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TOUCH SURFACE CONTROLLER
The touch surface controller is a real-time three-dimensional control surface.
The destinations selected in software are as follows:
X (left and right): Filter Cutoff
Y (up and down): Filter Spacing
A (area): Filter Resonance
Moving right on the X-axis of the touch surface causes the Cutoff frequency to
go higher.
Moving up on the Y-axis of the touch surface is like turning the Spacing control
clockwise
Increasing the amount of area covered by the finger(s) on the touch surface
increases the Resonance of the Filters. Remember that A is not pressure, but
area. This is similar to pressure in that pressing hard puts more area of the
fingertip in contact with the touch surface, but it feels different.
The touch surface only affects the Filter parameters when an appendage is in
contact with it.
The X or Y axis of the touch surface can also be used as a Modulation source in
either Mod Buss for the Programmable Sources. This is done in the EDIT Mode
menu selections PGM M-WHL SOURCE and PGM PEDAL SOURCE.
With the touch surface controller there is no right and wrong way to use it.
Experimentation is the key.
