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Editing Programs: Chapter 6
QuadraSynth Plus Piano Reference Manual 77
Effects parameters are edited separately from either the Program or the Mix,
using Effects Edit Mode (more in Chapter 7). In Program Edit Mode, each of the
four sounds in the Program has its own Effect Level control and can be assigned
to any one of the four effect buses. Effects settings, Effect Level and Bus
information is saved with the Program when you store it back into memory.
Drum Mode
Any one or all of the four sounds in a Program can be put in Drum Mode. The
Drum Mode parameter is found in the Misc. Function (see last section of this
chapter). Note that Drum Mode isn’t the only way to hear drums or percussion
from a Program. In Standard mode, if you select a kit (such as “Rock Kit 1”) as
the voice of a Program sound, an entire arrangement of preset, pre-mapped
drum sounds will be assigned across the keyboard. If you select a single drum
(such as “Tympani”) as the voice, that single drum sound will sound across the
keyboard range, with a different pitch on each note (the original sample pitch
will appear on C3).
However, Drum Mode changes the nature of the ASSIGN VOICE function,
allowing you to make up your own drum kit from a selection of over 80 different
samples: 7 kicks, 8 snares, 4 hi-hats, 14 toms, 5 cymbals, 31 percussion, 17
percussion effects and 3 synth waves. Plus, there are 44 rhythm beats to choose
from (pre-sequenced drum grooves). You can map any of these samples to any
note on the keyboard that does not already have a drum assigned to it in that
layer. When a sound is in Drum Mode, you can assign 10 different drum sounds
to 10 different keys in that layer. If all four sounds in a Program are placed in
Drum Mode, you could assemble 40 drum sounds. In Drum mode, individual
drums cannot be “stretched” across a wide range of the keyboard -- each
occupies up to 4 keys.
Each of the 10 drum sounds has its own set of parameters in each of the functions
in the display (Pitch, Filter, Range, Effects Level, etc.). You can use Quad Knob
[4] in each Function page to select which one of the 10 drum sounds to edit.
Here is a block diagram of a sound in Drum Mode.