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Chapter 4ÑSoundFinder

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A SoundFinder parameter is an offset when it would typically be used to affect all of a soundÕs layers at

once while retaining their different settings in relation to one other. Offset parameters offer values that

have positive/negative aspects (denoted with a Ò+Ó or Ò-Ó). When an offset is set to Ò0,Ó the originally

programmed value for each layer is in effect.

SoundFinder offsets adjust layer parameters only within the parametersÕ legitimate

rangesÑoffsets will not force them beyond those limits. If a SoundFinder offset parameter

appears to be having no effect, itÕs likely that the layer parameter has already reached its

maximum or minimum setting.

All of the edit parameters available to sounds in SoundFinder are also available to sounds on tracks in the

16 Track Recorder. Each track in the 16 Track Recorder provides these same parameters for any sound it

usesÑwhen you adjust any of them, your edits become part of the track. All of the parameter explanations

in this chapter, therefore, pertain to sounds in SoundFinder as well as to sounds on tracks in the 16 Track

Recorder.

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The ZR-76 provide three parameters for controlling a soundÕs loudness:

¥ Volume determines the maximum loudness of the sound.

¥ Mix (Expression) allows you to lower the soundÕs loudness or raise it up to the maximum set by

Volume. By using Volume and Mix (Expression) together, you can set an acceptable loudness ceiling

for a sound, and then adjust its level without worrying that it will ever become too loud. The Mix

(Expression) parameter can be adjusted with the Parameter and Value knobs, or through the use of

the Mix knob in the ZRÕs FX/Mixdown area (see Chapter 8 for details).

¥ Vol/Mix Polarity allows you to invert the ZRÕs response to Volume and Mix (Expression) changes, so

that greater values for either parameter lower the ZRÕs loudness, and vice versa. This can be useful, for

instance, when youÕd like one sound to fade in as a result of Volume or Expression messages

generated by the optional ENSONIQ CVP-1 CV Pedal, while another fades out from the very same

messages.

When the following parameter is edited in a drum kit, all of the sounds in the

drum kit are affected simultaneously by the changes you make.

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The Volume parameter allows you to override the loudness ceiling programmed into the currently selected

sound. A Volume setting of 127 will leave the soundÕs level set as it was programmed. Lower values will

reduce the soundÕs loudnessÑdown by 96dB at a value of 0.

1. If youÕre using SoundFinder, select the sound you want to edit and press the SoundFinder Edit button.

If youÕre using the 16 Track Recorder, select the track whose sound youÕd like to edit.

2. Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows ÒVolume=.Ó

3. Turn the Value knob from 0 to 127 to adjust the soundÕs loudness ceiling.

This parameter also responds to MIDI Controller #7 values received via MIDI. The ZRÕs display will

reflect volume changes made via MIDI just as if youÕd made them from the front panel.

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