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Ecellent! Great advice, and I am going to try it out...
Could you give a couple of concrete examples for aftertouch settings you
have used?



----- Original Message -----
From: "tuskermusic" <tuskerfort@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: [AN1x] Re: knobs


> > Excellent idea that I simply check out other peoples patches, which
> I
> > wouldn't have the patience for if I didn't have the AN1X-Edit.
>
> For what it's worth heres what I use on leads and bass (and the
> rationale):
>
> - Ribbon X ...... +- 3 pitch bend
>
> I really prefer the ribbon to the wheel cause you can do trills and
> morph from bends to vibrato
>
> - Pitch wheel ..... +- 12 pitch bend
>
> Pretty much for dive bombs and swoop-ups. Also extends the range of
> the keyboard in a pinch
>
> - Ribbon Z ..... a patch dependent modulation that is usually
> attack based. Could be a pitch envelope thing or a filter cutoff
> thing or a sync sweep thing.
>
> - Mod wheel .... LFO modulation of pitch with concurrent mod of LFO
> speed up to where the sidebands come in.
>
> - Knob 5 .... Filter cutoff or something similar that helps me
> generall adjust the brightness of the patch so it sits in the mix.
>
> - Knob 6 ... Resonance if applicable
>
> - Knob 7 .... Delay return
>
> - Knob 8 ..... Reverb  return
>
> - Knobs 1-4 ..... depends on the patch. Often not used. If used it's
> something either envelope based (mimicking the VCA and VCF envelope
> controls) Or something completely unique.
>
> - Foot pedal ..... is either routed to modulation to control patch
> morphs or to volume.
>
> - Aftertouch .... is something that adds expressiveness to the
> sustaining sound like a little filter cutoff, or filter modulation by
> LFO, or a slight increase in osc sync pitch or a combination of all
> three.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Jerry
>
>
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