User Guide

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Synthesis Window
• Lip Reed
In a trumpet, the player’s lips are pressed against a specially-shaped mouthpiece and
forced to vibrate in response to the player’s breath pressure. The trombone, horn, tuba,
and most other brass instruments work on this principle.
• Jet Reed
The flute, pan pipes and shakuhachi all work on the “jet reed” principle: i.e. sound is gen-
erated by the air turbulence produced by blowing across a solid edge.
•Bow
A bow drawn across a string causes the string to vibrate, thereby generating rubbed-
string instrument sound: violin, cello, contrabass, etc.
• Selecting the Bow (DRIVER) and String (PIPE/STRINGS) combination allows you to select
Analog synthesizer waves in VARIATION.
• Pluck
Guitar, mandolin, and harp are all plucked string instruments. “Pizzicato” is plucked violin,
viola, etc. This driver corresponds to plucking a string to produce sound.