Argon User Manual v1 2 0

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argonMonophonic Virtual Analog Synthesizer for iPhone/iPod Touch

User ManualVersion 1.2.0


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1. Feature

2. Start

3. Master

4. Loop recorder

5. Oscillator 1

6. Oscillator 2

7. Oscillator 3+modulation

8. Filter

9. Amp

10. Delay

11. Step sequencer

12. Keyboard

* Appendix(ARGON Block Diagram)

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Features+ High-quality 32bit floating point Synth-engine

+ Three Oscillator

- Osc1

- Modulatable Sawtooth waveforms Oscillator

- Modulatable Pulse width Oscillator- Modulatable Oscillator to Triangle wave from Sine

wave

- Modulatable Noise Oscillator

- Formant Oscillator

- Osc2,3

- Sawtooth waveform

- Square waveform

- Sine Waveform

- Noise

- FM (Frequency Modulation)- AM (Amplitude Modulation)

- Oscillator Sync

- Oscillator modulation

- LFO, Envelope exclusive Oscillator

- Modulatable Pitch and Level using LFO, Envelope

- Modulatable FM depth using LFO, Envelope(Only

Oscillator 1)

+ Filter

- Low Pass Filter(24dB/Oct)




- Mid Pass Filter

- High Pass Filter

- Envelope, LFO exclusive for Filter

+ Amplifier

- Overdrive (saturator)

- 3 Band EQ

- Panpot

- Envelope, LFO exclusive for AMP

+ Three Envelope Generator(EG)

- Envelope Generator exclusive for each OSC,

Filter, AMP

- ADSR(Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release)

+ LFO (Low Frequency Oscilator) x 3

- Sawtooth Wave

- Square Wave

- Sine Wave

- Random waveforms by Sample, Hold.

- Tempo-synced Speed.

- KeySync Mode

- LFO Delay Parameter

+ Delay Effect

- Adjustable L,R Delay (0.1ms - 2000ms)

- TempoSync Mode

- Left and Right Feedback

- Cross-feed-back

- Color Parameter for controlling delay sound

- LFO for modulating delay time

- Modulation effects (Chorus, Flanger)

- Spread Parameter

(Modulating phase between left and right channels)

+ Step Sequencer

- 16 Step Sequencer

- Writable Tone program (8 Pattern in 1 Tone)

- Position-returning KeySync Mode

+ keyboard

- Three sized scrollable keyboard

+ Key transpose

- Octave shift ( +- 1 Semi-tone)

+ Scale

- Real-time Performance using Scale

+ Key Holding

+ Note Portament

+ TempoSync (LFO, Step Sequencer, Delay)

+ Taptempo

+ Preset Saving(512 preset)

+ Original 64 factory preset

+Loop Recorder(Adding on Ver.1.1.0 update)

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Start

Sampling Rate(KHz): 11.025 - 44.1KHz

Buffer Size(Samples): 256 - 1024

You can select Sampling Rate and Buffer size. The best solution for ARGON is 44.1KHz, 512 sample.

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- Tone Bank

64 Factory Presets are included in ToneBank.

You can save current sound in Tone Bank you created.

1. Press Initialize button.

2. Make you own sound using Oscillator, Filter and so on.

3. Press write button.4. Select place you want to save in ToneBank.

And also, You can save your Bank in Tone Program Bank Manager.

1. Press Bank button.

2. Select Bank in User Tone Banks you want to save.

3. Press save button.

You can load Factory Presets and your Bank you saved.

1. Press Bank Button.

2. Select Factory Preset Banks or User Tone Bank inTone Program Bank Manager.

3. Press load button.

(ATTENTION)

If you load Factory Presets, All sound preset will be

overwritten.

- Fast-Shift & Easy-Move button

Fast-Shift & Easy-Move button let you move panel-to-panel easily.

1. Press Fast-Shift button or Easy-move button.

2. Select menu you want to move (In case of Easy-Move button)

MasterDragging area to scroll control panel Fast-Shift & Easy-Move button

Dragging area to scroll keyboard

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- Recorder

Loop Recorder provides real-time overdubbing. It lets you to

record four bars loop.

*Play

To play and stop. press this button.

*Record

To record real-time dubbing, press this button.

*Erase

To erase your loop, press this button.

*Load Loop

To load your patterns, press button(1-8) you want to load.

Also, you can load another loop during playback.

If you load another loops during playback, the newly selected

loop will begin to play 1bar after.

*Save Loop

To save your pattern, press save button and select loop number

you want to save.

- Tempo

Tempo knob is adjusting the tempo.

If you adjust tempo during playback. current playback will be

stopped.

*Metronome

You can sound the metronome while you record. And you can

adjust metronome volume.

- Location

During recording and playing, blue bar indicates the current

position.

Loop Recorder

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*Export

You can export your loop to your computer as .wav file.

To export your loop, press export button, and type the following

address to the browser.

*Clipboard

ARGON support for copying audio data from ARGON to the

pasteboard (compatible with Intua Beatmaker and Requires

iPhone OS 3.0 or later)

For more information, Please refer our movie.

How to paste ARGON loop to BeatMaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZjngZFAdw

Loop Recorder

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- Waveform

Oscillator have five waveform shapes: sawtooth, square,

triangle(from sine), sine, noise, formant.

And LFO(Low Frequency Oscillator), ENV(Envelope) knobs are

included each parameter.(White Knobs)

- Wave Shape

Shape knob modifies Waveform Shape Which applied the

Waveform type you selected.

- Pitch

* Octave

Octave knob Shifts octave of the pitch.

- FM(Osc2 > 1)

This knob let the output waveform of oscillator2 to modulatesthe phase of oscillator 1.

*Depth

Depth knob adjusts the depth of FM(Frequency Modulation).

- Level

Level knob modulates OSC1 of the output level.

Oscillator 1

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- OSC1 > 2

*SYNC

If SYNC Button is On, this synchronize OSC2 to the phase of

OSC1.

*AM(Amplitude Modulation) is known as Ring Modulation.

Using difference of OSC1 and 2, AM generates metallic sound.

- FM(Osc3 > 2)

This knob let the output waveform of oscillator3 to modulates

the phase of oscillator 2.

*Depth

Depth knob adjusts the depth of FM(Frequency Modulation).

Oscillator 2

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- LFO

*Speed

Speed Knob adjusts the LFO speed.

*Delay

Delay Knob sets the time from note-on.

- SYNC

*Key

If Key Button is on, the Waveform will be start

from the beginning at note-on.

*Tempo

If Tempo Button is on, the LFO speed will synchronize to the

tempo.

Oscillator 3 & Modulation

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- Filter

*Type

You can select 6 Filter types.

*Cutoff

Cutoff Knob modulates cutoff frequency.

*Reso(Resonance)

Reso Knob modulates the resonance.

*KEY

KEY Knob adjusts the amount of keyboard tracking that will be

applied to the cutoff frequency.

*LFO

LFO Knob adjusts modulate LFO of the cutoff frequency.

*ENV

ENV Knob adjusts modulate ENV of the cutoff frequency.

Filter

Note-On Note-Off

Attack Decay

Sustain

Release

Noise Spectrum

Filtered Noise SpectrumLP24

LP18

LP12

LP6

BP

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*PreAMP LFO

This Knob adjusts Amp Level before drive applied.

- Drive

*Gain

Gain Knob boost the sound.

- EQ

Each Knobs(Bass, Middle, Treble) in EQ adjust the tonal balance.

- AMP Level

Level Knob adjusts Amp Level after drive applied.

- Pan

*Pan

Pan Knob adjusts the stereo position(L/R).

*LFO

LFO Knob adjusts LFO of the Pan.

- LFO

*Speed

Speed Knob adjusts the LFO speed

*DelayDelay Knob sets the time from note-on.

- SYNC

*Key

If Key Button is on, the waveform will be start

from the beginning at note-on.

*Tempo

Tempo Button synchronize LFO speed to the Tempo.

-ENV

ENV Knob adjusts modulate ENV of the cutoff frequency.

AMP

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* Time Range

This knob adjust delay time(0.1 - 2000ms, TempoSYNC)

* CopyL>R

This button copy Left settings to Right.

- Left, Right* Time

Time knob adjust delay time. (Left, Right)

* Feedback

Feedback Knob adjust the amount of Feedback.

* CrossFb

CrossFb(Cross-Feed-Back) knob cross over between the left and

right.(Refer to Delay Block Diagram)

- Modulation

Modulation includes Depth, Speed, Spread knobs. You can

adjust depth, speed, spread.

* Dry/Wet

You can set the balance between the effect and dry sounds.

* Delay Block Diagram

Delay

Delay+

Delay+

Feedback

Cross Feedback

Feedback

Cross Feedback

Filter

Filter

Color

Color

Time

Time

Modulation

(LFO)

L

R

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Instead of drawing notes, You can compose patterns.

1. SEQ. Switch ON

2. Draw notes

3. Press keyboard

*SYNC keyboard button

SYNC keyboard button synchronize to the Keyboard.

If this is on, the data stored in the Step Sequencer will always

play from the beginning.

You can save your pattern to the pattern bank(Max 8patterns)

*Copy, Paste buttonYou can copy your loop and paste another Pattern bank.

More information about Step Sequencer?

Please Refer to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MroPcx-Ne8

Step Sequencer

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*Hold

This button is a function that hold a keyboard.

*Transpose

This knob shifts the pitch by +/- 12 semitones.

*Scale

- Scale Editor

Scale editor lets you move the scale.

If you move the yellow circles, note will be sent on the scale.

*Portamento

This knob creates a smooth transition in pitch between one note

and the next.

Keyboard

Input Note

Output Note

C D E F G A BC

D

E

F

G

A

B

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OSC1

OSC2

OSC3

Filter+ AMP Saturator Pan Delay

ENV LFO ENV LFO ENV LFO

ARGON Block Diagram

OutputFM Sync x

AM

LFO

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