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Effects, can be selected using the attribute categories Type, Mode, Characteristic and
Application:
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Type: Characterizes the effect in technical terms. Choose between reverb, distortion,
delay, and the like.
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Mode: Deals with how the effect is applied, as in side-chain, LFO, and multi-band.
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Characteristic: Describes the effect's tonality (warm, intense, metallic, etc.)
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Application: gGives you a choice of "targets" for which an effect might be best suited.
These can be different instruments, like Organ or Bass, or application areas, like master-
ing or surround sound.
Each of these categories contains a list of attributes describing possible characteristics, which
a given KORE SOUND might contain. A detailed explanation of all the available attributes can
be found in Appendix B. There are also several examples on how to find a specific sound in
Appendix A.
To search for a sound within the database, simply select or deselect single attributes by click-
ing them with the mouse. Any number of attributes can be combined to narrow your search.
However, you can only use one attribute of the Instrument (instrument sounds) and Type (effect
sounds) categories, respectively. The Reset button deselects all currently activated attributes.
Each additional attribute that you select reduces the total number of matching KORE SOUNDS
in the list at right. The remaining KORE SOUNDS are displayed in the Search Result List.
The database represents the contents of the library folders (and their sub-folders) on your
hard-drive. Those folders are not checked for new KORE SOUND files each time ABSYNTH
is started, as this would significantly slow down the start-up time. Thus, if you manually
place KORE SOUND files within your library folders using your operating system, ABSYNTH
will not integrate these files into the database search until the library folders are re-scanned.
Again, you can trigger the database rebuild manually within the Options Dialog, described in
section 3.4, "Options
you continue working with ABSYNTH 5.
Dialog". The database is then scanned in a background process while
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