TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Introduction............................................................................5
2
Installation..............................................................................9
2.1
Usage Precautions...................................................................................................9
2.2
Register your Instrument.......................................................................................11
2.3
Connecting the MiniBrute to the World.............................................................11
2.4
Warm-Up and General Tuning............................................................................12
3
Quickstart.............................................................................14
3.1
Create your first sound: the “basic patch”.......................................................14
3.2
Add some vibrato..................................................................................................15
3.3
Tweak the envelope.............................................................................................16
3.4
Meet the LFO..........................................................................................................17
3.5
Create arpeggiated sequences........................................................................18
4
General description.............................................................20
4.1
Analog synthesizer architecture.........................................................................20
4.1.1
Signal generators...................................................................................................................20
4.1.1.1 Pitched signal generator (oscillators)................................................................................20
4.1.1.2 Unpitched signal generator................................................................................................21
4.1.2
Signal enhancers...................................................................................................................21
4.1.3
Filter......................................................................................................................................... 23
4.1.3.1 What is a filter?......................................................................................................................23
4.1.3.2 Filter types: Low-pass, Band-pass, High-pass and Notch................................................23
4.1.3.3 Resonance or emphasis......................................................................................................25
4.1.4
Amplifier................................................................................................................................. 25
4.1.5
Modulators............................................................................................................................. 26
4.1.6
Player interface..................................................................................................................... 27
4.1.7
Inputs and outputs................................................................................................................ 28
4.1.8
MiniBrute diagram.................................................................................................................29
4.2
Front Panel..............................................................................................................30
4.2.1
The oscillator and its signal mixer.........................................................................................30
4.2.1.1 The waveforms......................................................................................................................30
Saw and Ultrasaw................................................................................................................................30
Square and Modulated Pulse............................................................................................................30
Triangle and Metalizer.........................................................................................................................31
The sub-oscillator (Sub Osc)...............................................................................................................31
Noise ......................................................................................................................................................31
Audio In..................................................................................................................................................31
4.2.2
The filter.................................................................................................................................. 32
4.2.2.1 Mode......................................................................................................................................32
4.2.2.2 Cutoff......................................................................................................................................32
4.2.2.3 Resonance.............................................................................................................................32
4.2.2.4 ENV Amt (envelope amount).............................................................................................33
4.2.2.5 KBD Tracking..........................................................................................................................33
4.2.2.6 Envelope speed....................................................................................................................33
4.2.2.7 Filter Envelope.......................................................................................................................33
4.2.3
The amplifier........................................................................................................................... 34
4.2.3.1 Amplifier Envelope................................................................................................................34
4.2.4
Controls.................................................................................................................................. 34
4.2.4.1 MOD Wheel...........................................................................................................................34
4.2.4.2 Aftertouch..............................................................................................................................35
4.2.4.3 Bend Range...........................................................................................................................35
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