Warm Macro Pad

Sounds like: A warm, breathing pad that opens up and widens as you turn one knob.

Sound type: pad · Genre: Downtempo, Trip-Hop · Style: warm, organically played pad texture

A warm, breathing analog pad where one live control simultaneously opens the filter and widens the stereo chorus: an organic, hands-on swell rather than a fixed static pad, so the texture feels played rather than triggered.

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Digitone II

Approximation: No macro: p-locks across a phrase

SYN page 1

• ALGO: 1
• RATIO C: 1.00
• MIX: -64

SYN page 2 · Operators A & B

• LEV (A): 0
• LEV (B): 0

FLTR page 1 · Multi-mode

• FREQ: 50
• RESO: 20
• TYPE: 0 (LP)
• ATK: 30
• DEC: 70
• SUS: 100

AMP page

• ATK: 50
• DEC: 80
• SUS: 110
• REL: 100
• MODE: ADSR

FX page

• CHR: 40

No live macro knob. The equivalent is p-locking FLTR FREQ and FX page CHR together, rising across a phrase's steps (roughly FREQ 40/CHR 20 at the start toward FREQ 80/CHR 70 at the peak) to fake the combined open-and-widen gesture; this has to be programmed in advance, not played. ALGO 1 routes operator A (and B) into carrier C, so LEV (A) and LEV (B) are set to 0 on SYN page 2 and MIX is -64 (the X output, C only): that leaves C a plain, unmodulated carrier.

Syntakt

Approximation: No macro: p-locks across a phrase

SYN — SY RAW

• WAV1: Triangle
• TUNE: 0

FLTR PAGE 1

• FREQ: 50
• RESO: 20
• TYPE: Lowpass
• ATK: 30
• DEC: 70
• SUS: 100

AMP PAGE 1

• ATK: 50
• DEC: 80
• SUS: 110
• REL: 100

AMP PAGE 2

• MODE: ADSR

Syntakt has no macro knob or chorus send. The closest equivalent is p-locking FLTR PAGE 1's FREQ and AMP PAGE 1's REV send together, rising across a phrase's steps (roughly FREQ 40/REV 10 at the start toward FREQ 80/REV 60 at the peak), so the pad opens and spreads into the reverb. It has to be programmed into the pattern rather than played live. SY RAW is an Analog Drum machine, so it runs on track 9, 10 or 11.

Tonverk

Exact match: Triangle pad with the mod wheel on cutoff

SRC machine (Func + Src)

• Machine: WAVEFINDER

SRC page 1 · Oscillator 1

• TUNE: 0
• LEV: 100
• POS: 0
• SLOT: HS Tri (Factory Library › 6-Wavetables)

SRC page 2 · Oscillator 2

• LEV: 0

FLTR page 1 · Multimode

• ATK: 30
• DEC: 70
• SUS: 100
• FREQ: 50
• RESO: 20
• TYPE: 0 (low-pass)
• ENV: +30

AMP setup (Func + Amp)

• ENVELOPE MODE: ADSR

AMP page

• ATK: 50
• DEC: 80
• SUS: 110
• REL: 100

TRIG setup (Func + Trig)

• MODULATION WHEEL: FREQ +40

FX page 2 · Insert 1 · PANORAMIC CHORUS

• DEP: 48
• SPD: 24
• MIX: 40

A triangle pad whose cutoff opens with an external keyboard's mod wheel, set in TRIG setup's MODULATION WHEEL menu. On the Tonverk itself, turn FREQ (knob E on FLTR page 1) or lock it per step.

Novation Summit

Exact match: Mod Wheel drives filter and chorus depth (Mod Matrix + FX Mod)

OSCILLATOR 1

• WAVE: Triangle
• RANGE: 8'

FILTER

• SHAPE: LP
• FREQUENCY: 50
• RESONANCE: 20
• SOURCE: Mod Env 1
• ENV DEPTH: 30

MOD ENVELOPE 1

• ATTACK: 30
• DECAY: 70
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 100

AMP ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 50
• DECAY: 80
• SUSTAIN: 110
• RELEASE: 100

MODULATION MATRIX

• Slot 1 sA: ModWheel
• Slot 1 Destin: FiltFreq
• Slot 1 Depth: +40

FX MOD MATRIX

• FxSlot 1 sA: ModWheel
• FxSlot 1 Fx Destin: Chor Dep
• FxSlot 1 Depth: +30

EFFECTS

• CHORUS LEVEL: 40
• CHORUS DEPTH: 50
• CHORUS RATE: 20

Live control: the Mod Wheel opens the filter through Mod Matrix Slot 1 and deepens the chorus through FX Mod Slot 1 (Chor Dep), so one control does both.

Arturia MiniFreak

Exact match: M1 macro drives cutoff and chorus

OSCILLATOR · Osc 1

• TYPE: BasicWaves
• WAVE (Morph): 50 (pure sawtooth)
• TIMBRE (Sym): 0
• SHAPE (Sub): 0
• VOLUME: 100

ANALOG FILTER

• TYPE: Low Pass
• CUTOFF: 50
• RESONANCE: 20

ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 30
• DECAY: 70
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 100

DIGITAL EFFECTS · FX1

• TYPE: Chorus
• INTENSITY: 40
• AMOUNT: 30

Macros

• M1: Analog Filter Cutoff (+50) and FX1 Chorus Intensity (+40) together: one macro, two destination slots

Osc 1 is BasicWaves with Morph at 50 (pure sawtooth): the Morph knob runs from a square (0) through a sawtooth (50) to a double sawtooth an octave up (100), Sym only changes the pulse width below 50, and Sub adds a sine an octave down (0 here). Macros: M1: Analog Filter Cutoff (+50) and FX1 Chorus Intensity (+40) together: one macro, two destination slots. Values are on MiniFreak's native 0-100 scale.

Dreadbox Typhon

Exact match: Mod wheel drives several targets

FRONT PANEL

• WAVE: ~9 o'clock (VCO2 triangle only)
• TUNE 2: Fully anticlockwise (0: VCO2 at the same pitch as VCO1)
• CUTOFF: ~11 o'clock (~50%)
• RESON: ~9 o'clock (~20%)

FILTER ADSR

• ATTACK: 30
• DECAY: 70
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 100

AMP ADSR

• ATTACK: 50
• DECAY: 80
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 100

FX2

• TYPE: Chorus
• DEPTH: 50
• SPD: 20
• WIDTH: 50
• FEED: 20
• MIX: 40

MENU · Mod wheel

• Target 1: CUT: +40
• Target 2: FX2 (mix): +35

Typhon has no macro system, but its Menu > Mod wheel lets a connected keyboard's mod wheel (Typhon has none of its own) drive several targets, each with its own amount, so one gesture moves them together: CUT +40, FX2 (mix) +35.

ASM Hydrasynth Desktop

Exact match: One macro sweeps cutoff and chorus

OSCILLATOR 1

• MODE: Single
• WAVE: Triangle

FILTER 1

• TYPE: LP Ldr12
• CUTOFF: 50.0
• RESONANCE: 20.0
• ENV 1 AMOUNT: 30

ENVELOPE 2

• ATTACK: 500 ms
• DECAY: 800 ms
• SUSTAIN: 110.0
• RELEASE: 1000 ms

POST-FX

• TYPE: Chorus
• RATE: 0.4 Hz
• DEPTH: 50
• DRY/WET: 30%

Macros

• Macro 1: Filter 1 Cutoff + Post-FX Chorus Depth together: assign both to Macro 1 in MACRO ASSIGN

A multi-destination Macro (assigned in MACRO ASSIGN, up to 8 destinations): one knob opens the filter and widens the chorus together.

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