Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard - Manual (Page 19)

Basic Operation
19 Blofeld User´s Manual
Category Search
The Blofeld offers a special function to enable easy
searches for sounds of similar categories. If you’re
searching for pad sounds, only these sounds will be
displayed as you scan the storage banks with the Selection
dial. To accomplish this each sound contains 4 extra
digits in the sound name to define its sound category.
Further details about how to change a sound’s category
are described in the chapter „Storing Programs“ on page
19.
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Searching for a special sound categroy:
1. Make sure that the Play Sound mode is shown in
the display a. If not, press the Play button c
shortly.
2. Use the right Display parameter dial e to
select the desired category (e.g. Bass).
3. Use the Selection dial c to scroll through the
patches of the selected category.
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Switching off Category Search:
1. Use the right Display parameter dial e to
select off.
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Category Search doesn’t change any program
numbers. It only filters out all patches not belonging
to the selected category. Scrolling through patches
with this function is much faster because only
patches belonging to the selected category are
visible.
Editing Parameters
In order to change or edit a program in the Blofeld, you
must access the appropriate parameters. In spite of the
Blofeld’s compactness it uses a sophisticated user
interface allowing fast editing of any parameter. The
change of any value is done with the so-called endless
rotaries in the Parameter matrix b.
The rotary knobs control parameters with continuous
values.
All rotary controls consist of dials. Turning a dial
clockwise increases the corresponding value; turning it
counterclockwise decreases it. The dials have a built-in
dynamic response feature. If you turn the control slowly,
the value changes very smoothly, too. If you turn it faster,
it accelerates as well. This gives you the chance of
adjusting the whole value range in just one turn without
losing accurate control when necessary.
Bipolar
parameters (parameters with positiv and negative values)
use special gradation when changing their values. As soon