i5.
PERFORMANCE FEATURES
The
Poly-800
provides many useful performance lealures. in-
cluding the Tune control, Joystick: Key
ksign
modes
(Poly,
chord Memory and Hold); Polyphonic Sequencer; and Pro-
gram Up footswitch.
Adjusts the basic pitch of the
Poly-800
to match other in-
struments. Moving the slider towards
‘.#’
raises the pitch;
moving it towards
‘b’
lowers
the pitch.
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For easy pitch bending and performance control over vibralo
and filter elfects. You can combine effects by moving the
Joystick diagonally.
Moving
ihe
Joystick to the right or left raises or lowers the
entire keyboard pitch. The maximum pitch bend depth is
delermined by the BEND slider (and is not stored in memory).
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Moving the Joystick upward adds vibrato; moving
it
downward
adds VCF modulation effects
(“wah-wah”
or “growl”). Since
all Joystick modulation is produced by the programmable MG.
the speed of the vibrato or VCF modulation is determined by
Parameter
c
:
(MG
FREQ).
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The
POLY.
CHORD MEMORY, and HOLD playing modes
significantly extend the flexibility of the
Poly-800.
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Up to eight fully-articulated notes may be played and releas-
ed independently (four in DOUBLE Mode). If you play more
than eight (four), the more recent notes will
‘%ancel
out” the
earliest notes still sounding. For example, if you play a low
‘A’ and then 7 more notes (8 notes total), playing an 8th note
will “cancel” the low
‘A’
if it is still sounding.
In POLY Mode, the DISPLAY shows the following:
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lights
up in
DOUBLE
MOOE
5.3.2 HOLD
When the Hold function is on. notes played will keep soun-
ding indefinitely after the keys are released. Up to 8 notes
may be held simultaneously (4 in DOUBLE Mode); playing
more keys will cancel “older” notes and replace them with
new n&es. In HOLD Mode, the DISPLAY shows the following:
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me
dot
lights
up
in
DOUYLE
MOOE
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NO.
PARAMETER
NO.
VALUE
Hold mode only operates when combined with Poly mode.
If you are in Chord Memory mode and press the HOLD
button, both Hold and
Poly
modes will be selected.
In order for notes to be sustained indefinitely. the DEG
SUSTAIN parameters (
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must
be set
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but SUSTAIN is above
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,
each note will die away
and then attack again. automatically
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