User manual ASUS NEXUS 2-1A003A

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[. . . ] For legato portamento within an arpeggio, you must set the gate to 127 and make sure that notes in the step sequencer are contiguous. octaves Determines the range of the arpeggio i. e. arpeggios can be transposed (in octaves) after each iteration. length Here you can change the length of the arpeggio-pattern. The pattern-display zooms accordingly. 32 NEXUS2 User Manual Arpeggiator filter Defines how the notes are filtered by the arpeggiator each time a new step is reached: ƒƒ none: notes are not filtered ƒƒ lowest: only the lowest note passes ƒƒ highest: only the highest note passes ƒƒ first: only the first note held passes ƒƒ last: only the last note held passes ƒƒ fixed C0-C4: a fixed note is played strum Only when the mode is set to “poly” will this have any effect. The higher the value, the looser and slower the strum. shuffle Also called ‘swing’ by some, delays every second note in a 1/16th-speed pattern by this amount. This is a global parameter that affects ALL arpeggiators, even the ones played by the individual layers. editing patterns Notes can be entered at any position with a simple left-mouse-click. Each note can be adjusted in length: Simply left-click on the right edge of a note and drag it to the desired length. You can also hold down ALT and use the left mouse-button to adjust the notes’ velocity. Notes can be transposed up and down (+/- four octaves max. ) – try entering notes anywhere in the grid. The small box under each set note is used to display and adjust the semi-tone transpose of the respective note. A right click deletes existing notes. arp-librarian In the top right hand corner of this page you can toggle between the full view and a reduced one. The extra parameters are replaced with a small browser with which you can manage arpeggio presets. Simply double-click on a preset to load it. saving presets Right-clicking on the currently loaded arpeggio preset name brings up a menu similar to when you save other presets. To rename the currently selected arpeggio preset, simply double-click on its name and make your changes. NEXUS2 User Manual 33 Trance gate mode Selects whether the Trance Gate works in mono or stereo mode. If you switch it to stereo, a thin line appears in the center of the pattern editor, effectively seperating the left (top) and right (bottom) channels. contour If you find that the resulting sound is too “choppy” for your taste, you can adjust its smoothness by increasing the value of contour (actually the attack and release times of an envelope). Higher values make the Trance Gate softer. speed Should you want to change the speed in which the pattern is played back, you can do it here. width This slider determines the stereo width of the trance gate. length Determines the total length of the trance gate pattern. The pattern-display zooms accordingly. delay This delays the ‘wet’ level of the trance gate, so first you’ll only hear the ungated signal and as soon as the delay-time has elapsed, the gated one. mix This slider determines the dry/wet mix i. e. the relative levels of non-gated and gated signal. fadein Lets the gated signal fade-in over the designated amount of time. 34 NEXUS2 User Manual Trance gate editing patterns The bottom half of this screen controls/displays the currently selected Trance Gate pattern. The blocks can be switched on or off by simply clicking on the steps in the grid (“filled” boxes are on, “empty” boxes are off ). A left-click sets a box, a right-click clears it. tg-librarian In the top right hand corner of this page you can toggle between the full view and a reduced one. The extra parameters are replaced with a small browser with which you can manage trance gate presets. Simply double-click on a preset to load it. saving presets Right-clicking on the currently loaded Trance Gate preset name brings up a menu similar to when you save other presets. To rename the currently selected Trance Gate preset, simply double-click on its name and make your changes. NEXUS2 User Manual 35 Frequency analyzer freeze This button freezes the current waveform display, in effect, taking a snapshot of the current frequencies being output by NEXUS2. scope / FFT This button switches the display mode between waveform (Scope) and “Fast Fourier Transform” i. e. [. . . ] Add your favorite kick drum on each beat and you’ll be rocking in your chair… That’s all there is to it!This trick works for any sound you apply these settings to, of course bass sounds work best. Who knows, you might even come up with something better! 52 NEXUS2 User Manual Tips & tricks tutorial 2: the NEXUS2 hoover Here we’ll try and emulate the famous “Hoover” sound using NEXUS2. First off, we’ll start with the arpeggiator (been here before right?). [. . . ]