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Jo Audio Input
Joystick
The joystick can be assigned to multiple destinations in any of the X or Y directions. The
Joystick position can be locked or unlocked using the Velo + XYLock button combination. This
locks the joystick at whatever value it was held at while the buttons were depressed.
The X axis controls pitch bend as standard, but this can be turned off (on-screen: Joystick:
Pitchbend status or on MODALapp). It also sends MIDI pitch bend messages to the MIDI
outputs which can be toggled on or off in the global settings.
Y+ sends MIDI mod wheel data (CC1) which can also be toggled on or off in the global
settings.
Audio In
The audio inputs route audio directly into the 3-slot stereo FX engine although this can also
be bypassed if you want to use the Audio In to only mix in the audio input with the synths
output. The Audio In settings (Audio-In Volume, FX Bypass) are temporary and will not be
saved so will need to be reset when using upon each boot. Audio-In Volume can be accessed
on the front panel by holding the ‘Shift’ button (or when latched in shift mode) and turning
the Audio In encoder.
Audio Gain
The Gain Boost setting applies to all patches and increases the average output level.
The Patch Gain control, allows you to balance even the quietest patches, and dramatically
improved the audio quality while decreasing noise floor, so adding gain from external sources
won’t introduce unwanted noise.
Because COBALT8M employs a limiter as the final stage before output in its audio signal path,
headroom for dynamics might be reduced as a result of higher gain levels.
Note: The main outputs on COBALT are designed to output Line Level signals
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Patch Gain:
Per-patch gain adjustment for balancing patches relative to each other.
Values in the range 0-100 should be transparent to use on any patch that needs it,
moving the control past 100 can begin to saturate the limiter on some patches. Note that
this can be used creatively.
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Gain Boost:
Global gain boost that increases average output level. There are 3 settings:
Off
- full dynamic range
Normal
- boost to output volume (Default Setting)
Saturate
- a large boost to output volume, potentially saturating the internal limiter. You
may notice that dynamic range is reduced with this setting on, although this has creative
uses.
Gain boost setting will be saved automatically
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Headphone Volume:
Headphone output volume can vary dramatically depending on
which model of headphones is connected. This global control adjusts the output range of
the headphone out to compensate for this variance and prevent unsafe listening levels.
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Main Volume:
Master output volume of the synth, post limiter. Controls the output
volume of both the headphone out and the main outputs. For best signal to noise, set
this to 127.
Voice
Engine
Patch
Gain
Gain
Boost
Limiter
Main
Volume
H-Phone
Volume
Line
Output
H-Phone
Output
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