MOTM

At 6:05 PM +0000 06/15/01, jpotter2@... wrote:
>
>Not sure what the exact terminology is but you'll often find that
>portamento can be set up so:
>
>You only hear the lag/portamento/glide effect when you depress a
>second key while the initial key is also held down (in other words
>you send a second trigger signal while the original gate is open)
>
>You hear the effect no matter if the initial key is held down when
>the second key is held down or not.
>
>For example, in the first case, I could play C4, release the key, and
>5 seconds later play C5 and I would not hear the effect.

What sort of funeral march are you playing?? :)

>In the second case, same scenario, I would hear the portamento effect.
>
>Does the 820 provide both modes?

Of course not!!  The 820 is a synthesizer module.  Modules don't have
keyboards, or they wouldn't be modules :)

Now, it is possible to play keyed portamento with an 820, but it depends on
what you are using to control it.  I can set my Prophecy to send CC #65
only when playing legato, and then set an Aux output from my Pro-4 to send
CC #65, and plug that into the Bypass jack on the 820.  The Pro-4 grounds
the jack and turns on the Bypass,  when it sends +5 the ground backs off
and the portamento kicks in.