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CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual Page 41
SINGLE VS MULTI
As mentioned, you may avhieve similar results in the MULTI mode where you can create multi-
timbral setups, key splits, layered programs (and combinations of these) very quickly and easily.
The advantages MULTI has over the ‘old Akai’ methods are
• Selection of programs for a part is quick and easy.
• You can try out different sounds very easily and is therefore ideal for loading in, say, a few
pianos, a few basses, a few drum kits, etc., and experimenting with different combinations
of sounds. Equally, when layering, choosing and experimenting with combinations is
extremely quick.
• When changing sounds, any mixer parameters, effects assignments, etc., you may have
set in the MULTI remain constant so you do not have to reset everything every time you
change a sound.
• You can use the same program several times in a MULTI. For example, you may layer a
strings program (or whatever) on top of itself with some detune for a richer sound simply by
applying the same program to two (or more) parts, giving those parts the same MIDI channel
and setting a FINE TUNE value for each as appropriate (to achieve the same result in
SINGLE requires that you make a copy of the program).
• In the case where a program is layered on top of itself for detuning, editing one of them will
affect both so that you can make changes to the whole sound with one sionple action (for
example, layering a string pad on top of itself with some detune and editing the attack of
one of the parts will cause both parts to be affected).
• You may select different programs independently on different MIDI channels (i.e. send a
program change on channel 5 to select a new string sound in part 5).
• You can save the multi file with a meaningful name (i.e. BACK TRACK 3 or the name of the
song, whatever).
• If you are new to samplers, the MULTI mode corresponds more with most other sound
module’s implementation that you may be more familiar with.
The disadvantages of MULTI is that only one multi file may reside in memory at once (although
any number may be saved to disk) and you can’t have more than sixteen programs active at any
one time.
The advantages of using the ‘old Akai’ method are:
• You can have several multi-timbral setups or layers in memory at any one time and recall
them with a single MIDI program change (ideal for live work where you may have the
different backing tracks for all your songs in memory at once).
• You may have more than sixteen programs active at once (although there are not more
than sixteen MIDI channels, you may have layered programs in a multi-timbral setup).
The disadvantages, however, are:
• Changing sounds in a multi-timbral setup and experimenting with different combinations of
sounds can be awkward.
• You cannot select a new program for one of the parts using MIDI program change
commands (you can’t send a MIDI program change on MIDI channel 5 to select a new string
sound for that part, for example).