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Performance Control Section
Pitch Bender Range
This four position switch allows you to
change the range of the Bend lever. In
the original JX-8P these ranges were 2,
3, 5 & 7 semitones. The Kiwi-8P has
extended the range and it is now 2, 3, 5
& 12 semitones
Note - This Switch settings is saved
with the Tone
.
This was not possible with the
original JX-8P
LFO Trigger
The Bend lever LFO trigger in the JX-8P
is a simple on/off switch. The output
level of this can be set separately for
the Midi Output (Global Parameter 614)
and Tone modulation (Tone Parameter
537)
On all factory programs the LFO
button has been configured to a
moderate level of DCO LFO level on
the DCO to give a vibrato effect.
Note – The LFO source from the
bend lever trigger does not include
the LFO Delay and is always
present.
Portamento
Portamento is available in all playing
modes. The Portamento On/Off and
Rate are set on the Panel next to the
Bend Lever.
Changing the Portamento On/Off or
moving the Rate Control will change the
saved setting in the edit buffer.
Note - This Slider setting is saved
with the Tone.
This was not possible with the
original JX-8P.
Note - The Portamento setting will
only be changed and overwritten in
the Tone while the Portamento
Switch is set to 'ON'. If the switch is
'OFF' then the Portamento Rate will
be saved as zero when the Tone is
written to memory.
Aftertouch
The After touch slider is a hardware
level that changes the after touch level
before it reaches the Kiwi-8P. For this
reason this level cannot be saved with
the Tone.
The JX-8P has a problem with the after
touch strip that is under the keys. These
oxidize internally over time and this
reduces the AT effect that can be
produced. This is a difficult and labour
intensive repair as the entire keyboard
needs to be disassembled and is
usually expensive and has limited long
term success rate.
The Kiwi-8P has tried to address this
by adding a AT multiplier parameter.
This parameter will allow the AT strip
output to be made more sensitive
by multiplying the output from this
by 2, 4 or 8 times.
This parameter is a Global setting
number 515.
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