Plug-in Reference

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MIDI effects
Using switches
The Switch Setup section at the bottom of the panel al-
lows you to set up variations to the defined chords. This
works with all three modes and provides a total of eight
variations for each assignable key (that is, a maximum of 8
different chords in Global mode, 12 x 8 chords in Octave
mode and 128 x 8 chords in Normal mode).
The variations can be controlled by velocity or note range.
Here’s how you set it up:
1. Select one of the two switch modes: velocity or note.
How to use these is explained below.
The velocity switch mode selected.
2. Specify how many variations you want to use with the
Use value box.
3. Click the first Switch Select button and set up the
chord(s) you want for the first variation.
4. Click the next Switch Select button and set up the
chord(s) you want for that variation.
5. Repeat this for the number of variations you specified
with the Use setting.
Each Switch Select button corresponds to a variation.
6. Now you can play the keyboard and control the varia-
tions according to the selected switch modes.
These work as follows:
• To turn the variation switch feature off, select the “No
Switch” mode.
Compress
This MIDI compressor is used for evening out or expanding
differences in velocity. Though the result is similar to what
you get with the Velocity Compression track parameter, the
Compress plug-in presents the controls in a manner more
like regular audio compressors. The parameters are:
Switch mode Description
Velocity The full velocity range (1–127) is divided into “zones”,
according to the number of variations you specified. For
example, if you’re using two variations (Max is set to 2)
there will be two velocity “zones”: 1–63 and 64–127.
Playing a note with velocity at 64 or higher will trigger the
second variation, while playing a softer note will trigger
the first variation.
Note In this mode, the chorder will play one chord at a time –
you cannot play several different chords simultaneously.
When the Note switch mode is selected, you play a key to
determine the base note for the chord, then press a higher
key to select a variation. The variation number will be the
difference between the two keys. To select variation 1,
press a key one semitone higher than the base note, for
variation 2, press a key two semitones higher, and so on.
Parameter Description
Threshold Only notes with velocities over this value will be affected
by the compression/expansion.
Ratio This determines the rate of compression applied to the
velocity values above the threshold level. Ratios greater
than 1:1 result in compression (i.e. less difference in ve-
locity) while ratios lower than 1:1 result in expansion (i.e.
greater difference in velocity).
What actually happens is that the part of the velocity
value that is above the threshold value is divided by the
ratio value.
Gain This adds or subtracts a fixed value from the velocities.
Since the maximum range for velocity values is 0–127,
you may need to use the Gain setting to compensate,
keeping the resulting velocities within the range. Typi-
cally, you would use negative Gain settings when ex-
panding and positive Gain settings when compressing.