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Note: For most standard applications, you’ll probably use the wheel as the via
controller. Traditionally, it can be (and is) used for control over the intensity of periodic
LFO modulations. Used here, it can be employed for direct, static modulations, such as
controlling the Cutoff frequencies of the filters (Target = Cut 1 + 2).
Note: The Least Significant Bit (LSB) controller for the modulation wheel is recognized
correctly, as well.
Touch
Aftertouch serves as modulation source. The ES2 reacts to poly pressure (polyphonic
aftertouch). It uses the sum of channel pressure and the note-specific poly pressure
value.
Note: If you set the Target to Cut 1 + 2, the Cutoff frequencies will rise and fall, dependent
on how firmly you press a key on your touch-sensitive MIDI keyboard after the initial
keystrike.
Whl+To
The modulation wheel and aftertouch serve as modulation sources.
MIDI Controllers A–F
MIDI controllers available in the mod matrix are named Ctrl A–F and can be assigned to
arbitrary controller numbers (via the MIDI Controllers Assignment menus at the bottom
of the GUI).
Note: Earlier ES2 versions offered the Expression, Breath, and MIDI Control Change
Messages 16–19 as modulation sources. These MIDI controllers are the default values for
the assignment and guarantee backwards compatibility.
The values of the MIDI Controllers Assignment menus are only updated if the default
setting is loaded, or if a setting that was saved with a song is loaded. If you simply step
through settings, the assignment will remain unchanged.
The MIDI Controllers Assignment menus allow you to assign your favorite MIDI
controllers as Ctrl A, Ctrl B, and so on.
All MIDI Controller Assignment menus feature a Learn option. If this is selected, the
parameter will automatically be assigned by the first appropriate incoming MIDI data
message.
Note: If none of the controller assignments (Ctrl A–F) is assigned to Expression, the
Expression CC message (Ctrl #11) controls the output volume.
Note: The “Vector Stick” (Joystick) of the Korg Wavestation synthesizer generates
Controllers 16 and 17, for example. If you use this instrument as your master keyboard,
you can control any two ES2 parameters directly with its Joystick.