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Control Features and Connections – Front Panel Q Keyboard

Waldorf Q User’s Manual

Control Features and Connections

Front Panel Q Keyboard

Picture 1:

Front Panel Q Keyboard

햲

System Volume rotary. Controls the overall
volume.

햳

LFO Section. Contains all the knobs and buttons
associated with the LFOs.

햴

Oscillators Section. Contains all the knobs and
buttons associated with the oscillators.

햵

Mixer Section. Contains all the knobs and
buttons associated with the mixer.

햶

Routing Section. Contains the Filter Routing
Control.

햷

Master Section with display, page dial, value
dials, Instrument Select and function buttons.

햸

Envelopes, Sequencer and Program Select
Section. Contains all knobs and buttons

associated with the envelopes, the step
sequencer and program selection.

햹

Filter Section. Contains all knobs and buttons
associated with the filters.

햺

Amplifier Section. Contains all knobs associated
with the amplifier.

햻

FX Section. Contains all knobs and buttons
associated with the Effects.

햽

Arpeggiator Section. Contains all knobs and
buttons associated with the arpeggiator.

햾

Power button with standby LED.

햿

Controller Section with pitchbend wheel,
modulation wheel and two assignable buttons.

헀

Keyboard Section

Summary of Contents for Q Synthesizer

Page 1: ...User s Manual for the Q Synthesizer Q Keyboard Q Rack Q...

Page 2: ...warranty for you To ensure your unit has full warranty coverage mail the receipt and the fully completed warranty card back within 14 days of purchase This warranty covers all defects in material and...

Page 3: ...l Schicken Sie uns einen Brief Etwas langsamer daf r jedoch genauso zuverl ssig wie ein Telefax Und wenn es ganz dringend ist rufen Sie uns an Wir versuchen Ihre Fragen m glichst sofort zu beantworten...

Page 4: ...ffi vom Berg H P Bonni Bonnenberg Piera Caccia Mike Caroll Geoff Farr Gunther Gr fe Peter Grandl Florian Gypser Christian Halten Martin Herbst Thilo Kloft Achim Lenzgen Evi Mognol Wolfgang M rs Werner...

Page 5: ...ilter Routing Control Master Section with display page dial value dials Instrument Select and function buttons Envelopes Sequencer and Program Select Section Contains all knobs and buttons associated...

Page 6: ...ng Section Contains the Filter Routing Control Master Section with display page dial value dials Instrument Select and function buttons Envelopes Sep Sequencer and Program Select Section Contains all...

Page 7: ...control voltages only Q Keyboard Stereo External In jack for feeding external audio signals into the Mixer section Main Out jacks Deliver a stereo line level output signal for connection to a mixing d...

Page 8: ...s 28 Category Search 29 Instruments and Sounds 30 Switching between Instruments 30 Creating Sound Layers with Instruments 30 Replacing Sounds in Layers 30 Editing Sounds in Layers 31 Deactivating Soun...

Page 9: ...cillator Panel Controls 128 LFO Edit Menu 129 Modulation Matrix 131 Matrix Edit Menu 131 Modifier Matrix 132 Matrix Edit Menu 132 Control Delay 133 Drum Map 134 Drum Map Sound Menu 134 Global Paramete...

Page 10: ...that follow this symbol will help you avoid errors and malfunctions Instruction Follow these guidelines to execute a desired function Info Additional information on a given topic Example Real world e...

Page 11: ...e recommend the purchase of a good book explaining synthesizers and sound synthesis in general This book might help you when you don t understand a certain term that is used in the manual The appendix...

Page 12: ...enu Step Data all chapters Envelopes Mode ADS1DS2R Envelope One Shot Envelope LoopS1S2 Envelope Loop All Envelope LFOs Sync Delay Keytrack Fade Clocked Phase Modulation Matrix all chapters Modifier Ma...

Page 13: ...ration Editing Parameters all chapters Multi Parameters Ctrl W Z Multi Mode Instrument Parameters Selecting an Instrument for editing Instrument settings Step Sequencer all chapters The Tempo Clock Mo...

Page 14: ...et doesn t provide this current consult a qualified technician Never use a different power cable than the one that came with the Q Never install a different plug If the included cable is not equipped...

Page 15: ...damage the surface of the chassis Proper Use This device is designed exclusively to produce low frequency audio signals for the purpose of generating sound Any other use is prohibited and voids the w...

Page 16: ...the only way we can keep you informed of updates and upgrades Other available services are listed on the warranty card Setup Place the Q on a clean even surface If you choose to take the device on th...

Page 17: ...ternal In from mixing desk or audio source Tip Left Signal Ring Right Signal Sub Output 1 to mixing desk or amplifier Left Stereo Tip Left Signal Ring Right Signal MIDI Thru to MIDI In of further tone...

Page 18: ...ect an output stereophonically with one stereo cable Only connect the Left Stereo jack of the output with a 1 4 inch stereo plug Don t plug any cable into the Right Mono jack of the output pair To con...

Page 19: ...can adjust the behaviour of each pedal separately in the Global menu The Switch Pedal Jack on the Q is a stereophonic 1 4 inch phono jack You can connect one switch pedal to it with a monophonic 1 4 i...

Page 20: ...C100 A Sound program stores information about the character of a sound 20 Drum Maps Drum Map D001 D020 A Drum Map contains up to 32 Single Sound Programs which can be organized on the keyboard 100 Pat...

Page 21: ...he card just stops moving The card slot at the Q Rack is located at the left side of the front panel The text TOP should point to the right side 3 Now the card is ready to be used Maintenance Although...

Page 22: ...differ from the numbers shown here Thereafter the number of voices of the Q will be shown in the upper line of the display In the basic version the Q offers 16 voices With the optional available expa...

Page 23: ...its unique features They should give you a quick overview of the Q s sound character and the possibilities you can expect when you start working with your Q To listen to the songs in highest quality y...

Page 24: ...led Shift that is used to activate alternative functions of knobs and buttons labelled in light blue color A button labelled Play OK Pressing this button will bring back the Q to Play mode where sound...

Page 25: ...ED is off press one of the Instrument buttons Inst 1 Inst 4 to select an Instrument that holds the Sound or Pattern The LED above the button lights up and the display content will change to show the c...

Page 26: ...n the current bank To select a Program with the Number Buttons 1 Make sure that the Play LED is lit If not press Play 2 If you are in Single Mode Multimode LED is off press one of the Instrument butto...

Page 27: ...ll light up again instead of flashing Please note that you can also use the page dial to select programs at any time i e even when Bank Hold is activated Switching Banks As described before the Q s so...

Page 28: ...special sound categroy 1 Hold down the Shift button 2 Chose a category with the red dial The following message shows up on the display Sel Category Pad 3 Release the Shift button 4 Use the red dial t...

Page 29: ...o create Sound Layers This is very handy and allows you to build up big sounds without any deeper programming as you would have to do in Multi Mode However if you are very happy with a Sound Layer you...

Page 30: ...ral sections each containing knobs and buttons associated with that section By adjusting the controls on the panel you have instant access to the sound These parameters are called panel parameters Mos...

Page 31: ...Tri Sine Alt1 Alt2 Saw Pulse Octave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source Shape Pulsewidth PWM Source Octave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source Shape Pulsewidth PWM Source Octave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source Shape P...

Page 32: ...ontinuous Controls Most controls on the front panel are of this type They control parameters with continuous values All rotary controls are made of dials Turning a dial clockwise increases the corresp...

Page 33: ...st the corresponding parameters Some display menus only consist of one single parameter Only the leftmost value dial will be active then 6 After finishing all edits press the Play button in the Master...

Page 34: ...nu parameters Press the Edit button of a desired section and scroll through the display menu via the page dial or by pressing the Edit button repeatedly The same procedure is also valid for all displa...

Page 35: ...the Multi page If you want to recall a Sequencer Pattern select the Step Sequencer Edit menu If you want to recall a Drum Map select the Drum Map Edit menu 2 Press Shift Recall 3 The e or c in the dis...

Page 36: ...ing your sound later You can get more information on how to search for a Sound category in the chapter Category Search on page 29 This is how the display looks Store Sound to A001 01 Pad category 7 Pr...

Page 37: ...ument 5 Instrument 6 Instrument Parameters Instrument 12 Instrument 11 Instrument 9 Instrument 10 Instrument Parameters Instrument 16 Instrument 15 Instrument 13 Instrument 14 Instrument Parameters So...

Page 38: ...hat the Multimode LED is lit to indicate that the Multi mode is active 2 Press Multi The display changes to the Multi or Instrument parameter page that was active before you left the Multi parameter p...

Page 39: ...have the sound in the mid position select center With this function you can set the stereo outputs of the Q to mono outputs by selecting the full left or full right position for the panning If stereo...

Page 40: ...d Multi All other Instruments are played back without effects unless you route them to one of the effect busses FX1 FX4 If you do so these particular Instruments automatically use the same physical ou...

Page 41: ...or not Disable Modwheel Enable Disable Determines whether the chosen instrument transmits and receives modwheel data Enable or not Disable Aftertch Sustain 1 Enable Enable Aftertouch Aftertch Enable...

Page 42: ...wer than it was originally programmed Detune 64 63 Detunes the Instrument in steps of 1 64th of a semitone You can set up nice layer sounds with Transpose and Detune Activate two Instruments and set t...

Page 43: ...Pattern off Turn the right display dial all the way to the left until the display reads Seq Pattern Off 1 When you set up several Instruments to use different Sequencer Patterns you can build up comp...

Page 44: ...t possible Signal to Noise ratio Multi Mixer VOL _____ ____ ____ 127 The Multi Mixer offers fast graphical editing of Volume Panning and Effect Send for all 16 instruments The Mute and Solo functions...

Page 45: ...MUT SOL The Multi Mixer offers the possibility to mute or unmute instruments during a live performance Multi Tempo 40 300 Multi Tempo 120 Multi Tempo sets the global tempo for all instruments in the...

Page 46: ...tep 25 32 Bank A Step 1 8 Pattern Multi Sound Edit Start Stop Grab Control Select Sequencer Multi Pattern Sound Pause Hold 7 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 0 Picture 9 Sequencer Section Q Keyboard Editing Sequence P...

Page 47: ...of steps If only one bank is selected the step bank is also advanced when you program a note or chord This gives you the ability to program a whole sequence pattern in one run without selecting indiv...

Page 48: ...Bank Select LED flashes rapidly to indicate that you listen only to this particular bank of steps To deactivate this feature perform the above action again Limiting the audible range to one bank is o...

Page 49: ...ust the parameter to the desired value Sequencer Panel Controls Grab Control Used to switch the number buttons and envelope controls to control the step sequencer This is the first button you have to...

Page 50: ...een the step with the notes and the step you set to Hold otherwise the notes aren t held Control Select Button Cutoff Velocity Option Button Switches the eight rotary controls to control the following...

Page 51: ...atrix Every step can create a different modulation Please read the chapter Modulation matrix on page 131 for detailed information Use Control Value to control various sound parameters like Resonance a...

Page 52: ...ern Length to a value smaller than 32 you can still edit the steps that are outside this range but you won t hear them when the Step Sequencer is running Transpose Mode 1 Octave Transpose Mode Off On...

Page 53: ...ly change the sequence So use them with care and after you ve read this description As long as you turn one of these controls the banks or cycles are moved back or forth in the sequence When you i e t...

Page 54: ...ulator Noise Generator External Audio Signal Mixer Filters Amplifier Effects These modules represent the audio signal flow Sound generation actually occurs within the Oscillators They produce square s...

Page 55: ...Depending on the setting of Clock the actual sound tempo is set as follows Internal means that the Q doesn t react on incoming MIDI Clock nor does it send MIDI Clock The Q only syncs to its own tempo...

Page 56: ...y Modulation This is the fastest modulation speed level These calculations are performed for each generated sample or in other words 48000 times per second 48kHz Five modules of the Q s sound generati...

Page 57: ...Amplifier AmpMod Amplitude modulation Amplifier Volume Output shaped by the Amplifier Envelope Table 4 Pre routed Modulation destinations In addition to the pre routed Fast Modulation destinations th...

Page 58: ...lation slots The Standard Modulation speed level is only available in the Modulation Matrix all other modulations are performed as Fast Modulations or FM Standard Modulation Matrix destinations Descri...

Page 59: ...iv 02SubDiv Frequency divide of the sub oscillator1 2 01SubVol 02SubVol Volume of the sub oscillators 1 2 Table 7 Standard Modulation Matrix destinations The following table shows all available Standa...

Page 60: ...tus S Cutoff Step sequencer filter cutoff modulation Seq CV1 CV2 Step sequencer control value 1 and 2 S CV1 run CV2 run Step sequencer control value 1 and 2 start Seq Step Step sequencer step S Steple...

Page 61: ...he parameters are changed I e Cutoff was set to 32 in the original sound and to 96 in the Xphorm sound so the 50 interpolation is in the middle 64 The same is true for bipolar parameters like Env Amou...

Page 62: ...ould raise the volume of the high cutoff part It wouldn t create any cutoff values in between Xphorm Edit Menu The Xphorm menu features two parameters to setup the Xphorm function Xphorm Mode off Modw...

Page 63: ...a decaying volume envelope for the selected Sound you might not hear anything after playing several notes because of the envelopes decaying to 0 Unisono Off Dual 3 6 Controls how many voices are trigg...

Page 64: ...lected program behave like a single envelope This common envelope starts as soon as the first note is played The sustain level remains until the last note is released Afterwards the release phase is a...

Page 65: ...amental and has no overtones The following picture shows the sine wave and its frequency representation 1 4 8 12 16 Frequency Magnitude Time Amplitude Harmonics The Sine Wave There is no acoustic musi...

Page 66: ...tude 1 2 3rd Harmonic Magnitude 1 3 4th Harmonic Magnitude 1 4 Harmonics Picture 11 Additive components of the Sawtooth wave The sawtooth wave was thought as an abstraction of the timbre of string and...

Page 67: ...magnitude the third harmonic has a third magnitude the fifth harmonic has a fifth magnitude and so on The following picture shows how the individual harmonics build up the sawtooth wave 1 3 5 7 9 Fre...

Page 68: ...set As you could read in the previous chapter the harmonic content of a 50 pulse wave is a special case It has a very symmetrical harmonic content while all other pulse widths create peaks or holes at...

Page 69: ...1 3 5 7 9 Frequency Magnitude Time Amplitude 1st Harmonic Magnitude 1 5th Harmonic Magnitude 1 25 7th Harmonic Magnitude 1 49 Harmonics 11 13 15 3rd Harmonic Magnitude 1 9 Picture 14 Additive compone...

Page 70: ...modulations Therefore you can create wavetable sweeps The results can be very drastic much more than any sample playback based system could ever produce That is a unique feature of wavetable synthesi...

Page 71: ...t based on the length of organ pipes The reference pitch for the oscillator is generated at MIDI note A3 note no 69 when Octave is set to 8 Semi and Detune are set to 0 and no pitch modulation is appl...

Page 72: ...aveform for the FM Source If you want to bias the FM over the keyboard so that higher notes aren t modulated as strong as lower notes use the Standard Modulation Matrix and apply Keytrack to the respe...

Page 73: ...ors Both can create a wavetable with 128 waves each Please refer the chapter Wavetable synthesis When Alt1 or Alt2 are selected the knobs Pulsewidth and PWM serve for selecting the startpoint of the w...

Page 74: ...Table Fast Modulation Sources on page 58 Selects the source of the pulsewidth modulation or the wavetable modulation Common sources for pulsewidth modulation are envelopes and LFO but other sources li...

Page 75: ...lways use modulators when using the Wavetables of Alt1 and Alt2 When you like to create a wavetable sweep you should set the starting point roughly to the wanted position with Pulsewidth before progra...

Page 76: ...e modulation is applied e g by pressing aftertouch on the keyboard Negative amounts will lower the pitch when positive modulation is applied PitchMod Source see Table Fast Modulation Sources on page 5...

Page 77: ...ion Try to use values in the range 0 75 or even negative settings for one oscillator while leaving the second at 100 Keytrack BendRg 24 24 Determines the intensity of the pitchbend via MIDI Pitchbend...

Page 78: ...ccessed via the Oscillator edit menu of the Q Rack or the front panel of the Q Keyboard Glide Rate 0 127 Determines the glide time Low values will give a short glide time in the range of milliseconds...

Page 79: ...ted Oscillator s Balance F1 64 mid F2 63 Determines the ratio of the selected Oscillator s signal that is sent to the inputs of Filter 1 and Filter 2 see routing picture If set to F1 64 the signal is...

Page 80: ...t of view ring modulation is the multiplication of two oscillators signals The result of this operation is a waveform that contains the sums and the differences of the source frequency components Sinc...

Page 81: ...F2 feed in the Mixer Edit menu Noise is a fundamental source for any kind of analog type percussion Also wind and other sound effects can be created by using the noise generator Please note that if yo...

Page 82: ...t move the signals between the filters F1 Feed is always routed to Filter 1 while F2 Feed is always routed to Filter 2 The available sources are Noise selects the Noise Generator as input for the res...

Page 83: ...external input has an individual Balance control in the Mixer By means of these controls you can determine what portion of each source s signal is routed to the inputs of Filter 1 and Filter 2 E g thi...

Page 84: ...and range The Q s filter dampens frequencies in the stop band with a certain slope The slope can be 12dB or 24dB per octave This means that the level of a frequency that lies an octave above the cutof...

Page 85: ...er the setting of the corresponding parameter for Filter 1 and Filter 2 Please note that all edits are relative Therefore the relationship of the parameters will be retained E g the display may look l...

Page 86: ...e of 0 80 to give more brilliance to the sound At higher values of 80 113 the sound gets the typical filter character with a strong boost around the cutoff frequency When the setting is raised to valu...

Page 87: ...Time Key Velocity 127 Key Velocity 1 Time Key Velocity 127 Picture 26 Envelope depth influence of different Velo parameter settings The overall modulation applied to the filter s cutoff frequency is c...

Page 88: ...urce FM Source See Table FM Sources on page 57 Selects the source of the frequency modulation PanMod 64 63 Determines the amount of panorama modulation PanMod Source see Table Fast Modulation Sources...

Page 89: ...pe PPG LP Lowpass The PPG LP is a resonance lowpass filter with a slope rate of 24dB per octave Its characteristics were modeled after the legendary PPG Wave synthesizer and its integrated SSM 2044 ch...

Page 90: ...a sound starting at its high harmonics and then coming up to its full frequency range Use the 24dB slope if you want to create sounds with a typical audible filtered character use the 12dB slope if yo...

Page 91: ...y because they actually don t damp any part of the signal but add a delayed version of the input signal to the output But what is a Comb filter A Comb filter is basically a very short delay that can b...

Page 92: ...ect an LFO as Cutoff Mod Source 5 Set Cutoff Mod to a medium positive or negative amount 6 Adjust the LFO to generate a slow triangle oscillation 7 Fine tune Cutoff Cutoff Mod and LFO Speed until you...

Page 93: ...ate a string or a tube A Comb filter is one of the most basic building blocks of the so called Physical Modeling which is an algorithmic description of an acoustic instrument The Q is definitely not m...

Page 94: ...gnal i e use a short percussive signal that only triggers the comb filter shortly The filter then oscillates to produce the final tone 12dB 24dB Analog LP Q only These are the analog filters types As...

Page 95: ...fect on the volume Classic organs work in this way because they do not have dynamic response For positive settings the volume rises up to higher velocities This is the most commonly used setting which...

Page 96: ...dit Menu The following parameters can be accessed via the display menu of the Q Rack only Press the Amplifer section s Edit button to activate the display menu AmpMod See Additional Controls on the Q...

Page 97: ...FX1 FX2 Picture 35 Effects Section Q Keyboard As you can see the Q offers two independent effect units per sound named FX1 and FX2 Additional Controls on the Q Keyboard Mix 0 127 The only parameter th...

Page 98: ...h the Cutoff parameter A Mix setting of 48 to 96 produces the strongest effect because both the unaffected signal and the processed signal are mixed together Speed Depth 064 064 Speed 0 127 Sets the L...

Page 99: ...al allpass filters working in parallel This generates an effect with equally spaced frequency peaks or holes The result is a strongly colorized signal with a spacey character A Mix setting of 48 to 96...

Page 100: ...versa depending on the setting of Auto Pan An important feature of the Q s Delay effect is that the Delay length can be changed without clicks or pitch changes This allows you to experiment with diffe...

Page 101: ...e for the right signal and the right delay line If Auto Pan is set to On the left input signal is fed into the right delay line and the right signal is fed into the left delay line The output of the d...

Page 102: ...g Mod allows to ring modulate the effect input signal with another signal Chor Dlay is a combination of a Chorus and a Delay effect You should turn the Mix control fully up with this effect type becau...

Page 103: ...ly the most widely used effect in music production It is used to add a realistic ambience to clean and dry audio recorded in a studio Very complicated mathematical algorithms are needed to simulate th...

Page 104: ...by a uneven surface Settings above 100 change the room characteristic even further Size Shape 010 0 m 064 Size 3m 30m Determines the length of the longest room side in meters Lower settings simulate a...

Page 105: ...A setting of 50 doesn t change the timing while lower or higher settings spread the delay time forwards or backwards Selection and Editing of the Delay Taps Single taps are chosen with the left displ...

Page 106: ...center channel speaker build up the normal 5 tone channels 5 x where the loudspeakers surround the listener in a circle The sixth channel supports the so called LFE channel Low Frequency Effects whic...

Page 107: ...ML 0 400 Determines the relative delay of the effect signal pertaining to the setting of the Delay parameter FSR V Delay MR 127 100 0 FSR Volume 0 127 Determines the volume of the effect signal for t...

Page 108: ...elay parameter 5 1 D Clk This surround delay type is similar to the 5 1 Delay With this delay type the delay time is synchronized to the Q s internal tempo For more information about tempo settings re...

Page 109: ...the synthesis filters The analyzed signal always comes from a different source either the external input or one of the internal routing busses The synthesis signal is the current sound but if you like...

Page 110: ...o Frq to around 220Hz and A Hi Frq to 14kHz for voice analysis the default values or to around 100Hz and 16kHz for drum loops or other signals with a lot of bass and treble All other analysis bands ar...

Page 111: ...f the synthesis bands until they reach minimum volume For real Vocoder sounds set it between 10 and 25 Shorter values might result in nervous volume changes of individual bands while longer values sme...

Page 112: ...oard The basic tempo of the Arpeggiator is set by the global Tempo control that also controls the Step Sequencer and the behaviour of the LFO and Envelopes This allows you to change all tempo related...

Page 113: ...192 and 1 1 the Arp Steplen parameter may change the actual length of each step relatively However when Length is set to legato all arpeggio notes are played without pauses between each step and Arp...

Page 114: ...If Off is selected the Arpeggiator plays back a continuous sequence of notes with the current Clock setting User gives you the ability to create your own custom rhythm pattern This pattern is stored...

Page 115: ...ck the arpeggio This parameter is closely related with Range and Sort Order If Up is selected the note list is played forward and the octaves are transposed upward The arpeggio starts in the original...

Page 116: ...peggio step might have an additional positive or negative offset set by the Arp Accent parameter If Each Note is selected each note of the arpeggio is played back with the velocity that you originally...

Page 117: ...list will be restarted as soon as the rhythm pattern is restarted The same arpeggio might now look like this note the two C1s in sequence Pattern Step 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Note C1 E1 G1 C1...

Page 118: ...ody character Make sure that you set up a reasonable glide effect in the Glide section If off is selected empty space the glide effect is disabled for this step If is selected legato symbol the glide...

Page 119: ...you set up here The following arpeggio shows an example of the effect when the notes C1 E1 and G1 are pressed C1 E1 E1 G1 C1 E1 C1 G1 C1 G1 C1 G1 E1 C1 E1 G1 G1 C1 or E1 or G1 Table 14 Arp Step exampl...

Page 120: ...ight not have an audible effect when you set it to a negative value You can create very nice staccato and legato effects with this parameter If is selected the notes of this step are hold until the ne...

Page 121: ...3 Sustain Release Rel Level Attack Decay Sustain Release Envelopes Picture 38 Envelope Section Before you make any edits to the envelopes you must select whether to edit the Filter and the Amplifier E...

Page 122: ...ack parameter It then descends at the rate determined by the Decay value until it reaches the predetermined Sustain value It remains at this value until the key is released The envelope then descends...

Page 123: ...rmines the attack rate or amount of time it takes for a signal to go from zero to Attack level Attack Level 0 127 Controls the level where the Attack phase ends and the Decay phase starts Decay 0 127...

Page 124: ...o set a level breakpoint This allows creating One Shot envelopes with a very percussive attack or with a Gate effect Attack Decay Sustain Release Key pressed or hit shortly Time Level 100 Picture 41 O...

Page 125: ...akes for a signal to go from zero to Attack level Attack Level 0 127 Controls the level where the Attack phase ends and the Decay phase starts Decay 0 127 Determines the decay rate or amount of time i...

Page 126: ...om zero to Attack level Attack Level 0 127 Controls the level where the Attack phase ends and the Decay phase starts Decay 0 127 Determines the decay rate or amount of time it takes for a signal to re...

Page 127: ...1 3 Picture 44 LFO Panel Controls Q Keyboard The most commonly used controls of the LFO can be found on the front panel Selecting a LFO on the Q Rack Press one or more LFO Select buttons to select on...

Page 128: ...y sound as one LFO This can be interesting when the LFO is applied to modulate Filter Cutoff or Panning When Sync is set to Off the LFO run independently which is better suited for pitch modulation to...

Page 129: ...lay parameter on page 129 for further information Clocked Off On When Clocked is activated the LFO is synced to the global Tempo of the Q The LFO Speed setting is changed to offer musically meaningful...

Page 130: ...the various available sources and destinations read the chapter Modulation Speed Levels on page 57 Matrix Edit Menu All parameters related to the Modulation Matrix are located in the Matrix Edit Menu...

Page 131: ...ource 1 with one exception Off is replaced by constant meaning that the calculation is performed with a constant value that you can set up with the Constant parameter Operation Oper see Table Modifier...

Page 132: ...arameter can be found in the Modulation Matrix after the Modifiers Additionally the Control Delay can be used as Standard Modulation Source M1S M8S Ctr Delay Source 000 off Ctr Delay 0 127 Determines...

Page 133: ...3 With the Page Dial you can select the various pages for the selected Drum Sound When you turn the Page Dial further than the last page the Q automatically jumps to the next Drum Sound s first page a...

Page 134: ...s but it might be a trap Transpose 60 60 Controls the transpose offset of the selected Drum Map entry In the Drum Map Sound programs still keep their various Keytrack settings so melodic sounds still...

Page 135: ...et to another value than off With this function it is easily possible to send up to 16 notes at once when you ve pressed only one key Please use omni only for test purposes where you want to check the...

Page 136: ...is selected no notes are sent If On is selected all notes are sent over MIDI Out in case of the Arpeggiator is active Ctl Send Ctl Recv Ctl SysEx on Controller Send Ctl Send Off Ctl SysEx Ctl SysEx De...

Page 137: ...deep information about the Clock parameter HMT Tune Mode tempered HMT tonal HMT 3 5 HMT 3 5ref HMT 3 5 7 Import Tune Mode HMT depth tempered 000 HMT tunes the Q dynamically to fit the music being perf...

Page 138: ...the corresponding frequency positions in a major seventh chord The down tuned position of the natural seventh as tone F in the chord G B D F Import accommodates different note tuning formats like oct...

Page 139: ...send Sound parameter changes by tweaking parameters on the front panel The Sound parameter is sent out as Controller but can t be received as long as you don t change Ctrl W Ctrl Z to other MIDI Cont...

Page 140: ...l circumstances only Rel Velocity Curve exp 2 exp 1 linear log 1 log 2 fix 32 127 Rel Velocity Curve linear Sets the curve that is used for release velocities when played on the keyboard It changes th...

Page 141: ...tch Pedal that is open when pressed and closed when not pressed The Q then generates a Control value of 127 on the first press and a value of 0 on the next press and so on Footsw1 Ctrl Sustain Sostenu...

Page 142: ...to connect a microphone or guitar directly to the Q Low signal level instruments should be amplified by a special pre amplifier before they are routed into the Q s External In Mix In to Off Aux Inst 1...

Page 143: ...st Operating and Boot system of your Q For more information about updating your Q please read Updating the System software on page 154 Additional Global menu parameter of the Q Keyboard versions Pedal...

Page 144: ...27 Sets the curve that is used for Control Pedal CV 1 It changes the behaviour of the internal tone generation and the outgoing MIDI messages It doesn t affect incoming MIDI messages Depending on the...

Page 145: ...27 Sets the curve that is used for Control Pedal CV 2 It changes the behaviour of the internal tone generation and the outgoing MIDI messages It doesn t affect incoming MIDI messages Depending on the...

Page 146: ...iated Sound program Press Shift Utility and choose the option Init Sound Press Shift Utility again to activate the function The selected program is now initialized When you initialize a program all ac...

Page 147: ...lizes all parameters of a Sound Program with random values This is how you randomize a program Select the appropriated Sound program Press Shift Utility and choose the option Random Sound Press Shift...

Page 148: ...MIDI Program Change messages together with MIDI Bank Select messages As the Q contains 100 programs in each bank it recognizes the program numbers 1 100 on zero based MIDI senders this means 0 99 The...

Page 149: ...hese settings Pan Messages The Q receives Pan Messages Controller 10 and balances the two Filter outputs by that value A value of 64 means that the Filter Pan settings are kept as they are while small...

Page 150: ...efault values usually 0 except for Pan 64 Volume 127 Pitchbend 64 Influencing Editing Sounds over MIDI Controllers as Modulation Sources The controllers mentioned above are always used as modulation s...

Page 151: ...sent This function is only available in Multimode If Pattern is selected the current Pattern will be sent When used in Multimode the Pattern of the currently selected instrument will be sent If Arran...

Page 152: ...t the parameter SysEx ID Data transmission will only be executed successfully if the sender and receiver setting coincide After activating the dump command at the sender device the Q will receive data...

Page 153: ...nd the Q Rack use the same operating system The Q doesn t use the same operating system as the Q Q Rack The Q Keyboard Rack also do not use the same operating system as the microQ microQ Keyboard To u...

Page 154: ...If this message appears Timeout the file wasn t transmitted completely to the Q or played back too slowly Try to download the file from the Internet again New functions in future OS will be documente...

Page 155: ...onation to achieve the best clean sounding chords The HMT Mode in the Q works nearly the same way The Q doesn t use its ears however It uses an intelligent program that s part of its operating system...

Page 156: ...two filters and you can use them to perform other tasks e g filtering noise for a snare drum sound or the like Use the LFO as FM Sources With this technique you get up to six oscillators frequency mod...

Page 157: ...e 110dB Frequency range 0Hz 24kHz Audio Inputs 1 x stereo Maximum level 0dBm Dynamic range 86dB Frequency range 5Hz 24kHz Digital Out S PDIF RCA jack CV Inputs Switch Pedal 2 Switches Stereo Jack pola...

Page 158: ...1 Delay FX 108 Bypass FX 99 HighPass Reverb FX 104 Release Envelope 123 C Center Phaser FX 100 Hi Offset Vocoder FX 111 Release Vel Curve Global Menu 141 Channel Multi 40 Hi Velo Multi 43 Resonance Fi...

Page 159: ...gram Keyboard Wheels CV In Pedals MIDI In Engine Key Vel Filter MIDI Message Filter Step Sequencer Mute Off Midi Loc Midi Off Local Loc Midi Off On Mute Play Solo Note only Note only Rx Status Local E...

Page 160: ...es the opposite to a band pass filter i e it dampens only the frequencies around the cutoff point and lets all other frequencies pass through Clipping Clipping is a sort of distortion that occurs when...

Page 161: ...keyboard generates an active gate signal as long as a key is held down When the key is released the gate signal becomes inactive again An envelope generator can use this signal for its trigger purpos...

Page 162: ...ram numbers 1 through 128 can be changed via program change messages Release An envelope parameter The term Release describes the descent rate of an envelope to its minimum value after a trigger is te...

Page 163: ...rf Q User s Manual 164 VCF VCF is the acronym for voltage controlled filter It is a filter component that allows you to manipulate the filter parameters via control voltages Volume The term describes...

Page 164: ...not used Expression not used 12 0 9 Arp Range 1 10 octaves 13 0 15 Arp Length 1 16 steps 14 0 3 Arp Active off on one shot hold 15 0 5 LFO 1 Shape sine triangle square sawtooth random S H 16 0 127 LF...

Page 165: ...8 1 2 43 52 76 Osc 3 Semitone 12 12 44 0 127 Osc 3 Detune 64 63 45 0 127 Osc 3 FM 0 127 46 0 5 Osc 3 Shape pulse saw triangle sine alt 1 alt 2 47 0 127 Osc 3 PW 0 127 48 0 127 Osc 3 PWM 64 63 49 0 1 S...

Page 166: ...elocity 64 63 75 0 127 Filter 1 CutoffMod 64 63 76 0 127 Filter 1 FM off 1 127 77 0 127 Filter 1 Pan L64 center R63 78 0 127 Filter 1 Panmod 64 63 79 0 10 Filter 2 Type see Filter Types 80 0 127 Filte...

Page 167: ...8 0 127 E3 Decay 0 127 109 0 127 E3 Sustain 0 127 110 0 127 E3 Decay 2 0 127 111 0 127 E3 Sustain 2 0 127 112 0 127 E3 Release 0 127 113 0 127 E4 Attack 0 127 114 0 127 E4 Decay 0 127 115 0 127 E4 Sus...

Page 168: ...nto Time Channel Volume Pan Bank Select LSB Sustain Pedal Portamento On Off Sostenuto Pedal Prog Change True 1 100 1 100 4 System Exclusive System Song Pos Common Song Sel Tune System Clock Real Time...

Page 169: ...Appendix Declaration of Conformity Waldorf Q User s Manual 170...

Page 170: ...try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference Utilise power outlets that are on branch Circ...

Page 171: ...usic AG 2003 All rights reserved Printed in Germany Waldorf Music AG Schlo Ahrenthal D 53489 Sinzig Germany Phone 49 0 26 42 90 20 8 0 Fax 49 0 26 42 90 20 8 77 http www waldorf music com info waldorf...

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