Amp Amp1 Modulation

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Differences from other Keyboard Tracks

ThereareseveraldifferencesbetweentheAmpkeyboard
trackingandtheFilterandCommonkeyboardtracking.
Forexample,theresultsoftheRampvaluesaredifferent.As
showninthegraphic“Am p KeyboardTracking,”below,
negativeslopesaremoresteepthanpositiveslopes.
Also,theampdoesnothaveseparatecontrolofIntensity.
Instead,Intensityisalwaysfixedatthemaximumamount,
allowingkeyboardtrackingtochangethevolumefrom
completesilencetotwiceasloudastheprogrammedlevel.
Bottom-Low [–Inf, –99...+99, +Inf]
ThissetstheslopebetweenthebottomoftheMIDInote
rangeandtheKeyLowkey.Fornormalkeytrack,usenega
tivevalues.
Low-Center [–Inf, –99...+99, +Inf]
ThissetstheslopebetweentheKeyLowandCenterkeys.
Fornormalkeytrack,usenegativevalues.
Center-High [–Inf, –99...+99, +Inf]
ThissetstheslopebetweentheCenterandKeyHighkeys.
Fornormalkeytrack,usepositivevalues.
High-Top [–Inf, –99...+99, +Inf]
ThissetstheslopebetweentheKeyHighkeyandthetopof
theMIDInoterange.Fornormalkeytrack,usepositiveval
ues.
+Inf and –Inf ramps
+Infand–Infarespecialsettingswhichcreateabrupt
changesforsplitlikeeffects.Whenarampissetto+Infor
–Inf,thekeyboardtrackingwillgotoitsextremehighestor
lowestvalueoverthespanofasinglekey.
Whenarampissetto+Inf,thekeyboardtrackingwillgoto
itshighestvalue(doubletheprogrammedvolume)overa
singlehalfstep.
Similarly,whenarampissetto–Inf,thekeyboardtracking
willgotoitslowestvalue(completesilence)overasingle
halfstep.
Ifyousetthe“CenterHigh”rampto+Infor
–Inf,the“HighTop”parameterwillbegrayedout.Simi
larly,ifyousetthe“LowCenter”rampto+Infor–Inf,the
“BottomLow”rampwillbegrayedout.

Amp KTrk is also an AMS source

YoucanusethekeyboardtrackingasanAMSsourceto
modulateotherparameters,justliketheenvelopesand
LFOs.SimplyselectAmpKTrkintheAMSlistforthe
desiredparameter.
Amp Modulation
YoucanmodulatetheAmplevelbybothvelocityandan
AMSsource.
ThismodulationscalesthebasicAmplevelandAmpEG
levelparameters.Theresultingvolumeisdeterminedby
multiplyingthevolumechangesoftheampEGbyother
valuessuchasAMS.Iftheseoriginallevelsarelow,the
maximumvolumeavailablewithmodulationwillalsobe
reduced.

Velocit y

Intensity [–99...+99]
Withpositive(+)values,thevolum ewillincreaseasyou
playharder.
Withnegative(–)values,thevolumewilldecreaseasyou
playharder.
Velocity modulation of Amp level, with Amp EG
AMS Source [List of AMS Sources]
ThisselectsanyAMSmodulationsourcetocontrolthe
Amp1level.ForalistofAMSsources,pleasesee“Alt e r n a t e
ModulationSource(AMS)”onpage121.
AMS Intensity [–99...+99]
Thiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofthemodulation.
Forexample,if“AMS Source”issettoJS+Y:CC#01,positive
(+)valuesofthisparameterwillmakethevolumeincrease
whenmovethejoystickinthe+Ydirection.
Notethatiftheothermodulationsettingshavealready
raisedthevolumetoitsmaximumlevel(doubletheAmp
LevelandAmpEGlevelsettings),thevolumecannotbe
increasedanyfurther.

LFO1

Intensity [–99...+99]
ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofLFO1’seffectonthe
oscillator’svolume.
Negative(–)valueswillinverttheLFOwaveform.
AMS Source [List of AMS Sources]
ThisselectsanAMSmodulationsourcetoscaletheamount
oftheLFO1appliedtotheAmplevel.ForalistofAMS
sources,pleasesee“Alt er n a t e ModulationSource(AMS)”
onpage121.
AMS Intensity [–99...+99]
ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionoftheLFO1AMS
modulationfortheAmplevel.

LFO2

TheparametersforLFO2areidenticaltothoseforLFO1.
Formoreinformation,pleaseseethedescriptionsunder
LFO1,above.
Ramp Change in level
–Inf Silentinonehalf
step
–99 Silentinonewhole
step
–95 Silentinoneoctave
–48 Silentintwo
octaves
–25 Silentinfour
octaves
00 nochange
+25 x2infouroctaves
+50 x2intwooctaves
+99 x2inoneoctave
+Inf x2inonehalfstep
Low velocity High velocity
Time
Volume
Time