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RE2: Source 1
Displayed as: Source1
Initial value: Direct
Range of adjustment: see table at page 41
This selects a control source (modulator), which will be routed to the destination set by
RE5. Setting both RE2 and RE3 to Direct means no modulation is defined.
RE3: Source 2
Displayed as: Source2
Initial value: Direct
Range of adjustment: see table at 41
This selects a second control source for the chosen destination. If only one source per
patch is being used, set RE3 to Direct.
RE4: Touch controller enable
Displayed as: TouchSel
Initial value: Off
Range of adjustment: Off, Touch1 to Touch8
The touch-sensitive knobs of the eight rotary encoders can be programmed as touch
controllers, initiating a change to a parameter value (defined by Destination - RE5) when
touched. Note that Animate Touch mode must be enabled for the touch controllers to be
active. The Animate Touch menu will confirm that a controller has been assigned by the
appropriate M number being something other than zero. See next chapter for more details
regarding using the touch controllers. Note that when both a touch controller and other
sources (Source1 and/or Source 2) are assigned in the same slot, the touch controller
acts as a switch for the other sources, whose effect will only be heard when the touch
control is activated.
Note that the Touch controls can also be directly assigned to re-trigger/trigger
the envelopes via the Envelope Menus (RE7 on Page 2 of each Menu)
RE5: Destination
Displayed as: Destin
Initial value: 0123Ptch
Range of adjustment: see table at page 42
This sets which UltraNova parameter is to be controlled by the selected source (or
sources) in the current patch. The range of possibilities comprises:
Parameters that directly affect the sound:
• all oscillator pitch (0123Ptch)
• four parameters per oscillator
• the six mixer inputs from the oscillators, noise source and ring modulators
• per-filter distortion amount, frequency and resonance, plus filter balance
• 34 assorted FX parameters including chorus, delay, EQ etc.
Parameters that can also act as modulating sources (thus permitting recursive modulation):
• LFO 1 to 3 rate
• the Decay phases of Envelope 1 (amplitude) and Envelope 2 (Filter)
RE6: Depth
Displayed as: Depth
Initial value: 0
Range of adjustment: -63 to +64
The Depth control sets the level of the control being applied to the Destination – i.e., the
parameter being modulated. If both Source 1 and Source 2 are active in the slot in ques-
tion, Depth controls their combined effect.
Depth effectively defines the “amount” by which the controlled parameter varies
when under modulation control. Think of it as the “range” of control. It also de-
termines the “sense” or polarity of the control – positive Depth will increase the
value of the controlled parameter and negative Depth will decrease it, for the same control
input. Note that having defined source and destination in a patch, no modulation will occur
until the Depth control is set to something other than zero.
With both sources set to Direct and TouchSel set to Off, the Depth control
becomes a “manual” modulation control which will always affect whichever
parameter is set as the Destination.
RE7-RE8: Not used
control SectIon
The Animate controls
The Touch Controls
As already mentioned in preceding sections of the manual, the UltraNova’s eight rotary
encoders are fitted with conductive rubber knobs, making them touch-sensitive. You can
program them to trigger a change in a parameter, and use them in performance to produce
changes in your sound, or effects which may be either subtle or dramatic.
What each Touch Control actually does is programmed in the Envelope and/or Modulation
Menus, and the options available for parameter control by touch are discussed in the rel-
evant manual sections (see pages 20 and 25). However, the touch controls are only active
when Touch Mode has been enabled by pressing the TOUCH button [22].
Unlike the other UltraNova menus, the Touch Menu does not provide any parameter
adjustment, it merely confirms the touch control assignments that have been made in other
menus.
While the upper row of the display remains constant, the lower row provides two items of
information:
If Touch Controls have been assigned to trigger modulations set up in the Modulation
Matrix, the number of modulation assignments appears under the letter ‘M’. The value
displayed represents how many individual modulation slots have been set to be triggered
by each touch control. The use of Touch Controls with the Modulation Matrix is described
in full detail on this page.
If a Touch Control has been assigned to one of the envelopes, an ‘R’, ‘T’ or ‘E’ appears
below one of the digits 1 to 6, the number corresponding to the Envelope number. The use
of Touch Controls with Envelopes is described in full detail at page 20.
Thus if Touch Control 1 has been assigned to re-trigger Envelope 1 (Amplitude) and Touch
Control 2 to trigger Envelope 2 (Filters), the display looks like this:
If two further assignments of parameters to a Touch Control have been made in the Modu-
lation Matrix, a ‘2’ will show below the ‘M’:
Note that with Envelope 1 (Amplitude), re-triggering (R) of the envelope is the only option
available. Envelopes 2 to 5 permit a choice of re-triggering (R), triggering (T) or enable (E)
functions.
Tweak Controls
While playing live, it is often desirable to manually adjust some aspect or other of the sound
– i.e., “tweak” a particular parameter. Although the UltraNova’s design allows access to
most parameters with a minimum of button presses, an even more elegant solution is to
arrange for the main parameters that you may need to tweak to all be available simultane-
ously, regardless in which menu they are normally found. You will find that all the factory
Patches have some Tweak Controls assigned to them already, but you can change their
function or add others if you wish.
The eight rotary encoders can act as Tweak Controls, and any of 127 parameters may be
assigned to them, in any order. Furthermore, Tweak assignments and settings are saved
along with any other parameter changes, so are always there once you have set them up
and re-saved the Patch. Note that saving Patches to certain categories will automatically
add some Tweak Control assignments for you. But if you have made your own Tweak Con-
trol assignments as part of your Patch creation, these will take priority.
The Tweak Controls are activated by pressing the TWEAK button [22], which opens the
Tweak Menu. The menu has two pages: Page 2 is used for setting up the Tweak controls,
while Page 1 is used during performance and displays the parameter name and value as-
signed to each rotary encoder.
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