User Manual

SPECTRALIS 2

Please note that the selection of a new sound will overwrite already prepared

trigger-group settings, as these are sound-parameters. We spared ourselves from

saving the trigger groups individually, as a recombination of trigger groups

makes no sense. Many defined trigger groups won’t be able to play in parallel

mode due to the limited amount of oscillators and filters. That’s why you should

select a sound in the category “Multi” for which sound creation is already

separated into trigger groups. Accordingly it is also not possible to save the

sound settings of individual trigger groups separately.

A trigger group which has been selected in the display menu will of course be assigned

to the connected MIDI keyboard or can alternatively be played back via the MINI-

Keyboard of the Spectralis by using the Part-Play Function. Simply select a sound

from the category “Multi” in your sound selection. You can use that sound to familiarize

yourself with the selection and playing of the trigger groups. You should now be able

to play various sounds by selecting the trigger groups.

3.7.2 The definition of triggergroups

The definition of the trigger groups is rather simple. Select Part->[Select] and hold

down the numeric button [12] for a moment. This will prompt a display message for

the selection of trigger groups

1/4:S-6:<Song 06>PA05:WetSolo Pa12

[Part12] [Part12] [Part14] [current]

Using the [Page-Up]-button will get you to the menu for defining the trigger-groups:

2/4:Trigger-Group VCO:

VCO1:TG1 VCO2:TG1 VCO3:TG1 VCO4:TG1

The menu is largely self-explanatory. You can select the desired trigger group

for each VCO in this menu. The determination of the trigger group assigns the

selected element to the according Part:

Trigger group 1-> Part 12

Trigger group 2-> Part 13

Trigger group 3-> Part 14

On the next menu page you can assign the filter, the filter-bank and the noise-

source to a trigger group

3/4:Trigger-Group Filter, Noise

MM:TG1 LP:TG1 NSE:TG1 FB:TG1

In this case MM stands for the 12dB Multimode-filter, LP for the 24dB lowpass-

filter, NSW for the noise-source envelope and FB for the filterbank-sum-

envelopes.

This of course leaves one more question: The Master-LFOs have envelopes for

the control of the modulation depth. Which of the trigger groups will trigger

the Master LFO-envelopes? To avoid complicating matters unnecessarily, the

The definition of triggergroups