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Tip 19 Wild, wild filter sweeps - VCF Types, Call up a Pattern and press the Start/Stop button.

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Chapter 6 Filter (VCF) 19 Wild, wild filter sweeps - VCF Types The enormous power and versatility of the Filter section continues with the VCF Types. These hidden variations put some really heavy-duty sonic fireworks at your fingertips - just what you need to blow the crowd away. Try these settings out for size... 1 Call up a Pattern and press the Start/Stop button. Start out by setting both [RESONANCE] and [FEG DEPTH] to around 1:00. 2 Simultaneously hold down [SHIFT] and turn the [CUTOFF] knob. Keep your eyes on the display as you do this - the setting will change! For starters, select "12db" - which should be around 11:00. In this shifted condition, the [CUTOFF] knob becomes the VCF Type selector. (That's why "TYPE" is printed in black below the knob.) 3 Now, take your finger from the [SHIFT] button, and the knob reverts to its original identity as the Cutoff control. Turn it very slowly - especially between 8:00 and 1:00 - as you listen to the gradual changes in the sound. 4 Not wild enough for you? Let's move onto another type then... Hold down [SHIFT] again and turn the [CUTOFF] knob to around 12:00, so that "bPF" is called up in the display. Is that any wilder? Still too tame? Let go of [SHIFT] and try tweaking the [CUTOFF] knob between 8:00 and 2:00. 5 Let's try one more. Hold [SHIFT] and set the [CUTOFF] knob to around 2:00, so that the "HPF" type is selected. Things can get kind of crazy here, too. Tweak the [CUTOFF] knob some more - especially between 12:00 and 3:00 - and hear what kind of madness you can generate. Don't forget the [RESONANCE] and [FEG DEPTH] knobs! Work with them too as you tweak the [CUTOFF] knob. There's a lot of sonic variation to be had in just these three controls. 28

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Chapter 6
Filter (VCF)
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19
Wild, wild filter sweeps — VCF Types
The enormous power and versatility of the Filter section continues with the VCF Types.
These hidden varia-
tions put some really heavy-duty sonic fireworks at your fingertips — just what you need to blow the crowd
away.
Try these settings out for size...
1
Call up a Pattern and press the Start/Stop button.
Start out by setting
both [RESONANCE] and [FEG DEPTH] to around 1:00.
2
Simultaneously hold down [SHIFT] and turn the [CUTOFF] knob.
Keep your eyes on the display as you do this — the setting will change!
For starters, select “
12db
” —
which should be around 11:00.
In this shifted condition, the [CUTOFF] knob becomes the VCF Type selector.
(That’s why “TYPE” is
printed in black below the knob.)
3
Now, take your finger from the [SHIFT] button, and the knob reverts to its
original identity as the Cutoff control.
Turn it very slowly — especially between 8:00 and 1:00 — as you listen to the gradual changes in the
sound.
4
Not wild enough for you?
Let’s move onto another type then...
Hold down [SHIFT] again and turn the [CUTOFF] knob to around 12:00, so that “
bPF
” is called up in the
display.
Is that any wilder?
Still too tame?
Let go of [SHIFT] and try tweaking the [CUTOFF] knob between 8:00
and 2:00.
5
Let’s try one more.
Hold [SHIFT] and set the [CUTOFF] knob to around
2:00, so that the “
HPF
” type is selected.
Things can get kind of crazy here, too.
Tweak the [CUTOFF] knob some more — especially between
12:00 and 3:00 — and hear what kind of madness you can generate.
Don’t forget the [RESONANCE] and [FEG DEPTH] knobs!
Work with them too as you tweak the
[CUTOFF] knob.
There’s a lot of sonic variation to be had in just these three controls.