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Use the
•
led
-dial to select a Sample Instrument. the
name of the selected Sample Instrument is shown in the
lcd
.
A flashing
F
--
character in the
led diSPlAy
indicates
that no Sample Instruments at all are available in the
Flash memory.
A flashing number in the
F
led diSPlAy
indicates that
the Sample Instrument location that the current
Program tried to use, is not available in the Flash
memory.
there is a special
oSc2
only, amplitude decay envelope
available when the oscillator 2 is in the Sample Instrument
or the Sampled Wave mode. Use the
ShAPe2/dec
knob to
control the decay time of the
oSc2
amplitude envelope.
the image above illustrates the phase of the decay enve-
lope.
By setting the
•
ShAPe1/dec
knob to the maximum
the Decay parameter will have an infinite setting; the
envelope will have no effect on your sound.
When the
•
SkiP SmPl AttAck
(
Shift
+ Waveform Selec-
tor button) is activated, playback will start at an alterna-
tive start point, skipping the attack part of the sound.
Sampled waves
Sampled waves (
SWAv
) are available
in
oSc2
and are similar to waveta-
bles, but are made out of recordings
of acoustic instruments and still have
the attack section of the sample
present.
Single cycle loop
Attack section
the image above shows the structure of a sampled wave.
Use the
•
led
-dial to select a sampled wave.
the
•
ShAPe
parameter controls the decay time of the
oSc2
amplitude envelope, when this waveform is
selected.
FM-Synthesis
FM-Synthesis (
fm
) is available in
oSc1
and
oSc2.
this is a method
where the frequency of one oscillator
(referred to as the Carrier) is being
modulated by itself using feedback
or, by the frequency of an additional
oscillator (the Modulator).
Shape
(Feedback)
Shape
(FM Amount)
Shape2
(FM Amount)
Shape1
(FM Amount)
Shape
(Feedback)
Carrier
Carrier
Carrier
Carrier
Modulator
OSC MIX
OSC MOD
Modulator
Modulator
the image above shows a 2 operator FM-Synthesis setup,
and the resulting waveform using a fairly high FM amount
setting.
the resulting waveform is far more rich in harmonics than
the original Sine waveform, and drastic changes in tonal
character are provided by altering the amount of modula-
tion.
there are several FM algorithms available; set-ups with
various number of oscillators, feedback and frequency ratio
settings between the oscillators.
Use the
•
led
-dial to select FM-algorithm.
the
•
ShAPe
parameter is used for setting the amount of
modulation and/or feedback from none to maximum.
Shape
(Feedback)
Shape
(FM Amount)
Shape2
(FM Amount)
Shape1
(FM Amount)
Shape
(Feedback)
Carrier
Carrier
Carrier
Carrier
Modulator
OSC MIX
OSC MOD
Modulator
Modulator
By combining
oSc1
and
oSc2
, up to a 4 operators are
available, using oscillator Modulation (
oSc mod
) .
oscillator Modulation is described on page
•
25.
