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Polyphenom AHS 2
Advanced Hybrid Synthesizer
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Advanced Hybrid Synthesizer

Immersive polyphonic additive-subtractive hybrid with an extensive feature set and built in effects. Hypnotize
your sound with beautiful complex, dynamic and richly detailed layered polyphonic tones. Fun, unique and
creative synthesis workflow - forget the tech and just tweak it!

Main features:
- Core synthesis chain of a harmonic oscillator with 16 clean additive partials with control over
frequency, panning and modulated volume + 2 fully featured wavetable oscillators with ring modu-
lation. Unison and dedicated pitch modulators are there for the entire oscillator section.
- Advanced clean FM on the additive harmonics with dynamic modulation on the FM signal itself.
- Complex randomization features in the additive section.
- Filter with low, band, notch and high pass options, and dedicated envelope and LFO modulators.
The filter LFO features inverse modulation for a neat stereo filtering effect.
- Dedicated LFO modulators for everything, with analog style waveforms in free rate or tempo sync
mode - intuitive and versatile.
- Extensive set of built in effects that include: Panner, Crusher, Phaser, Delay, Chorus and Reverb.
Sculpt a deep and polished sound.
- Over 250 factory presets - mystical sounds at your fingertips.
- Crafted with love and passion.
Controls:

Additive Oscillator
Additive Mix View Switch: Switches the GUI view of the additive harmonics between harmonics 1-8 and 9-16.
Additive Oct: Offsets the base incoming MIDI frequency of the additive oscillator in octave intervals.

Additive Harmonics 1-16

Volume Fader: Determines the base volume of each harmonic.
Frequency Multiplier: Sets the frequency multiplier from the base incoming frequency for each harmonic. A series of
whole numbers (1-16) constitutes a harmonic series. With decimal values intricate inharmonic content can be intro-
duced.
Pan Knob: Determines the stereo panning of each harmonic.
Volume Modulator Select: Selects the modulation source for each harmonic between modulators 1-4.
Modulation: Determines the depth of volume modulation applied to each harmonic by the selected modulator.

Modulators
Modulators View Switch: Switches the GUI view of the modulators between modulators 1-2 and 3-4.
Mode: Switches between free rate and bpm sync mode for the LFO’s speed.
Wave: Selects the waveform of the LFO between a sine, saw, triangle and square.
Range: When in free mode determines the maximum range of the rate knob.
Rate: The speed of the modulation. When in sync mode the control and rate is determined by a division of the incoming
BPM: When in free mode the control and rate is determined by frequency in hertz.
Rt: When turned on, retriggers the LFO cycle from zero phase with each new MIDI note.

Random/Reset
Random: Randomizes the values of the additive section controls based on the maximum value set with the range
parameter. The randomization is either completely free, or it can be mildly scaled by the scale button. Only values for
the parameter group that has been enabled will be randomized.
Reset: Resets the additive section’s controls to default values. Only values for the parameter group that has been
enabled will be reset.
Scale: Applies scaling to the randomization of the additive section controls when the random button is triggered. The
scaling is purposely not perfect, allowing for slight variations.
Range: The maximum range used for the randomization of the additive section controls when the random button is
triggered.
Vol: Selects whether the additive volume controls will be enabled for randomization and resetting or not.
Freq: Selects whether the additive frequency multipliers will be enabled for randomization and resetting or not.
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Random/Reset
Pan: Selects whether the additive pan controls will be enabled for randomization and resetting or not.
Mod: Selects whether the additive modulators will be enabled for randomization and resetting or not.

Subtractive Oscillators
Wave Knob: Selects the wave shape to be used by subtractive osc A from the 100 choices provided
in the wavetable.
Wave Load Button: Allows loading alternative wavetables into each oscillator.

Loaded wavetables save with presets and projects as long as the files are kept in Appdata\Roaming\-
Ocean Swift\Polyphenom 2\Wavetables\ , copy wavetable files that you would like to use with the synth
into that folder. The wavetable expects cycle sizes of 2048 samples in 44100 sample rate and will slice
the table to 100 cycles to be scrolled through by the wave select knob.

Oct: Offsets the pitch of the oscillator from the incoming MIDI note in octave intervals.
Semi: Offsets the pitch of the oscillator from the incoming MIDI note in semitone intervals.
Fine: Offsets the pitch of the oscillator from the incoming MIDI note in cent intervals.
Sync: Applies hard sync where oscillator A is the master and oscillator B is the slave.
Crossfade: Crossfades the volume of subtractive oscillators A and B.
Ring: Crossfades the mixed subtractive oscillators signal with a ring modulated signal of the oscil-
lators with each other.
Noise: Crossfades the final subtractive output from the ring modulator with a filtered noise source.

Filter
Type: Choice between bypass (Byp), lowpass (LP), bandpass
(BP), highpass (HP) and notch (NT) filter types.
Inv: Inverts the Filter LFO modulation of the right signal for
a stereo filtering effect.
C Cut: Determines the cutoff point of the filter.
Q Res: Sets the resonance of the filter.
KBT: Sets the amount of tracking applied to the cutoff point
by incoming MIDI notes.

Amp & Filter Envelopes
Amp / Filter View Switch: Switches the GUI view of the
envelopes section between the amp and filter enve-
lopes.
A: Determines the length of the attack portion of the
envelope.
D: Determines the length of the decay portion of the
envelope.
S: Determines the sustaining volume of the envelope.
R: Determines the length of the release portion of the
envelope.
Env: Sets the depth of modulation applied to the filter
cutoff by the envelope.
Filter LFO
Mode: Switches between free rate and bpm sync mode for
the LFO’s speed.
Wave: Selects the waveform of the LFO between a sine, saw,
triangle, square, glide and sample & hold shapes..
Range: When in free mode determines the maximum range
of the rate knob.
M Mod: Determines the depth of modulation applied to the
filter by the LFO.
Rate: The speed of the modulation. When in sync mode the
control and rate is determined by a division of the incoming
BPM. When in free mode the control and rate is determined
by frequency in hertz.
Rt: When turned on, retriggers the LFO cycle from zero
phase with each new MIDI note.

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FM and Pitch Modulation
FM / Pitch Modulation View Switch: Switches the GUI view of the section between the FM and pitch modulation circuits.

OSC Envelope
A: Determines the length of the attack portion of the envelope.
D: Determines the length of the decay portion of the envelope.
S: Determines the sustaining volume of the envelope.
R: Determines the length of the release portion of the envelope.
Env: Sets the depth of modulation applied to the pitch of both the additive and the subtractive oscillators by the enve-
lope.

OSC LFO
Mode: Switches between free rate and bpm sync mode for the LFO’s speed.
Wave: Selects the waveform of the LFO between a sine, saw, triangle and square.
Range: When in free mode determines the maximum range of the rate knob.
Mod: Sets the depth of modulation applied to the pitch of both the additive and the subtractive oscillators by the LFO
Rate: The speed of the modulation. When in sync mode the control and rate is determined by a division of the incoming
BPM. When in free mode the control and rate is determined by frequency in hertz.
Rt: When turned on, retriggers the LFO cycle from zero phase with each new MIDI note.

FM Source
FM Source Selector: Sets the FM modulator source frequency between a selection of incoming
MIDI, set note or frequency.
MIDI: Offsets the setting of the incoming MIDI source frequency by octave intervals
Note: Sets the note source frequency from a selection of all notes from C0 to B8.
Freq: Sets the frequency source at a range of 0-1000. Can be set with the knob or the text entry field. Decimal values
can be entered using the text entry field.
FM Wave: Selects between a sine and a triangle wave as the FM source wave.
FM Depth: Determines the depth of frequency modulation applied to the frequency of the additive oscillator by the FM
circuit.
FM Mod View Switch: Switches the GUI view of the FM Modulators between the source and depth mod views.

FM Source Mod FM Depth Mod

M Mod: Determines the depth of modulation applied
to the FM source frequency by the LFO.
Sync: Switches between free rate and bpm sync mode
for the LFO’s speed.
R Rate: The speed of the modulation. When in sync
mode the control and rate is determined by a division
of the incoming BPM. When in free mode the control
and rate is determined by frequency in hertz.
Range: When in free mode determines the maximum
range of the rate knob.
M Mod: Determines the depth of modulation applied
to the FM Depth parameter itself by the LFO.
Sync: Switches between free rate and bpm sync mode
for the LFO’s speed.
R Rate: The speed of the modulation. When in sync
mode the control and rate is determined by a division
of the incoming BPM. When in free mode the control
and rate is determined by frequency in hertz.
Range: When in free mode determines the maximum
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 Mix Section
Additive Out: Sets the overall volume of the mixed additive oscillator.
Subtractive Out: Sets the overall volume of the mixed subtractive oscillators.
Additive Unison: Applies and mixes unison voices with the signal chain of the additive oscillator.
Subtractive Unison: Applies and mixes unison voices with the signal chain of the subtractive oscillators.

Effects Section
Effects View Selector: Switches the GUI view of the effects section between the available effect units - panner, crusher,
phaser, delay, chorus and reverb. When an effect is turned on, the corresponding switch on the selector will shine in
white, indicating the on state.

Panner
On: Turns the panner effect on and off.
Depth: Determines the depth of the panning effect applied to the
signal by the dedicated LFO.
Rate: The speed of the modulation. When in sync mode the control and
rate is determined by a division of the incoming BPM. When in free
mode the control and rate is determined by frequency in hertz.
Sync: Switches between free rate and bpm sync mode for the LFO’s
speed.

Crusher
On: Turns the crusher effect on and off.
Crush: Sets the amount of sample rate crushing applied to the signal.
Mod: Sets the depth of modulation applied to the crush amount by the
dedicated LFO.
Rate: The speed of the modulation. When in sync mode the control and
rate is determined by a division of the incoming BPM. When in free
mode the control and rate is determined by frequency in hertz.
Sync: Switches between free rate and BPM sync mode for the LFO’s
speed.

Phaser
On: Turns the phaser effect on and off.
Stages: Determines the number of phaser stages.
Delay: Determines the pre-delay time applied to the signal inside the
phaser circuit.
Feed: Sets the amount of feedback in the phaser circuit.
Rate: Determines the rate of modulation of the phaser circuit.
Mod: Sets the depth of the phaser effect applied to the signal.
Wet: Crossfade mix between the original and phaser signals.

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Effects Section
Effects View Selector: Switches the GUI view of the effects section between the available effect units - panner, crusher,
phaser, delay, chorus and reverb. When an effect is turned on, the corresponding switch on the selector will shine in
white, indicating the on state.

Delay
On: Turns the delay effect on and off.
Feed: Determines the feedback in the delay circuit.
Cross: Enables and disables cross feedback between the left and right
signals.
Time L: Sets the delay times in milliseconds or tempo divisions based
on the sync switch for the left signal.
Time R: Sets the delay times in milliseconds or tempo divisions based
on the sync switch for the right signal.
Sync: Switches between selected time in milliseconds and BPM sync
mode for the delay times.

Chorus
On: Turns the chorus effect on and off.
Depth: Determines the depth of the chorus effect applied to the signal.
Rate: Determines the rate of modulation of the chorus effect.
Feedback L: Determines the feedback of the left signal inside the
chorus circuit.
Feedback R: Determines the feedback of the right signal inside the
chorus circuit.
Cross: Enables and disables cross feedback between the left and right
signals.
Delay: Determines the pre-delay time applied to the signal inside the
chorus circuit.
Wet: Crossfade mix between the original and chorus signal.

Reverb
Wide: Widens the stereo picture in the reverb circuit.
Delay: Determines the pre-delay time applied to the signal inside the
reverb circuit.
HP: High pass filter for the reverb signal.
LP: Low pass filter for the reverb signal.
Wet: Crossfade mix between the original and reverb signal.
Type: Selects the reverb size from a selection of sizes.

Main Settings
Presets
Preset Next: Selects the next preset in the loaded bank.
Preset Previous: Selects the previous preset in the loaded bank.
Save: Saves the current preset.
Presets are located in: Appdata\Roaming\Ocean Swift\Polyphenom 2\Presets\

Note: When making changes to the preset folder manually such as creating folders and moving or renaming presets - right click on the preset name area of
the plugin to refresh the preset list.
Note: Preset sub-folders should be named starting and ending with dashes in order for the preset system to organize the files correctly, e.g. "-Bass-"

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Main Settings
P.Bend: Setting the pitch bend range of incoming MIDI pitch bend information by semitone intervals.
Main Output: Determines the overall volume output of the synthesizer.
HPc: When turned on applies a very soft high pass filter to the final output, allowing reduction in amplitude of extremely
low frequencies as well as elimination of any DC offset that might be incurred due to extensive use of modulation.
Help ?: Launches the manual in the default PDF browser.

Demo Mode and Registration

Polyphenom now works with a registration system - The serial key is provided upon purchase. In order to evaluate the
synth before purchase, it can be placed in Demo Mode by clicking "Try the demo!"
Demo limitations - Nag screen when re-opening the panel, two second silence every minute, and saving presets is disa-
bled. It is possible to purchase and register the synth on-the-fly with an open instance while in demo mode

Changelog:
Polyphenom 2.0:
- Added sample&hold and glide shapes to all LFOs
- Optimized LFO cores to use less CPU
- Added retrigger option to all LFOs
- LFOs now go up to 1/64 in sync mode
- LFO division flipped to to better correlate with unsynced knob
- Subtractive osc section now utilizes 100 slot wavetables.
- Filter types added - now has bypass,lp,bp,hp,hotch
- Filter KBT added
- FM Source now has sine and triangle as options
- Noise source mix added in sub osc section
- Added HP Cut option on main output
- Bipolar controls where it makes sense now reset to center on double click
- Removed pan to center button (redundant)
- Added deep randomization feature to additive section
- Added deep reset feature to additive section
- Removed GUI resize (not really appropriate on this device)
- Preset parameter ordering sorted
- New dynamic folder based preset system
- Registration and demo system integrated
- Launch manual directly from synth
- Errors in parameter names fixed
- GUI enhancements
- Code cleanup and optimization
- Additional minor bug fixes and corrections
- Revised manual
- Standalone mode dropped
- V1 presets do not load in v2

Credits
Circuit Design/Programing: Yaron Eshkar
Gui Design: Fernando Abreu
Ocean Swift Synthesis © 2019
https://oceanswift.net

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