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Posted by paulc_dj on Apr-23-2005 22:19:

Synth pitch rise

Don;t know the correct name for it, but I am after the effect when a synth note rises in pitch from say c3 to c8 in a continuous sound, its used quite a bit in trance. Could anybody tell me how to get this effect in say v-station or vanguard or Pro-53?

Thx.

PC

Posted by DeZmA on Apr-23-2005 22:24:

It's called portamento and in V-station its between the arp and the effects.

Posted by paulc_dj on Apr-23-2005 22:54:

How do I automate it or draw it in an event window then? I literally want to pitch bend it from c2 - c8 say. Can I do this with a single long note in the piano roll?

PC

Posted by 4am on Apr-24-2005 01:33:

Not 100% sure about this but I think what you do is set Glide to On and then draw a note at c3 (or whatever) and draw a note on top of it at c8 - kind of like how FL's slide notes work? I've never tried it - I think I will... Perhaps it will work.

Good luck!

Posted by DeZmA on Apr-24-2005 08:47:

this is how : you draw the c3 note first, then you draw the c8 note on the moment you want it to start gliding to c8. The only thing you have to make sure is that there is a (small part) where they OVERLAP. Just play around a bit on your keyboard and you'll get the hang of it pretty soon.

Posted by messytechie on Apr-24-2005 10:17:

or just use the mod envelope set to controlling hte oscillators with lots of attack, no decay, high sustain and little or no release..... dunno if u can do that on Pro53 but u can def on the subtractor

Posted by DeZmA on Apr-24-2005 11:58:

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Originally posted by messytechie
or just use the mod envelope set to controlling hte oscillators with lots of attack, no decay, high sustain and little or no release..... dunno if u can do that on Pro53 but u can def on the subtractor

If you go thru an envelope you can't choose when to do the glide (it does it every time) and you have no control wether the glide goes up or down nor till which note it goes. In melodic parts I'd recommand the portamento setting.

Posted by messytechie on Apr-24-2005 12:01:

traditionally a rise goes up

Posted by Derivative on Apr-24-2005 12:12:

there are loads of ways to increase the pitch. the easiest is portmento which slides the note up or down to a note whic you determine.

you can also do create a pitch rising effect on the LFO by setting the LFO rate really really slow (i.e. 4/1) and set the LFO to modulate the pitch of all the oscillators positively.

or you could do it the hard way and automate the oscillator tuning by hand or via MIDI yoke and graphing the automation.