Keygroup Parameters - Creating Keygroups - Akai S3200XL Operator's Manual

KEYGROUP PARAMETERS - CREATING KEYGROUPS

All the previous parameter descriptions have so far been concerned with global or master
changes to the program - i.e. not keygroup specific. This next section delves deeper into
PROGRAM EDIT and examines the individual keygroup parameters. These include keyboard
mapping, sample assignment and, of course, the filters and envelope generators.
In the main PROGRAM EDIT screen, pressing
This gives you access to the keygroup pages.
The primary function of this page is to create and copy keygroups although it is also possible to
set key ranges (although this is possibly best done in the SPAN page - see later).
The parameter,
the selected program. To copy keygroups, simply move the cursor to this field and press the
+/< key on the numeric keypad as many times as you need keygroups. The amount you have
copied will be shown in this field. To delete keygroups, simply press the -/> key on the numeric
keypad. If you already have some keygroups in the program and you specifically want to copy,
say, keygroup 5, move the cursor to the
may also set the keygroups note range in the
graphically assisted SPAN page for that.
The
to the effects by overriding the main program's effects routing. The default will be PRG (i.e. the
routing is using the program's effects buss selection) but you may also select OFF (i.e. the
selected keygroup is not routed to the effects), FX1, FX2, RV3 or RV4. The
allows you to set the amount of effect for each keygroup. In this way, you can, for example,
send individual drums in different amounts to the effects. Furthermore, each drum could be
routed to a different effect (i.e. bass drum to a tight gated reverb, snare to a large hall, toms to a
medium hall, etc.).
To set this, select the keygroup in the
the EDIT key and play the appropriate note) and route that keygroup as appropriate and set a
suitable
The
essentially monophonic. The main reason for this is for drums where sometimes you want a
sample to stop playing when another is played.
For example, you would want a closed hi-hat to stop an open hi-hat. Similarly, you may want an
open triangle to be cut off by a closed triangle. To do this, simply assign all the relevant
keygroups to the same Mute Group. For example, if all your hi-hats are in keygroups 3-6,
assign those keygroups to, say, Mute Group 1. All other keygroups will be unaffected but all
those in mute group 1 will be mutually exclusive - that is, if one is sounding when another is
played, it will be cut.
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level.
function allows you to group several keygroups together so that they are
EDIT PROGRAM - SINGLE
will display this screen:
, shows you how many keygroups currently exist in
field but you may prefer to use the
parameters allow you to send individual keygroups
field and select 5. You
parameter
field (or press and hold
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