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Tremolo and auto-pan

Level · PanLFO Rate · Depth · Shape · L/R Phase · PanWidth

A tremolo moves the level up and down with an LFO; an auto-panner moves the sound between the speakers. Tremolo BPM counts its rate in beats of the tempo, Tremolo and AutoPanner in Hz. With L/R Phase In the two sides of a tremolo move against each other, and it pans.

SEE IT MOVE

THE EFFECT ITSELF
THE SOUND · ONE LOOP
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Computed in your browser with KINSPIRATION's effects, sample by sample, with the values the program's own controllers give its chains. The phrase going in is a simple stand-in for the program's layers.

WHAT TO KNOW

THE RATE

Tremolo BPM: LFO Rate times the tempo (1 x at 120 BPM, two cycles a second). Tremolo and AutoPanner: in Hz.

DEPTH AND SHAPE

Depth is how far the level falls (100 %: to silence). Sine and Triangle swell, Pulse chops; its jumps are smoothed so they do not click.

USE IT FOR

An electric piano's stereo vibrato, organ and guitar tremolo, rhythmic gates locked to the tempo.

WATCH OUT

A pan of 100 % leaves each side silent in turn; the factory's electric pianos pan 50 to 60 % wide and keep the sound in the room.

IN THE FACTORY PROGRAMS

70 tremolos and panners play in the factory programs: AutoPanner in 43, Tremolo BPM in 20, Tremolo in 6; Triangle is their commonest shape.

TREMOLOS AND PANNERS THAT PLAY

AutoPanner43
Tremolo BPM20
Tremolo6
Dual AutoPanner1

THEIR SHAPES

Triangle51
Sine10
Pulse9

FIND THEM ON YOUR K2700

62 Beck's Retro EPinsert · Tremolo, Sine at 5.03 Hz
65 Tube Amp EPinsert · Tremolo BPM, Triangle at 0.27 x the tempo
70 Phase EPinsert · AutoPanner, Pulse at 2.09 Hz
217 Fooled Again Orginsert · Tremolo BPM, Pulse at 2.00 x the tempo
435 RocknRollSuicideinsert · Tremolo BPM, Sine at 0.69 x the tempo
464 Arpeggi Padinsert · AutoPanner, Triangle at 1.00 Hz

HOW TO ON YOUR K2700 · 63 Suitcase EP

Suitcase EP's AutoPanner is the chain's Motion: its rate on Knob 5, its width on Slider 5.

  1. In Program mode choose 63 Suitcase EP (KEYPAD, 63, ENTER).

    Program mode with 63 Suitcase EP

  2. Press EDIT, then PARAMS. INS Motion Rate is on Knob 5, at 40: the pan runs at 1.36 Hz.

    The PARAMS page of 63 Suitcase EP, the cursor on INS Motion Rate (40)

  3. Turn Knob 5 up, here to 100: the piano sways faster, about 2.5 Hz.

    The PARAMS page of 63 Suitcase EP, the cursor on INS Motion Rate (100)

  4. INS Motion Amount is on Slider 5, at 76: the pan's width, 59 % here. Move Slider 5 down and the piano stays nearer the middle.

    The PARAMS page of 63 Suitcase EP, the cursor on INS Motion Amount (76)

  5. Press EXIT and answer NO to leave the factory program as it was, or SAVE to keep your version on a USER ID.