Portamento Time - Roland Fantom G8 User Manual

Creating a Patch
Portamento Switch
Specifies whether the portamento effect will be applied (ON) or not
(OFF).
Value: OFF, ON
Portamento
Portamento is an effect which smoothly changes the pitch from
the first-played key to the next-played key. By applying
portamento when the Mono/Poly parameter is "MONO," you
can simulate slide performance techniques on a violin or similar
instrument.
Portamento Mode
Specifies the performance conditions for which portamento will be
applied.
Value
NORMAL: Portamento will always be applied.
LEGATO: Portamento will be applied only when you play
legato (i.e., when you press the next key before
releasing the previous key).
Portamento Type
Specifies the type of portamento effect.
Value
RATE: The time it takes will depend on the distance
between the two pitches.
TIME: The time it takes will be constant, regardless of how
far apart in pitch the notes are.
106
Portamento Start
When another key is pressed during a pitch change produced by
portamento, a new pitch change will begin. This setting specifies the
pitch at which the change will begin.
Value
PITCH: Starts a new portamento when another key is
pressed while the pitch is changing.
fig.06-048.e
Pitch
C5
D4
C4
press C5 key
press C4 key
Portamento will begin a new from the pitch where
NOTE:
the current change would end.
fig.06-049.e
Pitch
C5
D4
C4
press C5 key
press C4 key

Portamento Time

When portamento is used, this specifies the time over which the
pitch will change. Higher settings will cause the pitch change to the
next note to take more time.
Value: 0–127
Time
press D4 key
Time
press D4 key