Sound Parameters
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Iridium Manual
Control Mode Tab
Here you find parameters for tuning and some basic set-
tings. The functions are the same as for the Wavetable
oscillator. Please refer to the corresponding chapter.
Timbre Mode Tab
Here you find specific parameters for the Kernel mode as
well as the option to load templates into this synthesis
engine.
Templates
Tap on the
Templates
button to open a pop-up window
for loading Kernel templates with predefined settings.
There are two levels of working with the Kernel mode: The
Template mode as described below and the real deep
editing mode.
The idea of the template mode was to provide a mezzanine
level in which you can focus on your sound design and
music by just using a few macro parameters. In fact these
are the 5 main pots each oscillator has on the panel. Since
each template uses them differently, their names and set-
tings are put on the main screen.
You can use the pre-installed templates, but you can also
build your own ones. Technically templates are nothing
else than read-only presets. So, you could create a new
template by doing some deep edits on the Kernel level and
then going back to the template screen and save it as an
Oscillator preset. Then you can use this preset in another
oscillator or in another sound design session as your own
starting point. You can also save a preset without deep
editing just to save the 5 pot settings for a particular temp-
late for later re-use.
This template system is the reason why we call the kernel
mode an “Oscillator Construction Kit.” Some might use the
template level only and will never feel the need to go dee-
per, and that’s perfectly fine. We believe that traditional
FM editing always had the difficulty that it was too com-
plex in a normal sound and creative situation to do it. On
the other hand this fact reduced FM-based synthesis into
groups of two peoples: Most are just browsing fixed pre-
sets, some few others will do deep sound programming
work. We wanted to create a creative middle ground, to
provide an inspiring sound design without becoming a FM-
wizzard.
But some fearless might want to press “Edit”:
Edit
Tap on the
Edit
button to open the deeper editing level of
the Kernel mode.
