1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press a keyboard pad.

    This lets you configure and execute a variety of function parameters.

List of functions

Controller

Explanation
[OCT-] pad

Switches between octaves for the keyboard pads.

By holding down the [SHIFT] button and pressing the [OCT-] pad or the [OCT+] pad, you can reset the octave to zero. (Ver. 1.02)
[OCT+] pad
[PWM DEPTH] pad

When PWM SRC is NAn (Manual):
Adjusts the pulse width value (0–255).

When PWM SRC is LFO or Env (Envelope):
Adjusts how much the LFO or envelope varies the pulse width (0–255).

What’s “pulse width”?

Pulse width refers to the value that indicates the percentage of the upper part of the square wave width compared to the whole square wave.
If the waveform’s upper and lower width is not equal, this is called an asymmetrical square wave.
[PWM SRC] pad Env (Envelope): Alters the pulse width envelope.
NAn (Manual): Sets the PWM DEPTH value of the pulse width.
LFO: Uses the LFO to cyclically alter the pulse width.
[SUB OCT] pad

Sets the sub-oscillator octave type.

-2o.A: Two octaves lower (narrower pulse width, asymmetrical)
-2oc: Two octaves lower
-1oc: One octave lower
[ENV TRG] pad

Sets what causes the envelope to trigger.

LFO: When you keep playing the keyboard, the envelope is repeatedly triggered with each LFO cycle.
GAtE (Gate): The envelope is triggered each time you play a new note on the keyboard. The envelope is not retriggered when you play legato.
triG (Gate+Trig): The envelope is triggered each time you press a key.
[AMP] pad

Controls the envelope to make time-based changes to the sound.

GAtE (Gate): Sound is played at a set volume only while a key is played.
Env (Env): The sound follows the envelope settings you make with the [ATTACK], [DECAY], [SUSTAIN] and [RELEASE] knobs.

[POLY] pad

Selects the sound mode.

Nono (Mono): Monophonic
Plays in single-note mode.

Uni (Unison): Unison
Stacks multiple tones to play a layered note.

PoLy (Poly): Polyphonic
Lets you play more than one tone at the same time (up to four voices).

Chd (Chord): Chord
Plays voices 2–4 at the same time for each note that you play, according to the parameter settings below.


Press pad [2] (ENTER) while “Chd” is shown in the display to configure the following parameters.

v²Sľ (Voice 2 SW): Turns the sound of voice 2 on/off.
v²kS (Voice 2 Key Shift): Transposes the key of voice 2 (range: -12–0–12).
v³Sľ (Voice 3 SW): Turns the sound of voice 3 on/off.
v³kS (Voice 3 Key Shift): Transposes the key of voice 3 (range: -12–0–12).
v´Sľ (Voice 4 SW): Turns the sound of voice 4 on/off.
v´kS (Voice 4 Key Shift): Transposes the key of voice 4 (range: -12–0–12).
[PORTA ON] pad

Sets how portamento works.

OFF: Portamento is not applied.
On: Portamento is always applied.
AUto (Auto): Portamento is only applied when you play in a legato style. Note that portamento is not applied when the arpeggiator is playing.
[PORTA TIME] pad Adjusts the time over which the portamento effect changes the pitch (0–255).
Pad [1] (EXIT) Exits the menu.
Pad [2] (ENTER) Confirms the editing of a value or the selection of an item.
Pad [3] (SHUFFLE) Configures the shuffle settings (-90–0–90).
Pad [4] (LAST) Sets the length (the last step) of the selected pattern (1–64).
Pad [5] (OSC DRAW)

You can use a square wave oscillator to generate and play original waveforms.
For details, refer to “Creating original waveforms for the oscillator (OSC DRAW)”.

  • Pulse width modulation (PWM) is not applied.

Sľ (Switch)
ForN (Form)
NULt (Multiply)
Pad [6] (OSC CHOP)

Use this to chop the waveforms that are generated by the oscillator to create radical harmonics (overtones).
For details, refer to “Chopping a waveform and emphasizing its harmonics (OSC CHOP)”.

ovtn (Overtone)
SqrP (Square Chop Pattern)
SAľ.P (Saw Chop Pattern)
SUb.P (Sub Oscillator Chop Pattern)
noi.P (Noise Chop Pattern)
CoNb (Comb)
Pad [7] (FILTER KYBD) Changes the filter cutoff point according to the pitch (0–255).
Pad [8] (ARPEGGIO ON) Turns the arpeggiator on/off.
Pad [9] (ARPEGGIO TYPE)

Selects the type of phrase played by the arpeggiator.

UP (Up)
doľn (Down)
UƳdľ (Up&Down)
UƳ2 (Up 2oct)
dƾ2 (Down 2oct)
U.d.2 (Up&Down 2oct)
rand (Random)
rnƞ2 (Random 2oct)
Pad [10] (ARPEGGIO RATE)

Selects the note lengths played by the arpeggiator.

1_4 (Quarter note)
1_8 (Eighth note)
1_16 (Sixteenth note)
1_32 (Thirty-second note)
8t (Eighth-note triplet)
16t (Sixteenth-note triplet)
32t (Thirty-second-note triplet)
Pad [11] (CLEAR NOTE) Erases all notes in the selected pattern.
When a step is selected, this deletes only the notes for that step.
Once “CLr.n” blinks in the display, press pad [2] (ENTER) to execute. “donE” is shown once the operation is finished.
Pad [12] (CLEAR MOTION)

Erases all motions in the selected pattern.
When a step is selected, this deletes only the motions for that step.
Once “CLr.N” blinks in the display, press pad [2] (ENTER) to execute. “donE” is shown once the operation is finished.
If you turn a knob before executing this operation, and a knob parameter is recorded in the motion, “CLr” is shown, and only that parameter is erased.
If a knob parameter is not recorded, “nonE” is indicated.

What’s a motion?

Motions are used to record your operations (such as when turning the knobs) into the sequencer and play them back.
On the S-1, you can record eight types of knob motions (or MIDI control change messages corresponding to the parameters) and MIDI pitch bend data for each pattern.
Pad [13] (DELAY)

Configures the delay.

ƞSyn (Delay Sync): Synchronizes the delay time to the tempo (OFF, ON).
tiNE (Time): Sets the delay time.

  • When Delay Sync is OFF:Specifies the time (1–740 ms).
  • When Delay Sync is ON:Specifies a note length (128, 64t, 128d, ...4t, 8d, 1_4).

LEv (Level): Adjusts the volume of the delay sound (0–255).
Fdbk (Feedback): Adjusts the amount of feedback (repetition), from 0 to 255.
LƜCt (Low Cut): Cuts the frequencies below the frequency that you set (FLAT, 20–800 Hz). No frequencies are cut when this is set to “FLAt ”.
Hi.Ct (High Cut): Cuts the frequencies above the frequency that you set (630–12.5 kHz, FLAT). No frequencies are cut when this is set to “FLAt ”.
Pad [14] (REVERB)

Controls the reverb.

tyPE: This selects the reverb type.

  • ANb (Ambience): Simulates an ambience mic (off-mic, placed at a distance from the sound source) used in recording and other applications.
  • RooN (Room): Simulates the reverberation in a small room.
  • hAL1 (Hall1): Simulates the reverberation in a concert hall. Provides clear and spacious reverberations.
  • hAL2 (Hall2): Simulates the reverberation in a concert hall. Provides mild reverberations.
  • PLAt (Plate): Simulates plate reverb (a reverb unit that uses the vibration of a metallic plate).
  • SPrn (Spring): This simulates the sound of a guitar amp’s built-in spring reverb.
  • Nod (Modulate): A reverb with an added wavering effect for the hall reverberations.

tiNE: Adjusts the length (time) of reverberation (0–255).
LEv (Level): Adjusts the volume of the reverb sound (0–255).
PƐdL (Pre Delay): Adjusts the time until the reverb sound starts to output (0–100 ms).
LƜCt (Low Cut): Cuts the frequencies below the frequency that you set (FLAT, 20–800 Hz). No frequencies are cut when this is set to “FLAt ”.
Hi.Ct (High Cut): Cuts the frequencies above the frequency that you set (630–12.5 kHz, FLAT). No frequencies are cut when this is set to “FLAt ”.
dEnS (Density): Adjusts the density of the reverb sound (0–10).
Pad [15] (MENU) Displays the menu.
Pad [16] (WRITE) Saves the pattern.

You can switch between the values in order by repeatedly pressing the following pads while holding down the [SHIFT] button. (Ver. 1.02)

  • [8] (ARPEGGIO ON)
  • [PWM SRC]
  • [SUB OCT]
  • [ENV TRG]
  • [AMP]
  • [POLY]
  • [PORTA ON]