Creating "Granular-Style" Loops - Dave Smith Instruments Sequential PROPHET X User Manual

Creating "Granular-Style" Loops

You can also create interesting and unusual sounds by making short
loops and modulating their center point to create granular synthesis-type
effects.
To adjust the loop:
1. Recall the Basic Program and turn Oscillator 1 level down to 0.
2. In the Sample Playback section, use the
3. Use the
and listen to the instrument.
4. Press the
5. Next. you'll adjust the instrument start and end points, and create a
very short loop.
6. With the Sample Playback parameters shown in the display, press Soft
Button 4 (
7. Set
loop size
makes it sound more "granular" as the loop repeats a short section of
shifting harmonics.
8. Set
sample start
and end of the sample bracket the loop.
9. Next, you'll use an LFO to slowly move the loop center point back and
forth. This makes the sound continuously shift:
10. In the
lfo
11. With the LFO 2 parameters shown in the main display, press Soft
Button 3 to select the
Soft Knob 1.
12. Set LFO 2
13. Play some chords. Note how the harmonics in the sample shift as the
loop moves.
By modulating a loop's center point, start, or end you can create some
very unique and atmospheric sounds, especially if you add effects such
as delay, reverb, phaser, and so on.
108 Using Sampled Instruments
knob to select
instrument
button. This creates a sustain loop in the instrument.
loop
1 ).
instr edit
to 110 and
loop center
to 469 and
section, select
lfo dest
to 48 and the LFO
frequency
type
1928
grand near
to 506. Setting a very short loop
to 545. This makes the start
sample end
2 and set its shape to
lfo
menu tab, then select
amount
knob to select
piano
. Play some notes
.
triangle
1
inst center
to 46.
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