General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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142 REFERENCE GUIDE
5
EDIT S
OUND
The elements which make up a Sound can be modified in the
EDIT SOUND
environ-
ment. Press the
SOUND
button to activate the edit of the sound assigned to the
currently selected track. Here you can edit the basic sample, the volume, the
amplitude envelope, the LFO, the filters and respective envelope, pitch variations
over time and Pan.
EDIT SOUND
also incorporates the
SAMPLE TRANSLATOR
with which you can read
samples from Ms-Dos/Atari or Akai S1000 disks, and receive or transmit samples
via Midi and create new Waveforms.
Single Oscillator (SO), Dual Oscillator (DO), Dual Crossfade (DC)
Sounds
Sounds are produced by generators known as oscillators. The S Series oscillators
can be combined in three different ways to produce three types of Sounds: Single
Oscillator Sounds (SO), Dual Oscillator Sounds (DO) and Dual Crossfade Sounds
(DC).
The Sound type can be selected in the W
AVESET
editor (s.). It is also possible to
convert the Sounds from one type to another.
Sound types
Single Oscillator (SO) Only one oscillator is exploited to read a single Waveform. Sounds of this type are 32-voice
polyphonic due to the individual exploitation of the instrument’s 32 oscillators.
OSC 1
Dual Oscillator (DO) Two oscillators are exploited to read two different Waveforms. A Sound is composed of two
different fundamental sounds. By using two oscillators per voice, the maximum polyphony
permitted by these sounds is 16 voices.
OSC 1
OSC 2
Dual Crossfade (DC) Two oscillators are exploited to read a single Waveform. The reading process is a very
efficient method (
Crossfade, Multiwave Looping) which provides high quality results. The
use of two oscillators per voice permits a maximum polyphony of 16 voices.
OSC 1 OSC 1
OSC 2 OSC 2
Figure 1: Main menu (DC and DO Sounds) Figure 2: Main menu (DC and DO Sounds)
All the
EDIT SOUND
operations can
be cancelled by pressing the
UNDO
button before carrying out
other operations.