Rossum CONTROL FORGE Operation Manual page 25

To select a Transition Shape, press the
Transition Shape button. This brings
the Transition Shape parameter to the
fore on the display along with a graphic
representation of the shape. Select an
available shape using the encoder.
The display is dismissed by:
Pressing the Transition Shape/Dec button
again.
Pressing the encoder.
Selecting another parameter to set.
Programming Simple One-Shot
Contours
Now that we know what the controls do,
let's program a preset. For this first one, we'll
make a simple one-shot contour that starts
when it receives a gate or trigger at the Gate/
Trigger input (or you push the Manual Gate
button) and stops when it reaches the end of
the final segment.
1. To start, use the Load Preset function
to load any preset. Immediately use the
Save Preset function to save the preset to
an empty location. Name it "1 Shot" (or
whatever else you prefer).
2. Make sure your Control Forge is in
Program Mode. Press the Global button
to access the Preset Globals screen.
3. Set the Global parameters to the following
values and then press Global again to
dismiss the menu:
Gate Rise: Start/Reset
Start Level: Reset
Reset Level: +0.000
Random Level: +/-0.00
Random Shape: Linear
Gate Fall Jump: Off
Free Run: Off
AutoChain: Off
Randomize Level: +/-0.00
Randomize Shape: Linear
4. Press the Segment 1 Button to edit the
first segment.
5. Turn the Time Knob to bring up the
editing display. Use the knob and encoder
to select your desired time for Segment 1.
6. While the selected time is still displayed,
press the Segment 2 Button and set its
time. Continue until all 8 segments' time
parameters have been set.
7. Return to Segment 1 and turn the Level
Knob to bring up its editing display. Again,
use the knob and encoder to select your
desired level and continue as before to
program levels for all 8 segments.
9. Return to Segment 1 and press the
Transition Shape button to bring up its
editing display. Use the encoder to select
your desired transition shape and continue
once again to program transition shapes
for all 8 segments.
10. With the main Program Mode screen
visible, press each Segment Button in
turn and confirm that the Level Mode for
each segment is Absolute (Abs), each
segment's Jump Mode is set to "Never"
and the Randomize parameter in the
Level section is set to +/-0.00. If any
aren't, use the appropriate controls to set
them to those values.
11. Finally, you're ready to audition your
contour! Connect the + Output to the
frequency input of a VCO, switch your
Control Forge into Play Mode, press the
Manual Gate button, and listen to the
result. You'll see the CV level indicator
tracing out the shape of your contour
while the segment progress indicator will
step through the 8 segments and then
stop at the end of Segment 8.
Note that if you press the Manual Gate
button while the contour is playing, it will
immediately jump back to Segment 1 and
continue from there.
12. It's unlikely that any contour will be just
what you want on the first try. Here're
some things to try:
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