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F-em User Guide

Credits

Programming: Wolfram Franke

Additional Programming: David Rowland

User Interface Design: Sasha Radojevic

Sound Design and Sample Content: Alessandro Cardinale, Ed Ten Eyck,
Jay de Miceli, Klaus-Peter Rausch (KPR), Stranjah, Vasil Ivanov (The
Editor), Yuli Yolo

Manual: Wolfram Franke, Holger Steinbrink

Version: 0.3.1

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Страница 1: ...F em Frequency Modulation Synthesizer USER GUIDE TRACKTION COMPANY www tracktion com...

Страница 2: ...rogramming David Rowland User Interface Design Sasha Radojevic Sound Design and Sample Content Alessandro Cardinale Ed Ten Eyck Jay de Miceli Klaus Peter Rausch KPR Stranjah Vasil Ivanov The Editor Yu...

Страница 3: ...oard Section 13 4 3 Master Section 14 4 4 Arpeggiator Master Section 14 4 5 Working with Layers 15 5 The Main Edit Section 16 5 1 Basic Sound Editing Operations 16 5 2 The FM Matrix 17 5 3 Noise Gener...

Страница 4: ...at offer typical analog waveforms and separate pitch and level LFOs as well as pitch and level envelopes There are two additional sample oscillators and a white and pink noise generator Followed by tw...

Страница 5: ...orithm one or more operators is usually routed directly to the audio output Some FM synthesizers offer predefined algorithms F em uses a completely free programmable FM matrix The primary operator is...

Страница 6: ...lick F em 1 0 0 pkg file to launch the installer for F em In this example 1 0 0 refers to the current version number of the file which most likely differs from this example 2 Follow the on screen inst...

Страница 7: ...2 4 Authorisation F em uses a software based copy protection and can only run with an activated license After installation please load F em as instrument within your DAW The plug in is currently lock...

Страница 8: ...author click on the corresponding name in the left window section Same is valid for Category Style or Character search You can also combine search attributes To set back a search click on the correspo...

Страница 9: ...ce on the Level envelopes and Effect levels of all Layers Why are these parameters located on the Loading page Because If you load a sound and want to change some important settings directly you do no...

Страница 10: ...or the right to change the value Some faders need to move vertically to change values Graphical Elements Click on the corresponding graphic and move the mouse vertical or horizontal to change settings...

Страница 11: ...Filters the Arpeggiator Effects etc In this section 5 you find An EQ page includes a four band equalizer the Arp page offers a powerful arpeggiator the Effects page offers four effects for each layer...

Страница 12: ...a name for the actual instrument Category Here you can enter an instrument category e g Lead Author Here you can enter the name of the sound designer Style Here you can enter a sound or music style o...

Страница 13: ...recommend to switch Open GL off only if you experience incompatibilities or odd behaviour Locations Click on the corresponding button e g User Sounds to open the folder where the sounds or samples ar...

Страница 14: ...rnal When enabled the arpeggiator s and all clock based parameters LFOs Envelopes Clocked Delays etc are synchronized to the tempo of your host application If disabled you can specify a desired tempo...

Страница 15: ...te button again to deactivate the solo mute function Layer Volume slider Controls the output level of the corresponding Layer Layer Panner dial Controls the panning of the corresponding Layer Copy Pas...

Страница 16: ...m and the corresponding modulation sources for Operator 8 as Pitch LFO Level LFO Pitch Envelope Level Scaling and Level Envelope Click on the selection fields of the other operators O1 to O7 to open t...

Страница 17: ...ain to activate the operator In our example see picture above we have set up O1 as a carrier for Operator 8 This can be done by clicking on the intersection of O1 and O8 in the matrix Keep in mind tha...

Страница 18: ...the current settings of the operators The first two waveforms show the Pitch and Level LFO for each operator The next graphic shows the Pitch envelope and the last one the Level envelope To navigate d...

Страница 19: ...pes frequency of the filter If Comb is selected the frequencies near the cutoff frequency are emphasized If Redux is selected the outgoing sample rate of the signal is reduced The Cutoff value is show...

Страница 20: ...piano doubling the coarse tuning value raises the frequency by an octave and lowering the value by half produces a frequency that is an octave lower For example a value of 2 00 is an octave higher tha...

Страница 21: ...less of its Layer Sample Oscillator On Off Click on this button to activate deactivate the corresponding Sample Oscillator Sample Selection Click on this button to open a window where you can select a...

Страница 22: ...t points but not the velocity of a sample map Most samples are single zoned but the drum kits and some bowls use multisample mappings Loading Samples To load samples into a Sample Oscillator you can e...

Страница 23: ...d has its own Pitch LFO starting at the selected Start Phase and running with its rate If activated the sound appears to only have one LFO for all voices The first voice of any overlapping notes deter...

Страница 24: ...Noise Saw Up 4 and 8 steps down The actual waveform is displayed below the waveform button Mono If deactivated each voice of a sound has its own Level LFO starting at the selected Start Phase and run...

Страница 25: ...e pitch but you can freely assign it to other modules as well The Copy Paste buttons lets you copy all settings from this envelope and paste it to any other regardless of its Layer Click on the Magnif...

Страница 26: ...Normally an envelope is triggered by an incoming MIDI note If you play more than one note every voice contains its own envelope This is called Poly You can also set an envelope to a monophonic behavio...

Страница 27: ...ly You can speed up or slower the expiration speed of the envelope Decay only available in maximized view This is an offset parameter that affects the decay envelope rates simultaneously You can speed...

Страница 28: ...ardless of its Layer Click on the Magnifying Glass symbol in the upper right corner to maximize the envelope curve display Here you can find additional parameters To close the maximized view click on...

Страница 29: ...yed note Last triggers on envelope which acts for all played voices It means that the envelopes of all voices of a Sound layer behave like a single envelope This common envelope starts as soon as the...

Страница 30: ...are played The higher the value of this number the greater the difference will be between the lower notes and the higher notes All Rates only available in maximized view This is an offset parameter t...

Страница 31: ...serial wiring The Copy Paste buttons lets you copy all settings from this envelope and paste it to any other regardless of its Layer Filter On Off Click on this button to activate deactivate the corr...

Страница 32: ...duced Resonance Controls the resonance of the filter if set to any of the 12 dB or 24 dB filter types On 6 dB filter types this control does nothing On band stop types it narrows the stop band which i...

Страница 33: ...his parameter can have a range of up to 200 That means if you place the Layer fully to the left and modulate it e g with LFO 1 with 100 the sound wanders from 100 left to 100 right and vice versa Keep...

Страница 34: ...dial to the left results in a lower frequency of the band s cutoff or center frequency to the right increases it Quality Q Controls the quality or width of the band When using a bell type moving the d...

Страница 35: ...up Menu Sets the direction that is used to play back the arpeggio If Up is selected the note list is played forward and the octaves are transposed upward The arpeggio starts in the original octave and...

Страница 36: ...rn starts at 0 i e song start The neutral time base is 16th but the sequence can contain arbitrary notes like 32th 64th quarter or half notes or anything else The pattern notes are read in with the po...

Страница 37: ...s Sets the maximum notes that are played within an arpeggio We recommend to set this value to 3 or higher if you want to play regular chords Key Limits Off means that the arpeggiator only plays notes...

Страница 38: ...sed on the selected effect type different editing parameters are available Distortion This effect offers an overdrive also known as saturation or distortion It affects the sum of all voices routed int...

Страница 39: ...e Feedback Controls the level of the signal that is fed back into the chorus With a small setting of Delay and Depth and a high positive or negative setting of Feedback you can create a typical flange...

Страница 40: ...on Modulation Spread Controls the deviation between the left and right stereo side Compressor The Compressor reduces signals which exceed a certain Threshold level in volume by an adjustable Ratio The...

Страница 41: ...4 HP 6 12 24 BP12 24 BS 12 24 Comb Redux Ladder LP6 24 Sallen Key LP Cutoff Controls the cutoff on low pass or high pass types or center on band pass or band stop types frequency of the filter Resonan...

Страница 42: ...n the feedback stage High Damp Removes high frequencies in the feedback stage of the delay meaning that each repetition has less and less high frequencies Pan Determines the stereo panning of the dela...

Страница 43: ...wer values let the reverb decay slightly while higher values result in an inverse reverb which gets louder over its time Density Controls the initial density of the reverb Lower values result in audib...

Страница 44: ...source in the Source 2 pop up menu that influences Source 1 e g Mod Wheel This is not necessary for a regular modulation Now select a destination e g Pan Mix Op 8 Finally set amount to a desired valu...

Страница 45: ...on the current Layer The saved Layer contains the file extension fmsound Pitch Bend Here you can determine the bend range for the Pitch bend The range goes from 60 to 60 semitones Unison Detune Contro...

Страница 46: ...oming sostenuto controller data MIDI CC 66 Similar to sustain it holds only notes that were played when the pedal was pressed Use it to hold chords and play melodies over the held chord MPE Click on t...

Страница 47: ...uts off the closed hi hat sound in a different part and vice versa Other typical percussion instruments might include an open and closed triangle a slowly and quickly stroked guiro a brushed and strok...

Страница 48: ...anner as by changing the pitch in semitones Legato If activated a continuous glide is performed only when notes are played legato Staccato played notes start on the exact pitch of their note 5 13 The...

Страница 49: ...rameter with the added functionality of being able to control its modulation depth The formula for this is like this destination source x depth However just assigning one modulation source to a destin...

Страница 50: ...is now ready for destination selection and amount setting 3 Move the Filter 1 cutoff knob to set up the modulation amount As an orientation the original position of the cutoff knob is also shown The...

Страница 51: ...s contain a unique functionality Both Flow LFO provides up to 8 slots with independent parameter settings This means that you can set up a complex LFO arrangement based on 8 completely different LFOs...

Страница 52: ...speed in Hz when Clock is off Changes are continuous and Rate can be modulated If Clock is activated Rate can be set in musical values e g 1 16 Start Phase Controls the phase in degree with which the...

Страница 53: ...eters as well for example Filter Cutoff to make higher notes sound brighter or envelope Decay or Release to shorten the sound slightly on higher notes Another interesting modulation assignment is Redu...

Страница 54: ...option of F em Controllers sources The Pitch Bend wheel or some similar control found on most MIDI keyboards Most of the time it has a spring attached to it to reset the wheel to its center position a...

Страница 55: ...u can control every desired parameter to change your sound from subtile to massive Random sources RND 1 2 3 4 Upon playing a note F em generates 4 random values for this voice that you can use to crea...

Страница 56: ...e modulation assignment Moreover you can use it as source for yet another modifying process Click on the Modifier 1 2 or 3 buttons to call up the corresponding modifier section Up to 30 different modi...

Страница 57: ...thmetic modifier the multiplication Other basic arithmetics like addition subtraction and division are ommited This is because adding or subtracting a second modulation to a parameter means to just as...

Страница 58: ...Approximation returning typical volume levels with roughly 3 5 dB change per 0 1 Very low values deviate to 0 Examples LinLog Approximation of the inverse LinExp function Quadratic Returns the quadra...

Страница 59: ...owing operation y y1 1 b a b y1 y Lag Returns a linear ramp reaching value a with a rate of b The ramp goes up or downwards depending on the value of a If y reaches the value of a it stays there Perfo...

Страница 60: ...s Sample Hold Delay Performs the following operation b b b n x 0 a y x b b is multiplied by itself to allow finer adjustments in the lower value range n is the maximum buffer size of 1 second Delay Cl...

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