Practice Modulating - E-Mu Xtreme Lead-1 Manual

Practice Modulating

Envelope Repeat
The Envelope Generator can also be made to repeat. When the envelope
repeat function is On, the Attack (1&2) and Decay (1&2) stages will
continue to repeat as long as the key is held.
To Make the Filter Envelope Repeat:
Go to the Filter Envelope Mode screen shown below.
1.
Move the cursor to the Mode field.
2.
L1
FILTER ENVELOPE
Mode:
Turn the data entry control clockwise. The Mode field will change to
3.
Repeat as shown below.
L1
FILTER ENVELOPE
Repeat: on
Move the cursor to the on/off field and turn Envelope Repeat On.
4.
Play a key on the keyboard. You should now hear the envelope
5.
repeating.
Go back to the envelope parameter page and adjust the Attack 1&2, and
6.
Decay 1&2 parameters. The repeating envelope cycles through these
four stages as long as the key is held.
• Try modulating the pitch with the Filter Envelope generator
• Use Velocity to modulate the Filter Envelope PatchCord or the Filter
Frequency. This brightens the sound as you play harder.
• Program the LFO to modulate Filter Frequency and Volume (Patch-
Cord screen).
• Modulate the LFO with the other LFO, with Velocity, and with the
Modulation Wheel.
• Examine the Factory presets to learn how they're constructed. There
are lots of cool synthesis tricks you can use in your own presets.
• Think of ten of your own modulation routings, then try them out.
The key to learning Xtreme Lead is to experiment.
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Programming Tutorial
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