User manual KORG EX-8000

[. . . ] PROGRAMMABLE POLYPHONIC SYNiHE MODULE OWNER'S MANUAL KORG FEATURES OF THE KORG EX-8000 1 The EX-8000 is a 2U sized rackmountable 8-voice Polyphonrc Synthesizer Module, with a built-in Digital Waveform Generator System (D. W. G. S. ). The DWGS has sixteen digitally encoded waveforms stored in four 256 kilobit ROM chips. These waveforms are digitally encoded samples of actual acoustic instru. merits` recreated by additive synthesis techniques to enable more realistic sound synthesis: (The sixteen waveforms also include simple sawtooth and pulse waveforms such as " I'Y , l-7 " and " TL " which are found in conventional analog synthesizers. ) The EX-8000 is 2U-sized so it's rackmountable. [. . . ] Value set to "0" (No change) Time The EX-8000 covers a wide range of sound, so a "click" may be produced when a key is pressed, depending on parameter settings. q MG WF Selects the waveform to modulate oscillator/VCF. VALUE I WAVEFORM 33- CREATING SOUNDS m FREQ VALUE SPEED OF VIBRATO OR FILTER MOD Determines the speed of the cyclic pitch or tonal variation. The higher the value, the faster the speed. :I 7I :: Slow I I I Fast VALUE Determines the amount of delay following key depression prior to the onset of vibrato or other modulation effects. At 0, there is no delay, and modulation begis immediately when the first note is played. The higher the value, the longer the delay. I DELAY TIME None: modulation effect starts OSC (vibrato depth) Controls the amount of pitch variation in the vibrato effeet (that is, the depth of frequency modulation). VALUE VIBRATO DEPTH No effect I 3: 1-l I7 I Deep modulation m VCF (filter mod depth) Controls the depth of cyclic filter mod effects (that is, the depth of VCF cutoff frequency modulation). VALUE 1 FILTER MOD DEPTH No effect 3 -I I I I Deep modulation CREATING SOUNDS q BEND osc Determines the maximum change in pitch produced by moving the joystick or bender, in exact semitone steps. The higher the value, the greater the pitch change (up to 1 octave). VALUE 2 PITCH BEND None I17 L I 1 octave I (change in semitone steps according to the value) VALUE Enables or disables "sweeping" of the VCF cutoff frequency via the joystick, or bender. l-l u : JOYSTICK VCF EFFECT OFF ON When the VCF parameter value is 1 (ON) then moving the joystick to the right produces a brighter sound; moving it to the left produces a darker or duller sound. fIl DIGITAL DELAY CREATING SOUNDS mTI ME (Delay time) VALUE DELAY TIME RANGE About About About About 24816 4ms 8ms 16ms 32ms 64ms \ Adjusts delay time coarsely. Fine adjustment is performed by using the FACTOR parameter. ! About 32 - About 64 - 128ms About 128 - 256ms About 256 - 512ms FACTR Performs fine adjustment of delay time in a range specified by the TIME parameter (71). : :I I (xl) Long VALUE Controls feedback quantity. FEEDBACK QUANTITY 0% (No feedback) I :5 l-l 1-1 I 100% Ic1&l MOD FRQ (Modulation frequency) VALUE FREQUENCY Slow Determines the speed of the low-frequency oscillator output used to modulate delay time. I 31 J :: I Fast CREATING SOUNDS `I ! · a MOD INT (Modulation intensity) VALUE MODULATION DEPTH No modulation 6 Determines the modulation depth for delay time modulation. I Large m LEVEL I VALUE I LEVEL f Control the volume of effect sounds mixed in direct sound (the sound without delay effect). q PORTAMENTO b TIME (Portamento) Determines how gradual the change in pitch is. VALUE l-l !A PORTAMENTO TIME No portamento effect (instant change) 3: Slow change in pitch from one note to the next. CREATING SOUNDS ·j AFTER ToucH q q OSC MG Determines the depth of vibrato controlled by the pressure on the keyboard. However this is not effective when 64 is at its highest value in MG parameter. 3 J I Max. change VCF VALUE I7 1-f BRIGHTNESS CHANGE No change Determines the change of tone brightness controlled by the pressure on the keyboard. However this is not effective when sustain level 45 is at maximum level in VCF EG parameter. I 3 ! I Max. change VALUE Determines the change of volume controlled by the pressure on the keyboard. However this is not effective when sustain level 55 is at maximum level in VCA EG parameter. CHANGE OF VOLUME 3 I Max. change 7-7-. -. ~--, CREATING SOUNDS @ KEY ASSIGN IIPOLYl Mode This mode is used for normal polyphonic playing. The EX-8000's eight voices are assigned sequentially as notes are played. If you play more than eight notes, then the most recent notes will cancel out the earliest notes still sounding. In this mode, sounds using long release times will create an effect of "overlapping" notes, which will create a spacious sound. Synth Voices Used When one note is played, the eight voices are used sequentially. n POLY2 Mode This is most useful for certain instrumental sounds, and for sounds using polyphonic portamento effects. If a one note passage is being played, the first synth voice (out of eight) is used continuously. If two notes are played, the first two voices are used continuously, and so forth. Synth Voices Used When one note is played, the first voice is always used. When two or more notes are played, other voices also are used. WNISON 1, 2 Mode This mode assigns all eight voices to each key depression, following a "last note played" priority system. Because all eight voices are automatically detuned when this mode is selected, this produces a very fat, rich sound. This mode is useful when the EX-8000 is used for soloing or playing bass parts. UNISON 1 causes the envelope to retrigger every time a new key is pressed, regardless of other keys being held. [. . . ] Return WRITE Switch to DISABLE. 59- MIDI IMPLEMENTATION !Z' ALL PROGRAM SAVE 1. Push WRITE key q WRITE Program number flashes. m m -Flashing 4. Specify Program number 11 with number keys, --- Transmitted If the data has successfully loaded into the internal memory the display will give a "Good" message. If it has not successfully loaded, an "Err" message appears. [. . . ]