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About this manual

About the EXB-RADIAS for M3

operating manual

This EXB-RADIAS for M3 operating manual explains the

RADIAS program functions and parameters that are

available when the EXB-RADIAS synthesizer board is

installed in the M3 music workstation/sampler.

For details about basic operation of the M3 and on the

functions and parameters not related to the EXB-RADIAS,

refer to the M3 operation guide and parameter guide.

Conventions in the operating

manual

Abbreviations in the operating manualOG, PG

When indicating reference pages, the various operating

manuals of the M3 may be abbreviated in the following

ways.

M3 OG:

M3 Operating Guide

M3 PG:

M3 Parameter Guide

Parameters in the LCD display screen “ ”

Parameters displayed in the display are enclosed in double

quotation marks “ ”.

Symbols , ,

Note

,

Tips

These symbols respectively indicate a caution, a MIDI-

related explanation, a supplementary note, or a tip.

Example screen displays

The values of the parameters shown in the example

screens of this manual are only for explanatory

purposes, and may not necessary match the values that

appear in the display of your instrument.

MIDI-related explanations

CC# is an abbreviation for Control Change Number.

In explanations of MIDI messages, numbers in square

brackets [ ] always indicate hexadecimal numbers.

*Company names, product names, and names of formats

etc. are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their

respective owners.

Contents

Main ii About this manual About the EXB-RADIAS for M3 operating manual Conventions in the operating manual Table of contents Operation .......................................................................................7 Introduction ...................................................................................1 Quick Start .....................................................................................5 Parameter guide ..........................................................................19 Program mode ..................................................................................19 Page Combination mode ............................................................................47 Sequencer mode ................................................................................ 57 Global mode .....................................................................................65 Media mode ...................................................................................... 67 Appendices ..................................................................................69 1 Introduction Synth Oscillators (OSC1, OSC2, NOISE) Synth programs Overview Page Program structure Vocoder 3 Vocoder program Modulator (MODULATOR) Combination structure Song structure (Sequencer mode) About the vocoder function in combinations and songs Quick Start Using controllers to vary the sound Selecting and playing Selecting and playing programs Synth programs Vocoder programs Selecting and playing Using controllers to vary the sound 7 Operation Editing a program Basic settings for the program Voice Assign Mode Oscillators Filter Filter Routing Filter A, Filter B (Filter settings) Editing a program Amp 9 Amp Drive/Wave Shape Amp Level Pan 10 EG (Envelope Generator) Envelope settings EG Level/Time Modulation Editing a program LFO 11 LFO LFO waveform MIDI/Tempo Sync Virtual Patch Virtual Patch settings Modulation Sequencers SEQ Common Editing the steps Editing a program Editing a vocoder program 13 Editing a vocoder program Vocoder on/off Carrier Input Modulator, Out Mix (modulator and vocoder output settings) Filter settings 14 Formant Motion function Assigning a formant motion to the modulator Recording your own formant motion data Writing formant motion data Creating your own program Saving a program Operation Editing a combination (Combination mode) Timbre settings Editing a song (Sequencer mode) MIDI track settings Editing a song (Sequencer mode) MIDI track settings Restoring the factory settings (Global mode) Never turn off the power while the data is being loaded. Restoring the RADIAS program data to the factory-set state Restoring the formant motion data to the factory-set state 3. Press the OK button to execute loading. If you decide to cancel, press the Cancel button. Parameter guide Program mode Page Select PROG P0: Play 01: Main 07: Sampling/Audio In 08: Control Surface Control Assign Switches and parameters OSC Mix 0-8c: RADIAS Play/Mute OSC Play/Mute: 21 Exclusive Solo menu parameter 08d: RADIAS Volume OSC Volume: MIX VOLUMES slider 1, 3 RADIAS Volume [000...127] 22 Common Tone Adjust Parameters PROG P0: Play Tone Adjust 23 RADIAS Tone Adjust Parameters 24 Tone Adjust Default Settings RADIAS Tone Adjust parameters PROG P1: Basic/DT/Ctrls 11: Program Basic 25 PROG P1: Basic/DT/Ctrls 11: Program Basic 11a: Voice Assign Mode Voice Assign Mode [Poly, Mono] Trigger Mode [Single, Multi] 26 Key (Scale Key) [CB] 11c: AudioIn (OSC&Vocoder) Source Audio Inputs (Send to RADIAS) [Off, Analog Input1/2, S/P DIF L/R, Firewire L/R] AUX Bus (Send to RADIAS) [Off, AUX1/2, AUX3/4] PROG P1: Basic/DT/Ctrls 11: Program Basic RADIAS program Audio In (OSC&Vocoder) Source 28 12: Virtual Patch 12a: Virtual Patch Src (Source) [EG1XY Y Mod:#88] Dst (Destination) [PitchLFO2 Freq.] Int (Intensity) [63+63] Page 30 PROG P2: OSC/Pitch 21: OSC Basic 21a: OSC1 Waveform (Oscillator1 Waveform) [Saw, Square, Tri, Sine, Formant, Noise, DWGS, AudioIn] Audio In [Audio Input Source, AUX Bus Source] Page 32 Control2: Formant Offset [63+63] When Waveform: Noise Control1: Resonance [000127] Control2: LPF/HPF Mix [LPF, 002063, CNT, 065126, HPF] When Waveform: DWGS Control1: --- [---] Control2: Wave Select [0164] 22: OSC1 Pitch 22a: Pitch Transpose [48+48] Tune[cents] [50+50] Analog Tune [000127] PROG P3: Filter 31: Filter 31a: Filter Routing Filter Routing [Single, Serial, Parallel, Individual] 31b: Filter A 35 Frequency (Cutoff Frequency) [000127] With some Frequency settings, the volume may be extremely low or there may be no sound at all. Resonance [000...127] High settings of Resonance may cause distortion for some cutoff frequencies or input sounds. PROG P4: Amp/EQ 41: Amp/WaveShape/Driver 41a: Driver/Wave Shape Drive/Wave Shape [Off, Drive, Wave Shape] Position [PreFiltA, PreAmp] 48: EQ 38 PROG P5: EG/LFO/MSEQ Decay/Release Time 51: EG1 (Filter), 52: EG2 (Amp), 53: EG3 51(2)(3)a: Envelope Curve [LogHardExpo] 54: LFO1, 55: LFO2 54(5)a: LFO 1, LFO2 Waveform [Saw, Square, Square+, Triangle, Sine, S&H] Phase (Initial Phase) [000180] Shape [63+63] 56: MSEQ1, 57: MSEQ2, 58: MSESQ3 56(7)(8)a: SEQ Common [Off, On] Last Step [0116] Sequence Type [Forward, Reverse, Alt1, Alt2] 41 Run Mode [One Shot, Loop] Key Sync. [Off, 1st Note, Each Note] Resolution [ 3] 56(7)(8)b: SEQ1, SEQ2, SEQ3 PROG P6: Vocoder 61: Carrier/Modulator 61a: Vocoder On/Off, Formant Motion Vocoder ( Vocoder On/Off) [Off, On] Formant Motion REC [Off, On] 43 Gate S7ens (Gate Sensitivity) [000127] Threshold [000127] Select (Formant Motion Select) [Formant Motion 00Formant Motion 16] Play Mode (Formant Motion Play Mode) [Free Run, Trigger Reset] 62: Vocoder 62a: Filter Formant Shift [2+2] Resonance [000127] Env. Follower Sens (Envelope Follower Sensitivity) [000127] PROG P7: KARMA PROG P8: IFX Here you can make settings for the insert effects. PROG P9: MFX/TFX Initialize MOD SEQ 46 Copy MOD SEQ Combi Page Select 01: Program T0108, 02: Program T0916 Combination mode Combi Page Select COMBI P0: Play 01: Program T0108, 02: Program T0916 R (EXB-RADIAS) 05: KARMA GE 06: KARMA RTC 07: Sampling/Audio In 08: Control Surface COMBI P1: DT/XY/Ctrls Tone Adjust COMBI P1: DT/XY/Ctrls 50 COMBI P2: EQ / Option 21: EQ Trim T0108, 22: EQ Trim T0916 23: EQ Gain T0108, 24: EQ Gain T0916 25: RADIAS T01-08, 26: RADIAS T09-16 25(6)c: Enable RADIAS (Total Max: 4 Timbres) COMBI P2: EQ / Option 25: RADIAS T01-08, 26: RADIAS T09-16 Combination Audio In (OSC&Vocoder) Source Timbre 01 Timbre 01 Timbre 02 EDS Program 27: RADIAS Vocoder1 27a: Vocoder On/Off, Formant Motion 27b: Carrier Input 27c: Modulator 27d: Out Mix 28: RADIAS Vocoder2 54 COMBI P3: Timbre Parameters Detune 31: MIDI T0108, 32: MIDI T0916 33: OSC T0108, 34: OSC T0916 33c: OSC Timbre 0116 (Timbre Number): COMBI P4: Zone/Delay COMBI P5: MIDI Filter COMBI P7: KARMA COMBI P8: IFX (Insert Effects) COMBI P9: MFX/TFX (Master/Total Effects) 56 Copy from Program SEQ Page Select Sequencer mode For details on how to select each page, refer to the M3 operation guide. SEQ Page Select SEQ P0: Play SEQ P01: Play/REC R (EXB-RADIAS) SEQ P02: Play/REC 021: KARMA GE 022: KARMA RTC SEQ P1: DT/XY/Ctrls 60 SEQ P2: EQ/Option 21: EQ Trim T0108, 22: EQ Trim T0916 23: EQ Gain T0108, 24: EQ Gain T0916 25: RADIAS T0108, 26: RADIAS T0916 25(6)c: Enable RADIAS (Total Max: 4 Tracks) 28: RADIAS Vocoder2 28a: Filter 28b: Band116: Pan and Level Band1Band16 28: Menu Command 62 SEQ P3: Track Parameters Use BPM Adjust in Menu Detune ( 31: MIDI T0108, 32: MIDI T0916 33: OSC T0108, 34: OSC T0916 SEQ P4: Zone/Delay SEQ P8: IFX (Insert Effects) SEQ P7: KARMA SEQ P5: MIDI Filter SEQ P10: Pattern/RPPR SEQ P11: Cue List Copy from Program Menu Command Load Preload/Demo Data 65 Global mode Load Preload/Demo Data 3. Press the OK button to execute, or press the Cancel button to cancel. 66 Set Program User-Bank Type Menu Command Load selected 67 Media mode Load selected 11) Load RADIAS Formant Motions 12) Load a RADIAS Formant Motion Page Appendices EXB-RADIAS Specications Appearance and specications of this product are subject to change without notice. (January/07) IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS