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Whenthisissetto0,playingdifferentnotesonthekey‐
boardwon’tchangethepitchatall;itwillbeasifyou’re
alwaysplayingC4.Thiscanbeusefulforspecialeffects
sounds,forinstance.
Pitch JS+X [–60...+12]
Thisspecifiesinsemitonesmitoneshowmuchthepitchwill
changewhenthejoystickismovedtotheright(orwhena
pitchbendmessageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,set
thistoapositivevalue.
Forexample,ifyousetthisto+12andmovethejoystickall
thewaytotheright,thepitchwillriseoneoctaveabovethe
originalpitch.
Pitch JS–X [–60...+12]
Thisspecifiesinsemitoneshowthepitchwillchangewhen
thejoystickismovedtotheleft(orwhenapitchbendmes‐
sageisreceived).Fornormalpitchbend,setthistoanega‐
tivevalue.
Forexample,ifyousetthisto‐60andmovethejoystickall
thewaytotheleft,thepitchwillfallfiveoctavesbelowthe
originalpitch.Youcanusethistocreateguitar‐styledown‐
wardswoops.
Portamento
Theseparametersadjustportamentosettingsforoscillator1.
Portamento (Portamento Enable) [Off, On]
Portamentoletsthepitchglidesmoothlybetweennotes,
insteadofchangingabruptly.
On:TurnsonPortamento,sothatpitchglidessmoothly
between no tes.
Off:TurnsoffPortamento.Thisisthedefaultstate.
PortaFingr (Portamento Fingered) [Off, On]
ThisparameterallowsyoutocontrolPortamentothrough
yourplayingstyle.Whenit’senabled,playinglegatowill
turnonPortamento,andplayingdetachedwillturnitoff
again.
Thisoptionisonlyavailablewhen“PortamentoEnable”is
turnedon.
On:TurnsonFingeredPortamento.
Off:TurnsoffFingeredPortamento.
PortaMode (Portamento Mode) [Rate, Time]
RatemeansthatPortamentowillalwaystakethesame
amountoftimetoglideagivendistanceinpitch‐for
instance,onesecondperoctave.Putanotherway,gliding
severaloctaveswilltakemuchlongerthanglidingahalf‐
step.
TimemeansthatPortamentowillalwaystakethesame
amountoftimetoglidefro
monenotetoanother,regardless
ofthedifferenceinpitch.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhen
playingchords,sinceitensuresthateachnoteinthechord
willenditsglideatthesametime.
PortaTime (Portamento Time) [000...127]
Thiscontrolstheportamentotime.Highervaluesmeanlon‐
gertimes,forslowerchangesinpitch.
Thisoptionisonlyavailablewhen“PortamentoEnable”is
turnedon.
LFO
TheseparametersmakeLFOsettingsforoscillator1.
LFO1 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]
ThisselectsthebasicLFO1waveform.
Pleasesee“LFOwaveform”onpage 20.
Mostofthewaveformsshouldbeself‐explanatory,butafew
willbenefitfrommoredetails:
Guitarisintendedforguitarvibrato,anditsshapeisspecif‐
icallytunedforthispurpose.Thewaveformispositive‐only,
sothatwhenusedfo
rpitch,itwillonlybendup,andnot
down.
Random1(S/H)generatestraditionalsampleandhold
waveforms,inwhichthelevelchangesrandomlyatfixed
intervalsoftime.
Random2(S/H)randomizesboththelevelsandthetiming.
Random3(S/H)generatesapulsewavewithrandomtim‐
ing.It’stheoppositeoftrad
itionalsampleandhold;thetim‐
ingvaries,butthelevelsdon’t.
Random4–6(Continuous)aresmoothedversionsofRan‐
dom1–3,withrampsinsteadofsteps.Youcanusethemto
createmoregentlerandomvariations.
LFO2 [Triangle...Rnd6(Cnt)]
ThisselectsthebasicLFO2waveform,asshowninthe
graphicbelow
“LFOwaveform”below
Filter LFO1 Intensity to A (FltLFO1toA) [–99...+99]
ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterAcutoffmod‐
ulationfromLFO1.
LFO modulation of Filter Cutoff
Filter LFO1 Intensity to B (FltLFO1toB) [–99...+99]
ThiscontrolsthedepthanddirectionofFilterBcutoffmod‐
ulationfromLFO1.
Square
Sine
Saw
T
riangle Step Tri4
(Step Triangle4)
Step Saw6
Step Saw4
Step Tri6
(Step Triangle6)
ExpSawDwn
(Exponential
Saw Down)
ExpTri
(Exponential
Triangle)
Guitar
ExpSawUp
(Exponential
Saw Up)
Rnd1(S/H)
(Random1
-S/H)
Rnd2(S/H)
(Random2
-S/H)
Rnd3(S/H)
(Random3
-S/H)
Rnd4(Cnt)
(Random4
-Continuous)
Rnd6(Cnt)
(Random6
-Continuous)
Rnd5(Cnt)
(Random5
-Continuous)
LFO waveform
Low setting High setting