Changing The Number Of Voices The Keyboard Controls In Mono Mode; Single/Multiple Trigger - Moog Memorymoog 345 Owner's Manual

CHANGING THE NUMBER OF VOICES THE KEYBOARD CONTROLS IN MONO MODE

When you put the keyboard into its MONOPHONIC MODE by pressing the MONO switch
(1.3), the keyboard will play only one note at a time. It will control from I to 18 oscillators, depend-
ing on how many voice cards are being controlled. You can program the number of voice cards con-
trolled by turning the MONO switch (1.3) on, hitting the KB MODE switch (1.7), pressing ENTER,
and then hitting a number from I to 6 on the Numeric Keyboard (3.3), and pressing ENTER again. If
you hit a 1, you will control three oscillators as a Minimoog does. If you want to hear the sound of
only one oscillator, turn the volume controls in the MIXER (7.0) of two of the oscillators to 0. The
more oscillators you control, the thicker and fatter the sound will be. Controlling all 18 oscillators in
unison creates a very massive sound.

SINGLE/MULTIPLE TRIGGER

When the SINGLE/MULTIPLE TRIGGER switch (1.4) is off, the keyboard waits until all keys
are released before a new key depression will put out a new trigger signal, which is used to start the
CONTOUR GENERATORS (8.5 and 9.0). This state is called SINGLE TRIGGERING, and it's
useful for playing legato passages in MONO MODE.
You can emphasize phrases in SINGLE TRIGGER MODE by deliberately attacking only the
first note in a phrase, playing the rest of it with a legato touch. This produces only one trigger for the
entire phrase, emphasizing the first note, letting the others be played with what remains of the single
CONTOUR. If you've never played a single-trigger monophonic synthesizer before, it may take
some practice to get used to the technique. With this patch try playing a familiar run or scale, pro-
ducing new triggers only at the first note. Do it slowly to begin with and increase the speed as you
start to master the technique. Also, try the different KEYBOARD MODES while you practice and
notice the differences in priority between high-note, low-note, and last-note modes.
SINGLE/MULTIPLE TRIGGER
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