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Altair 4 B – SciFi Sounds Lab Pro

The name of this plugin Altair 4 B as is an hommage to the movie Forbidden Planet

from 19 ! "ith Altair 4 bing the forbidden planet# And this is the first movie "ith acomplete electronic soundtrac$ %b& Louis and Bebe Barron ' using sounds thatcould have been done "ith this plug#

(This instrument does do a lot of the things the Barron)s did "ith their circuitr&albeit a lot easier(# (*t ma$es SciFi sounds + noises and ever&bod& "ill reminiscentto a old soundlaborator& of the ,-!,ties(#

An&"a& Altair 4 B puts it to a modern level#

Main features:2 oscillators with two soundsources with one (B) driving the other (A) to resonate;3 LFO: L1 ( waves) with !e" restart on first !e" #ressed$ L2 (% waves) and #hase &odulation$ L3 ( waves)with o#tional &odulation '" su' LFO;2 hidden LFO: L12 &i of L1 and L2$ L13 &i of L1 and L3;1 *a&#le + ,old (- &odes);1 ./A with A0 (with #an for undela"ed sound at 0ev section);1 Main .olu&e with level control: fi ed$ .elocit"$ Aftertouch$ or heel;1 4ela" ('#& s"nced) and dedicated #an1 Bass Boost1 0ever' with #redela"1 ,old 'utton to hold last #la"ed !e"

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5ro .ersion: % voices$ 3%6 #atches (1 internal$ 2e ternal 'an!)

Oscillator section

Both oscillators have the sa&e features7*oundsource A is controlled via 8e"'oard with additional #itch &odulation7*oundsource B is driving soundsource A:5itch B is controlled either '" 8e"'oard or it9s seletced &odulation sourceB A&ount drives A to resonate75itch B offset allows to set a fi ed #itch offset to source B in se&itoes for 7 2 octaves7/ontrol Mode 'utton selects control for #itch B to 8e"'oard or &od sources 70esonator Mi &i es 'etween 'oth oscillators with selecta'le &od sources where &id #osition is alwa"s<=:<= and there is no &od7 >hus in order to have &odsources affecting "ou need to set the !no' to left orright which also changes the #olarit" of the &odulation7

On the ?o"#ad there are three 9'alls9 to control 5itch B and B A&ount and 'oth 5itch A

LFO *ection

All LFO rates are set '" !no's (no '#& s"ncing here)L1 has waves: *ine$ *aw$ 0a&# >riangle$ *@uare$ 5ulse 1 and 5ulse 2ote: LFO 1 is triggered on 1 st !e" #la"ed (after all !e"s off) and won9t retrigger as long as one !e" is helddown7 ou &ight use this one to fade in a &odulation7L2 has % waves: *aw$ *@uare$ *@uare*aw 4ou'le0es*ine$ 0eso1$ 0eso2$ 0eso3 and 0eso6L3 has waves: *ine$ *aw$ 0a&# >riangle$ *@uare$ 5ulse 1 and 5ulse 2 #lus a *u' LFO &odulating theout#ut '" a 0a&# wave7*a&#le and ,old has - &odes: 0nd 1$ 0nd 2$ C# (ra&#)$ 4n (saw)$ C# 4n1 (sine)$ and C# 4n2 (tri)

2 9hidden9 LFO:L12 &i of LFO 1 and LFO 2L13 &i of LFO 1 and LFO 3so these hidden LFO are controlled '" the settings of the res#7 LFO7>he out#ut of all LFO is visualiDed '" the "ellow dots on the Eo"#ad with the th dot for Aftertouch a&ount7

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./A and Out *ection

8no's for Bass Boost$ Attac! + 0elease for ./A $ and Main .olu&e*elector for Level &odulation: Fi ed$ .elocit"$ Aftertouch ( ) $ and heel with the latter two co&ing inhand" to control out#ut level while holding !e"s or ,old 'utton set to on7,old 'utton to hold last #la"ed !e" G #ress ,old while !e" is still #la"ed7

4ela" section

Button for 4ela" On Off 8no's for 4ela" level$ 4eal" 5an$ and Feed'ac!*elector for 4ela" te&#o related to B5M of host in fraction of note lengths7

0ever' section

Button for 0ever' On Off 8no's for 0ever' Mi $ idth$ *iDe$ and 5re4ela"5lus 8no' for 5an of undela"ed i7e7 direct signal

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Appendi 5

6*.*7*mplementation of 6*.* 88 for buttons/ sliders + $nobs (recogniDed data valid fro& = 12 )MI4I // fro& 33 to -3 are not assigned so "ou &ight use these for "our own assign&ents #rovided "ourMI4I /ontroller ,ard *oftware does su##ort these as nor&al controllers7

>he in'uilt MI4I // + value dis#la" will show changes when an assigned ite& is edited7

ou &ight use MI4I Learn or dit via right clic! with &ouse on the res#7 Ite& (!no'$ 'utton$ selector etc7) tochange these assign&ents7 ot all control ele&ents on CI do su##orts this7 Be sure to save that 'an! inorder to recall the new assign&ents7

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Terms of License Agreement

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