FXpansion GURU - Manual (Page 31)

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The Pan and Tuning param-
eters provide the basis for the
Pan and Pitch Graphs in Guru’s
step-sequencing system (see
section 6:2).
MIDI In
Click and drag the MIDI In value up and down in order to
change the MIDI note which triggers the Pad. You can also set
the MIDI note for a Pad using the MIDI Learn function on the
Pad context menu
1 .
Out
Click this box and drag up/down to select one of the 7 sub-out-
puts for the Pad, instead of the default Main Output.
Large Pad name/Value display
This larger box shows the name of the Pad, except that when
a Pad Edit control is adjusted, it changes to show a readout
of the parameter value. There is also a VU meter in this area
which represents the amplitude of the layer’s audio Output.
Gain, Pan, Tune/Fine, Cut/Rez/Type
These parameters allow control for gain, pan, tuning and filter-
ing of each sound on a Pad.
Gain
This control adjusts the volume of the sound, from -inf to +6
dB, with 0 dB at the centre position.
Pan
The pan control enables you to pan the sound left/right within
the stereo field.
Tune/Fine
These controls allow coarse (-+ 24 semitones) and fine tuning
(-+ 1 semitone) adjustment.
GURU contains a useful function in case you want to load a
loop onto a Pad as a Hit (in other words, by dragging it from
the Hit Browser tab rather than the Loops tab). Load the loop
into the layer from the Hit Browser in the normal way, and
then click on the Tune knob while holding down [CTRL] and
[SHIFT]. The sample will be pitched up or down so that it fits
the Pattern.
Cut/Rez/Type
The Cut and Rez controls allow adjustment of filter cutoff and
resonance, while the filter Type control blends between Low-
pass (hard-left), Bandpass (centre) and Highpass (hard-right)
filters.
Please note that some hosts,
such as Logic, allow you to
load multi-channel instruments
like Guru as stereo instances.
Obviously, in these situations,
using the sub-outputs will be
ineffective. Always make sure
to launch Guru as a multi-chan-
nel plugin!
1 See section 3:3 for more de-
tails on the Pad context menu.