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Owner's Manual for FULL BUCKET models including: WhispAir, WhispAir Performance Synthesizer, Performance Synthesizer
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WhispAir Manual Page 4 Digital Oscillators WhispAir features three wavetable oscillators – each oscillator holds one of 40 wavetables (37 built-in and 3 user tables). Oscillator 1 offers additional Amplitude Modulation by oscillator 2 and/or oscillator 3, while the other two oscillators allow for
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DocumentDocumentWhispAir Performance Synthesizer Version 1.1 © 2021-2022 by Björn Arlt www.fullbucket.de/music Presets and testing by kraftraum soundcloud.com/kraftraum VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation The Audio Units logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Table of Contents Introduction....................................................3 Acknowledgments............................................3 Digital Oscillators.............................................4 Pitch Section...................................................4 Common Oscillator Parameters..........................4 Specific Parameters To Oscillator 1.....................4 Specific Parameters To Oscillator 2 And 3............5 Wavetables.....................................................5 Oscillator Mixer...............................................6 Filter..............................................................6 Amplifier And Chorus........................................6 Modulation Sources..........................................7 Key Assign Modes............................................7 Control Section................................................8 MIDI Learn And The Config File "whispair.ini".......8 Micro Tuning...................................................8 Options Menu..................................................9 Built-In Wavetables........................................10 Parameters...................................................11 Common.......................................................11 Digital Oscillator 1.........................................11 Digital Oscillator 2.........................................12 Digital Oscillator 3.........................................12 Oscillator Mixer..............................................13 Filter............................................................13 Amplifier.......................................................14 Chorus.........................................................14 Filter EG.......................................................14 Amplifier EG..................................................14 Linear EG 1...................................................15 Linear EG 2...................................................15 MG 1............................................................15 MG 2............................................................16 Vibrato MG....................................................16 Frequently Asked Questions.............................17 Page 2 WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 3 Introduction WhispAir is a software synthesizer plug-in for Microsoft Windows (VST2/VST3) and Apple macOS (VST2/VST3/AU). It is written in native C++ code for high performance and low CPU consumption. The main features are: All parameters on one single page Three flexible wavetable oscillators Classic Full Bucket stereo filter Three modulation and four envelope generators Unison mode and Chorus TUN/SCL/KBL micro-tuning file import MTS-ESP (https://oddsound.com/) dynamic micro-tuning support All parameters can be controlled by MIDI controllers Plug-in supports Windows and macOS (32 bit and 64 bit) WhispAir is based on the new iPlug2 framework maintained by Oli Larkin and the iPlug2 team. Big thanks, guys!!! Without your work it would not have been possible to create a resizable WhispAir user interface. To resize the plug-in you just grab the yellow triangle at the bottom right of the WhispAir window and drag it. You can save the current window size using the menu entry "Save Window Size" in the Options Menu. If you have trouble with the standard version of WhispAir, please grab the (soundwise identical) "N" version of the plug-in which is based on the original iPlug framework. Acknowledgments kraftraum (https://soundcloud.com/kraftraum) has designed the version 1.0 default patches 37 to 62 and was Beta testing thank you so much, my dear friend!!! Oli Larkin and the iPlug/iPlug2 team. Laurent Bergman for translating the Full Bucket manuals to French. WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 4 Digital Oscillators WhispAir features three wavetable oscillators each oscillator holds one of 40 wavetables (37 built-in and 3 user tables). Oscillator 1 offers additional Amplitude Modulation by oscillator 2 and/or oscillator 3, while the other two oscillators allow for Hard Sync and Linear Frequency modulation. Pitch Section The three parameters MASTER TUNE (± 100 cents), PORTAMENTO (Portamento time) and PITCH BEND (± 12 notes) of the Pitch section affect all oscillators. Also note the micro tuning options see section Micro Tuning. Common Oscillator Parameters The following parameters are common for all three oscillators: · ON/OFF switch · Wavetable selection and modulation (see section Wavetables) · OCTAVE (16', 8', 4', and 2'), PITCH (± 12 notes), and TUNE (± 100 cents) · FREQUENCY modulation (± 48 notes) and AMPLITUDE modulation · START PHASE (start of the current waveform; 0° to 360°) Note that one can select whether the oscillator should run continuously or restart on the next note event. Specific Parameters To Oscillator 1 Oscillator 1 allows for Amplitude Modulation (AM) by the two other oscillators; the amount of AM can be set individually. Furthermore it is possible to modulate the overall AM amount by any of the available modulation sources (see section Modulation Sources). WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 5 Specific Parameters To Oscillator 2 And 3 Oscillators 2 and 3 can be hard-synced by oscillator 1 or mutually by each other. The same is true for Linear Frequency Modulation (FM). The amount of Linear FM can be modulated by any of the available modulation sources (see section Modulation Sources). Wavetables The wavetables can be selected by clicking on the respective wavetable screen and are grouped in four categories: · Standard Waveforms Classical waveforms like Sawtooth or Square that are well-known from analog synthesizers. · Additive Synthesis Waveforms that are derived via additive synthesis. · Resynthesis Waveforms that are re-synthesized from various samples. · User-Defined Wavetables that can be imported from Xfer Serum or Waldorf blofeld wavetable files or even from standard WAVs. You can also step through the different wavetables by clicking the UP/DOWN buttons. For a complete list of wavetables see section Built-In Wavetables. Imported WAV files will be treated as a single wavetable consisting of subsequent waves with 2048 samples each. The maximum number of imported waves (i.e. the length of the wavetable) is 64. The SHAPE parameter controls which wave of the selected wavetable will be played. As known from the famous PPG Wave synthesizers (and others), this parameter can also be changed/modulated by one of the modulation sources. Therefore, two modes are available: · INTPL. (Interpolated) The waves are "morphed" into each other. This will result in a smooth transition between adjacent waves of the wavetable. · RAW The wave are "stepped through" i.e. there is no smoothing between adjacent waves. This will result in rather harsh transitions. WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 6 Oscillator Mixer The signals of the three oscillators as well as an additional white noise signal are sent to the Oscillator Mixer. Each signal has its own LEVEL and (stereo) PANORAMA control. The output of the mixer is finally sent to the filter. Filter The potentially self-resonating stereo filter can work in three modes: LP24 (lowpass with 24dB/Octave characteristics), LP12 (lowpass with 12dB/Octave characteristics), and HP24 (highpass with 24dB/Octave characteristics). Besides the standard cutoff, resonance, keyboard tracking and modulation controls it features an individual ADSR envelope generator (EG) with exponential slopes. The EG can be triggered for each key pressed (multiple) or only for the first key when played legato (single). Amplifier And Chorus The stereo filter signal is sent to the amplifier section which has its own envelope generator (identical to the EG of the Filter section). The overall amplitude can be modulated by Velocity and additionally by any modulation source. WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 7 Finally the signal is processed by a wide-range stereo Chorus unit (which also can be deactivated). The Chorus has controls for effect mix, manual delay time, modulation depth and speed, and positive or negative feedback. Modulation Sources Apart from the filter and amplifier envelope generators, WhispAir adds two general purpose EGs with linear slope characteristics, two modulation generators (MGs) and a third Vibrato MG. All three MGs can be synchronized to the host tempo. MG1 and MG2 have different waveforms while the Vibrato MG always produces a sine wave. All the EGs and MGs feature an amount control that allows for modulation of the generator signal level by any of the available modulation sources. This way for example a vibrato can be controlled by the modulation wheel or velocity, or the modulation amount of an MG can itself be modulated by an envelope generator. Other modulation sources are Modulation Wheel, Pitch Bend, Velocity, Poly and Channel Aftertouch, and Note value. Most of these sources are available in a bipolar and unipolar (positive) version. Key Assign Modes In POLY mode, WhispAir can be played polyphonically or monophonically the number voices can be chosen from 1 to 64. In UNISON mode, these voices will be "stacked" i.e. played monophonically all for the same note value while it is possible to set the overall detune and stereo spread amount. Thus it is possible to play all 64 voices for one key at the same time note that this may have a severe impact on your CPU performance though. X-MODE is a special performance mode where the enabled oscillators are played in sequence per key (in contrast to all at the same time). For example if oscillators 1 and 2 plus X-MODE are enabled, the first note pressed will cause only oscillator 1 to play while the next note plays oscillator 2 etc. This way you can produce very different sounds per note. Finally, you can set whether the polyphonic Portamento should only be activated during legato play. WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 8 Control Section The Control section has controls for selecting and handling programs as well as MIDI (un)learn and micro tuning. Note that the COPY, PASTE and INIT buttons are shortcuts to the respective function of the Options Menu. MIDI Learn And The Config File "whispair.ini" Every parameter of WhispAir can be controlled by one MIDI controller. If you want to change the assignment of MIDI controller (CC; MIDI Control Change) to WhispAir parameter the MIDI Learn function comes in quite handy: Just click the MIDI Learn button in the Control Section (caption turns red) and wiggle both the MIDI controller and the parameter you want to assign (you can abort MIDI Learn by clicking the button again). If you want to unlearn the assignment, right-click the MIDI Learn button (the label now reads "UNLEARN") and activate it. Now wiggle the MIDI controller or the parameter that you want to unlearn. To save the controller assignments use "Save Configuration" in the Options Menu (see below); they are stored in the whispair.ini configuration file. The exact location of this file depends on your operating system and will be displayed when you click on "Reload" or "Save Configuration". Micro Tuning WhispAir features 14 built-in microtonal scales and can import various tuning files (Scala SCL/KBM, TUN). Scales are selected by clicking on the TUNING control which also displays the name of the current scale. Furthermore, WhispAir is compatible with MTS-ESP by ODDSound, a very cool framework for dynamic micro tuning. For more (and how to get) MTS-ESP plug-ins see https://oddsound.com. WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 9 Options Menu When clicking on the MENU button, a context menu opens with the following options: Copy Program Copy current program to internal clipboard Paste Program Paste internal clipboard to current program (either the full program, only the sound, or only the sequencer data) Init Program Initialize the current program Load Program Load a program file containing a patch to WhispAir's current program Save Program Save WhispAir's current program to a program file Load Bank Load a bank containing 64 patches into WhispAir Save Bank Save WhispAir's 64 patches to a bank file Select Startup Bank Select the bank file that should always be loaded when WhispAir is started Load Startup Bank Load the Startup bank file; can also be used to check what the current Startup bank is Unselect Startup Bank Unselect the current Startup bank MIDI Thru Set globally if MIDI data sent to WhispAir should be sent through to its MIDI output (stored in configuration file) Ignore Program Change Set globally if MIDI Program Change data sent to WhispAir should be ignored (stored in configuration file) Reload Configuration Reload WhispAir's configuration file Save Configuration Save WhispAir's configuration file Window Size... Change the window size of WhispAir Save Window Size Stores the current window size to the configuration file so that it will be restored on the next loading of WhispAir Check Online for Update When connected to the Internet, this function will check if a newer version of WhispAir is available at fullbucket.de Visit fullbucket.de Open fullbucket.de in your standard browser WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Built-In Wavetables Category Standard Waveforms Additive Synthesis Resynthesis Wavetable Saw Pulse Full PWM Tri Sine Sine-Tri-Square-Saw Saw-Square Saw-Sine Saw-Tri Square-Tri Square-Sine DW-8000 Dirac Meltdown Odd Even Even to Odd Primes Octaves Frequency Up Phased Saw Drawbar Full Drawbar Mixed Acoustic Piano Pianet Slap Low Slap High Re-PWM Resonance 1 Resonance 2 MP4 Cross Modulation Formant Shift A-O-E Geesh TD 'Teh' Texture 1 Texture 2 Ladies & Gentlemen Page 10 Number of Waves 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 64 64 2 16 64 16 16 9 12 8 16 64 16 16 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 3 33 33 33 33 33 WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 11 Parameters Common parameter Volume Master Tune Number of Voices Unison Mode Unison Detune Unison Spread X-Mode Pitch Bend Portamento Portamento Legato ID description 0 Total volume 1 Master tune (± 100 cents) 2 Number of voices (1 64) 3 Unison off/on 4 Unison detune 5 Unison stereo spreading 6 X-Mode off/on 7 Amount of pitch bending (± 12 notes) 8 Portamento time 9 Portamento Legato off/on Digital Oscillator 1 parameter Osc Off/On Wave Table Wave Shape Wave Mode Wave Shape Mod Wave Shape Mod Source Restart Mode Start Phase AM by Osc 2 AM by Osc 3 AM Mod AM Mod Source Octave Pitch Tune Frequency Mod Frequency Mod Source Amplitude Mod Amplitude Mod Source ID description 10 Oscillator on/off 11 ID of the current wavetable 12 Wavetable shape 13 Wavetable shape mode (Interpolated/Raw) 14 Wavetable shape modulation amount 15 Wavetable shape modulation source 16 Restart wave off/on 17 Start phase (0 to 360°) 18 Amplitude Modulation by oscillator 2 19 Amplitude Modulation by oscillator 3 20 AM modulation amount 21 AM modulation source 22 Octave (16', 8', 4', 2') 23 Pitch (± 12 notes) 24 Tune (± 100 cents) 25 Frequency modulation amount 26 Frequency modulation source 27 Amplitude modulation amount 28 Amplitude modulation source WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 12 Digital Oscillator 2 parameter Osc Off/On Wave Table Wave Shape Wave Mode Wave Shape Mod Wave Shape Mod Source Restart Mode Start Phase Hard Sync Linear FM Linear FM Source Linear FM Mod Linear FM Mod Source Octave Pitch Tune Frequency Mod Frequency Mod Source Amplitude Mod Amplitude Mod Source ID description 29 Oscillator on/off 30 ID of the current wavetable 31 Wavetable shape 32 Wavetable shape mode (Interpolated/Raw) 33 Wavetable shape modulation amount 34 Wavetable shape modulation source 35 Restart wave off/on 36 Start phase (0 to 360°) 37 Hard Sync (by oscillator 1 or 3) 38 Linear FM amount 39 Linear FM source (oscillator 1 or 3) 40 Linear FM modulation amount 41 Linear FM modulation source 42 Octave (16', 8', 4', 2') 43 Pitch (± 12 notes) 44 Tune (± 100 cents) 45 Frequency modulation amount 46 Frequency modulation source 47 Amplitude modulation amount 48 Amplitude modulation source Digital Oscillator 3 parameter Osc Off/On Wave Table Wave Shape Wave Mode Wave Shape Mod Wave Shape Mod Source Restart Mode Start Phase Hard Sync Linear FM Linear FM Source ID description 49 Oscillator on/off 50 ID of the current wavetable 51 Wavetable shape 52 Wavetable shape mode (Interpolated/Raw) 53 Wavetable shape modulation amount 54 Wavetable shape modulation source 55 Restart wave off/on 56 Start phase (0 to 360°) 57 Hard Sync (by oscillator 1 or 2) 58 Linear FM amount 59 Linear FM source (oscillator 1 or 2) WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 parameter Linear FM Mod Linear FM Mod Source Octave Pitch Tune Frequency Mod Frequency Mod Source Amplitude Mod Amplitude Mod Source ID description 60 Linear FM modulation amount 61 Linear FM modulation source 62 Octave (16', 8', 4', 2') 63 Pitch (± 12 notes) 64 Tune (± 100 cents) 65 Frequency modulation amount 66 Frequency modulation source 67 Amplitude modulation amount 68 Amplitude modulation source Page 13 Oscillator Mixer parameter Level Osc 1 Level Osc 2 Level Osc 3 Level Noise Pan Osc 1 Pan Osc 2 Pan Osc 3 Pan Noise ID description 69 Level of oscillator 1 70 Level of oscillator 2 71 Level of oscillator 3 72 Level of white noise 73 Panorama of oscillator 1 74 Panorama of oscillator 2 75 Panorama of oscillator 3 76 Panorama of white noise Filter parameter Type Cutoff Resonance Keyboard Track Filter EG Intensity Filter cFM Filter cFM Source ID description 77 Filter type (LP24, LP12, HP24) 78 Cutoff frequency 79 Resonance 80 Keyboard tracking 81 Intensity of the Filter EG 82 Cutoff frequency modulation amount 83 Cutoff frequency modulation source WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Amplifier parameter Velocity Amplitude Mod Amplitude Mod Source ID description 84 Velocity 85 Amplitude modulation amount 86 Amplitude modulation source Chorus parameter Chorus Chorus Delay Chorus Speed Chorus Depth Chorus Feedback Chorus Mix ID description 87 Chorus off/on 88 Chorus delay 89 Chorus modulation speed 90 Chorus modulation depth 91 Chorus feedback (± 100%) 92 Chorus effect mix Filter EG parameter Filter EG Trigger Filter EG Mod Filter EG Mod Source Filter EG Attack Filter EG Decay Filter EG Sustain Filter EG Release ID description 93 EG Trigger (Multiple/Single) 94 EG level modulation 95 EG level modulation source 96 Attack time 97 Decay time 98 Sustain level 99 Release time Amplifier EG parameter Amp EG Trigger Amp EG Mod Amp EG Mod Source Amp EG Attack Amp EG Decay Amp EG Sustain Amp EG Release ID description 100 EG Trigger (Multiple/Single) 101 EG level modulation 102 EG level modulation source 103 Attack time 104 Decay time 105 Sustain level 106 Release time Page 14 WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Linear EG 1 parameter Lin EG 1 Trigger Lin EG 1 Mod Lin EG 1 Mod Source Lin EG 1 Attack Lin EG 1 Decay Lin EG 1 Sustain Lin EG 1 Release ID description 107 EG Trigger (Multiple/Single) 108 EG level modulation 109 EG level modulation source 110 Attack time 111 Decay time 112 Sustain level 113 Release time Page 15 Linear EG 2 parameter Lin EG 2 Trigger Lin EG 2 Mod Lin EG 2 Mod Source Lin EG 2 Attack Lin EG 2 Decay Lin EG 2 Sustain Lin EG 2 Release ID description 114 EG Trigger (Multiple/Single) 115 EG level modulation 116 EG level modulation source 117 Attack time 118 Decay time 119 Sustain level 120 Release time MG 1 parameter MG 1 Frequency MG 1 Waveform MG 1 Sync to Host MG 1 Sync Rate MG 1 Mod MG 1 Mod Source ID description 121 Frequency 122 Waveform (Sine, Triangle, Rectangle, Saw Down, Saw Up, S/H) 123 Sync to host tempo on/off 124 Sync to host tempo rate 125 MG level modulation 126 MG level modulation source WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 16 MG 2 parameter MG 2 Frequency MG 2 Waveform MG 2 Sync to Host MG 2 Sync Rate MG 2 Mod MG 2 Mod Source ID description 127 Frequency 128 Waveform (Sine, Triangle, Rectangle, Saw Down, Saw Up, S/H) 129 Sync to host tempo on/off 130 Sync to host tempo rate 131 MG level modulation 132 MG level modulation source Vibrato MG parameter Vibrato Frequency Vibrato Sync to Host Vibrato Sync Rate Vibrato Mod Vibrato Mod Source ID description 133 Frequency 134 Sync to host tempo on/off 135 Sync to host tempo rate 136 Vibrato level modulation 137 Vibrato level modulation source WhispAir Manual Version 1.1 Page 17 Frequently Asked Questions How do I install WhispAir (Windows VST2 32 bit version)? Just copy the files whispair.dll from the ZIP archive you have downloaded to your system's or favorite DAW's VST2 plug-in folder. Your DAW should automatically register the WhispAir VST2 plug-in the next time you start it. How do I install WhispAir (Windows VST2 64 bit version)? Just copy the file whispair64.dll from the ZIP archive you have downloaded to your system's or favorite DAW's VST2 plug-in folder. Your DAW should automatically register the WhispAir VST2 plug-in the next time you start it. Note: You may have to remove any existing (32 bit) whispair.dll from your VST2 plug-in folder or else your DAW may screw the versions up... How do I install WhispAir (Windows VST3 64 bit version)? Just copy the files whispair.vst3 from the ZIP archive you have downloaded to your system's or favorite DAW's VST3 plug-in folder. Your DAW should automatically register the WhispAir VST3 plug-in the next time you start it. How do I install WhispAir (Mac VST2/VST3/AU 64 bit)? Locate the downloaded PKG package file whispair_1_1_0_mac.pkg in Finder (!) and do a right- or control-click on it. In the context menu, click on "Open". You will be asked if you really want to install the package because it comes from an "unidentified developer" (me J). Click "OK" and follow the installation instructions. What is the "N" version of WhispAir? The "N" version is the non-resizable version of WhispAir that should run on almost any older Windows or Mac machine. So if you have problems with the standard WhispAir version, this is the one to go for. What is the plug-in ID of WhispAir? The ID is w h s p . How do I know if a new version of WhispAir is available? When connected to the Internet, open the File menu (see section Options Menu) by clicking the MENU icon and select the entry "Check Online for Updates". If a new version of WhispAir is available on fullbucket.de the respective information will be shown in a message box. How do I resize WhispAir window? Just grab the yellow triangle at the bottom right of the WhispAir window and drag it. You can save the current window size using the menu entry "Save Window Size" in the Options Menu.