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Initialise Mode
Displayed as: Initialis e
Default value: IniPatch
Range of adjustment: IniPatch, Live
By default, pressing the Initialise button
1
will load the Initial Patch complete with all
its default parameter values, giving you a useful starting point for creating new sounds.
By setting the Initialise Mode Parameter to Liv e, Peak will retain all current control panel
settings when loading the Initial Patch, so that any sound modification you have been
working on will now be applied to a copy of Initial Patch when Initialise is pressed.
Backup Page:
Novation recommends the use of Novation Components online Librarian to fully manage
your Patches – see page 37. However, you may also import and export Patch data via
MIDI SysEx messages, using applications such as SysEx Librarian (Mac) or MIDI-OX
(Windows).
BACKUP 9/10
Select Current H
Send To USBport
H Go
Select Patches
Displayed as: Select
Default value: Current
Range of adjustment: Current, Bank A, Bank B, Bank C, Bank D,
A+B+C+D, Settings, ABCD+Set
Select lets you choose which Patches to back up as SysEx data. You can choose either
the currently active Patch (Current), or any or all of the four Banks in full (128 Patches
per Bank). You can also choose just to back up the current synth settings, with or without
every Patch (Settings and ABCD+Set respectively).
Dump Port Select
Displayed as: Send To
Default value: USBport
Range of adjustment: USBport, MIDIout
You can choose to send the SysEx data via either the MIDI OUT socket or the USB port,
with the SendTo setting. When you are ready to do the data dump, select the lower left-
hand screen button, Go, to perform the action.
Tuning Table pages
Peak gives you the capability to alter the intervals between notes on your keyboard, letting
you create alternative keyboard scales to the standard twelve-tone “Western” tuning we
are all familiar with. This is achieved by the use of Tuning Tables, which are effectively
“lookup tables” used by the oscillators, which tell them what frequency to generate when
any particular key is struck. There are 17 Tuning Tables in all, and selection of the one to be
used is made in the Oscillator Menu: see page 19. By default, the oscillators use Tuning
Table 0, which generates standard Equal Temperament tuning. The remaining 16 tables
have the same default data (thus selecting them without any prior modification will also
produce standard Equal Temperament tuning), but they may be altered in a variety of ways
to create any keyboard scale or layout that you wish to use. This allows you to create new
chords and harmonies not achievable with standard tuning.
Each Tuning Table has its own page: page right from Page 9 (the Backup page) to access
the parameters for Tuning Table 1. Continue to page right to access the higher-numbered
ones. The pages are identical: the default page for Tuning Table 1 is shown below as an
example.
Bear in mind that you won’t hear the effect of changing any Tuning Table parameters unless
the Tuning Table being set up is selected in Page 2 of the Oscillator Menu.
TUNING TABLE 1
Kbd Note C 3 H
Retune Note C 3
Retune Frac 0
Keyboard Note
Displayed as: Kbd Note
Default value: C 3
Range of adjustment: C -2 to G 8
This parameter sets the keyboard note whose pitch is to be redefined. Kbd Note will
follow the last key struck on a keyboard connected to Peak: if you hit middle C without any
octave shift or other transposition being applied by the keyboard itself, Kbd Note will
assume the value C 3. If octave shift or transposition is active on the keyboard, the MIDI
data sent will be changed and the parameter will accordingly display the shifted note value.
If you don’t have a keyboard connected to Peak, Kbd Note can be selected with the
parameter/Value controls
57
.
Retuned Note
Displayed as: Retune Frac
Default value: 0
Range of adjustment: 0 to 255, repeating
Using Tuning Tables does not restrict you only to standard note intervals. Peak supports
“microtuning”, whereby any key can be made to generate an “in-between” note, to a
resolution of 1/256th of a semitone (0.4 cents). With Retune Frac set to 0, the
note being defined (Kbd Note) will adopt the pitch value set by Retune Note. As
Retune Frac is increased, the note’s pitch sharpens by one micro interval at a time.
When Retune Frac reaches a value of 255, one further step will generate the next
standard note in the scale, and the value will reset to zero. By the same principle, the
parameter may also be decreased in micro intervals to flatten the note.
Quarter tones – as found in many eastern music scales – can be easily
created by setting Retune Frac to 127.
Peak also supports Scala tuning files, which provide a wide range of
interesting and unusual scales. Scala files may be added via Novation Components. You
can find out more at http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/. MIDI Tuning Standard (MTS)
Messages are also supported allowing tuning files to be modified or exchanged between
devices.
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