Reference Manual

415 Live Instrument Reference
Tip: The [right-click](PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) context menu on the Frequency knob contains an
entry called “Play by Key.“ This automatically configures the filter for optimal key tracking by
setting Freq<Key to 100% and setting the cutoff to 466 Hz.
The filter’s signal can be routed through a waveshaper, whose curve type can be selected via
the Shaper chooser. The Drive slider boosts or attenuates the signal level being sent to the wave-
shaper, while the overall balance between the dry and processed signals can be adjusted with
the Dry/Wet control. With this set to 0%, the shaper and drive parameters are bypassed.
24.6.6 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 flute 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 note pitch or a
random factor, using the adjacent Pan<Key and Pan<Rnd controls, respectively.
The center of the global display allows for a wide variety of internal MIDI mappings. The MIDI
controllers Velocity, Key, Aftertouch, Pitch Bend and Mod Wheel can be mapped to two des-
tinations each, with independent modulation intensities set via the Amount sliders. Note that
Time<Key and pitch bend range have fixed assignments, although both modulation sources can
still be routed to an additional target. For more information about the available modulation op-
tions, see the complete parameter list (page 417).