How does ES2 work?

[firebird1o1]

Hi. I am looking for ES2's layout, similar to the Alchemy one:

I looked through the Apple help section, but I couldn't find it, maybe I'm just blind? If none exists, can someone explain it to me?

[gacki]

Basically it's subtractive synthesis with some bells and whistles.

You have three oscillators that provide basic waveforms; also some FM and wavetables if desired.

Two filters that can work either parallel or serial.

Various modulators: two LFOs and three Envelopes (all three slightly different); and of course the vector envelope.

A few basic effects, but no arpeggiator or sequencer.

 

For many things the ES2 is my "weapon of choice"; Alchemy is too complex for most of my needs and Retro Synth often doesn't do it for me (except the Wavetable part which is in my opinion way better than the one in the ES2).

[firebird1o1]

Thanks, that was clarifying. How does it all run through each other? Which effects feed into each other? Does distortion come before or after chorus?

[gacki]

"Sine Level" sits before the amplifier hence it is affected by Env3.

Distortion comes before the modulation effect. Both effects sit after the amplifier.

[David Nahmani]

Here's a basic one. I'm also attaching the original ES2 manual, it's a classic! The ES2 works the same today as it did back then and that manual contains material that is no longer in the current help files. 

 

emagic_es2_v.1.0_manual.pdf