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EUROPA SHAPESHIFTING SYNTHESIZER
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• Envelope 3-4
This is a special mode where you can manually draw your waveforms in the Envelope 3 and Envelope 4 windows
and then gradually crossfade between the drawn waveforms using the Shape knob. See “Using the Envelope 3
and Envelope 4 curves as Sound Engine waveforms” for information on how to draw your own waveforms.
• FM > FM Ratio (1:1, 1:2, 1:8, 2:1)
These are frequency modulated sine waves with different frequency ratios between the carrier (C: ) and modulator
( :M) signals. Set the frequency modulation amount with the Shape knob.
• FM > FM Feedback
A pure sinewave signal at Shape=0% gradually fed back internally at an 1:1 ratio. The feedback signal is filtered
before fed back to the carrier signal. If you modulate the Shape parameter from e.g. an LFO you will get a similar
result as when using the FM FB Noise waveform without Shape modulation, see “Noise > FM FB Noise” below.
•Noise > S/H Noise
A sample & hold modulated noise. Change the sample & hold rate with the Shape knob. If you play high up on the
keyboard at high Shape values, you get a kind of “pitched noise” sound.
q To get white noise, set Shape to max, set Oct to -1 and turn Kbd to 0.
• Noise > Perlin Noise
A pure sinewave signal modulated by low frequency noise. At Shape=0% the noise has its lowest frequency and
at Shape=100% the noise frequency is higher (but still low-frequent). The character of the signal is similar to the
Band Noise in the Thor synthesizer.
•Noise > Bit Noise
This generates a random lo-fi “digital” bit noise. At Shape=0% the signal is completely silent and with increasing
Shape values the signal is modulated faster and in a wider frequency range.
• Noise > FM FB Noise
A pure sinewave signal at Shape=0% gradually fed back internally at an 1:1 ratio. The feedback signal unfiltered
before fed back to the carrier signal which gives the signal a noisy character.
q To get a cleaner FM signal, use the FM Feedback waveform, see “FM > FM Feedback” above.
• Noise > Freeze Noise
This signal produces a range of noises, from tonal noise up to almost white noise, by amplitude modulating the sig-
nal’s partials with noise.
• Wave Tables >
The Wave Tables sub-menu contains a selection of very useful wave tables. Each wave table features eight wave-
forms that you could crossfade between with the Shape knob.
Shape
D Turn the Shape knob to change the shape of the currently selected waveform.
The wave shapes are shown in the display above and are updated in real-time according to the current Shape set-
tings.
Shape Modulation
D Click the Shape Modulation Source box to bring up a menu of the available modulation sources.
The “Inverted” sub-menu contains inverted variations of all modulation sources.
D Set the modulation amount with the Shape Modulation Amount knob.
D Turn the Velo knob to control the Shape Modulation Amount from Keyboard Velocity.
q If you want other modulation sources or scaling options, use the Mod Bus, see “The Modulation Bus section”.