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My biggest problem with the MicroX
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:41 pm
by powerofthekeys
... is quite simply the manual. It's all very well when members kindly tell us that the answer to (pretty well) every problem can be found in the manual, but frankly, life's a bit too short to tussle with a user manual in one hand and a parameter guide in the other trying to work out which bit of information plugs in where. Am I the only one who, despite a pretty solid grounding in English, IT and Music, finds Korg's notion of 'user-friendly' pretty opaque? I've learned more from the forum than I have from anywhere else, so far. As a new user, I'm enchanted with the MicroX and its possibilities; but I'm building up a list of questions to post...
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:59 am
by dawkins
Too right - some of the things they've done in the presets are inexplicable i.e tune=-200 transpose = +2 ?!?
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:24 pm
by Synastikki
dawkins wrote:Too right - some of the things they've done in the presets are inexplicable i.e tune=-200 transpose = +2 ?!?
This is a function called pitch stretching... It doesn't change the pitch of the sound (C is still C, D is still D, etc...), but it affects the timbre making it more brighter or darker sounding...
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:14 pm
by X-Trade
Synastikki wrote:dawkins wrote:Too right - some of the things they've done in the presets are inexplicable i.e tune=-200 transpose = +2 ?!?
This is a function called pitch stretching... It doesn't change the pitch of the sound (C is still C, D is still D, etc...), but it affects the timbre making it more brighter or darker sounding...
I didn't know you could do this with the HI engine. I'll have to look into it further!
You learn something new every day.
Evidently though it is a 'hidden trick' that isn't mentioned in the manual.
Pitch Stretching on the MicroX
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:04 pm
by dawkins
I finally found an explaination in the Triton Parameter Guide Page 2
" Pitch Stretch (-12..12) This simultaneously adjusts the Transpose and Tune of the oscillator. This lets you produce a variety of tonal changes and varations.......an adjustment of +1 will lower the Transpose value by 1 and simultaneously raise the Tune value by 100"
So even though MicroX doesnt have the control we get the same effect by tweaking Tune/Transpose
cos it's a comon HI engine you probably have to read every Parameter Guide to fing these little tricks of the trade