ABSYNTH 5 Reference Manual – 100
Tone Section
The Tone section, in the lower right part of the Aetherizer, holds parameters modifying the
tonal color of the grains:
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Transpose control
: Adjusts the transposition of the grains (in semitones).
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Filter switch
: Enables/disables the filter at the grain level.
When the Filter switch is activated, the Tone section offers you the following additional pa-
rameters to control the filter:
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Filter Mode menu
: Selects between two filter modes: BP (bandpass filter) and Comb (comb
filter).
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Frequency control
: Defines the cutoff frequency of the grain-level filter.
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Resonance control
: Defines the resonance of the grain-level filter.
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Filter Quantize menu
: Allows you to select one of the Filter Quantization modes (see next
section for a description of these modes).
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If the filter is activated and Comb mode is selected in the Filter Mode menu, turn the Rate
down to hear lower pitches better. For example if the Rate control is set at 200 Hz and the
Frequency control at 50 Hz, the grain is too short for the pitch to build up in the comb filter. By
lowering the Rate value, the lower frequencies should become audible ringing in the comb filter.
Filter Quantization Modes
The filter shaping the tone of each grain can have its cutoff frequency quantized according
to various modes.
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The quantization of the cutoff frequency can only happen if you allowed the cutoff frequency
to “move” around the basic Frequency control value. You can achieve this by setting the
Random Frequency control to its right at a non-zero value (see below for more details about the
Random parameters).
