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Menu: Program/Program/Pitch
Parameter: Tuning Root (Not available if “Tuning Type” is set to
“Equal Tempered”)
Value Range: C through B
Sets the “root” note on which the rest of the note tunings are based. For
example, if you’re playing a just major (or minor) composition in the key
of F, you have to set this value to F for proper tuning.
Equal Tempered tuning does not have a root note because all the notes
are equally spaced apart.
Menu: Program/Program/Pitch
Parameter: Transpose
Value Range: -48 to +48 semitones
Use transposition to reassign the notes that are triggered when you play
the keyboard (or access the Fusion via an external MIDI device). For
instance, with a “2 semitones” transposition, every time you play a C key,
the Fusion will play the D note instead.
You can transpose the Fusion up to four octaves higher or four octaves
lower than the default “0”-semitone setting.
Menu: Program/Program/Pitch
Parameter: Coarse Tune
Value Range: -48 to +48 semitones
Unlike transpose, which reassigns the notes that are triggered when you
play the keyboard, Coarse Tune actually pitch-shifts the notes you play.
Where transpose generally sounds natural, pitch can create weird and
often comical artifacts, especially when you radically pitch-shift sample-
based sounds. (If you’ve ever heard The Chipmunks Christmas record,
you’ve heard enough pitch shifting to last a lifetime… or two.)
Menu: Program/Program/Pitch
Parameter: Fine Tune
Value Range: -99 to +99 cents
Fine tune allows you to make small pitch changes. Use this function to
tune the program to a slightly flat or sharp ensemble.
If you’re playing a composition in Just
Major (or Just Minor) and you’ve set the
Tuning Type, but your chords and intervals
still sound odd, double check your Tuning
Root to make sure it’s set correctly.
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