USING THE KEYBOARD

TOUCH KEYS

Animoog Z’s TOUCH KEYS feature an indicator that displays a color for each voice as it is played. Note VELOCITY is determined by where a key is struck from top to bottom. After a note is pressed, a held key will illuminate. Finger movement toward the top of a key will cause it to glow brighter, representing an increase in PRESSURE amount. Voicetrails remain illuminated until each voice has fully decayed.

TIP: Using a typing keyboard, notes can be played using the middle row of typing keys. Refer to the keyboard shortcuts appendix for details.

KEY SPACING

The KEY SPACING CONTROL shifts the keyboard to display lower or higher notes in a scale. It also permits stretching or shrinking the number of keys displayed. To shift the keys, press and drag the center of the control. To increase or decrease the number of keys displayed, press and drag the end tab. Tapping to the left or the right of the control, shifts the keyboard downwards or upwards by an octave.

MOD STRIPS

MOD and PITCH strips are assignable in the MOD section and can be toggled On/Off in the SETUP page.

VOL, COR, AND GLIDE CONTROLS

The VOL (volume) knob sets Animoog Z’s overall volume. The COR (correction) knob sets pitch correction between keys. At maximum, no correction occurs. Set halfway, rocking your finger side to side will allow for vibrato and pitch bend effects. At minimum, there is no pitch correction between keys and Animoog Z’s keys function as a continuous ribbon controller. The GLIDE knob adjusts portamento time (the time it takes for pitch to slide from note to note).

HOLD BUTTON

The HOLD button will sustain notes indefinitely. The total number of voices that can be held simultaneously is determined by the VOICES setting in the SCALES menu. When this voice count is exceeded, the oldest voice is replaced by each new note.

TIP: The HOLD switch can also be operated by using the TAB key.

SCALE SETUP VIEW

Touch the SCALE button in the keyboard area to access settings related to keyboard SCALE SELECT, ROOT NOTE, BASE FREQUENCY, VOICES count, and voice triggering behavior.

Touch the SCALE SELECT button to display a list of pre-defined scales. Select the desired scale, and the keyboard display will update to reflect the notes included in the scale.

Notes can be added and removed from any scale by touching the keys in the keyboard display.

SELECT A ROOT NOTE

The ROOT NOTE is the first note used in a scale. Touch the ROOT NOTE button to display the list of notes. Selecting a ROOT NOTE will change the starting note of the scale that's generated by the SCALE SELECT function.

VOICES

The VOICES control determines how many voices can sound simultaneously.

In MONO mode, only one note can be played at a time. This is the classic performance behavior found in many Moog synthesizers.

4 POLY and 16 POLY modes both allow for polyphonic performance (multiple voices sounding simultaneously) with up to 4 or 16 voices at a time, respectively. When the voice count is exceeded, the oldest played note will be “stolen” and start playing the most recently played note instead.

TIP: The original Animoog was limited to 4 polyphonic voices, any preset that was created for this version of Animoog will open with the 4 POLY option select when not in MONO mode.

LEGATO

In LEGATO mode (only active in MONO mode), playing a new note while holding down another note does not trigger a new envelope, but instead keeps every envelope in its Sustain phase. This means that all notes behave as a continuous note until the keys are completely released.

ENV RESET

When ENV RESET is active, a voice’s envelopes will reset to zero when re-triggered during their release phase. For classic analog-style envelope behavior, turn ENV RESET off.

TIP: Try it in MONO mode with long release times to hear the difference most clearly.

PHASE RESET

PHASE RESET mode forces the ASE oscillators to reset their start phase with each new note for a more consistent, hard-edged attack. With PHASE RESET off, voices run free and vary from note to note naturally.

SCALE LOCK

SCALE LOCK maintains the currently specified keyboard scale when changing presets.