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As you can see, the CS2x can be used multi-timbrally in Performance mode too. The Performance itself con-
sists of sound “layers” which are mapped to MIDI channels 1 to 4. The Performance is controlled however
from just one MIDI channel, usually MIDI channel 1. The Performance mode increases this choice by Parts 5
-16. This means that up to 13 Parts can be utilized in Performance mode (1 Performance + 12 Multi Parts).
Using Performance mode for song production has several distinct advantages:
• You can use any Performance as the basis of your song and if so desired utilize Scenes, Arpeggio and the
Knobs. An arrangement can then be created by adding to this Performance with Parts 5 – 16. The Perfor-
mance however remains unchanged, unlike with other synthesizers where it has to be integrated into a
Multi program, resulting in the loss of all effect settings.
• Parts 5 - 16 offer a particularly diverse sound potential - aside from the XG Voices and various drumsets,
you can also use any of the Material Voices. The latter score highly with many sounds for up-to-date
music styles like Dance & Techno. In contrast, the XG voices offer a wide spectrum of logically catego-
rized conventional sounds.
Still, there are many good reasons to work in Multi mode: it follows the XG mode which is already imple-
mented in other YAMAHA models (e.g. MU-50, MU-80, QS-300, CBXK1-XG). Songs recorded in XG mode
can be exchanged between different XG models without any problems, although the choice of sounds is lim-
ited to 480 XG voices and 11 drum sets. In addition to Reverb and Chorus, you can also employ any single
VARIATION EFFECT and freely program a Send Level for each Part (the Performance mode limits the use of
the VARIATION EFFECT to Layers 1 – 4).
Never fear, you don’t have to decide right from the start on which mode to use for your song productions.
Performance Parts 5 – 16 are fully XG compatible. You can change modes as often as you like as long as
you restrict yourself to these Parts and choose only XG voices for each of them!
The Standard Approach - Multi Settings at the Machine
The section presents a fundamentally different method of Song Setup creation. Here the Multi settings are
actually performed on the machine itself and are
not
inserted into sequencer tracks as single events.
Although this method is particularly suited to Multi Mode, it can be applied to Performance mode, too, albeit
with certain restrictions.
Unlike the CS1x, the CS2x
MULTI Mode
offers a
Multi Storage Function
(see manual, page 68). You can
save up to 9 Multis (STORE + NUMBER) and recall them again (MULTI + NUMBER). Don’t be disconcerted
by the lack of selection notification when recalling a Multi. Beware: The MULTI Store function is only avail-
able in Multi Mode (XG),
not
in Performance Mode!
A Multi stores the following parameters for each Part:
Bank, Program, Volume, Pan, Reverb Send, Chorus Send, Variation Send, Cutoff, Resonance, Mono/Poly.
These parameters can be found in the “Multi” row of the Function Matrix.
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