General Music S2 Turbo, Руководство пользователя

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Fig. 2: The internal mixer
Volume
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T
Pan
Effects
L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L
Reverb
Modulation
Audio Outputs
of the buttons, the main display will change to show the
track playing mode for the selected Source.
Track configuration
Each track can be connected to or disconnected from
one or more Sources and to/from the track data Destina-
tions.
For example, if track 1 is connected only to the Local
Source (keyboard or master keyboard) and only to the
destination “Generation” (internal Sound engine), the
keyboard will be able to play one of the Music Processor
Sounds. The remaining fifteen tracks could be con-
nected to the MIDI IN Source and to both the Destina-
tions “Generation” and “MIDI OUT”, in order that an
external controlling device can play the Music Proces-
sor Sounds and transmit the MIDI messages from the
Music Processor’s MIDI OUT to play an external ex-
pander.
The Track Configuration, therefore, is a network of
connections between Sources and Destinations.
Multi-timbral
To each of the 16 tracks, it is possible to assign a Sound
and/or a MIDI channel with which you can pilot another
musical instrument. In practice, the Music Processor is
a combination of 16 different instruments. Instruments
able to operate with several different channels are oth-
erwise known as Multi-timbral instruments.
The mixer
The MIDI data that converge on the tracks are processed
as in a mixer. Before being sent to the Destinations, they
are processed by the volume and transposition controls
and by the stereo panorama positions (Pan).
The MIDI data are also processed by a MIDI Delay
which retards the sending of the data to the Destina-
tions, creating a situation of “postponed playing”, used
to generate replay effects between the tracks.
The Sounds are directed to the two DSPs (effects proc-
essors) which further process the signals by adding
reverberation, delay, chorus, echo or rotary to the Sound
of each track.
Furthermore, the pitch of each track is individually
programmed to obtain octave “duplication” or pitch
adjustments.
Finally, the MIDI data are sent to MIDI OUT, with the
volume and pan settings, while the Sounds are destined
to the Audio Outputs and, subsequently, to an external
amplifier (Fig. 2).
“Mute” and “Solo”
As in any respectable mixer, the tracks in the S Series
can be “muted” directly from the principal display. This
condition is a temporary disconnection of the Source
which finds it use in many applications. For example,
while a Song is in playback mode, you can mute some
tracks of the
Song
Source to listen to those remaining.
The same applies to the other Sources: you can mute
tracks of the
Local
, of the
MIDI In
…
Another function, “SOLO”, operates in an inverse man-
ner: it isolates a single track in multitrack situations,
permitting you to hear the selected track while all others
are muted.
Overview of the instrument