Operation Manual

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Legato and Retrig
Legato
Legato works best with monophonic sounds. Set Key Poly (see above) to 1 and try
the following:
D Hold down a key and then press another key without releasing the previ-
ous.
Notice that the pitch changes, but the envelopes do not start over. That is, there
will be no new “attack”.
D If Key Poly is set to more voices than 1, Legato will only be applied when
all the assigned keys are “used up”.
For example, if you had a polyphony setting of “4” and you held down a 4 note
chord, the next note you played would be Legato. Note, however, that this Legato
key will “steal” one of the keys in the 4 note chord, as all the assigned keys were
already used up!
Retrig
Retrig is the “normal” setting for playing polyphonic patches. That is, when you press
a key without releasing the previous, the envelopes are triggered, like when you re-
lease all keys and then press a new one. In monophonic mode, Retrig has an addi-
tional function; if you press a key, hold it, press a new key and then release that, the
first note is also retriggered.
LFO 1 Rate
This is used for controlling the rate of LFO 1 if it is used in “Group Rate” mode. In that
case, this knob will take precedence over the rate parameter in the LFO 1 section.
See page 282 for detailed information about this.
Portamento
This is used for controlling portamento - a parameter that makes the pitch glide be-
tween the notes you play, rather than changing the pitch instantly as soon as you hit a
key on your keyboard. By turning this knob you set how long it should take for the
pitch to glide from one note to the next as you play them.
In legato mode, there will only be any portamento when actually playing legato (tied)
notes.
With the knob turned all the way to the left, portamento is disabled.
Synth parameters
The Modulation controls
As previously described, the Modulation wheel (and the External Control wheel) can
be used for controlling various parameters. These controls allow you to define which
parameters the wheels should modulate and to what extent.
D Below each of the knobs are the letters “W” and “X”.
These are used for selecting the source that should control the parameter, and
represent the “Modulation Wheel” and the “External Control wheel” respectively.
D By clicking on any of the letters, you decide which source should control
the parameter.
You can select either, both or none. When a letter is “lit”, the corresponding
source is set to control the parameter.
D By turning the knobs, you decide how much the modulation and/or ex-
ternal control wheel should modulate the corresponding parameter.
Note that all of the control knobs are bi-polar, which means that they can be set to
both positive and negative values. Positive values are set by turning the knobs to the
right, and negative values are thus set by turning the knobs to the left:
• Setting them to positive values means that the value of the controlled parameter
will be raised if the source wheel is pushed forward.
• Setting them to negative values means that the value will be lowered when a wheel
is pushed forward.
• Keeping the knobs in the center position means that no modulation control is ap-
plied.
There is one exception to these rules, and that is the LFO 1 Amt control, which works
in a slightly different way. See below for more information about this.
The following parameters can be modulated:
F.Freq
This sets modulation control of the Filter’s cutoff frequency (see page 279).
Mod Dec
This sets modulation control of the Decay parameter in the Modulation Envelope (see
page 280).