Owner`s manual
Major New Features
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Chapter 1 New Features
Major New Features
This section summarizes the most important changes introduced with Version 2. For
detailed information about these features, please refer to the indicated pages.
Sound Production Features
Version 2 includes many new sound-related settings: new filters, new LFOs, new effect
settings, and so on. Please be aware that these settings are meaningful on Version 2
machines only. Samples and programs that use these features may not reproduce cor-
rectly if transferred to a Version 1 machine.
Ten new filter types → 32
Version 2 adds ten new filter types: LowPass3, Peak1, Peak2, 2Peaks, 2Dips, DualLPFs,
LPF+Peak, DualHPFs, HPF+Peak, and LPF+HPF. This gives you a total of 16 filter types, for
an ever-wider range of sound variations.
Program LFO → 26, 27
A new program LFO (low frequency oscillator) can modulate the program parameters
and the sound of all samples within the program. The program LFO can be driven by an
external MIDI clock, so that you can control the LFO frequency in real time.
Random Pan, Random Cutoff Frequency, and Random Q/Width
→ 31, 32
You can now set pan, filter cutoff frequency, and filter Q/Width to vary at random, so
that tone and sound position change with each note.
Use Note Number and Velocity as Standard “Controllers” → 25, 33
Set so that selected parameters change value dynamically in accordance with the pitch
and force of the notes being produced.
Wider Range of Controller Parameters → 25, 33
Version 2 increases the number of parameters that can be controlled by your control-
lers. At the program level, Version 2 adds effect width and program-LFO depth. At the
sample level, Version 2 adds filter EG level, cutoff-frequency distance, and filter gain.
Send Effects to Assignable Outputs → 24
On Version 1, only the main outputs could produce the sound coming through the
effects circuit. With Version 2, you can now transmit effects through all A3000 outputs:
main outputs, assignable outputs, and digital outputs.
New Effect Configurations → 24
Version 2 gives you two new ways to configure the three effect blocks: 1/2→3 and
1→2←3.