User Manual

NN-19 SAMPLER
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Setting Number of Voices - Polyphony
This determines the polyphony, i.e. the number of voices a patch can play simultaneously. This can be used to make
a patch monophonic (=a setting of “1”), or to extend the number of voices available for a patch. The maximum num-
ber of voices you can set a patch to use is 99.
! Note that the Polyphony setting does not “hog” voices. For example, if you have a patch that has a polyphony
setting of ten voices, but the part the patch plays only uses four voices, this won’t mean that you are “wasting”
six voices. In other words, the polyphony setting is not something you need to consider if you want to conserve
CPU power - it is only the number of voices actually used that counts.
Voice Spread
This parameter can be used to control the stereo (pan) position of voices. The Spread knob determines the intensity
of the panning. If this is set to “0”, no panning will take place. The following pan modes can be selected:
Low Bandwidth
This will remove some high frequency content from the sound, but often this is not noticeable (this is especially true
if you have “filtered down” samples). Activating this mode will save you some extra computer power, if needed.
Controller Section
NN-19 can receive common MIDI controller messages, and route these to various parameters. The following MIDI
messages can be received:
• Aftertouch (Channel Pressure)
• Expression Pedal
• Breath Control
If your MIDI keyboard is capable of sending Aftertouch messages, or if you have access to an Expression Pedal or a
Breath controller, you can use these to modulate NN-19 parameters. The “Source” selector switch determines which
of these message-types should be received.
These messages can then be assigned to control the following parameters:
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Mode
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Description
Key This will shift the pan position gradually from left to right the higher up on the keyboard you play.
Key 2 This will shift the pan position from left to right in 8 steps (1/2 octave) for each consecutive higher note you play,
and then repeat the cycle.
Jump This will alternate the pan position from left to right for each note played.
F. Freq This sets external modulation control of the filter frequency parameter. A positive value will increase the fre-
quency with higher external modulation values. Negative values invert this relationship.
LFO 1 This sets external modulation control of the LFO Amount parameter. A positive value will increase the LFO
amount with higher external modulation values. Negative values invert this relationship.
Amp This let’s you control the overall volume of the sound with external modulation. If a positive value is set, the vol-
ume will increase with higher external modulation values. A negative value inverts this relationship.