Re: "multi" vs "song".
Obviously they are not the same, but in fact even E-mu uses a concept of "multi for a song" in the manual. The basic idea is:
- multi (short for "multisetup") contains for all the patches per channel, FX settings, on/off status of channels and a bunch of other MIDI-related parameters (check the manual for details);
- multis can be selected using certain Bank Select + Program Change combination.
I'm not sure how many multis can be stored in XL-7 - in P2K it used to be 128, but then it was limited to 64 with the 2.0 OS upgrade, because part of internal memory had to be used for something else, so my bet for XL-7 would be 128 or 64. This gives a space for 64 "song settings", and obviously you can dump them with SysEx and replace with others, so sky is the limit (or Flash wear, to be precise). Profit is clear: by selecting a patch (with bank) you get the whole setup, presto! Multis can be also easily dialed from the user panel.
I used to have a multi where RT controllers were mapped to XG specification (that's what happen when Yamaha CS1x is your masterkeyboard), or a multi which would basically turn off channels used by other sound modules.
HTH,
Bruno
Obviously they are not the same, but in fact even E-mu uses a concept of "multi for a song" in the manual. The basic idea is:
- multi (short for "multisetup") contains for all the patches per channel, FX settings, on/off status of channels and a bunch of other MIDI-related parameters (check the manual for details);
- multis can be selected using certain Bank Select + Program Change combination.
I'm not sure how many multis can be stored in XL-7 - in P2K it used to be 128, but then it was limited to 64 with the 2.0 OS upgrade, because part of internal memory had to be used for something else, so my bet for XL-7 would be 128 or 64. This gives a space for 64 "song settings", and obviously you can dump them with SysEx and replace with others, so sky is the limit (or Flash wear, to be precise). Profit is clear: by selecting a patch (with bank) you get the whole setup, presto! Multis can be also easily dialed from the user panel.
I used to have a multi where RT controllers were mapped to XG specification (that's what happen when Yamaha CS1x is your masterkeyboard), or a multi which would basically turn off channels used by other sound modules.
HTH,
Bruno
2014-02-19 18:15 GMT+01:00 <smw-mail@...>:
Also: message 19977.
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