Akai Rhythm Wolf User Manual
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Filter Cutoff:
Turn this to set the bass synth's filter cutoff frequency. This value
also determines the frequency of the Sustain stage of the filter envelope.
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Filter Res:
Turn this to set the bass synth's filter resonance (also known as
Q
).
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Env Amt:
Turn this to set the peak of the bass synth's filter envelope. This
controls the difference in frequency between the
Filter Cutoff
setting and the
highest part of the filter envelope.
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Decay:
Turn this to set the Decay time of the bass synth's amplitude envelope.
9.
Mute/Solo:
Press and hold this button to mute specific voices in the sequencer's
playback. Press a pad to mute or unmute its voice. Unmuted pads are lit red, while
muted pads are not lit. This affects sequencer playback only; you can still play the pads
to trigger their respective voices.
Press and hold
Shift
and then press and hold this button to enter
Solo Mode
. When in
Solo Mode, you can press a pad to solo its voice (muting all others). Release the button
to return to normal operation. This is a temporary mode, independent of any pad mutes.
10.
Velocity:
Press this button to edit the velocity of a step. See the
section of this guide to learn more.
Press this button and
Play/Stop
at the same time to start playback from the very
beginning of the pattern rather than from the current position.
11.
Play/Stop:
Press this button to start or stop playback.
Press this button and
Velocity
at the same time to start playback from the very beginning
of the pattern rather than from the current position.
Press and hold
Shift
and then press this button to send an All Notes Off message.
12.
Fill:
Press this button to play the fill for the current sequence (A, B, or A
and
B). See the
13.
Seq Variation:
Press this button to select whether you are playing/editing Sequence A,
Sequence B, or Sequence A
and
B. See the
section to learn more.
14.
Pattern Select / Last Step:
Press this button and then press one of the 16
Step
Switches
to select the pattern of the same number. Press the
Pattern Select
button
again to return to normal operation. If you do this during playback, the current pattern will
finish before moving to the next one.
Press and hold
Shift
and then press this button. The pattern's length (in steps) will
appear in the display, and the
Step Indicators
will light red to show the pattern's length.
Press one of the 16
Step Switches
or turn the
Tempo
knob to set the pattern's length (in
steps). If the
Seq Variation
button has
either
A
or
B
lit, the maximum pattern length is 16
steps. If
both
A
and
B
are lit, the maximum pattern length is 32 steps, and the minimum
pattern length is 17 steps. Press the
Last Step
button again to return to normal
operation.
15.
Tie:
When the bass synth is selected, press and hold this button, and then press a
Step
Switch
to "tie" its note to the previous step or to return it to its previous ("un-tied") state.
A tied note is "held over" from the previous note, meaning that its envelope is not
retriggered. When you press and hold this button, the
Step Indicators
of tied steps will
be lit amber, those with "un-tied" notes will be lit red, and those with no notes will be
unlit.
You can do this to multiple
Step Switches
at once, and you can tie several consecutive
notes together. Tied notes can also "wrap around" from the end to the beginning of a
sequence.
16.
Main Volume:
Turn this knob to set the output volume of Rhythm Wolf's
Main Out
and
Synth Out
.
17.
Howl:
Turn this knob to set the amount of overdrive (distortion) applied to Rhythm Wolf's
Main Out
.