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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation mark within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTION PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS.
WARNING - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:
1. Read all the Safety and Installation instructions and explanations of Graphic Symbols before using the product .
2. This product must be earthed. If it should malfunction or breakdown, grounding provides a path of least resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed and earthed in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.
DANGER - Improper connection of the equipment-grounding conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check
with a qualified electrician or serviceman if you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not modify the plug provided with the product - if it will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician.
3. To reduce the risk of injury, close supervision is necessary when this product is used near children.
4. Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool or the like.
5. This product should only be used by a stand or cart that is recommended by the manufacturer.
6.This product, either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.
7.This product should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation.
8.This product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, or other products that produce heat.
9.The product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the product.
10.This product may be equipped with a polarized line plug (one blade wider than the other). This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact an electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug.
11.The power-supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time. When unplugging the power supply cord, do not pull on the cord, but grasp it by the plug.
12.Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.
13.The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when:
A. The power-supply cord or the plug has been damaged; or
B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product; or C. The products has been exposed to rain; or
D. The product does not appear to be operating normally or exhibits a marked change in performance; or E. The product has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.
14.Do not attempt to service the product beyond that described in the user-maintenance instructions. All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel.
15.WARNING - Do not place objects on product power cord or place it in a position where anyone could trip
over, walk on or roll anything over it. Do not allow the product, or its bench, or its pedal board to rest on or to be installed over power cords of any type. Improper installations of this type create the possibility of fire hazard and/or personal injury. 16. Electromagnetic interference (RFI). This electronic product utilizes digital sampled wave processing technology (S.W.P.) that may adversely affect radio/tv reception. Read FCC information inside back cover for additional information.
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This symbol, silkscreened on the instrument’s back panel, is an indication that the S Series unit incorporates two rechargeable Ni/Cd (Nickel-Cadmium) batteries which are recharged while the instrument is in use. These batteries maintain data intact (when the instrument is off) in the Ram (if installed), and any userprogrammed data in EDIT GENERAL (date, time, footswitch polarity and operating status, General MIDI compatibility, Dynamic and Aftertouch sensitivity in S2/S3 and the Sound Test note in S2R).
SUBJECT INDEX
This index lists all the subjects discussed in the manual. Each subject shows the section and relative chapter where the subject appears.
Abbreviations
U/S |
User Interface/Selection |
P |
Practical guide |
ST |
SampleTranslator |
R |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
For example, “Song-load from disk, P2, R11” shows that the description of the procedure to load a Song from disk is described in the Practical Guide section, chapter 2 and also in the Reference section, chapter 11.
Song
- load from disk |
P2, R11 |
- load as Midi-file |
P4, R11 |
- save to disk |
P3, R11 |
- save as Midi-file |
P4, R11 |
- erase from memory |
P7, R9 |
- copy to another Bank/Song |
R16 |
- create a Bank/Song |
P7, R8 |
- Edit Song |
R9 |
Sequencer
- controls |
P6, R8 |
- select a Song |
U/S, P6, R8 |
- playback a Song |
P6, R8 |
- record a Song |
P9, R8 |
Performance
- how to programme a Performance |
P8, R3 |
|
- programming the tracks |
P8, |
R4 |
- viewing options of the tracks |
U/S, |
R1 |
Sound
- Sound Library
load from disk (as a Sound Library Setup ) |
P2, R11 |
save to disk (as a Sound Library Setup ) |
P3, R11 |
import a Song from disk |
R12 |
organisation |
R12 |
- selection (and assignment to a track) |
|
from the control panel |
U/S |
via Midi |
P12 |
- Edit Sound |
|
select the type of Sound |
R5 |
select the Waveform |
R5 |
creat a Waveform |
ST, R6 |
definition of an Envelope |
P11 |
definition of Tracking |
P11 |
- Real time Sound editing |
P10 |
- Edit Sound via MIDI |
P14 |
Effects
- Effects Bypass |
U/S |
- Effects Libraries |
|
loading from disk (as an Effects Libraries Setup) |
P2, R11 |
save to disk (as an Effects Libraries Setup) |
P3, R11 |
organisation |
R13 |
- Edit Effects |
R14 |
- assignment to the Performance |
P8, R13 |
- activation of the tracks |
P8, R13 |
- selecting the Effects via Midi |
P13 |
- modifying the Effects via Midi |
P13 |
Drumkits & Sound Patch
- definition and editing |
R7 |
Midi
- assigning the Midi channels to the tracks |
R4 |
- difinition and programming the Midi-Common |
R10 |
- Midi-Merge |
R10 |
- General Midi |
P4, R10 |
- communcating with an external sequencer |
P15 |
Pedals, Footswitches
- assigning the functions |
P8, R3-10 |
- activation of the tracks |
P8, R4 |
Wheels
- |
assigning the functions |
P8, |
R3 |
- |
activation of the tracks |
P8, |
R4 |
Function Controllers
- use |
P10 (S2R: R3) |
- editing |
R3 |
Audio Outputs
- programming |
R4 |
GENERALSUBJECT INDEX I
GENERAL INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. |
1 |
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ |
2 |
About the S Series instruments ...................................................................................................................................... |
2 |
How to use this manual .................................................................................................................................................. |
3 |
Convention used in the manual ...................................................................................................................................... |
4 |
2. LAYOUTS ........................................................................................ |
5 |
FRONT PANEL S2/S3 ............................................................................................................................... |
6 |
REAR PANEL S2/S3 .................................................................................................................................. |
9 |
FRONT PANEL S2R ................................................................................................................................ |
10 |
REAR PANEL S2R ................................................................................................................................... |
12 |
3. OVERVIEW OF THE INSTRUMENT |
|
& ITS EDIT/DATA HANDLING CAPACITY ....................................... |
13 |
OVERVIEW OF THE INSTRUMENT ....................................................................................................... |
14 |
The Music Processor concept ...................................................................................................................................... |
14 |
Sound synthesis ........................................................................................................................................................... |
14 |
Sampling ............................................................................................................................................................................ |
14 |
Waveforms ......................................................................................................................................................................... |
15 |
Filters and Sounds ............................................................................................................................................................. |
15 |
Bank/Song and Performance ........................................................................................................................................ |
16 |
Performance ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
16 |
Tracks ........................................................................................................................................................................... |
16 |
The Track playing mode .................................................................................................................................................... |
16 |
Bank/Song ......................................................................................................................................................................... |
16 |
Track configuration ........................................................................................................................................................... |
17 |
Multi-timbral ..................................................................................................................................................................... |
17 |
The mixer ........................................................................................................................................................................... |
17 |
“Mute” and “Solo” .............................................................................................................. |
............................................. 17 |
Sources and Destinations ............................................................................................................................................. |
18 |
MIDI events ....................................................................................................................................................................... |
18 |
Sources .............................................................................................................................................................................. |
18 |
Destinations ....................................................................................................................................................................... |
18 |
Internal memory and disks ............................................................................................................................................ |
19 |
Overview of the data and the memorising facilities (floppy disk and Ram-disk) .............................................................. |
19 |
The data ............................................................................................................................................................................. |
19 |
MODES OF OPERATION: NORMAL, EDIT/HANDLING ......................................................................... |
20 |
Normal operative mode ..................................................................................................................................................... |
20 |
Edit/Data Handling mode ................................................................................................................................................. |
20 |
Multitasking ....................................................................................................................................................................... |
20 |
II GENERAL INDEX
OVERVIEW OF THE EDIT/HANDLING ENVIRONMENTS ..................................................................... |
|
21 |
Edit, handling, utility environments ............................................................................................................................... |
|
21 |
The pages ..................................................................................................................................................................... |
|
21 |
The menus .................................................................................................................................................................... |
|
22 |
The structure and selection of the menus .......................................................................................................................... |
|
22 |
Commands/options ....................................................................................................................................................... |
|
22 |
Parameters ................................................................................................................................................................... |
|
22 |
Simple parameter .............................................................................................................................................................. |
|
22 |
Main menu and secondary menus ..................................................................................................................................... |
|
22 |
Multiple parameter ............................................................................................................................................................ |
|
23 |
Graphic parameter ............................................................................................................................................................ |
|
23 |
Escape from edit/handling ............................................................................................................................................ |
|
24 |
Analysis of the ‘edit sound’ edit environment .................................................................................. |
................................. |
24 |
Analysis of two edit/handling environments .................................................................................................................. |
|
24 |
The “Are you sure?” display .................................................................................................... |
......................................... 24 |
|
Analysis of the ‘disk’ handling environment .................................................................................... |
................................. |
25 |
4. INSTALLATION, POWER UP, DEMO ........................................... |
|
27 |
CONNECTING THE POWER CABLE ..................................................................................................... |
|
28 |
CONNECT THE AUDIO CABLES ............................................................................................................ |
|
28 |
Connecting to an external amplification system ............................................................................................................... |
|
28 |
Stereo headphones ............................................................................................................................................................. |
|
28 |
S2R: CONNECTING TO A MASTER KEYBOARD OR TO AN EXTERNAL SEQUENCER .................... |
29 |
|
Connecting to a Master keyboard ................................................................................................................................. |
|
29 |
Connect the Midi ports ...................................................................................................................................................... |
|
29 |
Connecting to a monosplit master keyboard (via Midi-Common) .................................................................................... |
|
29 |
Connecting to a multisplit master keyboard ..................................................................................................................... |
|
29 |
Connecting to an external sequencer ........................................................................................................................... |
|
30 |
Connecting the Midi ports ................................................................................................................................................. |
|
30 |
Check the track status of the midi in Source ..................................................................................................................... |
|
30 |
Deactivation of Midi-Common .......................................................................................................................................... |
|
30 |
How to deactivate the Midi-Common channel .............................................................................................................. |
|
31 |
Save the Midi-Common status to disk .......................................................................................................................... |
|
31 |
How to save the Midi-Common status to floppy disk ........................................................................................................ |
|
31 |
Save the Midi-Common status to the Ram-disk ................................................................................................................. |
|
32 |
POWER UP .............................................................................................................................................. |
|
33 |
Powering up with empty disk drive RAM-disk .................................................................................................................. |
|
33 |
Powering up with a floppy disk inserted in the drive ........................................................................................................ |
|
33 |
Powering up with data in the RAM-disk ........................................................................................................................... |
|
33 |
Regulating the volume ....................................................................................................................................................... |
|
33 |
Before turning off the instrument... ................................................................................................................................... |
|
33 |
S2R: “SOUND TEST” ............................................................................................................................... |
|
34 |
Sound Test in the main display .......................................................................................................................................... |
|
34 |
Sound Test in the Sample Translator ................................................................................................................................. |
|
34 |
DEMO ...................................................................................................................................................... |
|
35 |
The ROM demonstration Song ..................................................................................................................................... |
|
35 |
The “Demo Disk 01” and “Demo Disk 02” demo songs ................................................................................................ |
|
35 |
Load the contents of “Demo Disk 01” automatically .............................................................................. |
|
......................... 35 |
Play back the “Demo Disk 01” demo songs ........................................................................................ |
............................. 35 |
|
Interrupt the “Demo Disk 01” demo songs ........................................................................................ |
.............................. 35 |
|
GENERAL INDEX III
Load the contents of “Demo Disk 02” in Ram ..................................................................................... |
............................ 36 |
Playback the “Demo Disk 02” demo song .......................................................................................... |
............................. 36 |
Cancel the “Demo Disk 02” demo song from the Music Processor’s memory .......................................................... |
...... 36 |
5. USER INTERFACE / SELECTION ................................................ |
37 |
DATA ENTRY COMMANDS ..................................................................................................................... |
38 |
Dial, +1/> and -1/<, Enter, Exit ...................................................................................................................................... |
38 |
Alphanumeric keypad ................................................................................................................................................... |
38 |
How to specify numeric data ............................................................................................................................................. |
38 |
How to enter alphabetic characters .................................................................................................................................. |
39 |
Navigating with the Dial, Enter and Exit ........................................................................................................................ |
39 |
Use of the numeric keypad to navigate in the menus ................................................................................................... |
40 |
«EMERGENCY» BUTTONS .................................................................................................................... |
41 |
PANIC ................................................................................................................................................................................ |
41 |
MIDI OFF (S2/S3) ............................................................................................................................................................ |
41 |
EFF. BYPASS ..................................................................................................................................................................... |
41 |
UNDO ............................................................................................................................................................................... |
41 |
DISPLAY AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLS ............................................................................................. |
42 |
MAIN DISPLAY / SAVE PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................... |
43 |
“Performance” mode ............................................................................................................. |
........................................... 43 |
“Sounds” mode .................................................................................................................. |
............................................... 43 |
“Save Performance” (save) ...................................................................................................... |
........................................ 44 |
“Save Performance” in S2/S3 .................................................................................................... |
....................................... 44 |
“Save Performance” in S2R ...................................................................................................... |
....................................... 44 |
BANK/SONG AND PERFORMANCE SELECTION ................................................................................. |
45 |
Selecting the Bank/Songs and Performances in S2/S3 ................................................................................................ |
45 |
Selecting with the buttons of the Bank/Song and Performance sections .......................................................................... |
45 |
Selecting the Bank/Songs and Performances in S2R .................................................................................................. |
45 |
Selecting in “Performance” mode ................................................................................................ |
.................................... 45 |
Selecting Bank/Song and Performances in “Sounds” mode .......................................................................... |
................... 45 |
Selecting in “Performance” mode ................................................................................................ |
.................................... 45 |
Selecting a Performance of the active Bank/Song in “Sounds” mode ............................................................... |
............... 45 |
SELECTING SOUNDS ............................................................................................................................ |
46 |
Selecting Sounds with the Dial (or the +1/> and -1/< buttons) ....................................................................................... |
46 |
Selecting Sounds with the alphanumeric keypad .............................................................................................................. |
46 |
Selecting Sounds directly from the Sound Library ............................................................................................................ |
46 |
CORRECT TRACK VISUALISATION ...................................................................................................... |
47 |
Visualisation of the tracks that can be played on a keyboard ........................................................................................... |
47 |
Visualisation of the tracks that can be played via Midi In (not Midi-Common) ............................................................... |
47 |
Visualisation of the tracks played by a Song ..................................................................................................................... |
47 |
TRACK PLAYING MODE ......................................................................................................................... |
48 |
Track playing modes available for each Source ............................................................................................................... |
48 |
Description of the track playing modes ............................................................................................................................ |
48 |
i How to set a split point for the split track playing mode ................................................................................................ |
49 |
PLAY, MUTE, SOLO................................................................................................................................. |
50 |
Play ................................................................................................................................................................................... |
50 |
Mute ................................................................................................................................................................................... |
50 |
Solo .................................................................................................................................................................................... |
50 |
IV GENERAL INDEX
6. PRACTICAL GUIDE ...................................................................... |
51 |
1 PREPARE A WORK DISK WITH THE S SERIES DISK DRIVE .......................................................... |
52 |
2 LOAD THE CONTENTS OF A DISK INTO MEMORY ......................................................................... |
53 |
Load all the instrument’s data from disk ........................................................................................................................... |
53 |
Load a Group of Bank/Songs ............................................................................................................................................ |
54 |
Load a Single Bank/Song .................................................................................................................................................. |
54 |
Load a Setup ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
55 |
3 SAVE THE CONTENTS OF MEMORY TO DISK................................................................................. |
57 |
Save all the instrument’s data to disk ................................................................................................................................ |
57 |
Save all the Bank/Songs in a Group .................................................................................................................................. |
58 |
Save a single Bank/Song ................................................................................................................................................... |
58 |
Save a single Setup ............................................................................................................................................................ |
59 |
4 LOAD AND SAVE A MIDI-FILE ............................................................................................................ |
61 |
Memory format and Midi-files .......................................................................................................................................... |
61 |
Compatibility of the sounds (Midi-files in General Midi/GS standard) ............................................................................ |
61 |
Activation of the General Midi/GS compatibility .............................................................................................................. |
61 |
Load a Midi-file ............................................................................................................................................................. |
62 |
Save a Midi-file ............................................................................................................................................................. |
63 |
5 OVERVIEW OF THE DISKS SUPPLIED WITH THE INSTRUMENT .................................................. |
65 |
“Demo Disk 01” ............................................................................................................................................................. |
65 |
The Bank/Song directory ................................................................................................................................................... |
65 |
The Setup directory ........................................................................................................................................................... |
66 |
Check the Ram-Sounds contained in Demo Disk 01 ......................................................................................................... |
67 |
Load the Bank/Songs and Setups from Demo Disk 01 ...................................................................................................... |
67 |
“Demo Disk 02” ............................................................................................................................................................. |
68 |
Load the new pianoforte from Demo Disk 02 ................................................................................................................... |
68 |
“Freeware Disk” ............................................................................................................................................................ |
69 |
The “Hardcopy” program ......................................................................................................... |
........................................ 69 |
The “Disk_Dir” program ......................................................................................................... |
......................................... 69 |
The “Copy_Prg” program ......................................................................................................... |
....................................... 69 |
6 SONG PLAYBACK / THE SEQUENCER CONTROLS ........................................................................ |
70 |
Load a Song using the standard procedure ....................................................................................................................... |
70 |
Use Preload to load a Song in background ...................................................................................................................... |
70 |
How to select the Song ...................................................................................................................................................... |
70 |
The Sequencer ................................................................................................................................................................... |
71 |
7 CREATE OR MODIFY THE BANK/SONGS......................................................................................... |
72 |
Cancel Song 1 (Demo) ................................................................................................................................................. |
72 |
Prepare a start-up disk to power up without Song 1 (Demo) ........................................................................................ |
72 |
Record a new Song using the Performances of an existing Bank/Song ...................................................................... |
73 |
Using a Bank/Song already present in memory ................................................................................................................ |
73 |
Using a Bank/Song contained in a disk ............................................................................................................................. |
73 |
Create a new Bank/Song .............................................................................................................................................. |
74 |
Cancel one of the 10 default Bank/Songs present in memory ........................................................................................... |
74 |
Create a completely new Bank/Song ................................................................................................................................. |
74 |
8 EDITING THE PERFORMANCES ....................................................................................................... |
75 |
Create, copy and cancel the tracks .............................................................................................................................. |
75 |
How to cancel tracks ......................................................................................................................................................... |
75 |
How to create tracks ......................................................................................................................................................... |
75 |
Copy a track to another ..................................................................................................................................................... |
76 |
GENERAL INDEX V
How to assign the Sounds to the tracks ....................................................................................................................... |
76 |
Select the Sounds from the main display ........................................................................................................................... |
76 |
Select the Sounds from the Sound Library ........................................................................................................................ |
76 |
Set the tracks to Play or Mute ....................................................................................................................................... |
77 |
Track volumes .............................................................................................................................................................. |
77 |
How to vary the track Volumes with the Function Controllers ......................................................................................... |
77 |
How to vary the Volumes in edit performance/tracks ....................................................................................................... |
78 |
TRANSPOSE ........................................................................................................................................... |
78 |
How to vary the track transposition in the track transposer ............................................................................................ |
78 |
How to vary the track transposition in edit performance/tracks ...................................................................................... |
79 |
Effects ........................................................................................................................................................................... |
79 |
How to assign the Effects to a Performance ..................................................................................................................... |
79 |
How to engage the Effects to the tracks ............................................................................................................................ |
80 |
How to activate and programme the pedals and wheels .............................................................................................. |
80 |
How to assign a function to a pedal and wheel ................................................................................................................ |
80 |
How to activate/deactivate the pedals and wheels for the tracks ..................................................................................... |
81 |
Save the modifications to the Performance .................................................................................................................. |
81 |
9 HOW TO RECORD A SONG ............................................................................................................... |
82 |
What is a Song? ................................................................................................................................................................. |
82 |
The Song tracks ................................................................................................................................................................. |
82 |
Prepare the tracks for the recording ................................................................................................................................. |
82 |
Activate Record mode and select the recording options ................................................................................................... |
83 |
Select the parameters of the Song ..................................................................................................................................... |
84 |
The Song pointer (locator) ................................................................................................................................................ |
84 |
Now record the Song ......................................................................................................................................................... |
85 |
Recording methods ............................................................................................................................................................ |
85 |
10 REAL TIME SOUND EDITING ........................................................................................................... |
86 |
The S2/S3 hardware Function Controllers .................................................................................................................... |
86 |
Panel mode ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
87 |
User mode ......................................................................................................................................................................... |
88 |
The S2R Function Controller ........................................................................................................................................ |
88 |
Save the modifications to the Performance .................................................................................................................. |
89 |
11 EDITING SOUNDS IN THE STUDIO ................................................................................................. |
90 |
Types of Sound ............................................................................................................................................................. |
90 |
The three fundamental Sound types .................................................................................................................................. |
90 |
The combinations: Sound Patch and Drumkits ................................................................................................................. |
90 |
Rom-Sound, Ram-Sound, Ram Sound .......................................................................................................................... |
91 |
Waveform...................................................................................................................................................................... |
91 |
Filters ............................................................................................................................................................................ |
91 |
The filters and the Cutoff-frequency .................................................................................................................................. |
91 |
Resonance ......................................................................................................................................................................... |
91 |
The filter envelopes ........................................................................................................................................................... |
92 |
Envelopes ..................................................................................................................................................................... |
92 |
Types of Envelopes ............................................................................................................................................................ |
92 |
Programming the envelopes .............................................................................................................................................. |
92 |
Tracking ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
93 |
Types of Tracking .............................................................................................................................................................. |
93 |
Programming the Tracking ............................................................................................................................................... |
93 |
Lfo, Pitch, Pan .............................................................................................................................................................. |
94 |
Lfo ..................................................................................................................................................................................... |
94 |
Pitch .................................................................................................................................................................................. |
94 |
Pan .................................................................................................................................................................................... |
94 |
Memorising the Sound in the Sound Library ................................................................................................................. |
95 |
VI GENERAL INDEX
Escape from edit sound ..................................................................................................................................................... |
95 |
Escape edit sound and cancel the modifications ............................................................................................................... |
95 |
Escape from edit sound saving the Sound in the Sound Library ....................................................................................... |
95 |
Save the Sound Library to disk .......................................................................................................................................... |
95 |
12 SELECTING THE SOUNDS VIA MIDI ............................................................................................... |
96 |
Selecting the Sounds with Bank Select and Program Change ..................................................................................... |
96 |
The Program Change ........................................................................................................................................................ |
96 |
The Bank Select (Midi Controller 0) ................................................................................................................................. |
96 |
Select the Sounds via the Performance Change event ................................................................................................ |
98 |
Programming the Midi-Common channel ......................................................................................................................... |
98 |
Select the Performances via Midi-Common ...................................................................................................................... |
98 |
13 SELECTING THE EFFECTS VIA MIDI ............................................................................................ |
100 |
Programming the Midi-Common channel ....................................................................................................................... |
100 |
Controlling the Effects via Midi-Common ...................................................................................................................... |
100 |
14 EDITING SOUNDS VIA MIDI ........................................................................................................... |
101 |
15 PROGRAMMING WITH AN EXTERNAL SEQUENCER — PERFORMANCE 10 OF BANK/SONG 1 ... 102 |
|
7. SAMPLE TRANSLATOR............................................................. |
105 |
SAMPLE TRANSLATOR 2.0 .................................................................................................................. |
106 |
About Sample Translator ................................................................................................................................................. |
106 |
Waveforms and multi-samples ......................................................................................................................................... |
106 |
Accessing Sample Translator .......................................................................................................................................... |
107 |
Temporary escape from Sample Translator .................................................................................................................... |
107 |
The “Waveform” display .............................................................................................................................................. |
108 |
The “Waveform” command functions ............................................................................................... |
.............................. 108 |
Loading samples (“Load”) ........................................................................................................................................... |
109 |
1. Loading a sample contained in a Ram-Sound ............................................................................................................. |
109 |
2. Loading a sample via MIDI ........................................................................................................................................ |
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3. Loading samples from Ms-Dos/Atari floppy disks ....................................................................................................... |
111 |
4. Loading Samples and Programs from an Akai S1000 floppy disk ............................................................................... |
112 |
“Cut End” ...................................................................................................................... |
.................................................. 114 |
Assigning samples to a keyboard range (“Assign”) ..................................................................................................... |
114 |
Cancelling assignments (“UnAssign”) ............................................................................................ |
................................ 115 |
Re-assigning limits after an Unassign command ............................................................................................................. |
115 |
“Play Single” display .................................................................................................................................................... |
116 |
“Zoom” ......................................................................................................................... |
................................................... 116 |
“Gain” ......................................................................................................................... |
.................................................... 117 |
“Loop nr:(x)” .................................................................................................................. |
................................................. 117 |
“Send” ......................................................................................................................... |
..................................................... 117 |
“Exit” ......................................................................................................................... |
...................................................... 118 |
The “Info about” display ............................................................................................................................................... |
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“Note” ......................................................................................................................... |
..................................................... 118 |
“SR” ........................................................................................................................... |
...................................................... 119 |
“Length” (cannot be modified) .................................................................................................. |
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“Loop Start” & “Loop End” ...................................................................................................... |
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“Loop Type” .................................................................................................................... |
................................................ 120 |
“Note range” (cannot be modified) .............................................................................................. |
.................................. 120 |
Commands in the right-hand column .............................................................................................................................. |
121 |
Cancelling a sample (“Delete”) ................................................................................................................................... |
121 |
Copying a sample to a different location (“Copy & Paste) .......................................................................................... |
121 |
Saving a Waveform (“Save”)....................................................................................................................................... |
122 |
Escape from Sample Translator ................................................................................................................................. |
123 |
GENERAL INDEX VII
8. REFERENCE GUIDE .................................................................. |
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1 THE SOURCE SECTION ................................................................................................................... |
126 |
The buttons in the Source section .................................................................................................................................... |
126 |
Local Source .................................................................................................................................................................... |
126 |
i The Set split command ................................................................................................................................................. |
127 |
Midi in Source ................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Song Source ..................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Option Source .................................................................................................................................................................. |
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The solo button ................................................................................................................................................................ |
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2 TRACK TRANSPOSER / MASTER TRANSPOSER .......................................................................... |
129 |
The track transposer button ............................................................................................................................................ |
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Track Transposer ............................................................................................................................................................. |
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Master Transposer .......................................................................................................................................................... |
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The master transpose buttons (only S2/S3) ..................................................................................................................... |
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3 EDIT PERFORMANCE/CONTROLS ................................................................................................. |
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Page 1 Effects .................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Page 2 Controllers (S2/S3) ............................................................................................................................................. |
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Page 3: User Keys (S2/S3) .............................................................................................................................................. |
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Page 4: User Controllers (S2/S3) ................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 2: Controllers (S2R) ............................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 3: Function Controller (S2R) ................................................................................................................................. |
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Assignable MIDI messages ........................................................................................................................................... |
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4 EDIT PERFORMANCE/TRACKS ...................................................................................................... |
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General commands .......................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 1: Configuration ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 2: Common ............................................................................................................................................................. |
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Page 3: Local (S2/S3) ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 3: Local (S2R) ........................................................................................................................................................ |
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Page 4: Internal Sound ................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 5: Midi Filter In ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 6: Midi Filter Out ................................................................................................................................................... |
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MIDI messages assignable to the Midi Filters (In & Out) ........................................................................................ |
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Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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5 EDIT SOUND ..................................................................................................................................... |
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Single Oscillator (SO), Dual Oscillator (DO), Dual Crossfade (DC) Sounds ............................................................... |
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Sound types ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Polyphony obtained with different types of sounds ......................................................................................................... |
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Maximum polyphony obtainable in the various track playing modes ............................................................................. |
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Access the edit sound environment .................................................................................................................................. |
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The edit environment (the editors of the edit sound menu) ............................................................................................. |
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The editors of the edit sound menu ................................................................................................................................. |
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The options of the main menu and of the editors ............................................................................................................ |
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The options of the main menu ......................................................................................................................................... |
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The editor options (secondary menus) ............................................................................................................................ |
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Status of the instrument in edit sound mode .................................................................................................................... |
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Temporary escape from edit sound .................................................................................................................................. |
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Escaping from edit sound and saving the modified sound .............................................................................................. |
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Possible error messages during the Sound save task ...................................................................................................... |
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Escape from edit sound without memorising the modified sound ................................................................................... |
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Converting a Sound to a different type ....................................................................................................................... |
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Conversion limits ............................................................................................................................................................ |
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Waveset ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Waveform (Sound Dual Crossfade) ................................................................................................................................. |
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Waveform (Single Oscillator Sound) ............................................................................................................................... |
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Page 1 Waveform (Dual Oscillator Sound) ..................................................................................................................... |
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Page 2 Oscillator Balance (Dual Oscillator Sound) ...................................................................................................... |
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Volume ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Page 1 Volume ................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Page 2 Volume Tracking .................................................................................................................................................. |
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Amplitude envelope .................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 1 Amplitude Envelope Control ............................................................................................................................... |
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Page 2 Amplitude Key On ............................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 3 Amplitude Key Off ............................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 4 Amplitude Envelope Tracking ............................................................................................................................. |
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Lfo ............................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Lfo ................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Filter 1/2 ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 1 Filter 1 ................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Page 2 Filter 2 ................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Page 3 Filter 1 Tracking ................................................................................................................................................. |
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Page 4: Filter 2 Tracking ................................................................................................................................................ |
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Filter Envelope (dc and do sounds) ............................................................................................................................ |
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Page 1 Filter Envelope Control ...................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 2: Filter Key On Envelope ..................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 3 Filter Key Off Envelope ...................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 4 Filter Envelope Tracking .................................................................................................................................... |
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Pitch Envelope ............................................................................................................................................................ |
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Page 1 Pitch Envelope Control ....................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 2 Pitch Key On Envelope ....................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 3: Pitch Key Off Envelope ...................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 4 Filter Envelope Tracking .................................................................................................................................... |
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Pan ............................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Page 1 Pan Envelope Control (DC and DO Sounds) ..................................................................................................... |
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Page 2 Pan Key On Envelope (DC and DO Sounds) ...................................................................................................... |
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Page 3 Pan Key Off Envelope (Sound DC and DO) ....................................................................................................... |
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Page 4 Pan Tracking (DC and DO Sounds) ................................................................................................................... |
165 |
Pan Control (Sound SO) ................................................................................................................................................. |
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ROM-Waveforms with separate Pitch Envelopes for the two oscillatori even when Detune=0 ............................ |
166 |
Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
167 |
6 SAMPLE TRANSLATOR .................................................................................................................... |
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Accessing Sample Translator .......................................................................................................................................... |
169 |
The instrument status during the Sample Translator tasks ............................................................................................. |
170 |
Controlling the S2R ......................................................................................................................................................... |
170 |
Temporary escape from Sample Translator .................................................................................................................... |
170 |
A closer look at Sample Translator ............................................................................................................................. |
170 |
The Waveform display ..................................................................................................................................................... |
171 |
Load ................................................................................................................................................................................. |
171 |
Save ................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Assign .............................................................................................................................................................................. |
172 |
UnAssign ......................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Play Single ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Info About ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Exit .................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Cut End ............................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Delete .............................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Copy ................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Paste ................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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7 SOUND PATCH AND DRUMKIT ....................................................................................................... |
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The Sound Patch edit environment .................................................................................................................................. |
176 |
Commands/options .......................................................................................................................................................... |
176 |
Parameters ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
177 |
GENERAL INDEX IX
Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
178 |
8 SEQUENCER AND SONG ................................................................................................................ |
179 |
What is a Sequencer – The S Series Sequencer ............................................................................................................... |
179 |
Playback and Record ...................................................................................................................................................... |
179 |
The Song and the Performance Bank .............................................................................................................................. |
179 |
The sequencer controls .................................................................................................................................................... |
180 |
Creating a Song ............................................................................................................................................................... |
180 |
Creating a Bank/Song ..................................................................................................................................................... |
180 |
Creating a Performance with default values ................................................................................................................... |
180 |
Cancelling the Song ........................................................................................................................................................ |
181 |
Recording a new Song ..................................................................................................................................................... |
181 |
“Undo” ......................................................................................................................... |
.................................................. 182 |
Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
182 |
9 EDIT SONG MODE............................................................................................................................ |
184 |
Accessing edit song mode ................................................................................................................................................ |
184 |
The main menu editors of edit song ................................................................................................................................ |
184 |
Options of the main menu of edit song ............................................................................................................................ |
184 |
Options of the secondary menus ..................................................................................................................................... |
184 |
Selecting the Tracks in Edit ............................................................................................................................................. |
185 |
Selection Screen .............................................................................................................................................................. |
185 |
“Execute” ...................................................................................................................... |
.................................................. 185 |
“Undo” ......................................................................................................................... |
.................................................. 185 |
Erase events .............................................................................................................................................................. |
186 |
Page 1: Erase from track ................................................................................................................................................ |
186 |
Page 2: Erase from Master Track ................................................................................................................................... |
186 |
Move events .............................................................................................................................................................. |
187 |
Move from track .............................................................................................................................................................. |
187 |
Insert/delete bars ....................................................................................................................................................... |
188 |
Page 1: Insert bars .......................................................................................................................................................... |
188 |
Page 2: Delete bars ......................................................................................................................................................... |
188 |
Dynamic ..................................................................................................................................................................... |
189 |
Dynamic .......................................................................................................................................................................... |
189 |
Transpose .................................................................................................................................................................. |
189 |
Transpose ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
189 |
Quantize .................................................................................................................................................................... |
190 |
Page 1: Quantize Key On ................................................................................................................................................ |
190 |
Page 2: Quantize Key Off ............................................................................................................................................... |
191 |
Copy .......................................................................................................................................................................... |
191 |
Page 1: Copy from single track ....................................................................................................................................... |
192 |
Page 2: Copy all tracks ................................................................................................................................................... |
192 |
Page 3: Append ............................................................................................................................................................... |
192 |
Microscope ................................................................................................................................................................ |
193 |
Accessing the events of the Event List and their parameters .......................................................................................... |
193 |
Moving to a data bar ....................................................................................................................................................... |
193 |
Selecting an event with Catch Locator ............................................................................................................................ |
194 |
Programmable Events and Parameters .......................................................................................................................... |
194 |
The Command/Options Column ...................................................................................................................................... |
195 |
Commands/options .......................................................................................................................................................... |
195 |
“Undo” ......................................................................................................................... |
.................................................. 196 |
Utility .......................................................................................................................................................................... |
196 |
Utility ............................................................................................................................................................................... |
196 |
Master Track .............................................................................................................................................................. |
197 |
Accessing the events on the Event List and their values ................................................................................................. |
197 |
Moving to a data bar ....................................................................................................................................................... |
197 |
Selecting an event with Catch Locator ............................................................................................................................ |
198 |
Programmable Events and Parameters .......................................................................................................................... |
198 |
The Command/Options Column ...................................................................................................................................... |
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Commands/options .......................................................................................................................................................... |
198 |
“Undo” ......................................................................................................................... |
.................................................. 199 |
Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
200 |
10 EDIT GENERAL ............................................................................................................................... |
201 |
Tuning/Scale .............................................................................................................................................................. |
201 |
Page 1: Tuning/Scale ...................................................................................................................................................... |
201 |
Page 2: Edit Keyboard Scale .......................................................................................................................................... |
202 |
Footswitch controls .................................................................................................................................................... |
203 |
MIDI ....................................................................................................................................................... |
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Page 1: Midi (1) .............................................................................................................................................................. |
204 |
Page 2: Midi (2) .............................................................................................................................................................. |
205 |
Date/Time set ............................................................................................................................................................ |
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Date & Time .................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Dynamic/touch sensitivity (s2/s3) .............................................................................................................................. |
205 |
Sensitivity ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
205 |
Sound test (s2r) ......................................................................................................................................................... |
206 |
Sound test ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
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General Midi .............................................................................................................................................................. |
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General Midi ................................................................................................................................................................... |
207 |
Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
208 |
11 DISK ................................................................................................................................................. |
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Automatic loading when powering up ............................................................................................................................. |
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The Ram-disk ................................................................................................................................................................... |
210 |
The Groups ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
210 |
Organisation of the disk environment .......................................................................................................................... |
211 |
General commands/options .............................................................................................................................................. |
211 |
i Directory ....................................................................................................................................................................... |
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i Data displayed in the directories .................................................................................................................................. |
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The Disk environment pages (Load, Save, Erase, Utility) ......................................................................................... |
214 |
Load ................................................................................................................................................................................. |
214 |
Save ................................................................................................................................................................................. |
215 |
Erase ............................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Utility ............................................................................................................................................................................... |
216 |
Possible error messages during disk operations ........................................................................................................ |
219 |
Errors common to all operations .................................................................................................................................... |
219 |
Load errors ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
219 |
Load and Erase Errors .................................................................................................................................................... |
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Formats of the magnetic supports used .......................................................................................................................... |
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Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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12 SOUND LIBRARY ............................................................................................................................ |
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How the Sound Library is organised ............................................................................................................................... |
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The Sound Library display .............................................................................................................................................. |
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Selecting Families and Sounds ........................................................................................................................................ |
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Selecting Sounds by entering the Program Change and Bank Select number ................................................................ |
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Selecting Sounds with the search function ...................................................................................................................... |
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Commands/options .......................................................................................................................................................... |
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Types of Sounds and their identification symbols ........................................................................................................... |
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13 EFFECTS LIBRARIES ..................................................................................................................... |
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How the Effects Libraries are organised ......................................................................................................................... |
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Selecting the Effects ........................................................................................................................................................ |
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Command/options ........................................................................................................................................................... |
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Library 1 (standard) ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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Library 2 (standard) ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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14 EDIT EFFECT .................................................................................................................................. |
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How to access the effect edit ........................................................................................................................................... |
227 |
How to escape from the effect edit .................................................................................................................................. |
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How the edit effect environment is organised ................................................................................................................. |
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How to Programme the Effects of Library 1 ................................................................................................................ |
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Reverbs without programmable early-reflections ........................................................................................................... |
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Reverbs with programmable early-reflections ................................................................................................................ |
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How to Programme the Effects of Library 2 ................................................................................................................ |
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Delay, Panecho, Dubbing ............................................................................................................................................... |
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Chorus ............................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Flanger ............................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Phaser, Ensemble ............................................................................................................................................................ |
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Rotary .............................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Fladel, Panmix ................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Notes and suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... |
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15 CLIPBOARD .................................................................................................................................... |
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Layout of the “Clipboard” page ................................................................................................. |
.................................... 234 |
How to copy an edit page ................................................................................................................................................ |
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How to copy a clip to an edit page .................................................................................................................................. |
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How to cancel a clip from the Clipboard ........................................................................................................................ |
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16 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................ |
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“Juke_box” ..................................................................................................................... |
................................................ 235 |
Utility ............................................................................................................................................................................... |
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17 PRELOAD ........................................................................................................................................ |
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APPENDIX............................................................................................ |
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MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ............................................................................................................. |
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MESSAGGI MIDI / MIDI CONTROLLERS ................................................................................................. |
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MIDI SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE CODE INTERFACE ..................................................................................... |
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LIST OF THE WAVEFORMS RESIDENT IN ROM (ROM-WAVEFORMS) ............................................ |
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THE ROM SOUND MAP ......................................................................................................................... |
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TABLE OF THE PERFORMANCES CONTAINED IN ROM ................................................................. |
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THE DRUMKITS OF THE STANDARD SOUND LIBRARY ................................................................. |
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PERCUSSION SAMPLES ................................................................................................................. |
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................................... |
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GLOSSARY / ALPHABETICAL INDEX .............................................. |
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GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................... |
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MIDI MESSAGES/MIDI CONTROLLERS .................................................................................................. |
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TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................................................................ |
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION 1
INTRODUCTION 1
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations and thanks for purchasing the S Series Music Processor - an instrument conceived and developed with the most up-to-date technology to guarantee a high degree of reliability and durability.
The name “Music Processor” describes the instrument’s ability to handle the complete creative process, starting from sound synthesis right down to the registration of multitimbric songs and the complete control of the entire MIDI setup.
We are confident that you will find your S Series Music Processor beyond all expectations.
About the S Series instruments
S2 Turbo and S3 Turbo Music Processors are keyboard synthesizers with 61 keys and 76 keys respectively. This manual also refers to the previous models upgraded with the “Turbokit” board. S2 and S3 also operate as Master Keyboards, thanks to the integrated controls (Wheels, Function Controllers) and extensive MIDI programmability.
S2R is the 19” rack version of the S2/S3 Turbo. It is totally compatible with these two keyboard synthesizers.
•Multitimbral generator
The S Series instruments are 16 part multi-timbral units with a maximum polyphony of 32 notes.
•Sound generation method
Sound generation is based on a mixed digital/analog technology which permits, through the use of analog techniques, the manipulation of Samples of real or synthetic origin. The S Series Sounds are based on sampled Waveforms which are processed by one or two digital State Variable Filters with programmable envelope. Separately, each filter provide a 12 dB per octave slope (2 pole). Combined, they operate as a 4 pole filter with a 24 dB per octave slope.
•ROM and RAM Sounds
The permanent memory (ROM) houses 6 Megabytes of Waveform, the basic element which provides more than 500 Rom Sounds.
2 Megabytes of Sample RAM are ready to receive (from disk or MIDI) other Waveforms, for the creation of Sounds based on new Waveforms created with the Sample Translator.
The new Waveforms can be loaded from Atari/MS-DOS floppy disks in the formats Sound Designer, Avalon, Sample Vision, Wave. They can be loaded from Akai S1000 disks, or received via MIDI.
The Sound Library is where the Sounds are housed. It can contain up to 2048
Sounds (ROM + RAM Sounds).
•Amount of RAM
The S Series units are fitted with 4 Megabytes of RAM (volatile):
–2 Megabytes of Operative-Ram to process and control the Banks and the Songs;
–2 Megabytes of Sample-Ram to control the Waveforms created with Sample Translator or loaded with the RAM-Sounds.
•2 Digital Signal Processors
Two Digital Effects Processors, controlled in real time, enrich the sound with environ-
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mental and creative effects (reverbs and modulations). The Effects Libraries house the Effects and they can store up to 64 reverbs and 64 modulations.
•Sequencer
The multi-track sequencer can memorise 250.000 events in the 2 Megabyte Operative- RAM. This 16 track sequencer has a very extensive Event Edit facility, including the functions Master Track, Copy, Insert/Delete Events, Quantize, Microscope and others.
•Disk drive
The S Series Music Processor data can be saved to floppy disk via the disk drive, which handles 3.5” HD floppy disks and force-formats them with a capacity of 1.62 Megabytes. The drive can also format and use Ms-Dos floppy disks (1.44 Mb or 720 Kb) or Atari (720 Kb), for the transferring of MIDI Files and Samples read by Sample Translator.
•RAM-disk
The S Series Music Processor can be fitted with a 512 kb or 2 Mb optional Static RAM (NON-VOLATILE), backed by a small rechargeable Nickel/Cadmium battery. The RAM- disk is a fixed disk with high speed accessing facilities.
•MIOS multitasking operating system
The S Series Music Instrument Operating System allows simultaneous operation of several tasks, such as modifying a Sound, playing back a Song, loading a Song in background, etc..
•User Program
The MIOS can be expanded by User Programs, made available from time to time by Generalmusic, providing the instrument with additional functions by loading appropriate software via floppy disk.
•Advanced MIDI control
The S Series Music Processors incorporate 2 independent MIDI lines with MIDI-Merge and MIDI-Thru functions. These instruments are fully implemented MIDI units.
•SampleTranslator 2.0 incorporated
SampleTranslator is a Waveform creating programme which allows the creation of new Sounds starting from samples originating from Akai S1000 floppies, from floppies containing files generated by the more popular computer editors, or from data received via MIDI.
•Samples and Programs read from Akai S1000™ floppy disks
The possibility of reading the Akai format allows the S Series instruments to gain access to the greatest sample library available on the market. The Programs (multisamples) are converted into Music Processor Waveforms.
How to use this manual
This manual is divided into several sections.
Overview of the instrument and the edit/handling environments describes the sound synthesis technique and how the data handling operations are organised.
Installation, power up, demo explains how to setup and turn on the instrument and how to listen to the demonstration songs (demo).
User interface/selection explains how to use the Data Entry controls, examines the display and takes a look at the operations common to sound and data selection.
Practical guide is a simplified guide for the non-expert synth user. The information contained in this section is sufficient for a normal use of the instrument: how to load songs and new Sounds from disk, how to record and play back a song, how to control
INTRODUCTION 3
the instrument via MIDI.
Sample Translator is the practical guide to the Sample Translator 2.0.
Reference guide lists all the edit environment parameters and describes the instrument and all its functions in detail.
Appendix contains schematic information (standard Sound Library, MIDI tables, technical specifications...).
Glossary/Index contains the Glossary and an Alphabetical Index. The Glossary provides a list of the most commonly used technical terms. The alphabetical index lists all arguments dealt with in alphabetical order, indicating the relative page number and its relation to other arguments. This section also contains a Troubleshooting table to help you solve problems of a technical nature which may occur from time to time.
Convention used in the manual
The appearance of the symbols “S2/S3” or “S2R” indicate that the paragraph which follows is dedicated only to S2/S3 or S2R respectively.
The symbol (s.) indicates the presence of a detailed explanation of the argument in another part of the manual or glossary.
The symbols “Rom-” or “Ram-” cited before “Sound” or “Waveform” indicate, respectively, that the elements are contained in the instrument’s Rom (and, therefore, are a standard part of the instrument’s library), or in Ram (and, therefore, erasable and exchangeable).
4 INTRODUCTION
LAYOUTS
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3.EDIT SECTION. These buttons gain access to the edit environments:
–PERF.CONTR allows the programming of the general Performance parameters (effects, footswitch) and the Function Controllers.
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–SONG controls the sequencer. Pressing this button gains access to the “Playback” display, which shows the Song Pointer in playback mode. From here you can gain access to the Edit of the currently selected song.
–OPTION is available for future expansion programs loaded from disk (User Programs).
–GENERAL controls all the general keyboard parameters: keyboard transpose and tuning, footswitch polarity, MIDI parameters, Data/Time, compatibility General Midi On/Off switch.
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5. DISPLAY AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLS. The backlit LCD display has dimensions of 240 x 64 pixel. The triangular buttons on the left select the tracks (TRACK SELECT KEYS), the buttons on the right operate according to the commands and options which appear in the display (FUNCTION KEYS).
The two small rectangular buttons on the left allow you to bring into view, on seven lines, 16 tracks of the current Performance (TRACK SCROLL BUTTONS). The two small rectangular buttons on the right operate according to the commands which appear in the
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Multi…). The RIGHT MULTIFUNCTION BUTTON gains access to the
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6. DATA ENTRY SECTION. This section is divided into two distinct parts:
– theDIAL can be rotated freely in both directions to change the current data value continuously, to change Performance or Sound, to move the reverse-highlighted cursor within the edit page menus. The +1/> and -1/< buttons operate in exactly the same manner as the Dial, but increases or decreases data in single units.
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The Data Entry section also makes use of the UNDO function. UNDO undoes or reverses the most recent action or restores the last saved situation. There is also an UNDO specific to the sequencer.
7.PANIC. Emergency button which sends an “All Note Off”, a “Reset Controls” and an “unlock” message to notes and controls “locked” by, for example, the reception of a “bad” MIDI event.
8.PERFORMANCE.Performance select buttons.
9.BANK/SONG.Bank/Song select buttons.
10.PRELOAD. Allows background song loading (while the sequencer is in playback).
11.UTILITY. Gains access to several useful applications: change Performance or Bank/Song name, cancel Bank/Song and Performance, copy Bank/Song and Performance.
12.MASTER TRANSPOSE. General transposer, in semitone steps.
13.MIDI OFF. Allows the temporary disconnection of the MIDI ports (when the led is on).
14.EFFECTS LIBRARIES.Storage facilities for the Effects, one for the Reverberations and another for the Modulations.
15.SOUND LIBRARY. An archive which stores all the Sounds in the instrument’s memory. Incorporated are functions which permit the importation of single Sounds from floppy disks containing other Sound Libraries (imp_disk and imp_ramd).
16.DISK. Gains access to all the data handling procedures on floppy disk and Ram-disk. The operations are Load, Save, Erase and a Utility menu with several functions (Format, Disk Name, MIDI-file conversion).
17.CLIPBOARD. An application which allows “clips” of edit situations to be stored and used in other edit environments to save time.
18.NORMAL. Returns to the main display from any situation.
19.CONTRAST. Controls the brightness of the display and requires adjustment for different viewing angles.
20.EFF. BYPASS. A temporary deactivating device for the Effects (led on) - the sounds are emitted “dry” from the Stereo Left & Right Outputs. Normally (led off), the sounds are emitted “wet” from this output pair.
21.TRACK TRANSPOSER. Individual and independent Track Transposer. Also provides the “Master” command which gains access to the general transposition of the instrument.
22.DISK DRIVE. Reads and formats 3.5” HD floppy disks
(force-format to 1.62 Mb) for the saving and loading of S Series data. Also formats, reads and writes on 3.5” DD floppies (MsDos or Atari) for MIDI-file data exchange. Recognises and loads samples from Akai S/1000 format disks.
23.WHEELS. Two wheels completely and independently programmable. The left Wheel is predisposed for Pitch Bend and is spring loaded to return to the centre position. The right wheel, normally assigned to provide Modulation, is centre-dented so that you can take it exactly to centre position. Its normal position is with the centre-dented mark at its lowest point to avoid hearing Sounds with Modulation.
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2.MAINS SOCKET. Connect the supplied power cable to this socket. Connect the other end to an AC outlet of the correct voltage.
Warning: check for the correct voltage before connecting your instrument. The correct voltage is silk-screened close to the mains socket.
2. OUTPUTS. Audio outputs which can operate as six separate mono outputs or as three stereo pairs.
LEFT/RIGHT:“wet” signal emitters. The instrument checks the insertion of the jacks; if only one output is connected, the complete mono signal is emitted from the relative socket.
1, 2, 3, 4: “dry” signal emitters.
3. PEDAL VOLUME. Connection for a continuous control pedal to control the general Volume.
4. PEDAL / FOOTSWITCH 1 & 2. Connections for continuous control Pedals (to control parameters such as Volume, Expression, etc.), or Footswitch pedals (switch control pedals) to control parameters such as Damper, Start/Stop, Performance advance, etc.. The programming facilities of the pedals are found in EDIT
PERFORMANCE/CONTROLS, EDIT PERFORMANCE/TRACKS, EDIT GENERAL.
5. MIDI PORTS. A double series of MIDI ports: MIDI IN 1&2, MIDI OUT 1&2 and MIDI THRU 1&2. Set “1” are active by default. The MIDI ports allow S2/S3 to be controlled by external MIDI controlling units and allow slaved devices to be controlled by S2/ S3.
IN 1 –IN 2: connections for any MIDI controlling device (master keyboard, sequencer, guitar controller, Midi Accordion …).
OUT 1 –OUT 2: connections for instruments slaved to the S2/ S3 which can be controlled by S2/S3’s internal sequencer. If MIDI-MERGE is active, these ports also transmit the MIDI data received at MIDI IN.
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–PERF.CONTR. allows the programming of the general Performance parameters (effects, footswitch) and contains the Function Controller “software”.
–PERF.TRACKS gains access to the programming tasks of the Performance tracks (MIDI channels, configuration, volume, transpose, delay, aftertouch, footswitch activation, audio outputs, MIDI filters).
–SOUND allows the modification of the Sound assigned to the currently selected Track and gains access to the Sample Translator.
–SONG controls the sequencer. Pressing this button gains access to the “Playback” display, which shows the Song Pointer in playback mode. From here you can gain access to the Edit of the currently selected song.
–OPTION is available for future expansion programs loaded from disk (User Programs).
–GENERAL controls all the general parameters: S2R transpose and tuning, footswitch polarity, MIDI parameters, Data/Time, Sound Test, compatibility General Midi On/Off switch.
4.SOURCE SECTION. Allows the independent check and edit of the Track configurations relating to each Source. The Sources are the origins of MIDI DATA which control the sound generation: keyboard (LOCAL), events received at Midi In (MIDI IN), internal sequencer (SONG), future expansions (OPTION).
5.DISPLAY AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLS. The backlit LCD display has dimensions of 240 x 64 pixel. The triangular buttons on the left select the tracks (TRACK SELECT KEYS), the buttons on the right operate according to the commands and options which appear in the display (FUNCTION KEYS).
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– theDIAL can be rotated freely in both directions to change the current data value continuously, to change Performance or Sound, to move the reverse-highlighted cursor within the menu of the edit pages. The +1/> and -1/< buttons operate in exactly the same manner as the Dial, but with single increments.
ENTER confirms data entered or commands; in edit environments, it gains access to parameters that require modifications. EXIT annuls values inserted or cancels some commands.
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– theALPHANUMERICKEYPAD is used to specify absolute numeric data or alphabetic data entry. For numeric data entry, confirmation with ENTER is always required. It is also used to gain direct access to the menu parameters in edit environments (without the use of ENTER).
The Data Entry section also makes use of the UNDO function. UNDO undoes or reverses the most recent action or restores the last saved situation. There is also an UNDO specific to the sequencer.
7.PANIC. Emergency button which sends an “All Note Off”, a “Reset Controls” and an “unlock” message to notes and controls “locked” by, for example, the reception of a “bad” MIDI event..
8.B/SONG and PERFORM. The B/SONG and PERFORM buttons permit the selection of one of the 10 Bank/Songs which can be present in the S2R memory and one of the 10 possible Performances contained in the selected Bank/Song.
9.UTILITY. Gains access to several useful applications: change Performance or Bank/Song name, cancel Bank/Song and Performance, copy Bank/Song and Performance.
10.PRELOAD. Allows background song loading (while the sequencer is in playback).
11.EFFECTS LIBRARIES. Storage facilities for the Effects, one for the Reverberations and another for the Modulations.
12.SOUND LIBRARY. An archive which stores all the Sounds in the instrument’s memory. Incorporated are functions which permit the importation of single Sounds from floppy disks which contain other Sound Libraries (imp_disk and imp_ramd).
13.DISK. Gains access to all the data handling procedures on floppy disk and Ram-disk. The operations are Load, Save, Erase and a Utility menu with several functions (Format, Disk Name, MIDI-file conversion).
14.CLIPBOARD. An application which allows “clips” of edit situations to be stored and used in other edit environments to save time.
15.NORMAL. Returns to the main display from any situation.
16.CONTRAST. Controls the brightness of the display and requires adjustment for different angles.
17.EFF. BYPASS. A temporary deactivating device for the Effects (led on) - the sounds are emitted “dry” from the Stereo Left & Right Outputs. Normally (led off), the sounds are emitted “wet” from this output pair.
18.TRACK TRANSPOSER. Individual and independent Track Transposer. Also provides the “Master” command which gains access to the general transposition of the instrument.
19.DISK DRIVE. Reads and formats 3.5” HD floppy disks
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20. ON/OFF PUSH BUTTON. Press this button to turn S2R on or off.
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IN 1 –IN 2: connections for any MIDI controlling device (master keyboard, sequencer, guitar controller, Midi Accordion …).
OUT 1 –OUT 2: connections for instruments slaved to the S2R which can be controlled by S2R’s internal sequencer. If M IDI-MERGE is active, these ports also transmit the MIDI data received at MIDI In.
THRU 1 –THRU 2: the data received at MIDI IN escape from these ports.
2. OUTPUTS. Audio outputs which can operate as six separate mono outputs or as three stereo pairs.
LEFT/RIGHT: “wet” signal emitters. The instrument checks the insertion of the jacks;
if only one output is connected, the complete mono signal is emitted from the relative socket.
1, 2, 3, 4: “dry” signal emitters.
3.PEDAL VOLUME. Connection for a continuous control pedal to control the general Volume.
4.FOOTSWITCHES 1 & 2. Connections for Footswitch pedals (switch control pedals) to control parameters such as Damper, Start/Stop, Performance advance, etc..
5.MAINS SOCKET. Connect the supplied power cable to this socket. Connect the other end to an AC outlet of the correct voltage.
Warning: check for the correct voltage before connecting your instrument. The correct voltage is silk-screened close to the mains socket.
12 LAYOUTS
OVERVIEW OF THE INSTRUMENT EDITING & DATA HANDLING CAPACITY
OVERVIEW3OF THE INSTRUMENT
-The Music Processor concept
-Sound synthesis
-Sources and Destinations
-Tracks, Performances, Bank/Songs
INTERNAL MEMORY AND DISKS
OPERATING MODES
OVERVIEW OF THE EDITING & DATA HANDLING ENVIRONMENTS
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OVERVIEW OF THE INSTRUMENT
The Music Processor concept
The S Series instruments are so called because they are, as the name suggests, processors of music, a long step away from synthesizer workstations.
These instruments allow the creation of new sounds (as in synthesizers), the creation of Songs and the possibility of simplifying the unit’s programming tasks in live
situations (as in workstations), they incorporate a sophisticated MIDI implementation, which allow them to operate as a control centre in the studio as well as on stage, operating as a programmable master keyboard or a MIDI processor with powerful MIDI Thru and MIDI Merge functions.
Sound synthesis
The sound generation of the Generalmusic S Series instruments utilises a hybrid system based on sampling and subtractive synthesis, all digitally controlled.
•Sampling guarantees a high degree of sound authenticity, indispensable for the simulation of multi-instru- ment situations as well as for the simplification of sound creation starting from common timbral sources.
•The part relating to subtractive syntheses allows sounds of real or synthetic origin to be subjected to the action of one or two programmable filters, which deeply intervene on the harmonic content of the original sound, rendering it extremely “live”.
Sampling
Sampling technology is a technique of recording sounds “live”, which permits the reconstruction of the original acoustic instrument using an electronic musical instrument.
The development over time of the intensity of a sound is represented by the envelope. The Envelope of a sound - any sound - can be represented graphically in the following manner:
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“Amplitude” measures the intensity reached by the sound within a certain period of “Time”. The letters A, D, S, R indicate the various phases of the sound’s development:
Athe Attack phase, which starts from the moment of the initial sound emission (key on) to the moment of maximum intensity. [→Attack]
Dthe Decay phase, in which the emission starts to “fade” after reaching the maximum peak. [ →Decay]
Sthe Sustain phase (sound “prolongation”), where, after the first turbulent instances, the emission tends towards stabilisation (e.g. Strings) or reduction (e.g. Piano). [→Sustain]
Rthe Release phase, which proceeds from the moment in which the action of the musician terminates (note off), and the emission continues towards total silence. For example, when a piano key is released with the right pedal held down. [→Release]
Sampling records the entire attack and decay phases and only a part of the sustain phase, while the release is completely ignored. This limitation in sampling is due to the fact that the recording of a sound occupies RAM, which, being costly, cannot be exploited to record the entire envelope. The better the quality of the sample, the more RAM is required to contain it.
The “missing parts” are substituted by intervening on the recorded part with the musical instrument. The sustain phase is electronically simulated by repeating a sampled fragment. This repetition of the sampled fragment in the sustain phase is called the “Loop”.
The loop, however, often generates a “defect” created by the interaction of the terminal and initial points of the sampled fragment - similar to what is heard when the needle of a vinyl disk jams.
The problem derives from the fact that the “loop” is only one element, based on a single fragment of the sustain phase. To overcome this problem, Generalmusic have adopted an innovative system called the “Multiloop”
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