E-Mu Ultraproteus, Operation Manual

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109 Chapter 8: Preset Menu
PRESET MENU
Solo Mode
Solo mode provides the playing action of a monophonic instrument. It can make
wind and string instruments sound more realistic by preventing more than one
note from sounding at once. Two types of solo mode are provided:
Wind Control-
ler mode and Synth mode. In either solo mode, if a new note is played while
another is being held, the envelope generators do not retrigger and the sample
remains in the loop. This allows a legato playing technique to be used.
Wind mode
The envelope generator attack always begins at the start of the attack phase
when playing staccato. When playing legato, the envelope generator stays
in the sustain phase.
Synth mode
The envelope generator attack begins at whatever point in the release phase
the envelope is in when a new key is pressed. When playing legato, the
envelope generator stays in the sustain phase.
SOLO MODE
p:Off s:Wind
SOUNDS ARE LOOPED SO THAT
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
SOUND AS LONG AS THE KEY IS
PRESSED.
Piano Choir Strings Brass Synth
Loop Loop
(+) Start Point
Loop
Sample Memory
(-) Start Point
Strings
Loop
Loop Size
Brass Synth
Sample Memory
Changing the Loop Offset Start point moves the loop forward or backward (+ or -)
through the sample memory, keeping the loop size constant. Large changes will move
the loop completely out of the original sample.
WHEN USING A NEGATIVE
LOOP START POINT, THE SOUND
MAY JUMP BACK TO A POINT
BEFORE THE START OF THE
SAMPLE DURING THE LOOP
CYCLE.
Changing the Loop Offset Size, alters the size of the loop, leaving the loop start point
stationary. Large positive offsets will enlarge the loop to encompass multiple samples.
SOLO MODE ALLOWS YOU TO
SIMULATE CERTAIN PLAYING
TECHNIQUES SUCH AS
“TONGUING” ON A
SAXOPHONE, WHERE THE
ATTACK IS ONLY HEARD ON
CERTAIN NOTES.