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Ribbon Controller
The Ribbon controller has three modes of operation. Press the [Ribbon] button and use Control
knob 1 to select the desired mode:
• Pitch bend is like the pitch bend wheel,
only horizontal. Wherever the ribbon is
touched becomes the center point. Lock
Global makes this true for all patches.
• Theremin allows the ribbon to be played
like a monophonic synthesizer. It also
reveals more parameters and adds another
page where its key and scale can be set.
These are described below in the Theremin
mode section.
• Mod Only routes the ribbon entirely
through
it can be used in several ways as a
modulation source. Two more parameters
appear in this mode:
• Hold will maintain the modulation level
of the ribbon if you lift your finger
• Lock Global makes the ribbon settings
of this patch apply to all patches.
Otherwise the ribbon status can be
different for each patch.
The Ribbon button can be used to set up a route in the Mod Matrix: Access the module
page that has the parameter you want to control, hold [RIBBON], and then press the
Control button for the destination parameter. After the mod route appears in the Mod
Matrix, simply set an amount with the lower Control knob.
Theremin Mode
When the ribbon controller is in Theremin mode it reserves a voice for itself. This reduces the
number of voices available on the Hydrasynth Deluxe keyboard from 16 to 15.
Theremin mode offers the Hold and Lock Global settings described above, and several more.
There are two parameter pages in this mode; the others have only one page.
Theremin parameters: page 1
• Key span sets the ribbon range. 4 oct
matches the ribbon to the keys below it; 2
oct compresses the range; 6 oct expands it.
• Octave shift moves the ribbon center to
reach notes beyond the keyboard range.
• Quantize allows the ribbon to play only
notes within the selected key and scale
(see Theremin parameters: page 2).
• Glide lets notes triggered by the ribbon
travel from one note to the next. Set the
rate with the Control knob. When Quantize
is enabled Glide conforms to the selected
key and scale (see Theremin parameters:
page 2). These settings are independent
from the Glide settings on [VOICE] page 2.
• Wheel volume enables the mod wheel to
act as an inverted volume control for the
ribbon in Theremin mode. As the wheel
moves upward the volume of the ribbon
note is reduced.
Theremin parameters: page 2
• Key Lock sets the root note for the ribbon
scale.
• Scale determines which notes the ribbon
is allowed to generate. This setting is
independent from the keyboard Scale on
[VOICE] page 3. The
feature works the same way for both the
ribbon and the keyboard.