Portamento
In music, Portamento is a pitch sliding from one note to another.
This can only be done with instruments that are capable of doing it (Logic). Clarinet, trombone etc. It does not work with SA or SA2 voices.
To get the effect you need to choose the voice, I chose “German Clarinet”, set the MONO on and adjust the Portamento timing in the mixing console. The higher the setting the longer it takes to go from one note to the next. Playing legato can make an awful mess of things. You need to play like a piano, one note at a time releasing the first note before playing the next one. The keyboard tends to remember the last note played so you have to allow time and get used to what is happening. It has to be registered to a button as if you change to another voice it is cancelled.
This recording was done with “German Clarinet”, set with the MONO on and the Portamento timing set to 60. This is a DEMO so the 'glide' is more pronounced than it should be so you can hear the effect. In practice, best to be done sparingly .. and there is a technique to master to get it to sound right.
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DEMO of Portamento
Glissando
Not to be confused with Glissando which is running up/down the keys as individual notes .. not 'sliding' the pitch between them.
Here is an example of Glissando, first with some strings; then followed by the piano.
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DEMO of Glissando
Dennis.