Xaoc Devices ZADAR Operation Manual page 6

chaining
the envelopes
Press the menu three times to leave this
menu and cycle back to the main screen.
Please note that the parameter assigned to
CV is indicated by a small cv label next to its
value.
menu: chAin settinGs
Zadar offers several settings for complex be-
havior of individual channels as well as chain-
ing and looping multiple envelopes across
channels. It is possible to combine up to four
envelopes into a chain, and furthermore, to
define the cycle behavior within a chain. Quite
sophisticated envelopes and modulation
waveform patterns can be obtained this way.
note: even when chained, each envelope ap-
pears only on its dedicated output.
In this menu, each knob corresponds to a sepa-
rate channel. Push a knob to select the desired
parameter and turn it to edit the value.
The selection of a chain algorithm is per-
formed by operating the red knob (associ-
ated with channel A
able algorithms (fig. 7) defining various
two-channel chain splits, chains of three
or four channels, and looped derivatives of
these. note: envelopes chained to some oth-
er previous channel have their trig inputs
inactive. Any unchained envelopes can still be
used independently.
As long as the envelope remains unchained,
the phase parameter simply defines trigger
delay. The value displayed is a percentage of
). There are 16 avail-
the entire cycle length and therefore depends
on cycle duration — longer envelopes allow
for longer delays.
Within the looped chain algorithms, the com-
mon behavior is when each envelope starts
after the previous one ends. However, by ad-
justing the phase parameter, you can shift
the next envelope so that it starts at any point
within the cycle of the previous one. Therefore,
it is possible to initiate all four envelopes at the
same time (phase set to 0%) or make them
start one after another (phase on channels
, , set to 100%. To loop the entire
B C D
chain, also set channel
In other words, within a chain, the phase pa-
rameter defines the phase shift with respect
to the previous envelope in the chain. For
example, if phase is set to 50%, the chained
fig. 5: chain menu
fig. 6: preset management menu
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phase to 100%).
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