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Common instrument parameters are tuning/pitch, filter cutoff, envelop decay, attack and
release, different effect depths and rates (ring, shift, etc).
Filter parameters are Cutoff and Resonance. You can set the filter type for each
instrument in the studio panel.
Mixer parameters are Aux1 effect amount, Aux2 effect amount, Panning and Volume.
Fx parameters depend on the chosen insert effect set on the instrument mixer track.
Each effect has its own parameters exposed as well (dry/wet, feedback, delay time…)
You do not need to select a specific instrument to change its parameter. Any effect is
applied in real time while the pattern is playing.
The parameter motion can be recorded as an automation into the pattern and edited
later accurately using the automation editor (see section 5.4.2.2).
Right click on a parameter knob to edit the corresponding automation. You can also
choose to momentarily disable a Motion parameter in this way.
You can also record step automation for parameters that can be automated : With Spark
or SparkLE, hold a sequencer step button and tweak a knob. This will create automation
of the parameter controlled by this knob, only for the selected step. You can tweak
multiple knobs, once you release the step button the values of the parameters you
edited will be applied as automation to that step.
5.3.7.3
Select Button
The Select button allows you to easily select an instrument. Just click or press [Select
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and then on the instrument pad of your choice to specifically select the corresponding
instrument.
This function was designed to select an instrument quickly when using the Spark
controller.
The Select button is also used to access many other secondary functions of buttons and
knobs.
5.3.7.4
1-8 / 9-16 Button
The main panel interface shows 8 instrument pads while a kit contains 16 instruments.
To navigate to the next set of 8 instruments, click on this button.
5.3.7.5
Mute button
This button allows you to bypass the audio sound of a specific instrument. Click on the
Mute button and then choose the instrument you wish to mute. You will no longer hear
that instrument when playing your pattern. When in mute mode, you can select multiple
instruments to mute them together. Use Mute to clear all mutes.
5.3.7.6
Solo button
The Solo button mutes the other instruments besides the one(s) selected. Click on the
Solo button and then choose the instrument you wish to solo. You will only hear that
instrument when playing your pattern. When in solo mode, you can select multiple
instruments in order to solo them together. Use Solo to clear the solo status.
5.3.7.7
Filter/Mixer parameters
A specific filter is applied to each instrument of a kit. The filter type can be changed in
the Studio Edit instrument view. (See next chapter 5.6 The Studio).
To change the filter and/or the mixer parameters, first select an instrument and simply
click on one of the filter or mixer parameter knobs and while maintaining your click,
