Pitch wheel

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The Minimoog was the first synthesizer to feature a pitch wheel, visible at the left of the keyboard.

In electronic music, a pitch wheel is a control on a synthesizer to pitch bend (portamento) — to vary the pitch in a continuously variable manner.

The first synthesizer with a pitch wheel was the Minimoog, in 1970.

In the MIDI specification, the pitch wheel may send 16,384 possible variation values. The General MIDI specification recommends that the total range be ± 2 semitones.[1] Pitch bend range is General Midi Registered Parameter Number 0, 0.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pitch Wheel (MIDI specification)



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