Korg 01/W pro - Page 26

Return to Program mode and select Program “A32 FrHrn&Tuba.”
This is a brass sound. Enter Edit Program mode and select page O
(OSC). The items lined up at the bottom of the display are the OSC
EG parameters, which control the change of pitch over time. Move
the cursor to the bottom line of the display and look at the graphic that
appears. It seems as though the pitch at the start of a note is just a
little higher than the rest. Press cursor key [A] and use the LEVEL
V key to change the value for the Start Level (S) parameter to +00,
and play a note or two. Do you notice a change? There might be a
tiny difference of nuance, but it's still pretty much the same.
Okay, try this: change the start level to +99. Press cursor keys
and [D] to set the Attack Time (AT) and Delay Time (DT) both to 50.
Then press cursor key[Cjand set the Attack Level (A) to —99.
PROG AS2 POSOSC bAtLtack Level]
OSC Mad
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Now the pitch will change dramatically with each note. The new sound
seems more like a sound effect than anything. Clear-cut changes of
sound such as this tend to produce very unusual results, so the OSC
EG tends not to be used other than to simulate the minute changes of
pitch that occur when instruments begin to play a note. In sound syn-
thesis, the element of pitch may be stressed less than the elements of
tone and volume.
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And what is Double Mode?
We touched on the concept of layering when we discussed the 01/W
pro's combinations. The 01/W pro also allows you to layer two
sounds at the program level. If you look at page 0 of the Edit Program
mode display you will find a parameter named OSC Mode. If you set
this parameter to DOUBLE, an additional set of parameters will ap-
pear for the OSC, WS, VDF, and VDA sections. Double mode lets
you combine two different types of sounds at the Program mode level.
Or you can have both oscillators (OSC1 and OSC2) play the same
sound, but vary the pitch of each slightly to create a thicker sound.
When you create programs in Double mode, be sure to keep in mind
that this will decrease the number of simultaneous notes you can
play. The 01/W pro is a 32-note polyphonic tone generator, which
means that it can normally be playing 32 notes at any given time.
However, since Double mode programs actually play two notes for
every MIDI note number received, you will only be able to play sixteen
notes at a time if you use only Double mode programs.
Effects with programs
The 01/W pro also allows you to specify effect settings for each pro-
gram. However, since the 01/W pro only has two digital stereo multi-
effect processors, the effect settings you make for individual pro-
grams will be ignored in favor of the combination settings when you
use programs in Combination mode. Therefore, you should be care-
ful to avoid relying on the effects processors to supplement your
sound synthesis when creating programs for use in combinations.
You can set up effects for programs in the same way as we described
for use with combinations.