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S3000XL Operator’s Manual
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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.
