Thanks to the native Acxelink Synthesis & Processing the potential of Processing Capabilities is virtually unlimited as it is allowed to emulate well known existing Synthesis techniques or original combinations of Synthesis Modes, effects and Signal processing functions.
Synthesis: Physical modeling, Wavelets, FM, Wavetable, Vocoders, etc.
Processing: Mixing, Studio environment, Effects processing, Anti noise, Graphic EQ & Preamplifier, etc..
If the Acxel II Automated Sound Builder is used to set the initial sound configuration, it will create a number of sinewave cells with automated drawn Amplitude and Frequency spectra and envelopes.
Once done, the musician has complete access to the 5 parameters spectra (9 x 2) and envelopes (5 x 2) for editing.
The 5 envelopes are on 2 types as prefered by user:
- ADSR (up-left)
- Points (up-right)
Each Envelope has its double for Midi control:
- Base / Midi minimum value (black)
- Midi Maximum value (red)
This example Shows a simple 3 cells configuration: #1 - Sinewave, #2 - Sawtooth, #3 - Recorder. The user defined following links: Output of the cell #3 - Recorder is directed to control the cell #2 - Sawtooth "Amplitude" parameter, Output of the cell #1 - Sine is directed to control the cell #2 - Sawtooth "Frequency" parameter. In other words an external Signal Input controls (or modulate) the Amplitude of a Sawtooth and a Sinewave modulates the Sawtooth frequency.
This mode is the extended synthesis mode of the Acxel II. Additive Synthesis and Analog Synthesis are structurally specialized and simplified modes configured internally from Acxelink Synthesis.
Use with the Automated Sound Builder (ASB) - a dedicated sound Analyzer / Encoder, allows to create the sound to be edited directly in Acxelink form, and then use its extremely rich palette of controls and unique functions. From ASB, everything accessible to the Additive Synthesis, explicitly apply to the Acxelink mode and vice versa: Spectra, Envelopes, MIDI Controls.
The basic Acxel II incorporates 256 of those Cells, having the 5 types controls & envelopes as shown in preceeding figure, with some types having a plurality of controls (ex: Frequency - 3).
Each of the 5 parameters has a reference value, a graphic representation is defined in spectral form that gives a global and simultanesous access to cells. Each of the 9 spectra is doubled for Midi controls:
- Base / Midi minimum value (Green)
- Midi Maximum value (red)
