Expert Sleepers Silent Way v1.7.3 - Manual (Page 38)

Portamento
Portamento, also sometimes called ‘Glide’, is when
pitch changes smoothly between notes rather than
suddenly jumping.
There are various portamento modes available:
• Off - no portamento is applied.
• Auto - the pitch always glides between notes.
• Fingered - the pitch glides between notes when played legato, and jumps otherwise.
• CT Auto - as Auto but the glide always takes a fixed time, no matter how close or far
apart the two notes are. (CT stands for ‘constant time’.)
• CT Fingered - as Fingered but the glide always takes a fixed time, no matter how
close or far apart the two notes are.
The ‘Time’ control sets how long the glide takes. For the CT modes, this is a value in sec-
onds; otherwise it’s just a number, where larger values mean a slower glide.
The ‘Shape’ control is only effective when using one of the CT modes. It controls the shape
of the pitch curve, where zero is linear and one is more like an exponential curve.
Trigger
The ‘Length’ control sets the length of the trigger pulse that is emitted when-
ever a new note begins, in milliseconds.
ES-4 Mode
The Voice Controller offers direct compatibility with the Expert Sleepers ES-4 SPDIF/CV
Interface module. The
controls for this mode
are shown by pressing
the ‘ES-4’ button.
In ES-4 mode outputs 1 to 5 of the Voice Controller are combined into a stereo signal suit-
able for sending to the ES-4. This signal emerges from outputs 1&2 of the Voice Controller;
outputs 3-6 carry their usual signals from the Output Matrix.