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User Manual

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Page 2: ...ommendations are based on estimates performed on available computers at D16 Group HQ and therefore cannot cover all possible configurations available on the market CPU usage may vary widely depending...

Page 3: ...menu Note It s currently not possible to enter a precise value in the input box it s just to check the value Fine tuning continuous parameters Tweak a control knob while holding the CTRL key on Window...

Page 4: ...t menu described above you can enable automation for parameters you wish to control externally A parameter s context menu Lush 2 works only with specific sample rate values Lush 2 works only with the...

Page 5: ...s where different Layers listen to different keyboard sections of the same MIDI channel You can also create complex sound textures by overlapping Layers where more than one layer listens to the same k...

Page 6: ...re is a bar called the Control section The Control section And below it we can see the part of the GUI responsible for editing a single Layer this is the default view after opening Lush 2 in a host ap...

Page 7: ...on can load and save Global Presets this preset type is described later and adjust Global Preset settings The Preset Management section for Global Presets Here we have the following controls Global Pr...

Page 8: ...s a selected Layer s sound parameters Modulation Matrix Edits a selected Layer s modulation matrix Mixer Mixes and combines the sound from all Layers together Master volume Master Volume knob controls...

Page 9: ...defined as a complete range between two notes The lower note defines the beginning and the higher note defines the end of the Zone The Zone editor is arranged in rows where each row represents a singl...

Page 10: ...by one the plug in will automati cally set the beginning and end of a Zone taking the lower note as the beginning and the higher note as the end 5 You can repeat steps 2 4 if you want to set up MIDI...

Page 11: ...rated by the Master Arpeggiator Arpeggio Sync Mode defines the criterion by which Arpeggiators in Layers are grouped together Within a single group the first Arpeggiator triggered becomes the Master W...

Page 12: ...The View tab selector They are displayed in the main part of GUI The Synthesis view containing a Layer s parameters From the 8 available we can select the Layer we want to edit using the Layer selecti...

Page 13: ...ection FX Rack For processing the Layer s outgoing signal through two insert effects The FX Rack section Layer Out To make final touches before the signal goes into the Mixer The Layer master A set of...

Page 14: ...ers are called Global Presets and because these are stored in hierarchy a Global Preset can load up Layer Presets within it In the Layer Preset Browser section we have the following controls Preset Th...

Page 15: ...yer play a single note with a few voices of Polyphony at the same time in which each voice has slightly varied settings for Tune Panorama and or its Filter s cutoff By default Unison mode is turned of...

Page 16: ...d by Korg s analogue synthesizers First played last released Voices management is done in a way similar to a stack where the note previous to any new note will be the first released this method was in...

Page 17: ...rolled Oscillator VCO section Synthesis VCO mixer Starting from the left side sliders in this section are responsible for Volume of Square oscillator with adjustable pulse width Volume of Sawtooth osc...

Page 18: ...sible to modulate the volume of individual oscillators with a modulation Source the source browser box above the oscillator faders allows you to choose one of either two available Envelopes or two ava...

Page 19: ...ton and two knobs SuperSaw mode Super Activates and deactivates SuperSaw mode and the following parameters Amt Sets the effect strength the bigger the value is the more saw oscillators are added Detun...

Page 20: ...e waveforms for the Suboscillator Square with 50 50 pulse width one octave below base frequency Sawtooth one octave below base frequency Square with 50 50 pulse width two octaves below base frequency...

Page 21: ...set oscillator phases even with OSC Reset activated VCO settings Clicking the Cog icon next to the VCO label you can access the VCO Settings panel The Cog icon in the VCO section The VCO settings pane...

Page 22: ...tors one of them restarts the period of the second one The Master oscillator has a constant frequency based only on a MIDI note s frequency the Slave oscillator has a frequency based on note frequency...

Page 23: ...V1 and ENV2 Envelopes can be used for controlling the signal amplitude filters sound pitch or pulse width We have two generators at our disposal in the Layer parameters section Their controls are loca...

Page 24: ...f LFO1 starts LFO2 The Envelope is re triggered when a new period of LFO2 starts Trig and Gate affect played notes differently in Mono mode Polyphony 1 however in Poly mode Polyphony 1 there is no dif...

Page 25: ...de Reset Decides what conditions reset the LFO set on the beginning of each period see the next manual section for details Sync Tempo synchronization Selects an LFO s synchronization with the tempo By...

Page 26: ...e Rate Full note Dotted note Triplet note Reset The Reset parameter decides what conditions reset the LFO set on the beginning of each period An LFO s Reset section We have 4 possibilities Trig Each n...

Page 27: ...h cases the LFO is reset for every incoming note A diagram demonstrating the retriggering of an LFO Extra parameters Clicking the Wave icon or Waveform display we get access to an LFO s additional par...

Page 28: ...se Adjusts the LFO s phase shift from 0 to 360 degrees Filters Lush 2 has two serially connected filters The first is a multi mode resonant filter Low pass Band pass and High pass The second is a High...

Page 29: ...2 LFO1 Sets the depth of modulation for the cutoff frequency by LFO1 LFO2 Sets the depth of modulation for the cutoff frequency by LFO2 KBD Keyboard tracking Applies Pitch frequency on the Cutoff fre...

Page 30: ...nerated If we turn off the Track the pitch of incoming midi notes is ignored by Lush 2 and the frequency is constant controlled by the Freq parameter In consequence no matter what key we press on the...

Page 31: ...d amplitude i e an incoming MIDI Note On message generates positive slope sound amplitude has maximum value and MIDI Note Off message generates negative slope sound amplitude is zero Product Selects t...

Page 32: ...the depth of effect of LFO1 on the oscillator frequency and or filter cutoff frequency We have the following parameters VCO Sets the depth of modulation for the oscillator s frequency by LFO1 s outpu...

Page 33: ...down the menu by clicking the Algorithm box Each of the insert effects has its own set of parameters to control To access those parameters pull down the FX Rack panel using the button with three dots...

Page 34: ...ect two delay lines to get a richer sound Stereo Controls the LFO for the stereo phase shift on delay lines between left and right channels Flanger Insert effect Flanger Rate LFO frequency Depth Depth...

Page 35: ...r Turns resonance on and off for the Phaser effect Phaser Insert effect Phaser Rate LFO frequency Depth LFO amplitude Double LFO Selects whether the Phaser is controlled by one or two LFOs When disabl...

Page 36: ...Sets the amount of compression before distortion Higher values mean more compression and a less dynamic signal Preamp Sets signal amplification before the clipper Shape Sets the clipping curvature Thr...

Page 37: ...ine pitch tuning of oscillators in the Layer Volume Adjusts Layer output volume The 440 Hz button generates a test signal a sine wave with 440 Hz frequency middle A key The Level VU meter indicates th...

Page 38: ...t Tri we can modify the rhythmical value of the Rate parameter Full Full note Dot Dotted note Tri Triplet Chords Mode When Chords Mode is turned off the Arpeggiator behaves regularly it generates a mo...

Page 39: ...h for a generated sequence Gate Sets note length for a single step in a generated sequence If the Gate is set to 100 notes generated in an Arpeggiator sequence will overlap each other Legato In the bo...

Page 40: ...n the Gate row and disable all the LEDs in the Tie row For a C min chord pressed on the MIDI keyboard the sequence will look as follows Arpeggiator example 1 diagram We can slightly modify the Gate ro...

Page 41: ...visible and accessible making it possible to switch between Layers and edit the Modulation Matrix for each without leaving the Modulation Matrix view The Modulation Matrix in Lush 2 is displayed in a...

Page 42: ...a formula Destination Source Modulation Amount Where Destination and Source Have values in most cases in the range of 0 1 Modulation Amount Has a value within the 100 100 range scaled down to 0 1 Clic...

Page 43: ...modified at all voices will lack volume dynamics When Modulation Amount is set to 1 the MIDI Note Velocity affects the Voice Volume to full extent maximum volume dynamics in accordance with a principl...

Page 44: ...output example diagram Note Arp Gate and Arp Tie Sources work even if the Layer Arpeggiator is turned off Arpeggiator Mode parameter set to Off Regardless of whether the Arpeggiator is turned on or of...

Page 45: ...s default Sustain pedal mode Below you can find the Sustain Pedal toggle button The Sustain Pedal mode switch Apart from its basic task of sustaining the played notes the Sustain Pedal can also be use...

Page 46: ...each MIDI Note coming into the Layer This set of values is used in the Modulation Matrix as the Source Pitch Table The Pitch Table column in Modulation Matrix sources Depending on the MIDI Note receiv...

Page 47: ...iew appears on the front panel of Lush 2 The Mixer view The first 8 channel strips represent the synthesizer Layers The three following channel strips are the effect FX channels with three send effect...

Page 48: ...after processing Pan Controls a Layer s stereo balance Level Controls the output volume of the channel strip the adjacent VU meter shows current outgoing signal level EQ Enables or disables parametric...

Page 49: ...hree LEDs 1 2 1 4 1 10 Threshold Sets the compressor threshold Parametric EQ Hi Sets high shelf gain from 24 dB to 24 dB for frequencies 8 kHz Mid Frq Sets position for the peak of middle frequency EQ...

Page 50: ...n be found in the Sends sections of Layer channel strips The input of an FX channel is a sum of all parts from all sent Layers Each FX channel is assigned to one effect algorithm Reverb Delay or Choru...

Page 51: ...of the FX channel output signal EQ Enables and disables parametric EQ hidden in the strip s Edit panel Comp Enables and disables the Compressor hidden in the strip s Edit panel Enable effect name The...

Page 52: ...xed compression ratios using a radio group of LEDs 1 2 1 4 1 10 Threshold Sets the compressor threshold Parametric EQ Hi Sets high shelf gain from 24 dB to 24 dB for frequencies 8 kHz Mid Frq Sets the...

Page 53: ...following groups of parameters Early reflections Size Sets the room size for early reflections only Diffusion Sets the reflecting surface s ability to spread the echo out If this parameter is set to...

Page 54: ...Pre delay Sets the delay between the dry signal and reverberation ER LT Cross fades between early reflections output and late reflections output Delay The second FX channel is Delay its parameters are...

Page 55: ...multiplier for example 3 16 is a duration time of three 16th notes A 3 16th delay time diagram Join Links both Delay L and Delay R controls Full Dot Tri Lets you select between three rhythmical modif...

Page 56: ...hidden in an Edit panel We can distinguish the following set of parameters Offset Sets the offset between the dry signal and the closest LFO oscillations controlling the delay lines expressed in mill...

Page 57: ...st click the Options button and go to MIDI Channels Setup Opening the MIDI Channels Setup window When you do so the Channels Setup window will appear The MIDI Channels Setup window Using combo boxes y...

Page 58: ...panded context menu Linking a parameter to MIDI CC The Learn function enables a quick assignment of physical controllers from a MIDI controller to plug in parameters 1 Click the Learn button to put th...

Page 59: ...Loads a MIDI CC map from a stored file Parameter automation By default all internal Lush 2 parameters are disabled for external automation this is because Lush 2 has thousands of sound parameters and...

Page 60: ...ate as a new automation map file MIDI automation summary Once you have enabled some parameters for automation or assigned them using MIDI Learn to MIDI CC you can check the current status of that assi...

Page 61: ...choose one of several default skin sizes to best match the plugin to the resolution of your computer monitor System Scale System Scale controls the rescale factor for the whole plug in For the best vi...

Page 62: ...e Multi Core Support option activates multi thread processing in the plug in and allows the available processor cores to evenly share the workload removing bottlenecks in the general processor s use A...

Page 63: ...e of the plug in With this option the current plug in state will be saved as the default initial state for when you insert a new instance of the plug in The plug in state includes sound parameters def...

Page 64: ...ameters Voices section FX Rack section Layer Out section All parameters from the Synthesis section Modulation Matrix Arpeggiator Arpeggiator Preset Reverb Preset Reverb settings in the Mixer tab Delay...

Page 65: ...sets This kind of Padlock will not work if we try to load a Layer Preset or an Arpeggiator Preset The Layer Padlocks To activate Padlocks for selected Layers click on the Padlock icons in the Control...

Page 66: ...ver the Preset display opens a context menu with two or three additional options Init Restores initial settings of plug in parameters Reload Reloads the most recently loaded preset Save See descriptio...

Page 67: ...Groups and tags Each Preset is described by a few common Groups Within each of them there may be one or more Tags from a particu lar set The Filter group Presets from the Factory resource were assigne...

Page 68: ...me to choose and load the preset Double click the name to choose load the preset and close the browser Hitting the OK button confirms loading a preset and closes the browser Using Cancel closes the br...

Page 69: ...esults presets list section You can also consider the Results list as an intersection of preset sets found by filtering through every individual Group Basic Actions Tags work as toggle buttons Click t...

Page 70: ...es of filtering Searching by name Alternatively you can look for a preset by entering its name or just a piece of its name into the Find preset field The Find preset input The Results are refreshed on...

Page 71: ...can unpin a preset by clicking the icon again toggle mode Pinning a preset on the list Unlike Favorites this flag works locally and it s stored with the project file not global config so Pins are stor...

Page 72: ...ccess to some of the preset editing functions The Info pane There s a preset name at the top The Preset name in the Info pane Additionally if you ve selected more than one preset there s information a...

Page 73: ...justments Folding sections If you don t need to see the contents of every section subsection you can fold some of them up using the Caret icons Sections folded up Resizing columns You can use the thre...

Page 74: ...ays Click a preset Selects and loads one preset from the list Win Ctrl Click the preset Mac Cmd Click the preset Adds another preset to an already chosen preset or a set of presets Shift Click the pre...

Page 75: ...Trash bin button in the Info pane to delete selected presets The Trash bin button Tags editing When you select a preset or presets to change their tags click the Pencil button next the Tags section i...

Page 76: ...Tags appearing only in part of selection Changing the Tag status for one or more chosen presets sets or erases this Tag in all these presets A status change is signaled by an Asterisk to the left of...

Page 77: ...ng Author editing This operation is possible for user content only Description editing When you select a preset or presets to change the Description click the Pencil button next the Description sectio...

Page 78: ...on the presets to open a context menu Setting Favorite presets from the context menu And select the Set favorite option To clear Favorite flags for the selection of presets use the Clear favorite opti...

Page 79: ...a selection of presets use the Unpin option instead Preset exchange If you want to make a backup or exchange a preset with a collaborator you can export import selected presets Export Select a preset...

Page 80: ...s Users are allowed to add their own custom Tags to both their own content and factory content To add a new Tag to an existing filter Group click over the Group s name to pull down a menu and select t...

Page 81: ...o another Group Remove Deletes a Tag The menu is accessible only for a user s own Tags Adding custom Groups You can add a custom filter to Groups by clicking the Filter label and selecting the Add Gro...

Page 82: ...s a Group down in the Filter Possible unless the Group is the last one These operations are possible only on user Groups Groups in the Filter are ordered with Groups from Factory content first then us...

Page 83: ...strip 48 Edit panel 48 Channel strip signal flow per layer 50 FX channel strips 50 Edit panel 51 The general part of an edit panel 52 Reverb 53 Delay 54 Loop section 55 Filter section 56 Chorus 56 Opt...

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