument type Attributes and Music Style SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 18 TIP If you select Template for Attributes the preset will be shown in the list of template presets that show up when you click E button Editing Preset Parameters SynthMaster has many different types of user interface elements to edit parameters Below we explain o
48. the skin selector And then click on the skin name to change the current skin Development Skin 2nd Skin Default Skin Orange Default Skin Default Skin Blue For the skin change to be effective you need to close and reopen the plugin window Once you close and reopen the window SynthMaster will open up with the new skin YSTi SynthMaster 2 5 Instrument KV331 Audio Track 1 SynthMaster 2 5 Instrument EC ap d y Param 2 out uy lv Keep in mind that the skin you choose for the current preset is saved within the preset data So for instance if you save your project in your DAW and re open it again the skin for each SynthMaster instance will be remembered Changing Current Skin Globally Normally the skin name you select is saved within the preset s settings Therefore you can have different skins for different presets If you want to have a global skin ee that shows up all the time regardless of the preset skin dicun just go to the global settings tab by clicking on the IDR Evil Silverado Default Skin Ora e Default Skin ls button and then change the default global Default Skin Blue skin by clicking on Default Skin dropdown Development Skin SM 800X SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 11 Switching Back from Player Skins to SynthMaster Skins If you switched to any of the Player skins you ll notice that those have different layouts compared to SynthMaster skins since the Player has very limited
49. tinue or Cancel to exit Setup amp via j Homegroup jE Computer L BOOTCAMP C Ga Macintosh HD D DVD RW Drive E Cubase 7 Next gt Cancel By default SynthMaster will be installed under the following directories e Windows C Program Files Vstplugins KV331 Audio e MacOSX Library Application Support KV331 Audio SynthMaster On MacOSX you might get the following warning message after you install SynthMaster and run your DAW application SynthMaster 2 6 Licence file SynthMasterLicenseKey Oc not found Please download the latest update for SynthMaster at http www synthmaster com downloadupdates aspx OK SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual In that case please copy the following files manually SynthMasterLicenseKey txt to gt Library Application Support KV331 Audio SynthMaster SynthMaster2 component to gt Library Audio Plug Ins Components SynthMaster2FX component to gt Library Audio Plug Ins Components SynthMaster2 vst to gt Library Audio Plug Ins VST SynthMaster2FX vst to gt Library Audio Plug Ins VST SynthMaster2 dpm to gt Library Application Support Digidesign DAE Plug Ins Changing Data Folder If you want to place SynthMaster data files in a different folder there is an easy way to do that e Copy all SynthMaster folder files except SynthMaster2 dll SynthMaster2FX dll and oynthMasterFolders txt into the new folder e Open up the SythMasterFolders txt file us
50. up exe on Windows SynthMaster26Setup pkg on MacOSX Im Bn Application Tools windows 64bit 2 6 14 DEN 33 Setup S mthMaster 2 6 VSTA STi RTAS AAX x64 Soft 5 Home Share View Manage 0 i a Du f 2 2 en X cut de be X p mi E New item J 5 Open gt EH Select all Tg e L Boopy path 1 Fe Edit Select dr Copy Paste ti Move Copy Delete Rename New JS Properties Bp Hist D E gin J Welcome to the SynthMaster 2 6 a v ne TES 7 a mu VST VSTi RTAS AAX x64 7 Jj Computer BOOTCAMP C Setups b synthmaster windows 64bit 2 6 14 v Search windows 64bit 2 6 14 2 DI 4 Softwa re Synthesizer Update Sat M li Yir Favorites Name Date modified Type f PL y Setup izard BE Desktop OnlinePresets smpb SMPB File 3 369 KB i zi B Downloads 8 SynthMaster2 dll 4 17 20142 38PM Application extens 1 951 KB SES This will install SynthMaster 2 6 VST VSTI RTAS AAX x64 E Recent places __ SynthMaster2 dpm 411 IBPM DPM File 2 508 KB Software Synthesizer Update version 2 6 14 on your amp OneDrive 3 SynthMaster2FX dll 4 17 2014 2 38 PM Application extens 1 936 KB computer 118 synthMaster26Update exe 4 17 20142 38PM Application 16 133 KB PFEHLUNG y MEM Mei RIUEDM ESS PM Tee Roce m 104 der Redaktion Itis recommended that you dose all other applications before Document ts a Music S EE ilde ak thi continuing E Pict Ji scs xi Click Next to con
51. within the reverb algorithm Compressor comp EB 2 Reset to defaults Save Compressor effect is used for dynamic gain reduction sideChain on The Ratio parameter controls the compression ratio that is between 1 1 1 20 in dB The Threshold parameter controls the level at which compression starts Knee controls the smoothness of the compression curve At zero value the compression curve is the sharpest Vocoder The vocoder in SynthMaster consists of 16 analysis and 16 synthesis filters 1 LP 14 BP 1 HP The analysis filters are at fixed frequencies similar to analog vocoders The initial frequency and frequency spacing of the synthesis filters on the other hand can be controlled by Start Frequency and Frequency Spacing parameters The analysis filter outputs are displayed on the Modulator Spectrum display They can also be used as global synth modulation sources Modulation Sources Each layer in SynthMaster has the following voice modulation sources which are available separately for each voice as opposed to global modulation sources such as MIDI CC synth LFOs etc e 4 ADSR envelopes e 2 Multistage envelopes up to 16 points e 22D envelopes up to 16 points e 2 Voice LFOs e 4 Keyscalers e MIDI Velocity e Unison Index e Bipolar Unipolar Random e Alternating SynthMaster 2 6 User Manual 43 ADSR Envelopes There are 4 ADSR Attack Decay Sustain Release envelopes available for
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