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HOW THE DISK RECORD FUNCTIONS WORK

The S3000XL 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 S3000XL.

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 S3000XL’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.

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