Modular · Inputs
Keyboard
An on-screen piano and QWERTY keys: play notes by hand
Open in the synth with a demo patch Open ModularWhat it does
Keyboard is a two-octave piano inside the module: click the keys with the mouse or play from the computer keyboard (A W S E D F T G Y H U J K L, with Z and X shifting the octave). Every key press leaves as an event on the Note output, and Gate and Vel carry the same thing as CV: the gate stays up while a key is held, Vel is how hard you pressed. Hold keeps notes from releasing, handy for pad chords when you need both hands for the knobs.
Ports
- note
- Notes: a key press is an event, releasing it ends the note
- gate
- Gate CV: 1 while at least one key is held
- vel
- Velocity CV (0…1)
Parameters
Octave · Velocity · Hold
Try this
- Keyboard Note → Voice Note with Attack 1 s and Release 6 s: press chords and hold them while they wash over each other.
- Gate → VCA Gain with a Drone on the VCA input: the drone sounds only while you hold a key.
- Switch on Hold, press the three notes of a chord and sweep the filter with both hands.