Detailed Program Editing Editing HD-1 Programs
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Detailed Program Editing
Editing HD-1 Programs
Creating your own Programs
YoucancreateyourownoriginalHD‐1soundsby
editingthefactoryPrograms,orbyinitializinga
Programandstartingfromscratch.Youcansavethese
ProgramsintoanybankotherthanINT–A(whichis
reservedforEXiPrograms)andINT–G(which
containsGeneralMIDIPrograms).
YoucanalsocreateProgr
amsusingyourown
Multisamples,eitherfromSamplingModeorUser
SampleBanks.Inaddition,youcanplayaProgram
andresampleyourperformance,orsampleanexternal
audiosourcewhilelisteningtothesoundofa
Program.
Overview of editing pages
P0:Playiswhereyouselectandplayprograms,make
quickeditsusingtheControlSurface,andadjustthe
KARMAsettings.Theotherpagesletyoumodifythe
soundinmoredetailedways.
Fordetailsonhowtoselectthedifferentpages,see
“Basicoperations”onpage 17.
YoucansamplefromwithinProg
rammode—
includingresamplingtheProgramitself.Formore
information,see“SamplinginProgramand
Combinationmodes”onpage 148.
Youcanalsomixinliveaudioinputs,andprocess
themthrougheffects.Formoreinformation,see
“Usingeffectswiththeaudioinputs”onpage 207.
NotethatthepageandparameterstructuresofEXi
Pro
g
ramsaredifferentthanthoseofHD‐1Programs.
Basic HD-1 Structure
Multisamples and Wave Sequences
ThesoundoftheHD‐1startswithoneormore
Multisamples.Thesecanberecordingsofinstruments
likepiano,bass,guitar,strings,organs,analogsynths,
andsoon,orpurelydigitally‐createdtimbres.
YoucanplaytheseMultisamplesdirectly,orusethem
throughWaveSequences,whichplayaseriesof
differentMulti
s
amplesovertimetocreaterhythmsor
complex,evolvingtimbres.
Oscillator Mode
HD‐1SingleProgramshaveoneoscillator,andDouble
Programshavetwooscillators.Eachoscillatorincludes
acompletesynthesisvoice,withvelocity‐switched
Multisamples,dualfilters,EGs,LFOs,andsoon.
SingleandDoubleDrummodesaresimilar,butuse
DrumKits(ascreatedinGlobalmode)insteadof
Multisamples.
SingleandSing
leDr
umProgramsuseoneoscillator,
foramaximumof140‐notepolyphony.
DoubleandDoubleDrumProgramsusetwo
oscillators,foramaximumof70‐notepolyphony.
A note about polyphony
Polyphonymeansthenumberofnotesthatyoucan
playatatime.Thisnumberwillvarydependingonthe
particularsoundbeingplayed,andhowthatsoundis
produced.Generallyspeaking:
•DoubleProgramsusetwiceasmanyvoicesas
SinglePrograms.
• WaveSequencesusetwiceasmanyvoicesas
Multisamples.
•StereoMultisamplesus
etw
iceasmanyvoicesas
MonoMultisamples,andStereoWaveSequences
usetwiceasmanyvoicesasMonoWaveSequences.
•IftheVectorEGisenabled,thenumberofvoices
usedincreasesslightly.
Page Main features
P0: Play
•Select and play Programs
• Perform easy edits using the Realtime Knobs,
KARMA sliders, and Tone Adjust
• Adjust mix parameters including volume, pan,
EQ, and send levels
• Quick sampling and re-sampling
P1:Basic/
Vector
• Set the Program to Single, Double, Single
Drum, or Double Drum
• Select Mono or Poly voice allocation
• Select a scale (e.g., Equal Temperament)
•Set up controllers
• Set up Vector synthesis
• Set up the Drum Track
• On-screen pads
P2: Osc/Pitch
• Select Multisamples, Wave Sequences. or
Drum Kits
• Settings related to the pitch, including the
pitch EG.
P3: Filter
• Settings related to the filter (tone), including
the filter EG.
P4: Amp/EQ
• Settings related to the amplifier (volume),
including amp EG and pan.
• Settings for the 3-band EQ
P5: Common
LFO
• For each of the two LFOs provided for each
oscillator, select the LFO type and speed, etc.
(Settings in the pitch, filter, and amp pages
determine how much the LFOs affect the
sound.)
P6: AMS
Mixer/
Common Key
Track
• Mix and modify AMS sources using the two
AMS mixers provided for each oscillator.
• Set up how the Common Key Track output
changes as you play up and down the
keyboard
P7: KARMA • Settings related to KARMA.
P8: Insert
Effects
• Select insert effects and make settings for
them. Specify send levels to the Master effects
and routing to the outputs.
P9:
Master
/
Total Effects
• Select Master send effects and Total effects,
and adjust their settings.
Page Main features