I’m trying to work out how to get the LFO amplitude and offset setup to move the mixer-panning slider through specific ranges.
These are the ranges I want the LFO to move the panning slider through :
Moving away from centre-left ( 0L ) towards hard left:
7F - 70
6F - 60
5F - 50
4F - 40
5F - 50
4F - 40
3F - 30
2F - 20
1F - 10
0F - 00
Moving away from centre-right ( 0R ) towards hard right:
80 - 8F
90 - 9F
A0 - AF
B0 - BF
C0 - CF
D0 - DF
E0 - EF
F0 - FF
Here is an example of what I mean by using LFO to get panning ‘moving through specific ranges’ and the panning structures I am trying to set up:
2 INSTRUMENTS MOVING THROUGH A RANGE AND 1 INSTRUMENT AT ‘CENTRE’
Use -Pxx ( set panning position ), 1800 ( LFO reset ) + LFO amplitude, offset and frequency automation lanes.
‘CENTRE’ occupies 2 panning positions ( ‘centre - left’ and ‘centre - right’, ‘O-L’ and ‘0-R’ ).
Instruments 2-A and 2-B are the exact same instrument each with volume reduced to half ( hex40, dec64 ).
Instruments 2-A and 2-B need one track each.
Instruments 2-A and 2-B are each panned to one of the ‘CENTRE’ points ( 7F and 80 ).
Each instrument will be placed in its own track.
All tracks ( except ‘CENTRE’ tracks ) should have an LFO device with the custom envelopes set up as described above ( so that the panning slider moves away from centre, from centre towards hard left, from centre towards hard right. ).
Set all the LFO devices to ‘mixer - panning’.
Place an ‘LFO reset’ command ( 1800 ) in each track at the start of each pattern.
Instrument 1 * : 7F ( 127 ) [CENTRE - left] to 00 ( 00 ) [hard left]
Instrument 2A : -P7F ( 127 ) [CENTRE - left]
Instrument 2B : -P80 ( 128 ) [CENTRE - right]
Instrument 3 * : 80 ( 128 ) [CENTRE - right] to FF ( 255 ) [hard right]
- Instrument 1 :
Set ‘LFO amplitude’ to 50% in an automation lane, using one point on line 00 in each track of each pattern.
Set ‘LFO offset’ to 25% in an automation lane, using one point on line 00 in each track of each pattern.
Set ‘LFO frequency’ to ‘4 lines per cycle’ in an automation lane, using one point on line 00 in each track of each pattern.
- Instrument 3 :
Set ‘LFO amplitude’ to 50% in an automation lane, using one point on line 00 in each track of each pattern.
Set ‘LFO offset’ to 75% in an automation lane, using one point on line 00 in each track of each pattern.
Set ‘LFO frequency’ to ‘4 lines per cycle’ in an automation lane, using one point on line 00 in each track of each pattern.
In the example above the panning slider moves from ‘centre’ to hard left and hard right ( instruments 1 and 3 ) but I want the slider to move from 7F ( 0L ) to hard left and 80 ( 0R ) to hard right instead. I am having the same problem for each of the panning ranges I mentioned at the start. Any help? I am stuck with this. I presume the “central” panning point on the mixer-panning slider must be both 7F and 80 together?
These are the notes about the custom LFO envelopes used :
The LFO will use a custom envelope.
Set the number of points for the custom envelope to 25.
This will leave 12 points on either side of the central point at 12 ( 0 is the first point )
Place 3 points in the custom envelope.
Point 1 at 0, point 2 at 12 and point 3 at 24.
Set the interpolation mode for the custom envelope to ‘curve’
For all panning movements from centre to left set point 1 at 100%, point 2 at 0% and point 3 at 100%
For all panning movements from centre to right set point 1 at 0%, point 2 at 100% and point 3 at 0%
This will ensure that all panning movements start by moving away from centre.