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Using the Macros to sculpt samples
Circuit Rhythm’s macro controls provide key parameters for tweaking the sound of your samples. The
parameter that each macro controls is printed beneath it.
• Macro 1 - (
Tune
) will alter the tuning of samples on the track over a range of +/-1 octave.
Tuning will change in increments of 20 cents (1/5 of a semitone). To change in increments of a
semitone, hold
Shift
while adjusting.
• Macro 2 - (
Start
) will alter the start point of samples on the track, and Macro 3 (
Length
) will
alter the length. That is, the point in the sample at which playback begins when triggered, and
how much of the sample is played back from the start point. To fine-tune start or length, hold
Shift
to increase the resolution, and turn the corresponding Macro.
• Macro 4 - (
Slope
) will alter the slope that governs the sample’s volume when triggered. Turning
clockwise will add an attack phase, followed by a decay phase in gated or looped playback
modes: the volume will ramp up following the trigger and decay after the gate is released in
gated or looped playback modes. The greater the clockwise rotation, the longer the ramp will
be. Turning anticlockwise will add a decay phase. After the sample is triggered, the volume will
decrease. The greater the anticlockwise rotation, the faster the decay will be until only a short
click remains.
• Macro 5 - (
Distortion
) will add harmonics to the sound in the form of distortion. As the control
is increased, drum samples will begin to sound more aggressive while melodic sounds will have
an overdriven character.
• Macro 6 - (
HP Filter
) adjusts the cutoff frequency of the high pass filter. Turning the control
clockwise removes more low frequencies, which can make a sound sit better in the mix.
• Macro 7 - (
LP Filter
) works in the opposite sense to Macro 6, and adjusts the cutoff frequency
of the low pass filter. Turning the control anticlockwise removes the upper frequency content
of the sound. It can be used to remove high frequencies when they’re not needed and for
sculpting sounds.
• Macro 8 - (
Resonance
) adjusts the low pass filter’s resonance. Instead of the filter’s response
smoothly falling away above the cutoff frequency, frequencies around the cutoff point are
boosted. Use this in conjunction with Macro 7 to “tune in” on an aspect of the sound that you
wish to accentuate.
2 Start
1 Tune
3 Length
4 Slope
5 Distortion
6 HP Filter
7 LP Filter
8 Resonance
Macro LEDs illuminate in the
track colour; brightness is related
to Macro parameter value.
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