Kairatune User's Manual

Kairatune is a virtual instrument available as VST and AU plugin for Windows and MacOS.
Kairatune is copyright © 2011 by Futucraft Ltd and is available as free download. Please visit
https://futucraft.com/kairatune for the latest version of Kairatune and more information.

Document version 1.1 released 26 October 2020

Table of Contents
Kairatune User's Manual........................................................................................................................................................... 1

Signal Flow................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Tone Generator.......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Oscillator Section.................................................................................................................................................................. 1

Pitch Modulation and LFO Sections....................................................................................................................................2

Amplitude Section................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Spread Section...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Filters............................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

LPF Section............................................................................................................................................................................ 3

HPF Section............................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Effects and Mixing...................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Delay Section......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Equalizer Section.................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Phaser Section...................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Master Section...................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Configuration and Settings........................................................................................................................................................ 7

Preset Manager..................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Configuration Menu............................................................................................................................................................. 8

MIDI Learning and Assignment........................................................................................................................................... 8

More Information....................................................................................................................................................................... 9

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Signal Flow

Tone Generator

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 and vivid
multi oscillator waveforms.

The waveform, low cut 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.

WAVE Sawtooth/square wave balance

LOW The level of the lowest harmonic i.e. the amplitude of the fundamental frequency

TRIM The output level of the oscillator section

MULTI The level of additional oscillator

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 fine tune modulation of the additional oscillators

RATE The rate of the fine tune modulation of the additional oscillators

VARI Adds variation to the modulation rates of the individual oscillators

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Pitch Modulation and LFO Sections
The pitch section controls the basic tuning of the
instrument as well as some pitch modulation effects.

The vibrato and trill 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 specified by the
VIBRA and TRILL parameters.

The LFO effect behaves similarly, but unlike vibrato

and trill, the LFO is not dedicated only to pitch
modulation. The LFO pitch modulation depth is
specified by the LFO parameter.

The pitch envelope section 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.

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.

TUNE Tuning (shift for semitone precision)

GLIDE Glide controls the rate at which pitch changes when successive notes are 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)

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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)

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 specified rate and width.

RATE Stereo spread modulation rate

SPRD Stereo spread modulation width

Filters

LPF Section

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The lowpass filter'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 above.

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

HPF Section

The high pass filter'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)

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Effects and Mixing

Delay Section

The delay section runs two delay units in parallel, a high pass filter delay and a
bandpass filter delay. The high pass filter precedes the delay unit in the signal
chain of the high pass delay whereas the bandpass filter follows the delay unit
within the feedback chain of the bandpass delay.

The cutoff frequencies of the filters 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

SEND Delay send level

HPF Cutoff relative to pitch

BPF Cutoff relative to pitch

FB Delay feedback level

SYNC Delay tempo sync

ON/OFF Delay section on/off

Equalizer Section
The equalizer section has two units. The mode can be selected from
the list independently for both units. The Q and GAIN parameters
have effect only in certain modes.

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TYPE Lowpass, high pass, bandpass, notch, peak, low shelf, high shelf

FRQ The cutoff/center frequency of the equalizer

Q The bandwidth of the filter when applicable

GAIN The gain of the filter when applicable

ON/OFF Equalizer section on/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 FB parameter.

DEPTH Mix level

RATE Sweep rate

FB Feedback level

RANGE Sweep range minimum and maximum frequencies

ON/OFF Phaser section section on/off

Master Section

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

LEVEL Master level of the plugin instance

TRIM Output level of the current preset

VELO Velocity sensitivity of the current preset

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Configuration and Settings

Preset Manager

The preset manager provides an easy interface to

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

The preset manager has some features that are only accessible by right-clicking on the preset list.

Copy and Paste options lets you duplicate and

copy a preset across instances of Kairatune. The
Paste option always appends the set of presets
instead of replacing the current preset.

New option simply adds a new preset with default

parameter values and with the name “Init”.

Export option lets you save the preset as a

ktpreset file.
Remove option simply removes the preset.

MIDI assignments sub menu lets you copy, paste

or clear the MIDI assignments of the current
preset.

Details option displays a preset detail editor that

lets you modify the preset 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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Configuration Menu
The button on the upper right corner
opens a configuration menu. Through the
configuration menu you can load or
import presets from various file types and
export the current set of presets as a
ktbank file.
Load option replaces the current set of
presets.

Import option appends the current set of presets.

You can import ktpreset single preset files and load or import ktbank preset bank files exported from Kairatune
version 1.2. You can import single preset FXP files and load or import FXB preset bank files generated with prior
versions of Kairatune.

Restore factory presets replaces the current set of presets with the built in presets.

Remove all presets option clears the current set of presets.

If you want Kairatune to start up with a custom set of presets, you can configure the current set to anything you
want and set that as the default. After you’ve set the default, any new Kairatune instances will launch with the new
default set of presets.

MIDI Learning and Assignment

The MIDI learn menu opens 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 first controller it receives to
control the selected parameter. The three
different variations let you assign the
control to the specified 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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More Information

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