Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Native Instruments
GmbH
Nicolas Sidi
: Akira Inagawa
: 1.0 (08/2009)
: 5.0 (08/2009)
Germany USA
Native Instruments GmbH Native Instruments North America, Inc.
Schlesische Str. 28 5631 Hollywood Boulevard
D-10997 Berlin Los Angeles, CA 90028
Germany USA
info@native-instruments.de sales@native-instruments.com
www.native-instruments.de www.native-instruments.com
1 ABSYNTH 5 .................................................................................................. 5
1.1 ABSYNTH 5 ...................................................................... 5
1.2 ABSYNTH 5 ...................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.1 .................................................................................................... 6
1.2.2 .................................................................................................................. 6
1.2.3 ...................................................................................................... 6
1.3 ........................................................................................................................................ 7
2 .............................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 ABSYNTH 5 ..................................................................... 8
2.1.1 MIDI ........................................................................................... 8
2.1.2 ................................................................................................... 9
2.1.3 MIDI ......................................................................................................... 9
2.2 ABSYNTH 5 ........................................................................ 11
3 ABSYNTH 5 ...............................................................................................................12
3.1 ABSYNTH 5 ......................................................................................................12
3.1.1 ..............................................................................................12
3.1.2 Modulation()...............................................................................13
3.1.3 Macro Controls()...................................................................13
3.1.4 Waveforms()................................................................................14
3.1.5 Mutator()..........................................................................................15
3.2 .........................................................................................................15
3.2.1 Navigation Bar()....................................................................16
3.2.2 Browser Window ()..............................................................17
3.2.3 Attributes Window ()................................................18
3.2.4 Perform Window ()...........................................................19
3.2.5 Patch Window ()........................................................................20
3.2.6 Effect Window ()................................................................21
3.2.7 Wave Window ().................................................................... 22
3.2.8 Envelope Window ().....................................................23
3.2.9 LFO Window (LFO ).............................................................................24
4 .................................................................................................................... 25
4.1 ...........................................................................................................25
4.1.1 .............................................................................................................................25
4.1.2 Browser ()...................................................................................................26
4.1.3 ................................................................................................27
4.1.4 ..............................................................................................28
4.1.5 ........................................................................................................................28
ABSYNTH 5 III
4.2 ...........................................................................................................................28
4.2.1 ................................................................................................ 29
4.2.2 2 2 .............................................................................. 29
4.2.3 ........................................................................................ 30
4.2.4 .........................................................................................................32
4.2.5 .............................................................................................................................32
4.3 .......................................................................................................................... 33
4.3.1 ........................................................................................................................... 33
4.3.2 .............................................................................................35
4.3.3 ................................................................................................ 36
4.3.4 .............................................................................................................39
4.3.5 ..........................................................................................39
4.3.6 .......................................................................... 42
4.3.7 ................................................................................................................ 43
4.3.8 ?............................................................................................................................. 44
4.4 ................................................................................. 44
4.4.1 ................................................................................................. 44
4.4.2 ............................................................................................. 46
4.4.3 ......................................................................................................47
4.4.4 ?............................................................................................................................. 48
4.5 Aetherizer .................................................................................................................. 49
4.5.1 ............................................................................................................................... 49
4.5.2 Aetherizer ...................................................................................... 50
4.5.3 Aetherizer .....................................................................................................52
4.5.4 ?..............................................................................................................................55
Index.................................................................................................................................... 56
IV ABSYNTH 5
1 ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 ABSYNTH
Aetherizer
ABSYNTH 5 ABSYNTH 5
1700 Mutator
MIDI
MIDI
ABSYNTH 5
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5
1.1 ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 4 ABSYNTH 5
Mutator ABSYNTH Mutator
ABSYNTH
Aetherizer :
Cloud : Aetherizer
Supercomb : Resonator Pipe Delay Effects
(Comb filter)
: LPF 2 LPF 4 LPF 8
Supercomb Allpass 2 Allpass 4 Allpass 8
Waveshaper Frequency shifter Ring modulator
Filter Modulator Waveshaper :
Windows XP/Vista 64-OS
ABSYNTH 5 5
1.2 ABSYNTH 5
1.2.1
1.2.2
ABSYNTH 5
DocumentationPDF ABSYNTH 5
Native Instruments
www.native-instruments.com
1.2.3
6 ABSYNTH 5
1.3
www.native-instruments.com/absynth
ABSYNTH 5 7
2
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 ABSYNTH 5
2.1 ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5/MIDI
MIDI /
ABSYNTH 5 ABSYNTH 5
MIDI
2.1.1 MIDI
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
1.
Audio and MIDI Settings(MIDI )
MIDI
MIDI Audio RIG KONTROL 3
(Windows )
8 ABSYNTH 5
2. Audio (Driver menu) Windows ASIO
(Mac CoreAudio )
3. (Device menu)
4. 44100 10 ms
Audio
(Latency Slider)ASIO
Config
2.1.22.1.2
2.1.2
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5ABSYNTH 5
ASIO
Core Audio (Mac OS X )
2.1.3 MIDI
ABSYNTH 5 9
2. MIDI
MIDI MIDI RIG KONTROL 3 MIDI
( Windows )
3. MIDI MIDI
Off
MIDI /ABSYNTH 5
MIDI MIDI
4
( )
S C#
2
10 ABSYNTH 5
2.2 ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 Native Instruments KORE
Steinberg Cubase/NuendoAbleton LiveMOTU Digital Performer Apple Logic
Digidesign Pro Tools
ABSYNTH 5
MIDI
OS
VSTi (Mac OS X/ Windows)
Audio Unit (Mac OS X )
RTAS (Mac OS X/ Windows Digidesign Pro Tools)
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 11
3 ABSYNTH 5
3.1 ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 ABSYNTH 5
44
ABSYNTH 5
3.1.1
ABSYNTH 5 3(Oscillator Channels A B C)
3
(Oscillator module)
(Oscillator modules) ABSYNTH 5 Sound
3
2 (Module Slots) 19
(FiltersModulators Waveshapers)3
3 (Master Channel
)
3 (
)
(Effect module), ABSYNTH
12 ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH
3.1.2 Modulation()
ABSYNTH
ABSYNTH 5 (Modulation)
(/modulation source)
( /modulation target)
ABSYNTH 5
LFO
ABSYNTH 5
LFO (3.1.4 Waveforms(
) )
Envelopes() (
) ABSYNTH Envelopes()
4.3.5 4.3.5
LFO
3.1.3 Macro Controls()
LFO MIDI
% MIDI
ABSYNTH 5 13
(Macro Controls)MIDI (Control Change
CC)
MIDI
MIDI
(Macro Controls) ABSYNTH MIDI
(Perform window).
ABSYNTH MIDI
3.1.4 Waveforms()
(Waveforms) ABSYNTH 5
LFO
(Waveforms)
ABSYNTH 5
(Wave window)
(Wave window)
(Waveform page)
(Fractalize)
(/harmonic
content) (Spectrum page)
()/
(Waveform
library) ABSYNTH 5
(morph)
2
4.44.4
14 ABSYNTH 5
3.1.5 Mutator()
(Mutator)
ABSYNTH 5
Mutator
Sounds
()
Sound
Sound
Mutator 8
/ Sound
Mutator Sound
Sounds NI /
(Attributes)Mutator Mutator
Sounds Mutator
ABSYNTH 5
4.2
3.2
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 15
3.2.1 Navigation Bar()
16 ABSYNTH 5
3.2.2 Browser Window ()
11 Categories ()
12 Attributes()
13 Search Result List ()
ABSYNTH 5 17
1 Mini-Patch view ()
2 Mutation Amount slider ()
3 Randomization Amount slider ()
4 Mutation button ()
5 Retry button ()
6 Previous Mutation button ()
7 Mutation History ()
8 Next Mutation button ()
9 Finetuning controls ()
1 Instruments button ()
2 Effects button ()
3 Reset button ()
18 ABSYNTH 5
4 Categories ()
5 Attributes ()
6 Meta Information ()
ABSYNTH 5 19
3.2.5 Patch Window ()
1 Channel A ( A)
2 Channel B ( B)
3 Channel C ( C)
4 Master Channel ()
5 Channel A Pan control ( A
6 Channel ALevel control ( A
7 Empty Module Slot ()
8 Waveshaper module ()
9 Modulator module ()
10 Filter module ()
11 Oscillator module ()
12 Edit menu ()
13 Main tab ()
14 Mod tab (Mod )
15 Uni tab (Uni )
16 Anti Alias Switch ()
17 Frequency menu ()
18 Synthesis menu ()
19 Waveform Selector ()
20 Main tab ()
20 ABSYNTH 5
21 Feedback tab ()
22 Type menu ()
23 Effect module ()
1 Effect Switch ()
2 Effect Selector ()
3 Input Mixer ()
4 Input Lowpass control ()
5 Input Highpass control ()
6 Output Mixer ()
7 Wet Level control ()
8 Dry Level control ()
9 Surround Panner ()
10 Control area ()
11 Macro Control Select menu ()
12 Depth control ()
13 Lag control ()
14 Master section ()
ABSYNTH 5 21
3.2.7 Wave Window ()
1 Wave List ()
2 Wave Usage List ()
3 Waveform tab ()
4 Spectrum tab ()
5 Morph tab ()
6 Morph Wave Selector ()
7 Draw Mode Tools ()
8 Transform menu ()
9 Edit Anchor ()
10 Wave display ()
11 Amplification control ()
12 Offset control ()
22 ABSYNTH 5
3.2.8 Envelope Window ()
1 Envelope List ()
2 Envelope area ()
3 LFO area (LFO )
4 Control area ()
5 Envelope display ()
6 Breakpoint Handle ()
7 Breakpoint Slope Handle ()
8 Zoom Handle ()
9 Grid Switch ()
10 Lock/Slide Switch (/)
11 Transform menu ()
12 Retrigger Beat control ( )
13 Master Envelope area ()
ABSYNTH 5 23
3.2.9 LFO Window (LFO )
1 Oscillator section ()
2 Channel Parameter section ()
3 Master Parameter section ()
4 Controller section ()
24 ABSYNTH 5
4
ABSYNTH 5
, ABSYNTH Sound /
ABSYNTH 5 Mutator Sounds Sounds
Sounds
()(Wave Morph)
ABSYNTH 5
Aetherizer
ABSYNTH 5
2 ABSYNTH 5
! ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
Windows Start > Programs > Native Instruments > Absynth 5 > Absynth 5
(Windows)
Mac OS X Macintosh HD > Applications > Native Instruments > Absynth 5
ABSYNTH 5 (Mac OS X)
4.1
ABSYNTH 5 /
MIDI Sound
4.1.1
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 25
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 1700
4.1.2 Browser ()
Sound Sounds
ABSYNTH 5
NI
Native Instruments ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
(Browser tab)
5 (Database view)
(Attributes)
()
(Mutation)
4.24.2
%
ABSYNTH 5
26 ABSYNTH 5
4.1.3
Sound
Instrument
Piano/
Key
Piano/Keys
Source
(FM Physical Model )ProcessedLayered Surround
ABSYNTH 5
Spirit Rain
MIDI
ABSYNTH
5
ABSYNTH 5 27
4.1.4
(Search Field)
(Browser Control Bar)(
)
Search Field ()
1.
2.
(
)
4.1.5
S o u n d
ABSYNTH 5
4.2
?
ABSYNTH 5
(
)
()
ABSYNTH 5
3.1.5 Mutator()
28 ABSYNTH 5
!
(Attributes Search Result List)
4.2.1
(
Spirit Rain )
Spirit Rain
1.
2. Timbre Dark Articulation Randomized
Mutator
2
4.2.2 2 2
ABSYNTH 5 29
2 2
(Mutation Amount)
1.
25%
2. 0
3.
M 1
(Mutation 1)
Sound
M 2 (Mutation 2)
(Mutation History)
Sound
4 (Mutator)
0
4.2.3
(Sound Mutation) 2
30 ABSYNTH 5
(Mini-Patch View)
(Mini-Patch View)
(Mini-Patch View)
LFO
% Bass
Percussive
FM
Finetuning controls ()
8
Finetuning controls ()
ABSYNTH 5 31
8
/
!
MIDI
4.2.4
(Mutation History)
(Mutation History
dialog)
Save As
4.2.5
32 ABSYNTH 5
4.3
ABSYNTH 5
Sound Sound
4.3.1
ABSYNTH 5
1.
ABSYNTH 5 33
2. New Sound [Ctrl]+[N]
(Windows) [Cmd]+[N] (Mac OS X)
3.1.13.1.1
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
A
(
)
34 ABSYNTH 5
(Oscillator Module) MIDI
% MIDI (QWERT)
ABSYNTH 5 (NI )
4.3.2
A (
3.1.43.1.4 Waveforms()
)
A
(Waveform Selector)
(Sine)
(Waveform Selection dialog) (Select
orCreate a Wave )
MIDI (
)
Square_real
ABSYNTH 5 35
1. Square_real
2. OK
Square_real A
4.3.3
A Osc B B
B
A B
A B Sine Saw_
filt2
%
ABSYNTH 5
B 2
(Frequency
control) ( 0.0000 )
( B )
! Trans
1.
12.0000 (12 1 )
B A 1
2. 12.1100
36 ABSYNTH 5
(Filter module) A /B
(Master Channel)
Filter (Module Slot)
5000Hz
1. Type (Type )
LPF 2 Pole
2. Type (Frequency control)
5000Hz
1. (Resonance control
Resy)0.3
2. (Damping control dB)
2.5dB
! ABSYNTH 5
(feedback)
(LPF 2 Pole LPF 4 Pole LPF 8
Pole Supercomb Allpass 2 Allpass 4 Allpass 8)
ABSYNTH 5 37
(Main panel)
FB
(Feedback Mode
menu) Normal (
)
1.
2. Ringmod
1. (Waveform Selector )
Square_fractal OK
2. 750Hz
(Mix control)
38 ABSYNTH 5
4.3.4
KORE SOUND (*.ksd)
1. Save As Save As
2.
ABSYNTH 5 My Sounds KORE SOUND
My Lead SoundSave
! ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5
4.3.5
modulate
(
)
! 3.1.23.1.2 Modulation()
(Envelope)
d(Envelope tab )
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 39
3
ABC
(Envelope List Available Envelopes
) 2
Oscil A Amp Oscil B Amp
(Envelope display)
New Envelope
(New Envelope dialog)
1. Filter Master 2
2. Filter Master 2 Freq
40 ABSYNTH 5
Show All Filter
(Breakpoints)
(Breakpoints)
(
4.3.34.3.3 )
1. (A)
500Hz
2.
ABSYNTH 5 41
Sound
4.3.6
(4.14.1 )
1. Attributes
2.
(Instrument
)
42 ABSYNTH 5
3. (Meta Information)
(Comment Field)
4. Save
4.3.7
(Edit Menu)
(Edit Menu)
(
)
(Template Library)
()
(Mutator) (Mutator
4.24.2 )
?
ABSYNTH 5
(Patch Effect Wave Envelope LFO)
Hold [Ctrl] (Windows) [Cmd]
(Mac)
ABSYNTH 5
ABSYNTH 5 43
4.3.8 ?
ABSYNTH 5
LFO
ABSYNTH 5
4.4
(Waveforms)(Wave Morph)
(Morph Wave)
()
4.4.1
44 ABSYNTH 5
Miss Morphy
(Wave List)
(Wave List Editable Waveforms )New
Wave
[]
(Wave List)
%
(Wave Usage List)
Oscil
Main A 1 A
ABSYNTH 5 45
4.4.2
1. Waveform Waveform
2. Morph Wave Selector
1
3. (Transform menu)
4. Clear
1.
(Edit Anchor)
46 ABSYNTH 5
2. Transform (Line Draw Tool)
3. (Wave display)
(
)
Edit Anchor
4.
2
2
(Morph Wave Selector)2
1. ( Tr a n s f o r m m e n u ) L o a d
(Waveform Selection dialog)
2. Simple Waves
Sine OK
(Waveform Selection dialog)
(Spectrum page)
4.4.3
Wave 1 Wave 2
(Morph Wave)
ABSYNTH 5 47
% MIDI
2
(Anchor Points)
(Edit Anchor )
Morph Wave 2
3
1. (Anchor Points menu)
3
2. () Edit Anchors
A Edit Anchors B Edit Anchors C
(Transition
control
(Transition control
1.
5 0
50 %
2. 0
3. 100 2
4.4.4 ?
(LFO Envelope) MIDI ()
LFO
48 ABSYNTH 5
4.5 Aetherizer
ABSYNTH 5 (Aetherizer)
(Master Effect)
My Lead Sound (4.34.3
)
4.5.1
3. My Sounds
(My Sounds
) My Lead Sound
My Lead Sound
4. Effect Effect
5. Effect
Aetherizer Aetherizer
ABSYNTH 5 49
Aetherizer /
(Dry and Wet Level controls) 2
/
! ABSYNTH 5
Aetherizer
1. 0dB ()
2. -96dB ()
Aetherizer
4.5.2 Aetherizer
Aetherizer
Aetherizer
(
)(
)
(LFO)(
)
(
)
50 ABSYNTH 5
Aetherizer
ABSYNTH 5 51
4.5.3 Aetherizer
Aetherizer
Aetherizer (Grain
Duration)
0 1
Aetherizer
10
Aetherizer
(
)
50
Aetherizer (Transpose
control) ()
()
52 ABSYNTH 5
Aetherizer Aetherizer
1.
2.
10
Aetherizer
50
Rate
(Rate)1
200Hz
25
ABSYNTH 5 53
% /
(Tone section)
1. (Filter Switch)
2. (Filter Mode)BP
Aetherizer
(BP )
(
Hz) ( Q)
% 3000Hz 60
(Filter Quantize)
Filter Quantize
Hz 0% - 50%
50%
54 ABSYNTH 5
Aetherizer
Aetherizer
4.5.4 ?
Aetherizer
( My Lead Sound Aetherizer
ABSYNTH 5
MIDI
(Surround)
(Cloud Filter
Aetherizer )
Aetherizer ABSYNTH 5
!
Aetherizer
Native Instruments ABSYNTH
ABSYNTH
ABSYNTH 5 55
Index
(Envelope)...................................39
Symbols (Envelope display)...........................................40
(Aetherizer)............................49 (Envelope List)...............40
............................................26,28,42 MIDI ...................................8
(Anchor Points).................48 MIDI ....................................8
(Anchor Points ASIO.......................................................9
menu)...................................................................48 ASIO Config........................................9
.............................................................15 Audio ........................................9
.................................43 MIDI .........................................10
(Wave window)..........14,44 ..................................9
(Wave display)............47 ........................................................34,36
..................................................35
........................................47 (Oscillator Channels).....................................12
................................................................47
....................................................................46 (Oscillator module).........................................12
....................................................................46 ..................................................25
...........................................................45 ...................15
(Waveforms).......................14 (Comment Field).............43
(Waveforms).......................... 44 ..................................10
..................................................28
(Waveform Selection dialog)...........35,44,47 ..........................................29
(Waveform Selector)...........................35,38,44 ....................................................................39
..............................28
( Waveform page)...........................................46 .............................28,43
..................................................28
(Waveform page)............................................14 .......................................................9
.....................8
(Wave Usage List)...........................................45 .................................8
(Wave List)...............................45 (Spectrum page)......14,46
(Edit Anchor)..................46
(Edit Menu).....................43 Audio MIDI
..............................................................49 (Audio and MIDI Settings)........................9
(Effect Selector)........49 MIDI ............................................9
(Effect module)..........12 ...............................................9
....................................................................40 (Damping control)..........................................37
56 ABSYNTH 5
.............................................12
............................................................37 (Mix control)................38
.........................................................39 (Mini-Patch View).............31
(Database view)............49 ...........30
..............................29
(Template Library)..........................................43
(Mutation History)..........................................32
ASIO....................................................................9
Core Audio......................................................9 (Mutation History dialog)............................32
-................................................9 .....................................30
..................................50 (Mutator).................................15
(Main panel)...............................38
(Transition control)........................................48
(Meta Information).........................................43
(Transform menu)......................................46,47 (Morph Wave)....................14,44
..............................................33 (Morph Wave) .......................47
(Navigation Bar)............16
.........................................35 (Morph Wave Selector)...........................46,47
............................................12,34 (Morph page)........................46,47
(Perform window).....14
(File Tree view)...........49 (Mini-Patch View).........31
...............................................8,33 (Module Slot)..................37
(File Menu).............................9 (Modulation).......................39
..................................... 15,31 ....30
......................................................37 ......................................................30
.........................................6
(Feedback Mode menu)...............................38 ......................................38
(Filter module)............37 ...........................................................9
................................................. 17,26,28,42
(Browser)............................................49 (Resonance control)......................................37
......................................................................7
(Browser Control Bar)..................................28 .......................................................9
..................................................................7
RTAS..............................................................11 ....................................................12
.................................................11
.....................................................11 A
..........................38 ABSYNTH 5 ..................................25
Attributes...........................................................49
(Frequency control)..................................36,37 AU..........................................................................11
(Breakpoints)......................41
(Master Effect)...............49
ABSYNTH 5 57
C T
Creating Sounds.............................................33 Type ......................................................37
D V
Database view().............26 VSTi.......................................................................11
E
Envelopes() ...............................13
F
FB ..................................................................38
K
KORE SOUND...................................................39
L
LFO........................................................................13
M
Macro Controls()..........13
MIDI....................................................................9,35
/.................................9
MIDI ..........................................................10
Modulation()..................13,39
Module Slot()...................12
N
New Sound.........................................................34
P
Pro Tools.............................................................11
S
Search Result List
()........................................26
Setup
MIDI ................................8
Show ....................................................41
Sounds
....................................................25
58 ABSYNTH 5