Using The _Individual Outputs - Akai S950 Operator's Manual

This technique can be extended by layering the same sample on top of itself
and then transposing one sample up two octaves and setting the transposed
sound to fade in slowly. Alternatively, you could layer guitar feedback
effect on top of a distorted guitar sample and. have the feedback fade in
slowly.
As you will have guessed. there are all sorts of possibilities available
when using the envelope generators and we suggest that you experiment to see
the sort of effects you can create with even the simplest sample.

USING THE _INDIVIDUAL OUTPUTS

On the back of the 5950 are a number of audio outputs. There Is the MIX
output which, as the name implies, carries a mix of all 8 voices to an
amplifier or mixer. The LEFT and the RIGHT outputs allow you to create
stereo type effects as well as split keyboard effects and there are also the
8 individual monophonic outputs.
The most basic application for these 8 individual outputs is to handle
individual drum samples where each drum can be given its own channel on a
mixing desk and EQ'd, balanced and effected separately and how to assign the
outputs is explained
monophonic - that is, they can only play one sound at a time so it is not
possible to play chords through them. It could be, however, when you are
sequencing multl-timbrally using the MIDI OFFSET function found on Page 16
of EDIT PROGRAM that you have chordal parts that you wish to assign to
individual outputs.
combination of the individual outputs and the left and right outputs.
As mentioned earlier in this manual, the MIX output carries all the 8 voices
regardless of whether they have been assigned to individual outputs or not.
The left output carries voices 1 to 4 and the right output carries voices 5
to 8. What this means is that anything appearing at individual outputs 1 - 4
will also appear at the left output and anything assigned to outputs 5 - 8
will also appear
multitimbral situation where polyphonic sounds are assigned to either the
left or right outputs with monophonic instruments being assigned to 4 of the
individual outs respectively.
For example, say you wanted to sequence some drums, a bass and a piano part
on different MIDI channels from a sequencer. You could assign the bass drum
to individual output 1, the snare to individual output 2 and the closed and
open hi-hats to individual output 3. The bass sample which is only playing
monophonically can be assigned to output 4. The piano part can then be
assigned to the right output for polyphonic playback. Conversely, if it is
more appropriate, the drums and bass could be assigned to individual outputs
5 - 8 with the piano coming out of the left output (remember that individual
outs 1 - 4 appear at the left output and outputs 5 - 8 appear at the right
output so these can't be used together successfully). To sequence more
instruments, you would have to carefully plan your output assignments but a
lot can be done so long as too many sounds don't appear together. For
example, the snare output could share with a clap or rimshot as long as they
don't sound on the same beat. Similarly, the bass drum could share a cabasa
or whatever as long as they don't sound on the same beat. The left or the
right output, depending on which you are using, could share with a brass
sound or a string sound as long as the total polyphony for this output does
not exceed 4 notes at any given time. With careful planning of output
assignment and great attention paid to the orchestration of your sequencing,
you can achieve astonishing results.
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