Preset Definition; Realtime Controls - E-Mu ESI-32 Operation Manual

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0. Realtime

Controls

Tip: Realtime functions usually control

the entire keyboard. However, when making

up a preset, it is possible to exempt certain

zones from realtime control. This is

described in Dynamic Processing, 8.

Realtime Control Enable.

Remember: The realtime control

assignments are only one-half of the

connection. The MIDI continuous controller

numbers are assigned in the Master/Global,

MIDI submodule.

Realtime controls can be continuously varied over time. These functions

are designed for fast, easy selection while playing live. Realtime controls

allow complex and expressive controls over the sound in real-time,

hence their name. Each preset can have its own unique set of pre-

programmed realtime functions.

The realtime control sources must be connected to a destination in order

to have any effect. The second line of the display shows the realtime

control source and the third line shows the destination (or what will be

controlled by the source). Refer to the diagram below.

MIDI controller numbers

are assigned here...

Master/Global

(MIDI Globals)

Pitch Control (pwh)

Mod Control (01)

M I D I

Pressure (chp)

I N

Pedal Control (04)

MIDI A (6)

MIDI B (2)

MIDI continuous controller number numbers are matched to your keyboard in the MIDI submodule.

The Realtime Controls submodule programs what these controllers actually do.

For example, in order to have the pitch wheel of your keyboard control

the pitch of the ESI-32, it must be assigned to pitch. Set the Pitch

Control to be the source and the pitch as the destination. To make the

right wheel control the amount of vibrato (LFO to pitch), set Mod

Control as the source and LFO-> Pitch as the destination.

REALTIME CONTROLS

Source

2 Mod Control

4 LFO -> Pitch

Destination

Select a Controller

Despite their names: Pitch Control, Mod Control, Pressure Control and

Pedal Control, any of the realtime controls can be assigned to any MIDI

continuous controller number. The continuous controller number is

assigned in the Master/Global, MIDI submodule.

What the controllers actually

do is assigned here.