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Using the ES2 in Surround Mode
In surround instances of the ES2, two additional global parameters are shown in the slide
out Extended Parameters section at the bottom of the interface: Surround Range and
Surround Diversity.
Surround Range: Determines the range of the surround angle. This can be from 0 to
360 degrees. Put another way, this determines the breadth of the surround field. You
can modulate the movement of sounds—within the surround range—by using the
Pan target in the router.
Surround Diversity: Determines how the output signal is distributed across your surround
speakers. If you choose a value of 0, only the speakers that are closest to the original
signal’s position will carry the signal. A diversity value of 1 distributes an identical
amount of signal to all speakers. You can modulate the distribution of signals between
speakers with the Diversity target in the router.
ES2 Tutorial: Creating Sounds
This tutorial will guide you—from scratch—through the creation of commonly used
sounds. The “Using Templates” tutorial will also guide you through the sound creation
process, but it starts you off with a number of templates. See ES2 Tutorial: Using Templates
to Create Sounds.
To see the settings for these tutorials in the ES2 window, open the Settings menu and
choose Tutorial Settings.
ES2 Sound Design from Scratch, Filter Settings, Digiwaves
The Analog Saw Init tutorial setting is designed to be used as a starting point when you
are programming new sounds from scratch.” When programming entirely new sounds,
professional sound designers like to use this type of setting, which has an unfiltered
sawtooth wave sound without envelopes, modulations, or any gimmicks. This type of
setting is also useful when you are getting to know a new synthesizer. It allows you to
access all parameters without having to consider any preset values.
Start with the filters, the heart of any subtractive synthesizer. Check out the four lowpass
filter types—12 dB, 18 dB, 24 dB, and fat (Filter 2)—with different values for Cut (Cutoff
Frequency) and Res (Resonance). Define Env 2 as the filter envelope. This modulation
wiring is preset in the Router.
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