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AKKORD
Operation manual
Electronic Instruments Volume 2 Akkord
Akkord
Instrument Design: Lazyfish
Sound Design: Lazyfish, Dennis DeSantis
Interface Design: Phirol
Introduction
Global controls
LFO 1 and 2 The two (identical) low frequency oscillators can be used as
modulation sources for the oscillators, the Harmonics /
Shaper section and the filter.
Tone Generation
Main and modulation Main Osc selects the main oscillator waveform, and Mod Osc
oscillators selects the modulator oscillator waveform. Five identical
shapes are available for both oscillators - Par (parabolic
waveform), Tri (triangle), Saw (Sawtooth), Pls (Pulse) or Imp
LP (lowpass filtered impulse)
Pitch and Amplitude The section labelled PM (pitch modulation) above the
modulation main/mod oscillator menus provides a low frequency sine
oscillator dedicated to oscillator pitch modulation (for main,
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Harmonics / Shapers This section is where the mod oscillator modulates the main
oscillator to create additional harmonics. This section also
offers several wave shaping distortion algorithms.
Effects section
Centre sets the pitch at which low and high bands are divided,
and D Lo and D Hi set the delay time for the low and high
bands. Rate sets the modulation rate; Phase determines the
amount of phase offset between the internal LFOs; D Mod
controls the amount of delay time modulation; and A Mod
controls the amount of amplitude modulation.
Del L and Del R set the delay time for the left and right
channels in 16th steps. Fb sets the amount of feedback.
Mix crossfades between the input signal and the wet, delayed
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signal.
EQ, O-Drive The Low and High knobs set the frequency of a pair of low
and high shelf EQ units, for which the Boost knobs determine
the amount of frequency attenuation/amplification
The Drive knob determines the amount of signal amplification
before a saturator unit.
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The Sequencer
The Akkord ensemble also features a powerful 8-pattern, 32-step, polyphonic chord sequencer.
As the sequencer is driven by the MIDI clock, please ensure that the play button is pressed on
the Reaktor toolbar.
The 8-patterns (labelled A to H) can be selected by clicking on the pattern selector at the top of
the main Sequencer section. Click once on the pattern selector to select a single pattern to
play/edit, or click and drag to select a range of patterns to loop.
Beneath the pattern selector lies the 32-step sequencer (the central display). Each of the 32
steps can store up to 32 notes. Click on any of the 32 steps to be able to edit with the note
editor (bottom display). In the note editor, you can either create chords by drawing individual
notes by hand, or by selecting a chord from the Chords list, enabling the chord generator (press
On), and then clicking on the root note in the editor.
The order of the 32 steps can also be rearranged. To move steps, click and drag in the 32-step
sequencer display (the middle display).
On the right hand side are Copy and Paste controls for both the 32-step sequencer (to allow
copying and pasting between patterns) and the note editor (to allow copying and pasting between
steps). Pressing the arrow buttons shift the notes up and down the keyboard on the selected
step.
The Octave transposes MIDI output, and the Gate knob determines the length of sustain for notes
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(in 16 steps).