UVI Atmospherics User Guide

SOUNDBANK USER GUIDE

SOFTWARE VERSION 1.0

EN170410

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

INTERFACE

INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

PRESET LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

LINKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CREDITS & SPECIAL THANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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INTRODUCTION

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Falcon 1.2+

• 500MB of Disk Space

For more information on the installation process, please refer to the document: Soundbank

Installation Guide

ATMOSPHERICS - SOUNDSCAPES, PADS AND BEYOND

Take a sonic journey through celestial auras, evolving pads and rich, unfolding tonal
soundscapes. Instantly fill your productions with mood, texture and atmosphere as you take
your listeners through slowly rolling fog banks, dense futuristic landscapes and deeper into
elevated states of consciousness. A diverse collection of expertly crafted presets provide
a multitude of sound destinations, ready to be plugged in, layered or manipulated in near
infinite ways within the powerful Falcon environment. Whether you’re looking to fill the void
with ominous drones, add a delicate harmonic breeze or simply reinforce your tracks with
subtle gravity, Atmospherics delivers rich sonic environments perfect for all modern musical
styles.

MADE FOR FALCON

The depth and sophistication of Falcon can be felt through this premium collection of
patches. Employing numerous synthesis techniques including FM, analog modeling and
granular, Atmospherics provides rich, dense and evolving multi-part sounds, animated
soundscapes, tempo-synced instruments, brooding drones and experimental ambiences.
Quickly preview and stack sounds, perform them with macro controls and make them your
own with vast eect and modulation options available in Falcon.

Take your experience to the next level with this expertly-crafted Falcon expansion pack.

(Falcon license required. Not compatible with UVI Workstation.)

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INTERFACE

INTERFACE » MAIN » INFO

MACROS

Same as Falcon Factory Content, Atmospherics’ patches

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have been programed with macros which provide users
with easy access to the ‘key’ parameters of each patch.
These may be controlled via MIDI, OSC, host automation
and Lua scripting, allowing for easy customization and
expressive performance capabilities.

INFO

The Info tab provides an overview of
the selected program, houses macro
controls, and provides a location for
custom text and images via. the (I)
view.

To change the layout of the macro controls, press the
EDIT button in the upper left to switch to Edit Mode. You
can freely move controls, double-click a label to rename
it, or access additional commands from the right-click
contextual menu. For more details on macros, please see

Falcon’s software manual.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Press the (I) button in the upper right to display program
information. Many factory presets will contain details
about the program such as modwheel assignments,
macro descriptions or tips for playing it. You can add and
save descriptions for your own programs as well.

KEYBOARD

At the bottom of the Info tab, a keyboard is displayed and

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can be clicked to play the program. The key range of the
program is highlighted, with keys outside the key range
darkened. If keyswitch layer rules have been created,
those keys are highlighted blue. Additionally, key color
can be customized using the Script Processor. For more
details on keyswitches, please check Falcon’s software

manual.

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INTERFACE » MAIN » EDIT

LAYERS OF A PATCH

Patches in Falcon are created within a fixed hierarchy that
can be thought of like layers or folders. At the very top is the
Program, inside the Program are Layers, within each Layer are
Keygroups, and inside the Keygroups are Oscillators. Audio
eects, MIDI eects and modulators can be placed on any
level. While patches can be as simple as a single oscillator, the
structure of Falcon allows for wildly complex sounds of nearly
any variety to be quickly created and edited.

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EDIT

If you want more control over a
sound than the macros provide, the
EDIT tab gives you full access to all
parameters. Here you can make fine
adjustments to any aspect of a sound
or redesign it in any way you can
imagine. Here is a brief overview of
the EDIT screen hierarchy, for more
information please consult the Falcon

software manual.

PROGRAM EDITOR

The top-most level of your patch, use the Program editor to

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make broad changes that eect the overall sound of your
patch. For example, try adding audio or MIDI eects, or
adjusting volume, pan and pitch.

LAYER EDITOR

Layers are used to group and modify Keygroups. Here you

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can add audio eects, MIDI eects and modulations just like
the Program level but you also have control of attributes like
velocity curve, polyphony modes and unison settings.

KEYGROUP EDITOR

Keygroups are the ground level of your patch, they can

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hold any number of oscillators and define which MIDI notes
and velocity ranges trigger those oscillators. They also set
basic oscillator attributes like pitch and trigger modes. Like
the previous ‘folders’, keygroups can contain eects and
modulators, but there is one significant dierence: eects
instanced at the keygroup level operate per-voice. This can
have fantastic eects, but comes at an additional CPU cost so
consider how you use it carefully.

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INTERFACE » MAIN » EDIT

EDIT

MAPPING EDITOR

The mapping editor allows you to define the note and velocity

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ranges of the selected keygroup. A patch can be as simple
as one keygroup that spans all notes and velocities, or as
complex as your desired sound requires; there are no set
limits.

OSCILLATOR EDITOR

Falcon has many types of oscillators including sample-based

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and algorithmic. Here you can edit existing oscillators, change
them or add new ones.

MODULATION EDITOR

Modulators can be instanced at any of the levels mentioned

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above and this particular editor provides a centralized view
of all of them - allowing editing of modulator parameters (e.g.
LFO speed, ADSR values etc.) along with their assignments.
All modulators in a patch are represented by tabs. Once
clicked, the modulators’ assignments are displayed directly
above the tab. Here you can edit how they eect the various
parameters they are assigned to in your patch.

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PRESET LISTS

PRESETS:

PRESET LISTS

Animated:

Bender Groove
Can Of Worms
Creepy Grains
Digital Catch
Drenched In Space
Escaping Sines
FM Movement
Fred Falke One Key
Lonely Prix
Magic Finger
Melting Glass
Metallic Rain
Multigroove Pad
One Key Ethereal
RIP Josh
Synced Groove
Vintage Waves
Wheel Pulsator

Motion Pads:

A Fair Hush
Ambient Master
And Beyond
Anklungs Pad
Confused Glitches
Cotton Dream
Dancing Snippets
Digi Sparkle
Digilogue
Dripper
Filterwheelz
Fluid Glass
Fragile Dreams
Ghost Players
Great Barrier Reef
Hommage to Jarre
Merry Potter
Prismic Motions
String Traveller
Superdrifter
The Whistler
Velo Glitter Swell
Winterland

Pure Pads:

Analog Choir Fake
Analog String Machine
Ancient Growheel
Baked Table
Basic 90's Digital
Cotton Wheel
Fairlight Hiss
Hushy Synth Choir
K5K Godess
Matrix Silk
Metallic Shimmer
Multisweep
Ocatve Saw
Padull
Processed Mello
Rain Falls
Shiny Glass
Simple Saw Pad
Superphase
Thick Noise Pad
Thick Vintage Stack
Warmth
Wheel Ghost

Soundscapes:

A Moonnight
BT Ghosts
Diamond Cave
Driven Sines
Ethereal
Exoplanetial Orbit
FM On Wheels
Funny Creeps
Glibbery When Wet
Hush Grains
Lonely Syncer
Lost Orbiter
LSD Glowflies
Metal Morpher
Occasionally
Orions Rain
Pris Waiting
Public Enlightenment
Rain On Saturn
Stutter Move
Table Jumper
The Snake
Unicorns
Use Wheel
Wedding Bells
Wheel Needles
Wheel Twister w Samples
Wheel Twister
Wheelmorphing Ghosts

Synth Drones:

A Nightscape
Baby Quasar
Black Dream
Carbon 14
Chaining
Cirrocumulus
Frontier
Glitter On The Snow
Heat Shimmer
Last Prayer
Lead Harsh
Metallic Afterimage
Seven Lights
Sinequanone
Synthetic illusion
The Prophet
Time Slip
Valley Of Deer

Xperimental and more:

Busy Bells
Cats n Bells
Chime Chiffer
Crispy Granule
Decelerator
Disunited Harmonics
Fluttering Bells
Heated Sines
Ice Chiffer
Mighty 90s
No Filter
Offshore
Pitchwheel Motion
Rachel Seduction
Redux Ion
Shivering Charmeur
Skinny Ghost
Space Crickets
Splatter FM Pad
Superdrifter
Tourette Harmonics
Wave Saws
Wizzard Glass

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LINKS

UVI

Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uvi.net

General Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uvi.net/downloads

Your Product Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uvi.net/my-products

LINKS

FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uvi.net/faq

Tutorial and Demo Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .youtube.com

Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uvi.net/contact-support

EXTENDING FALCON

UVIscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http://www.uvi.net/uviscript

Lua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http://www.lua.org/docs.html

OSC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://opensoundcontrol.org

Scala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala

ILOK

Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ilok.com

iLokLicenseManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ilok.com/ilm.html

FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ilok.com/supportfaq

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CREDITS & SPECIAL THANKS

SOUND DESIGN

BigTone

WeatherM

Alain Etchart

UVI TEAM

Damien Vallet

Kevin Guihaumou

GUI & GRAPHICS

Anthony Hak

Nathaniel Reeves

DOCUMENTS

Nathaniel Reeves

Garrett DeMartinis

Kai Tomita

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