Audio Damage Phosphor - Manual (Page 19)

Poly Mode
The Poly Mode switches determine how Phosphor responds when you play more than one note at a time on
your MIDI keyboard. It has three positions:
Poly – in this mode, Phosphor responds polyphonically, like a piano and most digital
synthesizers. Play several keys on your keyboard, and you’ll hear several notes.
Mono – in this mode, Phosphor plays only one note at a time. If you hold down a key on your
keyboard, and press another key, Phosphor will not play a new note, but will change
its pitch to that of the new key. In this mode, the envelope generators are not
restarted when you play additional keys.
Retrig – this is the same as Mono mode, but the envelope generators are retriggered every
time you press a key.
Portamento
The Portamento slider creates a sliding effect when the mono or retrig modes are active. If you hold down a
key and press another key, Phosphor’s pitch will slide to the second note at a rate determined by the sliders.
The further you move the slider to the right, the longer it takes Phosphor to slide from one note to the next.
The Portamento slider has no effect if Poly mode is active.
Delay Mix
The Delay Mix slider controls the relative loudness of Phospor’s raw output and the output from the delays and
filters. If you set the slider to the far left, you won’t hear the delayed/filtered signal at all. If you set it to the
far right, you’ll hear only the delayed/filtered signal. If you set it in the middle, you’ll hear equal amounts of
both.
Output
The Output slider controls Phosphor’s overall loudness. Phosphor’s signal can vary fairly widely depending on
how many partials you use and whether cross-modulation is employed; use this slider to compensate. Moving
towards the right makes Phosphor’s output louder.