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Table Of Contents
- Logic Express 8 Instruments and Effects
- Contents
- Introduction to the Logic Express Plugins
- Amp Modeling
- Delay
- Distortion
- Dynamics
- EQ
- Filter
- Imaging
- Metering
- Modulation
- Pitch
- Reverb
- Specialized
- Utility
- EVOC 20 PolySynth
- EFM1
- ES E
- ES M
- ES P
- ES1
- ES2
- The ES2 Parameters
- Tutorials
- Sound Workshop
- Sound Design From Scratch, Filter Settings, Digiwaves
- Three Detuned Sawtooth Oscillators and Unison Mode
- Extremely Detuned Monophonic Analog Sounds, Effects
- Clean Bass Settings With One Oscillator Only
- Distorted Analog Basses
- FM Intensity and Frequency
- Controlling FM Intensity by an Envelope and FM Scaling
- FM With Drive and Filter-FM
- FM With Digiwaves
- FM With Wavetables
- Distorted FM in Monophonic Unison
- FM With Unusual Spectra
- Slow and Fast Pulse Width Modulations With Oscillator 2
- Pulse Width Modulation With Two Oscillators, PWM Strings
- Ring Modulation
- Oscillator Synchronization
- First Steps in Vector Synthesis
- Vector Synthesis—XY Pad
- Vector Synthesis Loops
- Bass Drum With Self-Oscillating Filter and Vector Envelope
- Percussive Synthesizers and Basses With Two Filter Decay Phases
- Templates for the ES2
- Sound Workshop
- EXS24 mkII
- Learning About Sampler Instruments
- Loading Sampler Instruments
- Working With Sampler Instrument Settings
- Managing Sampler Instruments
- Searching for Sampler Instruments
- Importing Sampler Instruments
- Parameters Window
- The Instrument Editor
- Setting Sampler Preferences
- Configuring Virtual Memory
- Using the VSL Performance Tool
- External Instrument
- Klopfgeist
- Ultrabeat
- GarageBand Instruments
- Synthesizer Basics
- Glossary
- Index
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18 ES P
This chapter introduces you to the eight-voice polyphonic
ES P (ES Poly) synthesizer.
Functionally, (despite its velocity sensitivity) this flexible synthesizer is somewhat
reminiscent of the affordable polyphonic synthesizers produced by the leading
Japanese manufacturers in the 1980s: Its design is easy to understand, it is capable of
producing lots of useful musical sounds, and you may be hard-pressed to make sounds
with it that can’t be used in at least some musical style. The creation of classic analog
synthesizer brass sounds are just one of its many strengths. All ES P parameters are
discussed in the following section.
 4, 8, 16 buttons: The 4, 8, and 16 buttons determine the ES P’s octave transposition.
 Waveform faders: The faders on the left side of the panel allow you to mix several
waveforms, output by the oscillators of the ES P. In addition to triangular, sawtooth,
and rectangular waves, the rectangular waves of two sub-oscillators are also
available. One of these is one octave lower than the main oscillators, and the other,
two octaves lower. The pulse width of all rectangular waves is 50%. The right-most
fader adds white noise to the mix. This is the raw material for classic synthesizer
sound effects, such as ocean waves, wind, and helicopters.
 Vib/Wah knob: The ES P features an LFO which can either modulate the frequency of
the oscillators (resulting in a vibrato), or the cutoff frequency of the dynamic lowpass
filter (resulting in a wah wah effect). Turn the control to the left in order to set a
vibrato, or to the right to cyclically modulate the filter.