Introduction Thank you for purchasing the AIR Fabric XL plugin instrument. Fabric XL is the brand-new flagship sample-based synthesizer from AIR Music Technology and delivers the ultimate sounds for all your production needs. Fabric XL brings a stunning collection of cutting-edge presets, including everything from twisted and dark motion pads, drone and sub-basses, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric pianos, classic poly and lead synths, and much more.
Setup Section 1. Keyboard: Click this icon to enable or disable the virtual keyboard. When enabled, you can click these keys to input notes, or view notes being played on an external MIDI device. 2. Tempo: Displays the current plugin tempo. To change the tempo: •...
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Perform All settings in this view except Delay On/Off and Reverb On/Off are available in all other plugin views. Parameter Description Value Range Main Vol Overall level of the plugin. -inf – 0.0 – +6.0 dB Layer 1/2 Enable or disable the layer. Off, On Volume Level of the layer.
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Layers Layer Controls Parameter Description Value Range Layer 1/2 Click the power button to enable or disable Off, On the selected layer. Sample Start Starting point of the selected sample. 0–100% Key Low Set the lowest key for the layer key range. C-2 –...
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Parameter Description Value Range Level of the layer. -inf – 0.0 – +12.0 dB Spike Applies additional velocity to the amplitude 0–100% attack. Spike Length Length of time for the Spike to decay. 0–100% Stereo panning of the layer. L64 -- - C -- - R64 Pan Keytrack Ties the stereo panning to the pitch being -100 –...
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Envelopes Click the Amp Env, Filter Env, or Pitch Env buttons to view the selected envelope. Click the Edit button to view and edit the selected envelope parameters. You can also click and drag the envelope points directly. Parameter Description Value Range Attack Length of time for the sound to reach full...
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Envelopes (continued) Parameter Description Value Range Filter Attack Length of time for the filter to reach full level. 0 ms – 32 s Envelope Decay Length of time for the filter to reach sustain 0 ms – 32 s level. Sustain Level of the filter while the note is held.
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Envelopes (continued) Parameter Description Value Range Pitch Level 1 -100 – 0 – +100% Pitch level (relative to the Env Depth) at the Envelope start of the note. Delay Length of time to reach Level 2. 0 ms – 32 s Level 2 Pitch level (relative to the Env Depth) at the -100 –...
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Parameter Description Value Range Mode Waveshape of the low frequency oscillator. Off, Constant, Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square, S+H Random, S+H Alternate, Random Drift, Slow Drift Sync Disable or enable and select how the LFO is Off, First Note, Each Note, synced to the global tempo.
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Percussion Parameter Description Value Range Percussion Click the power button to enable or disable Off, On percussion sample. Sample Select the percussion sample used. Varies Trigger Selects when the percussion sample is Note-On, Note-Off triggered. Octave Adjust pitch of the percussion sample. -4 –...
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Effects Parameter Description Value Range Chorus Use the button in the upper-left corner to enable or Off, On disable the chorus effect. Rate Modulation speed of the chorus effect. 0.05 – 20.00 Hz Wet/dry amount of the chorus effect. 0–100% Tremolo Use the button in the upper-left corner of this section Off, On...
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Effects (continued) Parameter Description Value Range Flavor Use the button in the upper-left corner of this Off, On section to enable or disable the flavor effect. Timbre Selects an emulation type to color the sound. Varies Timbre Depth Amount of timbre emulation applied to the sound. 0–100% Vinyl Distortion Amount of vinyl distortion noise applied to the 0–100%...
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Effects (continued) Parameter Description Value Range Compressor Use the button in the upper-left corner of this section to enable or disable the compressor. Threshold Signal level after which the compression will be -30.0 – 0.0 – +10.0 dB applied. Ratio Amount of compression applied.
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Settings Parameter Description Value Range Global Transpose Transposition of the plugin, in semitones. -36 – 0 – +36 Tune Fine tuning of the plugin, in cents. -100 – 0 – +100 Pitch Bend Number of semitones up or down controlled by MIDI 0–24 (semitones) Range pitch bend messages.
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Settings (continued) Parameter Description Value Range Expression Destination Send Expression data to one of the following control Pitch, Cutoff, Reso, destinations. Amp, Pan Depth Amount of modulation applied. 0–100% When Destination is set to Pitch: -12.0 – +12.0 When Destination is set to Cutoff, Reso, Amp or Pan: -100 – 0 – 100% Ties the modulation to the Control LFO.
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