Audio Damage Tattoo - Manual (Page 24)

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Tune
The Tune knob controls the pitch of the oscillators in the cymbal voice. Turn the knob clockwise and the
sound goes up in pitch.
Noise Level
This knob sets the amount of noise added to the cymbal sound. A small amount of noise makes the voice
sound a little less metallic and more complex. A large amount of noise makes the voice sound like an attempt
to use the noise source in an analog synthesizer to simulate a cymbal.
Ding Level
This knob set the relative loudness of the “ding” component of the cymbal voice, that is, the output of the
lower-frequency band-pass filter. Changing the loudness of this component shifts the balance between the
lower frequencies and the higher frequencies in the overall sound.
Low BPF
This knob controls the center frequency of the lower-frequency band-pass filter which generates the “ding”
component of the cymbal sound. Rotate the knob clockwise to raise the frequency (i.e., raise the pitch), rotate
it anti-clockwise to lower the frequency.
High BPF
This knob controls the center frequency of the higher-frequency band-pass filter which creates the sustaining
component of the cymbal sound. Rotate the knob clockwise to raise the frequency (i.e., raise the pitch), rotate
it anti-clockwise to lower the frequency.
Ding Envelope and High Envelope
The two envelope generators control the overall loudness contours of the “ding” portion and the higher-
frequency portion of the cymbal sound. Typically you’ll use a shorter envelope for the “ding”, since in most
real cymbals it decays more quickly than the sustaining sound, but there’s no reason that you have to stick to
this convention.