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Programming in pitch bends?
xster
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Sorry I've been asking a lot of questions 
Though since I'm somewhat guessing this is a common use, it might be beneficial to others since I can't find existing questions on this.
How can I program in a pitch bend automation? To create a string bend or slide effect. I know I can live record it with MIDI pitch bends but I couldn't figure out how to do it manually in the sequencer.
I guess it could be worked around (for synths) using portamento. But I also don't want to affect the entire clip for cases where I specifically want polyphony and some other times I want a slide.
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Good question.
Related http://forums.synthstrom.com/discussion/67/poly-mode-or-how-do-i-create-a-303-slide-glissando
Short: I use realtime record for that
Long:
Midi Pitchbend cannot be automated per step, only recorded live. You can step automate Portamento, Tranpose or Modulation amount (e.g. Envelope->Transpose modulation amount). Which gives tons of interesting effects, I also heavily use the silent trigs trick
Never found something with step automation that gets me "that slide effect" I can get with realtime record. Maybe others have had more success with programming slides.
I make 303 style slides by using portamento and legato polyphony.