User Manual

MASTER PANEL

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Gain is a logarithmic control and adjusted in decibels. You will also notice that attached

modulators will aect the gain control (and be represented on the outer rings) in a

logarithmic way. There is a range of 105 dB in the Gain Control (-Inf to +6 dB).

Velocity can easily be applied to master gain with its own dedicated knob located above

the Master Gain control, and is applied at +60.00% by default when starting a new preset.

The range of this velocity knob goes between -100.00% (striking a key with more pressure

will cause the Master Gain to decrease) and +100.00% (striking a key with more pressure

will cause the Master Gain to increase, as if to mimic the eect a piano has where notes

are louder when articulated with more pressure). To turn velocity sensitivity o, simply set

the Velocity knob to 0.00%.

When starting a new preset in Iris 2, Envelope 5 is assigned to Master Gain by default

(inverted, and with a range of -100%) to give you quick access to an amplitude envelope

that will apply to your entire mix of samples. This Envelope Assignment can be removed

(for instance if you choose to apply amplitude envelopes to each sample individually), but

can result in clicking or stuck notes if amplitude envelopes are not applied somewhere in

the signal chain.

The Pan and Gain controls can be adjusted by clicking and dragging on the knob. If you

need even more resolution for your Gain control, you can double-click on the value and

type in a value out to ﬁve decimal places (e.g. 5.98423 dB).

MASTER SPECTRUM ANALYZER

Here you can easily visualize the frequency content of your entire mix:

A Spectrum Analyzer is a meter that measures amplitude across the frequencies which

encompass the spectrum of human hearing. The vertical axis represents amplitude

while the horizontal axis represents frequency. The spectrum analyzer in Iris 2 displays

frequencies from 20 Hz (at the far left) to 20,000 Hz (at the far right).