r_1159 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Hello everyone is legato effect available in ctx keyboards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerBannister Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I don't believe it can be done I'm afraid, someone correct me if I'm wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmr9494 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 What Casio calls "Legato" is a mode of portamento that's supported on some of their other keyboards. Is that what you're asking about, r_1159? By coincidence I was looking into this same topic just last week. The mode is definitely supported by AiX, and the MIDI implementation document page 13 explains how to get it working over MIDI. To use on keyboard tones it's necessary to use a binary editor and edit some undocumented portions of the .TON file. I've attached tone "222 STEREO STRINGS" edited in that way - r_1159 let me know if this works or if you need something else here (for example, it can be made faster/slower if you prefer). None of the Preset tones on CT-X use this mode of portamento, so a binary editor is really the only way. If you need to turn the effect on/off during a performance probably the only way to do that is with registrations - assign the normal "222 STEREO STRINGS" to a first slot, and the legato version below to a second slot. It seems the PORTAMENTO button on the instrument can't be made to control this variant mode of portamento, it can only control the "normal" portamento. EDIT: Removed the file (see below) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmr9494 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 After writing the above, I played around some more and actually it can be a lot simpler. It turns out with a tone that's been edited to be "Legato", the PORTAMENTO button on the keyboard changes the portament speed between what's specified in the tone and what is selected by the user. So : have attached a .TON file with speed set to zero, which behaves quite nicely: PORTAMENTO button Off -> non-legato, exactly like normal "222 STEREO STRINGS" PORTAMENTO button On -> Legato sound, with speed as selected by the user in menu FUNCTION > Cntrller > Portamnt. SSTRLEG0.TON 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler Holloway Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 You're making me want to write an AiX synthesis guide, Mike. If only I didn't have 90 million projects on the docket right now... someday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerBannister Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 You can coax some pretty good synth sounds out of this thing (CT-X3000) with a bit of patience and experimentation! I've created a number of tones which I'll get round to sharing at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Alex Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Yeah but due to mono samples, that's quite hard... By synth sound set, I'd say, CT-X series definitely have been inspired by Roland Juno series.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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