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INSTRUMENTS


When clicking on an instrument or on a sample linked to an instrument, the page of instrument edition appears.

This page is divided in two parts:

Moreover, a virtual keyboard may be used to test the instrument under edition.

The table

The table allows the view and edition of the overall configuration of an instrument. A change of a parameter in "global" applies to all samples linked to the instrument, except for samples whose same parameter is already specified..
The editable parameters are:

Note: pressing the button "delete" or "del" deletes the contents of a box.

The modulator section

This section is intended to the creation of modulators, globally for an instrument or for a particular linked sample. A modulator allows the use of a first parameter, the optionally multiplication by a second one, to modify a third one. The output of a modulator can be used as input to another modulator (this function appeared in version 2.04 of sf2 format and may not be supported by some synthesizers).
The addition or deletion of modulators is made through the buttons "+" and "-" on the right of the interface. The parameters can be entered below.
It is possible to copy the different modulators of the list in another section of an instrument or preset by using the "copy" and "paste" buttons on the right of the interface.

The virtual keyboard

This keyboard may be used to test an instrument under edition. Two values at its left represent the pitch and the velocity of the key being pressed. At its right a button forces a velocity to be used if the value is not 0, or allows the use of the velocity received by the midi signals if the value is 0. Each element being played is enlighted in the table.

Warning: modulators are not yet implemented in the synth.


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