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Chapter 3. Creating Your Own Sounds

Chapter 3

Pan

Adjust the stereo position of the Patch. A setting of L64 is far

left, 0 is center, and 63R is far right.

Analog Feel (Analog Feel Depth)

Adjust the depth at which 1/f modulation is applied to the Patch.

Octave (Octave Shift)

Specify the transposition of the Patch when played on the

keyboard, in units of one octave (-3–+3 octaves).

Stretch (Stretch Tuning Depth)

Select the stretch tuning curve. The selected curve will affect the

way in which notes of a chord sound with each other. The diagram

below shows the tuning curves which can be selected. In the

“tuning curve,” the horizontal axis represents the scale, and the

vertical axis represents pitch difference relative to equal

temperament. When OFF is selected for this parameter, the notes of

the keyboard will be in mathematically equal temperament. With a

setting of 3, the high and low note ranges will be stretched the most.

fig.3-23.e

Priority (Voice Priority)

Specify which currently-sounding notes will take priority

when notes are turned off to make room for newly-requested

notes that would exceed the limit of 64 simultaneous voices.

LAST: Notes played later will take priority. When the

65th voice is requested, the first-played of the

currently sounding notes will be turned off.

LOUDEST: Louder notes will take priority. When the 65th

voice is requested, the softest of the currently

sounding notes will be turned off.

VelRang (Velocity Range Switch)

Specify whether the Velocity Range setting (see following

display) will be used or not. The Velocity Range setting will

be used when the VelRange parameter is ON.

VELOCITY (Velocity Range)

These parameters specify the range of velocities that will

play the Tone. This can be used to make notes of different

strengths play different Tones.

* To make Velocity Range settings, the Velocity Range Switch in

the previous display must be turned ON.

Lower (Velocity Range Lower)

Specify the lower velocity limit. Although it also depends on

the Cross Fade settings, notes played softer than this limit will

not sound the Tone, or will produce extremely quiet sounds.

Upper (Velocity Range Upper)

Specify the upper velocity limit. Although it also depends on

the Cross Fade settings, notes played more strongly than this

limit will not sound the Tone, or will produce extremely

quiet sounds.

* It is not possible to set Lower to a value greater than Upper, nor

Upper to a value less than Lower. If you attempt to do so, the

two values will change together.

Cross Fade (Velocity Cross Fade)

Specify the way in which the volume of the Tone will change

when the velocity of a note falls outside of the specified Velocity

Range. Higher settings will result in a more gradual change in

volume. If you do not want the Tone to sound at all for

velocities outside the specified range, set this parameter to 0.

fig.3-24.e

1/f Modulation

“1/f” is a mathematical ratio that expresses the amount

of “predictable randomness” occurring in natural

sounds that the human ear finds pleasing, such as soft

breezes or gentle brooks. The XP-30 is able to modulate

the pitch and volume of sounds by this ratio to create

the warmth characteristic of early analog synthesizers.

OFF

High note range

Pitch difference from

equal temperament

Parameter value

Low note range

Stretched Tuning

Acoustic pianos are normally tuned so that the high note

range is a bit sharper and the low note range is a bit flatter

than a mathematically calculated equal temperament (i.e.,

where each octave would be precisely double the

frequency of the previous octave). This is done simply

because pianos sound better when tuned this way.

parameter value

Level

Velocity

Lower

Upper

parameter value

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