Instruments

Instruments generate sound internally, respond to MIDI, or use loaded audio as their source. Spatial instruments also appear under Ambisonic Encoders. Processor Ambi Grain is listed under Ambisonic Effects as well: use it to granulate loaded ACN/SN3D media while keeping the encoded field coherent.

Sections

• Generative Instruments: internally synthesized feedback, byte, terrain, weather, liquid, pulsaret, stochastic, and logic fields.
• Sample / Loop Instruments: one or more loaded files used as persistent multichannel or encoded source material.
• Voice / Language Instruments: voicebank synthesis, phrase mapping, and the companion voicebank-building workflow.

Cross-listed Spatial Instruments

Spatial instruments are listed here by how their sound is generated and under Ambisonic Encoders by signal format. The instrument pages explain synthesis and performance; the Ambisonics sections provide the surrounding encoder, effect, utility, and decoder workflow.

Routing

Check the instrument's output format before inserting it. Processor No Input Mixer, Processor Fault, and the loop instruments use ordinary multichannel lanes; route them to the intended main speaker outputs, a downstream direct panner, or Output Autogain Stereo/Quad for fold-down monitoring. Ambisonic instruments use either a 16- or 64-channel host bus; the product page gives the required width. Ambi Encoder Modal can instead publish eight body stems. In an encoded mode, the active order occupies the first (order + 1)^2 channels and should be followed by an ambisonic decoder.