Instruments and Effects

Chapter 23 EVD6 361
There are two monophonic settings: mono and legato. Each setting provides only one
voice for playing the EVD6. In the mono setting, the EVD6 voice is triggered each time
a key is pressed. In the legato mode, the EVD6 sound shaping processes is not
triggered if the notes are played legato—only the pitch changes. If the notes are
played staccato, an EVD6 voice with all sound shaping processes is triggered. Minimal
CPU power is used when the instrument is operated monophonically.
The maximum setting is 24, allowing for sustained glissandi. A setting of 24 will, of
course, be more processor-intensive. 10 is the default. Click-hold, and use your mouse
as a slider to adjust.
Tune
Adjusts tuning in one cent intervals. A value of 0 equals concert-pitch A 440 Hz. The
range is ±50 cents or, in more music-related terminology, plus or minus half a
semitone. For transpositions in semitone or octave steps, please use the Instrument
Parameter box in the Arrange window, as per any standard MIDI instrument.
Bender
Determines the bend range, in semitone steps. Click-hold, and use your mouse as a
slider to adjust.
Warmth
Sets the amount of random deviation from an equal-tempered scale. High values add
life to sounds. It can be useful for simulating an instrument which has not been tuned
for a while, or for slightly thickening a sound. When playing chords, the Warmth
parameter creates the warm detuning or beating effect between the chord’s notes.
Click-hold, and use your mouse as a slider to adjust.
Stretch
The EVD6 is tuned to an equal-tempered scale. As a deviation from this standard
tuning, you can stretch the tuning in the bass and treble ends of the sound. This
simulates the way stringed keyboard instruments such as pianos are tuned, attempting
to find a more constant tuning balance between high and low notes. The stretch
feature was included in case you wish to use the EVD6 alongside acoustic pianos. When
arranged in conjunction with an orchestra or synthesizers, the stretch tuning facility
should not be used. Click-hold, and use your mouse as a slider to adjust.
Note: The tones of clavinets, harpsichords, and pianos have inharmonicities in their
harmonic structure. The frequencies of these overtones (harmonics) are not exact,
whole-number multiples of the base frequency. They are only approximate and are, in
fact, a little higher. Because of this, the overtones of lower (tuned) notes are more
closely related to the main frequencies of the upper notes. Also see “Stiffness/
Inharmonicity” on page 370.