Besides the Master Volume, the Master group also contains a Master Tune parameter which can shift the whole tuning of the instrument by up to 48 semitones in both directions.
The Scale group allows for redefining the scale of the instrument, which is the equal temperament by default. The Base Key of a scale can be defined and all 12 keys of the corresponding octave can have an individual offset (up to 800.0 cents - eight semitones - in both directions) to the equal temperament. So a variety of different scales is achievable, including historical and traditional settings, pentatonic scalings or exotic and experimental types.
The voicing behavior of a preset is defined by the Mono and Unison parameter groups.
In Sounds, these groups are present once and apply for all available 24 voices. In Sounds, these groups are present twice (per ) and apply for all 12 voices of that Part. In Sounds, these groups are present once and apply for all 12 voices of both simultaneously.
When Mono is enabled, played keys will affect only one voice (or voice cluster, when using Unison). The behavior is defined by four parameters:
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(On, Off) |
When on, only one note (containing the defined number of Unison Voices) will be playable, even when multiple keys are pressed. As long as one key stays pressed, the release of a key will not stop the envelopes. Note that changes to Mono Enable will reset held keys. |
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(Lowest, Latest, Highest) |
When hitting multiple keys, they are sorted by the chosen priority. Keys matching the chosen priority determine the pitch of the Mono voice. When releasing the priorized key, the pitch will be determined by the key with second closest priority match. |
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(0.0 ms ... 16000 ms) |
This time can be used to create a portamento by smoothing the transitions of the pitches. Depending on the Legato options the smoothing is applied to each pitch change or only when the keys are played in legatostyle (in an overlapping manner). |
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(None, Envelopes, Glide, Env & Glide) |
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The new Reset
parameter of the Oscillators (accessed via the Phase
Button) can be set to Off to avoid glitches caused by the oscillator phases being reset at a key-down. They become noticeable if the Release phase of the Envelopes is longer than the time between two notes. Without the phase reset the Oscillators are free-running
and the Phase parameter has no influence on the start phase. This will also affect the sound of unison voice stacks and will effectively disable the Unison Phase parameter.
The Unison group provides additional control and allows for unison voices (more than one sounding voice per pressed key). The number of unison voices can be adjusted (one by default). Three spread parameters can determine, how each unison voice is spread against the others: Detune can spread the pitches, Phase can spread the oscillator start phases and Pan can spread the panning of individual unison voices.
The resulting signal (a mixture of the Output Mix and the Effects section) can be amplified or attenuated by the Master Volume parameter, before it passes through a soft clipper, preventing the signal from being clipped at the D/A converter.