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MIDI Control parameters: This interface section is where you can assign MIDI controllers
to various EVD6 parameters, and where you can adjust the keyboard velocity curve.
See Working with EVD6 MIDI Control Parameters.
Working with EVD6 Model Parameters
The EVD6 is a physically modeled instrument—where individual aspects of the original
D6 are analyzed and mathematically recreated. This includes the string materials and
length, the age and condition of the hammers, and so on.
You have control over these elements in the EVD6 sound engine and can use them to
create extremely detailed and accurate emulations of not only the D6, but also other
stringed instruments, such as harpsichords and guitars.
You can also take advantage of these parameters to create a range of sounds that have
very little in common with a clavinet.
This section discusses the selection of an instrument model and the model editing
parameters.
Choosing an EVD6 Model
The Model pop-up menu allows you to choose a basic type of tone, or model. To open
the Model pop-up menu, click the model name to the left of the Level knob. Each model
offers a unique tonal characteristic and different harmonic structure, designed to create
very different sounds.
The individual models are fully realized instruments and are immediately playable, without
further modification. You are, of course, free to shape the tonal character of any loaded
model with the EVD6 model editing parameters.
In some respects, you can view the choice of model as being much like selecting an
oscillator waveform in a synthesizer. As with raw synthesizer waveforms, the editing
parameters can affect the model quite differently. For example, using identical parameter
settings can make one model more nasal sounding and another model more noisy.
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