I already have the step button doing triple duty. It gets us into
global mode and while editing parameter values, it gets us into
extended parameter editing mode.
So the step key is pretty busy now. LOL
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "elwro07" <elwro07@...> wrote:
>
> But what about sequencer's STEP button ?
>
> With sequencer's back switch in DISABLE position STEP button has no
> function at all so i think maybe this button would be good for
> enabling portamento.
>
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>
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "devetron" <devetron@> wrote:
> >
> > I, for one, would prefer to retain the chord memory mode. I like use
> > it for playing 2-3 octaves of the same note in mono with one finger.
> > It looks like you are leaning towards keeping it after all. Thanks
> > for all your hard work.
> >
> > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "korgpolyex800"
> > <korgpolyex800@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I could rewrite the code to toggle between Poly and mono mode using
> > > the Poly key. Another way might be to make the Poly key the selector
> > > for Poly, Mono, Chord and Hold mode. Each time you press the poly
> > key
> > > would move you into the next mode. That would free up the chord and
> > > hold buttons to be used for selecting global mode and extended
> > > parameter entry modes (or other things if we decide to add more).
> > >
> > > What do you all think?
> > >
> > > I managed to finish the pitch "bending" part of the mono mode
> > > portamento last night. Unfortunately, the results are not as good
> > as I
> > > had hoped for although I was not completely surprised at the result
> > > that I got. The method I used to simulate portamento was to use
> > pitch
> > > bend (which is a true analog bend) to slide one semitone up or down
> > to
> > > track towards the new note. Once the bend has moved the TG half a
> > > semitone, the DCO's are reprogrammed to change to the note above or
> > > below while simultaneously the bend is reset back to zero. This
> > would
> > > give the portamento effect by ramping the bend a semi tone and
> > quickly
> > > switching DCO semitones.
> > >
> > > Well it works, and it gave me great joy to hear it working, but
> > alas,
> > > resetting the bend is a little slow and you can clearly hear the
> > > oscillator output has a little glitch each time that the semitone
> > note
> > > change occurs. I now need to determine if the glitch is caused by
> > the
> > > master clock being incapable of tracking the output of the DAC when
> > a
> > > square wave edge change occurs in the bend or if the DAC sample hold
> > > circuit is too slow. If it's just the sample and hold then I may be
> > > able to reduce the sample hold capacitor to improve the highest
> > > possible rate of change. If it is due to the master clock not being
> > > able to change frequencies fast then I think we might be out of
> > luck.
> > > So much so that the only way to get good portamento would be to
> > build
> > > a new master clock that was able to slide the full five octaves.
> > >
> > > Mike.
> > >
> >
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