D16 LuSH-101 Bedienungsanleitung

User ManualMultitimbral Polyphonic Synthesizer

92Layer • Layer settingsWe can distinguish: • Audio output It is the number of the plug-in output (1-11), to which the signal from the Layer will be

99Contents6 FX algorithms ... 65 Reverb ...

102Layer • Layer settingsLayer's transposition in the range of -24 to +24 halftones. • Zone Apart from the MIDI channel, we can also set a keyb

11Layer • Layer settings2 • Voices – It is the total number of voices of Polyphony for Layer (up to 32 voices). If the number of voices is equal

12Layer • Layer settings2We need to remember that Unison mode “steals” Polyphony, e.g. when we set Unison to 2, we will not be able to set the polypho

13Timbre preset management section: Presets in LuSH-101 can be created and stored on a few levels of hierarchy (for particular groups of parameters on

14Layer • Synthesis2SynthesisLuSH-101 is a subtractive synthesizer and the control of the signal ow used here does not differ substantially from most

15Oscillators can be mixed together in proportions set by sliders placed in the Source mixer section:Starting from the left side, sliders in this sect

16Layer • Synthesis2 • Volume of Square oscillator with adjustable pulse width. • Volume of Sawtooth oscillator. • Volume of Suboscillator.

17HardSyncUsually HardSync requires two oscillators. One of them restarts the period of the second one. Master – which has constant frequency based on

18Layer • Synthesis2SupersawTwo last sliders in the Source Mixer section and the LED above them are responsible for controlling the SuperSaw mode for

1OverviewOverviewLuSH-101 is a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer. Its structure is based on “layers” (LuSH-101 has 8 of them). In fact, each Layer is

19Layer • Synthesis2Pulse Width Modulation – PWMThe three parameters in Pulse section are responsible for controlling the pulse width of the rst osci

20Layer • Synthesis2These are classic ADRS generators with four parameters: • A – Attack time. • D – Decay time. • S – Sustain level. • R –

21Layer • Synthesis2 Depending on a chosen Polarity, the envelopes are straight or inverted. • Trigger – This parameter decides when the Envelop

22Layer • Synthesis2Low Frequency Oscillators - LFOIn the Layer there are two multipurpose low frequency oscillators, which parameters are located in

23Layer • Synthesis2Further parameters controlling the LFO work mode: • Reset –decides under what conditions theLFO is reset (it is set on the begi

24Layer • Synthesis2 • Arpe - This works only when the Arpeggiator is active. The LFO is reset when the Arpeggiator starts generating a sequence,

25Layer • Synthesis2In VCF section we have access to parameters that control multi-mode resonant lter:From the left respectively: • Type – We have

26Layer • Synthesis2 • Kybd – Keyboard tracking; applying VCO frequency on cutoff frequency of the lter. The Kybd parameter controls the amount of

27Layer • Synthesis2Oscillator's frequency control In the Pitch / Sync section on GUI we have a set of parameters which control the inuence of t

28Layer • Synthesis2Next three parameters control sound pitch andits inuence on the lter's frequency: • Range – Pitch transposition by whole

21OverviewThe GUI of plug-in looks as follows:At the top of GUI there is a bar called Control section:Below the bar we can see a part of GUI, which is

29Layer • Synthesis2Amplier - VCAIn this section (VCA) we have only one switch, which allows to select the generator of amplitude. • Source – The s

30Layer • Synthesis2 • Gate – Sound amplitude is controlled by the Gate signal, i.e. incoming MIDI Note On message generates positive slope (soun

31 • Wheel – Allows controlling, through the modulation wheel, the depth of effect of LFO1 on the oscillator frequency or/and lter cutoff frequenc

32Layer • Synthesis2The way the VCF parameters in Bender and Wheel sections affect the lter cutoff frequency:Master sectionThere are three available

33Layer • Insert effects2Insert effectsA single insert effect can be used per Layer:We are able to select one of the available FX algorithms: • Chor

34Layer • Insert effects2Chorus • Speed – LFO speed. We have three xed values: • Slow • Fast • Mid • Mode – Chorus mode. • Thin

35Layer • Insert effects2 • Depth – Depth of anger effect. • Rate – LFO frequency. • Feedback – Flanger feedback. • Invert – Inverting an

36Phaser • Speed – LFO frequency. • LFO swtich – The way of controlling the phaser. By default, the Phase is controlled by a single LFO (Sng. po

37Layer • Insert effects2Above the fader we see a Vowels' list, which can be modied by the user. The list is composed of ve elements. Each of t

38Layer • Insert effects2Decimator • Preamp - Input signal amplication before it is degraded, the parameter's range is in [0 ..48 dB]. • A

3In the Control section we can distinguish the following groups of controls: • Options button, which enables access to an Options panel. The entire

39Layer • Arpeggiator2ArpeggiatorLuSH-101 has a very advanced Arpeggiator section. Just like the other modules in the Layer, this one also works in an

40 • Random – Random order sequencing. • Manual – Sequencing accordingly with the order of pressed keys on the MIDI keyboard. • Range – Ar

41 • Trigger – When keys are pressed on the keyboard, the notes corresponding to them are added to a sequence. When we press and hold, for exampl

42Layer • Arpeggiator2There is also a Padlock icon in the upper left corner of the Arpeggiator section:It is used for locking all parameters within th

43To get a regularly sounding Arpeggiator we have to set all the LEDs in the Gate row, and disable all the LEDs in Tie row. For C-min chord pressed on

44Layer • Arpeggiator2If we instead slightly modify the Tie row, we will receive this sequence:Arpeggiator - example 2

45Layer • Arpeggiator2Obviously, the maximal length is 16 steps, but you may decrease it: 1. Press the Length button in the Arpeggio / Gater section

46Layer • Arpeggiator • Modulation Matrix2At the bottom of the Arpeggio / Gate section there is a preset management system for the Arpeggiator. You ca

47After doing so, you will see the Modulation Matrix view in the front panel of LuSH-101:As you can see the Control section in the top part of GUI is

48Layer • Modulation Matrix2 • Destination - Destination parameter, which is supposed to be modied: • Amount - A slider which controls the inue

41Overview • Three rows of buttons to select a Layer for editing (rst row - Select), turning the Layer on/off (second row - Enable) and / or mutin

49Layer • Modulation Matrix2 • Expression - Midi CC #11 (range [0..1]), • Pitch Bend - Midi Pitch Bender (range [-1 .. 1]), • Velocity - Midi

50Layer • Modulation Matrix2 - Moving up a selected row, - Moving down a selected row A row can be selected by a mouse-click on any of its controls,

51This is an exemplary setting of Arpeggiator Tie and Gate rows and corresponding to them sequences of Arpe Gate and Arpe Tie Sources in the Modulatio

52Layer • Timbre Preset Settings2Timbre Preset SettingsTimbre Preset Settings panel contains conguration settings specic for a single Layer / Timbre

53Layer • Timbre Preset Settings2Pitch tracking tab There is a graph situated in the Pitch tracking tab, which allows to assign a certain value in the

54Layer • Timbre Preset Settings2Miscellaneous tabIn this tab, the following options are available: • Velocity dynamics curve - Allows to select b

552 • Sustain pedal mode - Sustain pedal apart from its basic task of sustaining the played notes, can be also used as a Source in the Modulation M

56Mixer3MixerIn LuSH-101 we have 8 independent Layers, each of them is actually an independent synthesizer with its own set of parameters, completely

57Mixer3Three succeeding channel strips are the FX channels with three FX algorithms permanently assigned to them (one per each):Mixer - layers'

58Mixer3 • FX1 – Reverb is assigned to FX1 channel, • FX2 – Delay is assigned to FX2 channel, • FX3 – Chorus is assigned to FX3 channel, Each

52LayerLayerWe access Layer parameters by clicking the Synthesis button in the Control section:They are displayed in the main part of GUI:We can selec

59Mixer • Layer channel strip3Layer channel stripBefore the signal outgoing from a Layer is mixed with signals from other Layers, it passes through a

60Mixer • Layer channel strip3 • Timbre – This text box displays the name of the loaded timbre and allows to change the Timbre's name by click

61 • 1:10 • Thres. - Compressor threshold. Below there is a simple parametric equalizer, the EQ section: • Hi – Hi-shelf gain from -24db to +2

62 • FX1 – Is a send value for FX1 Channel. • FX2 – Is a send value for FX2 Channel. • FX3 – Is a send value for FX3 Channel. The Pre fad. (Pr

63Mixer • FX Channel strip3FX Channel stripThe part of the signal, controlled by FX knobs (in Send sections of Layer channel strips), from each Layer

64 • Audio out – It is the plug-in output number towhich the output signal from the FX Channel will be routed to (1-11). • Pan – Panorama. •

65 • Hi – Hi-shelf gain from -24db to +24db for frequencies >= 8khz. • Mid frq. - Center frequency of the peak for middle frequencies from 100

66Mixer • FX algorithms3Here we can distinguish the following groups of parameters: • Early reections: • Size – Size of the room for early re

67Mixer • FX algorithms3 • The text box containing the name of currently loaded Reverb preset. • Prev / Next – These two buttons are used for lin

68For left and right channels (L, R) there are two LED displays per each (arranged vertically and separated by a straight line). The numbers on the to

62LayerIn a single Layer we can distinguish the following groups of controls: • Layer settings: • Timbre preset browser: • Voices (polyphony ma

69Mixer • FX algorithms3 • Join – This LED works only when Sync. is on. If Join is turned on, it means the delay lines for the right and left c

70Mixer • FX algorithms3The preset section allows for managing the presets for the Delay effect: • The text box containing the name of the currentl

71Mixer • Global preset settings3Global preset settingsThis panel contains settings specic for the Global Preset that are not necessarily at hand whe

72Arpeggio Sync ModeIf we use the Arpeggiator on more than one Layer, Arpeggio Sync Mode denes a way of communication / synchronization of the Arpegg

73Preset Management • Preset structure 4Preset ManagementPresets structureThe presets structure in LuSH-101 is hierarchically organized, there are v

74 • Arpeggiator preset – Arpeggio / Gater section settings. • Reverb preset – Reverb settings in Mixer tab, FX 1 – Reverb section. • Delay pr

75Preset Management • Preset storage 4Preset storageAll kinds of presets are stored on a disk in a particular location, which makes the process of ma

76By default, presets are kept on the hard drive: • for MacOS – the folder “~/Library/Application Support/D16 Group/LuSH-101/Arpe” • for Windows

77 • Arpe Padlock - This kind of Padlock covers all Arpeggiator parameters in a single Layer and locks them during loading Timbre Presets or Global

78The hierarchy of the le structure on the disk is represented by columns (each column is a single level in the directory tree), in which the leftmos

72Layer • Layer master: • Set of sound parameters: Layer masterLayer's sound parameters

79It contains information like: Preset name, Author and Rating. We can change the Rating according to our recognition by giving it 1 to 5 stars (by mo

80Preset Management • Preset Browser 4 • By selecting a range of items; click the rst one (to mark the beginning) and then click the last one w

81Preset Management • Preset Browser 4Arpeggiator Preset BrowserThe previous chapter focused on describing general features of the Preset Browser, na

82Preset Management • Preset Browser 4We do not have to leave the Timbre Preset Browser to toggle it.Global Preset BrowserThe Global Preset Browser o

83Conguration 5CongurationThe Conguration panel in LuSH-101 allows us to change the general settings of the plug-in. Use the Options button on GUI

84Conguration • Synthesis tab5Synthesis tabThis tab is used to control the processing settings and the quality of the sound generated by the synthesi

85Default QualityEvery time a LuSH-101 is loaded in the host application (new instance is created) the Default Quality value is used for a Current Qua

86Conguration • Synthesis tab5Current processing settingsAccording to the specication, a plug-in generates or processes the sound in a one-track man

87Conguration • In / Out tab5In / Out tabAllows to modify the default MIDI input channels and / or Audio outputs routing. From this location it is po

88Conguration • In / Out tab5or default Audio output for any of the three available effect channels:Values set in the In / Out tab are stored within

82Layer • Layer settings • Arpeggio / Gater – set of parameters controlling Layer ArpeggiatorLayer settingsParameters from Layer settings, Voices se

89Conguration • In / Out tab • Presets tab5Default audio outputsThis section allows to congure the set of default Audio outputs (from 8 Layers + 3 f

90Conguration • Parameters tab 5Parameters tabDue to the fact that the number of sound parameters in LuSH-101 synthesizer is counted in thousands, an

91Conguration • Parameters tab 5For example, when we assign the general usage parameter No.1 to the internal synthesis parameter Layer 1 -> Filter

92Then we can automate the chosen parameter from the host application level. Assignment List ManagementOn the right side of parameter assignment list

93Conguration • Midi Control tab5Midi Control tabLuSH-101 can assign its controls (on GUI) to any MIDI CC (Midi Control Change) event, allowing the c

94Midi learnAssigning a LuSH-101' control to the MIDI controller requires: 1. Checking the Midi Learn mode checkbox in the Midi Control tab:

95Conguration • Midi Control tab5 During the above-mentioned actions, the status bar informs about the currently changing values of controls and

96Conguration • Midi Control tab5Unlinking and MIDI link managementOn the right side of the link list there are four function buttons located: - Rem

97Conguration • GUI tab5GUI tabThe GUI tab includes the user interface settings options. Current skinBy using the controls from the Current Skin sect

98Contents6Contents1 Overview .................... 12 Layer .......