How to set up 4 parts multitimbrally?
Avi F | Hi! I am able to create two presets with layering, but do the four parts for multitimbrality, refer to two oscillators on two presets, or four separate presets [including two oscillators, making a sound containing eight oscillators - or four presets, with two oscillators playing, each - if both oscillators are active in each preset]? I’m guessing it’s the former but wanted to make sure to ask. Actually I might have asked before but I forgot, apologies if I’m repeating my question. |
KODAMO | Hi I'm not sure I understand correctly due to terminology, by preset you mean voice or patch? Anyway, to create a multitimbral setup you have to be in Performance mode. Assign parts to whatever MIDI channels you want, and assign patches to these parts. This way you can layer patches. Voices (6 OP sounds) can already be layered inside a Patch. |
| Avi F | Oh sorry, I was referring to the mask 1. I was trying to figure out how to create 4 separate timbres and layer them. Right now I can press layer and have two sounds but somehow thought I could make four. Would I need to use midi to do this? |
| KODAMO | Yes it is only possible to do that with MIDI. You can have 5 different sounds simultaneously in total (2 for the base MIDI channel due to layering, and 1 for every part) |
| Avi F | Cool! I will try that :) |
| Avi F | I couldn't figure out how to do 4 timbres on mask1 yet ... for this, do i need to plug into a midi thru box? what would be the best way to do this? |
| Avi F | [double post] |
jbowman | It took me a while to get around to doing this but it's actually straightforward, as per the notes for firmware update for 3.4: "Keep the VOICE button pressed and press OCTAVE+/- to change the voice used by parts 2-4 (before this update, this was only possible using program changes). Release the VOICE button to return to part 1. Voices for all parts are kept into memory." By default MIDI channel 1 plays part 1 (which can have the split / layer), channel 2 plays part 2 etc. Works with my MPC sending MIDI on channels 1-4, with a straightforward USB or DIN cable connection, no MIDI thru box required. |
| Avi F | Ah, thanks! I must've missed that somehow. I'll give it a try |
| jbowman | My workflow for multi timbral writing on the Mask1 using the MPC, is to start off using track 2, which is initially set to MIDI channel 1 on my MPC. This is so that I can play the sound and edit it from the keyboard. I edit the patch to come up with the sound I want for that track, once I am happy save the patch, and then set that patch as part 2 using the procedure from the firmware update for 3.4 set out below. I change the MIDI channel for track 2 on my MPC to MIDI channel 2, so it is then sequencing the patch I just saved. Then I open track 3, which I initially set to MIDI channel 1 on my MPC as above, edit and save the patch, and set the patch as part 3. I change the MIDI channel for track 3 on my MPC to MIDI channel 3, so it is then sequencing the patch I just saved. I do the same process for track 4, as above. Then I go back down to track 1 on my MPC. Part 1 on the Mask1 is the only part which can be layered / split, so I use this part for drums, kick on the left, snare on the right. Once you get used to it that is a very fast procedure to get drums plus three other parts going. I imagine it would work on other sequencers and DAWs as long as you can set MIDI channels for the different tracks. |
| Avi F | I have just gotten an oxi one, and can hear the channels of mask 1 on the oxi one. Now is just a matter to get oxi one to play back the steps i recorded in [thats more of an oxi one issue than mask1 issue now]. It works! |
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