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365MainStage Instruments
• Polyphony pop-up menu: Choose the maximum number of notes that can be played
simultaneously (up to 16) or run as a monophonic synthesizer.
• If you choose legato and play in a legato style (strike a new key while holding
another), the envelope generators are triggered only for the first note you play
legato, and then they continue their curve until you release the last legato played
key. This means that if you play legato, a portamento occurs (the portamento
time is set with the Autobend / Glide Time control). If you release each key before
pressing a new one, the envelope is not triggered by the new note, and there is no
portamento.
• If you choose mono, staccato playing retriggers the envelope generators every time
a new note is played.
• Voice Detune field: Click the arrows or drag vertically to tune Retro Synth in cents
(1cent=1/100th semitone).
• Stereo Spread field: Click the arrows or drag vertically to set the amount of voice
panning, relative to the center position. Spread: 0=mono, 1=full left/right panning.
Voices are panned left or right in an alternating, symmetrical pattern.
Note: Detuning and panning works in Single and Double voice mode. In Double voice
mode, detuning and panning affects the respective voice pairs.
• Unison pop-up menu: Set the number of voices played in unison mode. Behavior in
unison mode depends on the Polyphony parameter value. One of the strengths of
polyphonic analog synthesizers is unison—or stacked voices—mode. Traditionally, in
unison mode classic analog polysynths run monophonically, with all voices playing
simultaneously when a single note is struck. Because the voices of an analog
synthesizer are never perfectly in tune, this results in a rich, chorus-like effect with
great sonic depth.
• Polyphonic unison mode: When 2–16 voices are selected in the Polyphony pop-up
menu, voices are stacked, but you can play polyphonically.
• Monophonic unison mode: When Mono or Legato is chosen in the Polyphony pop-
up menu, all voices are stacked, but you can only play monophonically or in a legato
style.
Controller parameters
The modulation targets available in the pop-up menus listed below change when different
synthesizer engines are active.
• Mod Wheel to pop-up menu and slider: Choose a modulation target for your keyboard
modwheel. The slider sets the maximum modulation amount.
• Velocity to pop-up menu and slider: Choose a target for modulation with keyboard
velocity. The slider sets the maximum modulation amount.
• Aftertouch to pop-up menu and slider: Choose a target for modulation with keyboard
aftertouch. The slider sets the maximum modulation amount.
• Assignable CC pop-up menu and slider: Choose a target for modulation with a MIDI
continuous controller. The slider sets the maximum modulation amount.
Note: This modulation source is ideal for use with MIDI CC#4 Foot Controller that’s
often used in conjunction with aftertouch. It’s also useful for MPE devices that offer
enhanced controller functions.