Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments
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Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments
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LFO (low frequency oscillator) knob: Rotate to set the amount of modulation applied to<br />
FM intensity or pitch.<br />
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If you turn the LFO knob clockwise, you increase the effect of the LFO on FM Intensity. If you<br />
turn the knob counterclockwise, you introduce a vibrato.<br />
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If you click the “0” to center the LFO knob, the LFO has no effect.<br />
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Rate knob: Rotate to set the speed of the LFO.<br />
EFM1 global parameters<br />
The global parameters are used to set the tuning, number of voices, and other aspects of the<br />
EFM1’s overall sound.<br />
Global parameters<br />
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Transpose pop-up menu: Choose the base pitch. You can transpose EFM1 by semitones or<br />
octaves with this control.<br />
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Tune field: Drag to fine-tune the pitch of EFM1 by cents. One cent is 1/100th of a semitone.<br />
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Voices pop-up menu: Choose the number of simultaneously playable voices—polyphony. You<br />
can choose mono (one voice), legato (one voice), or any number from 2 to 16 voices.<br />
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In Mono mode, staccato playing retriggers the envelope generators every time a new note<br />
is played. If you play in a legato style (play a new key while holding another), the envelope<br />
generators are triggered only for the first note you play legato, then they continue their<br />
curve until you release the last legato played key.<br />
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Legato mode is also monophonic, but with one difference: the envelope generators are<br />
retriggered only if you play staccato—releasing each key before playing a new key. If you<br />
play in a legato style, envelopes are not retriggered.<br />
Note: On several monophonic synthesizers, the behavior in Legato mode is referred to as<br />
single trigger, while Mono mode is referred to as multi trigger.<br />
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Unison button: Turn on to layer two complete EFM1 voices, thus making the sound richer. EFM1<br />
can be played with up to eight-voice polyphony when in unison mode.<br />
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Glide field: Drag to introduce a continuous pitch bend between two consecutively played<br />
notes. Adjust the Glide value, which is in ms, to determine the time it takes for the pitch to<br />
travel from the last played note to the next.<br />
Note: Glide can be used in both of the monophonic modes—Mono and Legato—or in any of<br />
the polyphonic settings—where Voices is set from 2 to 16.<br />
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