The Noise section offers you a large amount of different noise types that can be used to add inharmonic frequencies to the overall spectrum, either for the entire sound, with looped noises or with one-shot noise samples. This allows you to add characteristic transients to percussive instruments based on samples, for example.
- Noise On/Off
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Activates/Deactivates the Noise section.
- Noise Type
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The sound color of the noise. You can choose between standard and band-pass filtered (BPF) versions of white and pink noise.
- Sync
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Activate Sync to synchronize the speed of the noise oscillator to the host tempo. This is particularly useful for rhythmic noises that are based on a tempo of 120 BPM.
- Loop
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Activate this button to play the noise sample in a loop.
If this button is not activated, the sample is played once.
- Follow Pitch
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If Follow Pitch is activated, zone pitch settings like Octave, Coarse, and Fine, as well as modulations like Glide, Pitchbend, or other pitch modulations, affect the duration length. A higher sample pitch leads to a shorter duration.
If Follow Pitch is deactivated, the duration is independent of the zone pitch and determined by the Duration settings.
- Speed
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Adjusts the playback speed of the noise sample. A setting of 800.0% equals an increase of three octaves in pitch.
- Speed Key Follow
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Allows you to adjust the speed modulation by MIDI note number. At a setting of +100%, the speed doubles per octave.
- Start
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Adjusts the start of the noise sample. With a value of 50%, playback starts in the middle of the sample.
- Random Start
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Selects a random playback start within a specific range around the current position.
At a setting of 100%, the playback position jumps to a random position between the specified Start value and the end of the noise sample.
- Level
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Adjusts the output level of the noise oscillator.
- Pan
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Determines the position of the noise in the stereo panorama. At a setting of -100%, the sound is panned hard left, and at +100%, it is panned hard right.
Speed, Level, and Pan can be modulated in the modulation matrix.