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BS (band-stop) Lets all of the frequencies of a
signal pass, except for a narrow frequency band
or notch around the cutoff.
Memory Location 1 demonstrates each of these
filters and how the Cutoff control affects them.
To hear each filter type:
1 Click memory location 1, “Filter Modes” and
press the Spacebar to begin playback.
2 During playback, watch the filter 1 Cutoff and
Mode controls and listen to how the sound
character changes.
When playback stops, experiment with the
filter 1 Cutoff and Mode controls while playing
your MIDI keyboard controller.
Using Filter Resonance
Filter resonance increases the amplitude of fre-
quencies near the cutoff and suppresses those
that are farther away.
Resonance has a striking effect, especially when
used in conjunction with the low-pass filter: It
adds a nasal quality that increases in proportion
to the amount added.
Resonance affects the band stop filter differently
than it does the other filters. As the resonance
increases, the bandwidth of the notch decreases,
allowing more frequencies to pass.
Memory Location 2 demonstrates how reso-
nance affects each of the filter modes.
To hear the effect of resonance:
1 Reset the patch to its original state by choos-
ing Tutorial Sounds > Tutorial 3 Sound from the
Librarian menu.
2 Click memory location 2, “Filter Resonance”
and press the Spacebar to begin playback.
3 During playback, watch the filter 1 Cutoff,
Resonance and Mode controls and listen to how
the sound character changes.
When playback stops, experiment with the
filter 1 Cutoff, Resonance, and Mode controls
while playing your MIDI keyboard controller.
Using Filter Modulation
Although it is possible and sometimes desirable
to adjust or modulate filter cutoff manually,
there are other ways to do it more efficiently.
One of these is to use the Filter Envelope con-
trols. Though these controls are covered in
greater detail in the section, “Tutorial 4: Ampli-
fier and Filter Envelopes” on page 44, it is useful
to briefly introduce their use here.
The Filter Envelope varies the cutoff each time
you play a note, according to the Attack Decay,
Sustain, Time, and Release settings.
The Envelope control determines the degree to
which the envelope affects filter cutoff. The
greater the Envelope amount, the greater the ef-
fect the filter envelope has on cutoff frequency.
To hear the effect of the filter envelope:
1 Reset the patch to its original state by choos-
ing Tutorial Sounds > Tutorial 3 Sound from the
Librarian menu.
2 Set filter 1 Resonance to 64.
3 Set the filter 1 Cutoff to 64.
4 While repeatedly playing a note, increase
filter 1 Envelope to 64. Note how the effect
changes.
5 Experiment with different Cutoff, Resonance
and Envelope settings.
The Envelope control has no effect if a filter
is already completely open.
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