Kodamo EssenceFM, User Manual

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Voice: A Voice is the smallest element that the EssenceFM uses: a 6-op FM sound.
Patch: A Patch is gathering one or more voice(s), by stacking, layering, sequencing them
together and adding effects.
Performance: A Performance assigns a patch to each MIDI channel, store effects, routing
settings and much more. It allows multitimbral operation. In this mode the effects are
shared, ignoring patch effect settings.
Introducing the Front Panel
The EssenceFM’s front panel is based on the combination of a large touchscreen and
hardware controls. Hardware controls provide a quick access to the most common
features.
MODE KEYS
- Performance
- Patch
- Voice
- Global
These keys provides direct access to the associated modes.
See the Performance/Patch/Voice/Global sections to know
more about them.
MODE LEDS
An LED near each mode key tells the current active mode. When the Global mode is
entered, the previous mode LED (Performance, Patch or Voice) still lights up since those
modes keeps running in background. You can think of the Global mode as a virtual mode,
not affecting the sound or the behavior of the synth, only providing access to global
parameters.
DATA ENTRY
- Direct Access knobs: Those 6 knobs are used for the Direct Access feature
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