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Multi Mode
Multi mode is like having two complete 8-voice Hydrasynths under your fingertips, plus a
“Command Center” that...
• defines their keyboard and velocity zones;
• sets their relative levels and octaves;
• enables/disables the Arpeggiator for each;
• decides whether one or both are affected by the controllers and Macros; and
• makes each module available for independent or combined access from the top panel.
Single / Multi Mode Comparison
The following table summarizes the main feature differences of each mode. Details are
provided in the sections that follow.
Feature
Differences
Simultaneous patches Single mode offers one 16-voice patch at a time.
A Multi contains two 8-voice patches. These can be layered or split
and overlapped as described in
Number of Macros
Single mode offers up to 8 Macros.
Multi mode offers up to 16 Macros (8 sets of controls, 2 Macros each).
You can specify Upper, Lower, or Both per set of Macro controls.
Balance control
This control is inactive in Single mode.
In Multi mode it adjusts the relative levels of the Upper and Lower parts.
Upper / Lower
buttons
These buttons are inactive in Single mode.
In Multi mode they select the Upper and/or Lower parts for top-panel
edits.
Hardware outputs
Single mode is routed entirely through the Main/Upper L/R outputs.
Multi mode can use both sets of stereo outputs. The Lower part is
automatically routed to the Lower L/R outputs when both connectors
are used.
Mode independence
Single and Multi modes are independent in
almost every way; you can switch from one
mode to the other while editing and the
edited patch is still there when you return. You
can browse in one mode and patch will not
change in the other mode.
Note that switching between Single and Multi
modes always returns to the Home page of
that mode.
Patch banks: shared resources
A Multi patch is basically made from two
Single mode patches, which means the two
modes have a common denominator. As a
result it is possible to share patches between
the modes.
Single mode banks
Single mode has access to two different sets of
patch banks.
• Banks A-H: You can edit these patches and
save them within these banks.
• Banks M1-M5 (Upper) and M1-M5 (Lower):
These are the Upper / Lower patches that
reside inside the same-numbered Multis.
They can be edited but you must save
them to banks A-H.
Multi mode banks
Multi mode is a bit more complex. Here’s the
basic idea:
• The Multis reside in 5 banks (M1-M5).
• Each Multi holds two patches, and each of
those is equal to a patch from Single mode.