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Mutable Instruments | Ambika - User manual
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set the range of MIDI notes the active part responds to. This can be used to create
keyboard splits: set the range of part 1 to C- .. B3 and the range of part 2 to C4 .. G9 ; and set both part 1
and part 2 to listen to the same MIDI channel. The result is that part 1 is played on the lower half of the
keyboard and part 2 on the upper half.
The lower part of the screen displays which voices are assigned to the active part. For example, in the
display capture shown above, voices 1, 2 and 3 are assigned to part 1. Use the second knob on the lower
row to assign/deassign voice 1 and 2 to the active part. Use the third and fourth knobs to assign/deassign
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Note that you can assign to a part only voices which are not currently in use by another part. For example,
when Ambika boots, voices 1, 3 and 5 are assigned to part 1 ; and voices 2, 4, 6 are assigned to part 2.
You will notice that it is not possible to assign voices 2, 4, 6 to part 1 before having de-assigned them from
part 2. It might not be convenient, but a voice can only be used by one part, so this constraint has to be
enforced!
Assigning/de-assigning a voice causes quite a bit of data shuffling between the processors running each
voicecard, and this causes interruptions/reset notes. Don't do that during a live performance!
Shortcut Hold the S1 switch while turning the encoder to change the active part. This works on any page!
Finally, let's get to the real thing! Each voice of Ambika is built according to the diagram drawn below.
Obviously, it would be tedious to edit the settings of each individual voice... Instead, you edit parts and all
the voices assigned to a part automatically inherit its settings!
Here is a day (or rather a millisecond) in the life of a voice's signal:
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