Alesis QuadraSynth Plus, Reference Manual

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Editing Programs: Chapter 6
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Speed curve maintains a constant glide rate regardless of the
pitch difference between notes.
Rate (0 to 99)
Sets the glide duration. Higher numbers give longer glide times.
The Rate value is affected by the Portamento value (see above).
Keyboard Mode (Mono, Poly, 1-Pitch or 1-PMono)
In Mono mode, you can play only one note at a time—just like
vintage monophonic synthesizers or wind instruments. Poly
mode allows you to play polyphonically. Note that portamento
behavior is more predictable in mono mode.
Tip:
With a feedback guitar patch that uses one sound for the
guitar and one sound for the feedback, setting the feedback
sound to Mono Keyboard Mode insures that your feedback
“whistle” will be monophonic, which more accurately mimics
what happens when you play lead guitar.
Use 1-PITCH mode when you want a program sound layer to
play a single pitch polyphonically throughout the entire
keyboard range. In 1-PITCH mode, the QuadraSynth Plus will
play the sample used for note C3 for all notes in the range. 1-
PITCH mode is often used for layering a noise or drum sound
behind another sound that is pitched, for example, to fatten up a
bass guitar sound with a hint of kick drum, or to have the same
cymbal hit every time any note is played. Alternatively, 1-
PMONO mode is a monophonic version of 1-PITCH.
Sometimes when playing a monophonic instrument, you will not
want the envelopes to retrigger when playing legato, as this
would sound realistic. Imagine a flute-player beginning each
note in a phrase with a sharp, breathy attack. In reality, the
player would only attack the first note in the phrase this way.
Therefore, if the Keyboard Mode is set to “Mono”, the three
envelopes (PENV, FENV and FENV) will only retrigger when
playing legato if the envelope's Trigger Mode is set to either
“Reset” or “Reset-Freerun”.