User Manual

ALLIGATOR TRIPLE FILTERED GATE
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Introduction
The Alligator is a three-channel gate effect with a built-in pattern player. It can chop up audio in a wide variety of
ways and process it with three parallel filters, distortions, a phaser and a delay. The Alligator can be used for process-
ing sustaining sounds like strings and pads, adding rhythms and accents. It can also be used on loops and other
rhythmic material, changing the feel and sound. Applied to a whole mix, the Alligator can be a powerful remix tool, to-
tally reshaping the material.
About the Patch format
Alligator patches have the file extension ".gator". The Factory Sound Bank contains a number of Alligator effect
patches for use as is or as starting points for further tweaking. Patches are loaded and saved using the standard pro-
cedures.
q Don't forget that you can also save Alligator settings as part of a Combinator patch. Combining an instrument
device with an Alligator is a quick way to create gated, rhythmic pads.
Overview and signal flow
The Alligator may seem overwhelming at first - it's got quite a few knobs and buttons on its front panel. However,
once you've understood the basic signal flow it's actually pretty straightforward. Read through the description below
and get familiar with the basics - it will help you a lot when working with the Alligator.
Here is a simplified diagram of how the Alligator works:
Audio Input
High Pass Filter
Band Pass Filter
Low Pass Filter
Gate 1
Gate 2
Gate 3
Mixer