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CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual Page 89
NOTES ON USING PORTAMENTO
The portamento effect can be used when playing polyphonically or monophonically.
When playing polyphonically, notes in a chord will slide up or down to the next chord
accordingly at a speed set by the and parameter. If one note in a chord is held
when a new chord is played, it will not be affected.
When playing monophonically (i.e. with MONO LEGATO switched ON), the effect is just like
that found on an old analogue monosynth and many exciting synth sounds can be created
using the portamento function that fit in perfectly with the current fashion for using analogue
synths.
Of course, when playing monophonically, the effect can be applied equally as effectively to
samples of acoustic instruments and the effect can be switched in and out using the MIDI
PORTAMENTO pedal for expressive phrasing.
The portamento effect is a PROGRAM parameter - that is, it will affect all keygroups equally.
When layering sounds in a multi, to apply portamento to some sounds and not to others, create
a program with portamento and another program without portamento and place the programs
into separate parts, assigning the same MIDI channel to those parts. When you play, one
program will hit new notes immediately whilst the other lags behind. Of course, you may stack
more than two programs on top of each other in the multi.
Alternatively, you may layer programs in this way and set different portamento rates for each
one so that they all slide around at different speeds!