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GUS Musician's Digest       Mon, 15 Nov 93  3:34         Volume 2: Issue  15  

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                     GUS Musician's Digest V2 #12

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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 93 4:32:17 CST
From: cowles@hydra.convex.com (John Cowles)
Subject: Re: GUS Musician's Digest V2 #12

Pete Oehler writes:
> 1) Is there any way to "slur" a note?  If your playing a clarinet,
>    for instance, and you go from a G to an A, you can do it in one of
>    at least two ways: make the notes distinct by touching your tongue
>    to the reed, or sluring them by not touching your tongue.  The 
>    initial sound (attack?) that the note makes is different.  Thus
>    far, I have been unable to get anything but a distinct note from
>    Cakewalk Pro V2.0, Recording Session, or Powerchords (this is similar
>    to a slide from G to A on a guitar), or WindJammer.  Any thoughts?
> 
There are two midi controllers that SHOULD control this; the first is Portamento
off/on and the second is portamento amount, which goes from 0 to 127. I'm
on a business trip to Asia right now, and am writing from my hotel room, so
I don't have any midi documentation as to which numbers these controllers are
- perhaps someone else can answer - and I also don't know whether the GUS
responds to portamento. I'll try this out when I get home next month, but in
the meantime, if anyone tries it, please let us know what you find out.

John Cowles

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