FXpansion GURU User Manual
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While all the Engines are tempo-synchronized, Engines 2-8
have a tempo multiplier setting which adjusts the tempo for
each Engine relative to the main tempo (which is used for
Engine 1). By using multiple Engines with different tempo
multipliers, you can create complex multi-layered polyrhythms
with ease.
GURU contains the ability to intuitively record Patterns, so you
can use it as a complete workstation environment. This can be
a breath of fresh air if you find yourself constrained by fiddly
audio/MIDI sequencers, which have too many possibilities that
sometimes get in the way of creativity. GURU even provides a
Scene view, where you can store ‘snapshots’ of the state of all
8 Engines together, and change between them by using MIDI
note input.
Graphs
Graphs are graphical step-automation lanes which control
sound-altering parameters of Pads, synchronized to the Pat-
terns in an Engine. There are 4 Graph types: Level, Pitch, Fil-
ter and Repeat. Each type contains the following sub-Graphs:
Level
•
Velocity
•
Pan
Pitch
•
Coarse Pitch
•
Fine Pitch
Filter
•
Filter Cutoff
•
Filter Resonance
Repeat
•
Repeat
Repeats a note a variable amount of times within one se-
quencer step.
•
Shift
Shifts play position of a note forward or backwards between
neighbouring steps.
•
Scrub
Increases the start point offset for all samples on the Pad.