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Program Mode

The ASR Page

ASRsarethree‐sectionunipolarenvelopes—attack,sustain,andrelease.ThePC3K’sASRscan

betriggeredbyaprogrammablecontrolsource,andcanbedelayed.ASR1isalwaysalocal

control.ASR2islocalbydefault,butbecomesglobaliftheGlobalsparameterontheCOMMON

pageissettoOn.

ASRsarefrequently usedtorampthedepthofpitchoramplitudeinavibrato

ortremolo,enablingdelaysinthoseeffects.TheASRpageconsistsoftworowsoffive

parameters,onerowforeachoftheASRs.

Trigger

Thisdefinesthecontrolsourcethatstartsthecurrentlayer’sASRs.TheASRstartswhenthe

triggerswitchesfromofftoon.IftheTriggerparameterissettoON,aglobalASRstartsrunning

immediatelywhenyouselectaprogramthatcontainsit.AlocalASRstartsrunningas

soonas

youtriggeranoteinthelayerthatcontainsit.SwitchcontrolsarebettersuitedforASRtriggers

becauseoftheirbinary(on/off)nature.Acontinuouscontrolwilltriggerthe ASRswhenits

signalvalueisaboveitsmidp oint.

Mode

ThisparametersetsthesustainsectionoftheASR.TheASR’smodedetermineswhattheASR

doeswhenitfinishesitsattacksection.IftheModeparameterissettoNormal,theASRwillrun

directlyfromitsattacksectiontoitsreleasesection(nosustain).Atasettingof

Repeat,theASR

willcyclethroughtheatt ackand releasesections,thenloopforwardandcyclethroughagain

untiltheASR’striggerswitchesoff.IfthemodeissettoHold,theASRmaintainsitspositionat

theendoftheattacksectionuntiltheASR’striggerswitchesoff.The

ASRthengoesintoits

releasesection.IftheASR’striggerswitchesoffbeforetheattacksectioniscomplete,theASR

goesdirectlytoitsreleasesection.

Delay

WhentheASR’striggerswitcheson,theASRwillstartimmediatelyifthisparameterissetto

zero.NonzerovalueswillcauseacorrespondingdelaybetweentheASRtriggerandthestartof

theASR.

Parameter Range of Values Default

Trigger Control Source List Off

Mode Normal, Hold, Repeat Normal

Delay 0 to 30 seconds 0 seconds

Attack 0 to 30 seconds 0 seconds

Release 0 to 30 seconds 0 seconds