Parameter context menu, On-screen keyboard and performance controllers – FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad Quick Start Guide User Manual

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Parameter context menu

Right-click (or CTRL-click) on any control to show its parameter context menu, which offers a number of func-
tions and options relating to the control.

Reset Param

Resets the control’s initial value to its default setting.

Clear Param Mod

Clears any modulation depths that exist for the control in the current TransMod
slot.

Clear Param All Mod

Clears any modulation depths that exist for the control in all TransMod slots.

Lock Scope, Unlock Scope

See section 1:3 of the Operation Manual for details of these functions.

Clear Learn

This is used with the MIDI Learn function – see later in this section for more
details.

Off, Just, Harmonic, Equal

Any controls related to audio pitch or frequency (usually oscillator pitch and filter cutoff controls) offer 3
distinct modes of operation, which are accessed via the parameter context menu.
Use the

Just and Harmonic modes to use perfect pitch ratios rather than imperfect, equal-tempered pitch.

Harmonic mode snaps to whole harmonics.
Equal is used for equal-tempered tuning in semitones, snapping to whole semitones.
Select

Off to return to equal-tempered tuning in semi-tones, without any snapping to whole semitones.

Octave down/up

Pitch wheel

Performance

controllers 1 & 2

MIDI Learn

Panic (all notes off)

This area of the interface mainly contains controls that are representations of hardware input – the keyboard,
pitch-bend wheel and performance controllers 1 and 2.
While these are intended to be used with MIDI hardware, the interface elements can nevertheless be
controlled with the mouse. Use the

Octave down/up buttons to access the full range of MIDI notes on the

keyboard.
The

MIDI Learn button allows you to assign hardware MIDI CCs to any interface control.

The

Panic button turns off all notes that are currently playing.

On-screen keyboard and performance controllers

Keyboard

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