Vibrato
A vibrato effect is generated by sending keystrokes to the music software. The software will respond to the keystrokes with a pitch bend, which will be slowed or sped up.
Hard Sync
Hard Sync is a technique in which the note on which the keystroke was applied is held for a long duration before letting go. This creates a sustain at that particular frequency. If the attack is less than one tenth of a second long, the sustain will continue to sound after the key is released.
Chords
Keyswitches are programmed to sound chords as if they were played on a piano, allowing the user to play chords of any length. Some example chords are F major triad (F A C), F major pentatonic, and A minor triad (A C E). Other chords can be programmed using the soundbank and "splitting" functions.
Basic settings
Each key switch has a separate memory that stores the key, the character, and the pitch of the note, similar to a piano keyboard. The button on the device itself does not send a keystroke. It changes the content of the key memory. These settings, however, must be programmed. There are 4 basic settings that a keyboard maker can set.
The four basic settings are Chord, Chord, Tone, and Pitch.
Chord is a function in which a chord can be created. These chords can be created with the help of chords being pre-programmed in the software.
Tone is a function in which tones of any length can be created. For example, if a chord is programmed to have F# and C, a tone can be programmed as F# and C, which will then sound as a C# and D#. If the pitch is to be decreased, C and F# is programmed, and the pitch is C# and E, the same note F# and C is programmed again.
Pitch is a function in which any note on a scale can be programmed. When using the software, the notes are entered as numbers, and the software will automatically find the lowest common denominator. As an example, when programming the number 1 to the keyboard, the software will find the number that is the lowest common denominator between numbers 1, 10, 100, and 1000. In this case, it will find the number 10.
Other functions
Besides the basic functions of the device, there are many other functions
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