Aodyo Instruments anyma Phi, User Manual

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The matrix
If you’ve ever dealt with synthesizers before, you might no ce that
this matrix looks fairly di erent from the world of oscillators and l-
ters you’re used to. You might even wonder whether you can get any
electronic-sounding stu out of such a machine. And the answer is:
yes you can, and even though it doesn’t look like it, there may well be
oscillators and lters behind this matrix.
In fact, it doesn’t ma er whether the sound you hear actually resembles
that of an acous c instrument or not, because you could always apply
this metaphor to it. With an acid bass, for instance, controls more re-
lated to the a ack of the sound will likely be at the Excite stage, while
the Vibrate controls will probably be more about the overall mbre.
This way, the matrix o ers a sort of common tongue spoken by all Anyma
Phi users, allowing you to more easily tweak any sound you can load
into your Anyma Phi in ways that have been carefully designed by the
creator of this sound.
In other words, the matrix is the interface of a sound. It’s the command
panel its designer has le you to play with their sound and make it go
to unexpected places. Once you’re con dent enough to start designing
your own sounds
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, you’ll nd the matrix an ideal place for controlling
complex varia ons in just a few turns of a bu on, which is especially
useful in live situa ons.
The Animate line
The last line of the matrix, Animate , operates a bit di erently from
the ones above: instead of providing direct access to controls you can
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Which hopefully you’ll have a blast doing very soon!
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