Music Synthesizer Models EX5, EX5R, EX7 Owner's Manual 4th Edition

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Voice Mode
■ Micro Tuning
Sets the Micro Tuning (tuning system, or
temperament) each element will use. Beginning with
the standard tuning “equal temperament,” there are
32 tuning systems available.
❏ Settings: Each system is listed below.
Type Key Comments
Equal temperament —
No.
00 The “compromise” tuning used for most of
the last 200 years of Western music, and
found on most electronic keyboards. Each
half step is exactly 1/2th of an octave, and
music can be played in any key with equal
ease. However, none of the intervals are
perfectly in tune.
1/4 shifted —28 This is the normal equal tempered scale
shifted up 50 cents.
Twenty–four equally spaced notes per
octave. (Play twenty–four notes to move one
octave.)
Werckmeister —25
Kirnberger —26
Vallotti & Young —27
Pure major C~B01~12
Pure minor A~G# The same as Pure Major, but designed for
the minor scale.
Andreas Werckmeister, a contemporary of
Bach, designed this tuning so that keyboard
instruments could be played in any key.
Each key has a unique character.
Francescantonio Vallotti and Thomas Young
(both mid–1700s) deviced this adjustment
to the Pythagorean tuning in which the first
six fifths are lower by the same amount.
Johan Philipp Kirnberber was also
concerned with tempering the scale to allow
performances in any key.
13~24
This tuning is designed so that most of the
intervals (especially the major third and
perfect fifth) in the major scale are pure. This
means that other intervals will be
correspondingly out of tune. You need to
specify the key (C~B) you will be playing in.
1/4 tone —29
Forty–eight equally spaced notes per octave.
(Play forty–eight notes to move one octave.)
1/8 tone —30
Indian C~B31 Usually observed in the Indian music (white
keys [C-B] only).
[F8]: EG (Pitch Envelope Generator)
Sets the PEG, which determines how the pitch will
change over time, from when the key is pressed, held,
then released. A different value can be set for each
element.
When setting the PEG, press [F8] and two types of
screens will appear alternately. You can switch back
and forth between the screens to set each parameter.
All Parameters Screen
Envelope Screen
■ Hold Time Vel (Hold Time Velocity)
Sets the velocity sensitivity for the Hold Time. When
Hold Time Vel is set to a positive value, the harder
the keyboard is played, the faster a change occurs.
Negative values will have the opposite effect.
❏ Settings: –7~0~+7
This parameter is not displayed in the ENVELOPE
screen.
■ Atck Time Vel (Attack Time Velocity)
Sets the velocity sensitivity for the Attack Time.
When Atck Time Vel is set to a positive value, the
harder the keyboard is played, the faster a change
occurs. Negative values will have the opposite effect.
❏ Settings: –7~0~+7
This parameter is not displayed in the ENVELOPE
screen.
■ Other Time Vel (Other Time Velocity)
Sets the velocity sensitivity for the Decay 1/2 Time
and the Release 1/2 Time. When Other Time Vel is
set to a positive value, the harder the keyboard is
played, the faster a change occurs. Negative values
will have the opposite effect.
❏ Settings: –7~0~+7
This parameter is not displayed in the ENVELOPE
screen.
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