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Controlling Pitch

Pitch bend

Pitchbendsmoothlychangesthepitchupwardor

downward,similartohowaguitaristcan“bend”

strings.OntheKROME,youwillnormallyusethe

joysticktocontrolpitchbendinrealtime.

TheJS(+X)andJS(–X)settingsspecifytheamountof

pitchchange(insemitones)thatwilloccurwhenMIDI

pitchbendmessagesarereceivedorwhenthejoystick

ismovedtoleftorrigh

t.Asettingof+12allowsthe

pitchtobecontrolledamaximumofoneoctave

upward;asettingof–12allowsthepitchtobe

controlledamaximumofoneoctavedownward.

Note: Youcanalsocontrolpitchbendusinga

controllerotherthanthejoystick,orviaMIDI.

Ribbon(#16)specifiestheamountofpitchchang

e(in

semitoneunits)thatwilloccurwhenMIDIcontrol

changemessage#16isreceived.Withasettingof+12,a

valueof127willraisethepitchoneoctave,andavalue

of0willlowerthepitchoneoctave.

Creating Vibrato

YoucanuseanLFOtocreatevibrato.

LFO1Int.orLFO2Int.setsthedepthofhowthe

selectedLFOwillaffectthepitch.Withasettingof

+12.00,vibratowillproduceamaximumof±1octaveof

pitchchange.

JS+YIntspecifiestheamountofvibratothattheLFO

willproducewhenthejoystickispushedawayfrom

you.

Intensity(AMSIntensity)specifiesthedepthof

vibratothatwillbeapplie

dbytheLFOwhen

modulatedbytheselectedAMS(AlternateModulation

Source).Forexample,ifthepanelswitchassignment

forSW1issettoSW1Mod.(CC#80)(Prog1–7a),and

yousetLFO1AMStoSW1:CC#80andspecifyan

appropriatevalueforIntensity,vibratowillbeapplied

whenyo

uturnSW1onorwhenMIDIcontrolchange

#80isreceived.

Pitch EG

WhentheIntensityvalueissetto+12.00,thepitchEG

specifiedinthePitchEGpagewillproducea

maximumof±1octaveofpitchchange.

Torealisticallysimulatetheslightchangeinpitchthat

occurswhenastringispluckedorattheattackofa

brassorvocalsound,youcanusetheEGtocreatea

subtlechangeinpitchattheattack.

Portamento

Portamentomakesthepitchchangesmoothlywhen

youplaythenextnotebeforereleasingtheprevious

note.

TheTimeparametercontrolshowlongitwilltakethe

pitchtochange.Asthisvalueisincreased,thepitch

willchangeoveralongertime.Withavalueof000,

therewillbenoportamento.

YoucanturnPortamentoonandoffviaSW1orSW2,

byassigningthemtoPorta.SWCC#65.

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