Specifications

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Program Mode
The Program Editor
WhenOn,theprogramwillplayonlyonenoteatatime.This makesitpossibletouseandto
determinethebehavioroftheportamento feature.DonotsetIgnoreReleaseOn(page 6‐26)
whenyouareusingMonophonicprograms,sincethelackofNoteOffmessageswillprevent
you
fromswitchingprogramsproperly.
Legato Play
WhenLegatoPlayison,anotewillplayitsattackonlywhenallothernoteshavebeenreleased.
Thisisusefulforrealisticinstrumentalsounds.
Portamento
Thisparameteriseitheronoroff.ThedefaultvalueofOffmeansthatportamentoisdisabled
forthecurrent
program.
Portamentoisaglidebetweenpitches.Onactualacousticinstrumentslikeviolinandbass,it’s
achievedbyslidingafingeralongavibratingstring.Onmostkeyboardstha tofferportamento,
it’sachievedbyholdingdownakeythattriggersthestartingnote,thenstrikingandreleasing
otherkeys.Thepitch
glidestowardthemostrecentlytriggerednote,andremainsatthatpitchas
longasthenoteremainson.ThePC3LEgivesyoutwowaystogetportamento.SeetheAttack
Portamentoparameterbelow.
Whenapplyingportamentotomulti‐sampledsounds(AcousticGuitar,forexample),thePC3LE
willplaymorethan
onesamplerootasthepitchglidesfromthestartingpitchtotheending
pitch.Thismaycauseasmallclickateachsampleroottransition.Youcaneliminateclicksby
usingtheMonoSampleXFadeparameter(seebelow.)
Portamento Rate
ThesettingforPortamentoratedetermineshowfastthecurrentnoteglides
fromstartingpitch
toendingpitch.Thevalueofthisparametertellsyouhowmanysecondsthenotetakestoglide
onesemitonetowardtheendingpitch.Atasettingof12keys/second,forexample,thepitch
wouldglideanoctaveeverysecond.Thelistofvaluesisnonlinear;that
is,theincrementsget
largerasyouscrolltohighervalues.
Attack Portamento (AttPt)
Thisparametertogglesbetweentwotypesofportamento.WhensettoOn,thePC3LE
remembersthestartingpitchsoyoudon’thavetoholdanoteontoachieveportamento.The
pitchalwaysglidestoeachnewnotefrom
thepreviouslytriggerednote.WhensettoOff,the
pitchwillglidetothemostrecentlytriggerednoteonlywhenthepreviousnoteisstillon(in
otherwords,youmustuselegatofingering).