Dividing Continuous Pitch Changes Into Semitones; (Chromatic) - Roland GR-30 Manual

Dividing Continuous Pitch Changes into Semitones (CHROMATIC)
The GR-30 faithfully reproduces the slight pitch
changes and in-between tones you get from pressing
the strings.
However, as the need arises you can also limit this
subtle pitch expression to semitone changes. This is
called the Chromatic function, and is turned on and
off the COMMON "CHROMATIC" setting.
<<fig. 5-4>>
Change in Synth
sound pitch
Major 3rd
minor 3rd
Major 2nd
minor 2nd
(semitone)
minor 2nd
<Turning the Chromatic Function On and Off
and Saving It to Patches>
1. Select the patch you want to change, and press
[EDIT/PLAY] to go into the Edit mode.
2. Set the EDIT TARGET dial to COMMON, and the
PARAMETER SELECT dial to "D" (CHROMAT-
IC).
3. Press the [+] and [-] buttons to change the display.
(Displays show: oFF, on1, on2, and on3. Refer to
.)
4. When you get it into the condition you want,
switch the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
PATCH?", and press the [+] and [-] buttons simul-
taneously to write the patch.
When saving to another patch number, before step 4,
turn the PARAMETER SELECT dial to "WRITE
TO...", and use the [+] and [-] buttons to designate a
patch number as the destination.
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Chromatic on
Chromatic off
2nd minor 3rd 3rd
Actual pitch change
when bending
Chromatic Settings and Available Effects
oFF (Chromatic Off)
For guitar bending and vibrato, with this setting,
you can have synth sounds faithfully reproduce
the subtle pitch changes of less than a semitone.
When you switch this on, pitch changes are limit-
ed to semitones.
on1 (On 1)
With "on1", when getting changing pitch by semi-
tones from guitar bending, only the pitch change
information only is added and processed, without
the sound being stopped. There is no attack sound
when the pitch changes, which is characteristic of
the change like the kind you get with the slurred
playing of a recorder.
on2 (On 2)
With "on2", as with the above, when you change
the pitch, the sound of the appropriate pitches is
retriggered, expressing semitone pitch change.
Thus, whenever the pitch changes, you hear the
attack.
If the retrigger occurs during the decay in the
string vibration from the time the string was
played, the retriggered sound gradually diminish-
es.
on3 (On 3)
This is basically the same effect as "on2", except
that the retriggered sound level is not influenced
by the attenuation of the string vibration.