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REVERSING THE SOUND
A simple concept. The instrument sounds
can be played in reverse. This will nor-
mally make an instrument sound quite a
bit different. It also virtually doubles the
number of raw instruments you have to
work with, and it’s fun.
REVERSE SOUND
pri:Off sec:Off
You’re probably getting the idea by now.
Remember not to change presets or the
preset will return to normal. If you want
to save your creation, select the last
screen in the Edit menu and select a
destination preset location for your
masterpiece, then press Enter. That’s it.
The previous examples were offered solely
to pique your curiosity. By all means, go
ahead and experiment with any of the
other functions. Some of the best sounds
have been discovered by accident. If it
sounds good ... Do it!
PROTEUS SYNTHESIS
Oh, no! Not another form of synthesis to
learn. Relax. It’s easy. Proteus Synthesis
is actually just a form of additive synthe-
sis. Only, instead of building a sound
from simple sine waves, Proteus FX starts
with complete sampled sounds or com-
plex waveforms and combines all or part
of these together to form a new sound.
The process is illustrated below.
The envelope generators controlling the
DCAs (digitally controlled amplifiers) can
be used to fade between two instruments
(primary and secondary) during the
course of a note. This powerful technique
allows you to combine elements of
different instruments together to form
completely new sounds. New sounds that
are totally natural, because they are based
on natural sounds. Proteus FX also
contains many digitally generated wave-
forms that can be combined with other
digital waves or with sampled instru-
ments in order to change the character of
the sound, perhaps to add a digital “edge”
or add more bottom. In addition to the
envelope generators, parameters such as
Delay, Sample Start, and Crossfade allow
you to further control the blend of
primary and secondary instruments.
Portions of two sounds are dynamically crossfaded in order to produce a new sound containing elements
of both.
Summary of Contents for PROTEUS FX
Page 1: ...Read This First Important Safety Instructions ...
Page 9: ...7 Proteus FX INTRODUCTION ...
Page 10: ...8 INTRO CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS ...
Page 17: ...15 Proteus FX BASIC OPERATION ...
Page 18: ...16 BASIC OPERATION ...
Page 23: ...21 Proteus FX MASTER MENU ...
Page 24: ...22 MASTER MENU ...
Page 33: ...31 Proteus FX EFFECTS SECTION ...
Page 34: ...32 EFFECTS SECTION ...
Page 51: ...49 Proteus FX PRESET PROGRAMMING ...
Page 52: ...50 PRESET PROGRAMMING ...
Page 64: ...62 PRESET PROGRAMMING ...
Page 65: ...63 Proteus FX EDIT MENU ...
Page 66: ...64 EDIT MENU ...
Page 81: ...79 Proteus FX STEP BY STEP ...
Page 82: ...80 STEP BY STEP ...
Page 89: ...87 Proteus FX REFERENCE SECTION ...
Page 100: ...98 REFERENCE SECTION Percussion Instrument Locations ...
Page 101: ...REFERENCE SECTION 99 Percussion Instrument Locations ...
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