Sonic Charge Microtonic - Manual (Page 37)

Version 2.0
(2005-06-20)
Major New Features
• There is an alternative version of
Microtonic with separate outputs for each drum
channel ("MicrotonicVSTMulti") .
• Microtonic features built-in support for MIDI controllers with easy-to-use on-
screen editing and "MIDI learn". A MIDI controller can be assigned to a parameter
in a specific drum channel, or if you prefer, to edit the currently selected drum
channel. Once you have created your assignments you can save and load them.
• The preset and drum patch file browsers feature direct previewing within the
browsers. You can preview presets and patterns in their original tempo or syn-
chronized to the music you are playing. Presets and individual drum patches can
be previewed and compared directly without leaving the browser.
• There is a "pitched MIDI mode" which allows you to actually play melodies with
the drum patches on your keyboard. In "pitched mode", the eight drum channels
are addressed with MIDI channels 1 to 8 and you have the entire keyboard for
each channel. C3
(note number 60) will play the "original pitch". This opens up
new possibilities when you will be able to use Microtonic not only for drums, but
also for melodies and bass lines. (Disclaimer: Microtonic will of course remain a
drum synthesizer primarily.)
• The oscillator section has been blessed with an attack parameter so that you can
achieve a softer sound and reduce the click of those 808-style bass drums. The
attack envelope is exponential, just like the default envelope mode of the noise
section.
• You can export individual patterns (or chains) to standard MIDI files and WAV files.
Cool Improvements
• You can freely assign which MIDI keys the drum channels respond to and which
keys to use for triggering patterns and muting channels.
• There is a preference dialog where you can choose how knobs should react (circu-
lar, relative circular, linear or decided by host) . You can also set a default startup
preset and switch the functions of the right mouse button and the Control / Alt
Key. The latter is excellent for working quicker with editing accents etc...
• You can play Microtonic patterns even when the host sequencer is stopped. Just
click the play button while it is flashing in "waiting state" and it will start playing at
once.
• Right-clicking drum channels give you some options on the entire channels (like
cut / copy / paste etc) . Useful if you want to trade places of channels etc...
• Note names are displayed in the popup hints for the frequency sliders so that you
can tune to an exact pitch. This is handy with the new "pitched mode" (described
earlier) .
• You can right-click a knob or slider to set an exact value with text (you may enter
note names as well for frequency sliders) . You can also right-click to quickly assign
MIDI controllers to knobs, sliders or buttons.
• Knobs and sliders have sub-pixel precision. This goes well in line with Microtonic
sound engine, which features an infinitely fine resolution on all parameters. Now
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