Akai S3000XL User Manual page 92

EDIT PROGRAM - SINGLE
For example:
Here, you can see that the open hi-hat continues to play even though the closed hi-hat is
triggered.
In this example, however, the open hi-hat is shut off by the closed hi-hat thereby creating
a more natural effect.
This function may also be used to emulate the characteristics of older drum machines. On
these early drum machines, whilst they offered maybe 8 voice polyphony, each individual
drum sound was sometimes monophonic. This only became apparent when you tried to
perform a snare roll or something similar. Instead of the snare's natural decay being
allowed to sound, the next hit would cut the previous one dead resulting in a rather
unnatural staccato effect. Of course, at the time, this was undesirable but the dictates of
musical fashion now say that this effect is quite popular in some music styles!! By
assigning your snare drum into a mute group, you may re-create this effect. For example:
In this example, each snare hit is allowed to decay naturally.
In this example, each hit is cut short by the next one.
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OPEN HI-HAT
(or triangle, etc)
OPEN AND CLOSED HI-HAT WITH MUTE GROUP OFF
OPEN HI-HAT
(or triangle, etc)
OPEN AND CLOSED HI-HAT WITH MUTE GROUP ON
SNARE DRUM ROLL WITH MUTE GROUP OFF
SNARE DRUM ROLL WITH MUTE GROUP ON
CLOSED HI-HAT
(or triangle, etc)
CLOSED HI-HAT
(or triangle, etc)
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