11.3
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Overview
- Audio and MIDI Basics
- Using Reason Rack Plugin as an Instrument
- Using Reason Rack Plugin as an Effect
- Working in the Rack
- Routing Audio and CV
- Sounds, Patches and the Browser
- The I/O device
- Kong Drum Designer
- Introduction
- Overview
- About file formats
- Using patches
- Pad Settings
- The Drum and FX section
- The Drum modules
- The Support Generator modules
- The FX modules
- Connections
- Using Kong as an effect device
- Using external effects with Kong
- Redrum Drum Computer
- Introduction
- About file formats
- Using patches
- Programming patterns
- Redrum parameters
- Using Redrum as a sound module
- Connections
- Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
- Introduction
- About REX file formats
- Loading and saving Dr. Octo Rex patches
- Playing Loops
- Adding Loops
- Playing individual Loop Slices
- Slice handling
- Dr. Octo Rex panel parameters
- Dr. Octo Rex synth parameters
- Connections
- Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer
- Introduction
- Panel overview
- Signal flow
- Playing and using Europa
- Panel reference
- Sound Engines On/Off and Edit Focus section
- The Oscillator section
- The Modifiers section
- The Spectral Filter
- The Harmonics section
- The Unison section
- The User Wave and Mixer section
- The Filter section
- The Amplifier section
- The Envelopes section
- Envelope 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Preset
- Adding a Sustain stage
- Adding and removing envelope points
- Changing the envelope curve shape
- Looping the envelope
- Editing levels only
- Creating “free form” envelope curves
- Using the Envelope 3 and Envelope 4 curves as Sound Engine waveforms
- Using the Envelope 4 curve as a Spectral Filter curve
- The LFO section
- The Effects section
- The Modulation Bus section
- Connections
- Tips and Tricks
- Grain Sample Manipulator
- Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
- Subtractor Synthesizer
- Malström Synthesizer
- Monotone Bass Synthesizer
- ID8 Instrument Device
- Rytmik Drum Machine
- Radical Piano
- Klang Tuned Percussion
- Pangea World Instruments
- Humana Vocal Ensemble
- NN-XT Sampler
- Introduction
- Panel overview
- Loading complete Patches and REX files
- Using the main panel
- Overview of the Remote Editor panel
- About Samples and Zones
- Selections and Edit Focus
- Adjusting parameters
- Managing Zones and Samples
- Working with Grouping
- Working with Key Ranges
- Setting Root Notes and Tuning
- Using Automap
- Layered, crossfaded and velocity switched sounds
- Using Alternate
- Sample parameters
- Group parameters
- Synth parameters
- Connections
- NN-19 Sampler
- Introduction
- General sampling principles
- About audio file formats
- About Key Zones and samples
- Loading a Sample into an empty NN-19
- Loading SoundFont samples
- Loading REX slices as samples
- Creating Key Zones
- Selecting Key Zones
- Setting the Key Zone Range
- Deleting a Key Zone
- About Key zones, assigned and unassigned samples
- Adding sample(s) to a Key Map
- Setting the Root Key
- Removing sample(s) from a Key Map
- Removing all unassigned samples
- Rearranging samples in a Key Map
- Setting Sample Level
- Tuning samples
- Looping Samples
- About the Solo Sample function
- Automap Samples
- NN-19 synth parameters
- Play Parameters
- Connections
- MIDI Out Device
- Quartet Chorus Ensemble
- Sweeper Modulation Effect
- Alligator Triple Filtered Gate
- Pulveriser
- The Echo
- Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit
- BV512 Vocoder
- Introduction
- Setting up for vocoding
- Using the BV512 as an equalizer
- BV512 parameters
- Connections
- Tips and tricks
- RV7000 Mk II Advanced Reverb
- Neptune Pitch Adjuster and Voice Synth
- Introduction
- Overview and basic concepts
- Setting up for pitch processing
- Using pitch correction
- Using pitch shifting (Transpose)
- Using Formant control
- Using the Voice Synth
- Panel parameters
- Connections
- Softube Amps
- Audiomatic Retro Transformer
- Channel Dynamics Compressor & Gate
- Channel EQ Equalizer
- Master Bus Compressor
- Synchronous Timed Effect Modulator
- The MClass Effects
- Half-Rack Effects
- The Combinator
- Pulsar Dual LFO
- RPG-8 Arpeggiator
- Matrix Pattern Sequencer
- Mixer 14:2
- The Line Mixer 6:2
- Working with Players
- Settings
- The Reason Rack Plugin Settings dialog
- Index
EUROPA SHAPESHIFTING SYNTHESIZER172
Signal flow
The picture below shows the basic signal flow in Europa:
Europa signal flowchart.
• The “hearts” of Europa are the three Sound Engines I, II and III.
• First in each Sound Engine is an Oscillator, which generates the basic audio signal.
The oscillators in Europa are extremely powerful and flexible. Besides all the basic “analog” waveforms, the oscil-
lators can also generate a vast variety of wavetable waveforms, physical modeling signals and other types of
unique signals - and also your own samples! The signals can also be continuously transformed into various shapes.
• The Oscillator signal can be modified by the two Modifiers.
The Modifiers feature a huge amount of algorithms that can modify the Oscillator signal in various ways.
• The signal from the Oscillator is routed to the Spectral Filter.
The Spectral Filter affects the partials of the signal. The algorithms could be various types of filters - or special
purpose signal processors.
• The signal from the Spectral Filter can then be routed to the Harmonics processor.
The Harmonics processor modulates the harmonics in the signal, for example introducing ensemble or stretch ef-
fects.
• The signal from the Harmonics processor can then be routed to the Unison module.
This module can generate various types of unison chorus effects, to make the sound really fat and wide.
• The signals from the Sound Engines are then routed to the Mixer, where you can set the mix between the three
Sound Engine output signals and also pan the signals individually.
• The mixed signal is then routed to the Filter, Amp Envelope and then, via the Multi FX section, to the stereo
outputs.
• The remaining sections in Europa (Envelopes 1-4 and LFOs 1-3) can be freely assigned to modulate destina-
tion parameters via the Modulation Bus section.
Per Voice
Modier 1 Modier 2
Spectral Filter
: audio signal
: control signal
Out
Amp
Envelope
Multi FX
Volume
Level
Vel
Vel
Gain
Oscillator
ShapePitch
Amt
KBD
KBD
ResoFreq AmtModify
Unison
WidthDetune
Mod Amt Mod
KBD
Engine I
Engine II
Engine III
Mod Vel
Harmonics
Mod
Blend
Pan
Pan
Count
Drive Freq Reso
Filter