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CHAPTER 23. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 396
adjusted with the Dry/Wet control. With this set to 0%, the shaper and drive parameters are
bypassed.
23.8.6 Global Controls
The global section contains parameters that affect Operator's overall behavior. Additionally,
the global display area provides a comprehensive set of modulation routing controls.
The maximum number of Operator voices (notes) playing simultaneously can be adjusted
with the Voices parameter in the global display. Ideally, one would want to leave this setting
high enough so that no voices would be turned off while playing, however a setting between
6 and 12 is usually more realistic when considering CPU power.
Tip: Some sounds should play monophonically by nature, which means that they should
only use a single voice. (A ute is a good example.) In these cases, you can set Voices to 1.
If Voices is set to 1, another effect occurs: Overlapping voices will be played legato, which
means that the envelopes will not be retriggered from voice to voice, and only pitch will
change.
A global Volume control for the instrument can be found in the global section of the shell,
and a Pan control is located in the global section's display. Pan can be modulated by a
random factor or by note pitch, using the adjacent Rnd and Key controls, respectively.
The center of the global display allows for a wide variety of inter nal MIDI mappings. The
MIDI controllers Velocity, Key, Aftertouch, Pitch Bend and Mod Wheel can be mapped to two
destinations each, with independent modulation intensities set via the Amount sliders. Note
that Time<Key and pitch bend range have xed assignments, although both modulation
sources can still be routed to an additional target. For more information about the available
modulation options, see the complete parameter list.