CHANNEL SETTINGS

Instrument Channel Settings (INS)

The Instrument Channel Settings page contains options for additional changes to sample playback. This tab is active in Sampler instruments and Sampler plugins (these plugins replace the function of the wave sample in the Sampler).

1. Envelope & LFO Section

Contains envelopes and LFOs for pan, volume, cutoff, resonance and pitch values in the Sampler. The tab buttons bar at the top of the Instruments Channel Settings lets you choose which envelope/LFO to edit. There are four envelopes (pan does not support an envelope) and five LFOs for each setting on the tab bar. An envelope is applied only when it is turned on from the orange LED at the top-left corner of the envelope section.

Envelope Section

Envelopes in this section behave much like standard ADSR envelopes, but they have been enhanced with a few additional properties (delay, hold and amount). You can control the envelope properties using the knobs, or by dragging (up/down) the elements within the envelope preview.

Time/Tension mode (TIME/TNS) - These buttons switch between Time and Tension (TNS) editing for the envelope. In Time edit mode, the knobs set the length of the attack, decay, sustain and release segments of the envelope. In Tension edit mode, you can set the shape of the elements instead (logarithmic, linear or exponential).
Delay (DEL) - Delay can be used to add a "gap" between the start of a note and the envelope attack state.
Attack (ATT) - Controls the attack length of the envelope (attack shape in tension edit mode).
Hold (HOLD)- "Holds" the attack at its maximum level for a period before the decay starts.
Decay (DEC) - Controls the decay length of the envelope (decay shape in tension edit mode).
Sustain (SUS) - Determines the sustain level of the envelope.
Release (REL) - Determines the release length of the envelope (release shape in tension edit mode).
Amount (AMT) - Controls how the envelope is applied to the property it modulates. Volume does not contain such a knob, because the envelope is applied "straight" to note volume - the lowest point is zero volume, the highest is maximum volume (relative to the channel volume). However, the channel cutoff, resonance and pitch values are already set in the Sampler (see the Filter section below). Thus their envelopes act as an offset of the actual values. If the Amount knob is centered, the envelope will NOT be applied to the values. The further it is turned right, the more the envelope adds to the value it is modulating. The further it is turned left, the more the envelope subtracts from the value it is modulating.
Tempo Based (TB) - Turning this option on makes lengths of attack, hold, decay, etc. tempo based, so they change whenever the tempo is changed. With this option checked, you can right-click all knobs in an envelope section (except Amount and Sustain, which don't set a time period) and open the Set submenu that contains some pre-defined tempo-based lengths. Select any of these to apply them. If you select a pre-defined tempo-based length from this menu and the Tempo Based option is not checked, it will turn itself on automatically.
Log Attack - If turned on, the attack of the envelope will have a logarithmic shape (this shape will not be reflected in the envelope display).
Log Decay - If turned on, the decay of the envelope will have a logarithmic shape (this shape will not be reflected in the envelope display).

LFO Section

This section applies LFO modulation to pan, volume, cutoff, resonance and pitch settings. You can choose from three LFO shapes - sine, triangle and square. The shape selector is located in the top-left corner of the LFO section.

Delay (DEL) - May be used to add a "gap" between the start of a note and the application of the LFO.
Attack (ATT) - Sets the attack length in the LFO modulation.
Amount (AMT) - Controls how the LFO is applied to the property it modulates (LFO is applied as an offset of the original value of a property). If the Amount knob is centered, the LFO will NOT be applied to the values. Turning the knob to the right causes the values above center in the LFO to be added, and those below center to be subtracted. Turning the knob left will do the opposite.
Speed (SPD) - Controls the frequency (speed) of the LFO.
Tempo Based (TB) - Turning this option on makes lengths of delay, attack and speed tempo-based, so they change whenever the tempo is changed. With this option checked, you can right-click all knobs that control those values in a LFO section and open the Set sub-menu that contains some pre-defined tempo-based lengths. Select any of these to apply them to the knob. If you select a pre-defined tempo-based length from this menu, and the Tempo Based option is not checked, it will turn itself on automatically.
Global - Turning this option on applies the current LFO setting globally, so that it does not restart in the beginning of each note. If unchecked, the LFO is applied to each note locally.

2. Filter Section

This section controls the cut/res filter type and its values. Cutoff (CUT) controls the cutoff threshold. Resonance (RES) controls the resonance level (ringing of frequencies at the cutoff). The drop-down menu selects the filter type, left-click to choose from:

Fast LP - Light CPU load, Low Pass filter (frequencies above the 'Cutoff' band are cut).
LP - Low Pass filter.
BP - Band Pass filter (frequencies either side of the 'Cutoff' band are cut).
BS - Band Stop filter (frequencies at the 'Cutoff' band are cut).
LPx2 - Low Pass filter steep cutoff.
SVF LP - State Variable Filter Low Pass.
SVF LPx2 - State Variable Filter Low Pass, steep cutoff.