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Re: [xl7] Re: Need some tips on patch cords.

2014-02-08 by Daniel H

it may just take some familiarizing to get your head around the sources and destinations of the cord menu.. for example if you wanted to set a volume envelope to control the volume of the sample you would set something like this

C01 = VolEnv< - AmpVol + 0% (for this example that this is in Cord #01). Here nothing is going to happen until you set the midi controller to adjust the cord amount. If you wanted to have this be modulated by a midi controller you would then have another cord that would be set to:
C02 = Midi A - C01 Amt + 100
Now when you move Midi A to it's maximum value the volume envelope will be acting on the volume at it's maximum amount.

If you wanted to adjust the attack/decay/sustain/release values it would be similar..

C01 = VolEnv< - AmpVol + 100% (x = whatever value you want here to indicate the degree of modulation)
C02 = Midi A - VenvAtk + X% (whatever value you wan to modulate the attack rate by)

Once you have "VolEnv< - AmpVol + 100%" set up you can assign whatever midi controller to VenvAtk, VenvDcy, VenvRls, etc.. to modulate these points on the envelope. the VenvRts destination modules the 'rate' of every point in the envelope.

Sometimes the polarity is a bit fiddly so if it doesnt work with +100% try -100%.. And it is always a good idea to just route the your envelope to Pitch so you can hear what the modulation is doing to make sure your settings are correct. The Proteus 2000 and Command Station manuals do an OK job of explaining some of this.. I would check them before going to the Emulator X manual. EOS manuals would be just as good as well.

I hope that helps a little bit



On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:26 AM, <nerminh9@...> wrote:
 

Thank you DF. I'll definitely look into that and see if I can better familiarize myself better with how it works. I can patch a few things here and there, but I haven't been able to make the envelope work with knobs. I tried to google for something that would explain patch cords and haven't been able to find anything. I guess that the info can be found in the Emulator x manual? I may even look into ultra series sampler manuals because the synth engine is very similar that of the CS. I've been using my CS only to sequence external gear till I recently got the sound rom from ebay and I'm just trying to learn it. Thanks you


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