Specifications

MALSTRÖM SYNTHESIZER
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The Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels
• The Pitch Bend wheel is used for bending the pitch of notes, much like
bending the strings on a guitar or other string instrument.
• The Modulation wheel can be used for applying modulation while you are
playing.
Virtually all MIDI keyboards have Pitch Bend and Modulation controls. The Mal-
ström does not only feature the settings for how incoming MIDI Pitch Bend and
Modulation wheel messages should affect the sound, but also two functional
wheels that can be used for applying real time modulation and pitch bend if you
don’t have these controllers on your keyboard, or if you aren’t using a keyboard
at all. The wheels on the Malström also mirror the movements of the wheels on
your MIDI keyboard.
Pitch Bend Range
The Range parameter sets the maximum amount of pitch bend, i.e. how much it
is possible to change the pitch by turning the wheel fully up or down. The maxi-
mum range is 24 semitones (2 Octaves). You change the value by clicking the
spin controls to the right of the display.
The Velocity controls
Velocity is used for controlling various parameters according to how hard or soft
you play notes on your keyboard. A typical use of velocity control is to make
sounds brighter and louder if you strike a key harder. By using the knobs in this
section, you can control how much the various parameters will be affected by
velocity.
! All of the velocity control knobs are bi-polar, which means that the
amount can be set to either positive or negative values, while keep-
ing the knobs in the center position means that no velocity control
is applied.
The following parameters can be velocity controlled:
D Lvl:A
This lets you velocity control the output level of osc:A.
D Lvl:B
This lets you velocity control the output level of osc:B.
D F.env
This sets velocity control for the Filter Envelope Amount parameter. Positive
values will increase the envelope amount the harder you play, and negative
values will decrease the amount.
D Atk (attack)
This sets velocity control for the Amp Envelope Attack parameter of osc:A
and/or osc:B. Positive values will increase the Attack time the harder you
play, and negative values will decrease it.
D Shift
This lets you velocity control the Shift parameter of osc:A and/or osc:B.
D Mod
This lets you velocity control all modulation amounts of mod:A and/or
mod:B.
! Note that you can set the last three parameters (Atk, Shift and Mod)
to be velocity controlled for either or both of oscillator/modulator A
and B. This is done with the A/B selector switch.