Antares kantos 10 user manual

Owner ’s Manual 

©2002 Antares Audio Technologies. All rights reserved.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Antares Audio Technologies
231 Technology Circle
Scotts Valley, California 95066 USA
voice: (831) 461 7800
fax: (831) 461 7801
email: [email protected]
web: www.antarestech.com
Printed in USA Rev 1.7rgb 09/2002 

The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
The Antares kantos 1.0 software and this User’s Manual are protected by
copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the
prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by
law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law.
Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the kantos 1.0
software and its documentation. Use of kantos 1.0 is limited by the follow-
ing license agreement.
Please carefully read all...

In the event of breach of any of the terms of this agreement, you shall pay
the attorney’s fees of Antares that are reasonably necessary to enforce the
agreement, plus resulting damages.
LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
kantos 1.0 AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUD-
ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL-
ITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Antares Audio Technologies does not warrant that the...

Contents
How To Use This Manual Chapter 1 01
Installation and Chapter 2 02
Overview Chapter 3
Audio Input and Gate Generator 04
Oscillators and Filters, Articulator,
Noise Generator and Filter 05
Modulation Matrix, LFOs, Envelope
Generators, Delay, tempo Control,
Sub-Mixer 06
Main Mixer 07
Tracking Tips 07
Control Protocols Chapter 4
Sliders, Buttons, Biaxial Graphic
Adjusters, Numericals 08
Fun With Oscillators Chapter 5
Loading Presets 09
The Oscillator 09
The Filter 12
the Chorus 14
The Noise...

The Delay 18
Delay Tempo Sync/Tap Tempo 19
The Articulator Chapter 7 20
Modulation Mastery Chapter 8
What Is Modulation? 22
The Gate Generator 22
The Modulation Matrix 25
Modulation Sources and Destinations 26
LFOs, Tempo Sync/Tap Tempo 28
About Envelopes 29
Modulation Amount Destinations 30
Triggering New Parts from Loops 31
Creative Applications Chapter 9 33
Using kantos with guitar, polyphonic
and unpitched input, loop applications,
re-synthesizing a synth part
The Factory Presets Chapter 10 36...

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W
Welcome!
e at Antares Audio Technologies offer both our thanks and congratulations
on your decision to purchase kantos 1.0, the world’s first audio controlled
synthesizer.
Before proceeding, please register and authorize your copy of kantos 1.0.
(You can skip ahead a few pages to the Authorization and Installation
instructions. We’ll wait.) Also, if you plan to discard that lovely kantos 1.0
box, write down the serial number that appears on the bottom of the box
for future reference. (The inside...

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Technical Support
n the unlikely event that you experience a problem using kantos 1.0, try the
following:
1. Make another quick scan through this manual. Who knows? You may
have stumbled onto some feature that you didn’t notice the first time
through.
2. Check our web page for tips, techniques, or any late-breaking
information: http://www.antarestech.com
3. Call your local Antares dealer.
4. Email our tech support department by pointing your web browser to:...

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Chapter 1: How To Use This Manual
ead the words, look at the pictures. Upon completing a page, flip to the
next one.
Okay, there’s a little more to it than that. We know you hate to read
manuals. Therefore, we’ve inserted learn-by-doing tutorials along with
some brief explanatory text. Hey, why should we force you read to
hundreds of words on what a filter sounds like when you can just
twiddle some parameters and hear for yourself?
The next chapter has all the boring, but necessary, installation and...

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Chapter 2:
Installation and Authorization
Installing kantos 1.0
For any special instructions on installing kantos 1.0 for your specific plug-in
format, check the Read Me file that accompanies the plug-in. This file may
also contain any last-minute kantos 1.0 information… so read it!
kantos 1.0 works with many digital audio applications, and each one
handles plug-ins slightly differently. Please refer to your host application’s
documentation for more information on installing and using plug-ins....