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302 Chapter 21 EXS24 mkII
When both halves of the pitcher slider are set below or above the centered position,
either a low or high velocity will slide up/down to the original pitch. Dependent on the
position of the upper/lower halves of the slider in relation to the center position, the
time required for the slide up/down to the original note pitch can be adjusted
independently for both soft/hard velocities.
Filter Parameters
These parameters control the EXS24 mkII filter section. You can configure the type of
filter, its resonance, cutoff frequency, drive, and amount of key following, and adjust its
ADSR (Attack Decay Sustain Release) envelope.
Filter On/Off Button
This button switches the filter section on or off. Please note that the knobs and buttons
in the silver panel area and the filter envelope are only active when the filter is turned
on. When the filter section is turned off, the EXS24 mkII is far less CPU-intensive.
Lowpass (LP)
Click any of the four buttons under the LP label to engage the desired lowpass slope.
The orange line above the button indicates the selected lowpass slope. You can select
among four different settings for the lowpass filter’s cutoff steepness: 24 dB (4 pole),
18 dB (3 pole), 12 dB (2 pole), and 6 dB (1 pole). The 24 dB setting can be used for
drastic sweep effects, such as cutting off all but a few notes, or for the creation of ultra-
deep bass sounds with just the necessary amount of overtones. The slope setting of
6 dB per octave is very useful in cases where you want a slightly warmer sound,
without drastic filter effects—to smooth overly bright samples, for example.
Fat (Fatness)
Click the Fat button to engage the fatness feature. The fatness feature is separate from
the slope setting, and can be used with all available slope values. Fatness preserves the
bass frequency response, even when high Resonance settings are used. Please note
that this only applies to lowpass filters. Fatness is non-functional when used in
conjunction with the highpass or bandpass filters.