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s5000 / s6000
A program is where you assemble your raw, edited samples for playback. In the SAMPLE mode,
the samples are unprocessed by envelopes, vibrato, etc.. If they have been looped, it is quite
possible they have lost some their dynamics - all of this can be overcome in a program.
Furthermore, because of powerful synthesiser functions, the S6000 can be used to play and process
samples much like an analogue synth. With two low frequency oscillators (LFOs), envelope
generators, resonant multi-mode filters, panning and more, the S6000 can radically transform any
sound offering the creative musician and programmer almost endless possibilities. In short, what
it means is that as well as owning a superb sampler, you also have a very excellent and versatile
analogue style synthesiser.
On top of this, you may set sophisticated keyboard splits and layers, set velocity switching and
crossfading, assign samples to individual outputs as well as tune and transpose your samples.
"But", you may be asking "why have programs? Why not just play samples from EDIT SAMPLE?"
A good question. The reason we have programs is because raw samples, however much you may
have trimmed, looped, crossfaded, stretched and otherwise mangled them are only half the story.
In EDIT SAMPLE, you can only play one sample at a time spanning the entire keyboard range
whereas in a program, you can assign several samples to different areas of the keyboard for
playback. To do this, we place the samples into what we call KEYGROUPS.
A KEYGROUP is precisely that - a group of keys which have a particular note range on the keyboard.
The simplest program you can have is with one keygroup that spans the entire MIDI range on C0-
G8. I.e.:
Perhaps the next level up is to have a program with two keygroups. One covers the range C0-B2,
the other C3-G8 - this would be a simple keyboard split. I.e.:
The next level may be a program which has five keygroups - one for each octave on a normal
synth keyboard. Such a program may be useful for something like piano or strings which have
been sampled on the G of every octave. I.e.:
Version 1.20
KEYGROUP 1
KEYGROUP 1
KEYGROUP 2
KG1 KG2 KG3 KG4 KG5
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