Introduction; Welcome To Rayblaster; What Is Impulse Modeling Synthesis (Ims) - Tone2 Rayblaster Reference Manual

1. Introduction

1.1 Welcome to Rayblaster.

Thank you for buying Rayblaster synthesizer. Rayblaster uses Tone2's latest synthesis
technology called Impulse Modeling Synthesis.
Impulse Modeling Synthesis (IMS) goes beyond conventional synthesis, offering a
completely new world of sounds for you to explore and unlimited creative potential for
any style of music.
Whether you're a professional producer, synthesizer enthusiast or playing live, with the
new cutting edge IMS engine, psychoacoustic processing and carefully designed signal
processing, unique high quality sounds are just a key press away.

1.2 What is Impulse Modeling Synthesis (IMS)

Conventional synthesizers use a looped waveform as their oscillator source, which is then
filtered to create your sound, this is known as substractive synthesis.
RayBlaster uses a completely new approach to sound generation, creating its sound from
many short bursts of energy and combining these bursts to form its characterful sound.
This innovative and unique approach to synthesis is very close to what happens within
the human inner ear, sounds more authentic and gives you access to a whole new range
of sounds.
Rayblaster can take two cross blend-able samples, loops, waveforms or even an impulse
response of any filter, to use as source for its IMS oscillators.
The oscillators play back these short samples in rhythmic or chaotic order to create an
audible sound. Pitch, formant frequency, impulse order, mix, pulse width and the
harmonics of oscillators can be adjusted independently, which allows for a very large
amount of possibilities to morph your sound in real time.
The oscillators have an very wide pitch range, ranging from lower than 0.5 Hz up to 22kHz
and are capable of playing at extremely low frequency rates where rhythmical and tonal
parts of a sound start to smear.
For rhythmical sounds, Rayblaster can be synchronized to the host's BPM tempo which for
example allows you to beat-slice a drum loop accurately. Very low oscillator pitch rates
also allow the creation of granular sounds and loops where playback speed and pitch can
be controlled independently.
Where's my filter?
IMS works in a way that does not need a separate filter section, its oscillators can
authentically mimic the filter sound of other synthesizers, using one of the factory impulse
presets or by simply importing one of your own impulses.
Not only is RayBlaster capable of modeling the sound of existing filters – it's also possible
to create completely new artificial 'fantasy' filters exclusive to Rayblaster, making its filter
capabilities virtually unlimited. Your own custom Rayblaster filter impulse responses can
be created very easily, you'll find a step-by-step description in "C
own custom Rayblaster filter impulse response' of this manual.
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