(Product not released: this information may change.)
Switchable resonator banks making all the various combinations of the ARP Pro-Soloist available, and more!
Compatability with ProSoloist
| Preset | I | II | III | Patch |
| Bassoon | X | X | E Bass | 1/14 Pulse -> VCF ->VCA ??1/14 Pulse -> Sharpen -> VCA |
| English Horn | X | E Horn | X | 1/14 pulse -> Sharpen I,II ->VCA No VCF |
| Oboe | X | Oboe | X | 1/14 pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF ->VCA |
| Clarinet | X | Oboe | X | Square wave -> VCF -> VCA Square wave -> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Sax | Cello | X | Violin | 1/9 + Dyn pulse -> LPF -> VCF -> VCA 1/9 + Dyn pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Flute | X | X | X | Saw -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| Song Whistle | X | X | X | Square -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| Telstar | X | X | X | Square -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| Cosmic Wow | X | X | X | 2/11 Pulse -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| Mute Trumpet | X | Oboe | X | 1/64 pulse -> LPF -> VCF ->VCA 1/64 pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Trumpet | X | X | X | Saw -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| French Horn | X | X | X | Saw -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| Trombone | X | X | X | Saw -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| Tuba | X | X | X | Saw -> VCF -> VCA No resonators |
| Violin | Violin | X | Violin | 2/11 pulse -> VCF -> VCA 2/11 pulse -> Sharpen -> VCA |
| Cello | Cello | X | Violin | 2/11 pulse -> VCF -> VCA 2/11 pulse -> Sharpen -> VCA |
| Elect Bass | X | X | E Bass | Dynpulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Country Guitar | X | Oboe | E Bass | 1/14 pulse -> LPF -> VCF -> VCA 1/14 pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Steel Guitar | X | X | E Piano | 1/9 pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF -> VCA |
| Banjo | X | X | Violin | 1/9 pulse -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA 1/9 pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Fuzz Guit I | Cello | Oboe | E Piano | Dyn pulse + saw -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA Dyn pulse -> Sharpen -> VCA |
| Harpsichord | X | Oboe | X | 1/14 pulse -> HPF -> LPF -> VCA 1/14 pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Elec Piano | X | X | E Piano | 1/9 Pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF -> VCA |
| Steel Drum | X | Oboe | Violin | Square -> LPF -> VCF -> VCA Square-> Sharpen III -> VCF |
| Preset | I | II | III | Patch |
| Noze | Violin | X | X | Saw -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA 2/11 + 1/14 + 1/64 Pulse -> Sharpen I,II -> VCA |
| Buzz Bassoon | Violin | X | E Bass | Saw + 1/14 + 1/64 pulse -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA 1/14 + 1/64 pulse -> Sharpen Sharpen III -> VCF Sharpen I, II -> VCA |
| Space Reed | Violin | X | E Piano | Saw -> LPF -> VCF -> VCA 1/14 pulse -> LPF 1/14 pulse -> Sharpen Sharpen III -> VCF Sharpen I, II-> VCA |
| Space Bass | X | E Horn | E Bass | 1/14 pulse -> Sharpen Sharpen I,II -> VCA Sharpen III -> VCF -> VCA |
| Pulsar | X | X | E Piano | Saw -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA 1/9 Pulse -> Sharpen III -> VCF AND VCA |
| Fuzz Guit II | Cello | Oboe | Violin | 1/14 + 1/9 + 1/64 + Dyn pulse -> HPF -> VCF -> VCA 1/14 + 1/9 + 1/64 + Dyn pulse -> Sharpen Sharpen III -> VCF SHarpen I, II -> VCA |
Settings to reconstruct Pro-Solist Presets
Key points:
- There is a main chain, which is saw and/or pulses and/or Dyn Pulse to simple HPF, VCF and VCA. This is a conventional chain and is used on most presets. By itself, it is used for brass, flute and whistle.
- Dyn Pulse is a rectangular wave with pulse width modulation (thin to thick) from a simple Decay EG.
- Some presets the HPF has too low a value to be material and could be ommitted
- Sharpen includes a simple HPF on the ??? saw out, fixed to the most common setting of the presets.
- Then most presets also have the pulse and/or Dyn Pulse go through one or more of three resonators. In general, the outputs of these resonators go directly to the VCA, bypassing the VCF.
- However, in some settings, the third resonator III goes to the VCF instead (or as well).
- The resonator switches select various combinations of resistor/capactors to give various effect (i.e. because the Oboe and E Bass resistor/capacitors are both in resonator III, selecting them both will not nessarily lead to two resonant peaks, but some intermediate shape.)
- The pulse wave is usually a small number of presets: square, or so-called 2/11, 1/9, 1/14, 1/64. For these fractional pulses, the pulse has a phase offset about the same as the pulse width. These can be generated using the fricko ProPulse module.
- However in a small number of cases, namely Fuzz Guit II, Noze and Buzz Bassoon, multiple pulses will be selected. These could be generated by using multiple fricko ProPulse generators (or some other waveshaper like a 5-pulse, perhaps).
The ProPulse Width knob corresponds roughly to :
- 7 o’clock (near full anti clockwise) = 1/64
- 10 o’clock = 1/14
- 11 o’clock = 1/9
- 2 o’clock = 2/11
- 5 o’clock (near full clockwise) = 1/4
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