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Toxic Biohazard

Overview

Toxic Biohazard features a hybrid synthesis engine, combining the best of FM and Subtractive
synthesis. With the addition of a warm, analog-modelled filter and set of built-in effects, the Toxic
concept remains one of convenience, simplicity, and superb sound quality.

Features

Powerful hybrid FM-Subtractive synthesis engine.
Low CPU usage with no loss of sound quality.
6 customizable, anti-aliasing oscillators, each providing a rich, noiseless spectrum.
6 ADSR Envelope Generators, one dedicated to each oscillator.
A Warm, multimode, analog-modelled filter, featuring Low-Pass, Band-Pass, and High-Pass

settings.
A dedicated Envelope Generator tied to the filter.
2 free-shaped, tempo-sync able LFO's,
FM and LFO matrix.
Up to 32 voice polyphony.
Up to 8 voices unison with stereo spreading.
Support for any samplerate.
Completely sample accurate.

2 effect modules where you can select Multistage Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Lo-Fi, Flanger,
Reverb, plus master 8 band equalizer and distortion..

8 band, analog-modelled, parametric equalizer.
An aggressive distortion module.
A modern, inspiring GUI design, featuring our own “Symmetric Interface” layout.
64 step sequencer, featuring our “Smart-Sequencer” technology and double polyphonic

capabilities.
MIDI modulation matrix, allowing the user to route up to 10 midi controllers to modulate Toxic

Biohazard parameters

Controls

While using Toxic Biohazard, you will find that many parameters have similar controls.

Buttons : Buttons have two states, ON and OFF. When ON, they emit an LCD like glow.
To toggle a button between ON and OFF, simply "Left-Click" while hovering over it with your
mouse pointer.

Knobs : These controls are made to work like hardware rotary encoder knobs that you'll
find on most hardware synthesizers. To "Turn" the knobs, "Click-and-Drag" while hovering over it
with your mouse pointer. Dragging upwards will bring the knob to the right, while dragging
downwards will bring the knob to the left.

Data Sliders : Data Sliders work similarly to the sliders on hardware synthesizers and mixing
consoles. To increase the value of a Data Slider, simply "Click-and-Drag" the slider upwards. To
decrease the value, "Click-and-Drag" downwards.

Number Displays: Number displays work in the exact same way as Knobs and Data
Sliders, exept the value is represented by an LCD-Like number. To operate a Number Display,
"Click-and-Drag" your mouse pointer upwards for positive values, and downwards for negative
values, while hovering over the LCD display.

Control modifiers

Fine adjustment -Holding Shift prior to clicking and dragging on a control allows fine
adjustments to be made to parameters.

Reset control - Hold Alt prior to clicking on a control or Right-click (VST) version. Right-
click (FL native version) opens the link/copy/paste menu.

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Toxic Biohazard - Top Panel

Top Panel

The top section of Toxic Biohazard provides a range of global controls as described below:

Voice Controls (Configuration & Master Envelope)

Configuration

TRANSP: Transposition, controls the global pitch in semitones.
POLY: Select the maximum number of voices (polyphony) Toxic Biohazard will use.
UNISON VOICES: Unison voices are detuned and panned copies of the original voice, this

control determines how many voices Toxic Biohazard will play. Unison has the effect of
thickening the sound and is similar to the Chorus effect however Unison is a per-note effect
while chorus effects the complete output of the plugin.

Unison Detune: The amount of detune given to the unison voices - for wide silky effects.
Unison Pan: The amount of stereo spread given to the unison voices. Turning the knob

right will widen the spread.

GLIDE MODE: This menu determines the glide type.

Bend VT - All notes will glide at a fixed rate so that larger jumps take longer (Variable

Time).
Held VT - Overlapping notes will glide at a fixed rate so that larger jumps take longer

(Variable Time).
Bend ST - All notes will glide at a variable rate so that glide-time is independent of the

jump size (Static Time).
Held ST - Overlapping notes will glide at a variable rate so that glide-time is independent of

the jump size (Static Time).

GLIDE TIME: Controls the slide-rate between notes. When set to minimum, there is no glide.

Master Envelope

ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN, RELEASE: Global A (volume ramp-up) D (decay rate from peak)
S (held level) R (ramp down speed on release) volume envelope modifiers.

VEL CURVE: When the knob is set to minimum (left) the relationship between velocity and
volume is linear. As the knob is rotated to the right higher input velocity is required to achieve
the same output volume as the linear setting.

DRIVE: Overdrive distortion effect (form of soft clipping).
MASTER VOL: Master volume controls the final output level from Toxic Biohazard.

Preset Control (Center)

Above the Toxic IIII Logo, at the 12'oclock position on the GUI, you will find the Preset Display

window. This display shows the name of the preset currently loaded into Toxic Biohazard and
provides access to the Preset Options menu.

BANK: Click here to open a new bank (the bank options will show on a drop-down list). Also on
the list is the following item:

Online Content - Items below this point in the list are available for on-line download. Click
on a bank to download it (of course your PC needs tp ne 'on-line' to see and download
content).

PRG: Program - Left-Clicking on the display window will open the list of all the presets in the
currently loaded bank. From that list, you may then navigate to the desired preset and Left­Click while hovering over it with your mouse pointer to open it.

<>: To the right of the preset name is a 'Step through presets' control. Click the RIGHT and
LEFT arrows on each side of the display to step forward and backward (respectively) through
the currently loaded bank.

OPT: Opens the 'Options Menu'. The menu items are:

Save Program - Saves the currently selected program as a '.tbio' (Toxic Biohazard single

program) file.
Load Program - Load a single program or bank. Note: To Toxic III users - Presets are now

stored as separated files (.tbio). Toxic Bio is backward compatible with ToxicIII presets. To
load ToxicIII preset simply load it (FXP) using OPT->Load Program. Do the same for ToxicIII
banks, and FXB will be automatically converted into .TBIO files, keeping the name of the
original ToxicIII bank.

Import CC Map Imports all CC links from saved FXP. This is used to load Midi Learn
settings from FXP saved from your host.

Import MIDI modulations - Imports MIDI routing settings.
Import Sequencer Pattern - Imports MIDI sequencer patterns.
Swap effects - Swap effect module one and two in the processing circuit. Default is module

1 --> module 2. Sometimes is useful to change the order of effects.

Reset CC Link Map - Resets the external controller modulation links.
Reset MIDI modulations - Reset all MIDI controller settings without affecting the other

parameters in the program.
Reset Sequencer - Reset all Sequencer note data without affecting the other parameters in

the program.

Reset Program - Reset all parameters and controller settings to their default values.
LINK: Links the last tweaked MIDI parameter to the selected target.
[X]: Unlink the displayed link-relationship.

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Toxic Biohazard - Oscillators

Oscillators

Oscillators are the basic source of sound in a synthesizer, Toxic Biohazard contains 6 Oscillators (or
Operators as they are called on FM synthesizers), each with identical controls and functions.

Oscillator controls

Turning an oscillator on: To activate an oscillator, “click” your mouse pointer on the ‘window’
that appears under the waveform name. When activated, the oscillators chosen waveform and
name will be displayed in the oscillator display window.

Choosing a waveform: To bring up the waveform selection menu for each oscillator, “click” your
mouse pointer on the waveform’s title (i.e. Sine) and choose a waveform from the list. If Custom is
selected, a file browser will be opened, requiring you to select the desired waveform in .wav
format.

PITCH: The pitch control adjusts it’s respective oscillators course tuning within a range of -99 to
+99 semitones. To increase the pitch, “click-and drag” your mouse pointer upwards, while hovering
over the Pitch window. The same action, in the opposite direction, will decrease the value into the
negative numbers.

DETUNE: This control, located underneath the Pitch Window, allows you to adjust the fine-tuning
of each oscillator within a range of -99 to 99. To increase the value, hover over the Detune
Window, then “click-and-drag” your mouse pointer upwards.

FREQ OFFSET: This knob determines the frequency offset of the chosen oscillator. To increase it’s
value, “click-and-drag” your mouse pointer upwards while hovering over the knob.

PHASE: Use to adjust the chosen oscillator’s phase, from 0 to 360 degrees. To increase its value,
“click-and-drag” your mouse pointer upwards while hovering over the knob.

FREE: This button determines whether the chosen oscillator is key-synced or free-running. In its
default OFF stage, the button will appear gray in color, and the oscillator will be key-synced. When
ON this button emits a yellow glow indicating that the oscillator is free-running.

VEL: The 'Velocity' slider determines how sensitive the specific oscillator will be to velocity cc's. To
increase its value, “click-and-drag” your mouse pointer upwards while hovering over the slider. The
opposite action is taken to decrease its value.

INIT: The 'Initial' slider determines the initial value the Attack stage of the envelope generator
starts from. Values can be increased in range from 0 to 100%. To increase its value, “click-and­drag” your mouse pointer upwards while hovering over the slider. The opposite action is taken to
decrease its value.

ADSR envelope: Each oscillator has 4 controls that affect the amplitude of the chosen oscillator.
ATK: Attack (this determines how quickly the oscillator fades in), DEC: Decay (determines how

long the oscillator to take to reach the sustain point), SUS: Sustain (determines the level the
oscillator will hold at once it reaches full decay, it will hold at this level until the note is released),
and REL: Release (the rate at which the note fades after the key release).