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Quick Guide

by Peter Krischker
YAMAHA EUROPA GMBH, 6/97 - PDP-A3001
A3000 Guide
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  • Page 1: Quick Guide

    Quick Guide by Peter Krischker YAMAHA EUROPA GMBH, 6/97 - PDP-A3001 A3000 Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Page Quick Entry for Professionals The Sound Structure of the A3000 A-3000 Objects (Diagram) Quick Start Controls PLAY Mode EDIT Mode RECORD Mode DISK Mode UTILITY Mode The A3000 in Multi Mode Introduction Organizing Multis Effects and their Effect...

  • Page 3: Quick Entry For Professionals

    You have already gained experience with other samplers and want to start working with the A3000 right away, without having to read through complex manuals or Quick Guides. You prefer to learn by experimenting, but you are willing to accept some general hints as to the operational concepts.

  • Page 4: The Sound Structure Of The A3000

    "Multisample"), these can be combined into a Sample Bank and managed as a whole. Another feature of the sound structure of the A3000: In addition to the actual sample data, the SAMPLE itself can contain all sound parameters, which in other schemes of sound structure can only be applied at higher levels.
  • Page 5 Program level. In contrast, the controllers for the sound parameters are set at the Sample level. That concludes the first short look at the sound structure of the A3000, which is summarized in the diagram "A3000 Objects" on the next page.

  • Page 6: A-3000 Objects (Diagram)

    Sample Start/End, Sample Loop, OrigKey, KeyRange, VelRange, Level, Pan, Output, Pitch, Expand, Level Scale, Filter, EQ, AEG, FEG, PEG, LFO, MIDIRcvCh, Sample Controller Velocity, Pitch Bend A3000 Sample Bank Sample assignment (Add + Remove) ------------------------------------------------ Sample parameters – global (Sample parameters of individual samples...

  • Page 7: Quick Start

    Quick Start This chapter should give you a good start working with the A3000 without your having to work through the extensive Owner's Manual. Who actually wants to read 300 pages before working with a new device? All essential functions will be described quickly and systematically, but no operational steps will be given.

  • Page 8: Play Mode

    INIT = Initialisation (default) for one or all Programs COPY = Copying a Program PGMDUMP = Program Dump with or without Samples in the A3000 format SETINIT = The Program settings of the sections EFFECT and/or SETUP and/or CONTROL will be specified as the Init settings for editing new Programs. These settings are non-volatile, which means they are not lost after switching off.
  • Page 9 Always save with COMMAND "SAVE ALL (wipe)" and load with "DISK – VOLUME". If you load Programs or Samples one after each other, the A3000 converts the duplicates to real copies which use the same amount of memory as the original samples.
  • Page 10 Program level. You have already been given some basic information about the Easy Edit function in the first chapter "The Sound Structure of the A3000". For a complete list of all "Edit Parameters" please refer to pages 119/120 of the Owner's Manual.
  • Page 11 By combining the effect and A/D parameters, the Programs can be used as effect programs. The command functions are the same as on the PLAY/PROGRAM page. Owner's Manual p. 128 - 133 A3000 Guide...
  • Page 12 When playing the A3000 from a MIDI keyboard, all physical controllers of the keyboard (modulation wheel, pitchbend wheel, pedals, aftertouch …) and the knobs 2–5 of the A3000 are usable. For more on this topic, see the section UTILITY – PANEL PLAY.

  • Page 13: Edit Mode

    For greater changes, setting a greater stepwidth saves you from having to turn the knobs endlessly. In the option "End Type = beat" knob 4 has a different function – it now serves as an automatic Tempo calculation! A3000 Guide...
  • Page 14 Sample has already been saved. Because of this you should make it a habit to save your sample before executing any destructive function (loop, cut, extract, normalize, re-sampling, fade …). "COMMAND – SAVE – Edited" is very suitable for this operation. A3000 Guide...
  • Page 15 Special Hint Ø Key Ranges + Velocity Ranges The functions KeyRnge and VelRnge can not only be used to map and edit multisamples. You can also program typical synthesizer performances such as split sounds and velocity crossfades. The Sample Banks can be used as layers. A3000 Guide...
  • Page 16 The Expand parameters offer some of the most impressive possibilities for modifying the sound of the A3000. This can be verified using a simple waveform like "Saw up" by setting DETUNE and DEPHASE to different values. This creates an effective pseudo stereo effect, in which both channels are played with different pitch and phase positions.
  • Page 17 Owner's Manual p. 182 – 187 F4 = EG The A3000 uses the classic ADSR envelopes (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release). For the Rate parameters, higher values produce a faster envelope transition. In the default setting all values are set to 127. This means that you must program lower values for the envelope first to get useful results.
  • Page 18 9, all HiHats to ch. 10, all bass sounds to ch. 12 etc. (see chapter "The A3000 in Multi Mode"). SmpCtl1 and SmpCtl2 (knob 1), in combination with Matrix# 1 to 6 build up the Controller Matrix for the assignable Sample parameters.
  • Page 19 32. If CUTOFF is set to 0, only values from 64–127 are effective. If you are controlling the A3000 from an external sequencer, you can use virtually all control change numbers. However, the Controllers #007 (Volume) and #010 (Pan) do not need to be set, since these are not dependent on the Controller Matrix and are therefore always available.
  • Page 20 The "TestSQ" in the last track can be used to test the Controller Templates. For this test please load the "XMPMulti" (also included on the QUICK DISK) into the A3000. The effectiveness of the Controller Templates will depend on the CUTOFF setting for the corresponding Sample Bank, which should be modified if necessary.

  • Page 21: Record Mode

    RecData = Input selects the signal source for recording: AD L (Input L), AD L/R (Input L + R), STOut (re-sampling = the A3000 records its own Stereo Out signal), DIGITAL and OPTICAL (which are only available with the AIEB1 expansion board).
  • Page 22 Owner's Manual p. 236 – 237 F4 = Effect The A3000 allows you to route a sound through the effects processor before recording. The signal is then sampled together with the effect sound. The recording effects section differs only slightly from the effect functions described in PLAY mode.
  • Page 23 (SCSI). To do this, the Analog Output (or Audio Out) of the CD ROM drive must be connected to the Stereo Input of the A3000. In addition the SCSI ID of the CD ROM drive must be set. From within the CD-DA page, specify the track and index numbers and use >PLAY to start the CD playback.

  • Page 24: Disk Mode

    Disk Mode The concept of the A3000 includes the idea that all the Save Functions can be found where the corresponding objects (Programs, Samples, Sample Banks) are edited, namely in PLAY mode, in EDIT mode and in RECORD mode. The corresponding SAVE functions have already been discussed in the PLAY mode section (page 8).
  • Page 25 For connecting SCSI devices please read the relevant section in the appendix of the Owner's Manual, page 328. SelfID = This sets the SCSI ID of the A3000 itself as a SCSI device. COMMAND functions: FORMAT = Fast formatting of the drive of the selected ID and partitioning to up to 8 partitions of equal size (max.

  • Page 26: Utility Mode

    ASSIGNABLE function in UTILITY – SYSTEM is set to "FKey Play on/off" and the ASSIGNABLE key is pressed. This function comes in handy when a MIDI keyboard is not within reach of the A3000 and you need to audition Sounds.
  • Page 27 3–4 sequences after deleting the sequences residing in memory using the command "Delete All Sequences". If you want to use the A3000 as a MIDI file player to control XG/GM sound modules, you can create a separate hard disk partition with several Volumes containing sequences only.
  • Page 28 5 (MANUAL) and confirm with YES. Then, select the EXIT page using knob 1, and press knob 5 (MANUAL) + YES to put the A3000 in normal operating condition. Owner's Manual p. 284 – 285, 300 – 304...
  • Page 29 Sample Dump is to be received from a computer or another sampler, Protect must be set to off. The Device# sets the device number of the A3000. Setting a value other than all is useful only if you are working with several A3000s.

  • Page 30: The A3000 In Multi Mode

    This chapter discusses the multitimbral use of the A3000, particularly regarding complete Song productions. The first thing to note is that there is one essential difference between the A3000 and other synthesizers or workstations: There are no Multi Parts, to which Voices or Programs can be assigned.

  • Page 31: Organizing Multis

    Samples are loaded. Please do use the Sample Sort function to create the same clear order within your A3000 Program that can be achieved in a Multi of a workstation with a Part type structure. Following below is a description of how to accomplish this.
  • Page 32 Below you will find an overview of all sounds combined in the XMP Multi. The sound-to-channel assignments follow the track assignments of the diverse Style Packs for YAMAHA synthesizers, in which MIDI channels 9–16 are reserved for the "backing tracks".

  • Page 33: Effects And Their Effect

    Use the stereo output (Main out) solely as an EFFECT RETURN. In other words, the effect parameter "Dry/Wet Balance" would have to be set to D>W63 for all Effect Types, so that no dry signal is fed to the stereo output. The A3000 Guide...

  • Page 34: Loops And Phrases

    Drum loops If you want to use ready-made drum loops, you can edit these using the effects and resample them back into the A3000. After that, the effects are free again to be used with other sounds. You can proceed in the same way if you are creating your own drum loops by playing several drum instruments at a time via the sequencer.

  • Page 35: Appendix: Quick Disk - File Overview

    CUBASE Song Mixer map for A3000 Multi Mode (PC/MAC) (see chapter “The A3000 in Multi Mode") A3000MIX.MIX as CUBASE Mixer mapMixer map for A3000 Multi Mode (as above) (A3000MAC.MIX) (PC/MAC) (see chapter “The A3000 in Multi Mode") Directory "Template"...

  • Page 36: Appendix: Additional Software For The A3000

    2 Disks / 2 MB Samples / 37 Waves / 64 Programs This set proves that the A3000 not only is a professional sampler but can also be used as high quality synthesizer. On the basis of 37 synth waveforms (partly sampled as Multi) the synthesizing resources of the A3000 such as filter, envelopes, the expand function and effects etc.
  • Page 37 Phone: +49 40 738 62 23, Fax: +49 40 739 84 12 _____________________________________________________________________ ______ Further sound material on CD ROM (specially prepared for the A3000) will be available soon at: Best Service, Siegesstra?e 23, 80802 Munich, Germany Phone +49 89 34 50 26, Fax +49 89 38 38 84 84...

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