Myth Manual
Myth Manual
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You can stop the tutorial mode at any
time either by saving your results, or
by loading any normal preset. Click NEXT to
continue with the next
You can RESUME the tutorial where preset in the tutorial.
you left off via the main burger menu
☰.
Acoustic music instruments do not simply switch notes on and off - the 1. For E1 you should always assume Midi-Velocity
performer usually plays notes with expression.
2. Increasing E2 should increase the perceived
How this is performed and how this sounds is different from instrument intensity of the sound - in most controllers
to instrument. On a piano you vary the speed and force when hitting a increasing E2 means that you apply more force.
key, on a wind instrument you control the speed and pressure of the air It feels very unnatural if applying more physical
ow and the size of the oral cavity. force leads to a softer tone.
E3 - for expressing with TIMBRE Some examples of typical controller setups that you can nd in the wild:
The SETUP mechanism of MYTH allows you to make sounds that
How the musician physically performs the translates from your setup to the users setup.
expression depends on their midi controller -
hence this is con gured here in the SETUP. Midi MPE OSMOSE User A User B ...
This is the same for all presets.
E1 Vel Vel Vel ModW Vel
How the preset reacts to the expressive midi E2 ModW Press Press Pedal 1 ModW ...
data and how the sound is affected by it are
saved as part of the preset. E3 Pedal Slide ModW Pedal 2 PitchBend
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Click to save the patch.
OVERVIEW Go to next or previous patch
of your current selection. Click this to
Turns red if there are
unsaved changes. More The modulation sources
UNDO and REDO of More info here. invent a name
info here. used in the preset.
last operation
Explained here.
Use the main burger menu ☰
to change settings.
TRANSFORMERS are
used to shape the sound as
Many presets provide explained here.
Macros for further
shaping of the sound.
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The BREED feature is
Select any other tab to based on the current
view the modulation selection of presets and
sources. is explained here.
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THE BROWSE TAB TIP
Click on the header The rst two lters for PACK and
name to change or for SUBDIR can't be changed or
remove the lter. removed.
Only presets that are You can also lter with full text. You can specify the
tagged as BASS or PAD Below you can set which text sorting order.
pass this lter. areas should be looked at.
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SAVE PRESETS Click to change the
name of the preset
Click to choose a different
subdirectory for saving TIP
Via the ☰ symbol, you can reveal
the directory where the user
presets are stored. Use this to
create new subfolders to
organize your presets.
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Often, you’ll want to modulate the play position
The easiest way to tweak an existing preset:
with a ramping LFO. You can right-click the IRIS
just drop your own samples onto the IRIS!
and choose CREATE AND USE NEW LFO from
the context menu.
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The position of the
TRANSFORMERS "playhead" on the
IRIS. The value range
Animates the sound.
Large values detune
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Transformers work as simple as the is two complete turns. the sound.
FM synthesis sounds great - but
cutoff dial of a lter - they modify the "algorithms" and "operators" are
sound and can be modulated. not your cup of tea? In MYTH you
FM Amount FM Brightness FM Inharmonics simply apply FM as you would
apply a lter.
Stereo-Width
L/R panning
SYNC DIRT
SAW STRING BRASS SQ PURE
Stems from analog Creates sick noise
Transforms Transforms Transforms Transforms Spectrally removes partials until
synthesis where from your input.
the audio as the audio as the incoming the incoming only the strongest partials are
two oscillators are Can be great in
if it were if it were audio as if it audio as if it left.
synced. Here the itself, or to excite
created with created with were created were the
nonlinear- either the comb-
an analog the physics with the output of a
synthesis engine lter or the modal
SAW wave of a string physics of a square-wave
creates a similar lter.
oscillator ensemble brass osc.
instrument effect.
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RE-SYNTHESIS
When you drop audio onto the IRIS,
machine learning is used to re-synthesize
the sample in a special way. =
MYTH approximates your sample by
nding the optimal combination of four Each of the four internal
static sounds whose volume is controlled oscillators of the IRIS is
by an envelope curve. capable of creating any
static sound.
Each of the envelopes is a
MSEG with up to 500 Together these are
segments. represented as an IRIS
WTF
WTF changes the volume of
all four internal oscillators at
the same time. TIP
There are two more transformers.
If you turn it left, the brightest Like all the other
oscillators are faded out. If you transformers - everything
These don't act on the audio stream
turn it right, the darkest can be modulated and
like the other transformers, instead
oscillators are. automated.
they change the temporal evolution.
SMOOTH
This simpli es the envelope
curve, making it smoother.
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RE-SYNTHESIS ALGOS
You import audio by drag and drop onto
the IRIS.
The MYTH version 1.5 introduced a new Drop audio here for the new re-synthesis Drop audio here for the classic re-synthesis
re-synthesis algorithm, optimised to algorithm. algorithm.
preserve the characteristics of the source
material. This algorithm preserves the original The appearance of an IRIS and its playhead
timbre and offers multiple playback will differ depending on which re-synthesis
modes. style was used.
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The IRIS, OSC and FILTER sections are per voice The voices are summed and feed into the FX
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The FADE knob can be used to crossfade
between IRIS 1 and IRIS 2
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When holding SHIFT you can ne-
tune values.
The modulation sources are listed in the
right and left sidebar of MYTH. Double click resets the parameter to
its default value.
You can RIGHT-CLICK on a modulator
You can click + to add a new modulator. to remove it and to show all parameters
that are modulated by this modulator.
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You can create and edit steps based
With a few modulations you can turn any
on the grid with SHIFT-CLICK or
boring sound into something that sounds
Click to select a modulation source. RIGHT-CLICK.
alive and interesting. Almost any parameter
You can now edit the settings in the
in MYTH can be modulated.
detail page.
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You can also save and restore your
LFO curves here as a "subpreset".
POS is an "extension"
module for the LFO. It
allows you to add an
offset to the LFO
position. Of course,
this OFFSET can be
modulated, e.g. by the
LFO itself ... there are
no limits.
AMT simply scales the
amplitude of the signal.
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MODULATION: MATH and KEYTRACK
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KEYTRACK takes the
In the example I draw a random
note input and uses a
curve around center. This can now be
curve to determine the used to modulate DETUNE of the
output signal. OSC - in this way every note has its
own slight imperfections. Techniques
like this can breathe a lot of life into
your sounds.
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MATH has one input dial. MATH opens a plethora of Like every parameter -
Its value is then mapped possibilities! For example, you can you can modulate INPUT
with a curve and modulate its input with an LFO or by more than one
ADSR and use the CURVE and modulation source ... in
afterwards you can add
modules to create a second this way you can create a
modulation effects. summed signal and then
modulation signal - that is still
linked to the LFO / ADSR. process this further.
Its power starts as soon
as you modulate the The KEYTRACK and ADSR
INPUT dial! modulation sources do not have
their own modulation section. But
you can feed their output into a
MATH modulation source to
accomplish this.
MODULATION MATRIX
Sometimes it's useful to see an overview of You can adjust the
all modulations in the preset. For this purpose modulation depth This column shows the This column shows the
click on MOD to bring the MODULATION directly here in the parameter that gets section that the
MATRIX up. matrix. modulated. You can modulated parameter
click the parameter to belongs to.
"jump" to the parameter
in the UI and select it.
This column lists the
Click on the X to modulation sources.
If the modulated
remove a modulation. parameter is from a
This does not remove module, then the
the modulation source. module name is showed
here.
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REDUX damps more and more of
the resonators until only the MODAL has no DRY/WET. If you
strongest resonance is left. need this: use a RESO instead with
TRACK turned fully right.
LOOPHOLE is inspired by a
LOOPHOLE consists of six parallel micro-
plugin called Weeping Wall by
loopers with incommensurable delay times.
Aqeel Aadam, which has
much more functionality and
It's very much fun ... you can take something
works great on synths and
plain (like a sine), and use a LOOPHOLE keys as well as on other
module. Just by playing a few notes and acoustic instruments like
tweaking some transformers with the mouse guitar.
you will get interesting sound textures. Activate for REVERSE
playback.
JIT adds randomness to the grain creation. CALM controls the grain duration from very
With low values the grains play at a steady short to very long and also the grain
rate, with high values it is chaotic. density. Turn fully right for smooth sound
and long tail.
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There are two modes Set WET to 50% and use small
available: RING and BELL values of TUNE to add motion
that have a very different to your sound.
sound character.
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MODULE: AM TIP
You can build DIY-synths with CMOS chips - The Atari Punk Console, shortened to
APC, is a popular DIY-synth circuit
this is fun and has a speci c adorable lo-
that uses two 555 timer ICs as an
sound. This module takes whatever input and astable square wave oscillator. It is
creates a noisy mess that sounds as if it cheap, easy to build, wild fun and
were created with a wild CMOS circuit. sounds extremely lo- , or in other
words: you just need to experience
If you are looking for something subtle, you this.
better to look elsewhere.
You can build entire modular synths
based on this philosophy, google
“lunetta DIY”.
This exaggerates the SLEW of
the signals, forcing it to look A great tutorial is here.
And one of the most interesting and
more and more like a square
entertaining YT series is Kristof
This drives the signal signal (just with wild Blåsols Modular-In-A-Week
depending on its phase. frequencies).
The effect is a bit hard to Ah, and in case you don't know what
explain and depends on Like all the other knobs ... a bit ATARI means: go and ask your
the other knobs. hard to explain and the result parents or grandparents.
also depends on the other
settings.
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This module also affects the
IRIS, hence it will always be in
the left-most position of the
section.
IMPORTANT
For Pro Tools users: plugins come in various formats; the most common are VST, VST3 (and AU on Mac) - these are the industry
standard. Pro Tools has a proprietary plugin format and is not able to host VST or AU plugins. MYTH is available only as VST3 and AU.
But there is a workaround: you can use a wrapper plugin. There are two that I can recommend:
‣ KushView Element - this one is even free
‣ BlueCatAudio Patchwork
You load the wrapper Plugin in Pro Tools, and then you insert MYTH in the wrapper - it is simple and works as if you had opened MYTH
in Pro Tools itself. The advantage is: there are many plugins on the market that are available only as VST or AU - with this wrapper you
can use them all in Pro Tools.
A: Just drop me an email to peter@dawesomemusic.com - I appreciate any kind of constructive feedback and I am trying my best to
have any user satis ed, regardless whether you purchased or not. Usually I try to answer within a few days.
If you want to share any idea with me please drop me an email to peter@dawesomemusic.com. Please note that I may have had the
idea before and hence I won’t pay you license fees if I choose to implement this idea or a related idea in one of my plugins. If you
believe your idea has tremendous commercial potential make sure to get a signed agreement before sharing the idea with me / anyone.
I am blessed with an awesome group of Beta Heroes who found bugs and provided many ideas:
Rich Whit eld DATABROTH Spektralisk HydraTek Sound Author Alessandro Cardinale
Cool WAV El°HYM Saf Ro Florian Mrugalla HiEnergy Frank Gesang aka SiL3NC3
Tomavatars Andreya Squaremoons Mathias Brüssel Philip Rampi David Lilja (PaleSkinnySwede)
sadà\exposadà lab by the sea David Henkel BIIANSU Jacky Ligon Sabastian Weaver aka Azure Eyes
Astralmuse dreamerOnGo
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ABOUT DAWESOME
My name is Peter and I am the creator behind all
Dawesome plugins.
PETER
I am a musician at heart, playing the bassoon and
contrabassoon in multiple ensembles and I have a
lifelong passion for synthesisers.
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