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Chapter 4 Creating Patches

that uses multiple tones, it may stop being heard in MONO. When making large pitch changes, set the Legato Retrigger to “ON.”

Bender

Sets the bend range.

Bend Range Up

Range: 0–48

Specifies the amount (in semitones) of pitch bend that will occur when the bender lever of a connected MIDI keyboard is moved to the far right position (or for a wheel, the fully upward position). For example, with a setting of 12, moving the pitch bend lever to the far right position will raise the pitch 1 octave.

Bend Range Down

Range: 0–48

Specifies the amount (in semitones) of pitch bend that will occur when the bender lever of a connected MIDI keyboard is moved to the far left position (or for a wheel, the fully downward position). For example, with a setting of 48, moving the pitch bend lever to the far left position will raise the pitch 4 octave.

Portament (Patch Portamento)

Portamento is a function that causes the Patch’s pitch to change smoothly from one note to the next note played. When the Key Assign Mode is MONO, this can be effective in simulating performance techniques such as a violinist’s glissando.

Switch (Portamento Switch)

Range: ON/OFF

Turn this switch on when you wish to use Portamento.

Mode (Portamento Mode)

Selects the way in which Portamento will be applied.

Available Settings:

NORMAL: Portamento will always be applied.

LEGATO: Portamento will be applied for notes played legato (i.e., notes played before the previous note is released).

Type (Portamento Type)

Determines the way in which the pitch difference between the two notes will affect the time it takes to glide from one note to the next.

Available Settings:

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.

Start (Portamento Start)

Portamento will begin anew if you press another key during a pitch movement. This setting specifies how the new portamento will start.

Available Settings:

PITCH: The pitch will begin changing immediately to the new note’s pitch when its key is pressed.

Pitch

C5

D4

C4

Time

press D4 key press C5 key

press C4 key

NOTE: The pitch will begin changing to the new note’s pitch only after it has first reached its original pitch destination.

Pitch

C5

D4

C4

Time

press D4 key press C5 key

press C4 key

Time (Portamento Time)

Range: 0–127

Sets the time over which one pitch will glide to the next.

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