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Mutable Instruments Clouds Illustrated Manual

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  • Page 1 Clouds/Parasites illustrated manual...

  • Page 2: Audio Quality

    This was put together based on what I could find online. It’s only intention is to make the module clearer to me. It is not intended as a replacement fo the original material. Mutable’s own manual can be found at http://mutable-instruments.net/modules/clouds/manual The Parasites manual is at https://mqtthiqs.github.io/parasites/clouds.html...
  • Page 3 Modes Hold the Blend parameter/Audio quality button for five seconds until a LED lights up in yellow. Then, repeatedly press the Blend parameter/Audio quality button to select between the four following audio processing engines – the current one is indicated by a glowing yellow LED. Granular Processing Pitch-shifter/time-stretcher Looping delay...
  • Page 4 Mode: Granular Processing...
  • Page 5 Granular Processing: Controls A. FREEZE button. This latching button stops the recording of incoming audio. Granu- larization is now performed on the last few seconds of audio kept in memory in the module. B. Blending parameter/Audio quality button. Selects which of the blending parameters is controlled by the BLEND knob and CV input, or selects one of the four audio quality settings.

  • Page 6: Inputs And Outputs

    2. TRIGGER input. Generates a single grain. By moving the grain DENSITY to 12 o’clock, and sending a trigger to this input, Clouds can be controlled like a micro-sam- ple player. An LFO or clock divider (or even a pressure plate) can thus be used to sow grains at the rate of your choice.
  • Page 7 Mode: Pitch-shifter/Time-strecher...
  • Page 8 Pitch-shifter/Time-strecher: Controls A. FREEZE button. This latching button stops the recording of incoming audio. Pitch-shifting/Time-streching is now performed on the last few seconds of audio kept in memory in the module. B. Blending parameter/Audio quality button. Selects which of the blending parameters is controlled by the BLEND knob and CV input, or selects one of the four audio quality settings.
  • Page 9 Pitch-shifter/Time-strecher: Inputs and outputs All CV inputs are calibrated for a range of +/- 5V. Voltages outside of this range are tolerated, but will be clamped. 1. FREEZE gate input. When the input gate signal is high, stops the recording of incom- ing audio, just as latching the FREEZE button would do.

  • Page 10: Audio Outputs

    Pitch-shifter/Time-strecher: Audio outputs In the Mono quality modes, Stereo spread crossfades between the left and the right input. Remember that the left input is normalized into the right input, so with nothing patched in In L, this will have no effect. 32Hz Rate: 16-bit...
  • Page 11 Mode: Looping Delay...
  • Page 12 Looping Delay: Controls A. FREEZE button. This latching button stops the recording of incoming audio. When FREEZE is activated, the content of the audio buffer is looped (stutter effect). Size con- trols the repeat time multiplication/division. B. Blending parameter/Audio quality button. Selects which of the blending parameters is controlled by the BLEND knob and CV input, or selects one of the four audio quality settings.
  • Page 13 Looping Delay: Controls (Cont.) I. LOW PASS/HIGH PASS FILTER (TEXTURE) acts as a low-pass/high-pass filter. J. BLEND knob. This multi-function knob is described in the Blending parameters sec- tion. K. Indicator LEDs. They work as an input vu-meter. When FREEZE is active, they moni- tor the output level.
  • Page 14 Looping Delay: Audio outputs In the Mono quality modes, Stereo spread crossfades between the left and the right input. Remember that the left input is normalized into the right input, so with nothing patched in In L, this will have no effect. In the Stereo quality modes, Stereo spread gradually swaps both output channels.
  • Page 15 Mode: Spectral Madness...
  • Page 16 Spectral Madness: Explanation A phased vocoder which uses FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) to b reak sound down into spectral bands, transform the spectral information then resythesis this back into sound. REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF5m4yryhXU Spectral Madness: Controls A. FREEZE button. This latching button stops the recording of incoming audio. Granu- larization is now performed on the last few seconds of audio kept in memory in the module.
  • Page 17 Spectral Madness: Controls (Cont.) This creates much more synthetic, harmonic textures. CW, beyong 12, adds warping towards higher harmonics. J. BLEND knob. This multi-function knob is described in the Blending parameters sec- tion. K. Indicator LEDs. They work as an input vu-meter. When FREEZE is active, they moni- tor the output level.
  • Page 18 Mode: Oliverb...
  • Page 19 Oliverb: Controls A. FREEZE button. The Freeze button sets reverb to (near) infinite decay, and mutes the input. This works best with no pitch shifting and a large size. B. Blending parameter/Audio quality button. Selects which of the blending parameters is controlled by the BLEND knob and CV input, or selects one of the four audio quality settings.
  • Page 20 Oliverb: Controls (Cont.) I. DIFFUSION (TEXTURE) The Texture knob controls how much the sound is "smoothened" by the diffusers each time it goes through the loop. Fully clockwise, you get the more dense, continuous sound; fully counter-clockwise, you clearly hear the sound being repeated like in a multi-tap delay.
  • Page 21 Oliverb: Inputs and outputs All CV inputs are calibrated for a range of +/- 5V. Voltages outside of this range are tolerated, but will be clamped. 1. FREEZE gate input. When the input gate signal is high, stops the recording of incom- ing audio, just as latching the FREEZE button would do.
  • Page 22 Mode: Resonator...
  • Page 23 Resonator: Controls A. FREEZE button. If you are satisfied with the sound of the current voice and want to keep it running (maybe as a drone, using the other voice for melody), press Freeze: it will instantly switch voice, and prevent Trig from automatically switching voice. B.
  • Page 24 Resonator: Controls (Cont.) J. BLEND knob. This multi-function knob is described in the Blending parameters sec- tion. K. Indicator LEDs. They work as an input vu-meter. When FREEZE is active, they moni- tor the output level. Soft-clipping occurs when the last LED is on. They can also indicate the quality setting (red), the function assigned to the BLEND knob (green), or the value of the four blending parameters (multicolor).
  • Page 25 Resonator: Inputs and outputs All CV inputs are calibrated for a range of +/- 5V. Voltages outside of this range are tolerated, but will be clamped. 1. FREEZE gate input. When the input gate signal is high, stops the recording of incom- ing audio, just as latching the FREEZE button would do.

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