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Playing Carbon 2 and its Snapshots

3.3.3Loading a File

As you selected the REAKTOR Factory Selection, its contained instruments are listed in the Browser’s lower area. Click the entry Carbon 2 and drag it to the application’s main area. REAKTOR now loads the file.

3.4Playing Carbon 2 and its Snapshots

Fig. 3.2 Carbon 2 loaded in REAKTOR PLAYER

Carbon 2 is a classic subtractive synthesizer with sections for oscillators, filters, modula­ tion sources and integrated effect units.

Check the Instrument Reference for a detailed explanation of Carbon 2, or the documentation that comes with REAKTOR Factory Selection.

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Playing Carbon 2 and its Snapshots

3.4.1Loading a Snapshot

Play some notes on your MIDI keyboard to get an idea of how the synthesizer sounds. Then, let’s change the sound completely by loading a different Snapshot.

A Snapshot is REAKTOR’s terminology for a sound, preset, or patch. Each Instrument can hold Snapshots, and loading any of these Snapshots will set each control of that Instru­ ment to a specific value, thus re-creating a particular sound.

The Snapshots of Carbon 2 are accessible from the central control in the application’s Main Bar.

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Fig. 3.3 The Snapshot control

1.Click into the Snapshot control to open a drop-down menu. The menu holds all Snap­ shots of the instrument.

2.Select the entry In Deep.

3.Play some notes to hear the difference.

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