EDIT PROGRAM - SINGLE
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S3000XL Operator’s Manual
EWI MIDI wind synthesiser will no doubt be able to use this function to
great effect when playing the S3000XL directly from the EWI and
selecting BREATH.
Velocity
This selects velocity as the controller.
Key
This selects keyboard position as the modulation control source.
Lfo1
This selects LFO 1 as the modulation source. LFO1 may also be a
modulation destination and it is possible to modulate its rate, depth and
delay.
Lfo2
No prizes for guessing that this selects LFO 2 as the modulation source.
Env1
This selects the ADSR amplitude envelope, ENV1, as the modulation
source.
Env2
This selects the multi-stage ENV 2 as the controller.
! Modwheel
This selects the current position of the modwheel at the time of note-on as
the current controller. Moving it whilst the note is held will have no effect - it
is only its position at the point of note-on that has the effect.
! Bend
As above, this selects the current position of the bend wheel at note-on as
the controller.
! External
This selects the current position of an external MIDI controller at the point
of note-on as the modulation source. The choices you have for external
MIDI control are breath (cntrl#2), footpedal (cntrl#4) and volume (cntrl#7).
These are selected in the MIDI mode.
All of these are available to be routed in any amount to virtually any source which include
filter cutoff, LFO 1 rate, depth and delay, overall program amplitude and keygroup
amplitude, pitch and pan position. To select them, you simply move the cursor to the
modulation input field found on every module and scroll through the list.
All of these are available to be routed in any amount to virtually any source which include
filter cutoff, LFO1 rate, depth and delay, overall program amplitude and keygroup
amplitude, pitch and pan position. Modulation sources may be mixed at each ‘modules’
input to further expand the possibilities available and each control input may be inverted
for even more flexibility. These modulation sources are routed to their destinations in a
group of pages at the end of the program
Each keygroup has these modulation facilities available separately allowing an enormous
amount of flexibility and this, combined with the all the other PROGRAM EDIT functions
should keep you happy for a long time!
At first, the modulation system may seem a little difficult and maybe even confusing. Don’t
worry - if you are not into programming you can largely forget about it and just use the
defaults. Similarly, if you do not like synthesisers and prefer instead to use the S3000XL
for the reproduction of high quality samples of acoustic instruments again, you need not
concern yourself with these functions. If, however, you are one those who likes to
experiment with sound and tweak those knobs, we feel sure you will appreciate the
flexibility of this method.
