User Guide

PC2 Made Easy

keymap in the instrument to each side. Obviously however, if you are using a mono

sample, it makes no sense to use a program with the two keymap parameters (unless

you wanted to do something very strange such as assigning completely different

keymaps to each side).

10. Now we will move on to another set of sound editing parameters. Press the Envelope

button. This menu contains three parameters, for modifying the attack, decay and

release times of the program. It is important to understand that the changes you make

here are based on envelope settings already programmed. Values of less than 1 will slow

down the envelope and value of more than 1 will speed it up.

You should still be on Layer 2. If not press the Zone 2 button to make it current. Press

the Zone 2 button to mute Layer 2 and then press the Zone 1 button to make Layer 1

active. Now set the Attack parameter to its lowest value, 0.018, and play the keyboard.

You will notice the attack is now slower. Change it to a value of 1.000 and play again.

You will hear an immediate attack. Change it to a value above 1.000 and play again.

Notice there is no additional change. Since the original attack from this program is an

instant attack, no amount higher than 1 can make it quicker. But if you had started with

a program that has a slow attack (for example Slow Strings), setting a value higher than

1 will give you a quicker attack.

Now press the >> button to get to the Decay parameter. This program is a sustaining

program, which means that there is no decay. Try setting this parameter to a value of

5.000, then strike a key and hold it. You will now hear the note decay. Try a setting of

50.000 and now the note decays almost immediately. If you choose a value less than

1.000, there will be no additional change Ð since the original program already sustains,

there can be no longer decay time. But if you started with a program that did decay and

chose a value of less than 1.000, the decay time would get longer as the value got lower.

Set the Decay back to 1.000 and press the >> button to get to the Release parameter.

Lower the value to an amount of less than 1.000 and play staccato notes and you will

hear a longer release time.

Remember that if you adjust the values of the Envelope parameters and find some

settings you would like to save, be sure to change the values for the other layers as well.

11. Press the LFO button. A Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) is a waveform that is so

low in pitch, you canÕt hear it. Instead, it is used as a control for various parts of the

sound. Since it is continuously repeating it is often used for things such as vibrato or

tremolo, in which there is a steady up and down change in pitch (for vibrato) or

amplitude (for tremolo).

The LFOs are already assigned to specific functions for each program, and that canÕt be

changed. What you can change are the rates and the shapes of the LFOs. For instance, in

the current program, both the Mod Wheel and Mono Pressure control the amount of LFO

applied to Pitch, thereby allowing you to control vibrato. Play some notes and move the

mod wheel up or press down on the keys to hear the effect.

In this particular program, the mod wheel and pressure are not only controlling the

amount of the LFO controlling the pitch, they are also controlling the speed. But you

only have control over the slower amount. So in order to hear the following changes,

make sure the mod wheel is no higher than halfway up and try not to press too hard on

the keys while holding them down.