Tascam 4 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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A fast portamento time (lower CC value) is excellent for trills over short intervals (up to a perfect fourth if
the lters are well calibrated) but not as good for longer intervals. Conversely, long intervals or glissandos
can be well simulated with slower portamento times.
Default Legato Portamento Mode
ere are no specications for using the default Legato Portamento mode; it can be applied to any
instrument regardless of dimension architecture or bit rate.
e Default Legato Portamento Mode glissandos from one note to the next like a traditional mono
portamento style instrument without using the formant shaping lters or extended portamento controls of
the Custom PRF proles. is default mode simply bends samples from an original source note to a
secondary destination note when the notes are played in a connecting (overlapping) fashion.
PRF - Custom Legato Portamento Mode
e PRF lter functionality is applicable ONLY to 24bit instruments
Much more complex than traditional lters, GigaStudio’s PRF and DEF technology introduces phase
corrected, 7
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order, musically adapted morphing lters that were designed to deal specically with the
spectral coloration (formant shis) resulting from the pitch and dynamic transposition of samples. In other
words, the PRF lter continuously morphs the frequency response of notes as they are stretched beyond
their natural pitch and dynamic range.