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We’ll be using this basic pad sound for the following examples. Don’t be shy about
doctoring the “vanilla pad”—anything goes, so make use of the Filter, the Delay, EQ,
and Waveshaper to create new sounds.
Evolver
• Load your “vanilla_pad” patch.
• Click on the LFO 1 tab at the bottom of the GUI.
• Press the 1 button, and play the keyboard. Not much difference, there, huh?
• Now, click-hold on the Min/Max sliders, and drag left and right, while holding down a
chord. Finally settle on a value of 0.15.
• Click-hold on the Target (Pitch), and select Object 1 Strength. You’ll hear a “fluttering”
sound.
• Now click on the “sync” button, and adjust the Rate knob to a value of 1/8t.
• Activate the second LFO 1 object by pressing the 1 button, and select Object 1
Position as the Target.
• If you play the keyboard, there’s not much that’s different.
• Set the via option of the second LFO 1 object to Velocity.
• Play the keyboard at different velocities, and you’ll hear some shifting of the Object 1
Pickup position … and now, to make it interesting …
• Change the Waveform to Sample&Hold, and play the keyboard at different velocities.
If you’ve got a sustain pedal, use it. Listen to the endlessly evolving sound.
• You may like to experiment with the song tempo and LFO Rate.
• You may want to alter the Stereo Pickup value, and introduce LFO 2 or the other
modulators.
Morpher
• Load your “vanilla_pad” patch.
• Click on the R(ecord) button in the Morph Trigger section.
• Play a chord on the keyboard, and drag the Morph Pad ball in a circle.
• Once you’re done, press the R(ecord) button.
• Now change the Morph Mode to Env only, and you should see your Morph circle.
• Play the keyboard. There’s your morphed pad!
• Feel free to adjust the Morph Envelope parameters.
Remember when you were asked to use the Morph Points, Intensity, and Rnd
parameters while setting up the “vanilla_pad”?
This was to ensure that there were several Morph points already available for your
morphing pleasure.
You can, if you wish, retain the path of your morphed pad, and continue to press the
RND button and adjust the Intensity slider for an endless variety of sounds.