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Sample, Keygroup and Synth Programs 136

'Attack'

This parameter determines how long an envelope will take to reach maximum level when a pad is struck. Sounds ranging

from a slow swelling violin to drum-like attacks are possible by adjusting this parameter.

'Decay'

This parameter determines how long the sound will take to go from the attack phase to the sustain portion of the envelope.

'Sust'

For Envelope 2 (VcaEnv), 'Sust' determines how long a sound will sustain after the decay portion of the envelope finishes.

For Envelope 1 (VcfEnv), 'Sust' sets the level at which the filter remains while the pad is being held after completion of

decay phase.

'Rel'

Sets how long a sound will decay when the pad is released.

The Basic page is used to quickly edit the most commonly edited parameters in a Synth Program. More in depth editing

will be detailed in the next sections.

 VCOs

This page is where in-depth controls for the oscillators can be edited. To

enter the VCO page, do the following:

01. From the MAIN screen, select a track that uses a synth

program

You can also create a new synth program as detailed in the previous section.

02. Press [MODE] and [PAD 6] (PROGRAM)

This will bring you into PROGRAM mode where you can edit different parameters

of your program.

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

03. Press the [F2] (VCOs) button.

This will display the VCOs page. Here, the individual oscillators 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.

04. Edit the parameters of the VCOs page as desired.

The following parameters are available to be edited.

'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.

When this wave is selected, an additional knob becomes available called 'SHAPE'. This knob

controls the shape of the waveform. A setting of zero is a true triangle wave. Increasing this

value changes the shape of this waveform, adding overtones, until it reached 100, which is a true

saw wave.

'Pulse'

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

approaching nasal a nasal-like quality as the wave gets thinner.

When this wave is selected, an additional knob becomes available called 'SHAPE'. This knob

controls the shape of the waveform. A setting of zero is a very thin and nasal sounding wave,

increasing this value changes the shape of this waveform, adding overtones, until it reached 50,

which is a true square wave. Increasing this further decreases overtones, again yielding a very

nasal sounding wave at 100.

'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.

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