Playtime Engineering Blipblox After Dark, Руководство пользователя

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The sections below describe how each of the main building blocks of synthesis work together to complete the signal
flow. To learn more about individual controls, special features and settings, refer to those chapters of this Manual.
SEQUENCER
The After Dark has hundreds of built-in melodies. Pressing the SEQ button randomly selects a new melody. Each
time you press SEQ, the automatic drum machine turns on or off. The big purple TEMPO Lever on the left controls
the speed of the melody. Pushing the lever forward increases the speed, pulling it closer to you decreases.
OSCILLATOR
The After Dark has 16 oscillator types. Pressing the OSCILLATOR button cycles between the types. The LED Display
on the right side of the speaker indicates the selected oscillator type. There are 4 color groups, and each color group
has 4 LEDs to indicate the selected oscillator type.
Each oscillator type accepts two modulation inputs, which we cover in more detail in the “Modulation Matrix” section
below. The CTRL 1 and CTRL 2 buttons select which modulation source will be used, and the MOD 1 and MOD 2 knobs
control how much of the selected modulation is applied to the oscillator. Clockwise turn increases the modulation and
counter-clockwise decreases.
Each oscillator type uses the two modulation inputs to control different synthesis functions. These functions include
pulse width modulation, detune, frequency modulation, hard sync, wavetable scan, wavetable morph and more.
When pressing the CTRL 1 button, the LED Display will show whether MOD ATTACK, LFO 1, LFO 2 or MOD 1 is the
selected modulation source. When pressing the CTRL 2 button, the LED Display will show whether MOD ATTACK, LFO
1, LFO 2 or MOD 2 is the selected modulation source.
FILTER
A filter shapes the tone of the sound by removing certain frequencies coming from the oscillator.
The modulation source for the After Dark filter is selected by pressing the FILTER MOD button. The LED Display will
show whether MOD ATTACK, LFO 1, LFO 2 or FILTER lever (and only FILTER lever) is the selected modulation source.
The After Dark has three filter types: high-pass, low-pass and band-pass. You can switch between these types by
holding down the FILTER MOD button. Notice the red LEDs on the right animate to show the new filter type. LED (14)
will indicate which is selected.
High-pass filter type is selected: LED (14) is green. In this mode the filter will remove all sounds *below* the cutoff
frequency. This means that as you increase the cutoff frequency, you will hear less and less of the low frequency