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Note: you can also use the [SYNTH] button as a shortcut to jump to the last Synth program you edited.

03. Press the [F1] (BASIC) button.

This will display the Basic page. Here, the most commonly used parameters for a synth program can be edited. Each parameter can be selected

by using the [CURSOR] to select each field and turning the [DATA] wheel, or by using the Q-Links, as detailed in the section 'Editing with Q-LINK

Controls' on page 134. The label in the lower left corner indicates which component of the synth is to be edited.

VCO(1-3)

Different aspects of the Oscillators can be adjusted here.

'Wave' field

This selects the waveform for each of the three oscillators. The following

shapes are available:

'Sine'

A very pure and simple tone with very little overtones; "mellow" sounding

'SawTri'

This waveform has a shape varying from a triangle wave to a saw wave, depending on the

setting of the 'SHAPE' control, which is located on the VCO page. A Triangle wave has a fuller

sound than a sine wave, but still has very little overtones. A Saw wave a harsh, aggressive

sounding wave, with lots of overtones.

'Pulse'

Ranges from a square wave to varying degrees of pulse widths. Generally a more hollow sound,

approaching nasalness as the wave gets thinner.

'WNoise', 'PNoise', 'RNoise'

Three different flavors of noise are available - White, Pink and Red. Each has it's own sound,

white being the most content rich and 'coldest' sounding, and red being most 'warm' sounding.

'PWM'

PWM stands for Pulse Width Modulation. This waveform is special, in that it is a Pulse wave

whose shape is hard-wired to LFO 2. This gives this waveform a range of sounds from a classic

warbling tone, to a buzzing, harsh sound, rich with overtones.

'SEMI'

Adjusts the tuning of each oscillator in semitones. Each OSC can be tuned

+/- four octaves by semitones.

Vco XMod

This parameter controls the amount of oscillator cross modulation that is applied to VCO2 from VCO1.

Cross modulation, also called FM synthesis, is when the output of VCO1 is used to modulate the

frequency of VCO2. From vibrato-like pitch variations, to harsh clanging metallic noises, to bell type

sounds, a broad range of sound is possible with cross modulation.

Filt

Various aspects of the filter are edited here.

'Filter Select' Field

This field selects one of the various filter types. For information on which

filter types are available, see page 137.

'Cutoff'

This represents the range of harmonics over which the filter operates.

'Res'

This field determines how much boost is given to harmonics around the cutoff frequency.

'Env1>Cutoff'

This determines how much of an effect envelope 1 will have on the filter. [Q-LINK AFTER 8] button toggles whether the

effect of the envelope will be positive or negative.

'Program Level'

This parameter controls the overall volume of the program.

Env

Different aspects of the envelopes can be selected and changed here.

'VcfEnv' field.

Selects which envelope is being viewed. The parameters

below will change to reflect the state of whichever envelope

is chosen in this field.

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