Basic Operation – Editing Parameters31 Waldorf Q User’s Manualparameters. An example without LEDs is the Octave control, an example with LEDs is the Shapecontrol.Switch ButtonsSwitch buttons are used to switch a parameter on or off, or to toggle between different values. Theyhave a direct influence on the edited Sound. An example for an on/off switch is the Sync button, anexample for a button that toggles between different values is the Arpeggiator Mode button whosevalues can beOff,On,One Shot orHold.Selection ButtonsSelection buttons are used to switch a part of the panel to control different aspects of the sound. Theydon’t have a direct influence on the edited Sound, but their status is saved with the Sound to recallthe panel to the same state when the Sound is selected again. The only selection buttons on the frontpanel are the Filter Select and the Envelope Select buttons.Editing Display Menu ParametersMost sections offer an Edit button. Pressing this button calls up the display menu for that section. Thedisplay menus contain additional parameters that are not directly accessible on the front panel.+ To access a specific display menu parameter:1. Locate the section that contains the desired parameter on the front panel. For example, ifyou want to change the Keytrack of one of the oscillators, refer to the Oscillators section.2. Press the Edit button of the Oscillators section. The LED beside the button will light.3. The first page of the oscillators’ display menu will appear. If you did some editing in thismenu before, the display may show another page. This happens because the Qremembers the state of each display menu:O1 Keytrk|O1 BendRg+100% | +024. Use the page dial to scroll through the menu. Turning the dial clockwise selects the nextpage, turning it counterclockwise selects the previous page. You can also press the Editbutton again to select the next page.5. Use the value dials below the display to adjust the corresponding parameters. Somedisplay menus only consist of one single parameter. Only the leftmost value dial will beactive then.6. After finishing all edits, press the Play button in the Master section to return to normalmode.w While editing display menu parameters, you can also adjust panel parameters and vice versa.In addition to the display menu parameters of the different sections, five buttons located on the righthand of the Master section allow you to setup further parameters:• The Global parameters provide the basic settings of the Q, valid for all programs.• The Multi parameters refer to a Multi program. They determine the common setting for allinstruments in the Multi program. Obviously, you can access these parameters only whenthe Q is in Multi mode.