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Panel and Connector Arrangement

10

Front Panel (Right Side)

(1) Mode buttons

The A3000 provides five operating modes. You select the mode by pressing the corre-
sponding mode button. The button lamp comes on to indicate that the mode is selected.

Each mode is further divided into six functions. After selecting the mode, you can switch
among its functions by pressing the appropriate function keys.

(The A3000 also uses the button lamps to let you know that it is receiving MIDI data.
Each lamp corresponds to a different MIDI data type, and will continue to blink while
the A3000 is receiving MIDI data of that type. (

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(2) Function keys

Use these keys to switch among the six functions within the currently selected mode.

(3) COMMAND key

You press the COMMAND key to access additional commands relevant to the mode and
function that you are currently working in. (

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PLA

PLAY

Y

EDIT

EDIT

REC

REC

DISK

DISK

UTILITY

UTILITY

PROGRAM

PROGRAM

TRIM/LOOP

TRIM/LOOP

RECORD

RECORD

PROGRAM

PROGRAM

T

TOT

OTAL

AL EQ

 EQ

SAMPLE

SAMPLE

MAP/OUT

MAP/OUT

SETUP

SETUP

SAMPLE

SAMPLE

P

PANEL

ANEL PLA

 PLAY

Y

EASY

EASY EDIT

 EDIT

FIL

FILTER

TER

METER

METER

SEQUENCE

SEQUENCE

SEQUENCE

SEQUENCE

EFFECT

EFFECT

EG

EG

EFFECT

EFFECT

VOLUME

VOLUME

MASTER

MASTER

SETUP

SETUP

LFO

LFO

EXIT

EXIT CTRL

 CTRL

DISK

DISK

SYSTEM

SYSTEM

CONTROL

CONTROL

MIDI/CTRL

MIDI/CTRL

MONIT

MONITOR

OR

IMPOR

IMPORT

T

MIDI

MIDI

COMMAND

ASSIGNABLE

AUDITION

POWER

POWER

ON/

ON/

OFF

OFF

(1)

(2)

(7)

(6)

(5)

(4)

(3)

Summary of Contents for A3000

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...d on this plate You should record the model number serial number and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS...

Page 3: ...s on it or place it in a position where anyone could walk on trip over or roll anything over it When removing the electric plug from an outlet always hold the plug itself and not the cord Pulling by the cord can damage it Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multiple con nector Doing so can result in lower sound quality or possibly cause over heating in the outlet Remove t...

Page 4: ...nel mode buttons func tion keys and knobs You can access and edit any set ting by selecting the mode then selecting the func tion and then turning the knobs directly under the screen It is also possible to use knobs and function keys to control realtime playback Performance Enhancing Options Installation of the optional I O expansion board AIEB1 board adds digital I O capability plus six additiona...

Page 5: ...iz ers MIDI keyboards and other MIDI devices in a wide variety of musical applications This owner s manual will help you get the most from your A3000 s many advanced fea tures Please read through the essential parts of the manual carefully before beginning work with your sampler and refer back to the manual for additional information as necessary Please be sure to store the manual in a safe and ha...

Page 6: ... Select the Effect Types 121 EFFECT Efct1 Efct3 Edit the Effects 124 EFFECT In Out Input output levels and pan 126 EFFECT EdType Effect Edit Type 127 SETUP Function 128 SETUP PgmMstr Program s Master Settings 128 SETUP Portmnt Portamento 130 SETUP ADSetup A D In Setup 132 SETUP ADOut Output Setup for A D Input Signal 134 CONTROL Function 136 CONTROL PgmCtl1 Program Controller Setup 1 136 CONTROL P...

Page 7: ...pLoad Load Sample s 261 SEQUENCE Function 264 SEQUENCE SeqLoad Load Sequence s 264 VOLUME Function 266 VOLUME Volume 266 DISK Function 268 DISK Disk 268 DISK Config Configure 270 DISK SelfID 271 IMPORT Function 272 IMPORT ImpSmp Import a sample 272 IMPORT ImpVce Import a voice 274 IMPORT ImpOthr Import Other Data Type 276 Chapter 8 UTILITY Mode UTILITY Mode 280 COMMAND Pages 281 SAVE 281 DELETE 28...

Page 8: ...r basic A3000 operations Chapter 3 Basics The chapter introduces basic concepts terminology and operating procedures Read this chapter to learn about samples sample banks programs and sequences modes and functions screen displays and other important features Chapter 4 PLAY Mode This chapter explains all PLAY mode functions You use PLAY mode to edit and play programs Chapter 5 EDIT Mode This chapte...

Page 9: ...e chap ter name Icons This manual uses the following icons to call attention to specific types of information Important An important note or precaution intended to help you avoid loss of data or other major inconvenience Always read these notices care fully FYI For Your Information Reference information indirectly related to the content of the main text May contain practical advice or general sup ...

Page 10: ...el and Connector Arrangement Front Panel Left Side 1 MASTER VOL Master Volume Adjusts the output level at the STEREO OUT connectors only This knob does not affect the output level at the ASSIGNABLE OUT connectors or at the various connectors provided on the optional I O expansion board AIEB1 board ...

Page 11: ...or realtime output A D In feature Use the INPUT L jack if you are supplying a monaural signal 5 Display The display indicates the status and settings for the currently selected function and presents messages and confirmation prompts When you are working at a parameter setting page the top line of the display indicates the parameter names while the bot tom line shows the current values The names an...

Page 12: ...nction keys Use these keys to switch among the six functions within the currently selected mode 3 COMMAND key You press the COMMAND key to access additional commands relevant to the mode and function that you are currently working in 91 PLA PLAY Y EDIT EDIT REC REC DISK DISK UTILITY UTILITY PROGRAM PROGRAM TRIM LOOP TRIM LOOP RECORD RECORD PROGRAM PROGRAM T TOT OTAL AL EQ EQ SAMPLE SAMPLE MAP OUT ...

Page 13: ...6 Floppy disk drive Accepts a 3 5 inch floppy disk You can use floppy disks to save and reload your data programs samples sequences and system settings Note that there is an access lamp at the lower left of the drive The lamp lights up while the disk is being accessed Please do not eject the floppy disk while this lamp is on To eject a disk press the EJECT button at the lower right of the drive 7 ...

Page 14: ...I signals received at the MIDI IN connector 3 ASSIGNABLE OUT jacks Analog output jacks These jacks operate independently of the STEREO OUT jacks You can use these jacks to output the sound of one or more selected samples or to output the signal supplied through the front panel s analog input connectors 134 176 You may also set them so that they output the same signal as the STEREO OUT jacks 299 4 ...

Page 15: ...s over coaxial RCA pin cable The digital signal format is CD DAT S P DIF You can use the DIGITAL IN connector to record a digital signal of frequency 48kHz 44 1kHz or 32kHz The DIGITAL OUT connector outputs a digital signal of frequency 44 1kHz 3 ASSIGNABLE OUT jacks AS1 to AS6 Additional analog output jacks Each pair 1 2 3 4 5 6 operates independently of all other outputs on the A3000 You can use...

Page 16: ... 128MB of memory onto the A3000 SIMMs can be purchased from almost any computer supply dealer Adding memory will allow you to record longer samples and to work with more sam ples at the same time For information about how to install SIMMs refer to the Appen dix 312 Important You need to use 72 pin SIMMs with access time of 70ns or less The SIMM module size may be 4MB 8MB 16MB or 32MB The A3000 is ...

Page 17: ...ctors You can add digital I O capacity by installing an AIEB1 board The board offers two different digital connector types optical connectors and coaxial connectors As an added benefit the board also includes three stereo ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT pairs six analog jacks which operate independently of the standard STEREO OUT and ASSIGNABLE OUT jacks For information about how to install this board refer to ...

Page 18: ... will go the disk will automatically pop out When the disk is fully ejected carefully remove it by hand Never attempt to remove the disk or turn the power off during reading or writing Do ing so can damage the disk and possibly the disk drive If the eject button is pressed too quickly or if it is not pressed in as far as it will go the disk may not eject properly The eject button may become stuck ...

Page 19: ...ure to the disk in any way Always keep floppy disks in their protective cases when they are not in use Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight extremely high or low temperatures or exces sive humidity dust or liquids Do not open the sliding shutter and touch the exposed surface of the floppy disk inside Do not expose the disk to magnetic fields such as those produced by televisions speak ers mot...

Page 20: ...18 ...

Page 21: ...1 1 Chapter 1 Setting Up ...

Page 22: ...5 MIDI Connections Introduces basic MIDI concepts and shows how to connect up MIDI devices 27 Power ON OFF Explains the proper sequence for turning connected devices on and off 30 Sound Check Takes you through a simple sound check to confirm that your equipment is connected correctly 32 Important If you have purchased SIMM expansion memory the AIEB1 expansion board or an in ternal hard disk for yo...

Page 23: ...e that the A3000 s power switch is OFF before you attach the cord The switch is OFF when it is all the way out The A3000 is designed for use with a grounded line three prong outlet Connecting the Cord Connect the supplied power cord to the AC inlet on the rear panel Then plug the other end of the cord into a 3 prong wall outlet AC INLET Rear Panel Power Cord Wall Outlet ...

Page 24: ...owing stereo output jacks STEREO OUT Main analog output ASSIGNABLE OUT You can set the jacks to operate independently of the STEREO OUT jacks so that they output selected samples or programs only The feature is useful for example when you want to send the main signal to one audio device while sending a specific sample to a different device But it is also possible to set these jacks so that they ou...

Page 25: ... ASSIGNABLE OUT R L A3000 Rear Panel Amp mixer etc L INPUT 1 R L INPUT 2 R Assignable output using AIEB1 expansion board STEREO OUT ASSIGNABLE OUT R L MONO 1 2 3 4 5 6 ASSIGNABLE OUT R L A3000 Rear Panel Amp mixer etc L INPUT 1 R L INPUT 2 INPUT 3 INPUT 4 INPUT 5 R L R L R L R It is not necessary of course to connect up all of the outputs on the expansion board Connect only the outputs you need to...

Page 26: ...ys produce identical signals The digital outputs function as assignable outputs You can set them to output selected samples or programs or you can set them to produce the same output as the STEREO OUT jacks by setting the To AsgnOut parameter to DIG OPT 299 Important The OPTICAL connectors are protected by plastic covers You must remove the cover before connecting the cable Please remember to repl...

Page 27: ...while power is ON may result in damage to amps or speakers Digital I O connections are available only if the optional AIEB1 board is installed To select the input to be used for recording use the Input parameter on the RecData page 227 Connecting to Analog Input The following illustrations show how to connect to an analog input source such as a microphone analog tape recorder or analog synthesizer...

Page 28: ...d AIEB1 board lets you record digital signals directly from a digital input source such as a CD player or DAT recorder For purposes of compatibility the AIEB1 board includes two different input types OP TICAL optical fiber and DIGITAL coaxial cable OPTICAL input connection OUT DIGITAL OPTICAL IN OUT IN A3000 Rear Panel Digital device OPTICAL OUTPUT Coaxial input connection OUT DIGITAL OPTICAL IN O...

Page 29: ...ital communication among electronic instruments computers sequencers and related devices MIDI connectors and cables MIDI devices provide MIDI connectors marked IN OUT and THRU The IN connector receives data from external devices the OUT connector outputs locally produced data and the THRU connector relays data received at the IN connector MIDI connections are made by running standard MIDI cables b...

Page 30: ...ovement of the pitchbend wheel Bulk data Voice and device settings and related data MIDI Connection Configurations You can use MIDI connections to control the A3000 from an external keyboard sequencer or computer or to transfer A3000 data to an external MIDI device Connecting to keyboard or MIDI controller MIDI IN OUT THRU Keyboard or controller MIDI IN OUT THRU A3000 Rear Panel Connecting to keyb...

Page 31: ...DI IN OUT THRU MIDI interface or tone generator with built in interface A3000 Rear Panel MIDI IN OUT THRU Sequencer MIDI IN OUT THRU A3000 Rear Panel MIDI IN OUT THRU FYI A wide variety of MIDI connection configurations are available Design your setup to suit your device and performance requirements ...

Page 32: ... the transmitting side device first If you are switching on a SCSI disk or CD ROM drive allow the drive a few seconds to get up to speed before proceeding to Step 2 2 Switch on the power to the A3000 Press the POWER switch on the front panel 3 Switch on power to speakers and other audio devices Power OFF Important Like other samplers the A3000 stores all new data into main memory only and will los...

Page 33: ... OFF 31 Chapter 1 Setting Up Chapter 1 Procedure 1 Switch off the amplifiers or speakers 2 Switch off the power to the A3000 Press the POWER switch on the front panel 3 Switch off external MIDI and SCSI devices ...

Page 34: ...el is set to 1 at time of shipping This means that the A3000 is set to receive data over MIDI Channel 1 5 Confirm that the PLAY mode lamp is lit If necessary press the PLAY button so that the lamp comes on 6 Press the second function key counting from the left PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE...

Page 35: ... and you can proceed to Step 9 If you do not hear any sound try pressing the AUDITION key on the front panel If this produces sound then there is a problem with your MIDI connection or settings If the AUDITION key also fails to generate sound then the problem is with your speaker or amplifier connection In either case you should now switch off the power to all devices check the connections and set...

Page 36: ...34 Chapter 1 Setting Up ...

Page 37: ...2 2 Chapter 2 Trying It Out ...

Page 38: ...w The chapter progresses through a coordinated sequence of operations as outlined be low Starting Out Recording Playback Deleting and Redoing Next Step More Recording Changing the Sample Names Setting the Original Key and the Key Range Sample Editing Using Loops Using a Filter Using an Envelope Generator Using the LFO Program Editing Using Effects Editing a Different Program Sequence Play Recordin...

Page 39: ...sound generated by the A3000 or other audio device Microphone stereo or monaural To record samples into the A3000 MIDI keyboard or controller To input performance data into the A3000 Floppy disk Yamaha MF2HD TosavesamplesandprogramscreatedattheA3000 or other 2HD disk preferably new Important Set the MIDI Transmit Channel on your MIDI device to 1 Descriptions in this chapter assume that you have no...

Page 40: ...REC button and then press the second function key The RecDatapage appears The name RecData appears at the lower left of the screen If the above page does not appear try turning Knob 1 as necessary to produce it Memo Each operation is identified by its mode and function You begin the operation by pressing the appropriate mode button along the left followed by the function key along the top so that ...

Page 41: ...g it controls on the top line of the screen and the currently selected value on the second line Turning the knob changes the value shown in the second line If you have installed the optional AIEB1 I O expansion board you will also be able to select DIGITAL or OPTICAL as your input source 4 Turn Knob 3 to set the sample type SmpType to Mono This setting selects the type of sample to be recorded eit...

Page 42: ...gram so that you will be able to play it back immediately after recording For more information about the relation between samples and programs refer to Chapter 3 70 Notice that the A3000 automatically assigns the default name _NewSample to the sample that you are about to record Although you can change this name either before or after recording in this example we will leave the name as it is 7 Tur...

Page 43: ...sufficient level on the meter 11 Press the first leftmost function key The Record screen appears 12 Press Knob 5 Go Memo Note that only certain knobs have push capability for each screen The red lamp push lamp directly above each knob indicates whether a push operation is currently assigned If the lamp is ON pushing the knob will generate the action indicated on the screen If the lamp is OFF pushi...

Page 44: ... set up to play the sample that you just recorded _NewSample If you are not happy with the recording results turn to the next page for information about how to delete the sample so that you can record it again If you are pleased with the result you are ready to proceed to the Next Step section starting on page 45 If you wish to stop for a while and switch off the power note that your recorded samp...

Page 45: ...command screen that you use to execute a specific command The command that appears depends on the current mode and function 3 Turn Knob 1 to select the DELETE page 4 Be sure that Type Knob 2 is set to Smp If necessary turn Knob 2 to change the setting to Smp 5 Turn Knob 4 to select the name of the sample to be deleted In this case you want to set the value to _NewSample PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY ...

Page 46: ...o execute the deletion The new sample is now deleted You can record it again as described above Memo In practice it is not necessary to manually delete the sample as described here in order to replace it with a new one You may instead record a new sample directly over the current sample as explained later in this manual 230 ...

Page 47: ...unction Press the RECORD mode button REC button and then press the second function key 2 Turn Knob 1 to select the Target page The screen should now look like this 3 Turn Knob 2 to set Sample to New Memo Select New when you want to record two or more new samples in succession 4 Press the first leftmost function key The Record screen appears PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGR...

Page 48: ... out together If you are unhappy with your two new samples you can delete them both by pushing Knob 2 ALLDEL and then pressing Knob 5 YES to confirm Then record them again as described above If you want to redo only one of the two new samples delete the bad sample using the procedure given on page 43 above Deleting and Redoing Note that you will need to select the sample by its names Sample names ...

Page 49: ...PLAY mode SAMPLE function 2 Turn Knob 1 to select the SmpSel Sample Select page The screen should now look like this 3 Turn Knob 2 or Knob 3 to select _NewSample as the sample 4 Press Knob 2 or Knob 3 5 Turn Knob 3 to select DELETE PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VO...

Page 50: ...he cursor one space to the right 9 Repeat steps 7 to 8 in order to enter the rest of the name Please set the name to Voice AH Note that you will need to enter a space character between the e and the A You can do this by pressing Knob 1 once without turning Knob 2 after inputting the e 10 Press Knob 5 OK This completes the name change The original screen now reappears 11 Turn Knob 2 or Knob 3 to se...

Page 51: ... a previ ous character string with a single press on the knob 15 Turn Knob 1 to move the cursor to the next to last letter of the displayed name A 16 Turn Knob 2 to change the A into an E Then turn Knob 1 to advance to the last letter H and turn Knob 2 again to change this into another E 17 Press Knob 5 OK This completes the name change The original screen reappears 18 Now repeat Steps 11 to 17 to...

Page 52: ...t the KeyRnge page The screen should now look like this 3 Press Knob 1 The following screen appears Memo You use this screen to select the program or sample that you want to edit Always go to this screen to select the appropriate item before you begin editing 4 Turn Knob 2 or 3 to select the Voice AH sample for editing Be sure that Voice AH is selected 5 Press Knob 1 again The initial KeyRnge scre...

Page 53: ... set to C3 The key range is C3 to B3 9 Press Knob 1 and then turn Knob 2 or Knob 3 to select Voice OH for editing Then press Knob 1 again 10 Set OrigKey to C4 set Low to C4 and set High to B4 The original key is now set to C4 The key range is C4 to B4 11 Now try playing at the MIDI keyboard Notice that each key in the C2 B2 octave produces the ahhhh sound Keys C3 to B3 produce the eeeee sample whi...

Page 54: ...ng Then press Knob 1 again 3 Turn Knob 1 to select the WvMode wave mode screen The screen should now look like this 4 Turn Knob 2 to set LpMode loop mode to O 5 Press and hold the AUDITION key You use the AUDITION key to play out the currently selected sample Notice how the sound loops ahhhh ahhhh ahhhh In the next few steps we will adjust the loop start and end points to produce a smoother loop a...

Page 55: ... start point The screen now looks like this 7 Turn Knob 1 to select the Loop screen Then turn Knob 4 to set Step to 1000 and turn Knob 2 as necessary to set LpStart loop start point to approximately 30000 8 Turn Knob 3 as necessary to set LpEnd loop endpoint to approximately 45000 9 Hold down the AUDITION key to check the editing results Adjust the start and endpoint values as necessary to further...

Page 56: ...to set Cutoff to 100 The screen should now look like this 4 Now play a key between C3 and B3 at your keyboard Notice how the filter has eliminated the low frequency components of theeeeee sound Memo TheA3000 offers a variety of filter types You can select from among two high pass filters HiPass1 HiPass2 two low pass filters LowPass1 LowPass2 a band pass filter BandPass and a band eliminate filter ...

Page 57: ...4 and B4 at your keyboard Notice how the sound fades out slowly when you release the key Memo TheAEG determines how the sample s amplitude sound level develops over time In addition to the release rate value you can also set an attack rate and a sustain level The attack rate value determines how rapidly the sound rises when the key is first hit while the sustain level deter mines how the sound con...

Page 58: ...d to 15 turn Knob 4 to set Delay to 90 5 Now play and hold a key between C2 and B2 at your keyboard Notice how a gentle vibrato pitch waver begins after the sound has been held for a few moments In the next section we will begin to do some program editing If you wish to stop here for a while and switch off the power please save your edited data to floppy disk 64 to 66 When you are ready to resume ...

Page 59: ...ain 3 Turn Knob 1 to select the Output page Then turn Knob 2 to set MainOut to Effect1 The screen should now look like this Memo The A3000 allows you to assign up to three effects Effect1 Effect2 and Effect3 to each program You can then apply any one of these effects to each of the samples used by the program The MainOut setting determines which of the effects is applied to the sample In this case...

Page 60: ...rent program Pgm 001 as is and begin work on a second program Pgm 002 Procedure 1 Select PLAY mode PROGRAM function PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM ...

Page 61: ...n Knob 1 until SmpSel appears at the lower left of the screen 5 Turn Knob 2 or Knob 3 to select the Voice AH sample 6 Turn Knob 4 to set ToPgm to on This setting selects Voice AH for use in this program 7 Now turn Knob 2 or 3 to select the Voice EE sample then turn Knob 4 to set ToPgm to on Then turn Knob 2 or 3 again to select the Voice OH sample and again turn Knob 4 to set ToPgm to on All three...

Page 62: ...rrently set for range C2 to B2 while Voice EE is set for C3 to B3 and Voice OH is set for C4 to B4 Next let s try dropping the pitch of Voice AH by one octave and then raising the pitch of Voice OH by the same amount One way to do this would be to lower or raise each sample s internal pitch settings But this would also change the sound of Program 001 since the pitch settings are stored with the sa...

Page 63: ...se tune value to 12 15 Try playing at the keyboard Notice that the pitch of the ahhhh is now lower by one octave while the ohhhh is higher by an octave In the next section we will try recording and playing a sequence If you wish to stop here for a while and switch off the power please save your edited data to floppy disk 64 to 66 When you are ready to resume operation please reload the data from t...

Page 64: ... Select UTILITY mode SEQUENCE function The screen should now look like this If the above screen does not appear turn Knob 1 until SeqSel appears at the lower left PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR ...

Page 65: ...ready to play a sequence at your MIDI keyboard When you are ready press Knob 4 REC and then begin playing immediately Play for about 10 sec onds then press Knob 5 STOP Playing the Sequence Now let s play back the sequence that you just recorded Procedure 1 Press Knob 5 PLAY The A3000 starts replay of the recorded sequence 2 Press Knob 5 STOP The replay stops ...

Page 66: ... used The format operation sets the disk up so that it can be used for data storage and retrieval You can format a new disk using the procedure described below or you can use preformatted disks Note that the A3000 supports the following two format types only MFF2DD 2DD disk type MS DOS 9 sector format 720KB MF2HD 2HD disk type MS DOS 18 sector format 1 44MB Important The format operation erases an...

Page 67: ...the formatted disk appears above Knobs 4 and 5 The default name is New FD Although you are free to change the name we will leave the default name unchanged for this example 6 Press Knob 1 FD_FMT The following confirmation prompt appears 7 Press Knob 5 YES The A3000 starts to format the disk Please wait until the original screen returns indicating that the format is finished Saving Your Data The ne...

Page 68: ...2 to change the setting to this value 5 Be sure that To is set to Dsk New FD If necessary turn Knob 3 or Knob 4 to change the setting to this value 6 Press Knob 1 SAVE The following confirmation prompt appears 7 Press Knob 5 YES The A3000 starts to save the data Please wait until the original screen returns indi cating that the save is finished PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD P...

Page 69: ...rn Knob 2 or Knob 3 to change the setting to this value 3 Press the fourth VOLUME function key The Volume screen appears 4 Press Knob 4 LOAD The following confirmation prompt appears 5 Press Knob 5 YES The A3000 starts to load the data The original screen reappears when loading is finished PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY E...

Page 70: ...fourth function key and push Knob 4 LOAD to load the disk content into the A3000 If you have loaded one of the demonstration disks you can proceed to play the sequence by pressing the UTILITY mode button then pressing the SEQUENCE function key third function key then turning Knob 1 to select the Play Rec page and then pushing Knob 5 PLAY to begin the playback CD ROM Track 1 of the CD ROM contains ...

Page 71: ...3 3 Chapter 3 Basics ...

Page 72: ...ing sounds from the A3000 you play the programs rather than the individual samples As an example assume that you have created three samples in A3000 memory a piano sample a bass sample and a sax sample You could then create a program to play any or all of these samples The relationship is illustrated by the diagrams below Memory Program No sound Piano sample Bass sample Sax sample Deselect Select ...

Page 73: ...nsists of basic sound data also called waveform data or wave data to gether with parameter data sample parameters Sample Data Wave data Digital data representing an acoustic sound wave You generally create this data by recording sound at the A3000 using input from a microphone or some external audio device Note that the process of recording acoustic sound in digital form is known as sampling Sampl...

Page 74: ...umber Pro gram numbers run from 001 to 128 Note that all 128 programs are always resident in memory even though many of these programs may be empty of data In fact when you first switch on the A3000 all 128 programs will be completely empty and essentially useless Even an empty program is considered to exist however since it is always possible for you or for an external MIDI device to select it Pr...

Page 75: ...sy edit parameters Program 128 ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters Program Parameters ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters Program Setup Example 1 We can now set up some programs by plugging in values for the various data types indicated above Sample A Piano with key range set to C 2 to G8 Sample B Bass Key range set to C2 to C4 Sample C Sax Key range set to C4 to B5 P...

Page 76: ...nds are played through a delay effect Notice that in the case of Program 2 key C4 plays out both samples at the same time Assume then that you want to remove this overlap One way to do this would be to change Sample B s key range to C2 to B3 The problem with this approach is that it changes the sample s own parameters and will therefore affect all programs in which the sample is used Another way t...

Page 77: ...veform On Off MIDI R Ch 3 When Program 1 is in use MIDI performance data transmitted through MIDI Channel 1 produces the piano sample while Channel 2 data plays the bass and Channel 3 data drives the sax This result is a multitimbral performance with different channels pro ducing different voices Note again that the above setup requires that you set the appropriate channel value into each sample s...

Page 78: ...rate sounds from C1 to B2 Sample B for the range C3 to B4 and Sample C for the range C5 to B6 If you do this without using a sample bank the setup will look like this Memory Program 001 Sample A Low piano waveform On Off Effect Reverb Key range C1 to B2 Sample B Mid piano waveform On Off Key range C3 to B4 Sample C High piano waveform On Off Key range C5 to B6 The difficulty with this approach is ...

Page 79: ...ture does not work with all sam pler models however Summary Let s briefly review the basic characteristics of samples and programs Sample Consists of waveform data sound wave and sample parameters basic playback con ditions May be either stereo or monaural Multiple samples can be grouped into a single sample bank You can then treat the sample bank as a single virtual sample When playing sound from...

Page 80: ...stems a main output and an assignable output Each system offers five different settings as follows Main Output off No main output Stereo Bypass the effects Effect1 Output to Effect 1 Effect2 Output to Effect 2 Effect3 Output to Effect 3 Assignable Output off No assignable output ASL R Output to assignable output jacks L and R AS1 2 Output to assignable output jacks 1 and 2 Requires optional AIEB1 ...

Page 81: ...eo Out parameter located in the UTILITY mode s MASTER function 299 You can use a program s Easy Edit feature to change the output destination for any sample within the program The change is effective at the program level only and does not alter the output settings within the sample itself Triple Effect System The A3000 allows each program to use up to three effects The three effects are imple ment...

Page 82: ...settings apply in common to all programs Sequence Data Performance data received and recorded from an external MIDI device Sequence data exists in memory only if you load it from disk or generate it from an external device The following illustration shows the structure of all data in main memory Memory Program 001 Sample A Wave data ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters Program Parameters Sample param...

Page 83: ...do this you can then treat each partition as if it were a separate disk Volumes The A3000 stores all main memory data into a volume on the target disk or disk parti tion The volume stores an entire set of main memory data A floppy disk can store a single volume only The A3000 automatically creates this vol ume named FD VOLUME when you format the disk If you are using a SCSI disk then you are free ...

Page 84: ...ch Easy edit parameters Program Parameters ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters Program 128 ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters Program Parameters ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters System Parameters Sequence Data Volume Program 001 Sample A Wave data ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters Program Parameters Sample parameters Sample B Wave d...

Page 85: ... to change disks in order to load a different environment If you are using a SCSI drive however then you can save multiple volumes to the same physical disk It is also possible of course to save and reload one or more selected objects samples programs or sequences This approach is useful when you want to bring objects from one environment into another environment for example when you want to load ...

Page 86: ...am parameters set up programs for playback and carry out playback EDIT mode Use this mode to edit your samples The mode lets you access and edit all program parameters RECORDING mode Use this mode to record new samples into memory Disk mode This mode handles disk operations Use it to format and set up new disks manage your disk data save from main memory to disk and load from disk back to main mem...

Page 87: ...m switch Easy edit parameters ToPgm switch Easy edit parameters System Parameters Sequence Data Functions Each mode offers six different functions The functions for each mode are as follows PLAY functions PROGRAM SAMPLE EASY EDIT EFFECT SETUP CONTROL EDIT functions TRIM LOOP MAP OUT FILTER EG LFO MIDI CTRL RECORDING functions RECORD SETUP METER EFFECT EXT CTRL MONITOR DISK functions PROGRAM SAMPLE...

Page 88: ...gle screen and therefore offer you multiple screens each with a different group of settings or operations Since you can only view one screen at a time you must switch among the screens as necessary in order to access all of the settings or operations that you need You can switch from one screen to another within the same function in either of two ways 1 by turning Knob 1 or 2 by pressing the same ...

Page 89: ...age Pressing the key when you are at the last page cycles you back to the first page In the case of the FILTER function the sequence would be Filter FltSens FltScale EQ Filter FltSens and so on Changing the Settings You use Knobs 2 to 5 to change the settings on each page In most cases the parameter names appear on the top line of the screen with the current values appearing on the second line Tur...

Page 90: ...ases you will want to set or change the names of programs or samples The following screen for example can be used to change the name of a sample In general you enter or change a name one letter at a time first move the cursor to the desired position then change or delete the character at that position and so on A number of variations and shortcuts are also available The general entry operations ar...

Page 91: ...ters located to the right of the cursor move back one space to fill in the gap Replacing with Most Recent Name Pasting This A3000 stores the most recently entered name into a special paste buffer When you are ready to enter another name you can insert the buffer content by turning Knob 3 to select PASTE and then pressing Knob 3 to execute This operation deletes the current name and replaces it wit...

Page 92: ...k appears before the OrigKey Low and High parameter names on the KeyRnge screen EDIT mode MAP OUT function as shown below To set the High value from your MIDI keyboard you first press Knob 4 so that the indicator lamp above the knob begins blinking The blinking indication means that the A3000 is ready to set the value in accordance with the input received at the MIDI IN connector You can now make ...

Page 93: ...ey to perform any one of several different operations The purpose of the key is to give you easy access to an operation that you intend to perform frequently You select the key s operation using the UTILITY mode s SYSTEM function 300 For example you might set up this key so that it forces off damps all sound output Or you might set it so that it initializes all controllers Or you may want to use i...

Page 94: ... the available effects on its way through the A3000 You can set this feature up using the PLAY mode SETUP function 132 MIDI Indicator The A3000 lets you know that it is currently receiving MIDI data by blinking one of the lamps on its five mode buttons The blinking lamp indicates the type of data that com ing in as follows Received Data Type Blinking Lamp Note On Off PLAY lamp Control Change EDIT ...

Page 95: ...4 4 Chapter 4 PLAY Mode ...

Page 96: ...s and perform various other sample level operations 112 EASY EDIT Use this function to make program level adjustments to each sample s playback set tings You make these settings separately for each program and they remain effective only while the program is selected These changes do not affect the sample s own local data 118 EFFECT This function selects and sets up the effects for each program 121...

Page 97: ... operation The parameters that you set here are the same as are linked to the parameters offered by the following regular screens PLAY mode PROGRAM function Program selection program name 110 PLAY mode SAMPLE function Sample selection sample name 112 PROGRAM SAMPLE Selection Screen Use this screen to select a program or sample for playback or editing or to switch sample solo or MIDI to sample feat...

Page 98: ...le assume that you are working with a program that uses two samples Sample A and Sample B and that both of these samples are set to play over the entire key range C 2 to G8 If the sample solo feature is OFF playing a key at the keyboard will produce sounds from both samples Assume further that you are now editing Sample A and that you want to produce the sound of this sample without intrusion from...

Page 99: ...in edit sample automatically switches to Sample B If you next strike a key between C5 and G8 the in edit sample changes to Sample C In each case the edit screen itself remains unchanged although the displayed values change to reflect the newly selected sample If you have mapped more than one sample to a single key that key will always select one of these samples but it is not possible for you to d...

Page 100: ... by the program or a selected sample only Knob 1 Change Page SAVE Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob when you are ready to execute the save The A3000 returns a confir mation prompt Push Knob 5 YES to proceed with the save or Knob 4 NO to cancel If a name conflict occurs if the selected object in main memory has the same name as a corresponding object on the target vo...

Page 101: ...he destination disk setting When you select Dsk the identity of the currently selected disk appears above Knobs 4 and 5 If necessary you can then turn either of those knobs to change the destination disk Vol Use this to view or change the volume setting When you select Vol the name of the currently selected volume appears above Knobs 4 and 5 If necessary you can then turn either of those knobs to ...

Page 102: ...ons to all same name samples that it encounters during the current save operation Note that the One All selection has no meaning if you are saving a single sample only or if you are saving a sequence It is not possible to save more than one sequence in a single operation Knob 2 RENAME Push Knob 2 if you want to rename the object sample or sequence in memory before executing the save This option le...

Page 103: ... and returns the EFFECT SETUP and CONTROL settings to the initial values selected at the SETINIT page 104 If you have not set any SETINIT values then EFFECT SETUP and CONTROL settings revert to their factory defaults Knob 1 Change Page INIT Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob to execute program initialization The A3000 then returns a confirma tion screen Push Knob 5 Y...

Page 104: ...ob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to copy replicate a program The A3000 copies all data from the selected memory resident program into the destination memory resident program Following the copy the two programs will have identical data but different program numbers Knob 1 Change Page COPY Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob to execute the...

Page 105: ...rogram s data to the external device Important Before you can transmit or receive a program dump you must set matching device number values at the A3000 and the external device 310 Knob 1 Change Page PGMDUMP Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob to execute the program dump The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to proceed or Knob 4 NO to cancel Knobs 2 ...

Page 106: ...ou want to set the program so that it uses reverb as its default Effect 1 To do this you would a select the program b go to PLAY EFFECT and set Effect1 to reverb and then c come to the SETINIT command page set EF FECT Knob 2 to on and then push Knob 1 to execute Important The settings that you make here are stored in nonvolatile memory and are not lost at power off The A3000 accepts initial settin...

Page 107: ... 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to create a new empty sample bank in main memory Important This function generates an empty sample bank To assign samples to the bank you use the PLAY SAMPLE ToBank parameter Knob 1 Change Page NEWBANK Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob to execute The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to ...

Page 108: ...knob to change to a different command page Push the knob to delete the sample s The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Press Knob 5 YES to complete the deletion or Knob 4 NO to cancel If you select a sample bank for deletion the A3000 screen will ask whether you want to also delete all of the samples within that bank Push Knob 5 YES to delete all samples together with the bank or push Knob 4 NO t...

Page 109: ...that both versions will access share the same waveform memory The waveform data itself is not duplicated This means that you can make as many copies as you like without using up any additional wave memory If you duplicate a sample bank the A3000 duplicates both the bank and all of the samples within the bank The name for each new sample becomes original name Knob 1 Change Page DUPL Turn the knob t...

Page 110: ...a sample dump you must set matching device number values at the A3000 and the external device 310 Knob 1 Change Page SMPDUMP Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob to execute the sample dump The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to proceed or Knob 4 NO to cancel Knobs 2 3 Sample sample name Turn either knob to select the sample or sample bank that you w...

Page 111: ...number transmitted along with the dumped data If you are dumping a sample bank use the withRelated setting to select whether or not to include the component samples in the dump Set the value to on if you want to include the sample data or off if you want to send the bank data only If you set the value to on the A3000 dumps the component samples in A3000 proprietary format ...

Page 112: ...ER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to select a program for playback or editing or to save a selected program or all programs to disk Knob 1 Select P S Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Program 001 1...

Page 113: ...mber do not use this screen Use the SAVE command page instead press the COMMAND key and go to the SAVE com mand page 98 Knob 5 ALL Push this knob to save all usable programs together will all associated samples A program is usable if it uses at least one sample or if its A D input setting is on The A3000 then returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to execute the save or Knob 4 NO to cancel ...

Page 114: ...ple to disk Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SAMPLE function Available pages are SmpSel this page SmpBank ToBank and SmpSort Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 Sample sample name Edit the Name Turn either knob to select a sample or sample bank for program assignment or disk save Once you have selected the sa...

Page 115: ...o many overlapped samples samples with identical or overlapping key ranges may cause a delay in playback In general you should set your program up such that no key on the keyboard produces sound from more than four monaural samples or 2 stereo samples Knob 5 SAVE Push this knob to save the selected sample or sample bank The A3000 then returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to execute the sa...

Page 116: ...LE function Available pages are SmpSel SmpBank this page ToBank and SmpSort Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Sample bank bank name Turn this knob to select the sample bank containing the sample that you want to remove or edit If you select a new or edited sample bank that has not yet been saved to disk in its current form an E edited mark appears in front of t...

Page 117: ...o the NEWBANK command page 105 To remove a sample from a sample bank use the REMOVE page 114 Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SAMPLE function Available pages are SmpSel SmpBank ToBank this page and SmpSort Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Sample bank bank name Turn this knob to select the destination sample b...

Page 118: ...e for inclusion into the selected bank The Duplicate Add screen also shows the default name for the new sample which is equivalent to original name If you wish to change the name press Knob 2 or 3 to proceed to the name editing screen When you are ready to proceed press Knob 5 YES to generate the duplicate sam ple and add it to the selected sample bank Note that the A3000 does not create another c...

Page 119: ...lect P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SAMPLE function Available pages are SmpSel SmpBank ToBank and SmpSort this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Name off forward backward This knob selects the sort type You can select either forward alphabetical order or backward reverse alphabetical order or you can set sorting off Knob 3 PgmOn...

Page 120: ...u set the program s ToPgm switch OFF for that sample The settings are not restored if you then set the ToPgm switch back on You cannot apply Easy Editing to samples that are not used by the current program or to samples that exist within sample banks If you select such a sample the lower line of the screen will be blanked out to indicate that editing is unavailable If you apply easy editing to a s...

Page 121: ... use Knob 4 or 5 to adjust the value Repeat this sequence for all parameters that you need to adjust first select the parameter with Knob 2 or 3 and then adjust the value using Knob 4 or 5 The available parameters are listed below Refer to the indicated page for more informa tion Parameter Purpose Page Level Output level 174 Pan Stereo positioning 174 Tune Coarse Coarse pitch adjustment semitone i...

Page 122: ... ineffective See next page Selects whether the sample s own control settings are effective or ineffective Knobs 4 5 Value parameter value Turn either of these knobs to set the value for the selected parameter Available values differ for each parameter Values preceded by a or sign are applied as offsets to the sample s own setting The applied value sample setting plus offset is indicated in parenth...

Page 123: ...LAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select EfType Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to assign a specific effect to each of the effect blocks Effect 1 Effect 2 and Effect 3 and to set the interconnection if any among these blocks Knob 1 C...

Page 124: ...amples whose main output destination is to Effect1 move through the Effect 1 block only receive Effect 1 only and then pass the A3000 s stereo outputs Similarly samples with main output destination set to Effect2 or Effect3 move through the corresponding block only and then pass to the stereo outputs 1 2 3 Feeds the Effect 1 block through the Effect 2 block Specifi cally output from the Effect 1 b...

Page 125: ...o Main Output Effect2 Samples set to Main Output Effect3 1 2 3 Samples set to Main Output Effect1 Effect 1 To stereo out To stereo out Effect 2 Effect 3 Samples set to Main Output Effect2 Samples set to Main Output Effect3 1 2 3 Samples set to Main Output Effect1 Effect 1 To stereo out Effect 2 Effect 3 Samples set to Main Output Effect2 Samples set to Main Output Effect3 ...

Page 126: ...action Use this page to set parameter values for the selected effect Effect 1 2 or 3 You can access and set all of the effect s parameters Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the EFFECT function Available pages are EfType Efct1 Efct2 Efct3 In Out and EdType Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 Parameter parameter nam...

Page 127: ...ssing any of the Knobs 2 to 5 Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the EFFECT function Available pages are EfType Efct1 Efct2 Efct3 In Out and EdType Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 to 5 Value parameter name Select Parameter Each knob sets the value for one parameter The parameter name appears on the top line of th...

Page 128: ...lable pages are EfType Efct1 Efct2 Efct3 In Out this page and EdType Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Effect 1 2 3 Turn the knob to select the effect block Effect 1 2 or 3 whose values you want to set You can then set the various values using Knobs 3 4 and 5 You can repeat the sequence to set each of the three effects first select the effect block with Knob 2 ...

Page 129: ... function Available pages are EfType Efct1 Efct2 Efct3 In Out and EdType this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 3 EffectEditType full favorite Turn the knob to select the editing method used at the Efct1 Efct2 and Efct3 pages Methods are as follows full At the edit page you select each parameter by turning Knob 1 to cycle through the parameter list This meth...

Page 130: ...erall output level its transposition and its sample hold speed Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SETUP function Available pages are PgmMstr this page Portmnt ADSetup and ADOut Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Level 0 127 Turn the knob to set the program s overall output level Knob 3 Transpose 127 127 Use this ...

Page 131: ...Wave parameter is set to S H Specifically the setting determines the sample and hold rate used for random LFO modulation Note that the term sample in sample hold refers to sampling rate and is unrelated to A3000 sound samples This setting has meaning only if the program uses at least one sample for which Wave S H If the program uses two or more such samples then the speed you set here applies to a...

Page 132: ...ogram Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 Mode mono rate fingered rate fulltime time fingered time fulltime Turn either knob to select the mode The rate settings select a fixed rate slide while the time settings select a fixed time slide If you select a fingered portamento the A3000 applies a slide between two consecu tive notes only if the first note is still being held when the second note is p...

Page 133: ...e increases as the difference between the pitches increases time fulltime Pitch between consecutive notes always slides even if the first note is released before the second note is struck Again the slide time is always the same Knob 4 Rate Time 0 127 This value sets the pitch slide rate or slide time The setting determines the slide rate if the mode is set to rate or the slide time if the mode is ...

Page 134: ...u use this page to set the program s A D Input feature on or off and to set the A D input source and pan Important It is not possible to use the digital connectors on the optional I O expansion board AIEB1 board as the A D input source Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SETUP function Available pages are PgmMstr Portmnt ADSetup this page and ADOut ...

Page 135: ...e sets the pan stereo positioning for the output from the A D input signal Positive values set pan to the right negative values set pan to the left If Source is set to L R higher absolute pan settings will narrow the stereo feeling while noticeably shifting the sound position ...

Page 136: ...l Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SETUP function Available pages are PgmMstr Portmnt ADSetup and ADOut this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 MainOut off Stereo Effect1 Effect2 Effect3 Selects the main output destination for the A D input signal Available settings are as follows off The signal does not f...

Page 137: ...e A3000 s standard assignable output pair The other settings are meaningful only if you have installed the optional I O expansion board AIEB1 board if the board is not installed these settings are equivalent to off If you have installed the AIEB1 board you may also select from among the other assignable output pairs indicated above If you select DIG OUT the A3000 will out put the identical signal ...

Page 138: ...e together with page PgmCtl2 to set up the controller matrix that determines how selected MIDI controllers operate on the program s playback The ma trix selects up to four controllers and assigns to each of these a specific function and operating range A conceptual illustration of the matrix is shown below The controller settings that you make here operate in response to control change mes sages r...

Page 139: ...s set forth in the MIDI standard In addition you may also select PB pitchbend and AT aftertouch controls The MIDI standard defines these controls differently from the others so they do not have their own controller numbers Most MIDI devices are equipped with the following physical controllers Controller Controller Number Modulation wheel 001 Breath controller 002 Foot controller 004 Volume control...

Page 140: ...D input 134 Program level Program output level 128 EF1 Level Output level for Effect 1 126 EF1 Pan Pan for Effect 1 126 EF1 x x 1 16 Parameter x for Effect 1 124 EF2 Level Output level for Effect 2 126 EF2 Pan Pan for Effect 2 126 EF2 x x 1 16 Parameter x for Effect 2 124 EF3 Level Output level for Effect 3 126 EF3 Pan Pan for Effect 3 126 EF3 x x 1 16 Parameter x for Effect 3 124 Note that certai...

Page 141: ...Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the CONTROL function Available pages are PgmCtl1 PgmCtl2 this page and Reset Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Matrix 1 4 Selects the matrix entry for editing You can use the matrix to set up four controllers Each matrix entry sets up a different controller Knob 3 Type offset offse...

Page 142: ... target parameter Notice that in this case the controller applies 0 offset when at its center position displace ment in one direction generates a negative offset while displace ment in the other generates a positive offset Knob 4 Range 63 63 Sets the maximum offset that the controller can apply to the target parameter This also determines how sensitive the parameter is to changes in the controller...

Page 143: ...DI channel For more information refer to the supplementary explanation on the next page Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the CONTROL function Available pages are PgmCtl1 PgmCtl2 and Reset this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 MIDICh 1 16 Selects the MIDI Receive Channel After selecting the channel you can us...

Page 144: ...ay up to produce a large pitch change in Sample A Finally assume that you now switch to Program 002 using either the A3000 panel or a program change message from your MIDI keyboard The behavior of Sample B when you first switch into Program 002 depends on whether or not the controller value is reset If CtlReset off for Program 002 Channel 1 The modulation wheel s control change value remains in ef...

Page 145: ...5 5 Chapter 5 EDIT Mode ...

Page 146: ...and pitch EG The EG settings determine how the sound of each note develops over time 188 LFO This function sets up the sample s low frequency oscillator LFO You use the LFO to apply an audible modulation to the output level filtering and pitch 203 MIDI CTRL This function selects the MIDI channel that drives the sample and determines how the sample responds to controller action You can also use thi...

Page 147: ... the parameter by rotating the corresponding knob If you do this the A3000 will apply the value you select to all of the samples in the bank temporarily overriding their local settings If you wish to cancel the bank level setting and return the samples to their original values turn the knob to reselect the A setting means that it is not possible to override the samples local settings for this para...

Page 148: ...ed editing the sample bank go back to the PLAY SAMPLE SmpSel page and set the ToPgm switch to off to remove the sample bank from the program To select a sample from a sample bank for independent editing If you need to edit a sample from a sample bank proceed as follows 1 Select PLAY SAMPLE and go to the SmpBank page 2 turn Knob 2 to select the sample bank and 3 turn Knob 3 or 4 to select the sampl...

Page 149: ...ples used by the program or a selected sample only Knob 1 Change Page SAVE Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob when you are ready to execute the save The A3000 returns a confir mation prompt Push Knob 5 YES to proceed with the save or Knob 4 NO to cancel If a name conflict occurs if the selected object in main memory has the same name as a corresponding object on the ...

Page 150: ...olume Smp Bank Saves the currently selected sample or sample bank to the des tination volume If a sample bank is selected the A3000 also saves all of the samples used in the bank Knob 3 Destination Type Dsk Vol Use this knob together with Knob 4 or 5 to select the destination for the save Dsk Use this to view or change the destination disk setting When you select Dsk the identity of the currently ...

Page 151: ... if you have already saved the object to disk You use this operation to cancel errors that you make when editing or re recording a sample Assume for example that you record a sample immediately save the results to disk as you should and then start to edit If you now make a significant error during editing you can use the REVERT command to restore the sample to its initial state You can then begin ...

Page 152: ...1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action This command adjusts the waveform to its optimal level Adjustment is made by propor tionately raising all levels such that the highest level comes to just below the clip point as illustrated below The clip point is the maximum level appropriate for digital process ing Normalize Important This command does not operate on sample banks Knob 1 Chan...

Page 153: ... or shortens the entire waveform Operation is not restricted to the area between the start and end addresses Time conversion may produce unexpected results with some samples It is recom mended that you limit adjustment to 10 in either direction except in cases where you are trying to achieve an unusual effect Following time conversion the start address and loop start address reset to the wave star...

Page 154: ...uracy sound4 sound1 normal rhythm1 rhythm4 Time stretch conversion does not produce perfect results and involves a tradeoff be tween sound and rhythm quality This setting allows you to give priority to either sound or rhythm quality when making the conversion Select sound4 to give maximum weight to sound quality rhythm4 to give maximum weight to rhythm quality or normal for equal weight Other valu...

Page 155: ...s the fine adjustment Important This command does not operate on sample banks The command operates on the entire waveform Operation is not restricted to the area between the start and end addresses Following the conversion the start address and loop start address reset to the wave start address 0 and the end address and loop end address reset to the wave end address Knob 1 Change Page RESMPL Turn ...

Page 156: ...m1 rhythm4 Time fixed pitch adjustment does not produce perfect results and involves a tradeoff between sound and rhythm quality This setting allows you to give priority to either sound or rhythm quality when making the conversion Select sound4 to give maximum weight to sound quality rhythm4 to give maximum weight to rhythm quality or normal for equal weight Other values are intermediate settings ...

Page 157: ... sample fades in or fades out and sets the length and type of the fade Note that fade in always starts at the start address while fade out always ends at the end address For information on how to edit the start and end ad dresses see page 164 The following drawing illustrates the concept Fade In Start address Length Fadeout End address Length Important This command does not operate on sample banks...

Page 158: ...e Level exponent Fade Out Curves Time Level linear Time Level exponent Time Knob 4 Length 0 end address start address Turn the knob to set the length for the fade in address units The minimum length is 0 no fade The maximum length is equal to the entire playback length of the waveform the length from the start address to the end address Note again that fade in always begins from the start address ...

Page 159: ...turn Knob 1 to select REVERS Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action This command reverses the waveform with respect to time so that the sound is re versed Revers Important This command does not operate on sample banks The command reverses the entire waveform Operation is not restricted to the area between the start and end addresses Knob 1 Change Page REVERS Turn the knob to ch...

Page 160: ...mand page Push the knob to register the crossfade The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to proceed or Knob 4 NO to cancel Knob 2 Width 0 100 Sets the length of the crossfade area as a percentage of the total loop length Knob 3 Area sustain release Selects the area over which crossfade is applied and determines the segments that are used to generate the crossfade See the illustrat...

Page 161: ...D piece Step 3 Combine the two resulting waveforms and write the result into the extraction area at the end of C D End Address Processing if Area release Width where C D 100 Start Address Step 1 Copy waveform piece from start of segment C D into a buffer Extract equal piece from the start of E F and copy into another buffer The lengths of these pieces is determined by the Width setting A B C D E F...

Page 162: ... action This command registers the selected sample s parameter settings filter settings LFO settings EG settings and so on as the default values to be used for new samples If the current sample is set to use a HiPass1 filter for example then any subsequent sample that you record will also be initially set to use a HiPass1 filter Important This command does not operate on sample banks FYI The initi...

Page 163: ...options PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select Config Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to select TRIM LOOP edit options You can ...

Page 164: ... Start Address Waveform Play Length This length is locked Changing either address causes an equal change in the opposing address Loop Start Address Loop End Address End Address Loop Length This length is also locked Knob 3 Zero off on This automatic zeroing option is another convenient feature for address editing If you enable this option any address change you make will be forced to the nearest z...

Page 165: ...tes during editing of the loop end address You can move the loop end address to any location on the waveform Loop Start Address If Snap off The loop end address always jumps to the nearest point having the same level as the loop start address Loop Start Address If Snap on Knob 5 EndType address length time beat graph Selects the type of indication used to show the end address and the loop end addr...

Page 166: ...u can use the EndType setting on the Configure page to select the method for display ing the end address 161 Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the TRIM LOOP function Avail able pages are Config Wave this page Loop and WvMode Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Start 0 end address Realtime Set Sets the playback start ...

Page 167: ...this knob operates differently as described below If EndType in the Config page beat Knob 4 Tempo 80 00 159 99 Calculate Tempo This knob sets the tempo used to calculate the number of beats between the start address and end address The setting is identical to the Tempo setting on the Loop page 167 You can change the value from either page If you push the knob the A3000 automatically calculates and...

Page 168: ...op FYI To set the loop mode loop direction and type use the WvMode page 168 You can use the EndType setting on the Configure page to select the method for displaying the end address 161 Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the TRIM LOOP function Avail able pages are Config Wave Loop this page and WvMode Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selecti...

Page 169: ...rom either page If the EndType parameter on the Config page 163 is set to beat then this knob operates differently as described below If EndType in the Config page beat Knob 4 Tempo 80 00 159 99 Calculate Tempo This knob sets the tempo used to calculate the number of beats between the start address and end address The setting is identical to the Tempo setting on the Wave page 165 You can change th...

Page 170: ...hange to a different page within the TRIM LOOP function Avail able pages are Config Wave Loop and WvMode this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 LpMode Select from 6 types Sets the loop mode Note the you can also use this setting to cause the sample to play back in reverse The six loop modes are illustrated and described on the next page Knob 3 Vel Start 63...

Page 171: ...s Loop Mode Forward No Loop If key is held Re Mi Fa Key hit and release Sound is same regardless of key release If key is held Sound is reversed Key hit and release Sound is reversed Sound is same regardless of key release Re Mi Fa Loop Mode Shot One Shot Loop Mode Shot Reverse One Shot R e M i F a Key hit and release Loop Mode Reverse No Loop R e M i F a If key is held R e M i F a If key is held ...

Page 172: ... EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select KeyRnge Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to set the sample s original key key range and key crossfade Knob 1 Change Page Select...

Page 173: ...ble key crossfade or off to disable If you set the value to off the sample plays out over the selected key range only Keys that are adjacent to but outside of the key range do not produce any sound from this sample If you set the value to on keys adjacent to the key range also produce the sample with the sample s output level decreasing gradually with increasing distance from the range border The ...

Page 174: ...t Pitch Expand and LvlScale Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Low 0 High velocity MIDI IN Turn the knob to set the minimum velocity required to produce sound from this sample But refer also to the explanation for Knob 4 below Push the knob if you want to set the value using an external MIDI device The knob indicator begins blinking indicating that the A3000 is ...

Page 175: ...t velocity ranges so that sound does not change drastically in response to slight velocity changes near the range limit Low High Sound Level If Velocity Crossfade OFF Velocity Low High Sound Level If Velocity Crossfade ON Velocity Knob 5 VelSense Start 63 63 This value sets the sample s velocity sensitivity The velocity sensitivity determines how the sample s output level varies in response to cha...

Page 176: ...ample s level pan portamento and poly mono switch Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the MAP OUT function Available pages are KeyRnge VelRnge Lvl Mode this page Output Pitch Expand andLvlScale Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Level 0 127 Turn the knob to set the sample s output level Knob 3 Pan 63 63 Turn the knob ...

Page 177: ...elect Mono if you want to limit playback of this sample to one note at a time Select Poly to enable simultaneous playback of multiple notes Knob 5 Porta off on This is a portamento enable switch Set it on to enable if you want the sample to use portamento or off if you do not Portamento refers to the sliding of one pitch into the next during replay Note that portamento operation itself must be set...

Page 178: ...n the knob to change to a different page within the MAP OUT function Available pages are KeyRnge VelRnge Lvl Mode Output this page Pitch Expand and LvlScale Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 MainOut off Stereo Effect1 Effect2 Effect3 Selects the sample s main output destination Available settings are as follows off The signal does not flow to any main output Us...

Page 179: ...the A3000 s standard assignable output pair The other settings are meaningful only if you have installed the optional I O expansion board AIEB1 board if the board is not installed these settings are equivalent to off If you have installed the AIEB1 board you may also select from among the other assignable output pairs indicated above If you select DIG OUT the A3000 outputs the identical signal to ...

Page 180: ...VelRnge Lvl Mode Output Pitch this page Expand and LvlScale Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Coarse 127 127 Turn the knob to adjust the sample s pitch in semitone increments Knob 3 Fine 63 63 Turn the knob to fine tune the sample s pitch Each click adjusts the pitch by 1 171875 cent Note 100 cents 1 semitone Knob 4 Fixed off on Set this parameter on if you wan...

Page 181: ...ings impart subtle stereo characteristics to monaural sam ples Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the MAP OUT function Available pages are KeyRnge VelRnge Lvl Mode Output Pitch Expand this page and LvlScale Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Detune 7 7 This feature sets up a tuning differential discord between left a...

Page 182: ...s the relationship All notes from BP1 down produce sound at Level 1 while all notes from BP2 up produce sound at Level 2 The sound level changes at a constant rate over the keyboard range BP1 to BP2 BP1 BP2 Level Level2 Level1 Pitch Note FYI Certain samples seem to get louder as pitch increases while certain others seem to become softer with rising pitch The level scaling feature described here le...

Page 183: ...ob 3 BP1 C 2 BP2 1 semitone MIDI IN Selects Breakpoint 1 Push the knob if you want to set the value using an external MIDI device The knob indicator begins blinking indicating that the A3000 is ready to receive MIDI input Transmit the appropriate note value then lock the setting in by pressing the knob again or else press a different MIDI IN knob or change to a different screen Knob 4 BP2 C 2 1 se...

Page 184: ... filter type and sets the cutoff frequency and the Q width value PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select Filter Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push actio...

Page 185: ...nob 3 Cutoff 0 127 Use this knob to set the filter s cutoff frequency Knob 4 FltGain 31 31 Use this knob to set the filter s output level Note that high settings may produce distortion when used with certain sample sounds or when many samples are played together Knob 5 Q Width 0 31 This knob sets the Q value resonance or width setting depending on the filter type If you select a low pass or high p...

Page 186: ...ifferent page within the FILTER function Available pages are Filter FltSens this page FltScale and EQ Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 Vel Cutoff 63 63 Determines how the cutoff frequency changes in response to velocity If you set the value to 0 the cutoff frequency remains the same at all velocities Positive values cause the cutoff frequency to move up as ...

Page 187: ...ationship All notes from BP1 down are filtered using cutoff frequency Cutoff1 while all notes from BP2 up are filtered by Cutoff2 The applied cutoff frequency changes at a constant rate over the keyboard range BP1 to BP2 BP1 BP2 Frequency Cutoff2 Cutoff1 Pitch Note Cutoff frequency set by Cutoff parameter on Filter page Applied cutoff frequency Important It is not possible to set the actual cutoff...

Page 188: ...semitone MIDI IN Selects Breakpoint 1 Push the knob if you want to set the value using an external MIDI device The knob indicator begins blinking indicating that the A3000 is ready to receive MIDI input Transmit the appropriate note value then lock the setting in by pressing the knob again or else press a different MIDI IN knob or change to a different screen Knob 4 BP2 C 2 1 semitone G8 MIDI IN S...

Page 189: ...tion Push action This page sets up the sample s 1 band equalizer Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the FILTER function Available pages are Filter FltSens FltScale and EQ this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Freq 32Hz 16 0kHz Turn the knob to set the equalizer s frequency point Knob 3 Gain 12dB 12dB This valu...

Page 190: ...usly saved data 147 EG AEG Amplitude Envelope Generator Sets up the amplitude envelope generator PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select AEG Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 ...

Page 191: ...n and holds steady for a certain time before beginning to decline In this case the AtkRate value determines how long the maximum level is held See illustration on page 191 Note that higher values produces shorter holding time faster progres sion Knob 3 DcyRate 0 127 This value sets the decay rate the rate at which the sound drops from its maximum amplitude to its sustain level Higher values produc...

Page 192: ... pages are AEG AEGMode this page FEGRate FEGLevel FEGMode PEGRate PEGLevel and PEGMode Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 RateScl 7 7 This setting determines how the AEG rates attack decay and release rates vary ac cording to keyboard location pitch of the played note Set the value to 0 to keep rates the same for all keyboard notes Positive settings cause rates ...

Page 193: ...aximum point and holds steady for a certain interval before beginning to drop Note that the AtkRate setting on the AEG page 188 sets the timing for the attack Higher AtkRate settings produce a faster attack so that the level rises more quickly if the mode is set to rate or holds steady for a shorter time before dropping if the mode is set to hold Note On If AttackMode rate Level Maximum Level Atta...

Page 194: ...n Push action Use this page together with the FEGLevel page 194 to set up the sample s FEG filter envelope generator The FEG determines how the filter s cutoff frequency shifts over time as each note plays out Note On Frequency Frequency Initial Level Attack Rate Decay Rate Release Rate Time Attack Level Release Level Sustain Level Specified Cutoff Frequency Note Off Use the FEGRate page this page...

Page 195: ...lue sets the rate at which the cutoff frequency moves from its initial level at Note On to the attack level Higher values produce faster rates Knob 4 Decay 0 127 This value sets the rate at which the cutoff frequency moves from the attack level to the sustain level Higher values produce faster rates Knob 5 Release 0 127 This value sets the rate at which the cutoff frequency moves from the sustain ...

Page 196: ...plays out The FEGLevel page this page sets the FEG s levels initial attack sustain and release The FEGRate page sets the FEG s various rates attack decay and release rates Important It is not possible to set the actual cutoff frequency beyond a certain range Regardless of settings you make at this page the cutoff frequency will not shift beyond these limits Filter EG settings are not effective if ...

Page 197: ... Knob 3 Attack 127 127 This value sets the attack level See illustration page 192 Knob 4 Sustain 127 127 This value sets the sustain level See illustration page 192 Knob 5 Release 127 127 This value sets the release level See illustration page 192 ...

Page 198: ...AEGMode FEGRate FEGLevel FEGMode this page PEGRate PEGLevel and PEGMode Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 RateScl 7 7 This setting determines how the FEG rates attack decay and release rates vary ac cording to keyboard location pitch of the played note Set the value to 0 to keep rates the same for all keyboard notes Positive settings cause rates to increase as ...

Page 199: ...hese levels vary in response to the velocity of the played note Positive settings cause levels to increase as velocity increases while negative settings cause levels to decrease as velocity increases Knob 5 Level 63 63 This parameter sets the general velocity sensitivity for all FEG levels initial attack sustain and release Positive settings cause levels to increase as velocity increases while neg...

Page 200: ... set up the sample s PEG pitch envelope generator The PEG determines how the pitch varies over time as each note plays out Note On Pitch high Pitch low Initial Level Attack Rate Decay Rate Release Rate Time Attack Level Release Level Sustain Level Basic Pitch Note Off Use the PEGRate page this page to set the rates attack decay and release rates Use the PEGLevel page to set the levels initial atta...

Page 201: ... sets the rate at which the pitch moves from the attack level to the sustain level Higher values produce faster rates Knob 5 Release 0 127 This value sets the rate at which the pitch moves from the sustain level to the release level following Note Off Higher values produce faster rates Note that the effectiveness of this setting declines at higher AEG release rates 189 since the sound dies out bef...

Page 202: ... as each note plays out The PEGLevel page this page sets the PEG s levels initial attack sustain and release The PEGRate page sets the PEG s various rates attack decay and release rates Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the EG function Available pages are AEG AEGMode FEGRate FEGLevel FEGMode PEGRate PEGLevel this page and PEGMode Push the knob to move...

Page 203: ... function Available pages are AEG AEGMode FEGRate FEGLevel FEGMode PEGRate PEGLevel and PEGMode this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 RateScl 7 7 This setting determines how the PEG rates attack decay and release rates vary ac cording to keyboard location pitch of the played note Set the value to 0 to keep rates the same for all keyboard notes Positive se...

Page 204: ...e levels to increase as velocity increases while negative settings cause the levels to de crease as velocity increases Knob 5 Range 63 63 This value sets the range for PEG pitch variation in semitones This setting works in conjunction with the level settings at the PEGLevel page 200 to determine how far the PEG levels are from the sample s basic pitch 198 If you set the PEGLevel settings to maximu...

Page 205: ...data 147 LFO Common Sets the basic LFO parameters PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select Common Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page...

Page 206: ...odulation Modulation speed for the S H waveform must be set at the program side 128 If you have selected the S H waveform the screen displays the current program side setting You cannot change the setting from this page Knob 4 Delay 0 127 This parameter sets the interval between Note On and the onset of LFO modulation Higher values produce longer delay together with a more gradual buildup of the m...

Page 207: ...r on the Filter page 182 is set to Bypass Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the LFO function Available pages are Common FltrMod this page PtchMod and AmpMod Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Depth 0 127 This value sets the degree by which the filter s cutoff frequency is modulated by the LFO waveform Higher values ...

Page 208: ...ange Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the LFO function Available pages are Common FltrMod PtchMod this page and AmpMod Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Depth 0 127 This value sets the degree by which the pitch is modulated by the LFO waveform Higher values produce stronger modulation Knob 3 PhaseInvert off on Set this value to...

Page 209: ...R IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select AmpMod Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action This page determines how the LFO waveform modulates the sample s amplitude Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the LFO function Available pages are Common FltrMod PtchMod and AmpMod this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen ...

Page 210: ...ETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select RCh Alt Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action You use this page to set the sample s MIDI Receive Channel and to assign the sample to an alternate group Important If you set the sample into an a...

Page 211: ...up for the sample The A3000 supports 16 alternate groups Set the value off if you do not want to place the sample into any of these groups If you set the value to anything other than off you will not be able to play more than one note from this sample at any given time Explanation You use alternate groups to prevent simultaneous play of samples that do not go well together Only one note from the g...

Page 212: ...I controllers operate on the sample s playback The matrix selects up to six controllers and assigns to each of these a specific function and operat ing range A conceptual illustration of the matrix is shown below Matrix 1 2 3 4 5 6 Device Function Type Range Matrix No Selects the controlled parameter Sets the maximum control range Selects a controller Determines how the A3000 converts the received...

Page 213: ...ers Controller Controller Number Modulation wheel 001 Breath controller 002 Foot controller 004 Volume controller 007 Expression pedal 011 You are free to select any of the above controllers or any other of the controllers con trol numbers available on your equipment But note the following points It is recommended that you do not use controller numbers 000 and 032 as many MIDI devices use these nu...

Page 214: ...utoffModDepth LFO filter modulation depth 205 Cutoff Bias Filter s cutoff frequency 182 FilterQ Width Filter s Q Width 182 Pan Bias Pan 174 Pitch Bias Pitch Level Output level 174 LFO Speed LFO speed 203 LFO Delay LFO delay 203 AEG Attack AEG attack rate 188 AEG Release AEG release rate 188 PEG Attack PEG attack rate 198 PEG Release PEG release rate 198 FEG Attack FEG attack rate 192 FEG Release F...

Page 215: ...nob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Matrix 1 6 Selects the matrix entry for editing You can use the matrix to set up six controllers Each matrix entry sets up a different controller Knob 3 Type offset offset The setting determines how the A3000 converts and applies the control change value received from the controller When you move a controller at a MIDI device the control...

Page 216: ...ce ment in the other generates a positive offset Knob 4 Range 63 63 Sets the maximum offset that the controller can apply to the target parameter This also determines how sensitive the parameter is to changes in the controller position A value of 0 disables the controller completely A value of 63 or 63 allows the controller to have full effect A negative setting reverses the controller s normal di...

Page 217: ... velocity is inside the range the A3000 adjusts the velocity according to the minimum and offset values that you set here and then applies additional adjustment in accordance with theVelocityCurve setting on the UTILITY MIDI Adjust page Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the MIDI CTRL function Avail able pages are RCh Alt SmpCtl1 SmpCtl2 and Vel PB thi...

Page 218: ...stopped Extremely low muddy sound such as produced by manually slowing a record player turntable to almost a full stop Almost stopped Extremely low muddy sound such as produced by manually slowing a record player turntable to almost a full stop Pitchbend Value Playback Pitch 64 32 0 86 127 Basic Pitch PB Range Slow Rev Basic Pitch Reverse play at basic pitch Sample replay ends at wave play start a...

Page 219: ...ob 5 PB Range 0 24 This setting works together with the PB Type value Knob 4 to determine the pitchbend range for the pitchbend wheel Refer to the diagram on the previous page Note that this setting is not meaningful if PB Type is set to UpxDwny or Up Dwnz ...

Page 220: ...218 Chapter 5 EDIT Mode MIDI CTRL Function ...

Page 221: ...6 6 Chapter 6 RECORDING Mode ...

Page 222: ...key and key range recording start trigger recording end trigger automatic normalization and others 227 METER Use the METER function to check the input level and to set the recording trigger levels 236 EFFECT This function sets the effects applied to the signal as it is recorded 238 EXT CTRL External Control This function lets you control playback from an audio CD mounted in a SCSI drive Use this f...

Page 223: ...d program only together with all samples used by that program or a selected sample only Knob 1 SAVE Push the knob when you are ready to execute the save The A3000 returns a confir mation prompt Push Knob 5 YES to proceed with the save or Knob 4 NO to cancel If a name conflict occurs if the selected object in main memory has the same name as a corresponding object on the target volume the A3000 pro...

Page 224: ...ume Smp Bank Saves the currently selected sample or sample bank to the des tination volume If a sample bank is selected the A3000 also saves all of the samples used in the bank Knob 3 Destination Type Dsk Vol Use this knob together with Knob 4 or 5 to select the destination for the save Dsk Use this to view or change the destination disk setting When you select Dsk the identity of the currently se...

Page 225: ...one or more samples The function begins by displaying the initial recording page shown above the first of several pages that appear during recording If you have set the Sample value in the Target page 230 to Replace then RETRY will appear in place of GO above Knob 5 The value shown above Knob 2 indicates the maximum length in seconds currently available for your recording Knob 1 Select P S Push th...

Page 226: ...the amount of contiguous memory that you can obtain by optimizing is indicated on the first line of the screen directly above OPTIMIZE There is no need to optimize if this value is equivalent to the time value indicated above Knob 2 Push the knob to execute the optimization The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to proceed or Knob 4 NO to cancel Knob 5 GO Push the knob when you ar...

Page 227: ...CD playback also stops when you push Knob 4 or Knob 5 If Sample New If you have set the Sample parameter on the Target page 230 to New then the A3000 displays the following page while recording is in progress To end and register the current recording and proceed to the next recording push Knob 2 STOP The A3000 returns to the recording standby page 224 and stands by to start the new recording Note ...

Page 228: ...ntinues to wait for the input level to fall below the trigger before proceeding In this case the following screen appears If you push Knob 4 START the A3000 will immediately start recording the next sample If you do nothing the A3000 will wait for the level to fall below the trigger and will then return to the standby page If you push Knob 2 STOP or Knob 3 SKIP while recording from an audio CD ext...

Page 229: ...nd to set the sampling frequency and the pretrigger time Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SETUP function Available pages are RecData this page Target KeyRnge Trigger and Process Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Input AD L AD L R STOut DIGITAL OPTICAL This setting selects the input source for the recording Not...

Page 230: ... monaural sample Stereo Record as a stereo sample If Input AD L the A3000 records the INPUT L signal into both waveforms left and right waveforms of the new sam ple The two waveforms are therefore identical If Input AD L R or STOut the A3000 records the L and R signals into the respective waveforms of the stereo sample Knob 4 Freq varies according to Input setting This setting selects the sampling...

Page 231: ...t When the A3000 receives the start trigger it moves the start point back so as to include the pretrigger interval into the recording As an example assume you want to record a sudden explosive sound from a tape cas sette and that you are using a manual trigger to do this you push the START knob when you hear the sound start Since the sound comes up so suddenly you will always push the knob too lat...

Page 232: ...new or serial set the sam ple name and assign the sample to a program Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SETUP function Available pages are RecData Target this page KeyRnge Trigger and Process Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Sample Replace New New This setting selects the recording method Replace Record the ne...

Page 233: ...0 immediately assigns the newly recorded sample to the currently selected program so that you can hear the sample by playing the program If you select off the new sample remains unassigned You will not be able to play the sample until you assign it to some program If you are making a series of new recording if Sample New then you can set this value to off on C1 C2 C3 C4 or C5 If you select on the ...

Page 234: ... are automatically retained If the Sample parameter is set to New and the ToPgm parameter is set to C1 C5 FYI You can use the Note setting in the UTILITY SYSTEM Display page 302 to select whether key values are shown by name C 2 to G8 or by the corresponding MIDI note number 0 to 127 Descriptions below assume that you are using name display Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to ...

Page 235: ...t the value using MIDI input Be sure that the knob indicator is blinking then transmit the note from your MIDI device Then push the same knob again or else push a different MIDI IN knob or change to a different screen Knob 4 High Low key G8 MIDI IN Turn the knob to set the high end for the sample s key range Push the knob if you want to set the value using MIDI input See above ...

Page 236: ...anOnly SrcIn Turn the knob to set the type of trigger used to start recording The setting determines how the A3000 switches from standby into actual recording ManOnly Manual trigger only The A3000 does not begin recording until you push Knob 4 START at the recording standby page 224 SrcIn TheA3000 automatically begins recording when the input level rises above the SrcIn level specified in the METE...

Page 237: ...g them Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SETUP function Available pages are RecData Target KeyRnge Trigger and Process this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 AutoNormalize on off Set this on if you want the A3000 to normalize each new sample immediately after recording it If you select on the A3000 automat...

Page 238: ...R function 243 to switch monitoring on or off and to select the output destination for the monitor signal If you are recording an analog signal adjust the front panel s REC VOL knob so that maximum input level reaches but does not exceed the C mark that appears to the right of the meter The C mark indicates the clip level Note that it is not possible to adjust the input level if you are recording ...

Page 239: ...use the monitor feature to listen to the sound of the signal while this page is on the display Use the MONITOR function 243 to switch monitoring on or off and to select the output destination for the monitor signal Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to switch between the function s Meter and TrgLvl pages Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 4 SrcIn 0 63 Thi...

Page 240: ...TEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select EfType Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action With the exception of the Knob 5 setting this page is identical to the corresponding PLAY EFFECT page 121 Knob 5 however sets the recording effect switch rather than the effect block interconnection Note that the A3000 always uses a 1 2 3 connection type when applying r...

Page 241: ...s page is identical to the corresponding page in the PLAY EFFECT function 124 Available parameters differ for each effect type For a listing of parameters and their meanings refer to the Effect parameter list in the Appendix 337 If RecEfEditType is set to favorite the page looks like this Sets parameters for the selected effect Effect 1 2 or 3 PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT RE...

Page 242: ...ob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action This page is identical to the corresponding page in the PLAY EFFECT function 126 EFFECT EdType Effect Edit Type Selects the effect edit method either full or favorite PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MAS...

Page 243: ...P SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select CD ROM Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to designate the CD ROM drive that you want to control You designate the drive by selecting its SCSI ID Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Tur...

Page 244: ...urn the knob to switch between the function s CD ROM and CD DA pages Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Track 1 Selects the track at which playback starts Knob 3 Index 1 Selects the index location within the selected track at which playback starts Knob 5 PLAY Push this knob to start CD playback Playback begins at the track and index location selected by Knobs 2 ...

Page 245: ...o switch monitoring on or off to select the monitor output and to set the monitor level Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to switch between the function s Monitor and Click pages Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Output Stereo ASL R AS1 2 AS3 4 AS5 6 DIG OPT Turn the knob to select the output location for the monitor signal Note that the AS1 2 AS3 4 A...

Page 246: ... Turn the knob to switch monitoring on or off If you set the value to off the A3000 will not relay the input signal to the selected monitor output If you set the value to on you will be able to monitor the signal while working at any of the pages within RECORDING mode ...

Page 247: ...es the sample to produce the metronome sound while you are working in RECORDING mode You can select the output destination for the click by editing the Click sample Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to switch between the function s Monitor and Click pages Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Tempo 80 00 159 99 Sets the tempo for the click Knob 3 Level 0 ...

Page 248: ... Chapter 6 RECORDING Mode MONITOR Function Be careful if using the click while recording from a microphone since it is possible for the microphone to pick up the click sound and record it into the waveform ...

Page 249: ...7 7 Chapter 7 DISK Mode ...

Page 250: ...ples from disk into main memory 261 SEQUENCE Use this function to load one or all sequences from disk into main memory 264 VOLUME Use this to create and select disk volumes and to load all data from a volume 266 DISK Use this to select a disk to format disks and to manage your disk partitions 272 IMPORT This function lets you load samples and sound data created by or for other sampler models 272 I...

Page 251: ...TRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Press the COMMAND key Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this command when you want to load the selected disk resident program into main memory under a different program number You can load the program into any pro gram number 001 to 128 on the memory side The number at the disk side remains unchanged Knob 1 LOAD Push the knob when you are ready ...

Page 252: ...you are deleting a volume keep in mind that the deletion will cause loss of all objects stored within that volume Note that it is not possible to delete the volume on a floppy disk Knob 1 Change Page DELETE Turn the knob to change to a different command page Only available if you are working in the VOLUME function Push the knob when you are ready to delete the sample sequence or volume indi cated ...

Page 253: ...ote that it is not possible to copy volumes to or from floppy disk Knob 1 Change Page COPY Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob when you are ready to execute the copy The A3000 returns a confir mation screen Push Knob 5 YES to proceed with the copy or Knob 4 NO to cancel Knob 3 Destination Type Dsk Vol Use this knob together with Knob 4 or 5 to select the destination v...

Page 254: ...as 8 partitions when formatting it but you cannot set specific partition sizes The A3000 automatically generates equally sized partitions The A3000 cannot use partitions larger than 512 megabytes Be sure to set enough partitions to keep partition size to 512MB or less This operation applies fast formatting logical formatting only If you need to format a disk that was previously used with another d...

Page 255: ...tion Remember that the A3000 cannot use partitions larger than 512KB Consider the total size of your disk and set enough partitions so that partition size does exceed 512KB Knobs 4 5 Name The bottom line of the screen shows the name of the disk or of the first partition if you have created multiple partitions If you wish to change the name push Knob 4 or Knob 5 to proceed to the name editing scree...

Page 256: ...uses loss of all data on the disk You can divide the disk into as many as 8 partitions when formatting it but you cannot set specific partition sizes The A3000 automatically generates equally sized partitions The A3000 cannot use partitions larger than 512 megabytes Be sure to set enough partitions to keep partition size to 512MB or less This operation physically formats the disk low level format ...

Page 257: ...ition Remember that the A3000 cannot use partitions larger than 512KB Consider the total size of your disk and set enough partitions so that partition size does exceed 512KB Knobs 4 5 Name The bottom line of the screen shows the name of the disk or of the first partition if you have created multiple partitions If you wish to change the name push Knob 4 or Knob 5 to proceed to the name editing scre...

Page 258: ...and to format floppy disks To format a floppy disk use the FD_FMT command page 258 The A3000 uses a proprietary disk format for SCSI disks This format is not recog nized by computers and other foreign devices Knob 1 Change Page PART_FMT Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob when you are ready to execute the format The A3000 returns a confir mation screen Push Knob 5 YES...

Page 259: ...hapter 7 DISK Mode Chapter 7 Knobs 4 5 Name If you wish to change the name of the partition push Knob 4 or Knob 5 to proceed to the name editing screen For information about how to edit name strings see Entering Names 88 ...

Page 260: ...at a floppy disk if the disk s write protect tab is enabled if the window on the disk casing is open FYI The A3000 s uses MS DOS compatible floppy disk format Knob 1 Change Page FD_FMT Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob when you are ready to execute the format The A3000 returns a confir mation screen Push Knob 5 YES to proceed with the format or Knob 4 NO to cancel K...

Page 261: ...ou can load programs you must first save them to disk You can save your programs to disk using the PLAY PROGRAM function 110 PROGRAM PgmLoad Load Program s Loads one or all programs from disk PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYST...

Page 262: ...ding all of the samples used by that pro gram The load operation deletes any data already stored in the destination program number although it does not delete any samples that were used by the overwritten program When you push the knob the A3000 returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to execute the load or Knob 4 NO to cancel Knob 5 ALL Push this knob to load all programs from the selected ...

Page 263: ...Please note that is possible to audition a sample directly from SCSI disk so that you can check the sound before deciding whether or not to load it To hear the sample first select it with Knob 2 or 3 at the SmpLoad page see below and then press the AUDI TION key This feature does not work with floppy disks and some SCSI disks may not support it FYI Before you can load samples you must first save t...

Page 264: ...mple selected by Knob 2 or 3 The screen returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to execute the load or Knob 4 NO to cancel If the selected disk side sample has the same name as a sample currently in memory the A3000 will prompt for instructions about how to resolve the conflict 263 Knob 5 ALL Push this knob to load all samples from the selected disk volume The A3000 returns a confirmation sc...

Page 265: ...ed for each such object If you select All the A3000 will apply your instructions to all name duplications that it encounters during the current load operation Note that the One All selection has no meaning if you are loading a single object only Knob 2 RENAME Push Knob 2 if you want to rename the object currently in memory before loading the conflicting object from disk If you select this option t...

Page 266: ... to the section entitled Disks and Volumes in Chapter 3 81 FYI Before you can load sequences you must first save them to disk You can save your sequence s to disk using the UTILITY SEQUENCE function 281 SEQUENCE SeqLoad Load Sequence s Loads one or all sequences from disk PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER ME...

Page 267: ...name as a sequence currently in memory the A3000 will prompt for instructions about how to resolve the conflict 263 Knob 5 ALL Push this knob to load all sequences from the selected disk volume The A3000 will return a confirmation screen asking you whether you want to proceed Push Knob 5 YES to proceed or Knob 4 NO to cancel If any of the disk side sequences has the same name as a sequence in memo...

Page 268: ...mes PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to select a volume for saves and loads to change the volume name to create...

Page 269: ...rent disk use the DISK function 268 Push either knob if you want to change the name of the selected volume The A3000 then displays the name editing screen For information about how to edit name strings see Entering Names 88 Note that it is not possible to change the name of volumes on floppy disks Knob 4 LOAD Push this knob if you want to load all objects programs samples and sequences from the se...

Page 270: ...relationship between disks partitions and volumes refer to the section entitled Disks and Volumes in Chapter 3 81 DISK Disk Selects a disk partition PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Tu...

Page 271: ...cute a load the A3000 always take the data from the disk partition that you select here In most cases you will also use this disk partition as the destination for your data saves although you are free to select a different disk when making the save If you select a floppy disk the disk type 2HD or 2DD is indicated on the lower right of the screen If you select a SCSI disk or any other interconnecte...

Page 272: ...ge Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the DISK function Available pages are Disk Config this page and SelfID Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 SCSI ID 0 7 Turn the knob to select a SCSI ID If a device with this ID is currently connected the screen indicates the device s name its manufacturer and its current mount status see below Note...

Page 273: ...will need to make this change only if you are connecting up another SCSI device that has a fixed unchangeable ID of 7 Be sure that the ID that you set here does not match the ID of any other device in your system since all devices must have different IDs To check for currently used IDs use the Config page 270 The ID that you set here does not become effective until you switch the power off and the...

Page 274: ... then select the disk at the DISK function 268 If importing from a CD ROM or other SCSI drive you must first select the disk par tition and volume containing the data 268 266 IMPORT ImpSmp Import a sample Imports a sample PROGRAM TRIM LOOP RECORD PROGRAM TOTAL EQ PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY SAMPLE MAP OUT SETUP SAMPLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTE...

Page 275: ...knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 Sample Name sample name Turn either knob to select the sample that you want to import If you select an A7000 alias sample for import an A appears to the right of the sample name Knob 5 IMPORT Push the knob to import the sample selected by Knob 2 or 3 The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Press Knob 5 YES to complete the import or K...

Page 276: ...nk FYI Some of the parameters in the original object may not be preserved by the A3000 In some cases the A3000 may be unable to load some of the component samples from the original object Changes in pitch or other sound characteristics may occur Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the IMPORT function Available pages are ImpSmp ImpVce this page and ImpOt...

Page 277: ... DISK Mode Chapter 7 IMPORT Function Knob 5 IMPORT Push the knob to import the object selected by Knob 2 or 3 The A3000 returns a confir mation screen Press Knob 5 YES to complete the import or Knob 4 NO to can cel ...

Page 278: ...hased in a store or generated by a sequencer or computer Important The A3000 recognizes the file type by its file extension The A3000 will not be able to handle the file if the extension is incorrect File extensions are as follows Wxx TX16W sample file xx arbitrary AIF AIFF sample file WAV WAV type sample file To import a file generated at a computer begin by saving the file from the computer onto...

Page 279: ... are ImpSmp ImpVce and ImpOthr this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 File Name filename Turn either knob to select the file that you want to import Knob 5 IMPORT Push the knob to import the file selected by Knob 2 or 3 The A3000 returns a confirma tion screen Press Knob 5 YES to complete the import or Knob 4 NO to cancel ...

Page 280: ...278 Chapter 7 DISK Mode ...

Page 281: ...8 8 Chapter 8 UTILITY Mode ...

Page 282: ...el to the stereo outputs and to set an assignable output destination for the stereo output signal 298 SYSTEM This function sets the operating mode for the ASSIGNABLE and AUDITION keys selects whether notes are displayed by name or MIDI number and determines the first function that becomes active when you switch to a new mode and the first page that becomes active when you switch to a new function ...

Page 283: ...Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob when you are ready to execute the save The A3000 returns a confir mation prompt Push Knob 5 YES to proceed with the save or Knob 4 NO to cancel If a name conflict occurs if the selected object in main memory has the same name as a corresponding object on the target volume the A3000 prompts for instructions about how to resolve the c...

Page 284: ...k load AllSmp Saves all samples into the destination volume Seq Saves the currently selected sequence to the destination volume Knob 3 Destination Type Dsk Vol Use this knob together with Knob 4 or 5 to select the destination for the save Dsk Use this to view or change the destination disk setting When you select Dsk the identity of the currently selected disk appears above Knobs 4 and 5 If necess...

Page 285: ...Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this command to delete one or all sequences from main memory Knob 1 Change Page DELETE Turn the knob to change to a different command page Push the knob when you are ready to delete the sequence s The A3000 returns a confirmation screen Push Knob 5 YES to proceed with the deletion or Knob 4 NO to cancel Knob 2 Type Seq AllSeq Turn the knob to select whethe...

Page 286: ... you want to save the current system environment all system settings to disk For a complete listing of the system parameters refer to Table 2 Sys tem Parameters in the MIDI data format section of the Appendix 352 Important Each disk partition can store one environment only Note that the environment is stored at the disk level rather than the volume level and is not identified by name Knob 1 Change...

Page 287: ... Push action Use this command to reload a system environment that you saved using the SAVESYS command 284 This operation replaces the current environment all system set tings with the saved environment For a complete listing of the system parameters refer to Table 2 System Parameters in the MIDI data format section of the Appendix 352 Knob 1 Change Page LOADSYS Turn the knob to change to a differe...

Page 288: ...he dump operation transmits A3000 memory resident data to the connected MIDI device You can choose whether to dump all memory content or system settings only Important Before executing this operation you must connect up the destination MIDI device and you must set appropriate device number values at each side 310 Knob 1 Change Page ALLDUMP Push the knob to start the dump The A3000 returns a confir...

Page 289: ... Width High Width Frequency LowBoost Freq Low Gain High Gain Middle Gain Important The 4 band equalizer does not operate on assignable output If you choose to branch the stereo output signal to a designated assignable output pair however To AsgnOut pa rameter 299 then equalization will apply to the output at both locations FYI The equalization you set here applies to all sound directed to the ster...

Page 290: ...in Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to set the equalizer s gain values Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the TOTAL EQ function Available pages are Gain this page Freq and Width Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 LowBoost 12dB 12dB Sets the low frequency boost Knob 3 Low 12dB 1...

Page 291: ...b 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to set the equalizer s four frequency points Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the TOTAL EQ function Available pages are Gain Freq this page and Width Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 LowBoost 32Hz 2 0kHz Sets the low boost frequency point Knob 3 Low 32Hz 2 0kHz Set...

Page 292: ...tion Use this page to set the equalizer s low middle and high band widths Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the TOTAL EQ function Available pages are Gain Freq and Width this page Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 3 Low 1 0 12 0 Sets the band width for low frequency equalization Note that lower values produce greater...

Page 293: ... You use the KnobSet page to select the control function controller number and Trans mit channel for each of the knobs you want to use 292 FYI You can also use the ASSIGNABLE key to activate knob control mode To do this you must first set the key s function to Knob Control Go to the Keys page in the UTILITY SYSTEM function 300 Once you have set this up you can enter knob control mode while working...

Page 294: ...ay then repeat this sequence for each knob that you want to set up first select the knob number with Knob 2 then set the values using Knobs 3 to 5 Knob 3 Ctrl off on Step1 Step2 Step3 This value sets the selected knob s control sensitivity the amount by which the con trol value changes per increment of knob rotation Set to on for minimum sensitiv ity or to Step 1 Step 2 or Step 3 for greater sensi...

Page 295: ... MIDI device The knob indicator begins blinking indicating that the A3000 is ready to receive MIDI input Now operate the appropriate controller at the MIDI device the A3000 detects the controller number and displays the value over the knob Lock in the setting in by pushing the knob again or by switching to a different screen Keep in mind that the MIDI standard defines specific uses for certain con...

Page 296: ...is feature Go to the UTILITY SYSTEM Keys page and set the ASSIGNABLE parameter to FKey Play on off Once you have done this you can toggle function key playback on and off by pressing the ASSIGN ABLE key press once to enable playback the ASSIGNABLE lamp comes on press again to return the keys to their normal operation the lamp goes off Note that you cannot use function key playback while working in...

Page 297: ...d by the selected function key The setting determines the note value that the key transmits when sending a Note On message To set the value from an external MIDI device Push the knob so that the indicator begins blinking then transmit the appropriate Note On value See explanation di rectly above You can use the Note setting in the UTILITY SYSTEM Display page 302 to select whether note values are s...

Page 298: ...PLE PANEL PLAY EASY EDIT FILTER METER SEQUENCE SEQUENCE EFFECT EG EFFECT VOLUME MASTER SETUP LFO EXT CTRL DISK SYSTEM CONTROL MIDI CTRL MONITOR IMPORT MIDI Turn Knob 1 to select SeqSel Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to select a sequence for playback or recording Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to switch between the function s SeqSel and Play Re...

Page 299: ...m Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Speed 50 50 This value sets the playback speed relative to the recorded speed The setting is by percentage A value of 0 reproduces the original speed a setting of 50 increases the speed by a factor of 1 5 while a setting of 50 cuts the speed in half If you are playing back an imported SMF standard MIDI file the available range may be less than shown here Knob 4 ...

Page 300: ...select Tuning Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action Use this page to adjust the tuning shift the pitch of all system output The lower right of the screen indicates the degree of pitch shift with respect to note A3 The value to the left of the arrow indicates the normal frequency for A3 which is 440Hz while the value to the right indicates the tuned frequency Knob 1 Change Page...

Page 301: ...ct AS2 3 at this page for example then AS2 3 will always produce the same signal as the stereo outputs Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to switch between the function s Tuning and StOut pages Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 To AsgnOut off ASL R AS1 2 AS3 4 AS5 6 DIG OPT Set this value to off if you do not want to pass the stereo output signal to...

Page 302: ...rn the knob to change to a different page within the SYSTEM function Available pages are Keys this page Display Page and FreeMem Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 ASSIGNABLE Damp Fkey Play on off Turn either knob to select the operation of the ASSIGNABLE key Damp Switches off damps all sound output Controller Reset Resets all control change values Knob Contr...

Page 303: ... only while held down or whether it continues to produce sound until pressed a second time normal The key produces sound only while you hold it down Sound stops immediately when you release the key toggle Pressing the key once starts the playback Pressing the key again stops the sound if it is still playing and disengages the key ...

Page 304: ...ob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5 Turn action Push action This page selects whether the screen indicates note values by name or by MIDI note number Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the SYSTEM function Available pages are Keys Display this page Page and FreeMem Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Note name number This value ...

Page 305: ...he knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knobs 2 3 atModeChange 1stFunction LastFunction This setting selects whether the A3000 activates the first function or the last most recent function when you switch to a different mode 1stFunction When you switch to a different mode the A3000 automatically moves into the function identified by the first leftmost func tion key LastFunction W...

Page 306: ...ob 5 Turn action Push action This page displays the amount of memory currently available for use currently un used The screen shows separate values for waveform memory Wave and parameter memory Param Note that the A3000 uses its waveform memory to store waveform data for all samples It uses its parameter memory to store the parameters for programs samples and se quences Knob 1 Change Page Select P...

Page 307: ...sic Receive channel If Omni on see explanation for Knob 4 below then the BasicCh setting is mean ingless since the A3000 accepts messages over all channels If Omni off then the BasicCh sets the channel used to receive control change and program change mes sages and the default channel for playback Note On and Note Off messages Playback messages Note messages on this channel control playback of all...

Page 308: ... messages if PgmChange on see below and control change messages over all channels Knob 4 PgmChange off on The setting determines whether the A3000 accepts program change messages on The A3000 accepts program change messages Specifically the A3000 will change programs in response to program change messages received over the Basic Receive Channel if Omni off or over any channel if Omni on off TheA30...

Page 309: ...e value to 1 the A3000 will transpose all received note values upward by one semitone If the MIDI device transmits a Note On for A4 the A3000 will change the value to A 4 before passing it into the internal tone generator Knobs 4 5 VelocityCurve normal soft 1 soft 2 hard 1 hard 2 vel 127 vel 117 vel 7 This setting selects the conversion curve that the A3000 uses to adjust received velocity values ...

Page 310: ...ity Velocity sent to tone generator soft 1 Received velocity Velocity sent to tone generator soft 2 Received velocity Velocity sent to tone generator hard 1 Received velocity Velocity sent to tone generator hard 2 Received velocity Velocity sent to tone generator vel 127 vel 7 Received velocity ...

Page 311: ...a sequence If you disable control change messages for example then the sequence will not register any control change messages that are received during recording Knob 1 Change Page Select P S Turn the knob to change to a different page within the MIDI function Available pages are Receive Adjust RcvFlt this page and Bulk Push the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 CtrlCng ...

Page 312: ...h the knob to move to the Program Sample Selection screen 95 Knob 2 Protect off on This setting selects whether the A3000 accepts bulk dump transmissions from con nected MIDI devices If you set the protection off the A3000 will accept and process dumped data as soon as it is received If you set the protection on the A3000 ignores all received bulk data Knob 3 Device off 1 16 all This value sets th...

Page 313: ...A A Appendix ...

Page 314: ...e correctly on the A3000 SIMMs must be installed in pairs you can install either two SIMMs or four SIMMs Both modules in a pair must have the same memory capacity The A3000 ships with 2MB of sampling memory installed and is capable of accessing up to 128MB If you add one pair of 32MB SIMMs for example you increase the available sampling memory to a total of 2 32 2 66MB If you install four 32MB SIM...

Page 315: ...A3000 top cover in place Set the A3000 upside down on the workbench and unscrew the 6 screws along the sides of the bottom see drawing Then turn the A3000 right side up again and unscrew the 3 screws along the top Then unscrew the 5 screws holding the cover to the rear panel 4 Hold the two sides of the cover and slide the cover straight back over the rear panel and off ...

Page 316: ...rent SIMM sizes in the two banks the larger size must be installed into the Bank 1 sockets to ensure that the A3000 handles the memory correctly For example if you are adding one pair of 32MB SIMMs and one pair of 8MB SIMMs you must install the 32MB SIMMs into Bank 1 If you already have SIMMs installed in Bank 1 and are now adding a larger pair you will need to move the original pair into Bank 2 a...

Page 317: ...installation There is no need to remove the expansion board when installing other devices 6 Return the top cover to its original position and fasten into place with the screws removed at Step 3 above When remounting the cover be careful to keep clear of internal cabling and do not allow cables to be pinched or pulled When refastening the three screws on the top press inward on the top center part ...

Page 318: ... A3000 main unit AIEB1 I O expansion board Confirm that there are 3 cables extending from the board Phillips screwdriver Magnetic tipped screwdriver is recommended Workbench Please carry out all work on a stable workbench or table Spreading a cloth over the work surface will help prevent scratching Gloves Be sure to wear gloves so that your hands are not scratched by the metal cover or other metal...

Page 319: ...the coverplate out Keep the 3 silver colored screws at hand since you will need them to fasten the expan sion board Note that these screws are not the same type as those removed at Step 3 You will not need the coverplate again unless you decide to remove the expansion board NOTE Although the above illustration does not show the SCSI board mounted in the A3000 please note that there is no need to r...

Page 320: ...ble through the hook shaped bundle tie located within the A3000 as shown in the drawing Adjust the shape of the tie so that the cable is secure 7 Insert the AIEB1 expansion board Support the board as shown in the drawing and fasten it in to the rear panel by screw ing in the three screws that you removed at Step 5 above 8 Connect the two red white cables First connect the 3 wire cable into the con...

Page 321: ...ion board is now fully installed There is no need to remove the expansion board when installing other devices 9 Secure the red white cables and the wide flat cable to the bundle tie Run the flat cable the 3 wire cable and the 4 wire cable through the bundle tie see drawing Adjust the tie so that the cables are secure 10 Return the top cover to its original position and fasten into place with the s...

Page 322: ... the daisy chain but this is provided by the terminator switch or terminator jumper switch of the internal hard disk or the SCSI interface board itself When an internal hard disk is installed indicates the terminator or a terminator switch that is turned on Devices which are not indicated by this symbol must not have a terminator attached to them Alternatively their terminator switch must be turne...

Page 323: ...ear gloves so that your hands are not scratched by the metal cover or other metal parts 2 Switch off the A3000 power and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet 3 Remove the screws holding the A3000 top cover in place Set the A3000 upside down on the workbench and unscrew the 6 screws along the sides of the bottom see drawing Then turn the A3000 right side up again and unscrew the 3 screws alon...

Page 324: ... final device in the chain Alternatively turn its terminator switch ON 328 If you are not connecting an internal hard disk Set the SCSI terminator switch of the SCSI interface board to ON When shipped from the factory this is ON If you are connecting one or more external SCSI devices you must also be sure to switch ON the terminator of the final device in the chain Alternatively turn its terminato...

Page 325: ... hand before starting the installation A3000 main unit Internal SCSI hard disk Hard disk installation screws Available from your hard disk dealer Red white cable 4 wire cable supplied with the A3000 power supply cable for the hard disk SCSI cable for the hard disk supplied with the A3000 Phillips screwdriver Magnetic tipped screwdriver is recommended Screwdriver for the hard disk installation scre...

Page 326: ...ormation about how to make this setting refer to the instructions provided with the disk 3 Switch off the A3000 power and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet 4 Remove the screws holding the A3000 top cover in place Set the A3000 upside down on the workbench and unscrew the 6 screws along the sides of the bottom see drawing Then turn the A3000 right side up again and unscrew the 3 screws alo...

Page 327: ...d s terminator switch to OFF at this time 7 Connect the SCSI interface board to the hard disk Connect the free end of the flat SCSI cable connected to the SCSI interface board to the connector on the hard disk The connectors are notched to ensure that you connect in the right direction 8 Using the red white cable hard disk power supply cable connect the hard disk to the A3000 Begin by connecting o...

Page 328: ...t the direction is correct and do not try to force the connector in If for some reason you later need to disconnect this cable be sure to press on the connector s tab when pulling the connector out Pulling without pressing may cause the connector to break 9 Install the hard disk Temporarily rest the disk unit on the workbench to the right of the A3000 viewing from the front panel Now carefully sta...

Page 329: ...talling other devices 10 Gently lower the A3000 back down into its normal position Then replace the top cover and fasten it in place with the screws removed at Step 4 above When remounting the cover be careful to keep clear of internal cabling and do not allow cables to be pinched or pulled When refastening the three screws on the top press inward on the top center part of the front panel 11 Plug ...

Page 330: ...rt a SCSI cable as possible Using long cables can cause unreliable opera tion In general the total cable length including the cables inside the A3000 should be less than 6 meters approximately 18 feet Use good quality SCSI cables Poor quality cables can cause unreliable operation Hard disks and MO disks will be formatted by the A3000 If you wish to use a hard disk or MO disk that was being used by...

Page 331: ...al SCSI devices and the A3000 If using an MO drive insert the MO disk Then mount the disk 270 format it 254 and partition it into volumes 266 FYI Many articles and books concerning SCSI are available However most of them discuss only the concepts or the specification and do not tell you what to do if the system does not work when connected as described The following paragraphs will provide more in...

Page 332: ...eparated by more than 3 meters it is said that using a terminator at the 3 meter point is preferable In this case three or more terminators will exist within the SCSI bus In this way the theory and practice of SCSI connections can differ widely Simply changing a drive in a system that had been working correctly can cause operation to become unreliable or adding a drive to an unreliable system can ...

Page 333: ...o break or pins to be broken so be careful to avoid this Faulty cabling inside an external SCSI device Inside an external SCSI drive a V shaped connector is normally used to connect the two SCSI connectors and the drive However some drives use an I shaped connector Drives connected with an I shaped connector sometimes produce noise which causes errors External SCSI devices with 25 pin connectors S...

Page 334: ...nnectors S P DIF coaxial OPTICAL connectors S P DIF optical Input frequency 48 kHz 44 1 kHz 32 kHz Output frequency 44 1 kHz Sampling frequency Analog input 44 1 22 05 11 025 kHz 5 5125 kHz mono and stereo Digital input only when AIEB1 I O expansion board is installed 48kHz 44 1kHz 32kHzexternalsynchronizedrecording stereoonly 1 2 1 4 and 1 8 undersampling is supported Internal sample memory capac...

Page 335: ...UME L R shared MASTER VOLUME L R shared STEREO OUT PHONES shared PHONES OUTPUT jack Knobs 1 5 Mode buttons PLAY EDIT REC DISK UTILITY Function buttons six buttons Command button Assignable button Audition button LCD 40 character 2 line LED backlight 3 5 2HD 2DD dual mode floppy disk drive Rear panel SCSI connector STEREO OUT L MONO R phone jack 2 ASSIGNABLE OUT L R phone jack 2 MIDI IN OUT THRU Po...

Page 336: ...byte Expansion memory 72 pin SIMM 16 Mbyte Expansion memory 72 pin SIMM 32 Mbyte Internal hard disk drive 3 5 inch performance requirements Rotational speed 3600 rpm or more Average seek time 35 ms maximum or less Average rotational latency 8 3 ms or less Recording density 29 300 bpi 18 275 TPI or more Transfer speed 400 kBPS or more SCSI SCSI 1 compatible Power supply 5V maximum 500 mA 12V operat...

Page 337: ...adio 12 TurnTbl DIGITAL TURNTABLE Simulates the noise of an analog record 13 Jump JUMP Cuts apart the input signal and applies extreme modulation to the playback order or speed 14 BeatChg BEAT CHANGE Modifies the waveform length of the sound in realtime Use in con junction with a controller 15 VceCncl VOICE CANCELAR Attenuates the vocal part of a CD or other source 16 3BandEQ 3BAND EQ An EQ which ...

Page 338: ...y adding a slightly pitch shifted sound 37 Rotary ROTARY SPEAKER Simulates a rotary speaker 38 Rot2Way 2WAY ROTARY SPEAKER Simulates a rotary speaker 39 Tremolo TREMOLO Cyclically modulates the volume 40 AutoPan AUTO PAN Cyclically moves the sound between left and right front and back 41 Ambienc AMBIENCE Blurs the stereo positioning of the sound to add spatial width 42 3Delay DELAY L C R Produces ...

Page 339: ...cut the low range 7 Dry Mix Level 0 127 Add dry sound before the delay input 8 Delay Time 0 1 370 0ms Delay time 9 Delay Time Ofst R 884 0 Delay time offset for the R ch offset 10 Feedback Level 63 63 Feedback amount 11 FB Level Ofst R 63 63 Feedback offset for the R ch 12 Delay Level 0 127 Delay level 13 AM Speed 0 127 Modulation frequency 14 AM Wave tri sine saw up saw down Select modulation wav...

Page 340: ... signal 6 FlowPan FLOW PAN 1 Dry Wet Balance D63 W D W D W63 Balance between delay sound and effect sound 2 Delay Time 0 1 650 0ms Delay time 3 Delay Time Ofst R 884 0 Offset of R ch delay time 4 Feedback Level 63 63 Feedback amount 5 FB Level Ofst R 63 63 Offset of R ch feedback 6 Feedback Hi Damp 0 1 1 0 Adjust the high range attenuation lower values will cause the high range to decay faster 7 F...

Page 341: ...dulation waveform selection 7 Flanger Depth 0 127 Modulation depth 8 Fln Depth Ofst R 64 63 R ch offset for depth 9 Flanger Delay 0 1 650ms Delay time 10 Fln Delay Ofst R 884 0 R ch offset for delay time 11 Flanger Feedback 63 63 Feedback amount 12 Flanger FB Ofst R 63 63 R ch offset for feedback 13 Flanger FB HiDamp 0 1 1 0 Adjust the high range attenuation low values will cause the high range to...

Page 342: ... the frequency of the lower limit of the mid range that will be attenuated 2 High Adjust 0 26 Adjust the frequency of the upper limit of the mid range that will be attenuated 16 3BandEQ 3 BAND EQ 1 EQ Low Frequency 50Hz 2 0kHz Frequency at which the EQ will boost cut the low range 2 EQ Low Gain 12 12dB Amount of gain by which the EQ will boost cut the low range 3 EQ Mid Frequency 100Hz 10 0kHz Fre...

Page 343: ... the area in which the EQ will boost cut the mid range 10 Dry Wet Balance D63 W D W D W63 Balance between the dry sound and the effect sound 24 AmpSim AMP SIMULATOR 1 Dry Wet Balance D63 W D W D W63 Balance between dry sound and effect sound 2 Drive 0 127 Degree of distortion 3 AMP Type Off Stack Combo Tube Select the type of amp to be simulated 4 LPF Cutoff 315Hz Thru Frequency at which the low p...

Page 344: ... will boost cut the low range 9 EQ Mid Frequency 100Hz 10 0kHz Frequency at which the EQ will boost cut the mid range 10 EQ Mid Gain 12 12dB Gain with which the EQ will boost cut the mid range 11 EQ Mid Width 1 0 12 0 Width of the mid range area which the EQ will boost cut 12 EQ High Frequency 500Hz 16 0kHz Frequency at which the EQ will boost cut the high range 13 EQ High Gain 12 12dB Gain with w...

Page 345: ...l Delay 0 1 200ms Delay length 4 Fine1 50 50cent Fine pitch setting for first unit 5 Fine2 50 50cent Fine pitch setting for second unit 6 Feedback Gain 63 63 Amount of feedback 7 Pan1 L63 R63 Panning of first unit 8 Output Level1 0 127 Output level of first unit 9 Pan2 L63 R63 Panning of second unit 10 Output Level2 0 127 Output level of second unit 36 Detune ENSEMBLE DETUNE 1 Dry Wet Balance D63 ...

Page 346: ...ning 3 F R Depth 0 127 Front rear depth of panning 4 Pan Direction L R L R L R Lturn Rturn L R Auto pan type L R is sine wave L R is square wave 5 EQ Low Frequency 32Hz 2 0kHz Frequency at which the EQ will boost cut the low range 6 EQ Low Gain 12 12dB Gain with which the EQ will boost cut the low range 7 EQ Mid Frequency 100Hz 10 0kHz Frequency at which the EQ will boost cut the mid range 8 EQ Mi...

Page 347: ...ay Time L R 0 1 740ms Delay time from left input to right output 3 Delay Time R L 0 1 740ms Delay time from right input to left output 4 Feedback Level 63 63 Amount of feedback 5 Input Select L R L R Input select 6 Feedback High Damp 0 1 1 0 High range attenuation lower values cause the high range to decay faster 7 EQ Low Frequency 32Hz 2 0kHz Frequency at which the EQ will boost cut the low range...

Page 348: ... low pass filter will cut the high range 7 Width 0 5 10 2m Width of the simulated room 8 Height 0 5 20 2m Height of the simulated room 9 Depth 0 5 30 2m Depth of the simulated room 10 Wall Vary 0 30 Wall surface of the simulated room higher values produce more random reflections 11 Reverb Delay 0 1 99 3ms Delay time from the early reflections until the reverberation 12 Density 0 4 Density of the r...

Page 349: ...application that is most widely used in Yamaha products and other MIDI devices and does not indicate that the effect that the controller will have on the sound of the A3000 Control change number Controller or function 000 Bank select MSB 001 Modulation wheel 002 Breath controller 003 Unused 004 Foot controller 005 Portamento time 006 Data entry MSB 007 Volume control 008 009 Unused 010 Panpot 011 ...

Page 350: ... range or velocity range or the MIDI receive channel 118 Are the effect settings InLevel or OutLevel set to 0 126 Is Level set to 0 128 If an external controller has been set to control program level is that controller in the 0 position 136 When there is a problem with the sample settings Are the key range settings Low and High set correctly 170 Are the velocity range settings Low and High set cor...

Page 351: ...set 198 If an external controller has been set to control the Pitch Bias of a sample is that controller raised or lowered 210 When there is a problem with the utility settings Are the master tuning parameters Coarse and Fine set correctly 298 Is the MIDI parameter Transpose set to other than 0 307 Cannot record If you are recording an analog signal is the REC VOL knob turned up 8 Is there free mem...

Page 352: ...08 Volume or tone differs depending on the pitch Is level scaling specified for the sample 180 Is filter scaling specified for the sample 185 Tone pitch or volume changes cyclically Is the sample s LFO parameter FltrMod set to a Depth or 1 or more 205 Is the sample s LFO parameter PtchMod set to a Depth or 1 or more 206 Is the sample s LFO parameter AmpMod set to a Depth or 1 or more 207 If an ext...

Page 353: ...put MIDI is busy You attempted to execute a bulk dump from the front panel while a bulk dump or parameter change etc was being processed MIDI receive error A MIDI receive error occurred Name already exists A file or object of the specified name already exists Non existent track or index The audio CD loaded into the external CD ROM drive does not have the specified track number or index number Not ...

Page 354: ...0 43 2n 7A Dump Request Bulk Protect SW F0 43 0n 7A System Parameter Bulk enable disable LM__0278SY F0 43 0n 7A Program Bulk LM__0278PG F0 43 0n 7A Sample Bank Bulk LM__0278SB F0 43 0n 7A Sample Bulk LM__0278SP F0 43 0n 7A Wave Data Bulk LM__0278WD F0 43 0n 7A Sequence Bulk LM__0278SQ MIDI reception conditions 3 3 SW BULK protect SW nn Device Number Bulk Protect MIDI SW F0 7E nn 01 Dump Header ena...

Page 355: ...Level 0 127 0 120 EF3 Pan 0 127 0 120 EF3 Parameter 1 16 0 127 Parameters marked by depend on the Control Matrix settings Parameters which function for each MIDI channel of a program cntrl parameter data rng 7 Volume Level 0 127 10 Pan 0 127 64 Sustain 0 127 65 Portament ON OFF 0 127 66 Sostenute 0 127 Parameters which function for samples or sample banks cntrl parameter data rng 0 120 Pitch Mod D...

Page 356: ...7 This message indicates that a dump is to be terminated Packet number indicates the packet which was terminated This message is transmitted and received 4 1 5 Wait 0 11110000 F0 1 01111110 7C 2 0nnnnnnn nnnnnnn Channel Number 3 00110100 7C 4 0ppppppp ppppppp Packet number 5 11110111 F7 This message indicates a pause during a dump This message is transmitted and received 4 1 6 Dump Header 0 111100...

Page 357: ...eturned in response to an Identity Request message asking for device specific informa tion Name Range Contents Device family code 0041 LM Device family number code 0116 0278 Software revision level 0100 nnnn A3000 software version This message is only transmitted in response to an Identity Request message 5 YAMAHA SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE 5 1 Bulk dump This message is transmitted when an editing operation...

Page 358: ...7 This message specifies the object The object type is shown in the following table mm Data type 20 Program bulk dump 17 Sample bank bulk dump 16 Sample bulk dump 2 Wave data bulk dump 19 Sequence bulk dump 5 3 2 Parameter change object edit 0 11110000 F0 1 01000011 43 2 0001nnnn nnnn Device Number 3 01011000 58 g 22 h 0 4 00000001 01 5 0ppppppp parameter 6byte 10 0ppppppp 11 0ddddddd data 0dddddd...

Page 359: ...083 UC 0 127 program level 0084 SC 63 fine tune 0085 SC 127 coarse tune 0086 SC 127 transpose 0087 UC reserved 0088 UC 0 3 portamento type 0089 UC 0 127 portamento rate 0090 UC 0 127 portamento time 0091 UC 0 127 S H speed 0092 US reserved 0094 US 0 999 number of samples 0096 Effect Parameter 3 120byte effect1 3 0216 Control Matrix 4 16byte matrix1 4 0232 Easy Edit Parameter n 56byte number of sam...

Page 360: ...requency 0123 SC 52 76 EQ gain 0124 UC 10 120 EQ width 0125 SC reserved 0126 UC 0 127 FEG attack rate 0127 UC 0 127 FEG decay rate 0128 UC 0 127 FEG release rate 0129 SC 127 FEG init level 0130 SC 127 FEG attack level 0131 SC 127 FEG sustain level 0132 SC 127 FEG release level 0133 SC 7 FEG rate key scaling 0134 SC 63 FEG rate velocity sensitivity 0135 SC 63 FEG attack level velocity sensitivity 0...

Page 361: ...1 21 0 2 2 UC 0 127 effect output level 1 21 0 2 3 SC 63 effect pan 1 21 0 2 4 UC 0 54 effect type 1 21 0 2 5 0 15 0 effect parameter 1 21 0 2 5 0 15 1 reserved 1 22 0 3 0 UC 0 122 control device 1 4 1 22 0 3 1 UC 0 59 control function 1 4 1 22 0 3 2 UC 0 1 control type 1 4 1 22 0 3 3 SC 63 control range 1 4 1 23 UC 0 2 effect connection 2 0 9 0 99 0 UC 16 c sample bank name 2 0 9 0 99 1 reserved ...

Page 362: ...sensitivity 2 69 UC 0 1 AEG attack mode 2 70 UC 0 4 LFO wave 2 71 UC 0 127 LFO speed 2 72 UC 0 127 LFO delay time 2 73 UC 0 1 LFO sync on 2 74 UC 0 1 LFO pitch mod phase invert 2 75 UC 0 1 LFO cutoff mod phase invert 2 76 UC 0 127 cutoff mod depth 2 77 UC 0 127 pitch mod depth 2 78 UC 0 127 amplitude mod depth 2 79 UC 0 4 main output 2 80 UC 0 127 main output level 2 81 UC 0 4 assignable output 2 ...

Page 363: ...IDI device number 0448 UC 8 reserved initial value 0456 Sample Parameter 188byte 0644 Effect Parameter 3 120byte effect1 3 0764 Control Matrix 4 16byte program control matrix1 4 0780 UC 8 reserved 0788 UC b b0 AD in on b2 1 AD in source b4 3 effect connect 0789 UC reserved 0790 US b b0 MIDI channel1 controller reset b15 MIDI channel16 controller reset 0792 US reserved 0794 SC 63 AD in pan 0795 UC ...

Page 364: ... bit resolution 5 o o 1 portamento time 7 o o 1 volume 10 o o 1 pan Control 64 o o 1 sustain 65 o o 1 portamento 66 o o 1 sostenute Change 0 120 o o 1 assignable All Sound Off 120 x o ResetAllCntrl 121 x o Prog x o 0 127 1 Change True o 0 127 System Exclusive o o 2 object etc Song Pos x x common Song Sel x x Tune x x System Clock x x Real Time Commands x x Aux Local ON OFF x x All Notes OFF x o Me...

Page 365: ...I IIndex ...

Page 366: ...ing 122 CONTROL function 136 Control change data 28 Controller reset 141 Controller setup for programs 136 Controller setup for samples 210 Copy commands 102 251 CtlReset Controller Reset setting 141 Cutoff frequency 183 D DELETE commands 106 250 283 DIGITAL connectors 13 DISK function 268 DISK mode 248 Display 9 Display page 302 DUPL command 107 E EASY EDIT function 118 Easy Edit parameters 72 ED...

Page 367: ...171 Knob push lamps 9 Knob control 291 KnobCtl page 291 Knobs 9 KnobSet page 292 L Length lock 162 LFO 203 LOAD command 249 LOADSYS command 285 Loop crossfade 158 Loop end address 167 Loop mode 168 Loop page 166 Loop start addres 166 LOOPXFD command 158 Low Pass filter 182 LpMode page 168 Lvl Mode page 174 LvlScale page 180 M Main output 78 ManOnly setting 234 MAP OUT function 170 MASTER function ...

Page 368: ... 101 Program load 259 Program parameters 72 Program change data 28 Program Sample Selection page 95 Programs 72 PtchCnv setup 153 PtchMod setup 206 Q Q Width setting 183 R Random pitch setting 178 RCh Alt page 208 RcvFlt page 309 Rear panel 12 REC VOL knob 9 RecData page 227 Receive page 305 ReceiveCh setting 209 RecLevel setting 236 RECORD page 223 Recording level 236 RECORDING mode 220 Reset pag...

Page 369: ...arget page 230 Tempo setting 165 167 Termination 329 Time stretch 151 TmStrch setup 151 To program switch 72 ToBank page 115 ToPgm setting 113 TOTAL EQ function 287 Transpose settings 128 307 TrgLvl page 237 Trigger page 234 TRIM LOOP function 161 Tuning page 298 U UTILITY mode 280 V Vel PB page 215 Velocity crossfade 173 Velocity range 172 Velocity sensitivity 173 Velocity crossfade setting 173 V...

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Page 372: ... by the interference Utilize power outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate reorient the an tenna If the antenna lead in is 300 ohm ribbon lead change the lead in to co axial type cable If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results please contact the local retailer authorize...

Page 373: ...uld be installed in locations that do not seriously contribute to their operating temperature Placement of this product close to heat sources such as radiators heat registers etc should be avoided 8 This product was NOT designed for use in wet damp loca tions and should not be used near water or exposed to rain Exam ples of wet damp locations are near a swimming pool spa tub sink or wet basement 9...

Page 374: ...a Building Rama I Road Patumwan Bangkok 10330 Thailand Tel 2 215 3443 THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES Yamaha Corporation International Marketing Division Nakazawa cho 10 1 Hamamatsu Japan 430 Tel 053 460 2317 AFRICA Yamaha Corporation International Marketing Division Nakazawa cho 10 1 Hamamatsu Japan 430 Tel 053 460 2312 NORTH AMERICA CANADA Yamaha Canada Music Ltd 135 Mil...

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Page 376: ...705CRIT8 2 02B0 Printed in Japan VZ04450 M D G EMI Division Yamaha Corporation 1997 ...

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