ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS, Musician'S Manual

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EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual Section 7 — Voice Parameters
The legato layer is an ENSONIQ innovation that enables the EPS-16 PLUS to
capture the elusive nuances of acoustic instruments. The sound of a wind
instrument, the flute for example, is different when it is "tongued" than when
notes are played in a connected manner (called legato). When two notes are
"slurred" or "trilled" the characteristic attack of the second note is not present
The EPS-16 PLUS allows a simulation of this effect when used with one of the
glide modes.
The rules for glide, described above, determine when two notes will be
connected The glide time determines how fast it will get to the new note. The
legato layer parameter selects which layer, and therefore what sound, will play on
the new note.
For example, suppose that layer one is a flute sample with a tongued attack, and
layer two is a flute sustain without any attack. To use this function:
On the EDIT/Instrument page:
• Enable both layer one and the layer two in the patch. The display reads 00
PATCH=1 2 - - - - - -
• Enable layer one, the attack, as a kcydown layer. Disable layer two as a
keydown layer. The display reads KEYDWN LAYERS=1 - - - - - - -
On the EDIT/Layer page for layer one:
• Set layer GLIDEMODE=MONO.
• Set LEGATO layer=2.
• Adjust GLIDETIME as you see fit
This parameter allows you to set the velocity range in which the layer will
respond. Outside the range selected, the layer will not play.
EDIT/Layer Page
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