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Page 84 S3200XL Operator’s Manual - Version 1.00
PORTAMENTO
Portamento is a function that allows you to ‘glide’ from one note to another instead of moving in
steps as is normally the case.
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NORMAL PLAYBACK (NO PORTAMENTO)
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WITH PORTAMENTO SWITCHED ON
As you can see, when portamento is on, each note ‘slides’ to the next and the speed with
which it slides is set by the portamento’s RATE parameter.
The portamento effect is useful when playing acoustic sounds such as stringed instruments
that have no frets (violins, violas, etc., fretless bass) and instruments such as trombone, penny
whistle, etc.. It is also effective on vocal sounds as few, if any, singers hit the note dead on -
most slide into it. Of course, portamento was also a standard feature on older analogue synths,
particularly monophonic ones (where it was often called GLIDE) and was responsible for the
creation of some highly distinctive (although often over-used!) synth effects.
Pressing F6 - - in any of the MOD pages will display this screen:
The parameters are:
This can be switched ON or OFF. When it is switched ON you will hear the
portamento effect as you play.
You will note that this parameter responds to the MIDI PORTAMENTO pedal
(controller #65). This pedal is like the sustain pedal - when depressed,
portamento will be switched on; when released, the effect will be switched off.
When the parameter is ON, pressing the portamento pedal will
have no effect - portamento will be on permanently. When this parameter is set
to OFF, the portamento pedal will allow you to switch it on or off as you please.
This may be useful when you wish to play a sound normally but only apply
portamento to a few notes. For example, when playing a trombone sample,
you may play normally and then switch portamento on to create the slide
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