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| GLOBAL SETTINGS
The Global Settings section is arranged into 6 tabbed
pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the page
buttons at the top of the panel. To access pages 3-6,
click on the More button. Click on the Back button to
access the page buttons for pages 1-3.
Tuning and Unison
(Tune/Uni)
Figure 41: Tuning and Unison Panel
Control
Description
Note Priority
When in Unison mode, note priority
determines which key pressed will
have priority, i.e., which note will be
sounded. In Low Note mode, the low-
est note played on the keyboard will
sound. In Last Note mode, the most
recently pressed key will have priority.
The early Minimoogs had a low note
priority; most synths now use Last
Note priority.
Legato Mode Determines if a voice is retriggered
when it is stolen for use in legato
mode or not. When Legato mode is
Off, only the most frequently pressed
key will sound. In Legato mode (reas-
sign or retrigger), a key that is held
down will re-sound after another key is
played and released. Reassign mode
reassigns the voice to the original
note, resulting in a legato effect.
Retrigger mode retriggers the original
note.
Env Reset
Shutdown mode forces the envelopes
to be reset to zero for each new note-
on event. In Running mode, the enve-
lopes continue running from wherever
they are currently when a new key is
pressed.
Global Settings
Control
Description
Unison
Voices
This should normally be set to All,
however there is an ‘intelligent as-
signment’ if you want to stack unison
voices. If the synthesizer is set to play
12 voices in your Project, then set-
ting the Unison Voices parameter to
6 will give you 2 playable notes, each
with 6 voices stacked together. The
Unison Detune then acts as a tuning
spread, and each of those 6 voices
will be more and more detuned from
one another as this value increases.
If you set the Unison Voices to 4, then
you would have 3 notes with 4 voices
stacked on each. A Voice setting of 2
would give you 6 notes, with 2 voices
stacked on each key.
PitchWh
Range
This controls how much pitch bend
will occur at maximum pitch wheel
excursion (in semitones). Since most
pitch wheels are centered, this is a
+/- amount. For example, a value of
2 provides for a whole step of pitch
bending in either direction
Transpose
Shifts the tuning entire synth/-
36 semitones. The Transpose amount
is stored in the presets.
Master Fine
Tune
A/- 100 cents tuning to the
entire synthesizer. This parameter is
not stored in presets. This is because
you may want to play the Solaris
along with an acoustic instrument that
is not at concert pitch, and cannot be
retuned easily (such as an old piano).
You can set the Fine Tune as needed,
and still select through the presets
without resetting this parameter.
Tuning and Unison Controls
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