Erica Synths LXR-02 Drum Machine Synthesizer - Manual (Page 33)

MORPH KITS
A morph kit is a normal kit that is loaded as morph target. Any kit can be loaded as
a morph target.
Loading
> Press LOAD + MORPH
> Select the preset number of the kit you want to load.
> Push the encoder.
> The morph sound is loaded.
> Please note that you won't hear any change if the morph parameter value is set to
zero.
> Use the morph parameter on the performance page to morph the current kit into
the loaded morph kit.
Saving
You can also save the resulting sounds from morph operations. Just press the
SAVE + MORPH buttons and save the sound as a new kit. Instead of the original
sound, the currently playing mixture of the 2 presets will be saved.
Did you know?
If morphing arbitrary presets is too drastic for you, try modifying your
favourite pattern just a little bit and save it to a new location. Now you
can control all tweaked parameters at once!
SONGS
The process to load and save songs is the same as described for the kits. Just use
the button combo Press LOAD + SONG or SAVE + SONG instead.
PATTERNS
Patterns are a special case as they have no name. Loading and saving is done in
a similar fashion like changing patterns in pattern mode.
Loading
> Press LOAD + PATTERN
> The screen will show “Select Pattern, Current: x”
> Now you can use the SEQUENCER and BAR buttons to select the pattern to load.
> If the sequencer is playing, the new pattern will start after the current pattern
has finished playing.
Saving
> Press SAVE + PATTERN
> The screen will show “Save Pattern, Current: x”
> Now you can use the SEQUENCER and BAR buttons to select where to save the
pattern.
> As soon as you press the SEQUENCER button, the display will show “success!”
and the pattern is saved.
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8.5. SAMPLE RATE REDUCTION
The sample rate reducer can gradually reduce the sample rate from 44kHz to zero.
Reducing the sample rate will give more of a lo-fi sound. The more it is reduced, the
more odd harmonics will be added to the sound as overtones are folded down at
the Nyquist frequency until the sound is totally destroyed.
8.6. DISTORTION
The distortion unit on the mixer page is a variable waveshaper. It can be set from
no distortion to soft saturation, all they way up to hard clipping.
8.7. LFO
Each voice has a low frequency oscillator. They are basically the same as the audio
oscillators, but run at a lower maximum rate.
Unlike the audio oscillators you can not hear the LFOs directly. They are used to
alter other parameter values over time. For example if you want the filter of a voice
to slowly open and close again, you can use a sine lfo to modulate the filter cutoff.
SETTING UP MODULATIONS
The modulation target is selected on the second page of the LFO menu.
The target selection consists of the two parameters 'Voice' and 'Destination'. When
the voice parameter is changed, the list of available destinations will show all
available parameters of the selected voice.
The frequency of the LFO can be synced to the sequencer clock. So if you set the
sync value to 1/4 note, the LFO waveform will cycle exactly 4 times in one bar. While
sync is active the frequency parameter will be ignored.
Did you know?
You can use the LFO as an additional envelope using the retrigger
feature. If set to the same voice as the modulation destination, the LFO
will restart on every played note. You just have to set the LFO frequency
so that one cycle of the LFO is slightly longer than the amplitude
envelope, so it won't start a new cycle while the note is still playing.
Great for filter decay envelopes on juicy synth bass sounds!
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PROJECT
The process to load and save project is the same as described for the kits. Just
use the button combo Press LOAD + PROJECT or SAVE + PROJECT instead.
Where Projects are special is in regard to the place where they are saved. All
previous datatypes are loaded from and saved to the non persistent RAM region
where the project data is located. Projects however are saved to the memory
card and are the only way to save kits, songs and patterns so they will be
restored after a power cycle. Projects are containers that are a collection of Kits,
Patterns, Songs and settings.
7.5. PATTERN GENERATOR MODE
The pattern generator provides an easy way to generate interesting poly rhythms
on the fly. You just have to set the desired pattern length and the number of
active steps to generate a new pattern using the euclidean algorithm.
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