Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard/03 Glide

• 10.3 Glide

  • The Glide knob controls how quickly pitch moves between notes. It smooths the abrupt pitch change from one key to another, with a time from off to about 10 seconds.
  • The Glide Knob
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  • Glide appears in musical styles around the world. Indian vocal phrases and sitar string bends use it; in Western music, this kind of phrasing is called melisma.

  • Note/Info Utility settings can make the Glide knob use a fixed time, a beat-synced value, or a rate tied to the Arp/Seq rate.
    

  • In Time mode, glide ranges from zero to 10 seconds. Synced mode offers 1/32T, 1/32, 1/16T, 1/16, 1/8T, 1/8, 1/4T, 1/4, 1/2T, 1/2, and 1/1. In Rate mode, the time to glide within an octave ranges from immediate at 0 ms to more gradual at 10 ms.
  • Pressure can modulate Glide: set Glide as a Matrix destination and Pressure as the source, then adjust the Matrix attenuator. Different LFO waveforms produce different glide intensity and slope. With LFO Sync on, each note gets a different glide shape; changing the LFO rate changes the synchronized rate and the glide speed.
  • Tip: The Sequencer's modulation tracks can also control Glide:
    • 1. Turn on the Sequencer with Shift + Arp | Seq.
    • 2. Select sequencer A or B.
    • 3. Press Record and step-record a melody. Recording stops automatically at the end of the sequence.
    • 4. Press Record again, then move the Glide knob where you want a glide effect in the sequence.