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Chapter 6 ES M 127
ES M level envelope and output controls
The output stage of the ES M oers the following parameters.
Level parameters
Envelope and output parameters
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Decay knob: Rotate to set the decay time of the dynamic stage. The attack, release, and sustain
times of the synthesizer are internally set to 0.
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Velo knob: Rotate to determine the velocity sensitivity of the dynamic stage.
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Vol knob: Rotate to set the ES M master output level.
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Overdrive knob: Rotate to set the level of the integrated overdrive eect.
Important: To avoid hurting your ears or damaging your speakers, consider turning down the
Volume level before setting Overdrive to a high value; then turn it up gradually.
Extended ES M parameters
ES M oers three additional parameters that you access by clicking the disclosure triangle at the
lower left of the interface.
Extended parameters
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Pos. Bender Range: Move to set the positive—upward—pitch bend range in semitone steps.
This allows you to use the pitch bend controller of your keyboard to bend the ES M pitch.
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Neg. Bender Range: The default Neg. Bender Range value is Pos PB (positive pitch bend). In
essence, this means that only positive pitch bend is available. Move to set the negative—
downward—pitch bend range in semitone steps, by up to 2 octaves (a value of 24).
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Tune: Move to tune the instrument in cents. One cent is 1/100th of a semitone.