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PIPE USER MANUAL
ALGORITHM DESCRIPTIONS
The algorithms are very different, except for the 3 types of BASSDRUM. Each is worth exploring
and mastering as a separate instrument, each has its own techniques and sound character.
For the best result, find your own specific techniques for each algorithm. Remember that
the PIPE is involved in the sound almost as much as your voice.
ORPHEUS
Controls assignment:
Knob
•
— SIZE A — controls the size of resonator А;
Knob
• •
— SIZE B — controls the size of resonator B;
Knob • • • — DECAY — controls decay time of the resonators;
Sensor FX — DIST — distortion.
Description:
This algorithm was the beginning of the PIPE. It consists of two virtual resonators that
are triggered by your voice. The size and decay of the resonators can be controlled with
the knobs. The main principle is that for each resonator size there is a strict set of
frequencies that will resonate and make it produce a sound. To resonate, an even number
of wavelengths must fit into the resonator size. As a result, you get a pentatonic scale
with tonic wavelengths that are equal to the resonator size. With shorter wavelengths,
you receive additional steps. The further the waveform is from the resonator size, the
larger the number of steps.
The scales of the two resonators are combined, and by gradually changing the resonator
size you can achieve a wide range of scale combinations, from common to very unusual.
By changing the pitch of your voice you can control the resonators, exciting them on
different frequencies — sort of like playing invisible strings. This is similar to how you can
resonate different strings in a piano when singing with a pressed pedal if you sing in the
right frequency.
Tips for using this algorithm:
It is easier to control the outcome when the voice timbre is close to a sine wave, i.e. clear
and sort of creamy. You can get very good results if you press your tongue against the upper
palate while pressing the lips to the microphone.
To master the algorithm, set the decay time to 70-80% and SIZE to about 30% (For most
comfortable control, the minimal position of knobs is the biggest size of the resonator or
smallest frequency, and the maximum knob value is the smallest resonator size and maximum
frequency. By turning the knob to the right, you will be increasing the frequency.) With
tight lips-to-microphone contact, make a short muted sound like the sound of the letter
"T". This will excite the resonators at their main frequency (keynote). Turn the SIZE knobs
to tune the resonators’ keynote to be in unison, 5th, 4th interval or octave. This will give
the most easily understandable and controllable scale. Now try singing a major 3rd, 4th,
5th or octave up from the keynote, exciting the resonators on different frequencies. Make
sure that when you stop singing, the PIPE sounds like a dying bell or string on the needed