EDIT PROGRAM - SINGLE
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S3000XL Operator’s Manual
MODULATION PAGES
The next group of pages we will look at also affects the program as a whole but also has
a direct influence on individual keygroups. These are the modulation pages where you
may set the parameters for the two low frequency oscillators and the pitch bend. You may
also set the parameters for the sostenuto pedal. These modulation sources may be
applied to the filter, loudness, pitch and panning for a wide range of the usual modulation
effects such as vibrato or for more outrageous synthesiser effects. These pages are
accessed by pressing the
key.
Pressing the
key displays this screen:
PITCH BEND
The first page we encounter is the PITCH page where you may set the parameters
associated with pitch bend. As usual, you may select a program for editing at the top right
hand of the corner.
The pitch bend on the S3000XL allows you to set a different range for bend up and down
as well as use pressure and a special mode is also available to make it more flexible. The
parameters are:
This sets the range for bending pitch up with the pitchbend wheel
or lever. The range is 0-24 semitones. The default is 2 semitones.
This sets the range for bending pitch down and, again, the range
is 0-24 semitones. The default is 2 semitones.
As well as using the pitchbend wheel or lever, you may also use
pressure to bend notes. The range is -12 to +12. You may only
bend up or down depending on the selection made - unlike the
bend wheel/lever, you cannot pitchbend both ways.
This is a mode select option that allows you to choose whether the
pitchbend will happen on all notes or only on held notes. This is
particularly useful on sounds with long releases. The options are
NORMAL and HELD.
Let us say, for example, that you have a sound that has a long
release and you are performing a solo that uses a lot of pitchbend.
Using NORMAL, when you pitchbend the note, all the notes
currently in the release stage of their envelope will also bend.
Sometimes this is what you want but there can be times when this
spoils the effect you are trying to create.
By selecting the HELD mode of pitchbend, ONLY THE KEY(S)
YOU ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING DOWN WILL BEND and all
those notes you are not playing but which are fading through their
release stage will remain unchanged. If you release your finger
from the key with the pitchbend up (or down), as the note dies
away, if you let the pitchbend return to zero, that last note’s pitch
will not change. If you release just one note of a chord with