Portamento Time - Roland Piano Owner's Manual

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.
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.Potra-1.e
Pitch
C5
D4
C4
press C5 key
press C4 key
NOTE: Portamento will begin anew from the pitch where the current
change would end.
fig.Potra-2.e
Pitch
C5
D4
C4
press C5 key
press C4 key
Time
press D4 key
Time
press D4 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
Bend Range Up (Pitch Bend Range Up)
Specifies the degree of pitch change in semitones when the Pitch
Bend lever is all the way right. For example, if this parameter is set to
"12," the pitch will rise one octave when the pitch bend lever is
moved to the right-most position.
Value: 0– +48
Bend Range Down (Pitch Bend Range Down)
Specifies the degree of pitch change in semitones when the Pitch
Bend lever is all the way left. For example if this is set to "-48" and
you move the pitch bend lever all the way to the left, the pitch will
fall 4 octaves.
Value: -48–0
Patch Tone
Env Mode (Tone Envelope Mode)
When a loop waveform (p. 44) is selected, the sound will normally
continue as long as the key is pressed. If you want the sound to
decay naturally even if the key remains pressed, set this to "NO
SUS."
Range: NO SUS, SUST
If a one-shot type Wave (p. 44) is selected, it will not sustain even
if this parameter is set to "SUST."
Delay Mode (Tone Delay Mode)
Selects the type of tone delay.
fig.Delay Mode.e
Note on Note off
Creating a Patch
No Tone Delay
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