Some Ideas For Uses Of Flexi Controllers - Panda-Audio Future Impact v3 User Manual

this slider are also reset to their minimum values, namely the cutoff of the filter for the pink
noise and the actual pulse width LFO frequency of VCO4. Furthermore,
MIDI Sync is active, the ranges of both the pink noise filter cutoff parameter and the actual
pulse width LFO frequency of VCO4 are limited to steps 1-12 of the usual 127.

Some Ideas for Uses of Flexi Controllers

Here are just some examples of the ways in which Flexi Controllers could be used to create
interesting sounds and effects sounds on the FI:
● Set up two notch filters using the MID FREQ controls in the graphical EQ panel then
assign LFO to sweep both mid frequencies to mimic a 4-stage phaser;
● Use the EQ to create two peaks similar to as described above but instead control
with the VCF envelope (alongside the filter(s)) to create 3- and 4-peak filters;
● Use an envelope to raise the volume of an oscillator to push it into foldover distortion;
This can give sounds which sound similar to those made using "hard-sync";
● Make a sound's character change completely depending on which register it is
played in - perhaps guitar-only in the lower register, synth-only in the upper register;
● Set different coarse tunings on the VCOs to create chords and then use a MIDI CC
or ACCENT assigned to VCO PITCH COARSE to change chord quality on the fly;
● Route an expression pedal (via a MIDI CC) to VCO TRANSPOSE with a setting of 12
or 24 semitones to create a whammy pedal effect for the oscillators;
● Create asymmetrical LFO behavior by using an LFO as a control source and
selecting a non-linear transformation curve to act on the destination;
● Use a MIDI CC command to change between the available clock sync note lengths
for the Delay or LFO4 during performance;
● Introduce a delay signal via expression pedal or via your playing dynamics;
● Assign the VCF envelope or the Noise envelope to one of the pitch sliders to create a
"pitch blip" at the beginning of a note to mimic the attack of a brass instrument;
● Assign a slow LFO to pitch with a low modulation amount to pitch or envelope
parameters to simulate the natural drift of analog synthesizer circuitry components;
● Assign the envelope follower to the frequency of an LFO to speed up or slow down
the LFO with your playing dynamics;
● In conjunction with the Sustain feature, assign LFOs to various parameters to
creating an ambient drone with a constantly evolving texture;
● Assign square wave LFOs to PITCH COARSE and/or VCO VOLUME sliders using
different PULSE WIDTH OFFSET values for each LFO to simulate an arpeggiator;
● Create complex expression morphing of a sound by having four parameters be
affected by the pedal sweep. Even once you've set the parameter values with the
sliders, which will fix the combination of values at the two extremities of the pedal's
travel, you can still experiment further by adjusting the curves, which will change the
combination of values at each of the points in between those extremities.
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