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mango wrote:
> 
> Does the AN1x manual go in-depth about the Ctrl Matrix and give examples
> of it's various uses?

No, it doesn't go too deep on the subject :-(

If not... would anyone who is experienced in this
> share some (preferably a lot ;-) of example-situations of it's various
> possibilities?


The Ctrl Matrix is my favorite AN1x feature! It's the entire reason I
like this board so much.  There's a lot of ground to cover here so I'm
just going to jump in and describe how to alter some settings so you get
your head wrapped around it. We'll get into more detailed stuff later.

For this example, I'm using Factory Default voice #10 Legato. Back up
your user Voices and reset the AN1x to the factory settings.  Did I
mention to back up your user Voices before you reset the AN1x? Well,
back up your user Voice before you reset the AN1x to the factory
settings. Don't blame me if you lose your voices because you didn't back
up them up first!

Here we go...

From the VOICE/SCENE SETUP Menu - under Ctrl Matrix - use the Set No.
'down' rocker button so the display reads PB^  Use the Depth 'up' rocker
button to increase the depth amount from +2 to +6. Now play a chord and
use the Pitch Wheel - hear how the pitch is now changed by 1/2 an
octave?  Use the Set No. button to choose PBv and then the Depth button
to adjust from -2 to -12. Use the Pitch Wheel and you'll hear the pitch
drop an octave.  Cool, huh?!  Great on D&B bass sounds, btw. Keep in
mind that the PB^ and PBv assignments don't have to be strictly +/-  You
can have either or both +/+ or -/- or -/+ or good old +/-.  Now, keep in
mind that the PB^ and PBv setting for Scene 1 are independent from Scene
2 - heh heh heh ;-) Try layering Scene 1 and Scene 2 with the same voice
but different PB settings and you can get pretty far out Pitch effects!!!

I love this synth :-)

Here's another example using the same voice #10 Legato:

Use the Set No. button to scroll until the display reads VCF Cutoff Set
3; now use hit the Source button and the display should read A.Rbx; move
your thumb or forefinger across the Ribbon Controller while playing a
chord and you hear the filter cutoff change; use the Depth button to
increase the Dp amount from +10 to +63.  Hear the difference in how wide
open the Filter is?  Hit the VCF Knob Parm Group button and use Assign
Knob 5 to display the VCF Cutoff amount programmed in this voice (should
be +65); reduce the amount to +0 -play a chord and use the Ribbon
Controller - hear a subtle difference? Now use Assign Knob 7 to reduce
the FEG Depth amount to +6 and play another chord while using the Ribbon
Controller.  You should hear a more pronounced difference in the sound. 
See how Cutoff and FEG Depth interact and how you can modify one or the
other (or both!) from a Control Matrix assignment? Try tapping (heavily)
on the Ribbon Controller as your fingers move from left to right and
back again. I like that effect.

If you now go back to the Control Matrix and scroll to Set 10 you'll see
that Resonance is assigned to Knob 6! Hit the Assign Knob Param Group
button and twist Knob 6 while playing and you'll here the effect of
altering the Resonance amount in real time - try playing with Ribbon
Controller and make some not too subtle adjustments with Knob 6 - very,
very cool IMHO.

*whew* I'm tired from typing

Now that you have a good start off point hopefully this will help spark
your imagination.  We should review the Common 1 and Common 2 parameters
and discuss how ALL these setting interact with the Ctrl Device and Ctrl
No. settings under the UTILITY/SETUP menu.  Now that *can be confusing*
but it has to wait for tomorrow or this weekend I'm afraid.  I'm certain
there are others on the list besides myself who would like to share
their favorite controller assignments too :-)

Regards,
Jon


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