The Percussion Sets
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The Percussion Sets
Compared with the other Sirius sections, the PERCUSSION Part has a special status.
This part takes up to twelve instruments simultaneously (called a percussion set). A percussion set
plays in 12 voice polyphony (i.e. you can play all 12 instruments in the set simultaneously). This fea-
ture means you can double up the bass drum of the KICK-track, add a second HIHAT and let a ten-
man conga band do the drumming!
Your own customised percussion sets are automatically stored in one of the 20 User storage spaces
which are available.
On the one hand, you can work on the whole set the same way with the different sound parameters
as you do with single sounds (waveforms). You have the same possibilities to change your sound with
the SOUND-menu or in real time via the dials and Keys of the Sirius. Any parameter changes made
in the sound EDIT-menu will effect all the instruments in the percussion set at the same time. When
the PERCUSSION-part-Key is active the WAVE-MACRO-control allows you to jump between the 20
percussion sets in the memory.
On the other hand you can edit each single instrument of a set separately in the EDIT-menu - the fol-
lowing parameters are available in this mode: basic waveform, tune, level, pan, FX1 send and FX2
send. The structure of the complete percussion set is explained by the diagram on the following
page. Your efforts will pay off - composing your own 12 voice percussion sets from a number of basic
waveforms enables you to create some very complex grooves.
The SOUND-parameters which affect the whole percussion set are more or less the same as those
available for the other 6 parts. Let us go directly to the parameters available in the EDIT-menu for the
editing of the single instruments of a percussion set. You will find those in the SET-menu of the EDIT-
menu.
First select the percussion set you wish to edit:
Press the PART-SELECT-Key on the mixer panel and then press the PERCUSSION -PART-Key. Now
press the EDIT Key, and select menu page 1 by pressing the right hand PAGE/BANK-key. The follow-
ing is displayed:
Contrary to the other sections you can see here that apart from the whole percussion sound you can
also edit the set's different instruments. In the SET-menu you will always be working on the percus-
sion set you have chosen in the SOUND-menu. In order to edit any of the other 20 percussion sets
just turn the WAVE-MACRO-control (you can also select the set while on page 1 of the SOUND-
menu by using the CATEGORIES-keys in combination with the Number-Keys).
Now open the PERCUSSION-SET EDIT-menu by pressing the F2 Key under the display.
The percussion sets do not need to be stored with the WRITE function: every change you
make to one of the 20 sets will automatically be stored. (The command "STORE PERC.?" in the
WRITE-menu stores only parameters affecting the sounds in the percussion set).
Unlike the other Parts, changes can not be undone by using the RECALL-Key - so think hard before
you edit a percussion set!!
Important:
See pages 22 and
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