Eclipse User Manual
Release 1.10.1 Page 15 of 58 Eclipse User Manual
Too much distortion? Select the (FUZZ) soft key and use the knob to
select
out.
Press the
HOT KEYS key again to access more soft keys. Need more funk?
Select
(SENS) and use the knob to tune in the “good stuff”!
OK, let’s load a different program that has an LFO so we can check out
the Eclipse’s tempo
feature. Go back to the PROGRAM area and press the
< "
""
" > soft key until the left side of the display reads Programs-All.
Use the knob to select
Dual Modfilter and then <LOAD> it.
To insure that your tempo
is behaving in a way that makes what follows
comprehensible, set SETUP TEMPO (TAP SRC) to Internal. You can ex-
periment with other settings (such as the all-important Midiclock) on your
own time! As an important aside, selecting
Off would disable the tempo
feature.
Return to the
HOT KEYS area, play some music and tap the TAP key in
time. You’ll notice that the tempo is displayed (with less precision than it
truly possesses) and that the program’s modulating filters get all cozy and
synchronized with the music.
Select
HOT KEYS (T_RATE) and play around with different values, such as
whole note or 1/8 note. Not bad…
Notice that if you alter
(T_RATE), the associated parameter (RATE) is af-
fected. It works like this: you select the source of the tempo
as described
above. The tempo
then “informs” all the T_DELAY, T_RATE, and T_xxxxx
parameters in the program that is loaded. They “filter” the tempo
informa-
tion based on the rhythmic value you choose and “inform” the actual
(DELAY) or (RATE) parameters in the program in their “native language”
(i.e., milliseconds or Hertz).
The “unadorned”
(DELAY) and (RATE) parameters are thus slaves to the
tempo and their associated
(T_xxxxx) parameters. To relinquish control
back to the “unadorned” parameters, either turn off the tempo
system as
described above, or turn off a given
(T_xxxxx) parameter to off (just keep
spinning the knob to the right; you’ll get there!). Doing either effectively
breaks one of the arrows shown to the right.
! see pages 13 and 32 for more information
Finally, let’s assign the modulation block’s LFO to a parameter. Press
PARAMETER page 2 <EDIT MOD> LFO#1, and set (T_RATE) to whole
note. Now the modulation block’s LFO is cycling once a measure. Use the
^-BACK soft key to “jump up” a level. ! see page 39 for information on the modulation
block LFO and all of the other wonderful modulators!
All of the modulators in the modulation block exist independently of pro-
