Configuring a tone

  1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [1]–[5] buttons to select a tone part.
  2. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [6] button.
  3. The TONE screen appears.

Parameter

Value

Explanation

Level

0–127

Adjusts the overall volume for all tones.

Octave

-3–+3

Sets the pitch of the tone’s sound in octaves (up to ±3 octaves).

Coarse Tune

-48–+48

Specifies the pitch in semitone steps (maximum ±4 octaves).

OSC 2 Coarse Tune

-48–+48

Sets the pitch of oscillator 2 in semitones (only when using the SYNC model).

Analog Feel

0–127

Applies time-varying change to the pitch and volume of the tone that is producing sound, adding a sense of variability.

As you increase this value toward the maximum, the variability becomes greater, producing instability (only for the SH-4d, SH-3D, SYNC, SH-101, JUNO-106, Cross FM, RING, CHORD and PCM models).

Mono Poly

Specifies whether the tone will play polyphonically (POLY) or monophonically (MONO).

MONO

Sound only the last-played key one at a time.

POLY

Two or more notes can be played simultaneously.

Legato Sw

OFF, ON

This is enabled when “Mono Poly” is set to “MONO”.

With "Legato Sw" set to "ON", when you press the next key while still holding down the previous key (legato performance), the next note sounds without its attack portion.

This lets you smoothly connect the pitches without a gap in the notes.

Porta Sw

OFF, ON

Specifies whether the portamento effect will be applied (ON) or not applied (OFF).

  • Portamento is an effect which smoothly changes the pitch from the first-played key to the next-played key.

By applying portamento when the MONO/POLY parameter is “MONO,” you can simulate slide performance techniques on a violin or similar instrument.

Porta Mode

This sets the playing style for applying portamento.

NORMAL

Portamento is always applied.

LEGATO

Portamento is only applied when you play in legato style (playing one key and then playing the next while holding down the first one).

Porta Time

0–1023

When portamento is used, this sets the speed taken for the pitch to change.

Higher settings cause the pitch change to take more time when gliding to the next note.

Amp Velo Sense

-100–+100

Set this when you want the volume of the tone to change depending on the force with which you press keys on an external keyboard.

Set this to a positive (+) value to have the changes in volume increase the more forcefully the keys are played; to make the tone play more softly as you play harder, set this to a negative (-) value.

 

Cutoff Velo Sense

-100–+100

Sets how much the cutoff frequency changes according to how hard you play the keys.

Positive values make the cutoff frequency increase when you play the keys harder, and negative values make the cutoff frequency decrease.

BendRange Up

0–48

Sets how much the pitch changes (in semitones) when the [PITCH +] button is pressed.

For instance, a setting of “48” makes the pitch bend up four octaves when you press the [PITCH +] button.

BendRange Dw

0–48

Sets how much the pitch changes (in semitones) when the [PITCH -] button is pressed.

For instance, a setting of “48” makes the pitch bend down four octaves when you press the [PITCH -] button.

Env Mode

ADR, ADSR

ADSR: Once the envelope passes its decay time, it stays at the sustain level until the note is released (note off). When the note is released (note off), the envelope then goes to its release segment from the current value.

ADR: the envelope skips to its release segment once the decay time has passed, and the envelope operates according to its set time, regardless of when you release the note (note off).

Catg

–

Sets the category for the tone.