| SuperConductor Specifications and Features |
Global Interpretive Settings |
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| Hierarchic Pulse |
Hierarchic Pulse
configuration, on three time scales, controlling the
relative amplitudes and durations of pulse components. Up
to 16 x 16 x 16 pulse components making a repeated pulse
array. |
| Predictive Note Shaping |
Basic amplitude contour
shape of notes set with two parameters (Beta functions).
Can set different basic shapes for different voices.
Changes in this shape effected by algorithm looking ahead
at the pitch and time of next note, and modifying present
note shape accordingly. As a result every note receives
its own distinctive shape, degree of differences
settable. |
| Organic Vibrato |
Amplitude, frequency,
placement, and rise and fall shape of the vibrato is
organically and predictively designed by SuperConductor
for each note, according to melodic structure. |
| Balance, Panning and
Delay |
Individual level and
placement in sound space for each instrument |
| Pitch Crescendo |
Adjustable scaling of
loudness vs. pitch for all instruments and voices. |
| Piano Damper Control |
Settable both for
instrumental style (Mozart vs. Brahms piano for example),
and for subtle phrasing distinctions: changes in legato
and staccato with phrasing and articulation,
automatically adjustable. Usable for harpsichord as well. |
| Reverberation |
Adjustable mix, reverb
time, first reflection time, number of reflections,
reflectivity, frequency response, left and right delays. |
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| Crescendo/ Decrescendo |
Terraced or curvilinear
dynamic adjustment. Curve shapes settable as subtle power
functions. All voices, groups of voices, or individual
voices. Start and end at any note. |
| Accelerando/ Ritardando |
Terraced or curvilinear
adjustment, curvilinear control similar as in crescendo
function. Adjustable Pulse enlargement during ritard,
resulting in distinctive ritards for Beethoven, Mozart,
Bach, Schubert etc., a unique feature.
Crescendo-diminuendo function linked with ritard as
convenience. |
| Note: Amplitude Shaping, Vibrato, and Pitch Crescendo may also be used for ranges of bars, and instruments. | |
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| All of the above parameters (Amplitude shape, vibrato, overall amplitude and duration) may be set for notes individually, but this is rarely necessary due to the effective nature of the global settings. | |
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| Modes of performance |
1. Real-time with output
from sound card. 16 or 24 bit. 2. Output to .wav (16 or 24 bit.), .aif or raw audio file (16 bit) |
| MIDI file I/O |
Import and export MIDI
files. Option to preserve input tempo map. |
| Algorithmic Trill Design |
Quick and easy organic
trills based on a few user-defined values. |
| Micropause |
For grand pauses in the
course of a piece of music (millisecond resolution). |
| Maximum # of Voices / File |
128 |
| Available Instruments |
Full orchestra, voices,
plus popular music sounds |
| Composer Pulses Provided |
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms,
Chopin, Franck, Haydn, Mendelsshon, Mozart, Scarlatti,
Schubert, Schumann |
| Note Entry |
Step editor included.
Input with MIDI keyboard or computer keyboard. Import
from any standard MIDI file. |
| All functions can be viewed graphically. | |
| Legato and Pitch-Bend | |
| Ability to print out the entire microscore, which defines interpretation | |
| Functionality which detects and shows microscore differences between two intrepretaions of the same piece. | |
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| Available Versions |
Windows95, WindowsNT, Windows98/SE, WindowsME, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Macintosh PowerPC |
| Minimum CPU Speed |
300MHz Pentium II (Windows),
180MHz PPC7300 (Macintosh) |
| Sound Card |
16 or 24- bit consumer or pro soundcard. |
| Minimum RAM required / recommended |
32 MB / 128MB. |
| Disk Space Required |
150MB for program and
samples |