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Controlling Pan Position by Pressure
With firmware version 2.00, It is now possible to use pressure control to expressively vary the pan position of a timbre
layer. 12 different modes for pressure control of pan position can now be selected as an option parameter. Each pressure
pan mode has a unique reference code, as shown in the table on p.22. The pressure pan mode setting can be accessed
when setting the default pan position for each timbre layer using the mixer parameters Mix Main Pan, Mix Sub Pan and
Mix Xtra Pan.
For example:
MixMainPan:C00--
In this case, the setting ‘--' indicates that no pressure pan mode is engaged (OFF). Using the and buttons either side
of the LCD display, you can switch between and select the different pressure pan modes. For example, let’s consider the
following setting:
MixMainPan:C00+R
With this setting, the code ‘+R’ engages a pressure pan mode that will pan the sound to the right of the center position,
up to a maximum value of 127 positions. If you apply increasing pressure as you continuously strike, you can hear the
sound progressively pan from the center position to the maximum right position.
To hear the full range of this pan mode effect, use the encoder wheel to change the default pan position for the main
timbre layer as follows:
MixMainPan:L63+R
With no pressure applied, you will clearly hear the sound pan positioned to the maximum left of the stereo field. Now,
as you strike, steadily apply increasing pressure and you will hear the sound pan from the maximum left position to the
maximum right position of the stereo field, effectively moving through 127 pan positions from the point of origin.
Sound Design Tip: Explore Mode Combinations
By combining different scale control modes and pressure pan control modes, it is possible to program complex musical
and spatial motion behavior for each timbre layer. There are 300 possible mode combinations to experiment with!
Instrument and effect parameters
