Vir2 Instruments MOJO - Manual (Page 24)

legato modes 2 and 3 are triggered by progressively faster playing.
The combination of these factors allows MOJO to respond dynami-
cally to different styles of playing and produce realistic smooth
legato renderings. Each legato mode can by bypassed in the
Legato Rules page, in case you need to only use one legato, or if
you prefer to use MIDI CC control to alter one legato in real time.
Pitchbend. The Pitchbend page controls how the pitch bend
wheel behaves. When it is selected, a pulldown menu and a knob
appear:
The Mode Knob allows you to select between Mode 1 for standard
pitch bend (which is the default) and Mode 2 which employs a
more advanced formant-correcting algorithm for pitch bend
(which only works in Solo or Legato mode). Formant-correct pitch
bend uses more CPU and polyphony, but results in more realistic
pitch bend. Mode 2 is particularly effective on the instruments
that can naturally slide between pitches, like the Trombone and
Bass Trombone.
The P Range Knob lets you set the maximum range of the pitch
bend sweep (both above and below the source pitch). In Mode 1,
the maximum is 12 half steps or semitones. In Mode 2, the maxi-
mum is 7 half steps or semitones.
Releases. MOJO includes extensive and intelligent release layers,
which are samples of the sound of the instrument stopping a
note, triggered when a MIDI key is released. The release layers
contribute greatly to the realism of the instruments. The Releases
page allows you control over how the release layers behave.
The Mode knob lets you choose between Mode 1, which only trig-
gers releases if no other key is pressed anymore, and Mode 2,
which plays all release notes (except in Legato mode, in which
case releases are not played within a legato phrase to facilitate
proper smooth legato rendering.
The Volume Knob allows you to adjust the level of the release
samples. In each instrument, this has already been preset to an
appropriate level for the instrument.
Speed. The Speed menu governs the behavior of both swells and
crescendo articulations for each instrument. Swells and crescen-
dos were recorded at two different lengths (long and short) for
every instrument in MOJO, and have been specially designed to
tempo-sync automatically. The engine will read the tempo that
the host is playing at (and will even follow changing tempos), and
will calculate the proper length for the swell. The Speed menu al-
lows you to preset the desired lengths of swells and crescendos
in beats.
Four pulldown menus appear, allowing long crescendos and
swells to be set from 2 beats to 18 beats, and short crescnedos
and swells to be set from 1 beat to 9 beats.
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