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Control
Function
Tempo
Turn this to adjust the tempo, or use the Tap Tempo button.
Ratchet
Sets how many subdivisions of an arpeggiator step are possible (1, 2, 4, or 8).
Chance
Determines the likelihood of a Ratchet event happening on a given
arpeggiator step.
Gate
Adjusts the relative duration of the arpeggiator notes.
Mode
Determines the arpeggiator direction and other behaviors.
Octave
Sets the range of the arpeggiator.
Division
Selects the basic time division of the arpeggiator relative to the tempo.
Swing
Eight settings allow you to add a certain amount of “shuffle feel” to the arpeggio.
On
This toggles the arpeggiator on and off. Use it with [SHIFT] to enter Edit mode.
Latch
Lets you to take your fingers off the keys and use both hands to adjust
parameters. It works whether an arpeggio is running or not.
Triplet
Subdivides the selected Division setting into triplets.
Tap Tempo Tap several times to set the tempo.
There are words in orange letters under two of the buttons: EDIT and SUSTAIN. These are used
with the [SHIFT] button to access their secondary functions. We’ll describe those and the other
arpeggiator features in
The Arpeggiator Section (p. 78)
Tweaking the sounds
The Right display provides information about what is happening and what the options are, no
matter what you’re doing with the Hydrasynth Deluxe. We’ll dig down into every parameter
eventually, but for now let’s start at the top again. If you’re still in Single mode, press [HOME] to
exit to the Home page. If you’ve ventured into Multi mode, please press the [SINGLE] button to
make sure you’re seeing what we’re describing.
The Home page: Macro City
When Hydrasynth Deluxe is on the Home
page the Control knobs and Control buttons
become modulation sources for the Macros.
Each Macro can alter as many as eight
parameters at one time by activating a single
control. Every Single mode patch has eight
Macros available, so a Multi can provide as
many as 16 Macros.
Macros allow you to achieve complex results,
but they’re easy to create. When you’re ready
to try that, see
The rest of the Master Control section has
buttons that will be useful in the near future.
They will be covered in
.
The Filter section
This section has two buttons and five knobs.
The buttons select which of the two filters the
knobs will control, after which the knobs can
do their thing.
Knobs 1 and 2 are the same for either filter:
they control Cutoff and Resonance, respective-
ly. If Filter 1 is selected the third knob controls
the Drive amount for that filter; if Filter 2 is
selected the third knob allows you to “morph”
the characteristics of that filter.
Those descriptions barely scratch the surface,
though. To delve more deeply into what the
Hydrasynth Deluxe filters can do, read
Filters and their Controls (p. 50)
Saving
In the process of tweaking a sound you will often create something you’d like to keep. If that
has already happened, jump ahead to the Patch Management chapter and follow the instruc-