Mutable Instruments Beads User Manual page 4

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Four parameters control
are replayed.
More precisely, these parameters and their respective modulations are read
and remain unchanged throughout the duration of the grain. If a parameter then changes, it will only impact
the next grain.
For example, turning the
lock-step, the pitch of all the grains that are currently playing.
E. TIME controls if the grain replays the most recent (fully CCW) or oldest (fully CW) audio material from the
recording buffer – shifting the replay heads further apart from the record head.
F. PITCH controls the transposition, from -24 to +24 semi- tones, with virtual notches at selected intervals.
G. SIZE controls the duration and playback direction of the grain. At the 11 o'clock position, a very short
(30ms) grain is played. Turn CW to increase grain duration up to 4s. Turn CCW to play a reversed grain,
lasting up to 4s.
Turning SIZE fully clockwise (∞) generates never-ending grains acting as delay taps. Please refer to the
Beads as a delay section.
H. SHAPE adjusts the amplitude envelope of the grain. Fully CCW creates clicky, rectangular envelopes,
while fully CW provides envelopes with slow attacks reminiscent of reversed grains (Please note, however,
that the envelope shape is independent of the playback direction).
I. Attenurandomizers
external CV modu- lation on the corresponding parameters, or repurpose the CV input
or spread control.
ATTENURANDOMIZERS
When a cable is patched into the corresponding CV input (6), turning the attenurandomizer
o'clock increases the amount of external CV
controlled randomization.
With no CV patched into an input, the attenurandomizer controls the amount of randomization from an
independent internal random source
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at which buffer position, pitch, and with which duration and envelope
PITCH knob will create a trail of grains with different pitches, rather than change, in
for the TIME, SIZE, SHAPE
with a peaky (12 o'clock to fully CCW) or uniform (12 o'clock to fully
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and PITCH parameters. They control the amount of
modulation. Turning it CCW increases the
once, whenever a grain
(6) as a randomization
[I] CW from 12
amount of CV-
the grains
starts,
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