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waderck
Total Posts: 57
Joined 06-20-2013 status: Experienced |
One thing I’m trying to wrap my head around(been reading the reference manual, watching tutorials and missing this..)
If I am working primarily in pattern mode for ...
So, say I have a drum track on track one(how do I quickly add distortion), and then on track 2/bass, (pull up a compressor), etc.
Also, when does one actually save something to master?
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Bad_Mister
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Joined 07-30-2002 status: Moderator |
First, we’ll point out possibly why you might be missing this. terminology. MIDI “Tracks” contain coded messages that can instruct the tone generator set to receive its data what to do. You can send coded messages to control, in realtime, the amount of effect and in the case of an Insert Effect you can assign control over certain select parameters. But if you want to assign an effect to a “Voice”, Effects are not assigned to the TRACK, they are assigned to the instrument (what Yamaha calls a Voice). Now I only mention this so that you get usedto looking in the right place.
When you are in PATTERN mode and you directly press [EDIT] you will see MIDI events on the track
You arrive at a view of a Mixer… (with 16 MIDI inputs, [F1] PART 1-16, and two stereo audio channels, one stereo analog, the other stereo digital FW [F2] AUDIO). Notice the items available on each channel strip… A fader, the Insert FX Switch (you can activate it on any eight PARTS, excluding the FW), the Pan pot, two Auxiliary Sends - one to the Reverb, the other to a time delay (Chorus) processor, and above that the Bank/Number and Category of the Voice assigned to that PART… times 16 internal PARTS and 2 audio PARTS.
Okay, cool, you understand and see how you can do this in Voice mode… So here’s how you can add a distortion to your drum kit while in PATTERN > MIXING mode:
On the MIXING view select the PART [1]-[16] that contains your Drum Kit
This drops you into full Voice Edit on the selected Drum Kit. Editing now is just as it was in Voice mode…
Here you can select any two Insert Effects for the Drum Kit ... Also notice in the upper left corner you can select any of the 73 individual Drums “KEY OUT” and route each to one or the other of the Insert Effects....
Since routing is on a per drum basis, you can select which drums go to the distortion and which do not.
2_ download and read the section on Drum Kit routing in the article/tutorial Drum track Construction Tools - although written for the XS it applies in full to the XF.
Once you have completed editing the Drum Kit Voice press [STORE]
PARTs containing Normal (non-drum kit) Voices work the same way.
When you need to access different programs from different modes one after the other. you can put whatever you need to recall in order so it is quick and easy to get to you next setup be it a single Voice, a Performance, a Song or a Pattern.
Also when Peter you are using your XF as a Master MIDI keyboard controller. It can organize its own data and data for your external devices. There are 8 Zones in Master mode - meaning you can transmit on as many as 8 MIDI channels simultaneously from the XF keyboard.
Why? Hope that helps. |
waderck
Total Posts: 57
Joined 06-20-2013 status: Experienced |
Bad Mister.. once again, thanks for the help, and detailed explanation. |