Using The Completed Multisounds - Korg DSS-1 Owner's Manual

4-Using the Completed Multisounds

; I Multisounds and Synthesizer Operation
■ A s we have described, up to 16 sounds may be
assigned to the keyboard in each multisound- Fur­
thermore, up to 16 M U L T IS O U N D S may stored in
wave memory at once. From among these 16 multi-
sounds you can assign one multisound to oscillator-2
(OSC-2) and one multisound to oscillator-1 (OSC-1).
(At this point, things become similar to the operation
of a conventional synthesizer. Instead of choosing
from square and sawtooth waves for each oscillator,
you choose from your multisounds.)
WAVE-
MEM.
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Up to 16 multisounds can De resident in
memory at once.
Tips for Synthesis With Multisounds
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■ Though you have complete freedom to make many
different sounds and assign up to 16 of them to the
keyboard as one multisound, you only have one set of
VCF, V G A and other controls to use to process them.
In other words, you can't set the V G A EG to produce
rapid attenuation for the lower half of the keyboard
while producing long sustain for the top half.
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■ From here on you can use the D SS-1 in almost exact­
ly the sam e way as a conventional analog synthe­
sizer. The multisounds simply serve as your sound
sources or oscillator waveforms. You can change oc­
taves, change the mix ratio, set intervals, detunmgs,
automatic pitch bends, etc.
You also use the V C F and V G A facilities in the usual
way, and you can use the equalizer tone controls and
digital delays to further process the sound.
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