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Note: Envelope 4 (Env 4) is hard-wired to voice volume—the level control for the selected
sound. Each sound in the kit also has a further three envelopes and other modulation
sources available for control of other synthesis parameters.
Voice volume knob
The intensity of Envelope 4’s impact on Voice Volume can also be modulated with a via
source.
Note: Voice Volume precedes the sliders in the mixer. This approach allows the starting
volume of individual drum sounds to be set independently of their relative levels in the
drum kit mix, which you adjust in the Assignment section mixer.
Changing the Ultrabeat Trigger Mode
The way Ultrabeat reacts to a succession of incoming notes is independently defined for
each sound. Parameters that provide control over this aspect of Ultrabeat’s behavior are
found in the Trigger Mode section, below the Voice Volume knob.
Trigger menu
Group menu
Gate button
Trigger pop-up menu: Enables you to choose between Single and Multi trigger modes.
Single: A new trigger note cuts off the note that is currently playing.
Multi: When a new note is played, currently playing notes continue to decay in
accordance with their respective amplitude envelope settings (Env 4).
Group pop-up menu: Enables you to choose between Off and settings 1 through 8. If
two different sounds are assigned to the same group, they will cut each other off when
a new note message is received. Only one sound in the group can be played at a time.
A typical use of this feature is when you’re programming hi-hat sounds: when playing
a real hi-hat, the closed hi-hat note cuts off or mutes the ringing of the open hi-hat.
This feature is often referred to as hi-hat mode.
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