setups and ranges, then working out your
performance gestures.
Summary:
When you create a Voice for your
PLG150-VL using a VL element from the either
the Custom or Board Internal set, you must
make sure the correct VL bank is loaded into the
machine each time you wish to use them. The
Custom (033/002) and Board Internal (033/003)
banks are in
volatile
memory and will revert
back to the default sounds on power up. Like
working with any computer word processor, you
must save your work or document before exiting
the program. You can save your work via the
editor or to SmartMedia card via the Motif. With
a SmartMedia card you can automate any Voice
setups that you wish to have available so that
when you boot up it loads all your custom
configurations. That’s why they call it a ‘Smart’
card. Later we will learn how to make such
automatic files.
Using Board Voices and Plug-In Voices in
Performances
The architecture of the Performance mode is very
flexible and will allow you to create unique
layer/split combinations using multiple
technologies. Because each board has its own
CPU, polyphony and DSP resources, you are not
limited by having to pre-allocate resources for
mathematical calculations.
The Motif series of synthesizers have 2 kinds of
storable/playable entities: Voices and
Performances. In general, a
Voice
can use a
REVERB processor, a CHORUS processor, and a
dual INSERT Effect processor. A
Performance
on the other hand can combine pre-made Voices
together. A Performance has the same system
Reverb and Chorus effects and
one
of the parts
of the Performance can call up its dual Insert
effects. You will discover that there is an
additional
Variation Effect in a Performance.
Performances can be used as a complex
split/layer that is played from the keyboard.
Alternatively, you can use a Performance location
to address PLG Plug-in and Board Voices directly.
In other words, nothing says you have to use a
Performance to setup more than one sound. You
can dedicate the entire Performance to just one
sound, if you wish. This gives you additional
places to store your own custom sounds made
from the board voices. The PLG150-VL is a single
part board. This means that you can only select a
single sound from it, at a time.
In order to use a PLG sound in a
Performance you simply activate the PART
SWITCH = ON for Part
P1
,
Part
P2
or Part
P3
,
depending on the slot you have the PLG150-VL
board. The PLG Voice works just like any other
PART of the Performance. Any 4 Parts can have
their PART SWITCH set to ON in a Performance.
In the Performance EDIT - Common parameters
you will find the Effects Connect page [F6].
EFF
Part Parameter
. Here you can assign the effect
processor to the PLG. Select either PartP1,
PartP2 or PartP3 as the INS EFF source.
MULTI-TIMBRAL: PARTS and MIDI channels
Don’t get confused by the way the Multi
capability of the S/CS series works. The S30,
S80, CS6x and CS6R are
16 MIDI channel
systems. You have access to your sounds in a
multi-timbral setup via what are called PARTS.
The PLG150 series boards add a PART to the
Modular Synthesis System. A Part is assigned a
MIDI channel and you can place as many Parts
on a single MIDI channel as you require. A Part
can be key limited, velocity limited, and edited as
you deem necessary. When a PLG Voice is played
from
Voice
mode
it is a single PART and will be
addressed by the software as PART1. However,
when a PLG Voice is used in a
Performance
, it
becomes Part
P1
or Part
P2
or Part
P3
depending
on the slot it occupies. This means that you can
layer
a PLG sound with internal sounds or you
can key zone them to create splits. Of course,
you can change the MIDI channel as required. As
you add Plug-in boards each will have its own
Part but
share
a MIDI channel with one of the
other sounds. You can then choose to layer (play
together) or split (limit the key range) the Parts
on a single MIDI channel. You also can turn each
one ON or OFF as suits your needs.
A Performance can access Voices from any of the
host banks: PRE1, PRE2, PRE3, GM, USER, PLG1,
PLG2, and PLG3. Additionally it can use the A/D
input. It can also address (via MSB/LSB) the
individual PLG board Voices, directly. Here’s how:
•
Initialize a Performance
•
Press [EDIT]
•
Touch the [PLG] button that represents your
PLG150-VL board. Its information will come
to the screen. Using the knobs beneath the
screen you can select any bank and program
number - including the finished Plug-in
Voices
INT
, 033/000 preset1, 033/001
preset2, 033/002 custom, and 033/003 RAM
internal. You cannot select a sound from the
other PLG board – in other words, Voice data
from PLG1 will not access PLG2. In our
example, we have a VL in slot 1 and a PF in
slot 2. You cannot select a Piano Voice to
Play through slot 1, nor can you select a VL
sound to play through slot 2. While this
sounds very logical – if you are
