Studio Electronics Boomstar - Manual (Page 22)

18 Studio Electronics Boomstar Quick Start Manual Panels
1/8 note, 1/4 note triplet, 1/16 note, 1/8 note triplet, 1/16 note triplet; MIDI SYNC
OFF honors panel settings; WAVE : Selects the waveforms: sine, triangle, reverse
sawtooth, sawtooth, square, 10% square, 90% square, random 1, random
2; MOD DEPTH (x2): Sets the modulation depths—the destinations being VCO 1 PW
(Oscillator 1 Pulse Width), VCO 1 FREQ (Oscillator 1 Frequency), VCO 2 PW (Oscillator 2
Pulse Width), and VCO 2 FREQ (Oscillator 2 Frequency).
5.2.11 VCA - Voltage Controlled Amplifier
A
word about Voltage Controlled
Amplification:
The authentic two-stage MiniM—g voltage controlled amplifier is what increases the strength of the audio signal,
e.g., an amplifier is used to control the loudness of the sound over a period of time so as to emulate the natural
amplitude, shape, and scope of a real instrument—wait a minute, an analog synthesizer is a real instrument!
The OVERDRIVE switch engages the overdrive circuit: in the top position it is on.
The VOLUME knob sets the master volume of the synthesizer.
5.2.12 Master Tune
Sets the master tuning for the unit: roughly + and - 7 semitones.
5.2.13 Bend
Sets the pitch bend range for the pitch bend controller. The full position allows one octave up and down.
5.2.14 Glide
Sets the exponential hardware glide value—a classic “less is more” in all cases unless sweeping slowly
through octaves. The Boomstar’s glide is hardware, so it accessible via CC.
5.2.15 Dynamics
Play hard. Hear hard. Routes the MIDI velocity expression of your playing or sequencing to the
ENV DEPTH parameter.