Voice Section

The Voice section gives you access to the basic voice-related parameters and to the modulation assignments for the Pitchbend modulation source.

Mono

Activates monophonic playback.

Retrigger

This option is only available in Mono mode. If Retrigger is activated, a note that was stolen by another note is retriggered if you still hold the stolen note when you release the new one.

This way, you can play trills by holding one note and quickly and repeatedly pressing and releasing another note, for example.

Polyphony

If Mono mode is deactivated, you can use this parameter to specify how many notes can be played simultaneously.

Voice Mode

Determines which notes are stolen during playback and whether new notes are triggered when the Polyphony setting is exceeded.

  • Last – New notes have playback priority over the notes that were played before them.

    If you exceed the maximum number of notes, the notes that were played first are stolen in chronological order (First in/First out), and the new notes are triggered.

  • First – Older notes have playback priority over newer notes.

    If you exceed the maximum number of notes while older notes are still being held, no notes are stolen. New notes are only triggered if a free voice is available.

  • Low – Low notes have playback priority over higher notes.

    If you exceed the maximum number of notes by playing a lower note than the ones that are held, the highest note is stolen, and the new note is triggered.

    If you exceed the maximum number of notes by playing a higher note than the ones that are held, no note is stolen, and no new note is triggered.

  • High – High notes have playback priority over lower notes.

    If you exceed the maximum number of notes by playing a higher note than the ones that are held, the lowest note is stolen, and the new note is triggered.

    If you exceed the maximum number of notes by playing a lower note than the ones that are held, no note is stolen, and no new note is triggered.

Retrigger Mode

Defines the trigger behavior for new notes.

  • Normal triggers a new note when the previous note gets stolen.

  • Resume retriggers the envelope, but resumes at the level of the stolen note. The pitch is set to the new note.

  • If Legato is selected, the envelope keeps running, and the pitch is set to the new note.

Glide

Allows you to bend the pitch between notes that follow each other. You achieve the best results in Mono mode.

Fingered

Activate this parameter to glide the pitch only between notes that are played legato.

Sync

Activate Sync to synchronize the glide time to the host tempo. Select a note value from the pop-up menu. To change the selected note value to a triplet, activate the Triplets button.

Glide Time

Sets the glide time, that is, the time it takes to bend the pitch from one note to the next.

Curve

Allows you to select one of three curve types to define the glide behavior.

  • With the Linear curve, the pitch glides from the start to the end pitch at a continuous speed.

  • With the Exponential curve, the pitch starts gliding at a higher speed and decelerates towards the end pitch. This behavior is similar to the natural pitch glide produced by a singer.

  • With the Quantized curve, the pitch glides from the start to the end pitch in semitones.

Pitchbend Up/Pitchbend Down

Determines the range of the modulation that is applied when you move the pitchbend wheel.

Retrigger Mode

Defines the retrigger behavior for new notes.

  • Normal triggers a new note when the previous note gets stolen. The sample and the envelope of the new note are triggered from the start.

    To minimize discontinuities, use the Fade Out parameter of the zone.

  • Resume does not always trigger a new note.

    If the new note stays within the same zone, the envelope is retriggered, but resumes at the level of the stolen note. The pitch of the zone is set to the new note.

    If the new note plays in a different zone, the sample and the envelope of the new note are triggered from the start.

  • Legato does not always trigger a new note.

    If the new note stays within the same zone, the envelope keeps running. The pitch of the zone is set to the new note.

    If the new note plays in a different zone, the sample and the envelope of the new note are triggered from the start.

Modulation

In the Modulation section on the right, you can set up a modulation assignment using the user envelope as the modulation source. To show all available parameters, click Open Modulation Assignment Editor .

The parameters are the same as in the modulation matrix.