GAIA Exploring Sound (PDF) - Roland Corporation Australia
GAIA Exploring Sound (PDF) - Roland Corporation Australia
GAIA Exploring Sound (PDF) - Roland Corporation Australia
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Section 4<br />
Envelope Experiments<br />
Experiment One<br />
Try lowering the Attack of both the Filter Envelope and the<br />
Amplifier envelope to their minimum settings. Does it sound like a<br />
trumpet now?<br />
Experiment Two<br />
Lower both Sustain control to a minimum. What instrument does<br />
it sound like now?<br />
Experiment Three<br />
Raise both Decay controls to about 80. A type of guitar sound,<br />
perhaps?<br />
Experiment Six<br />
Try all of these different Filter Settings.<br />
a. Different Cutoff<br />
b. Different Filter Envelope Depth<br />
c. Different Resonance<br />
Experiment Seven<br />
Try using the envelopes with oscillator set to noise. See if you<br />
can re-create the effect of ocean waves. Perhaps add<br />
Resonance for a wind effect.<br />
Experiment Four<br />
Raise both release sounds. Sustained guitar?<br />
Experiment Five<br />
Experiment with many different settings of the ADSR controls.<br />
How many different instruments can you start to create with just<br />
these controls?<br />
Before starting the next section we’d like to remind you that the<br />
factory settings of the <strong>GAIA</strong> include one that removes any dynamics<br />
from the sound, much like a 1970s synthesizer.<br />
Since the next section is about dynamics, or velocity sensitivity,<br />
please refer to pages 19 and 51 of the owner’s manual to make sure<br />
Keyboard Velocity is set to REAL.<br />
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