Novation Ultranova User Manual

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26RE2: Source 1Displayed as: Source1Initial value: DirectRange of adjustment: see table at page 41This selects a control source (modulator), which will be routed to the destination set byRE5. Setting both RE2 and RE3 to Direct means no modulation is deined.RE3: Source 2Displayed as: Source2Initial value: DirectRange of adjustment: see table at 41This selects a second control source for the chosen destination. If only one source perpatch is being used, set RE3 to Direct.RE4: Touch controller enableDisplayed as: TouchSelInitial value: OffRange of adjustment: Off, Touch1 to Touch8The touch-sensitive knobs of the eight rotary encoders can be programmed as touchcontrollers, initiating a change to a parameter value (deined by Destination - RE5) whentouched. Note that Animate Touch mode must be enabled for the touch controllers to beactive. The Animate Touch menu will conirm that a controller has been assigned by theappropriate M number being something other than zero. See next chapter for more detailsregarding using the touch controllers. Note that when both a touch controller and othersources (Source1 and/or Source 2) are assigned in the same slot, the touch controlleracts as a switch for the other sources, whose effect will only be heard when the touchcontrol is activated.Note that the Touch controls can also be directly assigned to re-trigger/triggerthe envelopes via the Envelope Menus (RE7 on Page 2 of each Menu)RE5: DestinationDisplayed as: DestinInitial value: 0123PtchRange of adjustment: see table at page 42This sets which UltraNova parameter is to be controlled by the selected source (orsources) in the current patch. The range of possibilities comprises:Parameters that directly affect the sound:• all oscillator pitch (0123Ptch)• four parameters per oscillator• the six mixer inputs from the oscillators, noise source and ring modulators• per-ilter distortion amount, frequency and resonance, plus ilter balance• 34 assorted FX parameters including chorus, delay, EQ etc.Parameters that can also act as modulating sources (thus permitting recursive modulation):• LFO 1 to 3 rate• the Decay phases of Envelope 1 (amplitude) and Envelope 2 (Filter)RE6: DepthDisplayed as: DepthInitial value: 0Range of adjustment: -63 to +64The Depth control sets the level of the control being applied to the Destination – i.e., theparameter being modulated. If both Source 1 and Source 2 are active in the slot in ques-tion, Depth controls their combined effect.Depth effectively deines the “amount” by which the controlled parameter varieswhen under modulation control. Think of it as the “range” of control. It also de-termines the “sense” or polarity of the control – positive Depth will increase thevalue of the controlled parameter and negative Depth will decrease it, for the same controlinput. Note that having deined source and destination in a patch, no modulation will occuruntil the Depth control is set to something other than zero.With both sources set to Direct and TouchSel set to Off, the Depth controlbecomes a “manual” modulation control which will always affect whicheverparameter is set as the Destination.RE7-RE8: Not usedcontrol SectIonThe Animate controlsThe Touch ControlsAs already mentioned in preceding sections of the manual, the UltraNova’s eight rotaryencoders are itted with conductive rubber knobs, making them touch-sensitive. You canprogram them to trigger a change in a parameter, and use them in performance to producechanges in your sound, or effects which may be either subtle or dramatic.What each Touch Control actually does is programmed in the Envelope and/or ModulationMenus, and the options available for parameter control by touch are discussed in the rel-evant manual sections (see pages 20 and 25). However, the touch controls are only activewhen Touch Mode has been enabled by pressing the TOUCH button [22].Unlike the other UltraNova menus, the Touch Menu does not provide any parameteradjustment, it merely conirms the touch control assignments that have been made in othermenus.While the upper row of the display remains constant, the lower row provides two items ofinformation:If Touch Controls have been assigned to trigger modulations set up in the ModulationMatrix, the number of modulation assignments appears under the letter ‘M’. The valuedisplayed represents how many individual modulation slots have been set to be triggeredby each touch control. The use of Touch Controls with the Modulation Matrix is describedin full detail on this page.If a Touch Control has been assigned to one of the envelopes, an ‘R’, ‘T’ or ‘E’ appearsbelow one of the digits 1 to 6, the number corresponding to the Envelope number. The useof Touch Controls with Envelopes is described in full detail at page 20.Thus if Touch Control 1 has been assigned to re-trigger Envelope 1 (Amplitude) and TouchControl 2 to trigger Envelope 2 (Filters), the display looks like this:If two further assignments of parameters to a Touch Control have been made in the Modu-lation Matrix, a ‘2’ will show below the ‘M’:Note that with Envelope 1 (Amplitude), re-triggering (R) of the envelope is the only optionavailable. Envelopes 2 to 5 permit a choice of re-triggering (R), triggering (T) or enable (E)functions.Tweak ControlsWhile playing live, it is often desirable to manually adjust some aspect or other of the sound– i.e., “tweak” a particular parameter. Although the UltraNova’s design allows access tomost parameters with a minimum of button presses, an even more elegant solution is toarrange for the main parameters that you may need to tweak to all be available simultane-ously, regardless in which menu they are normally found. You will ind that all the factoryPatches have some Tweak Controls assigned to them already, but you can change theirfunction or add others if you wish.The eight rotary encoders can act as Tweak Controls, and any of 127 parameters may beassigned to them, in any order. Furthermore, Tweak assignments and settings are savedalong with any other parameter changes, so are always there once you have set them upand re-saved the Patch. Note that saving Patches to certain categories will automaticallyadd some Tweak Control assignments for you. But if you have made your own Tweak Con-trol assignments as part of your Patch creation, these will take priority.The Tweak Controls are activated by pressing the TWEAK button [22], which opens theTweak Menu. The menu has two pages: Page 2 is used for setting up the Tweak controls,while Page 1 is used during performance and displays the parameter name and value as-signed to each rotary encoder.FX- GATOR GATOR GtOn/Off GtLatch GtRSync GtKSync GtSlew GtDecay GtL/RdelOn Off 16th On 16 64 0GATOR GtMode EditGroup EEEE---- -------- ❚❚❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚Mono16 1 -------- -------- ❚ ❚❚❚ ❚❚ ❚❚SYNTH Patch NameA000 Init ProgramPATCH BROWSE Patch Name Find By Category GenreA000 Init Program A000-D127 All AllPATCH SAVE PATCHSAVE Posng *------- -------- Upper Lower Number PunctuateA o Init Program A a 0 spacePATCHSAVE Bank Patch Destination SaveCatg SaveGenreDest+C&G A 0 Init Program None NoneTWEAK Tweak1 Tweak2 Tweak3 Tweak4 Tweak5 Tweak6 Tweak7 Tweak8---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----TOUCH M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 1234560 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------NmbrMods NmbrMods NmbrMods NmbrMods NmbrMods NmbrMods NmbrMods NmbrMods0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0E123456 E123456 E123456 E123456 E123456 E123456 E123456 E123456----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 1234560 R----- 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 1234560 R----- 0 T----- 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 1234560 R----- 0 T----- 2 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 1234560 R----- 0 T----- 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 123456 M 1234560 R----- 0 T----- 2 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------ 0 ------