ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS, Musician'S Manual

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Section 7 — Voice Parameters EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual
EDIT/Layer Page
Use this page to adjust parameters which affect the layers within an instrument.
To access these parameters press Edit, then Layer.
Use this parameter to create a portamento glide between notes. This is a
monophonic effect that is triggered when you play legato notes. When set to
PEDAL, you must play legato notes (or sustained notes) and depress the foot
pedal to start the glide.
• MONO — Enables monophonic voice assignment, allowing only one voice to
be active in the layer. If a key down is received before another is released, the
voice will glide from the old note to the new one.
• PEDAL — Enables the sustain pedal to start the polyphonic glide. In this
mode, the glide is controlled by the sustain pedal. When the pedal is up, there
is no glide and the layer if fully polyphonic. When the sustain pedal is
depressed, the glide is enabled and the polyphony is limited to the number of
notes being sounded at the moment. For example, with the pedal up play a
three note chord. Press the sustain pedal and lift your fingers off the keys (the
three notes will sustain). Now press another key. One of these sustaining
notes will glide to the new note, keeping a key down will prevent a note from
being stolen. This allows controlled voice leading.
• TRIGGER — This mode plays monophonically, with the envelope and
Wavesample retriggering, or restarting, each time there is a new key down.
• MINIMODE — Similar to mono mode on old analog synths. The voice will
play with one-voice polyphony and new notes will always glide from the
previous note (assuming GLIDE TIME is greater than zero). If you just want
mono voice assignment without glide, set LYR GLIDEMODE=MINIMODE
and set the GLIDETIME to zero.
Use this parameter to set the speed of the glide between notes. Lower values
yield a faster glide; higher numbers, a slower glide.
Range: 0 to 127
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EDIT/Layer Page