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Vintage Electric Piano pitch parameters
Click the Details button on the control bar to use the pitch parameters. Vintage Electric Piano is
tuned to an equal-tempered scale. You can deviate from this scale and can stretch the tuning in
the bass and treble ranges, much as you can do with acoustic pianos (especially upright pianos).
You can also modulate the tuning of each note randomly.
Pitch parameters
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Tune knob: Rotate to tune Vintage Electric Piano in one-cent increments. A value of 0 equals
concert pitch A (440 Hz). The range is plus or minus half a semitone.
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Down/Up (Bend Range) knobs: Rotate to set the pitch bend range in semitone steps.
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Warmth knob: Rotate to set the amount of (random) deviation from the equal-tempered scale.
Each note is slightly detuned from the next, adding life and richness to the sound, particularly
when high Warmth values are used.
Note: Use of both Warmth and Upper or Lower Stretch can result in a detuned sound that is
similar to a heavy chorus eect. In some instances, this eect may be so extreme that Vintage
Electric Piano sounds out of tune with the rest of your project or concert.
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Lower (Stretch Tuning) knob: Rotate to set the amount of deviation from the equal-tempered
scale in the bass end of the sound. The higher the value, the farther down the low notes are
tuned. At a setting of 0, Vintage Electric Piano is tuned to an equal-tempered scale, with each
octave down halving the frequency.
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Upper (Stretch Tuning) knob: Rotate to set the amount of deviation from the equal-tempered
scale in the treble end of the sound. The higher the value, the farther up the high notes are
tuned. At a setting of 0, Vintage Electric Piano is tuned to an equal-tempered scale, with each
octave above (up) doubling the frequency.