ENSONIQ KT-88 Musician's Manual

Section 6 — Standard Sound Parameters
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The graphs below are input/output curves, with the velocity on the x axis (left to right) and the
corresponding output level shown on the y axis (up and down):
Output
Keyboard Velocity
Output
Keyboard Velocity
CONVEX
0
50
0 50 100
0
50
50 100
QUICKRISE LINEAR
0
50
100
50 1000
CONCAVE
0
50
100
0 50 1000
Output
Keyboard Velocity
Output
Keyboard Velocity
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Mode/KeyboardTrk
Mode = NORMAL KeyboardTrk= +00
Mode Range: NORMAL, FINISH, or REPEAT
• NORMAL — The envelope plays through normally, as shown in the diagram on the
following page. When the key is released, the envelope takes the RELEASE time to go from
the current level down to zero.
• FINISH — The envelope runs its full cycle — finishes playing through all its stages — ignoring
the key-up event. The envelope spends no time at the SUSTAIN stage. When the DECAY 2
time is finished, instead of stopping at the SUSTAIN stage, the envelope immediately goes into
the RELEASE stage. This is good for percussive-type sounds where you want the envelope to
be the same for every note, no matter how long the key is held down.
• REPEAT — In this mode, at the end of the DECAY 2 stage, instead of sustaining, the
envelope goes immediately back to the beginning of the envelope and repeats, starting with
the ATTACK stage gain. When the key is released, the envelope stops repeating and moves
into the release stage, taking the RELEASE time to go from the current level down to zero.
This type of envelope can be used to create complex LFO-type effects.
Mode (Env 3) — Voice Triggering
Since Env3 controls the volume of the voice, there are some special considerations to be aware of
when using the different envelope modes:
• NORMAL — if you set a delay on the voice (press {EDIT_SOUND}, the upper {0}, then the
lower {2}) , and you release the key before the designated delay time elapses, the voice will
not sound, even if the sustain pedal is down.
• FINISH — if you set a delay on the voice, and you release the key before the designated delay
time elapses, the note will sound anyway. The envelope finishes what you set it up to do.
• REPEAT — the KT restarts the wave from the beginning every time the envelope repeats. At
the end of the DECAY 2 time, the envelope goes back to the level when the key was struck.
The envelope never stays at the sustain level.
Stealing Notes
To maximize the use of the KT’s 64 voices, and to manage the “voice stealing,” it is sometimes
useful to understand when a given voice will be assigned and when it will be released, or “put
back” into the pool for use by other sounds. This depends on a combination of envelope mode
and wave type.
A (looped) sustaining wave will continue to use the voice until the envelope reaches zero. For a
sustaining wave, when the envelope mode=NORMAL or REPEAT:

ENSONIQ KT-88 Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	KT-88
Category	Keyboard
Language	English