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Section 6 - Standard Sound Programming SQ-R Musician's Manual
Note that the CV Pedal will only act as a modulator when the Pedal Function in
the System Bank is set to "Pedal=Mod #4." When that parameter is set to
"Pedal=Volume #7" the CV Pedal will act as a volume pedal, not as a modulator
(though this has no effect on incoming MIDI CV Pedal data). See Section 2 —
System Control for more details.
• PITCH — Pitch Bend Wheel
This assigns a Pitch Wheel as a modulator. It allows you to have a Pitch
Wheel, in addition to bending the pitch of a note (its normal function), also
affect some other level. Applied to the filter cutoff frequency, for example, this
would cause notes to become brighter as you bend them upwards and more
muted as you bend them down (or the opposite with negative modulation
amounts).
• XCTRL — External Controller (MIDI only)
An external controller such as a Breath Controller, etc., which is received via
MIDI from another synthesizer or controller, can be assigned as a modulator
within your SQ-R Sounds. In the System Bank, you select the number of the
external controller that will be recognized by the SQ-R.
For example, if you have a keyboard with a Breath Controller,
1) Connect its MIDI Out to the SQ-R MIDI In;
2) Make sure both instruments have controllers enabled (System Bank);
3) Select Breath Controller as the external controller that will be received by the
SQ-R (XCTRL=02, also in the MIDI Bank);
4) Assign XCTRL as a Modulator for LFO level, Filter Cutoff frequency, or
some other manual level within a voice, as shown in the Programming
section; and
5) Play the sound from the controller keyboard, while blowing into the Breath
Controller.
• WHEEL — Modulation Wheel
A Mod Wheel is assignable wherever a modulator is selected. To use the mod
wheel for vibrato (one common application) WHEEL must be assigned to
modulate the LFO, and the LFO Amount set to some number other than 0 on the
Pitch Mod Screen. The mod wheel's effect is positive, from 0 (wheel towards
you) to +99 (wheel away from you). Negative modulation amounts will
reverse the effect.
• PRESSR — Pressure (After-touch — MIDI Only)
Pressure, also called after-touch, is a modulator which varies a manual level
within a voice depending on how hard you press down on a key or keys.
When playing the SQ-R from a keyboard with pressure, after you have struck a
key, and while the note is sustaining, continuing to press down harder on the
key brings in pressure.
Pressure comes in two varieties — Poly-Key™pressure (or Polyphonic
pressure), which affects each note individually, and Channel pressure (or
Mono pressure) which affects all notes that are playing when you exert pressure
on any key. Both types are received by the SQ-R.
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