Arturia Minibrute User Manual
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USER'S MANUAL Arturia MiniBrute User's Manual 1 6 Legal notes PRODUCT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Frédéric BRUN Romain DEJOIE ELECTRONICS Yves USSON Bruno PILLET François BEST Laurent BARET Robert BOCQUIER Antoine BACK DESIGN Axel HARTMANN (Design Box) Daniel VESTER Morgan PERRIER INDUSTRIALIZATION Nicolas DUBOIS Suzy ZHU (Huaxin) MANUAL Yves USSON Craig ANDERTON Antoine BACK Yasu TANAKA Noritaka UBUKATA SPECIAL THANKS TO: Arnaud REBOTINI, Étienne JAUMET, Jean-Benoît DUNCKEL, Simon TARRICONE, Glen DARCEY, Frank ORLICH, Jean-Michel BLANCHET, Frédéric MESLIN, Mathieu BRUN, Gérard BURACCHINI. 1st edition: February 2012 Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on behalf of ARTURIA. The hardware unit and the software product described in this manual are provided under the terms of a license agreement or non-disclosure agreement. The license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use. No part of this manual may be produced or transmitted in any form or by any purpose other than purchaser’s personal use, without the explicit written permission of ARTURIA S.A. All other products, logos or company names quoted in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. © ARTURIA S.A. 1999-2012, all rights reserved. ARTURIA S.A. 4, chemin de Malacher 38240 Meylan FRANCE http://www.arturia.com Arturia MiniBrute User's Manual 2 6 Legal notes TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction ............................................................................. 5 2 Installation ............................................................................... 9 2.1 Usage Precautions ................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Register your Instrument ...................................................................................... 11 2.3 Connecting the MiniBrute to the World ............................................................ 11 2.4 Warm-Up and General Tuning ........................................................................... 12 3 Quickstart .............................................................................. 14 3.1 Create your first sound: the “basic patch” ...................................................... 14 3.2 Add some vibrato ................................................................................................ 15 3.3 Tweak the envelope ............................................................................................ 16 3.4 Meet the LFO ......................................................................................................... 17 3.5 Create arpeggiated sequences ....................................................................... 18 4 General description ............................................................. 20 4.1 Analog synthesizer architecture ........................................................................ 20 4.1.1 Signal generators..................................................................................................................... 20 4.1.1.1 Pitched signal generator (oscillators) ................................................................................. 20 4.1.1.2 Unpitched signal generator ................................................................................................. 21 4.1.2 Signal enhancers ..................................................................................................................... 22 4.1.3 Filter ........................................................................................................................................... 23 4.1.3.1 What is a filter? ........................................................................................................................ 23 4.1.3.2 Filter types: Low-pass, Band-pass, High-pass and Notch ................................................ 23 4.1.3.3 Resonance or emphasis ........................................................................................................ 25 4.1.4 Amplifier .................................................................................................................................... 25 4.1.5 Modulators ............................................................................................................................... 26 4.1.6 Player interface ....................................................................................................................... 27 4.1.7 Inputs and outputs .................................................................................................................. 28 4.1.8 MiniBrute diagram ................................................................................................................... 29 4.2 Front Panel ............................................................................................................. 30 4.2.1 The oscillator and its signal mixer .......................................................................................... 30 4.2.1.1 The waveforms ........................................................................................................................ 30 Saw and Ultrasaw ................................................................................................................................ 30 Square and Modulated Pulse ............................................................................................................ 30 Triangle and Metalizer ......................................................................................................................... 31 The sub-oscillator (Sub Osc) ............................................................................................................... 31 Noise ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 Audio In ................................................................................................................................................. 31 4.2.2 The filter..................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2.2.1 Mode ......................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2.2.2 Cutoff ........................................................................................................................................ 32 4.2.2.3 Resonance ............................................................................................................................... 32 4.2.2.4 ENV Amt (envelope amount) .............................................................................................. 33 4.2.2.5 KBD Tracking ............................................................................................................................ 33 4.2.2.6 Envelope speed ...................................................................................................................... 33 4.2.2.7 Filter Envelope ......................................................................................................................... 33 4.2.3 The amplifier ............................................................................................................................. 34 4.2.3.1 Amplifier Envelope ................................................................................................................. 34 4.2.4 Controls ..................................................................................................................................... 34 4.2.4.1 MOD Wheel ............................................................................................................................. 34 4.2.4.2 Aftertouch ................................................................................................................................ 35 4.2.4.3 Bend Range ............................................................................................................................. 35 Arturia MiniBrute User's Manual 3 6 Legal notes 4.2.4.4 Glide .......................................................................................................................................... 35 4.2.5 Vibrato ...................................................................................................................................... 35 4.2.6 LFO ............................................................................................................................................ 36 4.2.6.1 Wave ......................................................................................................................................... 36 4.2.6.2 Rate ........................................................................................................................................... 36 4.2.6.3 Clock ......................................................................................................................................... 36 4.2.6.4 Modulation routing ................................................................................................................. 36 PWM & Metalizer .................................................................................................................................. 36 Pitch.......................................................................................................................................................