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Portamento SW (Portamento Switch)

This is the setting page for ÒTurning portamento

on/off (Portamento Switch)Ó (p. 57).

Portamento Mode

Select the performance technique by which portamen-

to will be applied.

Available settings:

NORMAL: Portamento will always be applied.

LEGATO: Portamento will be applied for notes

played legato (i.e., notes played before

the previous note is released).

Portamento Type

Select the type of the portamento effect.

Available settings:

RATE: The time over which the pitch change occurs

will depend on the distance between the two

pitches.

TIME: The pitch change will occur over a fixed time,

regardless of the distance between pitches.

Portamento Start (Portamento Start

Pitch)

When portamento is on, pressing another keyboard

pad during the pitch change will cause a new pitch

change to begin. This parameter specifies the pitch at

which the change will begin.

Available settings:

PITCH: When another key is pressed while the pitch

is changing, the new portamento movement

will begin from the pitch at that moment.

NOTE: The new portamento movement will begin

from the pitch toward which it had been

moving.

fig.3-79TEXT

Portamento Time

This is the setting page for ÒAdjusting the time over

which the pitch will change (Portamento Time)Ó (p.

58).

Specifying the Parameters

That Will Be Modified by

Each Controller (Control)

These settings determine how the controllers (pitch

bend lever, modulation lever, keyboard aftertouch) of

external MIDI devices will control the patch parame-

ters etc. of the MC-505.

These settings are divided into three sections by con-

troller.

Modulation Lever

This controller is used to apply vibrato or add various

effects.

This setting is made in the CONTROL-MOD (Control

Modulation) section.

fig.3-80

Pitch Bend Lever

This controller is normally used to control the pitch.

This setting is made in the CONTROL-PITCH BEND

(Control Pitch Bend) section.

fig.3-81

Aftertouch

Pressure applied to the keyboard can be used to con-

trol various parameters.

This setting is made in the CONTROL-AFTER

TOUCH (Control Aftertouch) section.

fig.3-82

* If the connected MIDI device does not support aftertouch,

aftertouch cannot be used to control parameters.

PITCH

NOTE

C4 C5 D4

Pitch

Time

Key on Key on Key on Key on Key on Key on

Solo SW = ON

Solo Legato = ON

C4 E4 C4 E4

Solo SW = ON

Solo Legato = OFF

C4 E4 C4 E4

Level

Time

Key on Key on Key off Key on Key on Key off

Chapter 3. Creating Original Sounds (Patch Edit/Rhythm Edit)