Antares kantos 10 user manual

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The Challenge screen displays the Challenge string. To receive the
appropriate Response you will need to provide us with both the
Challenge string and the registration code that was included on the
yellow card in your software package (if you bought a retail package)
or supplied with your download.
To obtain your Response, have your registration code and Challenge
string at hand. (If you will be accessing the web from the same com-
puter that will be running your software, you can press “Copy Chal-...

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Chapter 3: Overview
antos 1.0 uses relatively familiar synthesizer modules (oscillators, filters,
LFOs, etc.), but it’s controlled by audio, not a keyboard or other MIDI
controller. For example, feed it a vocal track, and kantos 1.0 will transform
your vocal into a synthesizer melody line. Although kantos 1.0 works most
predictably with monophonic source material, you can also process poly-
phonic material (chords, loops, etc.) and get some often-spectacular results.
Here’s the basic kantos 1.0 setup:...

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Oscillators And Filters
kantos provides 2 flexible wavetable oscillators. A wavetable oscillator can
use not only periodic waveforms as sound sources (sawtooth wave, triangle,
etc.) but also digital audio samples, such as a plucked string. kantos ships
with a variety of wavetables; download new ones from our web site
(www.antarestech.com). You can also create your own wavetables with
pretty much any decent sample editor. An optional retrigger function from
the gate generator can insure that the sample...

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Modulation Matrix
Although kantos 1.0 generates incredible expressive control from the input
audio’s pitch, dynamics and harmonic characteristics, it also provides a
flexible Modulation Matrix for an almost limitless variety of dynamic
effects. Any source can control multiple destinations, and any destination
can be controlled by multiple sources. Almost every variable parameter is
available as a destination (including the modulation amounts of each of
the control routings).
LFOs
kantos includes two...

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Main Mixer and Output
The main Mixer balances the main synth output, the delay line return, and,
if desired, the original unprocessed input audio. If kantos has been instanti-
ated as a mono in/stereo out plug-in, each of the main mixer inputs include
a pan control.
Important tips about tracking the pitch of input audio
kantos often seems miraculous because, well, it is. But it can also be picky
about input signals; here are some tips on obtaining the best pitch tracking
results from monophonic...

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Chapter 4: Control Protocols
Sliders
Sliders have little blobs of light that you
grab and move to change a parameter
value.
• For fine-tuning, hold down the
Command (Mac) or Control (Windows)
key while moving the slider.
• Some slider parameters can be reset to
default values. Hold down the Option
(Mac) or Alt (Windows) key and then
click on the blob of light.
Buttons
Buttons look like little white LEDs. Click
once to turn on, and again to turn off.
Biaxial Graphic Adjusters
These are variations on X-Y...

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Chapter 5:
Fun With Oscillators and Filters
Loading kantos Presets
How you load presets depends on your sequencer. Cubase shows a strip
along the bottom, like this:
The tutorials always start with the kantos default preset. You do not need
to load this preset; simply close kantos, then open it again to “refresh” its
memory and call up the default preset.
However, when doing the tutorials you will need to bring certain audio
files into your program to drive kantos. Consult your hard disk recording...

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TUTORIAL: GETTING TO KNOW THE OSCILLATORS
Note: To hear the raw oscillator sound without processing, at the
Articulator turn off the Osc1 In, Osc2 In, and Noise In buttons. You can
also hear the raw oscillator sound by clicking on the Manual Gate
button above the Gate Generator.
Start your sequencer playing. Set the Input control so that the overload
light at the top of the meter illuminates on the strongest audio peaks.
Adjust the Octave control (+2 to –2 octaves). This transposes in octaves....

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Cool! A pop-up menu appears with lots of waves. You can create your
own too, or download new waves from www.antarestech.com. Choose
some different waves, and note how they affect the sound.
If the oscillator waveform has a specific attack rather than just being a
continuous waveform, click on the Retrigger button. This causes the
wavetable to always start at the beginning when a new gate is gener-
ated.
After you finish auditioning waves, select Stringpad when you’re done.
TUTORIAL: CONSTRAINING...

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The Filter
The filter affects the
oscillator’s frequency
spectrum. It can hype the
highs, lower the lows,
focus on a particular
frequency, or add
vibrant (we’ve really
wanted to use that
word!) resonant effects.
All three filters work
identically, so when
you’ve learned one, you’ve learned them all.
The filter has three main parameters; the following chart explains how
these parameters relate to each other.
Mode selects the filter structure (chosen similarly to the oscillator
waveform — click on the...