Besides some basic waveforms, MuTools has included a huge number of single-cycle waveforms that you can use. Right-clicking on the waveform will bring up the same menu. ![]() If you click the down arrow (or click the waveform’s name) it will present a menu where you can get to the other waveforms directly. I think it would be better to just have it loop-back to where the first waveform is, and start over from there automatically. One thing I think MuTools could change for the controls in this section is this: if you keep clicking the right-arrow to browse through the waveforms, it hits a point where it doesn’t go on, and a message pops up “No next file found”. Below the waveform, you can click the left or right arrows to browse through waveforms. When you open up the oscillator module to see its controls, the waveform that is loaded is on the left, while the controls are over to the right. These are the heart of a synthesizer’s sound, and they generate the primary audio which you can then manipulate to your liking. However, I wanted to make sure and mention more about the oscillators. There are just so many of them included (and MUX can be very complex) that it might take a whole book to go over it all. I will not go into the detail of every single part of MUX components and devices. There are thirty-two Meta-Parameters available, so you have many easily accessible controls on demand. You can just right-click on one of them, then click “Edit” to get the spot where you can add mapping to a certain control. Meta-Parameters let you control certain functions that you want easy access to. Let it go, and it will connect by itself.Īfter you have it set up the way you’d like, you can also edit colors of different sections of the screen, change any component’s size, and make buttons larger in those components. You just click on an input or output, hold the mouse button down, and drag it over on to another input or output connector. You can only connect them together if they have the same color. The input/output connections on the modules/devices are color-coded. MUX lets you easily connect the devices and modules together. They have also thrown in eleven different drum kits ready to load. Each bank can have one of four different outputs. You can load four effects into each of the four included banks (banks are like busses), and route whichever pad to any of the four banks. It has twelve drum pads available, and each one can trigger a different sound. Of those seven devices, the one I will mention more about is the MuDrum. Just starting out with these instruments as building blocks you can make a wealth of presets. They are set in stone, but they will let you throw together a preset quickly. ![]() These can’t be edited in the Deep Editor. I do have to mention the included MuVerb, MuEcho, MuDrum, MuSynth, MuSampla, MuPad, and MultiSampla instruments. It is a long list, way too many to mention here. ADSR and multipoint envelopes are included, a ring modulator, a bit reducer, and a sample player. These include audio generators, such as oscillators, noise generators, and a Poly Synth. There are many modules included with MUX. Besides the obvious modular synthesis usage, another way to use it is to set up a modular effect. You can use the various modules in different combinations, creating nearly an unlimited number of sounds. ![]() The Deep Editor is where the modular configurations are actually set up. This is where you can get at the controls that have been setup for that particular preset. When you look at one of the MUX presets, you’re looking at the Front Panel. You can choose an External Audio Editor, edit Preferences, access the Clipboard, and much more. That last icon is used for many other settings, and you can configure just about anything you’d like. There is a third way to get there as well: right click on the background of MUX (between the control sections), and then click Editor/Show Deep Editor. You can also get there by clicking the last icon, and then in the Editor section, select “Show Deep Editor”. This is where you can set up the modular configuration to your liking. This will bring you to the “Deep Editor”. To get to the modular section, click the second-to-last icon at the top. What you first see is the Front panel, and the basic controls for that particular preset. When you first load MUX, the default preset is called “Basic Synth”.
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