Modal SKULPTsynth SE User Manual page 12

Keyboard
SKULPTsynth SE has some very flexible voicing and MIDI options
• Oct -/+ : These buttons control the key range available along the Touch Pads.
Tip: You can use this while holding notes to access unavailable notes. Particularly handy
when used in conjunction with Chord mode.
• Spread: This introduces additional oscillators to achieve unison and stacked octaves,
intervals and chords. In the first half of the dial, Wave 1 and Wave 2 are split into
individual oscillators and spread out over the frequency spectrum to create a fat unison
sound. This effect is increased up to the center position. Past half way, the oscillators
arrange themselves into chord shapes. A huge variation of chords can be created with
this control in conjunction with OSC2 detune.
Note: The average level of the sound will be lower when using the SPREAD control. This is
because the combining oscillators are phasing in and out and not constantly re-enforcing
each other as they would if the spread is set to zero.
• Chord: Holding Shift and pressing this button while holding a chord saves this chord. This
chord can then be played from a single note trigger until the chord is changed, or chord
mode is disabled. To change a chord, simply turn Chord mode off and repeat the process
holding your new chord shape.
• Transpose: Holding Shift and pressing this button enters Transpose mode. Here you can
directly transpose the pitch of both oscillators using the touch pads. Pad number 8 is the
default position. Pads 7-1 transpose down 1 semitone per pad and pads 9-16 transpose
up 1 semitone per pad.
Note: Using transpose will not trigger a new note. If you are using low EG settings you
may not notice the change. This can be used to great effect while sequencing Skuplt
from its Arp or Seq or from external sources.
• Glide: This parameter controls the speed with which the oscillators change their pitch,
'sliding' from one note to the next one pressed. Positive values will achieve normal always
active glide and negative amounts will achieve fingered glide and will only glide if another
note is already held. In MONO mode, envelopes will be retriggered with every note when
the glide control is centred. Moving the control in either direction will enable legato
mode, where envelopes are triggered only for the first note in a note stack.
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Keyboard
• Arp: Pushing this button enables and disables the Arpeggiator. (See Arpeggiator section)
• Seq: Pushing this button enters and exits Sequencer mode. (See Sequencer section)
• Voice: This button selects which voice mode the patch is in. In Mono (1) all 32 oscillators
are stacked in a single voice. In Duo (2) there are 2 voices with 16 oscillators stacked
across each. In Poly (4) we have 4 voices with 8 oscillators per voice.
• Sustain: Holding Shift and pressing this button will sustain any notes played and is
indicated by a flashing LED below.
• Sustain Latch Mode: Holding the SHIFT button and holding the ARP button for one
second (until the ARP LED flashes) will enable Sustain 'Latch Mode' - press and release a
note / chord to sustain it, press a new note / chord to overwrite the existing one. This also
provides the classic arpeggiator 'Hold' functionality.
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