Creating Sounds; How ,O Make New Sounds; Sound Synthesis Techniques - Korg DW-8000 Owner's Manual
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CREATING SOUNDS
How to Make New Sounds
1.sound Synthesis Techniques _ _ _
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Parameters and Values
The various aspects of a sound, such as its pitch, tim-
bre and variations in volume, are called
"Parame-
ters." To create or change a sound,
you,
adjust the
vaiues oi each
of
these parameters.
On the
DW-8000,
there are 49 parameters per pro-
gram; each parameter has a
number,
and each pa-
rameter's value is also
represented
by a number.
These numbers are shown on the front panel display.
To create or change a sound, you select parameters
and change (or "Edit") their values.
Parameters lor oscillator
1
OSC1
11
OCTAVE
16' 8' 4'
When
the
DW-8000 stores a sound in memory or
calls it back from
memory,
it is actually storing and
recalling the values you have given
it
for the sound's
various parameters.
All
possible parameters and
values are listed in
the
"parameter index" chart on
the
right
side of the DW-8000 front panel.
ii"
o create or
change a sound, you first use the number keys to
se-
lect a parameter number, then you use the edit slider
and up/down keys to change its value.
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Sound Synthesis on the DW-8000
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Parameter
number 1
2
WAVEFORM
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VaJue
range:
1 -
16
To create new sounds on the
OW-8000,
you change
or edit old programs. You do not start with a "blank
slate", There are 64 sounds already
in
memory. If
you have a new sound
in
mind
,
the
easiest approach
is to first select a sound
that
resembles the sound you
want
to
create. Then "edit" (change
the
selected
sound until you get the sound you want.
If
you don't
find
a
similar sound, it doesn't matter; start with any
sound you iike.)
After you finish editing your sound
,
you s!ore it in!o
memory. At this point you can give it a different pro-
gram number (thereby preserving the sound you
started with) or the same program (thereby erasing or
"overwriting" the old sound).
Selecting
a
Program:
Anding a cur-
rent
program-
med sound that
resembles
the
new one you
wish to create.
Creating
Sounds
(Editing):
Changing the
values of
the
parameters that
need to be
changed to ob-
tain the desired
SOOl1d.
Writing the
Program to
Memory:
Giving
the
S01Jnd
a
pro-
gram number
and storing
it
in
memory.
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