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SPECTRALIS 2
3.3 Playing the "Analog"-synthesizer
Before we discuss some of the special features of the analog synth, you probably
want to hear some of the sounds, to get an idea of the sound potential of the
Spectralis. As with all examples in the "practising/in use" section you'll have
to have your Midi-keyboard connected to the Spectralis and the Midi Channel
set to send on 1. Push Part->[Select] and chose Part 12 [Analog Synth]. You
will now see the sound selection mode of the analog synth in the display:
S01:<Song 01> PA01:Let’s go Pa:12 T135
C:A-Synth S:SynBass S:Classc1 <Vol>
C: - Category
In the analog-synthesizer part the main category "A-Synth" is of course
fixed. You won't need to use the first display encoder. The display message
just serves as orientation, so you can see that you currently have selected
the analog-synth.
S: - Subcategory
Using the second encoder "S:SynBass" you can select your sound category
of choice, to narrow down your search for the kind of sounds you're
looking for.
S: - Sound
Finally with the third rotary encoder you can select the desired sound
and confirm your selection with the rotary-encoder push button.
You might to try to change the selected sound. As an example select the category
"SynBass" and chose the sound "Classc1". In case you can't find this sound or
instead of the sound name all you see is "- - -" in your display, it is likely that
the soundbank "HybBnk1.SSB" is not stored on the Spectralis flash-rom. You
will need to download this file in the user-area of our website or at the spectralis
user forum at: http://www.spectralis.de/phpBB2/
Once dowloaded you can copy the data directly to the flash-rom of the
Spectralis. The sounds can now be selected easily inside the Spectralis. To
start the file transfer connect your Spectralis to your computer via USB. The
flash-rom of the Spectralis should show up at your desktop as a harddrive. Just
move the file "HybBnk1.SSB" to the flash-rom drive. After the transfer the
sounds should be readily available.
To make sound searches as easy as possible, we have sorted them alphabetically
by name within each category. Even though you might not remember at times
in which subcategory you might have stored a particular sound. In order to
avoid nerve-racking searches, the Spectralis allows you to set the subcategory
to "All" to view sounds independantly of their soundbanks in alphabetical order.
Once you have found the sound you were looking for and have confirmed your
selection using the push button, the corresponding category will appear in your
display. The category filter will only be active now once you use the subcategory
encoder again.
Playing the "Analog"-synthesizer