Panda-Audio Future Impact v3 User Manual page 61

● CURVE:
Click and drag up and down in the window to select one of the Flexi Controller's
sixteen available transformation curves. Double-click it to reset it to the default
linear curve. The various curves alter how the modulation from the control source
is applied to the destination.
e.g. If the control source is PITCH and the destination is DRIVE then using a
linear curve will cause the distortion to increase evenly as you play chromatically
up through the range of your instrument. By contrast, using an exponential curve
will cause the distortion to be applied only slightly at the lower range of your
instrument but it will be increased more dramatically towards the upper range.
● LEARN/CLEAR:
Click the LEARN pushbutton to assign a destination to the Flexi Controller. The
button will begin blinking to indicate it is waiting for a destination to be chosen.
Click on a parameter's slider to select it as a destination and the button will remain
lit. (If no destination is chosen within 10 seconds, the blinking light will time out.)
When clicked, the single slider will split into two, forming a pair of sliders whose
color matches that of the Flexi Controller slot used. The position of the left slider
determines the base (unmodulated) value of the parameter (i.e. it functions exactly
as the normal, non-split slider did). The position of the right slider, which can be
set above or below that of the left, determines the maximum deviation from the
base value when the modulation from the control source is at its maximum
amplitude; it also determines the direction of the modulation.
e.g. If the Flexi Controller's control source is an LFO and its destination is PITCH
COARSE, then setting the left slider to 0 and the right slider to 12 will cause the
pitch to be one octave higher than the base pitch when the LFO is at the peak of
its cycle.
Staying with this example, then setting the right slider above the left will cause the
pitch to rise as the LFO rises. Conversely, setting the right slider below the left will
cause the pitch to fall as the LFO rises.
At the instant the two sliders first appear, they both have the exact same value.
When adjusting the left slider, both sliders move together, continuing to share the
exact same value. By contrast, when adjusting the right slider, the left slider does
not move.
After setting the right and left sliders to different values, adjusting the left slider will
again cause both sliders to move together, always maintaining the set distance
between them. If, however, while adjusting the left slider, the right slider hits the
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