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(14) Decay Time
Drag
When playing an acoustic grand piano, the length of the instrument influences the speed at which held notes decay, with longer
grand pianos (i.e. longer strings) characterised by longer decay times.
The digital piano simulates this characteristic, with the Decay Time setting allowing the length of decay while keys are pressed to be
adjusted.
Value
Description
1
Held notes will decay quickly.
10
Held notes will decay slowly.
(15) Release Time
Drag
When playing an acoustic grand piano, the length of the instrument also influences the speed at which played (and released) notes
decay, with longer grand pianos (i.e. longer strings) characterised by longer release times.
The digital piano simulates this characteristic, with the Release Time setting allowing the length of decay after keys are released to be
adjusted.
Value
Description
1
Released notes will decay quickly.
10
Released notes will decay slowly.
(16) Minimum Touch
Drag
The Minimum Touch setting allows the minimum key velocity required to produce a sound to be adjusted. By default, this setting
recreates the extremely fine touch sensitivity of a concert grand piano, allowing a very soft sound to be produced with the slightest
of key touches. However, it may be desirable to reduce this sensitivity, when wishing to recreate the sensitivity of a small grand piano
or an upright piano.
Value
Description
1
A very gentle key press will produce a very soft sound.
20
A stronger key press will be required in order to produce a sound.
(17) Stretch Tuning
Tap
Stretch tuning is a piano-specific tuning method used by acoustic piano technicians in which the lower octaves are tuned slightly
flatter and the upper octaves are tuned slightly sharper to match the natural harmonics of an acoustic piano.
The Stretch Tuning setting allows the degree of stretch tuning to be adjusted when “Normal” is selected, or for stretch tuning to be
completely disabled.
Type
Description
Off
Stretch tuning is disabled.
Normal
Normal stretch tuning is applied.
Wide
Wide stretch tuning is applied.
It is also possible to create custom tuning methods by adjusting the pitch of each individual key.
User
A custom tuning method, allowing the pitch of each key to be individual tuned.
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