How This Manual Is Organized; How To Use This Manual - M-Audio Wayoutware TimewARP 2600 User Manual

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How this Manual is Organized

This is not a textbook; it's a survival manual.
Chapter 2 is about installing and configuring the software so you can get up and running.
Chapter 3 is a brief introduction to the vocabulary and methods of classical analog synthesis, so that we can
understand each other throughout the rest of the book.
Chapter 4 is a module-by-module reference, including the digital extensions made possible by the fact that the
TimewARP 2600 is software—a piece of computer behavior—rather than a collection of electronic hardware.
Chapter 5 is not in this book, but is a collection of patches, with accompanying documentation, located in a separate
document file called Patchman.pdf found on the distribution CD (or as a download from www.wayoutware.com).
The patches and commentary are keyed to the numbered chapters, sections, and subsections of this manual.
Some of the patches form a tutorial sequence, and some illustrate vocabulary lessons and concepts.
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How To Use This Manual

You'll probably need to do a quick run through of Chapter 2 as you install the TimewARP 2600 and learn some of
the basic setup operations. After that, you can pretty much mix and match, according to your experience.
If you're new to audio synthesis, you'll want to walk through the tutorial patch sequence in Patchman.pdf, referring
back to Chapter 3 for concepts and Chapter 4 for detailed module specifications while you explore, and learn to
control, the vast range and patch repertoire of the TimewARP 2600 software synthesizer.
If you already have some experience with audio synthesis, you might go directly to Chapter 4 for the detailed
module-by-module specifications of the TimewARP 2600. If you know and love the original ARP 2600 itself, take
particular note of section 4.1, where we describe what you can do with the TimewARP 2600 that you could not do
with its analog ancestor. These digital extensions include patch load/save, additional VCO sine-wave outputs,
dual-channel signal input, automatic Y-connections at all signal outputs, sixteen keyboard micro-tuning options,
MIDI Beat Clock synchronization, and MIDI controller mapping (with subranges) for all the panel sliders.
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