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A3000 Guide

Contents

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Quick Entry for Professionals

The Sound Structure of the A3000

A-3000 Objects (Diagram)

Quick Start

Controls

PLAY Mode

EDIT Mode

RECORD Mode

DISK Mode

UTILITY Mode

The A3000 in Multi Mode

Introduction

Organizing Multis

Effects and their Effect

Loops and Phrases

Appendix: Quick Disk - File Overview

Appendix: Additional Software for the A3000

Summary of Contents for A3000

Page 1: ...A3000 Guide 1 Quick Guide by Peter Krischker YAMAHA EUROPA GMBH 6 97 PDP A3001...

Page 2: ...ects Diagram 6 Quick Start 7 Controls 7 PLAY Mode 8 EDIT Mode 13 RECORD Mode 21 DISK Mode 22 UTILITY Mode 26 The A3000 in Multi Mode 30 Introduction 30 Organizing Multis 31 Effects and their Effect 32...

Page 3: ...and sample banks selected in the Program ToPgm on are usable as active Parts or as a MULTI Part by setting a different MIDI channel for each sample or sample bank or as part of SINGLE LAYER or SPLIT...

Page 4: ...s that are spread over the keyboard i e a Multisample these can be combined into a Sample Bank and managed as a whole Another feature of the sound structure of the A3000 In addition to the actual samp...

Page 5: ...m The sample parameters of the samples and the sample banks are not actually changed instead they are modified for the Program only The EASY EDIT page is perfectly suited for multi or performance prog...

Page 6: ...utput Level Assign Output Level MIDI Receive Ch MIDI Control Effects 1 2 3 Setup A D Input parameters Controller setup A3000 Sample Waveform data mono stereo Sample Parameter Sample Start End Sample L...

Page 7: ...r rotary function is used to set the parameters displayed in the LCD or to call up other display pages A red illuminated LED above the knob indicates that a push function is available during editing H...

Page 8: ...Samples SAVE ALLSmp Saves all Samples SAVE Pgm Saves the current Program together with the Samples For all SAVE Types you can choose the target drive the target volume and the target Program if appli...

Page 9: ...Samples one after each other the A3000 converts the duplicates to real copies which use the same amount of memory as the original samples SmpSort Logical sorting of the Samples helps you keep a better...

Page 10: ...a complete list of all Edit Parameters please refer to pages 119 120 of the Owner s Manual There you will see that these are exactly the same parameters as you would find under Part Parameters of Perf...

Page 11: ...gth of a drum loop to the song tempo using the BEAT CHANGE effect As a starting point to this endeavor you can call up the Program ModWheel The effect parameters can in general be used without modific...

Page 12: ...her the Control values are reset after a Program change on or not off Besides Portamento S H Speed AD Pan AD Level and Program Level almost all effect parameters are controllable By controlling the A3...

Page 13: ...mple is selected via MIDI by watching the Orig Low and High keys In this way you can select Samples for editing in any page of EDIT Mode This is particularly useful when editing drum sets Switch any d...

Page 14: ...ing the start point to the end of the Sample Move the start point towards the beginning and find the lowest value the earliest position where still nothing can be heard Transfer the found value to the...

Page 15: ...SAMPLE parameters like Filter LFO and Envelope settings as default values for any new Samples into a special memory area These settings are non volatile and are not lost after switching off Special H...

Page 16: ...idth modifies the stereo spread using PAN The lower the Width value the narrower the spread Special Hint Expand function The Expand parameters offer some of the most impressive possibilities for modif...

Page 17: ...rate is set to 127 only a short click can be heard as the Decay Rate is extremely short AEG The Amplitude Envelope Generator controls volume change over time by applying the ADSR envelope AEGMode Wit...

Page 18: ...Owner s Manual p 203 207 F6 MIDI CTRL RCh Alt For each of the Samples or Sample Banks you can specify a MIDI ReceiveCh However if the MIDI channels have already been set at the Program level using EA...

Page 19: ...the ASSIGN key This assignment is made by UTILITY PANEL PLAY Knob Set Thus for a new program the above parameters following ASSIGN can be instantly controlled with the knobs Controllers 74 and 71 can...

Page 20: ...ates as MIDI files into your sequencer program the illustration will be helpful only as an overview since in this case the tracks will not divided into parts The TestSQ in the last track can be used t...

Page 21: ...you specify a Pre Trigger Period The recording will then have already begun before the trigger level is reached which avoids cutting off the beginning of the attack of the recorded sound However this...

Page 22: ...mpting to add effects to the sound being recorded in order to make the effects section available for other tasks In most cases however it is best to record without the effects or at least to record an...

Page 23: ...l tracks or several sounds of a track you can also start a recording series On the Target page set the parameter Sample to New However the parameters Scr Level and Pre Trigger must be very well adjust...

Page 24: ...isk i e Program 001 to 001 002 to 002 etc With All all Programs of the selected Volume are loaded completely overwriting Programs residing in memory If you want to load Programs to any desired Program...

Page 25: ...Owner s Manual p 252 258 and 268 271 F6 IMPORT Using the IMPORT function you can load Samples that have not been saved in the A3000 format Standard MIDI Files SMF can also be imported ImpSmp loads sin...

Page 26: ...mes in handy when a MIDI keyboard is not within reach of the A3000 and you need to audition Sounds Special Hint Realtime control The result of adjusting the controllers with the knobs depends on the a...

Page 27: ...after importing these as SMF files see above you can play them back as sequences and control any GM or XG sound module In the same way you can create your own songs or edit existing ones using an exte...

Page 28: ...t defaults are Last Function and Last Page FreeMem These are the amounts of free memory space for both the waveform memory Wave and the parameter memory Param COMMAND functions SAVESYS and LOADSYS let...

Page 29: ...Bend data Bulk Protect on disables the reception of Bulk data If for example a MIDI Sample Dump is to be received from a computer or another sampler Protect must be set to off The Device sets the dev...

Page 30: ...kely to be used as Setup data for sound settings rather than for mixing functions Volume Pan or for realtime control parameters of the Controller Matrix On the A3000 it is not recommended that you use...

Page 31: ...plete set and set to MIDI channel 10 This would be possible though since single drum instruments in a drum set programmed as a Sample Bank can still be individually edited as Samples However editing i...

Page 32: ...g can also be done automatically via MIDI during sequencer playback However this only works if the corresponding sequencer tracks are played back SOLO To do this simply set the parameter MIDI Smp to o...

Page 33: ...ds the possibilities of an effects processor We are pleased to say that using Expand EQ and Filter Gain the sound of a Sample can already be manipulated in many ways before passing to the actual effec...

Page 34: ...fter that the effects are free again to be used with other sounds You can proceed in the same way if you are creating your own drum loops by playing several drum instruments at a time via the sequence...

Page 35: ...a MIDI File Format 1 74DOW1 MID as Standard MIDI File Controller Templates for CUTOFF control 074 Format 0 8 bars each descending 74DOW2 MID as Standard MIDI File Controller Templates for CUTOFF cont...

Page 36: ...s the expand function and effects etc are used to the fullest The waveforms constitute the basis for all popular synthesizer sounds analog oscillators complex sound textures wave sequences synth pads...

Page 37: ...ice Peter Krischker Am Langberg 97 A 21033 Hamburg Germany Phone 49 40 738 62 23 Fax 49 40 739 84 12 _____________________________________________________________________ ______ Further sound material...

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