46 PSR-A5000 Reference Manual
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Mono/Poly Determines whether the edited Voice is played monophonically or polyphonically.
Portamento Turns the Portamento function on or off.
Portamento
Type (Mono
Only)
Determines the behavior of the notes of decaying sounds, such as a guitar, when they are played with legato with
the edited Voice set to “Mono” above.
• Normal: The next note sounds after the previous note is stopped.
•
Legato:
The sound of the previously played note is maintained and only the pitch changes to that of the next note.
• Crossfade: The sound smoothly transitions from the previously played note to the next note.
Velocity Used
for Crossfade
Portamento
Determines which velocity takes priority for the 2nd and later notes (when one note is held and others are
played) while Crossfade Portamento is in effect.
• Latest Note: The velocity of the most recently played note takes priority. In other words, the overall velocity
of the sound is determined by the most recently played note.
• First Note: The velocity of the first note played takes priority. In other words, the overall velocity of the sound
is determined by the first note, and is maintained even when subsequent notes are played.
Portamento
Time Type
Determines how the actual pitch transition time is calculated from the Portamento Time value.
• Fixed Rate: Makes the pitch change rate to 0: max., 127: min. The actual pitch transition time varies accord-
ing to the interval between the two notes.
• Fixed Time: Makes the actual pitch transition time to 0: min., 127: max. The pitch change rate varies accord-
ing to the interval between the two notes.
Portamento
Time
Determines the portamento time (pitch transition time).
Fast Playing
Portamento
Time
Threshold
When the time between one note and the next is shorter than this Time Threshold, the Porta-
mento Time parameter below is used instead of the original Portamento Time. This helps you
play fast passages like trills or glissando with a specialized Portamento Time for the purpose.
Portamento
Time
Determines the Portamento Time for when the time between one note and the next is shorter
than the Time Threshold parameter (above).
Velocity to
Portamento
Time
Vel oc ity
Sensitivity
Adjusts the Portamento Time by velocity. With a positive value, the Portamento Time gets
shorter/longer when a velocity is greater/less than the Reference Velocity below. With a neg-
ative value, the behavior is the opposite. When the value is “0,” the Portamento Time is fixed.
Reference
Vel oc ity
This is the base value against which the Portamento Time is changed. When a played velocity
is equal to the value set here, the original Portamento Time is maintained. The greater the dif-
ference between the played velocity and the Reference Velocity, the greater the altered Porta-
mento Time becomes.
Min. Portamento
Time
Even if the Portamento Time is set to “0,” the Portamento Time never becomes shorter than the Time set here,
except while the Fast Playing Portamento is working.
Portamento is a function that creates a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to the next.
• This parameter is unavailable for Drum/SFX Kits including Revos, and behaves the same as the “Normal” setting when these Voices are
selected.
• When Legato or Crossfade is selected, the behavior (other than what is described here) may be different from Normal, depending on the
panel settings.
• The basic rule of Portamento Time is unchanged even if this setting is changed. When the value of Portamento Time is smaller, the actual
time is shorter; when the value is larger, the actual time is longer.
• The greater the value of Portamento Time, the clearer the effect of this setting will be.
The Portamento Time is not affected by the following.
• Intervals between a note and the next note
• Portamento Time
• Portamento Time Type
• Velocity to Portamento Time
• Min. Portamento Time
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