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VoiceMixer Module

1. Shape Selects the LFO wave shape Rate The rate of oscillation Phase The start phase for the LFO for Voice and V Sync modes Slew This applies slew rate limiting to the LFO output It will slopes the sharper edges of the square random and sawtooth waveforms It doesn t do anything to the sine and triangle waveforms Mode The LFO can be operated in five different modes 1 Voice Mode each voice has it s own LFO rate is controlled in Herz and the phase knob controls the LFO start phase when the voice is triggered Lowest setting 1s random 2 V Sync Mode voice synced this is the same as Voice mode except that the LFO rate is now tempo synced either to the host temp or the standalone BPM 3 Global Mode one LFO shared between all voices rate control is in Herz The start phase knob is redundant in this mode as are the rate and phase modulation inputs 4 G Sync Mode this is the same as Global mode except that the LFO rate is now tempo synced either to the host temp or the standalone BPM Note that only the actual LFO rate is synced the phase is free running 5 Song Mode the same as G Sync mode except that the LFO phase is hard synced to song position Song position is a global counter derived from either the Host or locally in standalone and is essentially how many quarter beats have elapsed since the beginning of the song Note that the rate and phase modulation inputs only work in the Voice and V Sync mod
2. Sonigen Modular User Manual FD lt Sonigen Introduction Sonigen Modular is a modular software synthesizer Modular synthesizers allows the user to connect individual modules together to form a preset or patch This gives you great freedom in designing the overall signal flow and structure and hence the actual sound that is produced Features Sonigen Modular is fully modular with as many modules and patch cables as you want It seamlessly combines polyphonic voice and static effect processing You design the signal flow for voices and use a VoiceMixer to convert that into a single stereo signal that can then be processed by a static effect section It is fast and intuitive to use Almost everything is done in the main module window There s no separate schematic GUI views no macro modules no separate FX window You can see what is going on just by looking at the main window Great sound quality A huge amount of time has been put into developing high quality algorithms It has very high anti aliasing in most cases It is CPU efficient This doesn t mean corners have been cut It means hand tuned assembly and run time optimization The audio processing code is dynamically assembled and optimised n real time as you edit and play User Interface Basics Knobs and faders are adjusted with the mouse In general left mouse drag will do coarse adjustment and right mouse drag will do fine adjustmen
3. velocity With no input connected this module will curve Amt Glide Legato output the velocity signal as it is When an input is connected it will output the input signal multiplied by the velocity Parameters Curve Velocity response curve Amt Velocity amount Glide Glides from previous velocity to new one Legato Only glide on notes played Mono Legato VoiceMixer Module This module mixes all the active voices down toa HELLE single stereo static signal This means the output of this module can be used in the output effect processing chain UnisonPan Pan Parameters Pan This sets the output panning of the mixer module UnisonPan This enables you to pan the voices n a unison set So it will allow you to spread unison voices across the stereo field Wavetable Module This is a wavetable oscillator module It allows piss Saas you to smoothly sweep the oscillator through an zz array of waveforms Parameters Oct Adjust the oscillator pitch in octaves Semi Set the pitch in semitones Fine Adjust the pitch in cents Hz Detune the oscillator n hertz Wav Set the position in the wavetable Phase Sets the start phase of the oscillator Way Phase ill F F EM Opens the WaveMaker window which allows you to edit and create wavetables See the user guide info for WaveMaker X Fader Module This module allows you to cross fade between Righty two signals Wa
4. at the expense of lower time resolution Bandwidth This allows you to limit the bandwidth of the harmonic series Gain Allows you to adjust the gain of the wave Skip Harmonics This skips the first N harmonics of the series Miscellaneous Controls Preview Wave This will override the wave position of the underlying wavetable oscillator so you hear the wave that is currently being edited Note that it doesn t override wave modulation so you would need to turn that off yourself Trim Sample This will trim the sample so that it only includes the area currently in use It discards any data to either side of the leftmost and rightmost waves Clear Sample This clears the sample from the wavetable It won t affect the actual wavetable but it will prevent editing until a sample 1s loaded again For the sake of keeping patch files small you should always clear sample once you are done editing You can always reload if you want But otherwise the sample will be saved along with the patch file and could result n very large patches size Miscellaneous Information Website www sonigen com Email chris sonigen com For technical support either email me or try our forum over at KvR audio http www kvraudio com forum viewforum php f 178 This document is Chris Jones 2012
5. of the chorusing LFO Delay The average delay of the chorus voices Depth The depth of the chorusing and vibrato in ensemble mode Fbk Feedback amount Vbr In ensemble mode this controls the vibrato speed relative to the chorus speed Mix Controls how much of the chorus voices to mix in with the direct signal CombFilter Module This module applies comb filtering to a signal that Eile Tune Fine Res is passed through it The frequency response of a comb filter is an harmonic series of troughs and peaks Somewhat differently than most comb filters ours allows the resonance and mix usually termed the mode to be independently adjusted from positive to negative I I Parameters Tune This controls the length of the delay line and hence tunes the fundamental frequency of the harmonic series Fine Fine tuning for the delay line length base frequency Res This controls the resonance feedback of the delay line Trk The amount of keytrack applied to the tuning Mix How much filtered signal to mix with the dry signal To get what is typically termed a positive comb use 100 for a negative comb use 100 Constant Module This module outputs a constant value that is set by Hause the fader Simple value Controller Module This Module gives you access to various controller signals With no input connected the module outputs the control signal directly When an input is connected the output is th
6. ces are used per note With a setting of 2 you will get 2 complete voices playing for each active midi note It is like the way a 12 string guitar uses two strings for each note or a piano uses 2 or 3 strings for each note on the keyboard The unison voices can be detuned via the unison detune parameter or they can individually adjusted with the Unison and UnisonSpread modules Patching It All Together There are some limits on how modules can be connected but it generally boils down to the fact that you cant connect voice modules to staticfx modules The exception to this is the VoiceMixer module it takes voice input and provides staticfx output So it effectively provides the bridge between the voice section and the staticfx section To make a connection right click on a module and select the input target from the first menu and the source signal from the sub menu Once done a new cable will appear showing the connection Most modules have multiple inputs and can take any number of connections to those In that case when you make a connection a new input panel will appear with a label signifying the target input and a fader to adjust the amount There are some modules that accept only a single input In this case the cable will go directly to the input terminal and no extra input panel or fader 1s added The reason for this is that they are the kind of modules that are almost always used as a direct source signal or to modify a single in
7. controls how chaotic the values are Glide Controls glide from previous value to new value Min amp Max Controls the range over which the values are generated Trigger Modes Voice mode means each new voice gets a new random value Unison mode means each set of unison voices get a new random value Chord mode means a random value will generated for each new chord This works by only generating a random value when a note on is received and there are no other notes currently held down It works like mono legato mode for glide In fact it can be used as a legato mode also Noise Module The noise module outputs noise You can change Color EN crackle the colour and adjust how crackly the noise is Output Module This module is the final output to the sound card hits or host application The meter displays the current output level and has overload bars at the top of the range You can click on the level meter to reset it The knob controls the output level Polysine Module This is a sine oscillator that features phase OLENS modulation self modulation and a novel method Fbk Col HFE Amt SP for colouring the feedback to create different Era DEC tonality Parameters Ratio This controls the ratio of the base frequency of the oscillator to the base pitch of the voice For example 0 5 is an octave down 2 is an octave up and 7 is the 7 harmonic up Freq This allows you to set a frequency offset in h
8. e input multiplied by the control signal The two faders allow you to set the range over which the control signal will be mapped MIDICC Clicking on the list box will enable you to select from the available controllers Selecting a new controller will rename the module since the list box also serves to display the module name It also means the module can not be renamed DelayFX Module This module is a stereo delay effect It has HEE separate left and right delay lines feedback with Left Right low and high pass filtering variable crossover and stereo or ping pong delay modes It can also be synced to tempo either local or VST host Parameters Left The length of the left delay line milliseconds or beats Right The length of the right delay line milliseconds or beats Fb The amount of feedback LP Cutoff frequency of the lowpass filters in the feedback paths HP Cutoff frequency of the highpass filters in the feedback paths X Feedback crossover amount Mix Amount of delay output to mix n with the dry s gnal This Links the left and right delay times it locks their ratio E This enables tempo sync mode Delay time can be set in beats ea This enables stereo delay mode Each delay is fed directly by the input signal and the crossover crosses over the feedback paths This enables ping pong delay mode In this mode the crossover parameter will apply pan to the input signal while also a
9. erz For example if you set this to 5 the note would always be detuned 5hz from the pitch arrived at from the Ratio It allows you to have a fixed beat frequency across the whole keyboard Fbk This sets the amount of feedback or self modulation As you increase this the oscillator will generate more harmonics Clr This controls the color of the feedback At 1 the feedback 1s modified to be an octave down at 0 it the same picth at 1 it is modified to be an octave up You must have feedback greater than zero to hear the effect of this HED This allows you to limit the production of high frequency content It is kind of like key tracking the modulation depth but it is a little more sophisticated than that If you hear aliasing you can turn this up to limit it Aliasing is notoriously difficult to avoid with phase modulation Amt This is a global control for phase modulation amount This will affect the feedback amount and the amount of phase modulation patched in SP This sets the start phase of the oscillator Can be set to random Pulsaw Module This began as a pulse and sawtooth oscillator but GER Semi Fine Hz Width TPS Phase now it also does a triangle waveform I couldnt think of a snappy name that included all three so it I has remained as Pulsaw F Parameters Semi Sets the oscillator pitch in semitones Left mouse changes by octaves right mouse by semitones Fine Adjust the oscillator
10. es The level modulation input works in all modes Master Module This module provides the master controls for how Bk the synthesizer manages voicing and polyphony Poly Ansan Dedm Bpr among other things sr lO 120 Porta Leqato Bend Bend All modules get their pitch and key tracking 5 1 information from the Master module so if you use its pitch modulation input it will propagate to all other modules If you want vibrato on a patch you should apply it here rather than on each oscillator individually Parameters Poly Polyphony is how many midi notes can be playing at once Unison This controls how many voices are used per midi note So if you have unison set to 3 and hold down 5 notes on your midi keyboard you will get 15 voices total Detune This controls how much detune is applied to the unison voices BPM The local or host BPM rate In stand alone mode this shows the local BPM rate and can be changed by clicking on the text In VST mode this will display the BPM reported by the host application and cannot be changed Porta This controls the portamento time How long it takes for a note to glide to its new pitch Legato This enables Mono Legato mode What this mode does 1s it only glides between notes if polyphony is set to one and the midi notes overlap Bend These control the depth of the pitch bend wheel in each direction Math Module This module allows you to scale and offset a si
11. gnal passing through it The multiplication is applied first and then the addition If no there is no input signal the output will be zero ModWheel Module This modules gives you access to MIDI bbb modwheel The two faders allow you to set the range over which the modwheel signal will be mapped With no input connected this module will output the modwheel signal as it is When an input 1s connected t will output the input signal multiplied by the modwheel MultiFilter Module This module provides a range of different filter paii Cut Res Trk Peak Filter Type types There are two kinds of lowpass plus most of the usual suspects A feature not usually found in existing synthesizer filters s the ability to choose from three different resonant peak responses l ra Lowpass 246 Parameters Cut This sets the cutoff frequency Res This sets the resonance of the filter Trk This sets the key tracking of the filter Peak This selects the peak response width Filter Type This selects the filter type NoteRandom Module This module can be used to add random variation KulzEnmht Trigger Chaos Glide Min Max to notes With no input connected this module will output the random signal as it is When an input is connected it will output the input signal multiplied by the random value LER eet gee ee VOICE ie r MK Parameters Trigger This controls what triggers a new random value Chaos This
12. h one pole lowpass filter that follows its pitch Parameters Semi Sets the oscillator pitch in semitones Left mouse changes by octaves right mouse by semitones Fine Adjust the oscillator pitch in cents Hz Detune the oscillator in hertz Sync Sets the ratio between the slave and master frequencies Ig Controls waveform integration At full integration the square will become triangular and the sawtooth will be parabolic PS Controls the blend between sawtooth and square waveshape Phase Set the start phase of the oscillator Unison Module This module allows you to set a custom value for POES each unison voice It will either output the unison value or if there s an input connected it will output that signal multiplied that by the unison value The Pitch button changes the faders so they work in a way that makes it easier to control pitch You need to set the pitch input fader of the target to 48 semitones so it is working on the same scale as the unison faders UnisonSpread Module This module gives each voice in a unison set a REIT Ty value spread out across the given range The two faders allow you to set the range over which the unison signal will be mapped With no input connected this module will output the unison signal as it is When an input is connected it will output the input signal multiplied by the unison Velocity Module The velocity module gives you access to MIDI REF
13. leased it will enter the release stage A typical use would be to control the output level of the voice It is essentially the same as an ADSR envelope with the added ability to fade out the sustain stage Parameters A How long it will take for the attack stage to reach its maximum value D The rate at which the envelope will decay to the sustain level S The level at which the envelope begins the sustain stage It will remain in this section until a note off message is received F The rate at which the sustain level will fade to zero When turned fully clockwise it will not fade out meaning the envelope will act like a classic ADSR R The rate at which the release stage of the envelope will decay to zero This enables legato envelope mode When the polyphony is set to one and this mode is enabled the envelopes will not re trigger when notes are played legato This enables free running mode The envelope will always complete the attack and decay sections irrespective of whether the note has been released E3 This enables Reset mode The envelope level will be reset to zero when the envelope is re triggered instead of retaining its current level and starting the new attack phase from there This controls the envelope Shape it can be exponential or linear and compressed or not The attack stage 1s always linear Amplifier Module This module allows one signal to be modulated by aan two o
14. ll see two columns the left hand column is a list of the tags associated with the patches the right hand column is a list of the patches You can filter the patch list by selecting tags in the tag column A left click will select that tag only and exclude all others A right click you will toggle that tag on and off The patch list will only display patches that match all the tags you have selected For example If you left click Factory and then right click Bass the patch list will be filtered to only show patches with those two tags Note that the filtering of the patch list persists even when the browser is closed so that if you use the up and down patch buttons in the main window it will cycle through only those patches in the filtered list How Sound Is Generated A software synthesizer generally takes MIDI input from a sequencer or controller keyboard and turns it into audio output Sonigen Modular is no different it takes MIDI input and gives you audio output At the heart of this process 1s a patch a collection of modules that are patched together in order to make a sound Sonigen Modular generates and processes sound in two different ways The voice process and the staticfx process The voice process generates the sound for each voice Voices are akin to strings on a guitar or voices in a choir A voice is a single instance of a pitched sound generating element When you press a key on your midi controlle
15. ols from left to right e Power On Off button standalone mode only e File Menu save load preferences help and info Browser button toggles the patch browser on and off e Automation button toggles the display of automation assignments Info Panel shows patch info voices amp CPU usage previous next patch buttons e Cable opacity control allows adjustment of cable opacity e Cable visibility buttons turn individual cable groups on and off e Tidy all cables button automatic cable tidying toggles between straight and curved e Sonigen Modular logo The module panel is where you build your patch by adding modules and making connections between them To add a new module right click on the empty area of the module panel and select the module from the pop up context menu To delete a module right click on the module and select delete from the pop up context menu To rename a module double click on the name To make a connection between two modules you right click on the target module select the target from the first menu and the source signal from the second menu You can right click on the input panel or on a cable to to assign the cable to a specific group or to delete it The Patch Browser The patch browser allows you to look through and filter the patches included n the library Click on the Browser button at the top of the main window and the browser will pop up In the browser window you wi
16. pitch in cents Hz Detune the oscillator in hertz Width Sets the width of the pulse waveform TPS Allows you to blend between the triangle pulse and sawtooth waveforms Phase Controls the start phase of the oscillator Scope Module This module displays frequency analysis of the incoming signal You can zoom in out and scroll the display by dragging the display window Supersaw Module This module produces 5 detuned sawtooth BZ i waveforms in one You can adjust the detune and sul Sun how it tracks across the keyboard By 2 x Parameters Oct Sets the oscillator pitch in octaves Semi Sets the oscillator pitch in semitones Fine Sets the oscillator pitch in cents Hz Sets the oscillator detune in hertz Spread Sets the detune spread of the 5 sawtooths Trk Applies keytrack to the detune spread It reduces the detune on higher notes Syncrosc Module This module is a sawtooth and square oscillator akii Semi Fine Hz Syne Ig PS Phase with oscillator sync It is like a master and slave oscillator all rolled into one so you don t need an external sync signal The main pitch controls set the master pitch the sync control input allow you to set the slave pitch relative to the master You can control integration of the waveform at full integration 120 the square becomes a triangle and the sawtooth becomes a kind of half parabola Integration 1s very much like processing the oscillator wit
17. pplying crossover to the feedback paths For example at 100 the input will be panned fully left and crossover will be 100 At 0 no panning and no crossover is applied At 100 input is panned fully right with 100 crossover Keymap Module The Keymap module allows you to create a custom value map across the MIDI keyboard With no input connected this module will output the map signal as it is When an input 1s connected it will output the input signal multiplied by the map signal Horizontally across the map you have MIDI notes 0 through to 127 Vertically you have the value 1 through to 1 Left double click to add a new node Right click on a node to remove it Left mouse drag to move a node The green horizontal line shows the last MIDI note played This is useful for editing since it helps you can place the node exactly for the note you are currently hearing Key Track Module This modules gives you access to keytracking HEDE basically the pitch of the note being played The two faders allow you to set the range over which the keytrack signal will be mapped With no input connected this module will output the keytrack signal as it is When an input 1s connected it will output the input signal multiplied by the keytrack LFO Module This module is a low frequency oscillator It Him generates a slow periodic signal useful for shape Rate Phase Slew Mode modulation of other parameters zz g s voice Parameters
18. put signal Master Voice Control In order to save CPU usage voices will be turned off when it is determined that they are no longer producing any audible sound The VoiceMixer module has a built in envelope follower which tracks the level of each voice signal coming into it When a note off message has been received and all the VoiceMixers in the patch determine that the voice has effectively gone silent it will turn the voice off You may occasionally find a situation where voices are being cut off prematurely In this case you need to provide a dummy signal to a VoiceMixer to keep the voice active For example you could patch an ADSFR into a VoiceMixer and the ADSFR will keep the voice alive until it ends its release section A Simple Patch Click the file menu button and select new This will load a basic patch which shows all that is needed to make a sound e An oscillator to generate sound e A filter to process it Not strictly essential e An amplifier to modify the output level e An ADSER to control the amplifier level e A VoiceMixer to mix the voice signal into a static signal e An Output module to send the audio to the soundcard e A Master module The last two are added automatically and cannot be deleted since you must always have exactly one of each Data Directory All patches wavetables and the init patch are stored in the Sonigen Modular Data directory You can change the location of this directo
19. r keyboard it will send a note on message which will result in one or more voices being triggered by the voice process The staticfx process s like an output effect section applied to all the sound generated by the voice process There is a special module called a VoiceMixer that will mix a voice input signal to a staticfx output signal This signal can then be processed by staticfx modules There is currently only one effect but more will come in time So you can have multiple voices all playing at the same time generally one for each active MIDI note These voices are mixed into a single stereo audio signal by a VoiceMixer module This stereo signal can then be processed by the staticfx modules Each module is generally either a voice module or a staticfx module in that it either generates or processes voice signals or it does staticfx signals This means that the modules can be separated into these two categories those that make up the voice structure or those that make up the static effect processing The two kinds of modules are coloured differently to make this more clear Polyphony And Unison Polyphony is the number of notes that can be active at one time A polyphony of three means you can play three separate midi notes at once If you try to play more than three one of the existing notes will be stolen That means the voice s used to play one of the existing notes will be re assigned to play the new note Unison is how many voi
20. ry in the preferences The default data directory location Is My Documents Sonigen Modular Data This contains a sub folder called Patches and this folder and all its sub folders will be scanned when the program starts in order to populate the patch browser The actual location on disk has no effect on the organization of the patches n the browser that is solely down the meta tags You will also find a wavetable folder which is the default location for wavetables You can however put wavetables wherever you like since the wavetable editor remembers the last folder you loaded from and will always cycle through its contents with its back and forward buttons In the data folder you will find a patch named Init smp When you select New from the file menu this patch will be loaded You can overwrite this file if you would like to set your own default init patch There two files vstparams txt and midicc txt You can edit these files if you wish to customize the names used for VST automation and MIDI controllers The Modules The following pages detail the modules currently included in Sonigen Modular ADSFR Module This module is an envelope generator It generates a control signal that varies its level across the lifetime of a voice When a new voice is triggered the envelope will start at the attack phase and work its way through to the sustain phase Once the note associated with the voice is re
21. t Double clicking on a fader will set it to its default value Right click will open the automation menu where you can select from the VST or MIDI automation inputs Buttons menu options drop down lists and text input boxes can be activated with a left click Cables can be dragged to change their position or you can double click to toggle between automatic straight or curved shapes You can right click on them to change what group they belong to For context menus you click the right mouse button Main Window E Modular i 0 Black Mesa A Voices 0 File Browser Auto _sonigen_ Factory Pad Atrios F CPU 0 YW MO DU LAR Master Wavetable LFO4 Foly Unison Detune Bpm Och Semi Fine Hz Way illu Shape Rate Phase Slew Sync Global i z 1 FO ow 120 I I Dur Porta Legato Bend Bend i F hal YoiceMinyr DER SYNCrOSC UnisonPan Semi Fhe Hz N em I Unison i Ze WO Ir If t3 Ile 5 i an i anison ii Mt io ii N 4 F i t c h 3 I Shape Rate Phase Slew Sync Global Buller ee aa ut He k Peak Filter ype FH m oe ea a F Er Left Right Lowp 1256 ir LP HP 4 Wk ADSFRZ i el Fan fa Zn x 1 f i PES f i Fa mk a Cut 1 In a 4 i u uf i s Ay plifier iR ay G2 Output ae Shape Rate Phase Slew Sync Global Tr F The main window is split into two areas the toolbar and the module panel The toolbar contains the following contr
22. thers It implements the following function output input levell level2 The multiplication is only performed if a signal is actually connected to the respective level input So f you have nothing connected to either level input you get output input If you then connect a signal connect to the levell input you get this output input level ChorusFX Module This module is a stereo chorus effect A chorus effect creates multiple delayed and detuned copies Mode Rate Diy Depth Fik Mix of the original signal in order to emulate the sound Dual U 4 BEG of multiple voices playing in unison It has 3 modes of operation Dual Mode In this mode there are 2 chorus voices added to the input signal This is a typical stomp box type chorus effect Ensemble Mode In this mode there are 3 chorus voices added to the input signal Each voice is modulated by one slow LFO for chorusing and one fast LFO for vibrato The rate of each LFO is somewhat randomized The vibrato rate can be controlled relative to the base rate of the chorus Space Mode In this mode there are 4 chorus voices added to the input signal with each voice having a single LFO The LFOs are all somewhat randomized and free running The LFOs cross modulate each other a bit and the feedback is also diffused between all voices This mode creates the most dense and smooth effect of the 3 modes Mode The mode of operation Rate The average rate
23. veMaker Resobells Load Wavetable Save Wavetable Y ave L oun t 3192 Bandwidth 256 Gain Odb Skip Harmonics 0 Mal oe Load Sample Trim Sample Clear Sample This window allows you to edit wavetables A wavetable is made up of a series of harmonic snapshots from now on called waves taken from an audio sample Each wave has settings that determine how its harmonic series is extracted from the audio sample Wave Panel The wave panel displays the audio sample the position and the FFT size of each wave You can select a wave by clicking on its red bar and you can use the left and right mouse buttons to adjust the positioning of current wave as follows Left button This sets the absolute position the wave will be centered where you click Right button This allows fine adjustment of the wave position Frequency Panel The lower panel shows the FFT frequency analysis of the current wave and also the harmonic series that has been extracted based on the current settings for the wave Editing 1s as follows Left mouse drag This controls the zoom and positioning of the display Right mouse drag This controls the root frequency of the series Basically it allows you to adjust how the harmonics series aligns on top of the data created by the frequency analysis Wave Settings The individual settings for each wave in the wavetable FFT Size Larger FFT sizes will give increased frequency resolution but

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