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Program Mode
The COMMON Page
WhenOn,theprogramwillplayonlyonenoteatatime.This makesitpossibletouseandto
determinethebehavioroftheportamento feature.DonotsetIgnoreReleaseOn(page 6‐20)
whenyouareusingMonophonicprograms,sincethelackofNoteOffmessageswillprevent
you
fromswitchingprogramsproperly.
Legato Play
WhenLegatoPlayison,anotewillplayitsattackonlywhenallothernoteshavebeenreleased.
Thisisusefulforrealisticinstrumentalsounds.
Portamento
Thisparameteriseitheronoroff.ThedefaultvalueofOffmeansthatportamentoisdisabled
forthecurrentprogram.
Portamentoisaglidebetweenpitches.Onactualacousticinstrumentslikeviolinandbass,it’s
achievedbyslidingafingeralongavibratingstring.Onmostkeyboardstha tofferportamento,
it’sachievedbyholdingdownakeythattriggersthestartingnote,thenstrikingandreleasing
otherkeys.Thepitchglidestowardthemostrecentlytriggerednote,andremainsatthatpitchas
longasthenoteremainson.ThePC3Kgivesyoutwowaystogetportamento. SeetheAttack

Portamentoparameterbelow.
Whenapplyingportamentotomulti‐sampledsounds(AcousticGuitar,forexample),thePC3K
willplaymorethanonesamplerootasthepitchglidesfromthestartingpitchtothe ending
pitch.Thismaycauseasmallclickateachsampleroottransition.Youcaneliminateclicksby

usingtheMonoSampleXFadeparameter(seebelow.)
Portamento Rate
ThesettingforPortamentoratedetermineshowfastthecurrentnoteglidesfromstartingpitch
toendingpitch.Thevalueofthisparam etertellsyouhowmanysecondsthenotetakestoglide
onesemitonetowardtheendingpitch.Atasettingof12keys/second,forexample,thepitch
would
glideanoctaveeverysecond.Thelistofvaluesisnonlinear;thatis,theincrementsget
largerasyouscrolltohighervalues.
Attack Portamento
Thisparametertogglesbetweentwotypesofportamento.WhensettoOn,thePC3Kremembers
thestartingpitchsoyoudon’thavetoholdanoteontoachieveportamento.Thepitchalways
glidestoeachnewnotefromthepreviouslytriggerednote.WhensettoOff,thepitchwill
glide
tothemostrecentlytriggerednoteonlywhenthepreviousnoteisstillon(inotherwords,you
mustuselegatofingering).