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Retro Synth global and controller settings
Retro Synth global controls are used to set the overall tuning, polyphony, and other aspects of
your instrument.
The controller settings let you assign MIDI keyboard features to Retro Synth controls. You can use
three MIDI controllers—velocity, modulation wheel, and aftertouch—to change Retro Synth’s
Filter Cuto, Wave Shape (Pulse Width), or LFO/Vibrato Rate controls. Multiple MIDI controllers
can be assigned to the same Retro Synth control, so you could change lter cuto with both
velocity and aftertouch, for example. Alternatively, a single MIDI controller can be assigned to
multiple Retro Synth parameters—with aftertouch aecting both lter cuto and LFO speed,
for example.
If you’re new to synthesizers and the concepts behind modulation controls, see Synthesizer
basics overview.
Click the Settings label to switch between the modulation and global/controller controls.
Global parameters
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Transpose pop-up menu: Choose a value to transpose Retro Synth ±2 octaves.
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Tune eld: Click the arrows or drag vertically to tune Retro Synth in semitone steps.
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Bend pop-up menu: Choose a value to set the maximum upward/downward pitch bend. Pitch
bend modulation is typically performed with your MIDI keyboard pitch bend wheel or joystick.
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Voices pop-up menu: Choose a value to set the maximum number of notes that can be played.
Retro Synth can play up to 16 simultaneous voices, or can be used as a monophonic (single
voice) synthesizer.
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If you choose legato and play in a legato style (strike a new key while holding another),
the envelope generators are triggered only for the rst note you play legato, and then they
continue their curve until you release the last legato played key. This means that if you play
legato, a portamento occurs (the portamento time is set with the Autobend / Glide Time
control). If you release each key before pressing a new one, the envelope is not triggered by
the new note, and there is no portamento.
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If you choose mono, staccato playing retriggers the envelope generators every time a new
note is played.
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Voice Detune eld: Click the arrows or drag vertically to tune Retro Synth in cents
(1 cent = 1/100th semitone).
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Stereo Spread eld: Click the arrows or drag vertically to set the amount of voice panning,
respective to the center position. Spread: 0=mono, 1=full left/right panning. Voices are panned
left or right in an alternating, symmetrical pattern.
Note: Detuning and panning works in Single and Double voice mode. In Double voice mode,
detuning and panning aects the respective voice pairs.