Akai S3000XL User Manual page 89

S3000XL Operator's Manual
portamento on to create the slide effect. Similarly, with fretless bass, the
portamento pedal may be used to slide notes whenever you please.
This sets the speed of the portamento. It is difficult to specify its range as
this depends on the setting of the
the longest portamento effect you can have is over 30 seconds. You will
note that if this parameter is set high but you play notes quickly, the
portamento effect may be so slow that your notes never hit the right
pitches! If you anticipate playing a particular sound quickly, set lower
portamento rates.
Here you may select two different portamento types, TIME and RATE.
TIME sets the portamento effect so that the speed of the effect is
constant regardless of the interval played. For example, if the rate is set to
give a glide of 1 second, it will take one second to glide up a semi-tone or
seven octaves. For example:
1 sec
1 sec
1 sec
When TIME is selected
When set to RATE, the speed the effect takes depends on the interval.
For example, if it takes one second to cover an octave, it will take two
seconds to cover two octaves, four seconds to cover three octaves, eight
seconds to cover four octaves, etc.. For example:
1 sec
2 secs
4 secs
When RATE is selected
You may use these two portamento modes to create a range of different
musical effects.
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parameter described below but
1 sec
1 sec
8 secs
16 secs
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