llatham Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Hi all, I've got an FA and many of the patch names have something behind them. Seems like it will say "mod" after a slash if the mod wheel does something special, or "aft" for aftertouch similarly. A few of the string patches have stuff like /spicc and that just means that a higher velocity will trigger the spiccato sound on an otherwise legato string patch for example. The one I can't seem to make any sense of is a caret "^" after the name. I noticed this mostly on string patches. I can remember eons ago that my Sound Canvas had asterisks in the names in the manual for patches that were legato enabled, but there's nothing like this in any of the FA manuals TMK. These are also mostly in the EXP packs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefDanG Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Strictly a guess - octave up? Quote Professional musician = great source of poverty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Marcato? Quote 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kent Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Caret is an articulation of an accented and marcato note, shown on sheet music as a marking like an upside down V over a note. The marcato portion might not apply to a synth patch, as the length of the note is probably up to the player. So I assume a synth patch marked Caret would have a very strong accent at the beginning of the note and it may or may not sustain following that. Quote Mike Kent - Chairman of MIDI 2.0 Working Group - MIDI Association Executive Board - Co-Author of USB Device Class Definition for MIDI Devices 1.0 and 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadslayer Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Caret is an articulation of an accented and marcato note, shown on sheet music as a marking like an upside down V over a note. The marcato portion might not apply to a synth patch, as the length of the note is probably up to the player. So I assume a synth patch marked Caret would have a very strong accent at the beginning of the note and it may or may not sustain following that. Seems odd they wouldn't just use the actual caret "^" rather than wasting space spelling it out. Quote Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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