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ACT ENGINE – what it is:

ACT = “Automatic Composing Technology” and was specifically designed by Composer Tools to help speed up your workflow. ACT Engine allows you to automate each sound category and by default generates random volume curves. It can be turned ON and OFF by clicking the Engine symbol at the bottom of the section.

Each table in ACT corresponds directly to the sound generation square into the memory management window on the right side of the instrument. You can manually draw a curve inside the any of the tables, or you can select shape by using a slider at the bottom of each table. You can also generate curves by pressing the “GEN” button. If AUTO is set to ON, the shapes will keep moving as long as you pressing a key on your keyboard. If you want to stick with the manual method, You can click the white square button on the left, to enlarge the tables.

PATSWITCH:

If you like the shape you’ve created and you want to be able to recall it at any time, click on the LEARN button and press one of the unused white or black keys on your keyboard to save it as a keyswitch. To erase the keys follow the same steps after pressing the ERASE button.

FX AND SWITCHES:

You can access to the FX section by clicking the button on the left side of the XY Pad. There are 5 different effects: Formant Filter, Chorus, Drive, SV Filter, Reverb. To activate the effect, click on the table with the effect you want to turn ON or press the violet keyswitch on your keyboard.

OPTIONS:

By clicking the button on the right side of the XY Pad, you can access to the more advance options of the instrument. To SAVE/LOAD settings of the whole instrument use the buttons on the PRESETS panel. The white cone controls the stereophony of the instrument.Tweak it, to make the sound wider, or narrow. You can also setup a CC for the X and Y axis of the pad, in order to control it by keyboard’s knobs. The ANIMATION button allows you to stop, or run the background animation.