Specifications

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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
previous.
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 as-
signed 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 release all keys and then press a new one. In monophonic mode, Re-
trig has an additional 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 182 for detailed information about this.
Portamento
This is used for controlling portamento - a parameter that makes the pitch glide
between 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 de-
fine 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” re-
spectively.
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
external control wheel should modulate the corresponding parame-
ter.
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 param-
eter 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 applied.
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.