Horn slide with PX-S3000

[Patrick Doyle]

I was watching a video recently where the keyboardist was demonstrating a song that had a horn accent where the hons played a glissando.  I don't play brass, so, I'm not really sure how one would do this with a trumpet.  (I do know how one would do it with a trombone though 🙂).  Whatever keyboard he was using had some sort of feature where he could press a low F# and the brass chord he played in the upper register would slide down and fade out.  The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gm3siVxiCU, if you are interested.

 

Now I'm curious... does the PX-S3000 have a similar feature?

 

Perhaps one of the "Versatile Tone" features?  (I honestly don't understand what those tones are or how to use them, except that I think I read somewhere that they are most useful with MIDI).

 

Or, perhaps there is some way to use the arpeggiator to do that?

 

Thanks for any tips.

--wpd

 

 

 

[Brad Saucier]

Check the preset brass tones.  You'll see brass velocity controlled fall, shake, and glissando tones as well as two brass versatile tones to choose from.   Yes, the versatile tones are mainly used for the preset rhythms.  

[Patrick Doyle]

Thanks Brad,

I played a chord and listened to the BRASS SFZ, BRASS VELO.FALL, BRASS VELO.SHAKE, and BRASS VELO.GLISSANDO tones this morning.  I hear a difference in volume as I press the keys harder/faster, but don't hear a fall or shake or a glissando.  Is there something else I need to do to enable the fall/glissando feature?

 

--wpd

[Brad Saucier]

Strike the keys faster.  The effects won't trigger until the keys are triggered with a faster velocity.  

[Patrick Doyle]

Thanks Brad,

I just didn't whack the keys hard enough when I tried this earlier.

Now I just need to practice hitting all three notes of the triad at the same time or with the same velocity....

 

Thanks again for the help.

--wpd

 

[Patrick Doyle]

Oh yeah.... Now you've got me curious.... what is the "BRASS SFZ" tone anyway?

 

--wpd

 

[Brad Saucier]

SFZ is an abbreviation for Sforzando, to play a note with sudden emphasis.

[Patrick Doyle]

Ahh.... Thanks.

 

--wpd

 

[Patrick Doyle]

I showed off the BRASS VELO.FALL tone at band rehearsal Tuesday night and the band loved it!

Now I just need to keep practicing so that I hit all three notes of the chord properly and don't leave one hanging there 🙂

 

Thanks again for the help @Brad Saucier

 

--wpd

 

[Patrick Doyle]

Hey @Brad Saucier... is there a similar tone for strings?  I just searched the Music Data Lists pdf and didn't see one (although I'll give the "VELO SINE LEAD" a listen the next time I'm in front of my keyboard -- it's packed up for practice tonight right now though).

[Brad Saucier]

Try the solo violin tone.  It's quite nice.  You could layer that with the stereo strings tone and get some really nice sound.  Edit the solo violin tone and raise the filter cutoff a smidge for a brighter sound.

[Patrick Doyle]

Does that have the same velocity controlled fall as the brass tones?

[Brad Saucier]

That tone does not have velocity controlled articulations, but it does have a great vibrato effect when you hold the note longer.