Vca - E-Mu ESI-32 Operation Manual

2. VCA

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Caution: When VCA Level is set to
100%, additional modulation from pedals,
LFOs, etc. will not increase the level. You
must reduce the VCA level from the 100%
mark for additional modulation to have any
effect.
• Original Key: allows you to change the original key of any samples
in the selected zone.
• Change Sample Number: allows you to reassign any sample in the
bank to the selected zone.
5. Select page three by pressing the right cursor button. The third
page displays the following parameters for the selected zone.
Disable Loop:
Disable Side:
• Disable Loop: turns off the loop for any samples within the selected
zone for the current preset and overrides any loop settings made in
the Digital Processing module for the current preset.
• Disable Side: turns off playback of either the left or right side of a
stereo sample within the selected zone.
6. Press ENTER to exit the submodule. The ESI-32 will return to the
Module Identifier.
The Voltage-Controlled Amplifier (VCA) submodule contains two pages.
Page one sets the overall zone level and stereo placement (pan). Page
two sets the AHDSR envelope characteristics that alter VCA dynamics
with respect to time.
1. Activate Dynamic Processing module.
2. Select Submodule 2.
3. Move the cursor to the parameter(s) to be adjusted, and select
the desired value(s) with the data entry knob. The first page
reads:
Level:
Pan:
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• Level: is variable from 0 to 100%.
• Pan: is continuously variable from +100, where the zone appears at
the right extreme of the stereo image; through 0, where the zone
appears at the center of the stereo image; to -100, where the zone
appears at the left extreme of the stereo image. The display
graphically indicates the stereo position on the bottom line. The
initial placement may have to be adjusted as modulation is applied
to pan.
DYNAMIC SETUP
off
off
VCA
100%
+ 0%
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Dynamic Processing