Alesis QuadraSynth Plus manual Rate 0 to, Keyboard Mode Mono, Poly, 1-Pitch or 1-PMono

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Speed curve maintains a constant glide rate regardless of the pitch difference between notes.

Rate (0 to 99)

Sets the glide duration. Higher numbers give longer glide times. The Rate value is affected by the Portamento value (see above).

Keyboard Mode (Mono, Poly, 1-Pitch or 1-PMono)

In Mono mode, you can play only one note at a time—just like vintage monophonic synthesizers or wind instruments. Poly mode allows you to play polyphonically. Note that portamento behavior is more predictable in mono mode.

Tip: With a feedback guitar patch that uses one sound for the guitar and one sound for the feedback, setting the feedback sound to Mono Keyboard Mode insures that your feedback “whistle” will be monophonic, which more accurately mimics what happens when you play lead guitar.

Use 1-PITCH mode when you want a program sound layer to play a single pitch polyphonically throughout the entire keyboard range. In 1-PITCH mode, the QuadraSynth Plus will play the sample used for note C3 for all notes in the range. 1- PITCH mode is often used for layering a noise or drum sound behind another sound that is pitched, for example, to fatten up a bass guitar sound with a hint of kick drum, or to have the same cymbal hit every time any note is played. Alternatively, 1- PMONO mode is a monophonic version of 1-PITCH.

Sometimes when playing a monophonic instrument, you will not want the envelopes to retrigger when playing legato, as this would sound realistic. Imagine a flute-player beginning each note in a phrase with a sharp, breathy attack. In reality, the player would only attack the first note in the phrase this way. Therefore, if the Keyboard Mode is set to “Mono”, the three envelopes (PENV, FENV and FENV) will only retrigger when playing legato if the envelope's Trigger Mode is set to either “Reset” or “Reset-Freerun”.

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