(Outputs). John Bowen Solaris V5

24 | SOUND MODIFIERS when on. You will need to Enable the Mix Mod for these controls to work. (When disabled, the Mixers work normally.)

Filter Mix Eff ects (MixFX)

You can add effects to each fi lter mixer, pre- or post- fi lter.

Figure 23: Filter Output Panel

Filter Outputs Summary Page (Outputs)

Figure 22: Filter Mix Effects

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The available fi lter eff ects are:

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Bit Chop

Decimator

Dist Soft

Dist Hard

LowPass

HighPass

Delay

Rectifi er

Filter Output (Output)

All Mixer/Filter section outputs are mixed together to a stereo signal bus and individually sent to the modulation bus to act as a modulation source (F1 mix, F2 mix,

F3 mix and F4 mix). At times you may want to use this signal only as a modulation source, and not hear it through the main stereo bus; using the Mute buttons in the lower left bottom area of the synth will silence the mix output in the stereo bus, but keep it available as a modulation source.

This is a fairly complex issue, but here’s the thought behind it:

You can use the output of any fi lter mixer as a modulation source. If you turn on a mixer, however, it plays through the Main Mix outputs, and it is usually the case that you do not want to hear it there, but only as a participant in the modulation path (when using it as a mod source). Therefore, muting the signal from the Mute buttons will remove the signal from the audio path, but not the modulation sources.

Figure 24: Filter Output Summary Page

Clicking on the Outputs button displays a summary view of all 4 fi lters and fi lter mixers, with key parameters such as fi lter type, cutoff frequency, resonance, envelope amount and source for the mixer, etc. This provides a quick way to see what is happening with all

4 fi lters/mixers at the same time. Key parameters can be edited on the Outputs page as well as the individual fi lter pages.

LFOs

There are 5 LFO sources, counting the vibrato LFO.

The LFOs are listed in the modulation source list as:

SMO (Super Mod Oscillator), lfo-a, lfo-b, and lfo-c.

There is also an LFO Mix/Blend feature allows the mixing of any 4 of these LFOs, or any of the many other control signals in Solaris, either as a standard mixer signal, or as a series of signals, one after the other via the ‘blender’ circuit. The output of the Filter Mix/Blend is listed as ‘Lfo Mix’ in the mod lists.

Super Modulation Oscillator (SMO)

This special LFO can provide more complex timbres as it can run at an audio rate and track the keyboard, thereby suitable for linear modulation of the source material. It also has more extensive controls over the amplitude – delay, fade in, and fade out. These parameters are calculated from each note-on ( Gate) event.