E-Mu ESI-32 Operation Manual page 49

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Tip: Remember that the velocity-to-

envelope Attack setting interacts with the

initial envelope Attack settings. Call up the

envelope Attack parameters for the filter and

VCA and see how different values interact

with different velocity values.

Understanding Velocity

By now you probably have a pretty messy sound as a result of all these

exercises. Let' s start with a clean slate.

1. Press the Load Bank button, then ENTER to re-load the bank.

(Feed floppies as directed.)

2. When the bank is loaded, activate the Dynamic Processing

module.

3. Specify the entire keyboard as the current zone. Since the ESI-32

defaults to the entire keyboard as the zone we don't have to do

anything!

4. Select 6. Velocity To. The display will look something like this:

Pitch:

VCA Level:

VCA Attack:

Moving on to the next velocity page we see:

VCF Cutoff:

VCF Q:

VCF Attack:

Moving on to the last velocity page we see:

Pan:

Sample Start:

Auxiliary Env: +

Move the data entry control to select different values, and note the

effects. With positive velocity sent to the VCA, the ESI-32 plays softer as

you play softer. In other words, the ESI-32 equates harder play with the

nominal volume setting and goes down from there as you play softer.

Continue to move the cursor to the other available parameters and vary

the data entry control. Notice that the filter cutoff frequency lowers as

you play softer. The amount downward change is dependent on the

value in the display.

Filter Q is affected differently than Level or Filter Cutoff. It raises from

the initial setting as you play harder. Also, note that velocity can be set

to affect Q inversely. In other words, if the filter is set to a high Q setting,

playing harder on the keyboard will lower the Q.

VELOCITY TO

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