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Summary of Contents for Ekssperimental Sounds ES400
- Page 1 ES400 USER GUIDE...
- Page 2 INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing Ekssperimental Sounds ES400 FM Synthesizer. The ES400 incorporates advanced synthesizer technology and features developed for the Reason rack environment with the added convenience and versatility of CV controll of parameters via input jacks on the back panel.
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Page 3: Display Keys
DISPLAY - KEYS VOICES Vel.Sens Switch between polyphonic or monophonic modes Velocity scaling of each OP level GLIDE MODE Levl.Scl OFF/ON/AUTO This parameter makes it possible to gradually lower (Auto will engage Glide only when notes overlap) the OP depth as higher notes on the keyboard are played. - Page 4 DISPLAY - OP1-4 Operator settings RATIOS MUTE OPERATORS Set the ratio by clicking and dragging on the wave By clicking the Operator headlines you can mute the form or the value below it. operators independently. The specific frequency ratios have been chosen as LEVEL the most useful for voice programming.
- Page 5 DISPLAY - LFO Low Frequency Oscillators can be used for tremolo, vibrato, sweeps, repetetive or randomizing effects. SPEED/SYNC WAVEFORMS LFO Set the speed from 0 (slow) to 10 (fast). Click the “SPEED” lebel to switch between free running and synced ratios. Triangle SHAPE Saw Down...
- Page 6 DISPLAY - FX Spice up your sound with these FX! PRE FXs REVERB ECHO These effects are applied to the Change the time of the Change the rate of the Echo sound directly after the VCA and reverberation effect by either click by either click and drag on the then routes to either the Reverb and drag on the visualisation or the...
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Page 7: The Envelope Generators
THE ENVELOPE GENERATORS 4 sets of envelope generator controls ATTACK TIME TIME This controls the time for the sound to reach maximum level when a note is played. HOLD TIME Controls how long the maximum level should be held. LINEAR DECAY TIME Controls how long it take for the sound the decrease to sustain... - Page 8 FM SYNTHESIS Operators, Algorithms, Feedback and Wave settings Operators When the output of one operator OP1 SIGNAL OP2 SIGNAL FM MODULATED SIGNAL is fed to the modulation input of a second operator a whole ALGORITHMS WAVE spectrum of harmonics is created that can form an incredibly diverse range of complex waveforms.
- Page 9 VCA + CV Voltage Controlled Amplifier + CV input jacks VCA LEVEL This knob determines to what degree the selected EG affects the level of the sound (dB). Chose which source to use with the 4 way selector below. Envelope Generator affecting VCA CV INPUTS The CV input jacks are directly connected to the parameter...
- Page 10 ES400 Concept and GUI by EKSSPERIMENTAL SOUNDS STUDIO Created with IDT/GE Technology Thanks to: buddard, IDTdev, jengstrom, all the beta testers and the ReasonTalk community. ©2020 EKSSPERIMENTAL SOUNDS STUDIO www.ekss.se...
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