Assigning Programs To Parts; Setting A Part's Midi Channel; Mixing The Parts; Sending Parts To The Internal Effects - Akai S3000XL User Manual

MULTI MODE
Pressing MULTI will give you this screen:

ASSIGNING PROGRAMS TO PARTS

To assign a program to a part, simply move the cursor to the program name field and use
the DATA wheel to scroll through the programs in memory. Once you'e done that, move
the cursor to the next part and select the program for that and so on.The other parts show
a "?" indicating that no programs are assigned (the "?" would also show if a program was
assigned to a part but that program wasn't currently in memory). All the MULTI screens
show the parts in a vertical list and on each screen, you can see the program name and
the MIDI channel it is assigned to.

SETTING A PART'S MIDI CHANNEL

Simply move the cursor to the
multi-timbral sequencing, you would normally set each part to a different MIDI channel but
for layering and/or key splits, you can set two or more parts to the same MIDI channel so
that they will play together.

MIXING THE PARTS

Once you have several parts being played, you need to balance their levels and pan
position. To do this, simply move the cursor to the
the field to set its pan position. You will note that even if you change the program
assigned to that part, the level and pan values weill stay the same.

SENDING PARTS TO THE INTERNAL EFFECTS

Each part may be sent to one of the internal effects if the optional EB-16 is fitted.
Because the EB16 offers no less than four channels of effects processing, you can have
up to four completely separate reverbs at once (two channels also offer multi-effects).
More than one part may be sent to the same effects channel.
To assign the part to an effects channel, move the cursor to the
effect (FX1, FX2, RV3, RV4) and set the effects send level using the
NOTE 1: The
effects processor is installed.
NOTE 2: In any of the MULTI mode's pages, if the EB16 is installed, you may
conveniently mute them using F8 - .
that you can hear the program(s) in isolation.
These are the most commonly used MULTI parameters. Less commonly used ones are
accessed via the soft keys.
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column and set the MIDI channel as appropriate. For
and the parameters only function when the optional EB16 multi-
field to set the part's level and to
This will turn off all four effects channels so
column and select the
parameter.
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