Random Patches - Access Virus Rack User Manual

86 CHAPTER 14
Random Patch Generator

RANDOM PATCHES

The RANDOM PATCH GENERATOR can be
used to generate a new sound automati-
cally or a modify an existing sound at
random. The PAR DEPTH and AMOUNT
parameters let you determine how radi-
cally the sound is changed. Depending
on the values that you set here, the RAN-
DOM PATCH GENERATOR will do
anything from modifying sound parame-
ters subtly to morphing one sound into
an entirely different sound.
The RANDOM PATCH GENERATOR is acti-
vated when you presses the button
STORE while the display is showing one
of the two RANDOM parameters. The
results of the computation are stored in
the Edit buffer and can be heard imme-
diately. You can also press STORE several
times in order to create successive sound
changes. If you want store a sound per-
manently that the RANDOM PATCH
GENERATOR has created, simply save it
to a SINGLE memory slot in the usual
manner. For this purpose, press the SIN-
GLE button to activate PLAY mode (SIN-
GLE mode or MULTI-SINGLE mode) so
that the STORE button's original
function is restored.
If you want to restart the process with
the original sound settings, simply return
to PLAY mode back and select the desi-
red sound again.
PAR DEPTH This parameter determines
the number of sound parameters that
are influenced by the RANDOM PATCH
GENERATOR. If you enter a low value for
PAR DEPTH, just a few parameters will
be modified. Beyond that, the manner in
which the few parameters are edited
assures that the sound is manipulated
"organically". This simply means that it
isn't bent radically so that, for example,
the given sound can still be played "ton-
ally".
As you increase the values for PAR
DEPTH, other parameters that have a
greater impact on the timbre of the
sound are changed. At higher values, the
RANDOM PATCH GENERATOR tends to
generate noise-like sounds or special
effects.
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AMOUNT This parameter determines the
intensity of the RANDOM PATCH GENER-
ATOR's effect on the sound parameters.
At lower values, sound changes are fairly
subtle, but you can intensify the effect
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