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Because these samplers are enhanced for each instrument by tuned effects,
the rest of controls function analogously to the already familiar synthesizers
such as Vita. If you would like to know which result certain effects have, you
will find explanations in the Essential FX (view page 216), Vintage Effects (view
page 220), Reverb (view page 192) and Distortion & Filter (view page 196)
chapters.
Additional information is also available in
the Synthesizer plug-ins (view page
152) chapter.
Drum Engine/Lead Synth
Synthesizer
Drum Engine and Lead Synth programs are sampler, whose
sounds are pre-recorded. The advantage to "real" virtual analog synthesizers
such as Robota and Beatbox2 is that they offer more computing capacity,
since the sounds don't have to be constantly calculated in the background.
Instead, they are "simply" called up instead of being created anew. This
doesn't mean, however, that they sound less "official" than the virtual sound
generators; the source material (the samples) are real recordings of analog
synthesizers and drums in top quality.
Drum Engine/Lead Synth
The Cen
tury Guitar and Electric Bass synthesize realistic guitar and bass
sounds.
They are special: In a bass octave (on the keyboard (C0-H0), there are special
notes, which let you control the playing style (articulation). An alternative
sample set is loaded, which lets the bass sound even more realistic using
various playing styles such as note bending and flageolet.
Articulation is switched on and continues until normal articulation is switched
on again through the corresponding note (C0).