Second Touch; Modulation Oscillator; Programming; Using Program Cards - EML SynKey Owner's Manual

IV. SECOND TOUCH: The second touch
keyboard permits you to selectively initiate
pitch bend, vibrato, and timbre changes
directly from the keyboard. Set SynKey as
shown in Figure 5, and refer to Figure 7.
A. BEND — Begin with all rocker switches
on the SECOND TOUCH panel off except
the BEND switch. Depress a key slowly (use
a long decay or some sustain in the amplifier
envelope). As you continue to press down
you will hear the pitch bend up approximately
a third. Play a little riff with normal light
touch, then simply press harder to initiate
pitch bend on desired notes. Notice that
the amount of bend is not determined by
how hard you press.
B. MODULATOR OSCILLATOR - Turn off
BEND and adjust SynKey to produce a
vibrato using the MOD. OSC. control'in the
OSCILLATOR CONTROL section, and the
MOD. OSC. SHAPE and SPEED controls.
Have the MOD. OSC. dial in FILTER
CONTROL set to 1.
Play a little and notice you always have
vibrato. Now activate the MOD. OSC. rocker
switch on the SECOND TOUCH panel. The
vibrato will disappear with normal light touch
and only occur when a key is depressed
sufficiently to initiate second touch.
Turn the MOD. OSC. dial in OSCILLATOR
CONTROL to 1 to remove the vibrato and
turn up the MOD. OSC. dial in FILTER
CONTROL (slow down the modulation
oscillator speed too, if you wish). Repeat the
previous playing exercises and you will find
that you can introduce a wah-wah effect at
any time by simply pressing harder.
C. FILTER ENVELOPE - Set the MOD.
OSC. rocker switch to off. In the FILTER
CONTROL section set MOD. OSC. to 1 and
the ENVELOPE to 7. Set the FILTER
ENVELOPE ATTACK and DECAY dials to 4.
Play a riff and npte that you have timbre
chariges (fitter sweep) on each key
dep&§8ion. Activate the FILTER ENVELOPE
roqker switch on the SECOND TOUCH
panel. Note that the filter envelope and
resulting timbre changes will only occur upon
sufficiently forceful key depression. You can,
of course, have all 4 effects (bend, vibrato,
wah-wah, and filter envelope sweep) at the
same timed*-you wish.
Remember, if the FILTER ENVELOPE and
MOD. OSC. rocker switches are off, you
will have timbre changes and vibrato as
determined by the front panel controls. If
the rocker switches are on, you will get these
effects only when a key is depressed suf
ficiently. Always make sure the rockers are
in the position desired or you will have
surprises!
V. PROGRAMMING: The programming
feature of your SynKey is designed to make
life easier when you have to go quickly
from one sound to another. Making a card
for sounds you particularly like will prevent
"losing" them, too.
Basically what the card reader and
programming cards do is preset most of the
important front panel controls of your
SynKey. The programmable controls are:
ROOT WAVEFORM
MOD. OSC. in OSCILLATOR CONTROL
(vibrato amount)
MODULATION OSCILLATOR SHAPE
ENVELOPE in FILTER CONTROL (amount of
envelope applied to filter)
MOD. OSC. in FILTER CONTROL (amount of
modulation oscillator applied to the FILTER)
Filter TUNE
Filter RESONANCE
Filter MODE: Low pass, band pass, and high
pass
Filter Envelope: ATTACK, DECAY, and
SUSTAIN
Amplifier Envelope: ATTACK, DECAY, and
SUSTAIN
A number of controls are not program
mable. They allow you to introduce nuance
and variations during a piece. They are:
CARD READER select
SECOND TOUCH select
OCTAVE select
SEMITONE select
MODULATION OSCILLATOR SPEED
PORTAMENTO time
NOISE SELECT
RING SELECT
Output VOLUME
A. USING PROGRAM CARDS - Select a
prepunched card from those provided. See
Figure 8. Insert it firmly into the card reader
slot, printing side up with the cut corner to
the left. (Never put anything into the slot but
a factory supplied card — make sure cards
are clean and do not have bits of tape or
other debris on them. The reader is a
precision device and rather expensive.)
The groove running across the top of the
instrument may be used to hold cards for
easy access during a performance.
Set the non-programmed controls as
specified on the card. The first row indicates
the OCTAVE (-1,0, + 1) and semitone
select push button R, m2, 2 ).
PORTAMENTO, MOD. OSC, SPEED, RING,
and SECOND TOUCH selection may also be
given.
Push the CARD READER select push
button and play. Try various cards —
SECOND TOUCH .
following the auxilliary instructions each time
— to get an idea of the kinds of sound your
SynKey can make. These sounds have been
selected for variety and therefore require
different playing techniques. Don't be shy
about experimenting with OCTAVE select,
SEMITONE SELECT, PORTAMENTO, etc.
while using the cards.
Note that if no card is in the reader slot
you will get the sound determined by the
front panel controls regardless of the reader
select push button position. If a card is in the
slot, you can go back and forth between the
front panel sound and the programmed
sound by merely activating the reader push
button.
B. PROGRAMMING YOUR OWN CARDS -
Programming your own cards is easy. It is
necessary to: (1.) set up a sound using front
panel controls and (2.) translate the setting of
the programmable controls into holes in a
card.
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- MANUAL SETTINGS ONLY -
DO NOT PUNCH
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Fig. 7 Second Touch Panel
Fig. 8 Program Card