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    SpectralUser Manual

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    Welcome

    Thank you for purchasing a LinPlug Spectral license or trying the demo.

    Spectral is a very unique software synthesizer, in some aspects similar toadditive as well as su tractive synthesizers. !t features four unique "#"

    and filters, one for each #$% harmonics additive oscillator. !t also hassophisticated cross&modulation possi ilities which are good for '( andsimilar synthesis methods.(oreover it has an enormous range of processing and modulation optionsincluding a pretty unique arpeggiator, as well as a versatile effects section.

    Spectral comes with a selection of high quality presets in a wide range ofstyles, an easy&to&use interface, and of course this manual.

    We elieve that Spectral is an e)ceptional instrument ecause of its uniqueaudio processing capa ilities, which result from the fact that we at LinPlugdesign most of our audio modules from scratch, sometimes * as in case ofSpectral & following paths no one else would pro a ly even consider.Spectral is the result of more than "# years of synthesizer uildinge)perience and the realization of a dream. We know you will get a lot of yetunheard sounds using the Spectral synthesizer and hope that it ecomesan integral part of your music&making.

    The LinPlug team, +utumn # "-

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    opyright LinPlug Cirtual !nstruments 0m 6, # "-. +ll rights reserved.

    +ll technical specifications of the products specified in this manual may e su =ect to changewithout notice. The documents may not e changed, especially copyright notices may not eremoved or changed. LinPlug and all LinPlug product names are trademarks of LinPlug Cirtual!nstruments 0m 6. (ac and the (ac logo are trademarks of +pple omputer, !nc., registeredin the F.S. and other countries. The 1uild for (ac GS 9 graphic is a trademark of +pple

    omputer, !nc., used under license. The +udio Fnits logo and the +udio Fnits sym ol aretrademarks of +pple omputer, !nc. (icrosoftH and WindowsH are trademarks of (icrosoft

    orporation, registered in the F.S. and other countries. u ase and CST are registeredtrademarks of Stein erg (edia Technologies 0m 6. +ll other trademarks are the property of

    their respective owners.

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    Ta le of ontents

    Welcome...................................................................................................... #

    redits.......................................................................................................... -Ta le of ontents......................................................................................... $

    !nstallation.................................................................................................... I

    'eatures..................................................................................................... "

    Gverview.................................................................................................... ""

    Fser !nterface < ontrols............................................................................ "#

    Gscillator.................................................................................................... "JLoading Waveforms............................................................................... "%

    Spread................................................................................................... "A

    ross&(odulation................................................................................... "K

    5oise...................................................................................................... ##

    'ilter........................................................................................................... #-

    Spectral 7ditor............................................................................................#A

    ooming and Scrolling........................................................................... #I

    7dit 'rame Tool...................................................................................... #I

    7dit (ode............................................................................................... #K

    Pattern 7diting....................................................................................... -

    Transpose.............................................................................................. -"

    1lending................................................................................................. -"

    +dditional Tools...................................................................................... -#

    (odulation..................................................................................................-J

    7nvelopes.................................................................................................. -J

    7nvelope Parameters............................................................................ -%

    Phase Shape......................................................................................... -A

    Pit Scale 3Pitch Scaling4.........................................................................-A

    Cel Scale 3Celocity Scaling4................................................................... -I

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    0lide........................................................................................................... -I

    0lide Mouting......................................................................................... -K

    L'Gs.......................................................................................................... J

    L'G&Start&(odes................................................................................... J-

    (od (atri)................................................................................................. JJ

    +rpeggiator................................................................................................. J$

    Step Display........................................................................................... JA

    7ffects........................................................................................................ $J

    horus................................................................................................... $%

    ompressor........................................................................................... $A

    rusher.................................................................................................. $IDelay 3(odulation&Delay4...................................................................... %

    Delay 3Ping Pong Delay4........................................................................%"

    Delay 3Stereo Delay4..............................................................................%#

    7N 3Parametric4..................................................................................... %-

    'ilter....................................................................................................... %J

    'langer................................................................................................... %$

    0ator...................................................................................................... %%

    Phaser................................................................................................... %A

    Mever ................................................................................................... %I

    Wah&Wah............................................................................................... %K

    (aster 7N.............................................................................................. A

    The (ain Section....................................................................................... A"

    hord (emory....................................................................................... A"

    7)actness.............................................................................................. A"

    Coice Limit............................................................................................. A#

    Fndo < Medo........................................................................................... A#

    Preset 1rowser...................................................................................... A#

    7 S 37asy ontroller Setup4................................................................. AJ

    Setup..................................................................................................... A$

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    Celocity to (ain Colume......................................................................... A$

    (aster Colume....................................................................................... A%

    Setup Page................................................................................................ AA

    Gptions.................................................................................................. AI

    Per Preset Gptions.................................................................................AI

    Per !nstance Gptions............................................................................. AI

    0lo al Gptions....................................................................................... AK

    0lossary..................................................................................................... I"

    (!D! !mplementation hart........................................................................ I-

    +ppendi) +O Tempo Sync Settings............................................................. IJ

    +ppendi) 1O (odulation (atri) Sources....................................................I$ +ppendi) O (odulation (atri) Destinations.............................................. II

    +ppendi) 7O Fsing TF5 files in Spectral.................................................... K-

    !nde).......................................................................................................... K$

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    !nstallation

    Installation on Mac

    +fter downloading the installer for (ac you will find a file named Spectral!nstaller nnn.dmg 3or Spectral Demo !nstaller nnn.dmg if you are tryingthe demo4 located in your download folder. 8nnn: is the actual versionnum er, for e)ample 8" :.

    (ost (ac will mount the disk image automatically. !f not, please dou le&click this file to open the image.

    Then dou le&click the installer program which will guide you through theinstallation process. The plugin file for Spectral and the factory presets will

    e placed in the right directories for +F and CST plugins on your (ac.

    The ne)t time you start your host software Spectral will e listed in the +Fand CST plugin list of your host software.

    The installation is always only for the current userQ if you want to use theplugin with different users on your computer, each user must run their owninstallation.

    Installation on PC

    +fter downloading the installer for P you will find a file named Spectral!nstaller nnn.e)e 3or Spectral Demo !nstaller nnn.e)e if you are trying thedemo4 located in your download folder. 8nnn: is the actual version num er,for e)ample 8" :.

    Start this program and the installer will guide you through the installationprocess. (ake sure you choose the correct plug&in directory so that yourhost software can find Spectral. Mefer to your host softwareRs manual if youare unsure a out where this plug&in directory is located. The plugin file Spectral -#.dll 3if you choose the -# it version4 orSpectral.dll 3for the %J it version4 and the factory presets will e placed inthe chosen directory. The ne)t time you start your host software Spectralwill e listed in the CST plugin list.

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    The installation is always only for the current userQ if you want to use theplugin with different users on your computer, each user must run their owninstallation 3however, you can choose the same installation location4.

    Common to Mac and PC

    The first time Spectral is started a Serial 5um er edit o) will e visi le onthe Setup page. !t reads 7nter Serial here in red letters. opy

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    'eatures

    J Gscillator and 'ilter modules with powerful yet detailedharmonics and filter and editing and modification functions.

    7)tensive Gscillator and 'ilter audio rate cross&modulations. 7ach Gscillator and 'ilter with own dedicated envelope to control

    its volume or frequency respectively +dditional - freely assigna le (odulation 7nvelope. $ L'Gs with

    various waveformsfree ad=usta le tempo up to over - 6ztempo&sync capa ilitiesPoly&, mono& and one&shot&mode

    Fnipolar and ipolar optionsintegrated delay&attack&envelopestart phase and symmetry ad=usta lead=usta le smoothing

    "$ slot (odulation (atri) with -$ sources and more than "destinations including all important parameters

    'ully recognizes Celocity, +ftertouch, Pitch 1end , (odulation&Wheel and various other (!D! controllers

    + sophisticated effects section containing "$ 7ffects including

    various Delays, horus, Phaser, 'ilter, Mever , 'langer, 0ator,Stereo 7nhancer, Parametric 7N and rusher. 0lide < Portamento featuring

    (ono

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    Gverview

    Spectral is a -# note&polyphonic synthesizer with some e)traordinaryfeatures.

    +udio signals are created y the Gscillators. They get triggered from yourhost software 3D+W software4. The 5otes might come from a prerecordedtrack or eing played life from your ?ey oard, 0uitar or whatever ontrolleryou use to play your music.

    The output of each Gscillator is sent to its dedicated 'ilter. (oreover eachGscillator can e used simultaneously as a cross&modulation source in anyGscillator or 'ilter. This cross&modulation increases the harmonic spectrum

    of the modulated Gscillator or 'ilter producing very interesting results. +t this point the signals can also e thickened and spread in the stereopanorama using the Spread 3polyphonic Fnison4 controls.(ost Gscillator parameters can e modulated using the (od&(atri).

    The 'ilter modifies the harmonic spectrum of the Gscillator signal. 7achfilter includes a dedicated envelope for controlling the filters operationfrequency. The filter can also e used as a cross&modulation source. Thefiltered signal then can e panned and routed to either one or two effectunits. (ost filter parameters can e modulated using the (od&(atri),including the routing.

    'ollowing the 'ilter section is the SpectralRs effects section which contains% independent effects processors plus a (aster 7N. + wide range effectprocessors are availa le including delays, chorus, phaser, filter and manymore.The effects routing is quite fle)i le allowing each effect to go to any of thesuccessive effects.

    The (odulation sections contain the instrument s "# 7nvelopes, $ L'Gs,0lide, the +rpeggiator and the (odulation (atri) 3or in short (od (atri)4. +t various points throughout the Spectral s signal path you can modulatethe processing parameters using the various controls found in this sections. !ndependent from the internal modulation sources every (!D! ontrollerscan e used to modify any of the Spectral s parameters 3using 7 S < (!D!learn4 and the most common ontrollers can e used in the (od (atri) 3fore)ample Celocity, the (odulation Wheel or the 7)pression ontroller4.

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    Fser !nterface < ontrols

    Gn (ac the interface supports oth traditional and Metina displaysautomatically. Gn P you have the possi ility to change the Fser !nterfacesize with the menu on the very top left. +vaila le resolutions are ( " U,L "$ U and 9L # U as on P there is no relia le auto&detection of yourscreen resolution and size. The selected size is stored permanently andused whenever you open up a new instance of Spectral.

    The controls 3dials4 on the user interface are operated in a linear manner,so move your mouse up

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    The Spectral s (ain panel can e divided into several sectionsO Gscillator 3top left4 'ilter 3top right4 Spectral 7ditor 3will open elow Gscillator or 'ilter4 (odulation 3L'G, 7nvelopes and (atri), in the vertical middle4 +rpeggiator 3 ottom left4 7ffects 3 ottom right4 (ain 3the ottom title ar4 Preset 1rowser 3full size window4 Setup 3full size window4

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    Gscillator

    The Gscillator section is located on the upper left of the instrument.

    Gn the very left are the Gscillator Selection utton. These are used tochoose one of the four Gscillators < 'ilters 3each Gscillator is linked to itsown 'ilter4.The radio utton has multiple states, indicating whether a Gscillator is

    not selected for editing and Gff 3inactive, Gsc - and J elow4 not selected for editing an Gn 3active, Gsc # elow4 selected for editing and Gn 3Gsc " elow4 selected for editing and Gff 3no e)ample elow, ut =ust like Gsc "

    ut with a more dim la el4

    This is giving you a hint that there might e more Gscillators making up thesound than the one currently visi le.

    7ach Gscillator also has its own Gn

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    7ach Gscillator contains controls for Semitone, and ent which allows totranspose the Gscillator. Semitone sets the Gscillator pitch in semitones. +wide range covering multiple octaves up or down is availa leO &A# to VA#

    semitones 3thats &% to V% octaves4.ent sets the oscillator pitch in cents 3a semitone is equal to " cents4. +range of &" to V" cents is availa le.

    The Track utton determines whether the Gscillator tracks the pitch ofincoming note messages. !f Track is switched off the frequency of theGscillator depends on the Semitone and ent settings only and is the samewhatever note is played.

    The main part of the Gscillator section is covered y a large waveformdisplay, as the waveform ultimately is what makes up the sound. Bou canclick on it to open a Waveform 7ditor descri ed in the chapter 8Spectral7ditor:. This display shows the waveform, reflecting the Phase andSymmetry parameters 3descri ed soon4.

    1elow the display is a Display Selection utton to select either waveform +,waveform 1 or the resulting mi) of + and 1 to e shown on the display.?eep in mind that what you hear is always the mi), ut for editing its goodto e a le to see oth + and 1 separately.

    The Tool (enu

    Gn every module in Spectral you will find the small wrench utton,usually on the very right, which lets you open a tool menu whenclicked.

    The asic functions within this tool menu are copy, paste and init.Some tools do also allow save and load 3namely the +rpeggiator andthe 7 S4.

    !ts useful to know that you can copy etween". different modules 3e.g. Gscillator " to Gscillator ##. different patches 3the copy uffer is preserved when loading

    new patches4 and-. multiple instances of Spectral which are simultaneously

    open.

    The Tool (enu in the SpectralRs 7ditor contains many more optionsand e)plained in the respective section.

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    Might of the +, 1 and (i) uttons is the Load menu to load a waveformfrom the factory li rary 3or one you saved into the li rary4.5oteO saving of waveforms happens from the tools menu of the Spectral7ditor.

    Might of the display you find a num er of controls to further ad=ust theGscillator.

    The (i) dial sets the wave mi) of waveform + and 1.This parameter can e modulated using the (od (atri) 3Gsc Wave (i)4 .

    The Sym dial ad=usts the symmetry of the mi)ed waveform, you may knowthis from Pulse waves as 8Pulse&Width: ut in Spectral you can ad=ust thesymmetry of each waveform. The waveform display is reflecting the

    Loading Waveforms1y clicking the Load utton elow the waveform display most ofSpectralRs user interface will turn into a rowser window. !t shows thefactory and user saved waveforms.

    Loading and saving waveforms is a it special ecause Spectralactually uses two waveforms in one oscillator. +nd often thecom ination of the two is what matters for a certain sound

    3especially when dynamically modulating the wave mi)4.Thus Spectral always stores oth waveforms and their mi) relationwhen you save them.

    When loading you might want to load either oth or only one ofthem, depending on what you currently are doingO

    !f you are working on a sound and look for a new waveform for thewhole oscillator you would load oth waveforms 3make sure the8(i): utton in the rowser is litE4.

    !f you however work on only one of the two waveforms of anoscillator and only want to replace one of them , make sure to

    ". select either + or 1 as where to load from 3usually the name of thewaveforms indicates what you can e)pect to load4 and

    #. make sure the 8Load !nto: switch is at the waveform you want theone you load to go into. Spectral automatically set it to the one youare =ust editing 3in case you have the Spectral 7ditor open4.

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    parameter as you change it. The Symmetry is shown in the Waveformdisplay.This parameter can e modulated using the (od (atri) 3Gsc < Symmetry4.

    The Phase parameter allows ad=usting the phase at which the Gscillatorstarts when itRs triggered 3 y a 5ote eing played4.

    1elow the dial is a switch that allows you to set how the oscillator startsO

    PhaseO The Gscillator starts with the Phase set y the Phase dial, e)ceptfor ound 3held4 notes in (ono (ode 3Coices set to (ono4. !n this case thePhase of the Gscillator of the new note continues from where the Phase inthe previous note was.

    'reeO The Gscillator always runs continuously, no re&starts

    The Phase parameter can e modulated using the (od (atri) 3Gsc