Expert Sleepers Silent Way v1.7.3 - Manual (Page 51)

Where a ‘gate signal’ is referred to below, this is taken from the CV entering the opposite
plug-in channel. So for example if you’re using the plug-in’s left channel to generate MIDI
note messages, its gate signal is taken from the CV input to the right channel, and vice
versa.
The gate signal is described as being either ‘open’ or ‘closed’. It is open when its value ex-
ceeds the value set by the ‘Threshold’ knob.
The ‘Note On’ menu selects between the following options for sending note on messages:
• Continuous - a new note on message is sent whenever the incoming CV changes
enough to select a new note number (this is analogous to how CC messages are gen-
erated, as described above).
• Gate Only - a new note message is sent when the gate signal changes from closed to
open.
• Gated - notes are sent as in Continuous mode, but only when the gate signal is open.
The ‘Note Off’ menu selects between the following options for sending note off messages:
• None - no note off messages are sent.
• Normal - a note off message is sent for the preceding note immediately before any
new note on message.
• Legato - a note off message is sent for the preceding note immediately after any new
note on message.
The ‘Gate Close’ menu selects what message is sent when the gate signal goes from open
to closed. The options are:
• None - the closing gate does note cause any message to be sent.
• Note Off - the closing gate causes a note off message to be sent for the preceding
note.
The ‘Length’ control allows you to set a maximum length (in milliseconds) for any note.
When this is set to a value other than ‘Off’, a note off message will be generated for the
preceding note on message after the specified time, if one has not already been generated
e.g. by the closing gate.
The ‘Centre’ and ‘Slope’ controls relate the incoming CVs to the generated MIDI note
numbers. ‘Centre’ sets the note number when the incoming CV is zero; ‘Slope’ controls the
rate of change of note number with CV. So for example with the default setting of Centre =
48 & Slope = 48, a CV of -1 gives note number 0, a CV of 0 gives note number 48, and a CV
of +1 gives note number 96. If we set Centre = 60 & Slope = 40, then CVs of -1, 0 and +1
gives notes numbers of 20, 60 & 100 respectively.