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The SOUND MODIFY Knobs
The SOUND MODIFY knobs give you quick
access to quite a few of a patch’s parameters.
Press the button in the SOUND MODIFY area
to set the behavior of the four top knobs, or
turn all of the knobs off. When the indicator is
lit next to
FILTER ENV—
• the top knobs adjust the shape of the patch’s filter
envelope, which controls how the brightness of the patch’s notes
change over time. To learn about patch filters, see Page 40 of the
JUNO-G Owner’s Manual.
AMP ENV—• the top knobs adjust the shape of the patch’s amplitude
envelope, which controls how the volume of its notes change over time.
To learn more, see Page 42 of the JUNO-G Owner’s Manual.
LFO—• the top four knobs adjust four of the patch’s LFO parameters.
An LFO can add vibrato or other type of repeating change to a patch’s
notes.
A couple of the things keyboardists most like to change in realtime are a
patch’s Cutoff and Resonance values—this produces the moving “yowl”
that’s often part of dance and electronic synth music. Therefore, whenever
the knobs are turned on, regardless of their current mode, the CUTOFF and
RESONANCE knobs adjust those parameters in the current patch.
Select the synth patch User:021 Trance Keys, and—with either the FILTER
ENV, AMP ENV, or LFO indicator lit—try turning the CUTOFF and RESONANCE
knobs as you play the keyboard.
The SOUND MODIFY knobs merely scratch the surface of the parameters
available for each patch. To learn more about editing and creating
patches, see the JUNO-G Owner’s Manual.
The D Beam
The D Beam is an infrared sensor that tracks the position of
your hand as it moves above the sensor. It can operate in any
of three ways. Press the desired button beneath the D Beam so
it lights to select :
SOLO SYNTH—
• to play notes by moving your hand over
the D Beam.
ACTIVE EXPRESS—
• to adjust the parameter that’s been designated at the
Roland factory as the best for adding expression to the current patch.
ASSIGNABLE—
• to control the value of a parameter
in the current patch that’s been programmed to
respond to D Beam control.
As you move your hand down closer to the
D Beam sensor, its effect increases. As you move up
and away, it decreases.
Press its currently flashing button to turn off the D
Beam.
Saving Realtime Changes
When you’ve got a patch sounding so good you’d like to keep it in its current
state, you can save it to User memory as described on Page 32 of the JUNO-G
Owner’s Manual.
Viewed from the side,
this is the area above the
D Beam in which you can
move your hand.
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