General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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146 REFERENCE GUIDE
Converting a Sound to a different type
The options required to transform the Sound currently in edit into a Single Oscilla-
tor (SO), Dual Oscillator (DO) or Dual Crossfade (DC) type appear in the options
column of the Waveset editor:
The Sound currently in edit can be converted into either of the two remaining
Sound types. Obviously, its characteristics will change quite notably according to
which parameters are altered during the conversion.
Conversion limits
Filter envelopes
DC and DO Sounds that are converted into the SO type retain
the information on their Filter envelopes, but they are not, however, used. Recon-
verting to DC or DO types, the information is recuperated in its original form.
Waveforms consisting of two different samples
When a DC Sound is
converted to an SO or DO Sound, the Waveforms consisting of two different
samples (e.g. Vocal_Gtr, Strings_Glkn or Fantasy) will lose the second sample.
Reconverting to DC mode, the second sample will be restored.
Gain SO Sounds have an output level that is -6 dB lower than DC and DO Sounds.
When you convert a Sound to an SO type, you may need to adjust the G
AIN
param-
eter in the Filter 1/2 page to balance your levels. Bear in mind that an opposite
change may be necessary when returning from SO to DC or DO.
Sample Translator
Sample Translator creates DC Sounds that can be subse-
quently converted. Not all Sounds created with the S
AMPLE
T
RANSLATOR
can be
converted to SO or DO. This occurs when the amplitude at the Loop Start point is
much larger than that of the Sample Start. If you want to be sure of converting the
Sounds created with S
AMPLE
T
RANSLATOR
into SO Sounds, choose a Loop Start point
with an amplitude very similar to that of the Sample Start.