Roland Piano Creating a Patch, Patch Tone, Portamento Mode, Portamento Type, Portamento Start

Portamento Mode

Specifies the performance conditions for which portamento will be applied.

Value

NORMAL: Portamento will always be applied.

LEGATO: Portamento will be applied only when you play legato (i.e., when you press the next key before releasing the previous key).

Portamento Type

Specifies the type of portamento effect.

Value

RATE: The time it takes will depend on the distance between the two pitches.

TIME: The time it takes will be constant, regardless of how far apart in pitch the notes are.

Portamento Start

When another key is pressed during a pitch change produced by portamento, a new pitch change will begin. This setting specifies the pitch at which the change will begin.

Value

PITCH: Starts a new portamento when another key is pressed while the pitch is changing.

Pitch

C5

D4

C4

Time

press D4 key

press C5 key

press C4 key

NOTE: Portamento will begin anew from the pitch where the current change would end.

Pitch

C5

D4

C4

Time

press D4 key

press C5 key

press C4 key

Creating a Patch

Portamento Time

When portamento is used, this specifies the time over which the
pitch will change. Higher settings will cause the pitch change to the	Patcha
next note to take more time.
Value: 0–127
Bend Range Up (Pitch Bend Range Up)	Creating
Specifies the degree of pitch change in semitones when the Pitch
Bend lever is all the way right. For example, if this parameter is set to
“12,” the pitch will rise one octave when the pitch bend lever is
moved to the right-most position.
Value: 0– +48
Bend Range Down (Pitch Bend Range Down)
Specifies the degree of pitch change in semitones when the Pitch
Bend lever is all the way left. For example if this is set to “-48” and
you move the pitch bend lever all the way to the left, the pitch will
fall 4 octaves.
Value: -48–0

Patch Tone

Env Mode (Tone Envelope Mode)

When a loop waveform (p. 44) is selected, the sound will normally continue as long as the key is pressed. If you want the sound to decay naturally even if the key remains pressed, set this to “NO SUS.”

Range: NO SUS, SUST

If a one-shot type Wave (p. 44) is selected, it will not sustain even if this parameter is set to “SUST.”

Delay Mode (Tone Delay Mode)

Selects the type of tone delay.

No Tone Delay

Note on Note off

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