User Manual

OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE
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Polyphonic Devices – Subtractor, Thor, Malström, NN19, NNXT, Dr. Octo Rex and
Redrum
• Try making the device play fewer voices.
This can be done for example by lowering the release and setting the Polyphony setting to exactly the maximum
number of notes played simultaneously by this device.
! Note that just lowering the polyphony setting has no effect. Unused voices do not consume processing power.
• Where applicable, try the Low Bandwidth (Low BW) setting.
This will remove some high frequency content from the sound of this particular device, but often this is not notice-
able (this is especially true for bass sounds).
Subtractor
• Try avoiding using Oscillator 2 altogether.
If you can create the sound you need with only one oscillator, this saves considerable amounts of processing
power.
• Do not use the oscillator Phase mode if you don’t need it.
In other words, set the Oscillator Mode switches to “o”, not “
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” or “–”.
• Do not activate Noise unless required.
• Do not activate Filter 2 unless required.
• Do not use FM unless required.
In other words, set the oscillator FM knob to “0” and make sure no modulation source is routed to FM.
Thor
• In general, unload any filters or oscillators that aren’t used.
Malström
• If it isn’t necessary, refrain from using Osc B at all.
If you can produce the desired sound by using Osc A only, this will save a lot of processing power.
• If one or both Oscillators are routed to one Filter only, and/or the Spread parameter is set to “0”, only connect
one of the outputs (the one to which the filter is connected) to the mixer, and leave the other one unconnected.
• Try to see if you can achieve the desired effect by using only one of the filters, and without using the shaper.
Using both of the filters and the shaper in conjunction requires considerably more processing power than using
just one of the filters and/or the shaper.
Redrum
• Do not use the Tone feature available on channels 1, 2 and 9.
Make sure the Tone controls and their accompanying Vel knobs are set to “0” (“twelve o’ clock” position).
Mixer devices
• Avoid using stereo inputs when not required.
For example, if your sampler or Dr. Octo Rex player is playing mono material, only connect it to the Left input on a
mixer channel. Leave the Right input unconnected.
• Do not activate EQ (Mixer 14:2 only) unless required.
If a channel doesn’t make use of EQ, make sure it’s EQ button is deactivated.