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CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual Page 251
HOW THE DISK RECORD FUNCTIONS WORK
The CD3000XL flowchart is something like this
INPUTS
SAMPLE(S) TAKE(S)
PROGRAM(S)
SONG
RAM DISK
MIDI
TRIGGER
The takes can be played in a number of ways:
Takes can be placed into what we call a SONG and triggered from MIDI. By assigning a take a
MIDI note number and channel, incoming MIDI can be used to initiate playback. This can take
place whilst ordinary programs are also being played via MIDI and so, in this way, you could, for
example, be sequencing several multi-timbral programs as a backing track whilst simultaneously
‘spinning in’ backing vocals, brass riffs, solos, breakbeats, etc., from disk.
Note: It is also possible to record a take whilst sequencing programs. For example, you may
record a guitar solo directly to disk whilst listening to sequenced programs coming from the
CD3000XL.
Takes can be also be run sequentially in a song and, in this application, several takes can be
‘butt edited’ to each other and caused to playback sequentially. Furthermore, each step in a
song may be set to repeat any number of times so this can be used very effectively for the easy
creation of extended remixes.
There are some important things to note when using the disk record functions, however.
1 In order to achieve the disk record functions, the process uses 6 of the CD3000XL’s
voices reducing polyphony in this case to 26 voices when recording to or playing back from
disk.
2 It is only possible to playback one take at a time from disk - two takes cannot be played
simultaneously. If another take is triggered whilst another is playing, the new one will take
priority. Crossfades between takes are therefore also not possible.