instrument
Play mode, portamento, bend range and preset volume (M2 + shift)
Holding on reveals four voice settings — poly, mono or legato play mode, portamento (glide time), pitchbend range and a preset volume kept apart from the mixer level.
These settings decide how a sound responds to playing. Play mode separates chord parts (poly) from single-note lines (mono, legato), portamento adds slides between notes, bend range sets the reach of the pitchbend strip, and preset volume evens out loudness between presets without touching the mixer. All four are saved with the preset.
How to
Switch a track between poly, mono and legato
before you start instrument mode · the track is selected
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Details
- TE’s guide
Play mode (poly, mono or legato) sets both how notes are articulated and how many can sound at once.
- TE’s guide
The curve of the portamento glide (portamento style) is set separately in the preset settings.
- TE’s guide
Turning bend range fully anti-clockwise switches pitch bending off, which is what you want when the pitchbend strip is routed to another target.
- community
Over MIDI, CC28–31 reach these four settings; play mode reads the value as one of three steps.
- checked on a unit · 1.1.33
Holding on brings up a white card of four rows over the dimmed page, each with its encoder's dot — play mode (poly, mono or legato), portamento (off, then numbers), bend range (semitones, up to an octave) and preset volume (a number).
Parameters
| parameter | gesture | range | cc |
|---|---|---|---|
| play mode M2 | shift+turn dark grey encoder | poly / mono / legato | 28 |
| portamento M2 | shift+turn mid grey encoder | – | 29 |
| bend range M2 | shift+turn light grey encoder | – | 30 |
| preset volume M2 | shift+turn white encoder | – | 31 |