Arturia iMini User Manual

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ABOUT IMINI KEYBOARD CONTROLSTABLE OF CONTENTS

USER GUIDE: MAIN UI

The main screen of iMini provides the controls for the
oscillator banks, the mixer, the signal modifiers, and the
output.

LOAD AND SAVE PATCHES

iMini comes with dozens of built-in presets, and you can create your own by
adjusting any of the parameters and saving the preset.

Browse Presets Use the back/forward arrows to scroll through the presets.

Load Tap this button to open the preset banks and search for specific

patch. The patches are sorted according to creators > types of presets >
and specific patches. You can test presets on the keyboard while the menu
is open.

Save Saves the preset. You can save the current settings as a new preset

or overwrite the current settings.

All presets are saved to one of the following categories: Arpeggio, Basses,
EFX, Keyboards, Leads, Pads, Percussives, Horns, Synths, Brasses,
Chords, and Strings. Anything you create is stored in the bank called My
Presets.

Import .minibank Presets

You can also import your own .minibank presets via iTunes file sharing. To
use iTunes file sharing:

Connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes. Select your
iPad under the DEVICES header in the left navigation column.

Click on the “Apps” tab above the main window.

Scroll down to the “File Sharing” section.

Select iMini from the list of Apps.

Under “iMini Documents” click the “Add” button; this opens a
dialog box to select the location of the presets on your computer.

CONTROLS

Tune This control shifts the pitch of the preset in increments of semitones,

up to -|+ two octaves.

Glide Also called portamento, the Glide control allows the frequency of
each oscillator to move slowly from one note to the next.

Mod Mix This control sets the balance between Oscillator 3 and the noise
module.

OSCILLATOR BANK

All oscillators have the option to set the range and waveform.

Range Sets the pitch of the oscillator. The settings are displayed in feet,
with the lower the number, the higher the pitch.

Waveform

iMini’s oscillators generate the waveforms that define the sound of the
preset. All oscillators can be on or off, and each has the option of
generating a triangle, saw-triangle, sawtooth, square, wide rectangular, or

narrow rectangular waveform.

Each waveform provides a different set of harmonics.

Frequency Sync This switch synchronizes oscillator 2 with oscillator 1; the
tuning of oscillator 1 gives the pitch while oscillator 2 brings and modifies
the harmonics heard.

Frequency/Detune Combined with the Range parameter, the
Frequency/Detune controls allows for more precise tuning of the oscillator.

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, YOU CAN PRESS AND HOLD THE
WAVEFORM AND FREQUENCY/DETUNE PARAMETERS TO OPEN
MORE OSCILLATOR CONTROLS.

Width

Coarse

MIXER

Volume Controls the volume of each oscillator. Tap the on button to the

right to make sure the oscillator is enabled.

External Input Volume Sets the volume of external input.

Noise Volume Sets the volume of the noise module.

Noise Type The noise module in iMini produces two types of noise: white

and pink.

White noise is the richest of noises, having all signal specturm frequencies
at an equal volume level. For this reason, the noise module is used to create
different noises like the imitation of wind or special effects.

Pink noise is also often present on synthesizers. It is less rich in the high
frequencies than white noise. Also note that the audio output of noise can
also be used as a modulation signal (especially when strongly filtered) to
create random cyclic variations.

MODIFIERS

Use these controls to further shape of the sounds produced by the
oscillators.

FILTER MODULATION

When this is enabled the signal passes through a low-pass filter.

Cutoff Frequency This control sets the frequency at which the signal is cut
off, allowing only the lower frequency harmonics to pass through the filter.

Filter Emphasis Also known as Resonance or Q, this control adds
emphasis to the frequencies near the cutoff.

Amount of Contour This control sets the action of the envelope generator
associated with the filter.

KEYBOARD CONTROL

The two “Keyboard control” switches allow the use of a key follow on the

filter cut-off frequency.

• When they are set to the “OFF” position, no key follow is connected.

• When the first is “ON”, the key follow allows the modification of the cut-off

frequency by a major third for an octave.

• When the second is “ON”, the key follow is of a fifth for an octave, and

when both are “ON”, the filter cut-off frequency follows the keyboard notes
exactly. It should be noted the pivot note is F0.

LOUDNESS CONTOUR

This envelope modulates the amplitude of the sound.

Attack Increasing the “Attack time” increases the volume of the sound
progressively.

Decay This is the time that the sound takes to diminish after the attack
portion is complete.

Sustain This control sets the maximum volume level the sound reaches after
the decay is complete. It stays at this level as long as the note is held.

OUTPUT

Volume Sets the volume of the output.

Chorus Amount Sets the amount of Chorus applied to the signal.