K airatune

User's Manual

Document version 1.3 24 June 2024

 Table of Contents
Signal Flow 1
Tone Generator 1
Pitch Section 1
Shared LFO Source 2
Oscillator Section 2
LPF Section 3
HPF Section 4
Amplitude Section 4
Effects and Mixing 5
Delay Section 5
Phaser Section 5
Spread Section 6
Equalizer Section 6
Master Section 7
Con guration and Settings 7
Preset Manager 7
Con guration Menu 9
MIDI Learning and Assignment 10
Info Screen 11
License 11
More Information 11
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Signal Flow
When a note starts playing, a pitch control signal is generated and envelopes are triggered. The
pitch is used in various sections of the synth engine to control the oscillator frequency and the
cutoff frequencies of several lters.

The actual audio signal starts as a waveform generated by the oscillator section (Osc). The
waveform's spectrum is then modi ed by lters (LPF, HPF), whose cutoff frequencies evolve in
time according to envelopes. The amplitude of the audio signal is then controlled by the
amplitude section (Amp, Velocity) and waveshaping (Drive). Finally the tone is fed to the effects
units and the nishing level adjustments are applied.

Tone Generator
The tone generator is based on a common subtractive synthesis architecture, where ltering and
amplitude modulation is used to shape the raw audio signal generated by some type of
waveform generator.

Pitch Section

The pitch section controls the

basic tuning of the instrument as
well as some pitch modulation
effects.
The vibrato, trill and LFO (low
frequency oscillator) effects have
parameters to control how the
modulation depth evolves in time
when a note is played.
For the duration of DELAY the
depth is zero and no modulation
is applied. During FADE the
modulation reaches full depth and
is held there for the duration of
HOLD, after which it fades out
during another FADE. The
modulation depths are speci ed
by the VIBRA, TRILL and LFO
parameters.
The pitch envelope section (ENV) controls how the pitch glides when a note is played. The
DEPTH parameter controls the interval to glide. The TIME parameter controls the duration to reach
the note. The interval may be positive resulting in a downwards glide, or negative resulting in an
upwards glide.
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TUNE Tuning (hold shift for semitone precision)

Glide controls the rate at which pitch changes when successive notes are
GLIDE
played without releasing the previous note before playing the next

BEND Pitch bend depth

ENV TIME Pitch envelope time
ENV DEPTH Pitch envelope depth up/down
VIBRA Modulation depth (hold shift for precision, turn left for inverse)
TRILL Modulation depth (hold shift for precision, turn left for inverse)
LFO LFO depth (hold shift for precision, turn left for inverse)
RATE Modulation rate (hold shift for precision)
SYNC Tempo sync on/off
TRIG Reset modulator phase when a note is played.
DELAY Delay before modulation starts (hold shift for precision)
FADE Fade in/out time after delay/hold (hold shift for precision)
HOLD Duration of full depth modulation (hold shift for precision)

Shared LFO Source

The LFO effect behaves similar to vibrato and trill,

but unlike vibrato and trill, the LFO is not dedicated
only to pitch modulation.
The LFO source is shared among the PITCH, AMP,
LPF and HPF sections. The amount of modulation is
controlled separately by the LFO parameter in each
section.

Oscillator Section

Oscillator section controls the shape of the waveform used

in Kairatune's tone generator. The shape of the waveform
can be tweaked from simple sawtooth or square wave,
known from classical analog synthesizers, to complex multi
oscillator waveforms.
The WAVE, LOW and TRIM parameters control the
elementary characteristics of the oscillator.
The multi section allows to mix in four additional oscillators
with similar characteristics. The relative phase and tune of
the oscillators can be set to produce a variety of sounds
and modulated for vivid timbre. The spread parameter
increases the left/right separation of the additional
oscillators.
The mass section enables additional modulation,
producing a sense of massiveness to the sound.

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 WAVE Sawtooth/square wave balance
LOW Level of the lowest harmonic i.e. amplitude of the fundamental frequency
TRIM The output level of the oscillator section
MULTI The level of additional oscillators
SPRD Stereo separation of the additional oscillators
PHASE The phase separation of the oscillators
DTN The separation in the tuning of the oscillators, modulates the relative phase
TRIG Reset oscillator phase and modulation when a note is played.
MASS The amount of ne tune modulation of the additional oscillators
RATE The rate of the ne tune modulation of the additional oscillators
VARI Adds variation to the modulation rates of the individual oscillators

LPF Section

The low-pass lter's cutoff frequency is always tuned relative to the current pitch. The cutoff tuning
can be modulated by envelope, spread and the shared LFO source.
The SPRD parameter controls the amount of left/right separation of the cutoff frequency. The
spread modulation rate is synchronized with the spatial spread section below.

TUNE Cutoff relative to pitch (hold shift for octave steps)

RES Resonance at cutoff frequency
LFO LFO depth (hold shift for octave steps, turn left for inverse)
ENV Envelope depth (left for inverse, hold shift for octave steps)
SYNC Envelope tempo sync on/off
ATK Attack time (hold shift for precision)
HLD Hold time at peak (hold shift for precision)
DCY Decay time (hold shift for precision)
SUS Sustain level
REL Release time (hold shift for precision)
SPRD LPF stereo spread width

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HPF Section

The high-pass lter's cutoff frequency is always tuned relative to the current pitch. The cutoff
tuning can be modulated by envelope and the shared LFO source.

TUNE Cutoff relative to pitch (hold shift for octave steps)

RES Resonance at cutoff frequency
LFO LFO depth (hold shift for octave steps, turn left for inverse)
ENV Envelope depth (left for inverse, hold shift for octave steps)
SYNC Envelope tempo sync on/off
ATK Attack time (hold shift for precision)
HLD Hold time at peak (hold shift for precision)
DCY Decay time (hold shift for precision)
SUS Sustain level
REL Release time (hold shift for precision)

Amplitude Section

The amplitude section controls the amplitude envelope, amplitude LFO modulation and drive. The
LFO parameter controls the amount of modulation from the shared LFO source.

LFO LFO depth

DRIVE Drive level
SYNC Envelope tempo sync on/off
ATK Attack time (hold shift for precision)
HLD Hold time at peak (hold shift for precision)
DCY Decay time (hold shift for precision)
SUS Sustain level
REL Release time (hold shift for precision)

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 Effects and Mixing
Delay Section

The delay section runs two delay units in parallel, a high-pass

lter delay and a band-pass lter delay. The high-pass lter
precedes the delay unit in the signal chain of the high-pass
delay whereas the band-pass lter follows the delay unit within
the feedback chain of the band-pass delay.
The cutoff frequencies of the lters are always relative to the
current pitch. The HPF cutoff is above the current pitch by the
interval set by the tuning. The BPF cutoff oscillates around the
tuning.

L Left channel delay time

R Right channel delay time
HPF HPF delay send level
BPF BPF delay send level
TUNE Cutoff relative to pitch
FBK Delay feedback level
SYNC Delay tempo sync
ON/OFF Delay section bypass when off

Phaser Section

The phaser effect's sweep is controlled by the modulation

rate and frequency range. The DEPTH parameter controls the
intensity of the phaser. The additional intensity i.e. the amount
of feedback is controlled by the FBK parameter.

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DEPTH Mix level
RATE Sweep rate
FBK Feedback level
RANGE Sweep range minimum and maximum frequencies
ON/OFF Phaser section section bypass when off

Spread Section

The spread section produces variation in the spatial perception of the sound.
The sound appears to move from side to side at the speci ed rate and
width.

RATE Stereo spread modulation rate

SPRD Stereo spread modulation width

Equalizer Section

The equalizer section has two units. The equalizer type can be
selected from the list independently for both units. The Q and GAIN
parameters have effect only with certain types.

Type Q Gain
High cut yes no
Low cut yes no
Band-pass yes no
Notch yes no
Peak yes yes
Low shelf no yes
High shelf no yes

TYPE High cut, low cut, band-pass, notch, peak, low shelf, high shelf
FRQ The cutoff/center frequency of the equalizer
Q The bandwidth of the lter when applicable
GAIN The gain of the lter when applicable
ON/OFF Equalizer section bypass when off

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 Master Section

The master section controls the output level. The TRIM parameter
controls the the current program's output level and the VELO
parameter controls the velocity sensitivity of the current program's
output level. The TRIM and VELO parameters are recalled for each
program. The LEVEL parameter controls the plugin's output level
regardless of the current program.

LEVEL Master level of the plugin instance

TRIM Output level of the current program
VELO Velocity sensitivity of the current program

Con guration and Settings

Preset Manager

The preset manager provides an

easy interface to browse for preset
sounds. The presets can be ltered
by selecting a category to narrow
down the list of available presets.

The preset manager has some

features that are accessible only by
right-clicking on the preset list.
Copy and Paste let you duplicate
and copy a preset across instances
of Kairatune. The Paste always
appends the set of presets instead
of replacing the current preset.
New simply adds a new preset with
default parameter values and with
the name “Init”.
Export lets you save the program as
a ktpreset le.
Remove simply removes the preset.

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 MIDI assignments sub
menu lets you copy,
paste or clear the MIDI
assignments of the
current program.

Details shows a preset detail editor that lets you modify the program name and category and add
other supplemental information to the preset. Double clicking on a preset name also displays the
detail editor.

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 Con guration Menu

The button on the upper right corner

shows a con guration menu.
Restore factory presets replaces
the current set of presets with the
built in presets.
Remove all presets clears the
current set of presets.
If you want Kairatune to start up with
a custom set of presets, you can
con gure the current set to anything
you want and set that as the default
by choosing Set as default. After you’ve set the default, any new Kairatune instances will launch
with the new default set of presets.

Through the File submenu

you can load and import
presets from various le
types and export the
current set of presets as a
ktbank le.
Load presets replaces the
current set of presets.
Import presets appends
the current set of presets.
You can import ktpreset
single preset les and load
or import ktbank preset bank les exported from Kairatune version 1.2 and later. You can import
single preset FXP les and load or import FXB preset bank les generated with prior versions of
Kairatune.
Export presets exports all of the programs currently loaded in Kairatune into a ktbank le.

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MIDI Learning and Assignment

The MIDI learn menu pops up by right-clicking on a control. The menu provides options for
assigning a MIDI controller to the parameter by learning. In short, MIDI learning means that you
instruct Kairatune to listen to MIDI controllers and assign the rst controller it receives to control
the selected parameter. The three different variations let you assign the control to the speci ed
sub ranges of the parameter’s values.

After you’ve assigned a controller you will see a separate sub menu for each assigned controller.
The sub menu provides options to further modify the controller range or remove the assignment.

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Info Screen
Clicking the Kairatune logo shows additional information about the instrument and links for
support and feedback.

License
Kairatune Software Instrument Copyright © 2011-2024 Futucraft Ltd
Kairatune Software Instrument may be used for commercial and/or noncommercial music and
audio production. You may use it like you would use any software or hardware instrument, to play
and produce music and audio.
Distribution rights are reserved. Kairatune Software Instrument or any part of the distribution
package may not be copied and/or distributed without permission.

More Information
Find the latest updates and contact information from our of cial distribution and support channels
• Developer website: https://futucraft.com
• Support forum: https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=233
• Support email: [email protected]

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