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10.2.5. Curve options
Sometimes, it's handy to alter the curve of an envelope stage itself, to give an envelope a
different "feel" – perhaps more or less punchy and immediate. The last three functions on
the Sound Edit > Envelope menu give you the option of a slightly different curve shape:
• Attack Curve: Selects Default or Quick
• Decay Curve: Selects Default or Percussive
• Release Curve: Selects Default or Percussive
10.3. Polyphony and Voicing Modes
You've probably noticed that we've skipped one Envelope control: the Mode button, which
selects from four different
voicing modes
and indicates the current choice with a white LED.
The voicing mode controls how playing notes affects what the MiniFreak does. This can
make a huge difference in how a given preset reacts musically to what you play.
• Mono: Only one voice plays at a time, cutting off the previous note's envelope.
• Poly: One voice plays for each note you play, allowing conventional notes and
chords.
• Para: activates Paraphonic mode. See below for an explanation of this mode.
• Uni: Unison mode, where a single note can trigger multiple voices. This can
create simply huge sounds!
10.3.1. Unison parameters
The Sound Edit > Voice menu has parameters to specify the way in which Unison works for
your preset:
• Uni Spread: lets you dial in an amount of detuning between the voices, from a
nearly-tuned 1/1000 of a semitone to a full octave.
• Unison Count: selects how many of the MiniFreak's voices will play when you
press one key, from two to the full six.
• Unison Mode: specifies whether Unison is used in monophonic (you can play
legato on the keybed), polyphonic (similar to the Poly/Unison on the PolyBrute),
or paraphonic mode (a new note trigs the N voices of unison. When there's no
more available, it steals from the previous ones) for this Preset; whichever you
select will have its LED dimly lit when Uni is selected.
• Legato Mono applies to Mono and Unison Mono modes; it sets whether or not the
Envelope retriggers when played legato.
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