4 Synth Operational Modes
Synthesizers have three basic operational modes: monophonic (mono), monophonic-unison (unison), and polyphonic (poly). The two monophonic modes include an option for legato operation in which the amp EG does not re-trigger for new note-events; this is covered in Section 7.1.3. Note that legato mode only applies if the user holds a key down, then presses another key without releasing the first key, generating two note-on events in succession. It does not apply when playing mono but releasing each key before triggering a new note. On some synths, the legato mode has its own dedicated switch; for SynthLab, I combined legato mode with the two mono modes to produce a total of five synth modes ...
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