DSP Functions
Introduction to Algorithm Programming
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For example, on the page below, the top line tells you that the currently selected DSP function is
the HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATOR—its name is abbreviated and enclosed in parentheses.
You can also see that you’re looking at F1, which in this case controls the frequency of the
HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATOR. So the top line of these pages always shows three things:
1) the currently selected control input (PITCH or F1–F4); 2) the aspect of the current DSP
function controlled by the input (this varies depending on the current DSP function); 3) the
currently selected DSP function (usually abbreviated, and in parentheses). Items 1) and 2)
match the label of the soft buttons that select each page. The page below, for example, is
selected with the soft button labeled “F1 FRQ.”
EditProg:F1|FRQ(HIFRQ|STIM)<>LAYER:1/1||
Coarse:
C|4|262HZ||||Src1||:OFF||||||||||
Fine||:0ct||||||||||Depth|:0ct||||||||||
||||||||||||||||||||Src2||:OFF||||||||||
KeyTrk:0ct/key||||||DptCtl:OFF||||||||||
VelTrk:0ct||||||||||MinDpt:0ct||||||||||
Pad|||:0dB||||||||||MaxDpt:0ct||||||||||
<more||
F1|FRQ|
F2|DRV|
F3|AMP|
F4|AMP|
more>
Additional Parameters
In addition to the common DSP control parameters you’ll find on each page, you’ll also see a
few others on various pages. They’re described here, since programming them is the same
regardless of the page on which they appear. Depending on the DSP function they affect, they’ll
have different ranges of values and different units of measurement (%, dB, etc.).6
Pad
Many of the DSP functions boost the signal as it passes through. Depending on the signal’s
input level and the amount of gain (boost) introduced by any given DSP function, its output
may clip, which will alter the sound considerably. Clipping may also occur as a result of phase
shifting, but this is not as common as clipping caused by gain. While you may find clipping to
be a useful component of some sounds, you’ll want to remove it from others. The Pad
parameter, which appears on the control input pages of many DSP functions, lets you attenuate
(reduce the amplitude of) the signal by 6, 12, or 18 dB at the input of those functions. Use the
Pad parameter to reduce or eliminate any undesired clipping caused by the currently selected
DSP function.
Key Track Start (KStart)
This parameter appears on many control input pages, and gives you added control over the
effect of Key Tracking. For each note you play, it multiplies the value of the KeyTrk parameter
by a number that varies with the note’s MIDI key number. If KeyTrk is set to 0, this parameter
will have no effect. When KeyTrk is a non-zero value, KStart will modify the normal key
tracking curve, which is shown is the diagram below. The effect of normal key tracking reaches
its minimum at C -1, and its maximum at C 9. You can use KStart to dampen the effects of key
tracking at one end of the keyboard. If key tracking causes a sound to clip or distort toward the
high end of the keyboard, for example, you can use KStart to reduce the effect of the key
tracking at the upper end without changing its effect on the lower end. To do this you would
set a negative value for KeyTrk, and a unipolar value for KStart.
Normal KeyTrk curve
(Positive KeyTrk value)
C 4C 3 C 5
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