ENSONIQ KT-88 Musician's Manual

Section 6 — Standard Sound Parameters
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Glide/Glide Time
Glide= NONE Glide Time = 00
Glide Range: NONE, TRIGGER, MINIMODE, or LEGATO
Enables Glide (portamento) and several forms of monophonic voice assignment in a sound. All
three voices in a sound share the same Glide time, but each voice selects whether it will glide or
not. There are four Glide settings:
• NONE — Glide is off. Use this for normal polyphonic operation, with no portamento.
• TRIGGER — This mode plays monophonically. The envelopes and waves are always
retriggered, or restarted from the beginning, each time there is a new key down. If a key is
depressed before another is released (i.e. if you play legato), the voice will glide from the old
note to the new one. If you play a key with no other keys down (i.e. if you play staccato), the
voice will not glide. This mode does not feature note memory (see below). This is ideal for
adding monophonic piano “thuds” to piano sounds.
• MINIMODE — This mode also plays monophonically. Unlike TRIGGER mode, the
envelopes and waves are only restarted from the beginning when you play a key with no
other keys down (i.e. if you play staccato). If a key is depressed before another is released
(i.e. if you play legato), the voice will glide from the old note to the new one. If you play a
key with no other keys down (i.e. if you play staccato), the voice will not glide. This is ideal
for vintage synth or synth bass sounds.
• LEGATO — Again this mode also plays monophonically. The envelopes and waves are
always retriggered, or restarted from the beginning, each time there is a new key down. If a
key is depressed before another is released (i.e. if you play legato), the voice will glide from
the old note to the new one. If you play a key with no other keys down (i.e. if you play
staccato), the voice will not glide. This is ideal for performing trills on wind instruments,
such as flutes.
Note: MINIMODE and LEGATO feature “note memory.” If you release a key while
still holding down another key, the pitch will glide back to the note you are holding.
Holding down the sustain pedal will dynamically disable note memory.
GLIDE MODES
MODE
Staccato
Glide
Legato
Glide
Legato Envelope/Wave
Retrigger
Note
Memory
NONE NO NO NO NO
TRIGGER NO YES YES NO
MINIMODE NO YES NO YES
LEGATO NO YES YES YES
Glide Time Range: 00 to 99
Determines the amount of time that it takes for the pitch to glide smoothly from one note to
another. The higher the value, the longer the glide time. Unlike the Glide parameter, Glide Time
controls all three voices within the sound. The KT uses Constant-Time Portamento. This means
that it will take the same amount of time to glide between notes that are close together (e.g. C4 to
D4) as it will to glide between notes that are far apart (e.g. C4 to C7).

ENSONIQ KT-88 Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	KT-88
Category	Keyboard
Language	English