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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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20 ES2
The ES2 synthesizer combines a powerful tone generation
system with extensive modulation facilities.
The ES2 provides three oscillators, which can be synchronized and ring-modulated.
Pulse-width modulation is also possible. Oscillator 1 can be modulated in frequency by
Oscillator 2, and is capable of producing FM-style synthesizer sounds.
In addition to the classic analog synthesizer waveforms, the ES2 oscillators also provide
100 single-cycle waveforms, known as Digiwaves. Each has a totally different sonic
color. You can even cross-fade or step between them, using the modulation matrix,
resulting in sounds that are reminiscent of wavetable synthesizers.
The modulation matrix (known as the Router) can be used in addition to a number of
hard-wired modulation routings. The concept of combining any modulation source
with any modulation target (to perform modulation processes), is almost as old as the
synthesizer itself. Most important to this concept is a huge set of modulation targets
and sources—inserted into modulation channels. The ES2 offers 10 Router channels.
Two dynamic multi-mode filters—which can be used in parallel and series—are
capable of delivering fat analog synthesizer sounds.
The ES2 Unison mode can be used both monophonically and polyphonically, making it
easy to convincingly recreate the huge sounds of classic analog synthesizers such as
the Roland Jupiter 8, the SCI Prophet V, and Oberheim OB 8.
You can directly mix a sine wave (from Oscillator 1) into the dynamic stage to further
fatten the sound.
Dedicated macro controls make it quick and easy to adjust several ES2 sound
generation parameters simultaneously. This can be done with the mouse, or by using
knobs and sliders on your MIDI keyboard—just like a hardware synthesizer!
Last, but not least, integrated Distortion, Chorus, Phaser, and Flanger effects are built
right-in to the ES2.