User Guide

yellow tools INDEPENDENCE 1.0
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Use key range to adjust the range of incoming notes that the selected Layer is allowed to receive.
This way you can adjust the playable area of the Layer on the keyboard since all notes outside this
range get ignored.
Vel range (velocity range) allows you to limit the playability of the sound via the velocity of the
notes. The sample will only get played if the velocity of the Note-On MIDI message is in the range
that was defined in the vel range section. Thus you can limit the Layer patch vertically.
This feature is very useful when combining and playing multiple Layers.
EXAMPLE: You want to create a custom Alto-Saxophone Multi with the playing styles “mezzo-
forte” and “falls”. In the first Layer you load the Alto-Sax mezzo-forte and limit
the Vel Range from “0-120”. In the second Layer you load the Alto-Sax falls and
enter the Vel Range “121-127”. Now you can play a mezzo-forte Alto-Sax in the
range 0-120 and above the velocity 121 you play the appropriate falls.
With scale you can adjust how the dynamic range of the falls in Layer 2 scales inside its newly
defined velocity range. In the example mentioned before, the falls will only be played with velocities
121 to 127. Scale allows you to play the falls with its full dynamic range from 0 to 127. Scaling the
vertical range this way is very useful when the new range is very small, but you still need a great
dynamic range in it. Additionally you can choose between an “active” (act.) or a “passive” (pas.)
status for the scale you assigned.
The “active” status for the second Layer means, that although you assigned the range from 121 to
127 velocities, the Layer gets played with a volume level that corresponds to its full volume range as
if it was mapped from 0 - 127. So you will also get the volume level of 121 to 127 for this range.
So the two different Layers get an optimum fade for their points of contact.
The “passive” status will play back the sounds of the second Layer in its full volume range, from 0
to 127 - and thus fade in.
If you want to give your performance more human touch you can add a MIDI delay in milliseconds
to your instruments. This is very useful if you have several percussion Layers, for example, and you
do not want to play them all “on the spot” - what is completely impossible for live performances.
Dynamic Range Settings
All Notes are mapped to a volume level that is derived from their velocities. This sets the basic
volume of a tone. The range limit parameter enables you to adjust the dynamic range of the
instrument in dB. Additionally you can adjust the curve of the range limit.
Some keyboards or other MIDI controllers can only send very low or very high velocities if you
press them very gently or very hard. Midi curve allows you to compensate your MIDI controllers