Building Your First Sound; Block Adjust Mode - Panda-Audio Future Impact v3 User Manual

Analog modeling midi synthesizer

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The default values are recalled (all of them at once) when one of the following occurs:

1. The FI is powered on;

2. The editor changes one of the Flexi sources;

3. A Program Change.

In the lower right corner of the editor there are 12 checkboxes. These correspond to the four

VCO blocks, the VCF block, a combination of the ENVELOPES and LFO blocks, a

combination of the DISTORTION and MAIN MIXER blocks, the EFFECTS block and the four

FLEXI Controllers. Click on a checkbox to select a block. Any number of blocks can be

selected and there are buttons to S elect All or C lear All checkboxes.

You can adjust the selected block(s) by clicking on one of the following two buttons:

● Reset: Sets the parameters in the block(s) to their lowest values.

● Random: Generates random values for all parameters in the block.

Note: T hough the MIDI block does not have its own checkbox, its parameters will be reset

whenever a R eset i s performed with all 12 checkboxes ticked. It does not respond to the

Random b utton.

Building your first sound

Loading a pre-existing sound and playing around with the various parameters can be a very

good way to learn how to manipulate sounds to your liking, but at some point you will

probably want to start creating your own sounds. This next section will give you a few

pointers on how to do just that. The examples assume you are creating a sound using the

audio input for triggering.

Connect the FI to your computer (a single cable is sufficient for this, unless you want to write

your sound to the FI straightaway). Launch the Editor.

Let's start by zeroing out all the parameters so you can start from a clean slate. Using the

block adjust tool in the bottom right of the Editor click S elect All a nd R eset .

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