Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product A3000 Yamaha
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y A3000 Professional Sampler: Power User Introduction The A3000 signals Yamaha’s re-entry int o the professional sampler market. It is a very powerful, very easy to use sampler. The first p a r t o f t h i s p o w e r u s e r w i l l a d d r e s s m a n y o f the important features av ailable with the Version 1.
[SAMPLE]: [SmpSel] (th a t i s, [PLAY] mode, [SAMPLE] function, [SmpSel] Sample Select screen) the A3000 conveniently lists all of the data currently in memory. A sample or sample bank (i ndicated by a rev erse video “B”) can be activat ed for the current Pro gram by tur ning the “To Pgm” para meter to ON.
It is a conv ention on t he A3000 to ‘point’ or direct t he software at a particular target SCSI or f loppy disk device via the [DISK ]:[ DISK ]:[ DISK] pag e. If you wa nt to sa ve to the f lopp y drive you would fir st ensure that this page is directed at that device.
The Loop Modes Explained To truly understand the A3000 it is necessary to get the difference between the W ave Start / Wave End Address Points and t he Loop Start / Loop End Address Points. Basicall y, Wave here refers to the audible portion of t h e recorded data.
the wave form len gth in r eal ti me. Ch ange s the leng th with out cha ngin g pitc h and is typically assigned to a controller like mod wheel); a new 2 way Rotary Speaker; V ocal C a n c e l ( f o r.
• Press and light [PLAY] green; and [COMMAND] red • Turn Knob #1 fully clockwise to see the [SET INIT] screen • Turn the parameters you wish t o memori ze to “ON”. EFFECT / SETUP / CONTROL • Press Knob #1 to execute the setting s, f ollowed by Kno b #5 to confi rm.
for each sample. A3000 provides a means to do this at t he sample level via the Set Init function at the sample level As y ou get to know ho w you like to wo rk, you wi ll really apprec iate the se 2 very power ful SET INIT featur es. They ma ke your particular way of working part of your A3000’s operating system.
Press the [EDIT] mode button. If you view the [ MAP/OUT]: [KeyRange] page y ou can quic kly ver ify that eac h samp le’s da ta com es to the scree n upon being trig gered . A s soon as you touch a new key range, the data for that key range will come to the screen.
autom atica lly names the dupli cate by addi ng an ( *) aste risk to the or igi nal na me. Yo u can rename it, if you wish. Record a beat, make a bunch of duplicates that you slice up via the Wave Start and End p oints, into ind ivid ual events or hi ts.
9. Dry/Wet Balance – keep totally Wet for full effect or mix in some Dry signal to create a parallel part. A co ntroller a ssig ned to p aramete r 1 ( Beat Ch ange) will cau se the Tempo to inc rease by the amount set by paramete r 2 (Beat Range).
4. Assign a device to control t he te mpo change. [PLAY]: [CONTROL]: [PgmCt l 1] page. This Controlle r Matr ix allow s you to assig n a MIDI c ontroller to chan ge the B eat / P itch Contro l features of the Eff ect.
Resampling and Time Compression / Expansion The Resample rou tine is found u nder [EDIT]: [TRI M/LOOP]: [COMMAND key]: RESMPL. This page allows yo u to (1 ) adjus t the length ( longer or sh orter) of.
5. Use this method to assemble your favori te Programs into A3000 memory. W hen all are in memory create a new Volume ( [DISK]: [VOLU ME]: [V OLUME] page, select “>NEW” ), name a nd sa ve all the f avori te data togeth er.
Calculation of Loop Tempo Navi gate to the [E DIT]: [TRIM/ LOOP ]: [ Con fig ] pag e. S et the En d Ty pe to BE AT. The n return to the LO OP pag e. You r defi ned lo op will b e disp layed i n terms of Be ats ( to the near est tho usan dth of a bea t).
This operator error is due to a misunderst anding of the key range mapping procedure. W hen setting key range t he A3000 gives you 3 key parameters: Original Key, Low Not e, Hig h Note. If yo u attemp t to plac e the Hi gh no te limi t lower than the Low note limit, the A3000 will not let you.
Major New Features LOOP REMIX : Autom atica lly rear rang es a loo ped br eakbea t into n ew var iatio ns. Gives y ou lo ts of new milea ge out of your brea kbeat p atterns . Go to [EDIT ]:[ TRIM /LOO P]:[ Loo pRmx] Pag e. Select a sample loop and try i t out! You have 5 varia tion s ( 1-5) and 4 types ( A-D ).
NEW MODULATION MATRIX FEATURES: New dest inations include: FEG Level, Cut off Distance, Filter Gain, Pgm LFO depth. Ne w sources include: NoteNumber, Velocity, Pr ogram LFO. Go to [PLAY]:[CONTROL] to access these now features! NEW SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FEATRUES: 1.
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