Basic Operation – Instruments and Sounds
Waldorf Q User’s Manual
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Instruments and Sounds
Switching between Instruments to change Sounds
As mentioned before, the Single Mode of the Q uses four Instruments that can be accessed through
the buttons
Inst. 1
…
Inst. 4
.
In a live situation, for example, you can set up the Sounds for the Instruments in advance and quickly
switch to them during your performance.
Or, in a studio session, you can try out several Sounds by switching the Instruments back and forth.
This is also interesting when working with MIDI. In Single Mode, only the active Instrument (or Sound
Layer) responds to MIDI.
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To select one instrument:
•
Press one of the Instrument buttons
Inst. 1
…
Inst. 4
. The LED above the button lights
up and the display content will change to show the settings for this Instrument.
•
You can now play the Sound of this Instrument.
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There’s no way to store the settings of the four Instruments permanently except when you
create a real Multi in Multi Mode. So, see the Instruments as temporary scratch pads.
Creating Sound Layers with Instruments
Beside the feature to select the four Instruments in sequence, you can select two or more Instruments
at once to create Sound Layers. This is very handy and allows you to build up big sounds without any
deeper programming as you would have to do in Multi Mode. However, if you are very happy with a
Sound Layer, you should think about building a Multi with the same settings to store it permanently.
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To create a Sound Layer by selecting several Instruments at once:
1.
Set up the Instruments to hold the Sounds that you would like to play.
2.
Press and hold one of the Instrument buttons
Inst. 1
…
Inst. 4
. The LED above the
button lights up and the display content will change.
3.
Press additional Instrument buttons briefly. The Instruments will be added to the other
Instruments as long as you hold the Instrument button you’ve pressed first. The respective
Instrument LED light up half as bright to indicate that these Instruments are added.
4.
Release the Instrument button you’ve pressed first.
5.
The LED of the Instrument you’ve selected first will light fully to indicate that this is the
editable Instrument. All other selected Instrument LED are dimmed.
Replacing Sounds in Layers
If you are not happy with one Sound of your Sound Layer, you can replace it at any time with a
different Sound.
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To replace one Sound of a Layer:
1.
Press the Instrument button
Inst. 1
…
Inst. 4
that holds the Sound you want to replace.
The LED above the Instrument button lights up fully.
2.
Select a Sound for this Instrument.
