11.3

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GRAIN SAMPLE MANIPULATOR210
Porta
Portamento makes note pitches glide from previous notes to new ones, at the time set with the Time knob. Porta-
mento can be used in all Key modes (see above).
When On in Poly Key Mode (see above), the pitches will glide from any of the available voices.
The results will be unpredictable since there is no way of controlling from which note(s) the glide(s) will com-
mence. The effect is very nice, though.
When On in Retrig or Legato Key Mode (see above), the pitch will glide between consecutive notes.
In Auto mode, the pitch will glide between consecutive monophonic notes only when you play legato. If you
have selected Poly Key Mode (see above), Auto will have no effect at all.
If you release the previous key before hitting the new key, there will be no portamento effect.
Range
D Set the desired Pitch Bend range for the “Pitch” wheel with the up/down buttons, or by click-holding on the
display and dragging up/down.
Range: +/-24 semitones (+/-2 octaves) in steps of +/-1 semitone.
Pitch
The Pitch bend wheel can be used for bending note pitches up and down. Grain also responds to Pitch Bend MIDI
data from a connected MIDI master keyboard. You set the desired Pitch bend Range with the “Range control above
the Pitch bend wheel.
! Note that with some playback algorithms, such as Spectral Grains, the audible pitch depends on the formant
rather than the pitch settings (see “Spectral Grains”). For pitch bend to have an effect here, you need to add a
Pitch Wheel -> Formant routing in the Modulation Bus, see “The Modulation Bus section”.
Mod
The Mod wheel can be used for controlling almost any parameter in Grain. Use the Mod wheel as a Source parameter
in the Modulation Bus section and then route to the desired Destination parameter(s), see “The Modulation Bus sec-
tion”.
Global output controls
Voices
Here you set the polyphony of your patch, from 1 to 12 voices.
q If you want monophonic playback you can use the “Retrig” and “Legato” modes instead of lowering the Voices
parameter to 1.
Master Volume
This is the main stereo output volume control.