Specifications

NN-19 SAMPLER
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Velocity Control
Velocity is used to control various parameters according to how hard or soft you
play notes on your keyboard. A common application of velocity is to make
sounds brighter and louder if you strike the key harder. By using the knobs in this
section, you can control how much the various parameters will be affected by
velocity. The velocity sensitivity amount can be set to either positive or negative
values, with the center position representing no velocity control.
The following parameters can be velocity controlled:
Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels
The Pitch Bend wheel is used for “bending” notes, like bending the strings on a
guitar. The Modulation wheel can be used to apply various modulation while you
are playing. Virtually all MIDI keyboards have Pitch Bend and Modulation con-
trols. NN-19 also has two functional wheels that could be used to apply real time
modulation and pitch bend should you not have these controllers on your key-
board, or if you aren’t using a keyboard at all. The wheels mirror the movements
of the MIDI keyboard controllers.
Pitch Bend Range
The Range parameter sets the amount of pitch bend when the wheel is turned
fully up or down. The maximum range is “24” (=up/down 2 Octaves).
Modulation Wheel
The Modulation wheel can be set to simultaneously control a number of param-
eters. You can set positive or negative values, just like in the Velocity Control
section. The following parameters can be affected by the modulation wheel:
Legato
Legato works best with monophonic sounds. Set Polyphony (see below) to 1
and try the following:
D Hold down a key and then press another key without releasing the
previous.
Notice that the pitch changes, but the envelopes do not start over. That is,
there will be no new “attack”.
D If polyphony is set to more voices than 1, Legato will only be ap-
plied when all the assigned voices 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 voice will “steal” one of the voices in the 4 note chord, as all the
assigned voices were already used up!
| Destination | Description
Amp This let’s you velocity control the overall volume of the sound. If
a positive value is set, the volume will increase the harder you
strike a key. A negative value inverts this relationship, so that
the volume decreases if you play harder, and increases if you
play softer. If set to zero, the sound will play at a constant vol-
ume, regardless of how hard or soft you play.
F. Env This sets velocity control for the Filter Envelope Amount param-
eter. A positive value will increase the envelope amount the
harder you play. Negative values invert this relationship.
F. Dec This sets velocity control for the Filter Envelope Decay parame-
ter. A positive value will increase the Decay time the harder you
play. Negative values invert this relationship.
S.Start This sets velocity control for the Sample Start parameter. A
positive value will increase the Start Time amount the harder
you play. Negative values invert this relationship.
A. Attack This sets velocity control for the Amp Envelope Attack parame-
ter. A positive value will increase the Attack time the harder you
play. Negative values invert this relationship.
| Destination | Description
F. Freq This sets modulation wheel control of the Filter Frequency pa-
rameter. A positive value will increase the frequency if the wheel
is pushed forward. Negative values invert this relationship.
F. Res This sets modulation wheel control of the Filter Resonance pa-
rameter. A positive value will increase the resonance if the
wheel is pushed forward. Negative values invert this relation-
ship.
F. Dec This sets modulation wheel control for the Filter Envelope De-
cay parameter. A positive value will increase the decay if the
wheel is pushed forward. Negative values invert this relation-
ship.
LFO This sets modulation wheel control of the LFO Amount parame-
ter. A positive value will increase the Amount if the wheel is
pushed forward. Negative values invert this relationship.
Amp This sets modulation wheel control for the Amp level parameter.
A positive value will increase the level if the wheel is pushed for-
ward. Negative values invert this relationship.