CREATING
SOUNDS
How to Make New Sounds
1.sound
Synthesis
Techniques
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D Parameters and Values
The various aspects of a sound, such
as
its pitch, tim-
bre and variations in volume, are called "Parame-
ters." To create or change a sound, yo
u,
adjust the
vaiues
oi
each of these parameters.
On the DW-8000, there are 49 parameters per pro-
gram; each parameter has a number, and each pa-
rameter's value is also represented by a number.
These numbers are shown on the front panel display.
To create or change a sound, you select parameters
and change (or "Edit") their values.
Parameters
lor
oscillator
1
OSC1
11
OCTAVE
16'
8'
4'
When the DW-8000 stores a sound in memory
or
calls it
back
from memory,
it
is
actually storing and
recalling the values you have given it for
the
sound's
various parameters.
All
possible parameters and
values are listed in the "parameter
index"
chart
on
the right side
of
the DW-8000 front panel. ii" o create or
change a sound, you first use the number keys
to
se-
lect a parameter number, then you use
the
edit slider
and up/down keys to change its value.
WAVEFORM)
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Sound Synthesis on
the
DW-8000
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Parameter
number
12
WAVEFORM
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VaJue
range
:
1 -
16
To create new sounds on the OW-8000, you change
or edit old programs. You do not start with a "blank
slate", There are
64 sounds already in memory. If
you have a new sound in mind, the easiest approach
is
to first select a sound that resembles
the
sound you
want
to
create. Then
"edit"
(change
the
selected
sound until you get the sound you want. If you don't
find
a similar sound, it doesn't matter; start with any
sound you iike.)
After you finish editing your sound, you s!ore
it
in!o
memory. At
this
point you can give it a different pro-
gram number (thereby preserving the sound you
started with)
or
the same program (thereby erasing
or
"overwriting" the old sound).
Selecting a
Program:
Anding
a cur-
rent
program-
med
sound
that
resembles
the
new
one
you
wish
to
create.
Creating
Sounds (Editing):
Changing the
values
of
the
parameters that
need
to
be
changed
to
ob-
tain
the
desired
SOOl1d.
Writing
the
Program
to
Memory:
Giving the
S01Jnd
a pro-
gram
number
and storing it
in
memory.
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