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portamento on to create the slide effect. Similarly, with fretless bass, the

portamento pedal may be used to slide notes whenever you please.

This sets the speed of the portamento. It is difficult to specify its range as

this depends on the setting of the parameter described below but

the longest portamento effect you can have is over 30 seconds. You will

note that if this parameter is set high but you play notes quickly, the

portamento effect may be so slow that your notes never hit the right

pitches! If you anticipate playing a particular sound quickly, set lower

portamento rates.

Here you may select two different portamento types, TIME and RATE.

TIME sets the portamento effect so that the speed of the effect is

constant regardless of the interval played. For example, if the rate is set to

give a glide of 1 second, it will take one second to glide up a semi-tone or

seven octaves. For example:

1 sec

When TIME is selected

When set to RATE, the speed the effect takes depends on the interval.

For example, if it takes one second to cover an octave, it will take two

seconds to cover two octaves, four seconds to cover three octaves, eight

seconds to cover four octaves, etc.. For example:

1 sec

2 secs

4 secs

8 secs

16 secs

When RATE is selected

You may use these two portamento modes to create a range of different

musical effects.

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