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ES2 extended parameters
ES2 provides additional parameters that can be accessed by clicking the disclosure triangle at
the lower left of the interface.
Extended parameters
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MIDI Mono Mode pop-up menu: Choose O, On (with common base channel 1), or On (with
common base channel 16).
In either mode, each voice receives on a dierent MIDI channel. Controllers and MIDI messages
sent on the base channel aect all voices.
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Mono Mode Pitch Range pop-up menu: Choose 0, 24, or 48.
The chosen pitch bend range aects individual note pitch bend messages received on
all but the common base channel. The default is 48 semitones, which is compatible with
Mobile GarageBand's keyboard in pitch mode. When using a MIDI guitar, 24 semitones is the
preferable setting because most guitar to MIDI converters use this range by default.
Create random ES2 sound variations
Use ES2’s randomization parameters
ES2 oers a powerful feature that enables you to randomly vary sound parameters. You can
dene the amount of random variation and restrict variations to specic sonic elements. The
random sound variation feature will inspire and aid you when creating new sounds.
You can set the amount of random parameter alteration with the Random Intensity slider.
The random sound variation feature always alters parameters as they are currently set, not based
on the original setting le. Therefore, clicking RND repeatedly results in a sound that increasingly
diers from the original setting.
Randomly alter a sound
m Click the Randomize button.
The randomize process is triggered by a single click and can be repeated as often as you like.
Increase the amount of random variation
m Move the Random Intensity slider farther to the right.
Create several slight variations of the current setting
m Reload the original setting after each random alteration, saving each with a new name.