Oberheim OB 12 Operating Manual - page 81

OB   12

Z-Domain Synthesizer

 9.6 FOOT CONTROL SETUP

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To display the video page relating to setting of the Links, select the field 5-LINKS from the EDIT

PROGRAM menu. The display will show:

This first video page allows you to make Links assigned to LFO1.

As the illustration shows, the video page indicates the four Parts in which a Link can be set (to the

LFO1 of the Timbre present in the selected Part). The possible settings are:

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OFF: no Link function selected. The LFO1 RATE works independently.

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ARPEGGIO: the LFO1 RATE is linked to the ARPEGGIO TEMPO. Each Arpeggio beat coincides

with the start of the modulant wave generated by LFO1. It is not possible to control the RATE

with the trimmer of the same name, but only by means of the ARPEGGIO [TEMPO].

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PHRASE REC: the LFO1 RATE is linked to the PHRASE RECORDER TEMPO. Each bar of

performance of the phrase coincides with the start of the modulant wave generated by LFO1.

It is not possible to control the RATE with the trimmer of the same name, but only by means of

the PHRASE RECORDER [TEMPO].

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MIDI: the LFO1 RATE is linked to the MIDI Clock supplied as input to the MIDI [IN] port. Each

Clock corresponds to a new cycle of the modulant wave generated by LFO1. It is not possible

to control the RATE with the trimmer of the same name, but only by means of control of the

MIDI Clock of the transmitter device.

Selecting the EFFECTS folder now allows you to set the Links assigned to the RATE parameter of

the CHORUS effect and the DELAY TIME. The video displayed is as follows:

where we can see the two LINK TO fields in line with the sections to be linked, i.e. CHORUS RATE

and DELAY TIME. The possible settings are identical to those for the LFO1 RATE. You may

therefore refer to the description given previously. Clearly, in this case the parameter to be Linked

will not be the LFO1 RATE but the CHORUS RATE and/or the DELAY TIME.

This section allows specific functions to be assigned to the pedals which can be connected to the

rear connectors. In view of their operating mode, the switch pedals can be used to control “two-

state” or “on/off” functions; in other words, you can activate or deactivate the note Sustain, or a

waveform, for example. On the other hand, the expression pedals can be assigned “continuous”

functions, such as control of the LFO1 modulation frequency, filter envelope attack time, etc.

As described in point 10.5, functions can also be assigned to the pedals in the System environment;

in this case, the function is independent of the Program selected. However, in the Program

environment you can assign different functions to the same pedal for the different parts which

make up a Program. The pedal will carry out both the functions assigned in a System environment

and the functions assigned in a Program environment.