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Note that Slew has an effect on all LFO waveforms, including sine. The effect of
LFO Slew differs somewhat with different LFO waveforms. As Slew is increased,
the time taken to reach maximum amplitude is increased, and can ultimately result
in it never being achieved at all, though the setting at which this point is reached will vary
with waveform.
SQUARE WAVE
NO SLEW
SMALL SLEW VALUE
LARGE SLEW VALUE
Parameter:
LFO 1 Key Sync On/Off
Displayed As:
L1KSync
Default value:
Off
Range of adjustment:
Off or On
Each LFO runs continuously, ‘in the background’. If the Key Sync setting is Off, there is no
way of predicting where the waveform will be when a key is pressed. Consecutive presses
of a key will inevitably produce varying results. Setting Key Sync to On re-starts the LFO at
the same point on the waveform every time a key is pressed. The actual point is set by the
Phase parameter (L1Phase).
NOTE 1
KEY SYNC = ON
NOTE 2
NOTE 1
KEY SYNC = OFF
NOTE 2
Parameter:
LFO 1 Common Sync
Displayed As:
L1Comm
Default value:
Off
Range of adjustment:
Off or On
When LFOs are in use for pitch modulation (their most common application), Common
Sync is only applicable to polyphonic voices. It ensures that the phase of the LFO
waveform is synchronised for every note being played. When to set Off, there is no such
synchronisation, and playing a second note while one is already pressed will result in an
unsynchronised sound as the modulations will be out of time.
NOTE 1
COMMON SYNC = ON
NOTE 2
NOTE 1
COMMON SYNC = OFF
NOTE 2
Set LFO Common Sync to On for an emulation of early analogue polyphonic
synths.
Parameter:
LFO 1 One-Shot
Displayed As:
L1OneSht
Default value:
Off
Range of adjustment:
Off or On
As its name suggests, setting this parameter to On causes the LFO to generate just a
single cycle of its waveform. Note that a full waveform cycle is always generated regardless
of the setting of LFO Phase; if LFO Phase is set to 90
°
, the one-shot waveform will start at
the 90
°
point, execute a full cycle, and end at 90
°
.
Parameter:
LFO 1 Delay
Displayed As:
L1Delay
Default value:
0
Range of adjustment:
0 to 127
LFO Delay is a time parameter whose function is determined by L1InOut (see below).
Parameter:
LFO 1 Delay Sync
Displayed As:
L1DSync
Default value:
Off
Range of adjustment: See Sync Values Table at page 34.
When this parameter is set to Off, the LFO delay is controlled by the Delay parameter
(L1Delay). At all other settings L1Delay becomes inoperative, and the LFO delay is derived
from the internal/external MIDI clock.
Parameter:
LFO 1 Fade In/Fade Out
Displayed As:
L1InOut
Default value:
FadeIn
Range of adjustment:
FadeIn, FadeOut, GateIn, GateOut
The function of the four possible settings of L1InOut are as follows:
1.
FadeIn - the LFO’s modulation is gradually increased over the time period set by the
Delay parameter (L1Delay).
2.
GateIn – the onset of the LFO’s modulation is delayed by the time period set by
L1Delay parameter, and then starts immediately at full level.
3.
FadeOut – the LFO’s modulation is gradually decreased over the time period set by
the L1Delay parameter, leaving the note with no LFO modulation.
4.
GateOut – the note is fully modulated by the LFO for the time period set by the
L1Delay. At this time, the modulation stops abruptly.
Parameter:
LFO 1 Delay Trigger
Displayed As:
L1DTrig
Default value:
Legato
Range of adjustment:
Legato or Re-Trig
This parameter works in conjunction with the Fade/Gate parameters set by L1InOut. In
Re-Trig mode, every note played has its own delay time, as set by L1Delay (or MIDI clock
if L1Dsync is active). In Legato mode, it is only the first note of a legato-style passage
which triggers the delay – i.e., second and subsequent notes do not re-trigger the Delay
function. For the Legato setting of Delay Trigger to be operative, mono voicing must be
selected – it will not work with polyphonic voicing. See “Edit menu - Submenu 5: Voice”
on page 19.
See “What is Legato?” on page 21 for more details about Legato style.
Edit menu - Submenu 8:
ModMatrx
The heart of a versatile synthesizer lies in the ability to interconnect the various controllers,
sound generators and processing blocks such that one is controlling – or “modulating” -
another, in as many ways as possible. MiniNova provides tremendous flexibility of control
routing, and there is a dedicated menu for this, the Modulation Matrix Menu (ModMatrx).
SOURCE 1
NUMBER 1
NUMBER 20
TOUCH SELECT
DEPTH
DESTINATION
SOURCE 2
+
-
The menu may be visualised as a system for connecting controlling sources to a specific
area of the synth. Each such connection assignment is termed a
slot
, and there are 20 such
slots, accessed by ModSlt (see below). Each slot defines how one or two control sources
are routed to a controlled parameter. The routing possibilities available in each of the 20
slots are identical, and the control description below is applicable to all of them.
