Unison/glide – LinPlug Octopus User Manual

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Unison/Glide

The Octopus' Unison/Glide module contains a group of controls related to

the instrument's polyphonic capabilities as well as its portamento settings.

The Unison/Glide module is located on the right side of the front panel

below the waveform display and above the Envelope Matrix.

The Unison/Glide module contains the following controls: Transp

(Transpose), Voices, Unison, Porta (Portamento), Slide, Detune and Bend

Up/Bend Down. These controls are described below.

Transp (Transpose)

The Transpose control is used to set the overall pitch (in semitones) of the

instrument relative to the input trigger. For example, if the Transpose

control is set to 5, then the entire instrument's output will be transposed

upwards by 5 semitones. The available range is -24 to +24 semitones.

Voices

The Voices control is used to set the number of voices (otherwise known as

polyphony) available within the instrument. The Voices control has a range

of 1 to 12 voices.

Unison

The Octopus has a Unison mode in which the instrument's oscillators are

detuned to create extremely fat, rich sounds. When in Unison mode, the

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