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voices can be desynchronized by adding a small time lag between their triggering with the Delay
knob. There is no delay when the knob is in its leftmost position and it increases (units in ms) as it
is turned clockwise.
5.2.4 The Macros Module
The Macros module includes four different macros associated with different high-level qualities or
characteristics of the sound. These macros are used to easily control general aspects of the sound
and therefore rapidly obtain different variations. These modules, labelled
Modulation , Timbre ,
Envelope , and Effects , correspond to the macro controls found on the Home view introduced in
section 2.3.1. The modules are used to create the assignments between specific synthesis parame-
ters and each macro and control the amount of possible modulation for each parameter.
The Modulation macro is used to control the amount of modulation in the sound and it is
usually assigned to parameters from the vibrato module (frequency modulation) or the tremolo
effect module (amplitude modulation). The
Timbre macro is used to modify the tone quality of
a sound and is typically mapped to parameters from the filter modules of the synthesizer. The
Envelope macro is used to adjust the time-domain characteristics of the sound and make it shorter
or longer for example. This parameter is usually mapped to the parameters from the different
envelope modules of the synthesizer. Finally, the
Effects macro allows one to controls the amount
of effect applied to the sound. This knob is typically mapped to key parameters of the effect
modules used in each sound. Note that there is formally no restriction on the parameters which can
be assigned to a macro and they do not necessarily need to correspond to the macro label. These
labels have been chosen as indications and corresponds to sound qualities which are normally most
relevant in the majority of sounds. Assignments for the sounds from the factory library have been
chosen to follow these categories as much as possible.
Up to four synthesis parameters can be assigned with each macro. Assignments are created
by clicking on the label located to the right of the four range knobs in each macro module (or the
small horizontal line when there is no assignment yet). This reveals a drop-down menu with a list
of possible destination parameters. These
range knobs are used to specify the amount of allowed
modulation of the corresponding destination parameter. Their range varies between -100 % in their