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Page 1 Operation Manual...
Page 2 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Anima Oscillator Pages Sub Page Mod Page Voice Page Filter Section Amplifier and Amplifier Envelope Env 3 Section LFO Section Arp Page...
Page 4 Pitch, Pan, or Wavetable parameters in the modulation matrix. Anima contains six pages: Osc1, Osc2, Sub, Mod, Voice, and Arp. To show the settings for a page, click the corresponding page button.
Page 5: Oscillator Pages
Anima Oscillator Pages If a page button itself contains an On/Off button, which is the case for the Arp page button, for example, you can use this to activate/deactivate the corresponding element without having to open the page first. Oscillator Pages The Osc 1 and Osc 2 pages contain the settings for the two main oscillators.
Page 6 Anima Oscillator Pages Main Tab Legato If Legato is deactivated, each note starts playback from the position cursor. If Legato is activated, the first note starts playback from the position cursor, and any following notes start from the current playback position for as long as the first note is held.
Page 7 Anima Oscillator Pages Form Tab Formants are harmonics within the spectrum of a note which are pronounced and help to define the character of an instrument. The positions of the formants in the spectrum mainly depend on the construction of an instrument, such as the body of a guitar, the form of the vocal tract in a human body, the filter settings for electronic instruments, etc.
Page 8: Sub Page
Anima Sub Page Sub Page The Sub page contains the settings for the sub oscillator and the noise oscillator. Sub Oscillator Section Type The wave shape of the sub oscillator. You can choose between Sine, Triangle, Saw, Square, Pulse Wide, and Pulse Narrow.
Page 9: Mod Page
Anima Mod Page Follow Pitch If Follow Pitch is activated, zone pitch settings like Octave, Coarse, and Fine, as well as modulations like Glide, Pitchbend, or other pitch modulations, affect the duration length. A higher sample pitch leads to a shorter duration.
Page 10 Anima Mod Page Optional: Specify whether you want the Source and Modifier parameters to be unipolar or bipolar. Set the modulation intensity with the Depth parameter. Click in the modulation Destination field and select the parameter that you want to modulate.
Page 11 Anima Mod Page Unipolar vs. Bipolar Sources The polarity of a modulation source specifies the value range that it produces. Unipolar sources modulate between 0 and +1. Bipolar sources modulate between -1 and +1. ● To change the polarity of a modulation source or modifier from unipolar to bipolar, activate its Bipolar button.
Page 12 Anima Mod Page WT 1/2 Direction Modulates the Direction parameter of the corresponding wavetable oscillator. WT 1/2 Speed Modulates the Speed parameter of the corresponding wavetable oscillator. WT 1/2 Formant Shift Modulates the Formant Shift parameter of the corresponding wavetable oscillator.
Page 13: Voice Page
Anima Voice Page Filter Env Release Modulates the release time of the filter envelope. This modulation destination cannot be modulated continuously. The time is updated only when the segment starts. Env 3 Start Level Modulates the start level of the user-definable envelope 3, that is, the level of the first envelope node.
Page 14 Anima Voice Page Polyphony If Mono mode is deactivated, you can use this parameter to specify how many notes can be played simultaneously. Mono Activates monophonic playback. Retrigger This option is only available in Mono mode. If Retrigger is activated, a note that was stolen by another note is retriggered if you still hold the stolen note when you release the new one.
Page 15: Filter Section
Anima Filter Section Distribution Allows you to specify how unison voices are spread in pitch. Changing the unison voice distribution will create different modulations between the unison voices. ● If this is set to 0, the distribution is linear, that is, all voices have an equal distance in their pitch offset.
Page 16 Anima Filter Section ● HP 6+BR 12 and HP 12+BR 12 are combinations of a high-pass filter with 6 and 12 dB/oct and a band-reject filter with 12 dB/oct. Frequencies below and around the cutoff are attenuated. ● AP is an all-pass filter with 18 dB/oct. Frequencies around the cutoff are attenuated.
Page 17: Amplifier And Amplifier Envelope
Anima Amplifier and Amplifier Envelope Sustain Controls the sustain level of the filter envelope. Release Controls the release time of the filter envelope. Amplifier and Amplifier Envelope On the right of the Env F/A tab, you can make settings for the amplifier and the amplifier envelope.
Page 18: Lfo Section
Anima LFO Section ● L0 sets the start level. ● A sets the attack time. ● L1 sets the attack level. ● D sets the decay time. ● S sets the sustain level. ● R sets the release time. ●...
Page 19: Arp Page
Anima Arp Page Sync If Sync is activated, the frequency is set in fractions of beats. Freq Controls the frequency of the modulation, that is, the speed of the LFO. Phase Sets the initial phase of the waveform when the LFO is retriggered.
Page 20 Anima Arp Page Sync Synchronizes the phrase to the tempo of your host application. NOTE In addition, you can set Restart Mode to Sync to Host. This aligns the phrase with the beats and measures of your host application. Mute Mutes playback.
Page 21 Anima Arp Page NOTE The phrase does not restart upon notes that are played legato. ● New Note restarts the phrase with each new note that you play. ● Sync to Host aligns the phrase with the beats and measures of your host application each time that you start the transport.
Page 22 Anima Arp Page Velocity Range The Low Vel and High Vel parameters determine the velocity range that is used to trigger phrase playback. Key Range The Low Key and High Key parameters determine the key range that is used to trigger phrase playback.
Page 23 Anima Arp Page Key Replace With this parameter, you can deactivate the Key Select function or specify how missing keys are replaced. For example, if Key Select is set to 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 and you play a chord with 3 notes, key 4 is considered missing.
Page 24 Anima Arp Page ● P (Phrase) plays the note of the user phrase, according to the selected mode, for example, Up, Down, Up/Down 1, etc. ● The settings 1 - 8 play the corresponding keys from the note list. Which key is played depends on the Key Mode setting.
Page 25 Anima Arp Page Repeat this procedure for all the variations that you have created. User Phrases The user phrase has up to 32 steps. Each step has an adjustable Velocity, Gate Length, and Transpose value. By adding steps, adjusting their length, or leaving pauses, you define the rhythm of the user phrase.
Page 26 Anima Arp Page ● To introduce a legato between two steps, click the number below the first of these steps, so that a small arrow is shown. If Legato is activated, the Gate Scale parameter is not taken into account.