Mini Synth - Korg Soundlink DRS OASYS PCI Patches & Effects Manual

Mini Synth

Mini Synth
The Mini Synth is a precise model of a classic analog mono synth, including a
special 24dB per octave lowpass filter, three oscillators, colored noise generator,
specifically shaped filter and amplitude ADS envelopes, and VCA output
nonlinearity. The third oscillator may also be used as an LFO. This synth is
especially good for bass and lead sounds.
For completely authentic playing, set the Program Edit page Voice Allocation
parameter to Mono Legato, and set the Key Priority to Last Note.
Controllers
Tune
+/- 100. This adjusts the master tuning of the synth, in cents (1/100 of a semitone).
Glide
0-100. This sets the glide amount (also known as portamento) for the oscillator,
which makes the pitch slide smoothly between notes. At 0, Glide is completely off.
At 100, notes will take a long time to glide to the new pitch.
Note that the effects of glide will also vary depending on the Patch's voice
allocation setting, in the Program Edit window. Poly Retrig, Poly Reuse, Mono
Legato, and Unison modes are generally the most suitable for use with Glide, but
you may find that you like other settings as well.
Glide button
On, Off. This enables and disables Glide.
Mod. Mix
0:100 to 100:0. Both oscillator 3 and the noise generator can be used as modulation
sources. This knob determines the balance between the two. At 0:100, only the
output of oscillator 3 is used; at 100:0, only the noise generator is used.
The Noise Color parameter affects the noise for the Mod Mix, as well.
The Mod Controller determines the modulation amount sent to the oscillators and
filter. Oscillator modulation is enabled by the Osc. Mod. button (see page 39), and
filter modulation is enabled by the Filter Modulation button (see page 40).
Decay button
On, Off. This enables and disables the release sections of the two envelopes.
On. The envelopes will have a release segment after the note off, with the same
time as set for the Decay.
Off. The envelopes will immediately go to zero on note off.
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