I mean still new to sound design and virtual synthesizers. I have noticed that many VST synthesizers have got a portamento mode and legato mode. Can ya'll explain what this stuff means.
Legato is a smooth transition from one note to another but there's no break between notes. So legato is a monophonic mode that slides pitch between overlapping notes.
Portamento means to continuously shift from the last pitch to the current pitch starting at the beginning of a new note. Glide means to continuously shift from the current pitch to the next pitch starting sometime during the current note, finishing the process the moment the next note begins.
The portamento knob will tell you how long the time it takes from sliding from one note to the other. The sliding or gliding rate is usually determined in milliseconds (ms)
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