ARTURIA – CS-80 V – USER MANUAL
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Synthesis line presets
3.4.2
Overview of the Multi Mode
The CS-80V allows the creation of 8 parallel voices and thus, in theory, 8 different
sounds played at the same time.
On the original CS-80, a note was controlled by a card that was filled with
electronic circuits that represented the complete synthesis architecture. It is for this
reason that we could, for example, obtain notable differences in the settings of a
sound between the notes played and the tuning of the oscillator.
The CS-80V conserves this ideal: you can program eight different sounds (eight
voices), which are assignable in a multitude of applications.
With the Multi mode, it is possible for you to assign each of these 8 voices to 4
keyboard zones and to 4 different MIDI channels. These 8 voices can also be
superimposed across the entire keyboard in order to create a composite sound that
is very rich and expressive (Unison mode).
Your keyboard now contains 4 different zones: first is a bass, second is a polyphonic
keyboard, and third and fourth are leads.
You can change the parameters of all the voices as you want, for example, you
can change the patch of each voice. Then you can play up to 8 different sounds
on 4 zones. To do that, just click on the patch number close to the zone number.
Select your patch and edit it by clicking on the red Edit button.
It’s also possible to define various parameters like arpeggio or the MIDI channel of
the zone. Below you will find a list of these parameters:
For each of the 8 voices, you can set:
The choice of zone (from 1 to 4 or no zone)
Transposition (in semitones)
Fine tuning
Volume
Pan position
Portamento/Glissando
Ring modulator
Chorus and delay effects
To quickly isolate a voice (where the EDIT button is lit) and play it across the whole
keyboard, just close the Multi panel.
For the 4 zones:
The MIDI channel (from 1 to 16 and Omni)
