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1. To switch between machines in the machine view touch then scroll up down with the rack scrollbar Alternatively you can press the Machine Button on the left side of the control panel to bring up the Machine Management screen Touching any one of the machines in this screen will quickly jump to this machine The app s main menu can be accessed by pressing the menu button in the control panel at any time If your device has a menu button Android only this will also show the menu when pressed To control playback use the Play and Stop buttons in the control panel Pressing twice on the stop button rewinds the playback cursor to the beginning of the loop if loop cursors are set in the Sequencer or back to the Start of the song if no loop cursors are set Pressing a third time will bring the playback cursor to the beginning if a loop is set The record button can be used to arm the app for recording automation or to directly record notes into the pattern or song sequencers Once armed for recording the app flashes a red outline around its display area Press stop or record again to disarm recording The control panel also shows information about the current song playback time in beats as well as status indicators for Caustic Connect and MIDI connections Once a song is saved for the first time any subsequent changes to the file will show the quicksave icon blue disk in the control panel Press this to quickly save the file in it
2. AUS User s manual App Creating Exporting Overview Automation Navigation a song your song Machine Reference SUBST H Bat walls BASSLINE BEATBOX ll de 00 m a oe La Areal BBITS NTH MODULAR KSSYMTH a T CAUS TIC App Overview Caustic is a music creation tool that uses various synthesizers samplers and effects to create songs Limitless combinations of instruments and sounds means Caustic can be used to create music of various styles even though the app s main focus is electronic music Caustic is modelled after a rack mount cabinet where devices are stacked and connected in order to produce sound Quick Glossary Here s a quick list of words you ll see throughout this manual and their meaning in the context of this app Machine A device which either produces or modifies sound Caustic s rack consists of a maximum of 14 dynamic machines plus 4 permanent machines the effects rack the mixer the master mixer and the sequencer Long press This action is done by pressing and holding the control for a second or two until the extended action is performed LFO Low Frequency Oscillator A control signal generator that modifies a parameter via oscillation in the sub sonic range 0 20Hz Navigation There are three main components to Caustic s user interface Ul The rack scrollbar the control panel and the machine view Macnine VIEW y
3. CAUS IL BeatBox Kit Settings This screen is used to create mute groups and to allow editing of each of the beatbox s samples KIT SETTINGS MUTE GROUPS CHANNEL 1 E BD BRUSH 2 Aj sn BRUSHE HHP PEDAL TOM BRUSH MEDIO 2 Tom BRUSH BASSO 3 E SWEEPSNARE m E S Edit samples To edit a sample touch the waveform icon next to it s name This will launch the sample editor Mute groups Mute groups are used to cut out one channel when another channels starts playing This is classically used on HiHats where it is impossible for an open hat to sound at the same time as a closed hat There are 4 independent mute groups which can contain any number of channels Every time a channel starts playing it will mute out all channels which share the same mute group AWS VU MIDI Import electric piano 851 not mapped lead guitar 859 no mapped 837 not mapped rock organ 1836 not mapped drawbar organ 380 not mapped bass guitar 1292 not mapped BassDrum C1 9289 not mapped __IMPORT MIDI mid files can be imported into Caustic s song sequencer After selecting a MIDI file you need to map each MIDI instrument to a machine in your rack Touching inside the area marked not mapped or any of the already mapped machines will bring you to the Machine Management screen where you can add a new machine or select one of your existing machines for mapping Once se
4. a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered 3 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains the positions of all knobs and controls To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a with a list of saved presets to choose from To scroll between presets in a directory swipe left or right on the preset LCD 4 Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored in caustic presets subsynth 5 cuci 1 Waveform selector Touch to change 9 waveforms to choose from Long press to bring up the 6 Mix knob Controls the volume balance between Oscillator 1 and Oscillator 2 Modulation knob Controls how much modulation is applied to Oscillator 1 using Oscillator 2 as the modulator Modulation mode selector Select between Frequency Modulation Phase Modulation and Ampitude Modulation Bend Amount knob The amount of portamento bend applied to each new note Oscillator 2 Waveform selector Touch to change 9 waveforms to choose from plus silence to turn off Long press to bring up the custom waveform screen Phase kno
5. See the Advanced Glide tutorial for examples To select multiple notes press the Select mode button 7 If a note is selected pressing Multi will allow you to add and remove random notes by touching them All selects all notes in the pattern and None clears the selection The number of selected notes will appear in the select button s selection icon To use lasso select press the Lasso button then touch drag to form a selection around the notes you wish to select Lasso selection is reset after each selection so press it each time you wish to create a new Selection In case the pattern spans more than one measure drag the selection to the edge of the screen and the pattern will automatically scroll To use time select press the Time button then drag to form a selection on the time grid for the notes you wish to select Time selection is reset after each selection so press it each time you wish to create a new Selection In case the pattern spans more than one measure drag the selection to the edge of the screen and the pattern will automatically scroll To copy or paste selected notes press the Edit mode button 8 The Copy button will place the selected notes into the app s clipboard notes can then be pasted into the same pattern another pattern or another machine s pattern if the notes are within that machine s range using the Paste button When copying into the same pattern a paste destination cursor will appear at a value rounded up
6. Pressing this button will launch the Sample Editor where you can record a new modulation waveform or manipulate an existing one Machine selector button Pressing this button will cycle through the machines in your rack and use the selected one as the modulation source for the selected modulator slot Modulation slot selector Select between 6 different modulation sources The selected modulator will be the one to play when notes on the preview keyboard are played Character control EQ sliders Control the balance of frequencies in the resulting vocoded carrier sound pe et palace Select between the internal oscillator or any other machine in your rack as the carrier signal to e vocode Send notes to carrier button When pressed notes from the vocoder s pattern editor will be sent to the external carrier if selected in 10 Waveform selector Select between sawtooth or squarewave as the waveform for the internal carrier synth s oscillators Unison knob Controls the detuning between the twin oscillators in the internal carrier synth Sub knob Controls the mix volume of the sub oscillator 1 octave below note in the internal carrier synth Noise knob Controls the mix volume of the white noise generator in the internal carrier synth oe knob Controls the maximum rate of change for the frequency response articulation between modulator and carrier High Frequency Bypass knob Controls the volume of high frequency content in the mo
7. Tica the global delay unit is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the global delay unit will output distorted sound Reverb Pre Delay knob Controls the small delay before the input signal reaches the reverberation chamber in the global reverb unit Reverb Room Size knob Controls the simulated room size for the global reverb unit volume attenuation over time Reverb High Frequency Damping Controls the amount of high frequency damping between echoes in the global reverb unit Reverb Diffuse knob Controls the amount of pre smearing applied to the input signal before it hits the reverb chamber This can help eliminate micro echoes on sharp hits like drums Reverb Dither Echoes button When pressed the time between each echo in the reverb chamber is Slighly modified to simulate imperfection in surface helps remove metallic sound Reverb Early Reflections knob Controls the volume of echoes occuring during the Pre delay 12 time dp Early Reflections Decay knob Controls how quickly the early reflections decay during the pre delay 12 time Reverb Stereo Delay knob Controls the amount of delay time between the Left Right stereo reverb outputs Reverb Stereo Spread knob Controls the mix of Stereo Mono reverb output Reverb Wet knob Controls the amount of signal coming out of the global reverb unit that gets mixed into the final output signal path Reverb Bypass toggle When enabled RED the reverb unit is active and producing signa
8. by one beat The paste destination cursor can be moved by dragging the lower arrow handle or removed by pressing the upper X button Newly pasted notes can be dragged to move them to a new position In case the pattern spans more than one measure dragging the selected notes to the edge of the screen will cause the pattern to scroll automatically To remove selected note triggers select them using one of the selection tools then press the Delete X button 12 in the lower right corner To quickly remove a single note trigger double tap It To undo or redo past actions use the Undo and Redo buttons Pattern Options SHUFFLE OVERRIDE SHIFT TRANSPOSE BANK A PATT A1 ANL cary Long pressing a pattern selection button 3 above will bring up advanced pattern options for that pattern From here it is possible to override the global song shuffle shift notes in time as well as transposing notes By default all notes are moved when shift or transpose operations are performed To only affect selected notes use the Sel Only toggle on the right To copy an entire pattern Notes automation curves press the Copy button in the advanced pattern options menu The pattern content can then by pasted into another pattern or another machine s pattern by bring up advanced pattern options in the destination pattern and pressing Paste Automation Editor View FF FFF PF PP A 3 a 5 pop po po pop
9. for editing Each vertical bar represents a harmonic and the vertical value for each bar represents the volume of that harmonic in the output sound The right most yellow bar controls the amount of high frequency smearing or width applied to the harmonics 8 Harmonic Table 2 button When pressed the central view will switch to show Harmonic table 2 s harmonic levels for editing Each vertical bar represents a harmonic and the vertical value for each bar represents the volume of that harmonic in the output sound The right most yellow bar controls the amount of high frequency smearing or width applied to the harmonics 9 Control button When pressed the central view will switch to show the control knobs for shaping the PadSynth s sound controls 12 31 10 Output Volume knob The final output volume of the PCMSynth 11 Output VU meter Indicated the level at which the PCMSynth is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the PCMSynth will output distorted sound 12 LFO1 Target selector Sets which PadSynth configuration value is modified by LFO1 13 LFO1 Rate knob The speed at which the LFO1 modifies its target value 14 LFO1 Depth knob The amount of modification LFO1 applies to its target value 15 LFO1 Phase knob LFOL is time sync ed to the beat The phase knob controls the relationship between the LFO sweep value and the beat time 16 LFO2 Target selector Sets which PadSynth configuration value is modified by LFO2 1
10. link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Polyphony buttons and display Sets the number of notes which can be active at once If the requested number of notes exceeds the polyphony count a voice will be stolen from the oldest playing note Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the subsynth Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard PCMSynth Description The PCMSynth uses pulse code modulation samples ex WAVs to produce sounds The PCMSynth plays the sample at a different speed according to the note played This instruments supports loading multiple waveforms which maps to different areas of the keyboards as well as loop points The PCMSynth also has a classic synth section offering similar filters envelopes and LFOs as a virtual analog synth These act to further modify the PCM samples played The PCMSynth tutorial video shows how to use this machine Ul Reference 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine
11. no automation keyframes but where the value of the control still depends on a keyframe before or after this time To modify an existing keyframe touch and drag it to a new position Multiples keyframes can be selected using the different selection modes If a keyframe moves beyond the previous or next keyframe the keyframes will automatically get re ordered as to not break time continuity To add a keyframe touch anywhere at the time where you wish to set the keyframe and place the key at the current value Keyframes can be pasted between controls and will retain relative values between them DELETE BEATBOX E SBITS YNTH MODULAR 1 gt d i Di i y J i i mg op F F E i 3 F i a n T oe aie i a abe L k F a R a p u JD Tohi PUSTIH m m m LI X 1 7 a 5 Ol Pe 3 TE a MIX 1 71 MIX 8 14 SEQUENCER 10 09 o l0 I08 oa af oe lo i DEE IE Use this screen to Jump between machines Tap once on a machine to quickly scroll to that machine in your rack Add a machine Tap on an empty machine slot to bring up a machine selection popup Move a machine Drag a machine to an empty slot or between two existing machines to re order them Remove a machine Drag a machine towards the top of the screen and a Delete region will appear on the right Releasing the machine inside the delete region will remove it from the rack Replace a machine Drag a mac
12. or pattern press the stretch icon 4 and use it same as in the pattern editor To pan inside the main sequencer window 9 press the pan icon 3 and drag the view or use the horizontal scrollbar 13 at any time At the bottom of the sequencer is the timeline 11 This shows a measure count as well as any loop points that are set To create a loop touch and drag towards the left inside the timeline To clear a loop drag right inside the timeline so that the loop cursors end up in the same position and release To set the plackback start position touch once inside the timeline at the desired start location To insert patterns in between existing patterns blocks first place the playback cursor at the desired insert time Li long press inside the timeline at this time until a popup is shown Select the number of measures to insert and press ok To trim patterns and delete the empty space left by the deleted patterns first create a loop cursor selection in the timeline around the patterns to delete then long press inside the loop area in the timeline A confirmation popup will be displayed When the sequencer is playing a black line will show the current play position To have the sequencer automatically scroll to follow a playing song press the Follow 12 button Pattern View Use the zoom magnifiers 5 or grid selection button to scale the view zooming in pattern view only affects what you see Inside the main sequencer window 9 t
13. the 2 2 3 harmonic Percussion Decay knob Controls how quickly the percussion sound decays to silence When turned to the minimum time fully left the percussion effect is turned off Leslie Speed knob Controls the rotation speed of the simulated rotary speakers in the Leslie unit Leslie Depth knob Controls the amount of rotation effect mixed into the final output Drive knob Controls the amount of distortion applied to the output signal This is a very mild overdrive Output Volume knob The final output volume of the organ Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the organ Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard LIRI Vocoder Description The Vocoder is a special machine because it acts more like an effect than a stand alone synth Two signals are needed to make the vocoder work so it is important to understand the basics of vocoding If your vocoder doesn t seem to play in pattern mode read on or watch the tutorial video The basic principle of the vocoder is it takes modulator signal analyzes it for frequency content along each of the 8 bands then uses the frequencies gain values to filter out the output or carrier signal Typical modulation sources include vocals or natural ins
14. volume to go from 100 to the sustain level Volume Envelope Sustain knob The volume at which to settle once the attack and decay period have elapsed and the note is held Volume Envelope Release knob The amount of time for the volume to go from the sustain level down to 0 Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the PCMSynth Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard 8BitSynth Description The 8BitSynth doesn t rely on typical synthesis methoas to generate sound Rather it relies on a virtual 8bit processor evaluating an expression and outputting the result of the expression as audio Any valid combination of numbers and mathmatical operators can be used to craft the expression and one variable is permitted time t Because the calculations are done on 8 bits numbers greater than 256 will wrap to 0 ensuring the signal is always within a certain range While there are some tricks to getting certain results this isn t a synth where you set out to produce a particular sound but rather a place to experiment and to be surprised by what you create Because the output is 8 bit this synth produces somewhat distorted sounds suitable for chiptunes dubstep or experimental electronica The Shows how to us
15. 2 Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered 3 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains the positions of all knobs as well as samples used To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a list of saved presets to choose from 4 Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in 10 11 12 13 14 L5 16 17 18 19 20 21 caustic presets pcmsynth Sampler Information Panel This displays context aware information depending on which of the sampler panel buttons is currently selected as well as a quick view of the current sample s settings See buttons below for more information Sample Button When selected this allows the user to scroll between loaded samples using the wheel 15 to change which sample is currently selected To load a new sample long press this button to bring up a file browser and select a WAV sample To delete a sample see Level button below Caustic supports mono or stereo 16bit samples at any sampling rate but holds them as 16bit mono at the same sampling rate Level Button When selected this allows the user to set the volume level on the currently selected sample using the wheel 15 This con
16. 7 LFO2 Rate knob The speed at which the LFO2 modifies its target value 18 LFO2 Depth knob The amount of modification LFO2 applies to its target value 19 LFO2 Phase knob LFO2 is time sync ed to the beat The phase knob controls the relationship between the LFO sweep value and the beat time 20 Morph knob Controls the mix between the two harmonics tables If the morph envelope is used this knob defines the maximum value the envelope will reach 21 Morph Envelope button Used to toggle the use of the morph envelope 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Morph Envelope Attack knob The amount of time before morph reaches the value defined by the morph knob stating at O Morph Envelope Decay knob The amount of time after the attack period for the morph valueto go from the main knob value to the sustain level Morph Envelope Sustain knob The value for morph at which to settle once the attack and decay period have elapsed and the note is held relative to the morph knob Morph Envelope Release knob The amount of time for the morph value to go from the sustain level down to 0 Table 1 Gain knob Sets the relative volume of harmonics table 1 s output Table 2 Gain knob Sets the relative volume of harmonics table 2 s output Volume Envelope Attack knob The amount of time before volume reaches 100 stating at 0 Volume Envelope Decay knob The amount of time after the attack period for the
17. ATTACK RELEASE Delay Loop toggle When enabled this tells the global delay unit to send to output of the final delay tap back into the first delay tap for continued processing Delay Time Sync toggle When enabled the global delay s time knob snaps to BPM sync intervals Otherwise the time knob is free to have any value regardless of BPM sync Delay First Tap Feedback toggle When enabled this tell the global delay unit to attenuate the input Signal according to the Feedback knob before going into the first delay tap rept Step Count selector Touching this selector controls the number of delay taps present inside the global elay unit Delay Time knob Controls the time before the signal is moved between each delay tap and output Delay Feedback knob Controls the amount of signal that is fed back into the next delay tap each time the oS a SS 8 a aS Ss Signal moves between taps This is effectively a volume damping control Delay Damping knob Controls the amount of high frequency damping between taps in the global delay unit Delay Wet knob Controls the amount of signal coming out of the global delay unit that gets mixed into the final output signal path Delay Pan knobs Control the stereo panning for each delay tap output Delay Bypass Toggle When enabled RED the oy unit is active and producing signal When disabled the delay unit is bypassed and not outputing any sign Delay Output VU meter Indicates the level at
18. Freq The target frequency that the comb filter is letting through Reso The amount of resonance feedback on the filter Wet The ratio of modified signal to original signal from 0 to 100 Cabinet Simulator Width The simulated cabinet s physical width Height The simulated cabinet s physical height Damp The amount of volume dampening that occurs on each reflection inside the simulated cabinet Tone The frequency attenuation that occurs on each reflection inside the cabinet Wet The ratio of modified signal to original signal from 0 to 100 Delay The sweep width in frequency range Feedback The amount of output signal that is fed back into the input for processing Wet The ratio of modified signal to original signal from 0 to 100 Waveform Controls how the flanger oscillates Signals can be mono or stereo linked or inverted sinewave or trianglewave and oscillate only above or above and below O Time The time between each echo tap of the delay Feedback The amount of output signal that is fed back into the input for processing Wet The amount of modified signal mixed into the original Signal from 0 to 100 Pattern selector The type of delay mono or stereo ping pong LR or RL joint or inverted Reverb FEVERS E Room The size of the simulated reverberation chamber Damp The amount of volume dampening that occurs on each reverb reflection Delay The delay time that is added to the ge
19. Sets which PCMSynth configuration value is modified by the LFO LFO Waveform selector The waveform the LFO uses to modify its target value LFO Rate knob The speed at which the LFO modifies its target value LFO Depth knob The amount of modification theLFO applies to its target value Octave knob Coarse frequency tuning from 3 to 3 octaves Semis knob Frequency tuning in semitones regular notes on a keyboard Cents knob Fine frequency tuning in cents Volume Envelope Attack knob The amount of time before volume reaches 100 stating at 0 Volume Envelope Decay knob The amount of time after the attack period for the volume to go from 100 to the sustain level Volume Envelope Sustain knob The volume at which to settle once the attack and decay period have elapsed and the note is held Volume Envelope Release knob The amount of time for the volume to go from the sustain level down to O Output Volume knob The final output volume of the PCMSynth Output VU meter Indicated the level at which the PCMSynth is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the PCMSynth will output distorted sound Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Polyphony buttons and display Sets the number of notes which can be active at once If the requested number of notes exceeds the polyphony count a voice will be stolen from the oldest
20. ack and decay period have elapsed and the note is held relative to the cutoff slider Filter Envelope Release knob The amount of time for the cutoff to go from the sustain level down to 0 LFO 1 Target selector Sets which susbsynth configuration value is modified by LFO 1 LFO 1 Waveform selector The waveform LFO 1 uses to modify its target value LFO 1 Rate knob The speed at which LFO 1 modifies its target value LFO 1 Depth knob The amount of modification LFO 1 apply to its target value LFO 2 oo selector Sets which susbsynth configuration value is modified by LFO 2 Cannot be the same as LFOL LFO 2 Rate knob The speed at which LFO 2 modifies its target value LFO 2 Depth knob The amount of modification LFO 2 apply to its target value Volume Envelope Attack knob The amount of time before volume reaches 100 stating at 0 Volume Envelope Decay knob The amount of time after the attack period for the volume to go from 100 to the sustain level Volume Envelope Sustain knob The volume at which to settle once the attack and decay period have elapsed and the note is held Volume Envelope Release knob The amount of time for the volume to go from the sustain level down to 0 Output Volume knob The final output volume of the subsynth Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the subsynth is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the subsynth will output distorted sound Mute Solo buttons These buttons
21. ar notes on a keyboard Cents knob Fine frequency tuning for the expression evaluator in cents Output Volume knob The final output volume of the PCMSynth Output VU meter Indicated the level at which the PCMSynth is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the PCMSynth will output distorted sound Expression window This is where your expression is displayed Touching once inside the expression window places the cursor at the touched location Long pressing the expression window will offer to copy the content of the other expression into the one currently selected Expression selection switch Selects which expression is displayed in the expression window and which expression is edited Expression programming keyboard Contains various digit and operator keys as well as the time variable key T parentheses and a backspace key lt Operators Bitwise exclusive OR XOR For each bit result is O if both sides are 1 or O and result is 1 otherwise amp Bitwise AND For each bit set to 1 only if the numbers on both sides are 1 Bitwise OR For each bit set to 1 if one the numbers on either sides is 1 lt lt Shift left Shifts all bits to the left by the amount specified equivalent of multiplying by powers of 2 gt gt Shift right Shifts all bits to the right by the amount specified equivalent of dividing by powers of 2 Standard arithmetic addition Standard arithmetic subtraction Standard arithmetic multiplicatio
22. b The phase shift applied to the signal before it is mixed in with Oscillator 1 Octave knob Coarse frequency tuning for Oscillator 2 from 4 to 4 octaves Semis knob Frequency tuning for Oscillator 2 in semitones regular notes on a keyboard Detune knob Fine frequency tuning for Oscillator 2 in cents Detune mode selector Select between Cents and Unison Cents affects only Osc2 unison detunes Oscl inversly to Osc2 for a more pronounced yet more in tune effect Filter Type selector Touch to change Choices are Off LowPass HighPass BandPass plus inverted versions of rare one The inverted version affects the envelope section Instead of going from O to 1 invert makes them go from 1 to O Filter Cutoff slider Sets the frequency at which the filter starts to cut Filter Resonance slider Sets the amount of resonance produced by the filter Resonance is defined by small peaks at harmonic frequencies to the cutoff frequency Filter Keyboard tracking knob Controls the amount of filtering done based on the keyboard note played Full keyboard tracking cuts off more the lower the note played Filter Envelope Attack knob The amount of time before cutoff reaches the value defined by the cutoff Slider stating at O Filter Envelope Decay knob The amount of time after the attack period for the cutoff to go from the slider value to the sustain level Filter Envelope Sustain knob The value for cutoff at which to settle once the att
23. box will appear around the control to indicate it has been automated in pattern mode An orange box will appear around the control to indicate it has been automated in song mode If there is no box around the control then this control cannot be automated When done recording movements for this control press Stop in the Control Panel this will disarm automation recording Repeat the process for any other controls you wish to automate To remove automation from a control make sure playback is stopped and you are in the correct playback mode for the automation you wish to clear then press Record With record armed double tap the control for which to clear automation This will bring up a confirmation screen Once recorded automation can be edited using the automation editors in either pattern mode or song mode Song Export EXPORT SETTINGS FILENAME E a sp ees H amp DE m ma alem EIES El i a i E QUALITY E Entire sone LOOP REGION OIL EXPORT This screen is used to export your song to your external storage The filename window shows the name of the file which will be written to storage It defaults to the song s name but can be overridden by touching the display and choosing a different name Next to the filename is a selector to choose the output file type Choices are WAV Uncompressed 44KHz 16bit stereo file compatible with most audio software and players OGG Ogg Vorbis compress
24. bution and amplitude of the noise Pressing the Apply button multiple times or holding it will continue to add noise You can smooth out your waveform by pressing the Apply button inside the Smoothing group box Use theAmount knob to control the amount of smoothing applied on each pass Pressing the Apply button multiple times or holding it will continue to smooth out the waveform When you are satisfied with the waveform press the back arrow to return to the machine that launched the editor Sample WAV editor Description The sample editor is a tool which can be used to record sounds or edit existing sounds It is launched as part of a machine which uses samples internally PCMSynth BeatBox or Vocoder Ul Reference AMPLIFY FADE In 9 OUT SMOOTHED REVERSE REMOVE DC Main menu Determines the operations offered in the sub menu 2 Press the selected main menu item again to hide the sub menu 2 2 Sub Menu Shows various operations which can be performed depending on which main menu 1 item is Se A e selected To apply an operation in the sub menu tap once on its entry see below for explanations of each entry Extended Parameter button Certain operations have an configuration parameter which determines its effect Pressing this button will display a slider which can be used to adjust the parameter Press the red X button to cancel and hide the slider press the green checkmark to confirm
25. d s5 UL KSSynth Description The KSSynth is a string modeling synth based on the Karplus Strong algorithm The KSSynth offers two string modeling units which can be combined to create different variations of plucked and hammered sounds Because of how the algorithm works notes can only be triggered not held note length will be ignored The other important consideration is that because the algorithm is based on tapped delay lines notes cannot be bent The KSSynth tutorial video shows how to use this machine Ul Reference PRE FILTER TRACH VEL DECAY VOLUME CENTS DAMPING 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note Is triggered 3 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset Is a saved file that contains the positions of all knobs and controls To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a File Browser with a list of saved presets to choose from 4 Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pres
26. device is held vertically portrait mode Keyboard Key Size This sets the size of the keys in the preview keyboard displayed on each machine Piano Roll Key Size This sets the size of the keys in the pattern editor and sequencer piano rolls Control Panel Position This sets the placement of the control panel either at the top or bottom of the screen Advanced This brings up a screen with options for advanced users MIDI Disabled MIDI input device ignored On screen instrument MIDI input device will control the machine that s visible on screen or at the top in portrait mode One channel per instrument MIDI input device s channel Ch assignment will determine which machine it controls E g Channel 1 machine in slot 1 Channel 2 machine in slot 2 etc CC Mappings Brings up a screen where you can assign MIDI controls to controls in Caustic This is also where you can set the pitch bend range See the to see how this works Using a MIDI controller in Caustic Android Only In order to use a MIDI device for input you must be running Android OS v3 2 Honeycomb MR2 or later and have a device which supports USB host mode You will also need a USB MIDI controller that supports driver less use on PC and a USB on the go cable to connect it When MIDI support is enabled See below start Caustic then connect the controller to your device An Android popup should appear requesting permission for Caustic to acces
27. dulator that gets mixed into the final vocoded result Dry knob Controls the volume of modulator that gets mixed into the final vocoded result Output Volume knob The final output volume of the vocoder Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the vocoder is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the vocoder will output distorted sound Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine 22 23 24 Polyphony buttons and display Sets the number of notes which can be active at once If the requested number of notes exceeds the polyphony count a voice will be stolen from the oldest playing note Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the subsynth Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard FM Synth Description The FMSynth is a 3 operator modeling synth which uses Frequency Modulation through a phase modulation algorithm to produce sound Each operator is controlled by a separate envelope and there are 5 different ways to combine the operators The FMSynth tutorial video shows how to use this machine Ul Reference 41 ae 2 15 47 21 9 23 5 25 Init eth aa D 1820222 00 U0 OW 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long pre
28. e FMSynth Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the fmsynth is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the fmsynth will output distorted sound Algorithm selector Touch to change 5 algorithms to choose from The different algorithms change which operator modulates which other operator s and which operators are fed to the output LFO target selectors Press one or multiple buttons to have the LFO affect these parameters A1 amplitude of operator 1 A2 amplitude of operator 2 A3 amplitude of operator 3 AO amplitude of the output F1 frequency of operator 1 F2 frequency of operator 2 F3 frequency of operator 3 LFO Rate knob The speed at which the LFO modifies its target value s LFO Depth knob The amount of modification the LFO applies to its target value s Level knob The output volume of the operator In case the selected algorithm has this operator modulating another this determines the modulation amount In case the selected algorithm has this operator outputing to final mix this determines the output volume level in the mix Level velocity button When pressed note velocity affects the level of the operator Octave knob Coarse frequency tuning for the operator from 4 to 4 octaves Fixed tone button When pressed the tone emitted from this operator will be fixed and determined by the octave and semis knob It will not follow the note played on the keyboard al ha Frequency tuning for the operato
29. e LCD Displays the name of the loaded sample Sample Load button Press this button to replace or load a sample into this channel Pressing this will bring up a File Browser to choose your sample Tuning knob Controls the pitch of the sample Punch knob Controls how quickly the sample fades in Can be used to remove the aggressive attack spike on most percussions Decay knob Controls how quickly the sample fades out Pan knob Controls the position of this channel in stereo space Volume knob The mix volume for this channel Preview Play button Press to hear the sample as it will sound when triggered through the pattern editor PadSynth Description The PadSynth uses a special variant of additive synthesis to produce sound The algorithm used was created by Paul Nasca and is described here It can create a variety of sounds but does well for new age pads bells and choirs washes Harmonics are drawn in two tables which are then blended and played back to give the PadSynth its sound The PadSynth tutorial video shows how to use this machine Ul Reference Note By pressing one of the harmonics buttons 7 8 you can access the harmonics editors where you can set volumes for each harmonic by touching inside the bar area as well as the high frequency smearing or width parameter rightmost yellow bar PADSYNANTH note an Le FHD LI 53 1 Machine label This is used to identify thi
30. e this machine Ul Reference 1 H CHC TC C3 CPL E a fm iS IIS S lt lt gt gt K 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains the positions of all knobs as well as samples used To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a list of saved presets to choose from To scroll between presets in a directory swipe left 14 15 16 or right on the preset LCD Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in caustic presets padsynth Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered A B Blend knob This knob controls the output mix between expression A and expression B Octave knob Coarse frequency tuning for the expression evaluator from 4 to 4 octaves Semis knob Frequency tuning for the expression evaluator in semitones regul
31. ed 44KHz stereo file compatible with most portable MP3 players MID MIDI music file contains basic note and timing information along with machine names and structure Compatible with most Digital Audio Worstation software DAW a the ie type is ogg a Quality slider will be visible offering to modify the compression quality at the expense of ile size Choose between exporting the full song or a portion determined by the loop cursors placed in the sequencer Note that if no loop cursors are set in the sequencer the Loop Region Only option will not be available If the selection is set to Entire Song 2 seconds will be added after the last note has played to allow for note and effect decay To export your file press the Export button To cancel the export once the export has started press the Cancel button SubSynth Description The Subsynth is a virtual analog synthesizer which produces sound by subtractive synthesis It s called subtractive because you start with oscillators creating a sound that s rich in harmonics and then you sculpt the sound with filters and LFOs to create the desired output sound The shows how this is done Ul Reference TRACK ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press
32. ength of the new note will be determined by the zoom level To move a placed note trigger touch and drag the trigger to the new time or note To move multiple triggers at a time press the selection sidebar mode button 6 then press the multi icon in the right sidebar 11 From there select each trigger by touching it once Selected triggers will be highlighted in orange Then touch drag any of the selected triggers to move all trigger to the desired time or note offset Multi select applies for most basic operations in piano roll view where you want to work on more than one note trigger You can also use Lasso select or Time select as described in the pattern editor To change the length of a note trigger after it is placed press the Stretch icon 4 above Select the desired trigger by touching it then drag the stretch handle on the right side of the trigger to the desired time Position will snap to the grid size determined by the zoom level Alternately simply touch and drag the size button left or right and this will quickly stretch the note without going into stretch mode To copy a note trigger or group of note triggers press the Edit sidebar mode button 7 then select the desired note trigger s then press the Copy button tn the right sidebar 10 above To determine where the note trigger s will get pasted touch once inside the timeline at the desired measure to place the orange vertical line then press the Paste button To remove a
33. ey on the preview keyboard 38 This is mostly useful in multi sample instruments where each sample maps correctly to a particular range of notes Mode Button When selected this allows the user to set the playback mode of the currently selected sample using the wheel to toggle between modes The different modes are o Play Once default Plays the full sample each time a note is played o Note On Off Plays the sample as long as the note is held o Loop Forward Plays the sample starting at the Loop Start Point 13 until it reaches the Loop End Point 14 at which point it loops around to the Start Loop Point again and does this until the note is released o Loop Forward Back Plays the sample starting at the Loop Start Point 13 until it reaches the Loop End Point 14 at which point it start playing in reverse until it reaches the Start Loop Point again and does this until the note is released o Intro Loop Fwd Same looping behavior as Loop Forward except playback always starts at the beginning of the sample when the note Is first played o Intro Loop FwdBack Same looping behavior as Loop Forward Back except playback always starts at the beginning of the sample when the note is first played Start Button When selected this allows the user to set the point at which the currently selected sample will use as its start point for playback and looping using the wheel 15 or by long pressing this button to bring up the Loop Point Edit
34. g the extended parameter slider 3 While adjusting the amplitude slider an orange overlay will show an approximation of the signal level at the current amp level Note that all signal is shown in orange but only the selected portion will have amplification applied upon confirmation green checkmark Fade In Modifies the selected portion of signal by starting from silence and ramping linearly to the original volume over the duration of the selection Repeating the fade over the same selection will produce more exponential results Fade Out Modifies the selected portion of signal by starting from the original volume and ramping linearly to silence over the duration of the selection Repeating the fade over the same selection will produce more exponential results Smoothen nterpolates linearly between the two outer most sample points of the current selection This can be used to fill in an error in the audio clip and should only be used over a few points Reverse Flips the selected portion of the sample so that it plays backwards Reversing again brings it back to normal playback direction Remove DC This operation analyzes the selected portion of the sample establishes average value Direct Current component then subtracts this average value from the selection Can be used to remove a vertical shift over the length of a sample so that subsequent amplification operations don t further push it towards one end If there is no DC in the signa
35. he LFO apply to its target value LFO Phase knob Sets the timing for the sine wave used to modulate the LFO target This is a offset sync value relative to the song s tempo Distortion Program Knob Sets which distortion program is active Off OverDrive Saturation Foldback Fuzz Distortion Pre gain knob Pre amplification used to send signal past the chosen program s threshold Distortion Amount knob The amount of distortion applied to signal above the threshold Distortion Post gain knob Post amplification used to compensate the distortion algorithm s output volume Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Legacy glide button When pressed this button controls the glide mode of the bassline synth Legacy mode doesn use overlapping notes to determine glide time and is mostly offered for legacy song support Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the bassline Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered BeatBox Description The BeatBox is a sample based drum computer It features 8 stereo output channels Here is a tutorial video showing how to use it Ul Reference 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed
36. he amount of attenuation of high frequencies over the life of the note Low dampening will result in a brighter tone Damping Track knob Controls how the damping tracks the key being played When tracking is fully enabled low notes will get more damping applied to them than high notes Damping Velocity knob Controls how the damping tracks the velocity strength of the note being played When this knob is set to full softly played notes will get more damping applied to them than loud notes Invert switch Changes the tone of the KS unit from a harsh impulse to a softer warm pluck Mix knob Controls the balance of volume between the two KS units Invert Mix switch Inverts how the two units combine to correct phase cancelation issues or to create soft attacks Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the KSSynth Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard Effects Rack The effects rack is where you can place various insert effects to further shape the sound of each machine You can place up to 2 insert effects per machine The signal direction is top to bottom meaning the machine s audio comes into the topmost effect if present then gets sent into the bottom most insert effect if present and then into the in
37. he machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains a link to all samples used as well as the positions of every knob To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a list of saved presets to choose from Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored in caustic presets modular Delete component button Press this button to select a component to remove Removing a component clears all wire routing to and from it Flip button This button toggles between front and read view of the modular synth The front view contains the majors knobs and controls while the rear view is where gain adjustments and wire routings are made Preview keyboard button This button toggles visibility of the preview keyboard for the modular synth In order to maximize component area the preview keyboard is not present by default Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Output Volume knob The final output volume of the Modular
38. here are horizontal rows corresponding to each machine slot in your rack Touch the machine icons on the left and drag up or down to scroll between machines To trigger a pattern to play touch a grid square for the desired machine at the desired measure A pattern selection popup will by shown Select the desired pattern and press OK To move a placed pattern block touch and drag the block to the new time location To move multiple blocks at a time press the selection sidebar mode button 6 then press the multi icon in the right sidebar 11 From there select each block by touching it once Selected blocks will be highlighted in orange Then touch drag any of the selected blocks to move all blocks to the desired time Multi select applies for most basic operations in pattern view where you want to work on more than one pattern block You can also use Lasso select or Time select as described in the pattern editor To have a pattern repeat over multiple measures press the Stretch icon 4 Select the desired block by touching it then drag the stretch handle on the right side of the block to the correct end measure Alternately simply touch and drag the size button left or right and this will quickly stretch the pattern without going into stretch mode To copy a pattern block or group of blocks press the Edit sidebar mode button 7 then select the desired block s then press the Copy button in the right sidebar 10 To determine where the block s
39. hine towards the top of the screen and a Replace region will appear on the left Releasing the machine inside the replace region will offer to change this machine for another type Replacing a machine keeps all pattern and song data intact across machines but automation is lost controls don t map across machines App Menu The app menu is broken up into 5 sections which can be accessed by selecting one the the tabs at the top Song Operations App Options MIDI configuration Caustic Connect and Help Song EXPORT IMPORT New This will clear the rack and reset all pattern and song data If there are unsaved changes a prompt will offer to save changes first Load This will bring up a File Browser to choose a song to load If there are unsaved changes to the current song a prompt will offer to save changes first Save This will bring up a keyboard screen to choose a name for your song Full version only Export This will launch the Export screen Full version only Import This will launch the MIDI import screen Tempo This is where you set the tempo in BPM for your song Use the and buttons to raise or lower the tempo Alternatively tap a few times on the BPM indicator at the desired rate to set BPM tap tempo Shuffle Mode Buttons This will set the global shuffle mode for all patterns in the song Select either 8th notes March or 16th notes Swing Shuffle Knob This wi
40. iano roll mode using the mode 1 button There should be a vertical piano on the left as show above Select an empty pattern slot using bank 2 and pattern 3 buttons By default each pattern is 1 measure long To grow a pattern press the grid 5 button and select either 2 4 or 8 To shrink it press the grid 5 button and long press the new size 1 2 or 4 When grid is pressed a Quantize toggle will appear on the right Turn Quantize off to record move and stretch notes without snapping to the grid To align notes to the selected grid size select them then turn on Quantize To create a note trigger touch inside the main piano roll window 10 at the desired note and time The initial size of the note will depend on the grid size Use the grid 5 button to toggle grid sizes The default grid size is 16th notes but this can be extended up to 64th by selecting a smaller grid size Once placed a note s length can be modified by selecting the Size 4 button and dragging the small handle which appears next to the selected note New notes cannot be placed when the Size button is active Tip to save time and avoid going in and out of selection mode when placing new notes simply touch the size 4 button and hold it while dragging left or right to resize the note To adjust the position of a note trigger touch and drag it to the desired position Size button must not be active To scroll the piano roll up and down in octaves touch and drag up d
41. l When disabled the reverb unit is bypassed and not outputing any signal Reverb Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the global reverb unit is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the global reverb unit will output distorted sound Master insert effect slots x2 Touch inside one of these boxes to place an insert effect in the master signal path after Delay and Reverb are added EQ Bass Level knob Controls the amount of low frequency signal in the master audio output boost or cut EQ Bass Mid Frequency knob Controls the crossover frequency between the Bass and Mid level controls EQ Mid Level knob Controls the amount of mid frequency signal in the master audio output boost or cut EQ Mid High Frequency knob Controls the crossover frequency between the Mid and High level controls EQ High Level knob Controls the amount of high frequency signal in the master audio output boost or cut EQ Frequency Response curve Displays an approximation of the 3 EQ frequency bands their crossover frequencies and their effect on the incoming signal EQ Bypass toggle When enabled RED the EQ unit is active and modifying the incoming signal When disabled the EQ unit is bypassed and not modifying the signal Limiter Pre knob Controls the amplification of the signal going into the limiter Limiter Attack knob Controls the time it takes to start clamping once signal over 100 has been detected Limiter Release knob Controls the time it
42. l this operation will not affect the signal Noise Gate This operation analyzes the selected sample portion and silences out any portion of audio that falls below the noise threshold To set the noise threshold press the extended parameter button 3 next to the noise gate and adjust the slider An orange horizontal line will show you the threshold and how it relates to the sample loaded Press the green checkmark to confirm the threshold and apply the noise gate To quickly apply a noise gate without changing the threshold simple press Noise Gate without extending the parameter slider Tools Spectrum Display a spectral frequency plot of the selected sample portion Press any upper menu button to return to normal time selection view Find Root PCMSynth only This tool analyzes the selected sample portion and tries to correlate its dominant frequency with a note on the keyboard Once the operation is successful and the sample confirmed by pressing Done 15 the PCMSynth will automatically load the root note into the selected sample slot s root note value Load Loop PCMSynth only This operation sets the start end selection points based on the loop points established in the PCMSynth s Loop Point Editor for that sample slot This can be useful for trimming unused portions of a sample to save memory Vocality Android only This launches the Vocality app and gathers the output result into the sample area While Vocality was develo
43. lected the machine can be quickly renamed in the MIDI import screen by pressing the Aa button next to the selected instrument track Multiple MIDI tracks can be assigned to the same machine and there is no requirement to map all MIDI tracks Imported note events will be placed in the sequencer pianoroll for each instrument MIDI import does not create patterns The import operation is additive so you should start from a blank song if that is your intention Multiple passes using the same MIDI file are also possible because of this For drums it recommended to use a PCMSynth as the imported notes will likely lie outside the limited range of the BeatBox machine A special GM drumset PCMSynth preset is available which has standard MIDI mappings for basic drums
44. ll dial in the amount of global shuffle for your song based on which shuffle mode is selected Song Length This measures the length of the current song using the information in the sequencer and the BPM settings Options J SMALL SMALL BOTTOM f soTTom Screen Wake Lock When selected this option will prevent your device from sleeping after a period of inactivity This is useful when you are listening to your song and haven t touched the screen in a while but don t want the device to sleep and cut off the audio Sound New Notes When selected this option will make each new note placed in pattern editors and sequencer trigger a sound based on the note that s placed or moved Audio API Android only Select between AudioTrack and OpenSL ES AudioTrack is provided for legacy support but OpenSL ES gets better performance and latency on newer devices OpenSL ES is available on devices running Android 2 3 gingerbread or greater but the major latency improvements are only present in Android 4 2 2 JellyBean and greater Internal Latency This sets the size of the internal processing buffer Lowering this value makes key touch events get processed quicker and can help VU meters update faster at the expense of higher CPU load Song End Mode This sets the playback behavior for the sequencer when the song is done playing Allow Screen Rotation When selected this option allows the app to display multiple machines when the
45. n Standard arithmetic division Modulo aka remainder part of a division and Parentheses used to force the order of evaluation Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the PCMSynth Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard O O 0 O 0 0 0 09 0 0 O CAUS Tic Modular Description The Modular Synth is a synthesizer where you can assemble your own synth from components Components are selected from a catalog placed and routed A newly placed modular is empty and contains no components Touch inside one of the component slots to bring up the component catalog Output can be either mono or stereo depending on output routing The Modular tutorial video shows how to use this machine A lot can be learned by studying the various built in presets Ul Reference Front view Rear View DO i E SA 10 LE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Lemona OUT NOTE CY NOTE VEL MOD WHEEL VOLUME ME Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename t
46. n can be loaded The large middle windows shows a list of files and folders Folders are marked as yellow Selecting a folder will drill into that folder and list the files present there The special folder represents the parent folder to the current one Pressing this will go up to the parent folder and list the files present there To navigate the list touch drag inside the list to scroll or drag the scroll cursor on the right hand side for quicker movement Some file types can be previewed and will offer a Preview button to do so Press the button to hear the file played Tip Long press the preview button to have the file automatically preview as you select it in the list The Get More button Android Only in the bottom left had corner will launch a market search for content packs compatible with Caustic New 3rd party content is added regularly so it s good to check often Note that anyone can offer content for Caustic and the responsibility is left up to the user when downloading content packs SingleCellSoftware does not directly endorse or support any 3rd party content When you have selected the file you want to load double tap it or press the Load button For basic file management long press any file and a popup will appear offering a few different file operations FILE OPERATIONS FOR ten 509 BEATBOX 170 KB CREATE FOLDER RENAME CUT COR DELETE Files can be cut copied renamed and deleted here Confirmatio
47. n is required for deletion and only single files and empty folders can be deleted New folders can be created by long pressing on any file inside the destination folder Same for pasting the copied file will be placed inside the same directory as the file selected via long press Approximate file size is also displayed at the top Custom Waveform Editor WAVEFORM EDITOR VAN Le BB Q DENSITY This editor lets you draw your own waveform for use in an oscillator To draw a waveform touch and draw inside the main window the display will update in real time You can preview the sound of your waveform combined with any other oscillators and filters in your subsynth by pressing the preview keyboard at the bottom To start from one of the basic waveforms touch the icon for the desired waveform at the top of the window The display will reset to this waveform and can be edited from there To start from the other waveform Osc1 s cutsom waveform in the case of Osc2 and Osc2 s custom waveform in the case of Osc1 press the pencil icon with a number above it A single cycle WAV file can also be loaded by pressing the small file icon this will bring up a file A to select a WAV file Note that this is intended for small single cycle waveforms so large WAV files will not oad You can apply noise to the waveform by pressing the Apply button inside the Noise group box Use the Densityand Amount knobs to respectively control the distri
48. nd overdrive unit The shows how to use this machine Ul Reference 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains the positions of all knobs and controls To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a with a list of saved presets to choose from 3 Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in caustic presets organ 4 Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the organ is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the organ will output distorted sound 10 11 12 13 14 Drawbars Pull down on the drawbars to determine the amplitude of each harmonic A drawbar pulled all the way down outputs at full volume Percussion Tone knob Controls the harmonic balance for the percussion sound Fully left corresponds to the 4 harmonic fully right corresponds to
49. nerated echoes before they mix into the output Width The stereo separation of the generated echoes Wet The amount of modified signal mixed into the original signal from 0 to 100 Type selector window Tap to change filter type and to see how the filter will affect incoming signal Freq The frequency at which the filter will act Reso The resonance of each filter type or bandwidth in the case of Band Isolate Gain The volume gain to apply around the selected frequency boost or cut Mixer Description The mixer is where the signal from each machine gets added or mixed into the final audio result you hear There are 7 strips in each mixer and 2 possible mixers in your rack The first mixer corresponds to machines 1 7 and the second mixer corresponas to machines 8 14 if present Ul Reference Each strip has the following controls which affect the sound signal coming from the machine once it has passed through the insert effects L 2 EQ Knobs Bass Mid High These are equalizer controls that affect the tone of the audio signal each component can either be amplified or cut oon Effects Send Knobs These control how much of the machine s audio signal is sent into each global effect or processing Stereo Knobs The Pan knob controls the placement of the machine s audio signal in the output stereo panorama The Width knob controls a small delay between left and right ear this gives the impression tha
50. note trigger or note triggers select the note trigger s and press the delete X button in the lower right corner If two note triggers overlap a red Error button will appear in the lower left corner of the sequencer and the offending note triggers will be highlighted in red Pressing the error button will jump to show the first error To clear the error move or delete the offending note trigger s Automation Editor View DIRTY FILTER KBTRACK i BS 80 31 S2 533 54 35 56 31 36 88 100 101 102 103 10 The automation view can be use to modify or create automation data for controls First automate the control for song mode as described in the automation section Select the machine containing the automated control using the machine selector in the upper left Then select the desired automated control from the list on the left Once selected the control automation data will appear as a curve in the main sequencer window Automation is Comprised of one or many keyframes denoted as little square in this view and which represent the value for the automated control at the specified time in the timeline Note that the automation playback follows the curve between keyframes and not the actual points so the number of keyframes doesn t affect the smoothness of the automation To see the automation curve wihtout keyframes toggle the pan 3 above button a semi transparent curve represents time for which there are
51. ols or more creatives uses too Mod wheel signal jack This control signal represents the value of the Modulation wheel on a connected MIDI controller This signal has no effect without a MIDI controller connected Left Mono output jack This is the Modular s main audio output routing to the effects and mixer after volume adjustments Output gain adjustment knob Used to control the output volume for the modular patch and leaves the main Volume knob 9 free for general use and automation Right output jack If a signal is routed to the right output jack it will be assumed that the synth should output Left and Right signals as part of a stereo output for the synth Volume modulation jack Route a control singal to this input jack to affect the overall volume of the Modular patch s output volume Component connection jack Left most connection jacks on modular components are generally inputs and thus receive one control signal Right most connection jacks are usually outputs and can be routed to one or many inputs by dragging from the output jack to the desired input jack s Rory wire Wires are automatically placed when a connection is made between an output jack and an input jac Organ Description The Organ models a drawbar organ similar to the Hammond B3 and Leslie speaker combo Sound is created by pulling on 9 drawbars each representing a different harmonic The sound is then passed through a rotary speaker simulator Leslie a
52. or End Button When selected this allows the user to set the point at which the currently selected sample will use as its end point for playback and looping using the wheel 15 or by long pressing this button to bring up the Loop Point Editor Wheel This used to adjust the value of the parameter selected by the active button Filter Type selector Touch to change Choices are Off LowPass HighPass BandPass plus inverted versions of each one The inverted version affects the envelope section Instead of going from O to 1 invert makes them go from 1 to 0 Filter Cutoff slider Sets the frequency at which the filter starts to cut Filter Resonance slider Sets the amount of resonance produced by the filter Resonance is defined by small peaks at harmonic frequencies to the cutoff frequency Filter Envelope Attack knob The amount of time before cutoff reaches the value defined by the cutoff Slider stating at O Filter Envelope Decay knob The amount of time after the attack period for the cutoff to go from the slider value to the sustain level Filter Envelope Sustain knob The value for cutoff at which to settle once the attack and decay period have elapsed and the note is held relative to the cutoff slider 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Si 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Filter Envelope Release knob The amount of time for the cutoff to go from the sustain level down to 0 LFO Target selector
53. ord automation for any controls you wish to have change dynamically throughout the length of the song 8 When your are satisfied with the song press the Menu button in the Control Panel to bring up the app menu select the Song tab then select Export This will show the Song Export screen 9 Rinse repeat enjoy LCAUS TIL S Automation Automation is a term for the recording and playback of controls in Caustic Once recorded knob movements will playback automatically with song and on export Watch the automation tutorial for visual examples of what can be achieved Song automation is automation which spans the entire length of the song Pattern automation is automation that is tied to a particular pattern and will play back every time that pattern in placed in the Sequencer If a control is automated in both Pattern and Song mode pattern automation will override song automation for as long as that pattern is triggered To record pattern automation you must already have a pattern created in a pattern editor and the playback mode selection switch in the Control Panel must be set to Pattern To record song automation you must already have a song created in the Sequencer and the playback mode selection switch in the Control Panel must be set to Song Press the Record button to arm recording A red outline will flash to confirm recording is armed Next record movements on a knob while the song or pattern is playing A yellow
54. our own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in caustic presets bassline 4 Waveform selector Touch to change 2 waveforms to choose from Sawtooth and Square 5 Pulse Width knob When the waveform selector 3 is on square wave this knob will control the duty cycle of the square wave From 1 to 50 Note this control has no effect on the sawtooth waveform 6 Tune knob Frequency tuning for the oscillator in semitones 1 1 octave 7 Cutoff knob Sets the frequency at which the filter starts to cut Resonance knob Sets the amount of resonance produced by the filter Resonance is defined by small peaks at harmonic frequencies to the cutoff frequency Envelope Modulation knob Controls the amount of filter change during each note s lifetime Decay knob Controls the lifetime of each note Accent knob Controls the volume added to notes with the Accent 15 modifier Output Volume knob The final output volume of the bassline Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the bassline is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the bassline will output distorted sound Low Frequency Oscillator Target Sets which bassline configuration value is modified by the LFO Pulse width Filter Cutoff or Volume LFO Rate knob The speed at which the LFO modifies its target value LFO Depth knob The amount of modification t
55. own in the side keyboard 9 Hold a note in the side keyboard 9 to hear a preview of it in the linked machine If the pattern spans more than one measure or the grid is zoomed in past 16th notes a horizontal scroll bar will appear to allow for quick navigation in the time axis To select a note trigger simply touch it Double tap a note to quickly delete it See below for selecting multiples notes The right hand side panel will change depending on what mode is selected To edit the selected note s properties press the Note mode button 6 To change selected note velocity volume use the velocity slider 11 to adjust velocity from 5 to 100 When the velocity slider is active an indicator above the slider will show the current velocity value The note trigger in the piano roll window will also reflect velocity by changing its opacity Some machines offer additional note options like accent and glide Accent gives note triggers an extra volume boost and glide will bend between note values without re triggering the volume envelope Tip Advanced Glide Only monophonic machines can glide ex bassline and modular but setting the polyphony down to 1 on any synth which allows you to do so will enable glide notes To control the length of a note glide overlap the first note with the second note The second note will still trigger at the correct time but the synth will use the overlap portion of time as a duration for the glide between notes
56. p pp W0 1 1P 13 1H 1S 15 The automation view can be use to modify or create automation data for controls which are tied to the selected pattern First automate the control for pattern mode as described in the automation section Select the desired automated control from the list on the left Once selected the control automation data will appear as a set of bars There is one bar for each 32nd note time division To set a bar s value touch inside the curve view at the desired time The Size button can be used to gain finer control over touch areas Multiples bars can be selected using the different selection modes LICIL LI ME MORPH Bar values can be pasted inside the pattern as well as shared between controls and will retain relative values between them On playback pattern automation will move the automated control following the bar values a Smoothing knob at the top controls the rate at which the control is allowed to change For rapid changes like trance gates set the smoothing to 0 To avoid rapid changes on filter cutoff for example set smoothing to higher Use the visual feedback from the knob as well as the auditory result to determine the correct smoothing amout for the desired effect CT A BEATBOX KIT 606 808 909 brushcat This screen is used to select a file from a list of files available on your storage The type of files listed is set by the machine that launched it to ensure all files show
57. ped by a Caustic user it is not a SingleCellSoftware product so any support issues or queries should be directed to PolynomialC instead START SAMPLE STITCHEDLOOP END SAMPLE This editor lets you fine tune the loop points in a sample for use in the PCMSynth The large topmost window shows a full view of the waveform while the bottom corner windows show zoomed views at the start and end points respectively The bottom middle view is a stiched preview to help line up your waveform for looping It also contains min max level indicators which help choose a loop point that wont pop Use the Play and Stop buttons at the bottom to start stop the sample s playback The playback mode can be changed using the lower left set of buttons Drag the green cursor in the top window to coarse tune the position of the loop s start point Drag the red cursor in the top window to coarse tune the position of the loop s end point To fine tune the loop points touch and drag in each of the bottom corner windows to find a suitable loop point using the bottom middle preview as a guide For a loop with no pops choose a set of loop points where the preview window shows no discontinuities between the two sides of the waveform and has very little differences in level indicators as shown in the example above When you are satisfied with the loop points press the back arrow in the lower right corner to return to the machine that launched the editor
58. playing note Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the PCMSynth Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard CAUS TIL BassLine Description The Bassline is a monophonic lead synthesizer loosely modelled after the legendary Roland TB 303 It consists of a single oscillator 2 waveforms running through an envelope modulated resonant filter with LFO and Distortion effect The bassline tutorial video shows how it works UI Reference BASSLINE nave QB WAVEFORM P LUIDTH TUNE CUTOFF FESO EM moo DECAY ACCENT VOLUME LFO DISTORTION k OFF Je 16 17 OFF e e Gir TARGET l DEPTH PHASE PROGRAM 1 Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains the positions of all knobs and controls To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a File Browser with a list of saved presets to choose from 3 Save Preset button This button allows you to save y
59. put strip for that machine BASS ARPLERD PORTMENTO BERTEDOX FMSWNTH To place a new effect touch inside an empty slot and effect selection popup will ask you which effect you want to place To remove an effect touch the X in the lower right hand corner of the effect All effects can be bypassed singla goes thru untouched by the effect by pressing the top of the effect where its name is The top right LED indicates whether the effect is active or not Video tutorials Vinyl Simulator Comb Filter amp Cabinet Simulator Static Flanger amp Delay Reverb amp Multi Filter There are currently 16 insert effects which can be placed Distortion BitCrusher BITCRUSH E Program The algorithm used to distort the sound Choices are Overdrive tube amp Saturation Soft knee limiter o limiter Foldback folds the signal onto itse Pre Pre amplification used to send signal past the chosen program s threshold Amount The amount of distortion applied to signal above the threshold Post Post amplification used to compensate the distortion algorithm s output volume Depth The bit depth from O to 16 bits Rate The sampling rate from 1Hz to 44KHz Jitter The amount of randomness on the Rate control Wet The ratio of modified signal to original signal from 0 to 100 Compressor Threshold The volume at which the compressor will start modifiying the signal Ratio The amount of reduction applied to
60. r in semitones regular notes on a keyboard ommite Volume Envelope Attack knob The amount of time before the operator reaches the level defined by the level knob stating at 0 Volume Envelope Attack Exp button When selected the attack curve will be exponential instead of linear Volume Envelope Decay knob The amount of time after the attack period for the level to go from the level knob value to the sustain level Volume Envelope Decay Exp button When selected the decay curve will be exponential instead of linear Volume Envelope Sustain knob The value for operator level at which to settle once the attack and decay period have elapsed and the note is held relative to the level knob Volume Envelope Link button When selected the values of decay and release will be linked Any changes to one will reflect in the other Volume Envelope Release knob The amount of time for the level to go from the sustain level down to 0 Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Polyphony buttons and display Sets the number of notes which can be active at once If the requested number of notes exceeds the polyphony count a voice will be stolen from the oldest playing note Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the fmsynth Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboar
61. rakes to stop clamping after the signal has gone below 100 Limiter Post knob Controls the amplification of the signal after it has been compressed make up gain Limiter amount VU meter Indicates the amount of limiting currently taking place level of the signal being removed Limiter Bypass toggle When enabled RED the limiter unit is active and modifying the incoming signal When disabled the limiter unit is bypassed and not modifying the signal Master Volume knob Controls the final volume of the audio signal before it goes to the device s output Master Stereo VU meter Indicates the level at which the app is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the app will output distorted sound Sequencer The sequencer is where patterns and notes are put together to create a song Make sure the toggle in the Control Panel is in Song mode to use the sequencer atLerr The sequencer has 2 views which work at the same time to trigger notes a pattern view and a piano roll view Use the View 1 button in the upper left corner to change views There is also an automation editor view which is described below To place notes or patterns touch inside the main sequencer window 9 where you wish to place the note or pattern In the case of patterns press in the horizontal line corresponding to the machine you want to trigger and a pattern selection popup will display asking you to select a pattern to trigger To stretch a note
62. s current state without having to use the main menu Note that this overwrites the previous saved version of the file without warning CAUS TIC Creating a Song These are the basic steps to creating a song in Caustic Be sure to watch the Caustic 3 0 Overview video which also shows how to do this in a live demonstration The steps 1 Start by creating a new song Press the Menu button in the Control Panel and select New from the Song tab in the app menu 2 While in the app menu select the tempo for your song using the BPM controls 3 Choose the machines you want to use by pressing the Machine Management button in the lower left of the screen This will bring up the Machine Management screen which lets you add remove machines Note that HESS can be added removed at any time but any work done in these machines will be lost if they are removed 4 Set the playback mode switch in the center of the Control Panel to Pattern touch it to change from Song to Pattern Press the Play button in the Control Panel Then for each machine in your rack create note or patterns for them using their respective pattern editor 5 If desired add effects to your machine in the Effects Rack 6 Set the playback mode switch in the center of the Control Panel to Song touch it to change from Pattern to Song Go to the Sequencer and assemble your patterns See instructions in Sequencer page 7 Once your patterns are placed to create your song rec
63. s machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered 3 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A presetisa saved file that contains the positions of all knobs as well as samples used To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a list of saved presets to choose from To scroll between presets in a directory swipe left or right on the preset LCD 4 Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in caustic presets padsynth 5 Copy button Pressing this button while in Harmonic table view 7 or 8 will copy the content of the other harmonic table into the current one 6 Swap button Pressing this button will replace harmonic table 1 s values with the values from table 2 and replace harmonic table 2 s values with the values from table 1 7 Harmonic Table 1 button When pressed the central view will switch to show Harmonic table 1 s harmonic levels
64. s the USB device Select Allow in order to use the controller with Caustic Connect 192 168 2 8 3131 CAUSTIC CONNECT Caustic Connect allows you to remotely access your device s caustic documents songs presets and samples via an external wireless connection on another device eg a computer or another mobile device When started Caustic Connect serves files using the FTP protocol and requires an FTP client to connect A good free FTP client for PC and Mac is but any compatible FTP will works For read only access to your content from a web browser enter the following URL in your browser s address bar ftp lt ip_address gt 3131 Replace lt ip address gt with the address listed in the server IP field on your device and remember to separate the IP from the port number using a colon character so in this example we would type ftp 192 168 2 8 3131 and press enter The browser should then ask to enter username and password and then present a page with the content of your device for downloading CALS TIG This editor is used in all machines to create note patterns The pattern is the basic building block for creating tracks in Caustic Each pattern can span 1 2 4 or 8 measures and can contain notes from C1 to C8 P en en rr l h Fr E 3d 53 1 a a n Fon F Foa Feo Peony Fovo mW Heiss n amp Ib i 1 SEL EDIT Creating a pattern Make sure the pattern editor is in p
65. signal over the threshold Attack The time it takes to reach full compression once signal over threshold has been detected Release The time it rakes to shut down compression after the signal has gone below the threshold SideChain The signal used as a trigger to the compressor Default is the current machine channel but it can be changed to any input line in the mixer 1 6 A compression amount VU next to the sidechain indicates how much of the signal is being removed through compression Depth The sweep width in frequency range Rate The speed at which the effect sweeps the frequency range Feedback The amount of output signal that is fed back into the input for processing Wet The ratio of modified signal to original signal from 0 to 100 Waveform Controls how the flanger oscillates Signals can be mono or stereo linked or inverted sinewave or trianglewave and oscillate only above or above and below O Depth The detune width in frequency range Rate The speed at which the effect sweeps the detune amount Delay The delay time that is added to the signal before it enters the chorus Wet The ratio of modified signal to original signal from 0 to 100 Waveform Controls how the chorus oscillates Signals can be mono or stereo linked or inverted sinewave or trianglewave and oscillate only above or above and below O Phaser Auto Wah Low The lowest frequency the phaser will sweep to High The highes
66. sing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in caustic presets kssynth a lt Pre Filter knob Determines the tone of the initial pluck No filtering results in a very harsh attack More filtering will result in a smoother sound right from the start Pre Filter Track knob Controls how the pre filtering tracks the key being played When tracking is fully enabled low notes will get more filtering applied to them than high notes Pre Filter Velocity knob Controls how the pre filtering tracks the velocity strength of the note being played When this knob is set to full softly played notes will get more filtering applied to them than loud notes Decay knob Controls the time taken for the note to fade to silence after being triggered Volume knob The final output volume of the KSSynth Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the KSSynth is outputting signal If this reaches RED then the KSSynth will output distorted sound Keyboard Follow button When pressed the KS unit will produce tones following the note that was triggered otherwise it will produce a constant note determined by the pitch controls Octave knob Coarse frequency tuning for the KS unit from 2 to 2 octaves Semis knob Frequency tuning for the KS unit in semitones regular notes on a keyboard Cents knob Fine frequency tuning for the KS unit in cents Damping knob Controls t
67. ss action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered 3 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains the positions of all knobs and controls To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a File Browser with a list of saved presets to choose from 4 Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in caustic presets fmsynth oo 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Volume Envelope Release Exp button When selected the release curve will be exponential instead of linear 28 29 30 31 Operator3 Feedback knob Controls the amount of signal from operator 3 that is fed into itself for modulation Operator3 Feedback velocity button When pressed note velocity affects how much feedback is applied to operator3 Volume velocity button When pressed note velocity affects the output volume of the FMSynth Output Volume knob The final output volume of th
68. synth Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the Modular is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the Modular will output distorted sound Modular component There are many different types of modular components each having a particular role in how it treats the signal going through it Component bay To place components touch inside one of the component bays and the component catalog will be displayed Once placed some components span 1 bay some span 2 bays If the catalog is brought up on a bay where there is only room for 1 the component catalog will disallow selection on large components Preview keyboard gripper Once visible 7 the preview keyboard can be moved vertically by dragging this gripper area Preview Keyboard This keyboard is used to play notes to help when designing sounds with the Modular Toggle its visibility using the keyboard button 7 Octave buttons Raises or lowers the octave of the Preview Keyboard Note CV signal jack The note control voltage CV is a signal representing the note played Route this signal to note inputs on sound generator components for example Note Velocity signal jack The note velocity is a signal representing the velocity associated with the note played Normally velocity gets reflected as a change in output volume and if that s all you want route this signal to the Volume Mod input 22 However because this is a regular control signal it can be routed to filter contr
69. t frequency the phaser will sweep to Depth The sweep width in frequency range Rate The speed at which the comb filter sweeps the frequency range Feedback The amount of output signal that is fed back into the input for processing Speed The reaction time for the filter to go from OFF to ON Depth The maximum amount of cutoff applied to the incoming signal Cutoff The cutoff frequency for the internal band pass filter Resonance The resonance amount for the internal band pass filter Wet The ratio of modified signal to original signal from 0 to 100 Freq The frequency at which to apply the equalization Gain The volume gain to apply around the selected frequency boost or cut Bandwidth The size of the surrounding frequencies that will be affected by the equalization Limiter Comb Filter Pre The amplification of the signal going into the limiter Post The amplification of the signal after it has been compressed make up gain Attack The time it takes to start clamping once signal over 100 has been detected Release The time it rakes to stop clamping after the signal has gone below 100 Dust The amount of dust sounds generated Scratch The amount of scratch sounds generated Noise The amount of low frequency noise generated Age The amount of band pass filtering applied to the incoming signal Wet The amount of generated signals dust scratch noise that will go into the original signal
70. t the sound is captured from a stereo source The greater the Width value the more stereo separation in the sound When the control is centered there is no delay When the knob is turned left the delay is in the left ear and when the knob is turned right then delay is in the right ear Mute Solo Buttons Mute stops this machine s audio from going into the output mix Solo mutes out every machine except the Solo ed one Volume Knob Controls this machine s final volume that will be mixed into the output This also affects the amount of signal sent to the Global Effects 6 VU meter Indicates the level at which this machine is outputing signal If this reaches RED then this machine will output distorted sound into the final mix 7 Strip Identifier Label Shows the name of the machine connected to this strip Tip Double tap the label to quickly jump to the machine CAUS IUL 2 Master Description The Master section is where the global effects are configured and where you can manipulate the combined sound of all the instruments in your rack before it heads out to the sound card There are two insert effect slots a semi parametric EQ a limiter effect as well as a final volume control The Master Effects tutorial video shows how to use this machine Ul Reference DELAY 2 9 SEE Room DIFFUSE DITHER i DELAY SIZE DARPINE ECHOES Y OAMPICG 7 WET 23 EARLY E R STEREO STEREO REFLECT DECAY DELAY SPREAD EQIWUALIZER
71. the operation ee Toggle button When enabled playback will resume automatically once the play cursor reaches the end of the selection Play button Starts audio playback on the selected sample portion Stop button Stop audio playback Record button Shows a microphone popup where audio recording can be triggered Note that recorded sample data replaces the entire content of the sample with the recorded content and the operation cannot be undone Selection start cursor This determines the start point of the selection for future sample operations To place this cursor touch anywhere inside the upper light gray area 8 above the waveform view 11 and drag Edit cursor This determines where sample data will get pasted as part of the Edit Paste and Paste Mix operations To place this cursor drag either the upper or lower orange gripper box 9 to the desired location 10 Selection end cursor This determines the start point of the selection for future sample T To place this cursor touch anywhere inside the lower light gray area 9 below the waveform view 11 and drag 11 Waveform view Displays the sample data for the loaded waveform Touch and drag inside this area to pan the sample pinch to zoom in or out and double tap to reset zoom and cursors to their defaults Once zoomed in far enough orange boxes will appear allowing the user to directly manipulate individual sample points 12 Snap buttons In each corner of the Waveform view 11
72. there are arrows o Touching the top left arrow will move the Start cursor to the previous zero crossing in the signal o Touching the top right arrow will move the Start cursor to the next zero crossing in the signal o Touching the top left arrow will move the End cursor to the previous zero crossing in the signal o Touching the top right arrow will move the End cursor to the next zero crossing in the signal 13 Amplitude ruler Shows how signal amplitude relates vertically 14 Cancel button Exits the sample editor without using any of the modifications made within the sample editor session 15 Done confirm button Exits the sample editor and tell the launching machine to update its sample data to the result of the edited sample Menus File Load Brings up a file browser which you can use to select a WAV file to load into your sample editor Rename This lets you change the name or label associated with this sample in the machine that launched it Save As Lets you save out this sample as a new WAV file or overwrite an existing WAV file Save Sel Lets you save only the selected portion of the sample out to a WAV file I nfo Displays information about the sample file name duration bit depth and sampling rate Edit Undo redo Reverts or re does the last action performed in the sample editor Remove Deletes the selection portion of the sample and joins up the remaining sample on both sides Cut Same as remove above b
73. trol can also be used to remove a sample If the level is set to 0 a prompt will pop up asking to confirm sample deletion Long press this button to access the sample editor for the selected sample slot Tune Pan Button When selected this allows the user to fine tune the sample s playback frequency using the wheel 15 to control the correction from 50 cents to 50 cents Long press this button to toggle to and from Pan meee instead Once in pan mode use the wheel 15 to pan an individual sample in the stereo field Root Key When selected this allows the user to set which key represents the sample s base tuning Use the wheel 15 to set the key or long press the Root Key button then press the desired key on the preview keyboard 38 For example if the WAV sample used was of a G5 note then the rootkey should be set to G5 in order to ensure correctly tuned playback Low Key When selected this allows the user to set the lowest note which should use the currently selected sample for playback using the wheel 15 or by long pressing the Low Key button then pressing the desired key on the preview keyboard 38 This is mostly useful in multi sample instruments where each sample maps correctly to a particular range of notes High Key When selected this allows the user to set the highest note which should use the currently selected sample for playback using the wheel 15 or by long pressing the Low Key button then pressing the desired k
74. truments Because the vocoder allows for 6 possible modulator sources its important not only to place notes for the carrier synth but also to select a modulation source in the pattern editor by entering note data in the bottom octave C1 This triggered note tells the app when to start the modulator signal and can be used to restart a modulator or switch modulators mid way through a pattern The vocoder tutorial video shows how to use this machine Ul Reference U oO Cc oO D E r nate CHARACTER CONTROL DR ON gt my Machine label This is used to identify this machine in various places throughout the app Its value can be changed via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine Note On LED This LED lights up whenever a note is triggered Modulator information This display shows the name of the currently selected modulator as well as the power going into each frequency band when playing Load modulator button Pressing this button will bring up a File Browser to let you load a WAV file as your modulation source for the selected modulator slot Clear modulator button Pressing this button will clear all modulator information for the selected modulator Sample editor button
75. ut places the deleted portion into the clipboard for pasting later Copy Place the selected portion of sample into the clipboard without affecting the existing sample Paste Inserts the content of the editor clipboard at the point marked by the edit orange cursor This moves any sample content following the edit cursor to after the inserted sample data Paste Mix Mixes the content of the editor clipboard with the waveform at the point marked by the edit orange cursor This doesn t move the existing sample content but rather combines it with the clipboard content Crop Trims the sample to only include the portion which is selected deletes everything before and after the selection Mute Replaces the selected sample portion with silence Process Normalize This operation analyzes the select sample portion finds the maximum value then rescales amplifies up or down the selected portion so that the maximum value lines up with the normalization threshold To set the threshold value press the extended parameter button 3 and adjust the slider An orange horizontal line will show you the threshold and how it relates to the sample loaded Press the green checkmark to confirm the threshold and apply the normalization To quickly normalize without changing the threshold simple press Normalize without extending the parameter slider Amplify This operation rescales the selected portion of the sample based on the amplification level set usin
76. via a long press action label changes color to indicate a successful touch Upon successful long press a keyboard offering you to rename the machine will appear Use this to identify a machine in a rack configuration where there might be more than one instance of the same machine 2 Preset LCD This display shows the name of the last loaded preset and is used to load presets A preset is a saved file that contains a link to all samples used as well as the positions of every knob To load a preset touch the preset LCD This will bring up a list of saved presets to choose from 3 Save Preset button This button allows you to save your own presets to disk for use later Pressing this button will bring up a keyboard allowing you to name your preset Presets are stored on the external storage in caustic presets beatbox 4 Kit Options button This button brings up the BeatBox Kit Options screen 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mute Solo buttons These buttons link to the ones in the mixer and are used to cut out this machine from the final mix or listen to only this machine Output Volume knob The final output volume of the BeatBox Output VU meter Indicates the level at which the BeatBox is outputing signal If this reaches RED then the BeatBox will output distorted sound Channel Mute Solo buttons These buttons are used to cut out this channel from within the BeatBox s output mix or listen to only this channel Sample Nam
77. will get pasted touch once inside the timeline at the desired measure to place the orange vertical line then press the Paste button To remove a block or blocks select the block s and press the delete X button in the lower right corner If two pattern blocks overlap a red Error button will appear in the lower left corner of the sequencer and the offending patterns will be highlighted in red Pressing the error button will jump to show the first error To clear the error move or delete the offending block s Tip Double tapping any of the machine icons on the left hand side 8 will jump to that machine Piano roll View TSE r i l 128 129 130 131 ae 133 13 H 135 1365 131 138 139 10 141 The piano roll view can be used to add notes that are longer than 8 measures or create non repeating note sequences It is very similar to the Pattern editor except that it spans over the entire song instead of just a few measures Touch the display in the upper left to select which piano roll machine to work with Use the zoom magnifiers 5 above or grid size button to scale the view Zooming in piano roll view sets the default new note length To scroll the keyboard up and down in octaves touch and drag up down in the side keyboard 8 above Hold a note in the side keyboard to hear a preview of it in the linked machine To add a note trigger touch a grid square for the desired note at the desired time The initial l

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