Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual
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Wave Page
Each TS-12 voice will play one of the 254 waves in its memory. These waves are the “raw
material” from which TS-12 programs are crafted. On the Wave page you can choose which
wave the currently selected voice will play, and modify the various playback parameters of the
wave.
Wave Class
The TS-12 waves are divided into 16 categories, or Wave Classes:
KEYBOARD PERCUSSION
STRING-SOUND TUNED-PERCUS
BRASS+HORNS SOUND-EFFECT
WIND+REEDS WAVEFORM
VOCAL-SOUND INHARMONIC
BASS-SOUND TRANSWAVE
DRUM-SOUND WAVE-LIST
CYMBALS DRUM-MAP
The first eleven wave classes contain samples of real acoustic and electronic sounds, which can be
used as the basis for a wide variety of realistic musical sounds. Where necessary, these waves
have been multi-sampled (sampled at many points through the range of the instrument) for
maximum accuracy.
The next three wave classes contain a variety of sampled and algorithmically generated waves
that are more “synthesizer” oriented:
• WAVEFORM - A waveform is a single cycle of a sound repeated over and over. The TS-12
contains both sampled and synthetic waveforms. Waveforms such as Sawtooth and Square
can be used to reproduce a wide array of analog synth sounds.
• INHARMONIC - Inharmonic loops are similar to waveforms except that they contain many
cycles of the sound and can therefore contain inharmonics — frequencies which are not exact
multiples of the fundamental frequency.
• TRANSWAVE - is a special class of waves. Each Transwave consists of many single-cycle
waveforms, each with a different harmonic spectrum. The playback parameters allow you to
start the wave playing at any one of these waveforms and move through the wavetable,
continually varying the timbre of the sound, using any of the 15 modulators.
The last two wave classes are unique in that they are only available when OPTION=WAVE-LIST
or DRUM-MAP on the Program Control page:
• WAVE-LIST - up to sixteen user-definable waveforms are linked together to create a single
wave-list. Any of the internal waveforms can be used, and can be played in any order,
forward or backward, to create effects and “jam-loops.”
• DRUM-MAP - Up to 61 different waves can be assigned to each key of the keyboard to create
“custom” drum-maps. Individual keys can be assigned their own volume levels, panning,
pitch, and voice parameter template.
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