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1. p LDFX AraldFX http www araldfx com StormGate1 User s manual WY FUNCTIONS Y Co py AraidFX StormG About StormGate1 StormGate1 is a unique innovative and versatile rhythmic gate effect which lets you draw amplitude patterns or in other words volume changes patterns with simple but powerful drawing tools randomize gating sequences chain patterns and more SG1 is not only a valid tool for dance and ambient music pads or noises which is its most straightforward application but it is also well suited to simulating compressor side chaining with great control over the gain reduction behavior Drawing Envelopes You can draw amplitude patterns in the big panel A using the drawing tools available B TT za ven Tee gt CT e ew Ge TB A TB CUB PA ss a errea i PEZ d e e The FREE drawing tool lets you draw the volume pattern by hand e The STEP drawing tool lets you draw a straight horizontal lines constant volume e The SPIKE drawing tool lets you draw exponential envelopes starting from the drawing point and ending at zero volume This is useful for imitating plucked or percussive sounds e The EXP tool lets you draw exponential lines If you draw from top to bottom you will get a decaying exponential if you draw from bottom to top you will get an attack exponential The drawing direction is always left to right and the length of the exponential is quantized to the close
2. Fade control to set the proper compression amount Functions StormGate1 offers several editing functions which can be selected from the functions pop up menu and applied with the button on the left of the function s name Function name Effect Copy Copies the envelope Paste Pastes the envelope Invert Inverts flips the amplitude of the envelope upside down Smooth decay Smooths the decay of the pattern Smooth full Smooths both the attacks and decay peaks Rotate left Rotates the pattern to the left by one rhythmic unit Rotate right Rotates the pattern to the right by one rhythmic unit Reverse Reverses mirror the envelope Shuffle Shuffles pattern subdivisions randomly RND Pulse Produces random pulses flat steps RND Spikes Produces random spikes exponential steps RND Wild Random smooth envelope Normalize Normalizes the amplitude of the envelope MIDI integration If you host offers MIDI support for effects you can switch the patterns by sending MIDI notes from C1 to D 2 Final words Please visit http www araldfx com for free updates and more information You can subscribe AraldFX mailing list by creating your own AraldFX account to stay informed about software updates and new releases If you like StormGate1 please consider upgrading to StormGate3 which offers many additional features including multiband noise gating filtering envelopes recording and
3. much more Special thanks to all the nice people who helped with their feedback and support to the realization of this plug in juanjio fabi bodan shamann and many other on the KVR forums to all the AraldFX members supporters and friends and to Mr Lee Ray for revising this manual Thank you for using StormGate1 hope you will enjoy it Aldo Trianti AraldFX
4. of the 3 measure and ending at the end of the 4 measure StormGate1 will recognize this situation because it will take in account the pattern switching position 3 measure and will play the last half of pattern A when playing the last half of 3 measure and then pattern B for the whole 4 measure To take advantage of the advanced loop support make sure that StormGate1 understands the pattern switching position In our example you should start playing your song across the measures 2 3 where the pattern switching happens and then StormGate1 will play the loop correctly Levels Below the envelope display StormGate1 offers two volume controls one for the original signal Dry Ivl and one for the gated signal Wet Ivl The balance control Fade lets you fade between the two signals E ae d i AAE T Nt ker gee IEA N ge i Wet Iyl i rga irr JO i ee E Y A e y A f arias f i BK SD I GEA G d When you use StormGate1 for pure rhythmic gating effects it is necessary to have separate volumes for the original and the gated signals because the original signal will probably sound louder then the gated one You should find the right balance between the Dry and Wet levels so you can fade between them without perceiving a big volume change unless this is what you want to do lf you are going to use the plug in to simulate compressor side chaining you should set both the Dry lvl and the Wet lvl to OdB and use the
5. st grid line Both the STEP and the SPIKE tools can generate lines from 1 to 4 steps in length depending on the TOOL SIZE settings Using patterns In StormGate1 a pattern is an envelope A pattern can be any length from 1 to 8 eighth of notes quavers or from 1 to 12 eighth note triplets To change the length of the pattern in steps use the STEPS plus and minus re buttons and to select the basic rhythmic unit of the steps use the switch aa below As soon as you change the step rhythmic unit the change will be reflected in the drawing grid as well Each of the 16 patterns available is designated with a letter of the English alphabet from A to P J DUY BAER E EEE JERE a ur CHAINI AUK NE You can use the pattern selection buttons dde both editing the pez and eres pattern switching via automation In StormGate1 each pattern can be chained with any other pattern By chaining we mean that once a pattern has been played once through the integrated sequencer will switch automatically the to the next pattern you select To chain a pattern simply select a pattern in the pattern chain selection row marked with the gt gt symbol You can also chain a pattern to itself to have it running continuously The FOLLOW button lets StormGate1 select and display automatically the pattern currently played When you select a pattern in the user interface the FOLLOW function will be turned off to prevent automatic pattern
6. switching when editing the currently selected pattern Remember to turn FOLLOW back on after editing if you want to see patterns displayed as they are being played synchronization StormGate1 features an advanced synchronization algorithm which lets you synchronize the pattern switch to the song tempo using either free one quarter or one eighth resolution OFF mode no synchronization is very useful when you want to trigger the envelopes To simulate a pure triggering mode just chain the patterns you want to trigger with an empty one chained to itself PTN mode will simply wait until the end of the current pattern before switching to the new one Quarter and Eighth modes will quantize the pattern switching point to the closest quarter or eighth note in the song position This switch is very useful when you want accurate synchronization and are recording pattern switching via automation which may not be very precise because of design implications with some hosts In general you should anticipate slightly the pattern change for the best results IMPORTANT StormGate1 also features intelligent loop support Please make sure you understand this section Let s make a simple example You have a pattern chained with another one A gt gt B gt gt A gt gt B etc and you switch to pattern A at the beginning of the 3 measure Later you set a loop in your sequencer for editing purposes starting from the half

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