19. Sequence box properties

Figure 19.1 Click on thumbnail for full size image.

Figure 19.1 shows the Sequence box being selected and its properties being edited. The properies here are:

• Start time (in seconds). This corresponds to the alignment of the Sequence box against the time ruler.
• Duration (in seconds). This corresponds to the part of the Sequence box that doesn't have a blue grid.
• Start volume. If using Multiply (as opposed to Add) relative volumes, it is best to enter a value greater than zero, otherwise relative volumes won't work in the Sequence (because the current volume always evaluates to zero). Also be aware that if the "Duration" property of the first sound in a Sequence box is set to 'Prop. to vol. less extent', that this will evaluate to zero (giving silence for that sound) if the start volume is zero.
• Volume multiplier. This can be used to weight Sequence boxes relative to each other. Entering a value less than the default value of 1 will make a Sequence less prominent, entering a value greater than 1 will make it more prominent. Entering values greater than 1 will make a lot of sounds seem more stocato, as the part of the sound envelope closer to zero becomes relatively inaudible compared to when the vol. multiplier was 1. Conversely, entering values less than 1 will make a lot of sounds seem less stocato. The greater the deviation from 1, the more noticeable these effects.

• Start pitch. The relationship of pitch to frequency in the Kangas Sound Editor, when MIDI pitch numbers aren't being used, is log to base 2:

  Pitch	Frequency (Hz)
  1	1
  2	2
  3	4
  4	8
  5	16
  6	32
  7	64
  8	128
  9	256
  10	512
  11	1024
  12	2048
  13	4096
  14	8192
  15	16384
  16	32768

  The frequency range of human hearing is roughly from 20Hz to 20000Hz, or between 5 and 16 on this scale. Pitches at extremes of this range tend not to produce pleasant sounding results, but feel free to experiment.

  Under this scale, a difference of 1 represents 1 octave.

Notice that in the "Start pitch" edit field, a new value of 7 (previous value was 8) has just been entered. The effect is to lower the entire Sequence by one octave.