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Chapter 6: Creating and Editing Programs

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• The Dcy md (decay mode) field:

This is a choice field with two options:

1. START: The decay phase of the envelope begins immediately

following the attack phase. This is similar to the "envelope

initial decay" parameter on most synthesizers.

2. END: The decay phase of the envelope always ends exactly

at the end of the sound playback. The point at which the

decay starts is determined by the decay parameter. This was

called fadeout in the old software and is very useful for

creating a smooth fade down just before the end of a

sampled sound.

The Vel Mod (Velocity Modulation) section:

• The Attack field:

This field sets the amount of effect that note velocity has on attack time

(0–100%). If set to 0, note velocity has no effect on attack; if set to higher

values, attack time will increase as you play lower velocities. That is,

hitting a pad hard will produce a faster attack than hitting it softly.

• The Sft st (soft start) field:

This field controls the amount of time (0–5000 ms) that will be added to

the sound’s Soft Start location when notes with low velocities are

received. (The Soft Start field is located in the screen accessed by

pressing the SOUNDS key and selecting option 6 from the menu.) This

provides a good simulation of the way a real drum sounds differently

when hit softly. If you set this field above 0, hitting a pad more softly will

start playback later in the sample, causing fewer attack transients to be

heard. Notes with velocity = 1 will add the full amount of time entered

here to the Soft Start location; notes with velocity = 127 will add nothing;

notes with velocities in between will add time proportionately. If this field

is set to 0, note velocity will have no effect on the Soft Start location.

• The Volume field:

This field sets the amount of effect that note velocity has on volume (0–

100%). If set to 0, note velocity has no effect on volume; if set to higher

values, the volume will decrease as you play lower velocities.

The Tune/Poly section:

• The Tune field:

This sets the tuning. The range is from -120 (-12 semitones) to 60 (+6

semitones) in increments of 0.1 semitone.

• The Poly field:

This is a choice field with three options:

1.POLY: Multiple plays of the sound are assigned to additional

voices, allowing polyphonic overlap. This is useful for sounds

like ride cymbals, for which you don't want new notes to cut

off old ones.

2. MONO: Multiple plays of the sound use the same voice,

terminating and restarting playback of the sound (no

polyphonic overlap). This is useful for producing stuttering

effects.

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