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NEW FEATURES /

PLAYSHEET FUNCTION

The Playsheet function has been designed specifically for theatre work following requests from

users in that application for a method to play multiple sounds without using a music keyboard.

Samplers are often used to replace tape or cartridge machines in theatres but the music keyboard

or other MIDI controller is not the ideal way for the production’s sound engineer(s) to trigger sound

effect, music cues, etc., live. That they do use MIDI keyboards is more down to the fact that there

has been no alternative. Well now, maybe there is!

A playsheet allows up to ten ‘cues’ to be laid out and triggered from the front panel keys. The cues

are actually programs and this has been chosen over playing back just raw samples as it is possible

to use all of the program editing functions (envelopes, filters, LFOs) as well as stacking samples

on top of each other for creative sound design. It also allows access to routing cues to different

outpus as well as enabling the use of the EB20 effects board (if fitted on an S5000).

A playsheet is actually a multi and the playsheet mode is simply a means of presenting it differently

for triggering sounds from the front panel. For example:

The above would be a very typical example of a playsheet for a theatrical production where sound

effects are laid out to be triggered ‘live’ using F3-7 and F11-15 according to action taking place on

stage. Of course, these cues could equally be music cues or whatever.

Furthermore, you can have up to 128 playsheets in memory and switch between them using F2

and F10. In this way, you can access all cues and playsheets from the one screen simply using the

soft keys down either side of the LCD with no other equipment required.

Also, playsheets can be organised into \scenes’ and you may switch between scenes using F8

and F16. In this way, you can organise the sound effects/music for your productions very efficiently.

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