-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION AMCS CONFIGURING A WAVEFORM INSTRUMENT the Advance Music Construction System SUBJECT Instrument Configuration: Configuring a Waveform Instrument SUMMARY This part of the documentation explains how an Instrument Configuration is performed. Similar operations in this system section have differing options and only those are listed here. The Instrument Configuration is used to set parameters for how the Instrument, Effect or Function behaves whilst being played. DESCRIPTION The configuration for a Waveform Instrument has different options following "continuous" from other Instrument types, only those options are listed below. Most options will have arrow icons next to the setting to indicate that it can be changed in a certain way, an arrow going right is to suggest that the content can be edited via keyboard or the virtual keyboard in the parameter editor section of the system, and arrows going up and down are to toggle or, increase or decrease the current value. LENGTH The audio playback time is shown to the right of the Instrument audio sample length and is relative to the standard nyquist samplerate of 44100Hz. CHANNEL Modifying the channel value to the next multiple of 16 will imply the playback should route to an alternate mix group, there are 4 audio mix groups in total. The route and subchannel values are shown to the right of the channel value. Range: 0-255, Default: 0 CONTINUOUS Switching this option will cause the playback to either terminate at the next loop end marker or the end of the audio sample. Default: NO LOOP Toggling this will invoke playback of the audio sample to recur in the loop markers whilst a cue trigger is held. Default: YES ALIGNED Modifying this cause the audio sample to restart everytime a cue is triggered. Default: NO MIX METHOD This will switch the method in which audio is mixed with its reference. "D" indicates Destination which is the existing reference audio, "S" indicates Source which is the audio sample within the Instrument, and these will both be included within an algebraic formula in standard notation. The formula relates directly to how the mix is handled mathematically during playback. Default: D+S TRANSPOSE Changing this will offset the audio pitch by the specified value whilst playing. Range: 0-255, Default: 0 VELOCITY Altering this will reduce the audio amplitude by the specified amount whilst playing. This value is multiplied to the audio sample bit width of 16. Range: 0-255, Default: 255 RELATED Instrument Configuration: Overview Side Bar: Cursor Panel Instrument Configuration: Keyboard General: Glossary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r24012017 Return to the contents page