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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Welcome to KINETIC TOYS .........................................................................................7 1.1 About the Library ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Document Conventions ............................................................................................................... 7 2 Using KINETIC TOYS ..................................................................................................9 2.1 The KINETIC TOYS User Interface ................................................................................................ 9 2.2 The Ballerina and the Sound Source Mix ..................................................................................... 10 2.2.1 Editing a Sound Source Mix ....................................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Activating and Deactivating Sound Sources .............................................................. 14 2.3 The Robot and the FX Mix ........................................................................................................... 15 2.3.1 Changing FX Settings ................................................................................................ 15 2.3.2 Bypassing Effects ...................................................................................................... 17 2.3.3 Editing an FX Mix ....................................................................................................... 17 2.4 Automating the Robot and the Ballerina .................................................................................... 19 2.4.1 Step Motion ............................................................................................................... 19 2.4.2 2D Motion .................................................................................................................. 21 2.4.3 Record Motion ............................................................................................................ 22 2.4.4 Linking the Robot and Ballerina ................................................................................ 23 2.5 The Global Mixer ......................................................................................................................... 24 2.6 Modulation ................................................................................................................................. 25 2.6.1 Displaying Modulation Controls ................................................................................. 25 2.6.2 The Envelopes ............................................................................................................ 26 2.6.3 The LFOs .................................................................................................................... 27 2.6.4 Assigning Modulation ................................................................................................ 28 3 Instrument Descriptions – The Sound Sources .............................................................30 3.1 Automaton .................................................................................................................................. 30 KINETIC TOYS - Manual - 4 Table of Contents 3.2 Basement Cowboys ..................................................................................................................... 31 3.3 Bells ........................................................................................................................................... 31 3.4 Bouncing Balls ........................................................................................................................... 32 3.5 Bugs ........................................................................................................................................... 33 3.6 Candy ......................................................................................................................................... 34 3.7 Carnival ...................................................................................................................................... 35 3.8 Chemistry Set ............................................................................................................................. 35 3.9 Constructor Set ........................................................................................................................... 37 3.10 Cuckoo Clock .............................................................................................................................. 38 3.11 Dragon Fairytales ....................................................................................................................... 38 3.12 Elastic Band ............................................................................................................................... 39 3.13 Electric Train Set ........................................................................................................................ 40 3.14 Fireworks .................................................................................................................................... 41 3.15 Glow Brite ................................................................................................................................... 42 3.16 Jack in the Box ............................................................................................................................ 42 3.17 Laser Weapons ........................................................................................................................... 43 3.18 Magnets ..................................................................................................................................... 44 3.19 Marble Maze ............................................................................................................................... 45 3.20 Melodica ..................................................................................................................................... 46 3.21 Pin Ball Machine ........................................................................................................................ 47 3.22 Record Player Music Box ............................................................................................................. 48 3.23 Retro Bot .................................................................................................................................... 49 3.24 Ribbed Drumbone ....................................................................................................................... 50 3.25 Shortwave Synth Toys ................................................................................................................. 50 3.26 Steam Engine Wagon .................................................................................................................. 51 3.27 Toy Percussion ............................................................................................................................ 52 KINETIC TOYS - Manual - 5 Table of Contents 3.28 Toy Piano .................................................................................................................................... 53 3.29 Train Whistles ............................................................................................................................. 54 3.30 Ukulele ....................................................................................................................................... 55 3.31 Video Arcade ............................................................................................................................... 56 3.32 Whistles ...................................................................................................................................... 57 3.33 Whizzers ..................................................................................................................................... 58 3.34 Wood Blocks ..............................................................................................................................