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SINGLE MODE

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complex keyboard splits and layers without having to concern yourself with

the intricacies of setting keygroups within a program itself. Please note

that this parameter has no effect on single programs, it is only when two or

more programs have the same program number that it is effective.

This is an abbreviation of POLYPHONY and allows you to limit the

polyphony of a program.

This is an abbreviation of PRIORITY and allows you to set how notes will

be ‘stolen’ by other programs if the 32 voice polyphony is exceeded.

There are four settings: LOW, NORM, HIGH and HOLD. If the program is

set to LOW priority, then notes from this program will be stolen first. If set

to HIGH, then notes from other programs with lower priority will be stolen

first before they are stolen from this program. NORM is, of course, normal

priority and sets standard dynamic voice allocation and note stealing will

take place with no particular priority. If a program’s priority is set to HOLD,

then notes can only be stolen from this program by the same program.

If you are playing a complex piece of music using many programs in a

multi-timbral configuration, it is a good idea to set important programs to

HIGH or HOLD and less important, background programs to LOW. If the

piece of music is not overly complicated and polyphony is not going to be

exceeded, you may prefer just to leave the priority at the default setting of

NORM.

This is an abbreviation of TRANSPOSE and sets the basic octave range

for the program. The range is +/- 50 semitones. You will note that this is

not a pitch shift function as such but a MIDI transpose function - this

overcomes the problem of playing back samples out of their range. What

this function does is introduce an offset so that, even if you play C3 on the

keyboard, this is offset to play the samples on C4 (with a +12 setting) - it is

not playing the samples on C3 an octave higher.

NOTE: It must be said that this page is really an inheritance from earlier Akai samplers

when using multi-timbral setups. We strongly recommend that for such purposes, you use

the MULTI mode but retaining these functions ensures compatibility with data created on

earlier models. If you have used Akai samplers before, you may continue to work in this

way, of course, but, as mentioned, the new MULTI mode may be more convenient

SETTING PROGRAM LOUDNESS AND VELOCITY

In the page, you may set the program’s overall loudness and velocity sensitivity:

The parameters are:

This sets the overall loudness for the program and affects the level

appearing at the main left/right outputs, the individual outputs and the

real-time digital audio output. It will also affect the level going to the

internal effects.

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