As luck would have it, Element 6 is unused in the SampleTekk factory patches. We’ll add a lowlevel sine wave to reinforce the fundamental. There are only three edits needed for Element 6:
Load a Sine wave as the waveform Create an envelope for the Amp section so that the sine wave decays at a slightly faster rate than the decay of the sampled notes Set the Amp’s Level parameter to 10
Now let’s tie this to an Instrument page control. Click on Mixer and then the Mod Matrix tab. Choose Source = Macro Knob 5, Destination = Volume 6, and Amount = 36. Now Knob 5 on the Instrument page can mix in a sine wave “fundamental.” Do so subtly (e.g., turn the knob up to about 66.0), and the piano will have more “authority.”
ADD A TONE CONTROL I didn’t find the existing X/Y Pad 1 controls all that useful, so let’s create better distortion elsewhere, and turn the X/Y Pad into a bass and treble shelving-type tone control. 1. Click on Element 1 and turn off the power buttons for DSP 1 and Filter 1. 2. Choose the following settings for the Element 1 Equalizer:
Band = 1, Type = Lo, Freq = 200, Q = 1.0, Gain = -12 Band = 3, Type = Hi, Freq = 2000, Q = 1.0, Gain = -12
To tie these to the X/Y Pad 1, click on Mixer and then the Mod Matrix tab. Do the following assignments:
Source = X/Y Pad 1X, Destination = Eq1 Gain 1, Amount = 24 Source = X/Y Pad 1Y, Destination = Eq3 Gain 1, Amount = 24
The “tone controls” are flat when the X/Y Pad crosshair is in the center. Moving it up increases treble, down decreases treble, right increases bass, and left decreases bass.
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