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Mix Mode

QuadraSynth Reference Manual

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Mix Mode is one of the most powerful features of the QuadraSynth. While in
Program Mode you can play only one Program at a time, in Mix Mode you can play
up to 16 Programs at once, either from the keyboard (as layers or splits) or from an
external sequencer (via 16 MIDI channels) or a combination of both.

With Mix Mode, you can do the following:

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Combine ("stack" or "layer") different Programs so they can be played
simultaneously from the keyboard.  For example, stack a piano on top of a brass
patch and a string patch, adjusting the volume of each for a desirable mix.  (Note
that the stacking of Programs in Mix Mode is in     addition    to any sounds that may
be stacked in the four sound layers of each Program.)

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Split the keyboard into different zones--for example, the classic bass guitar on the
left-hand side of the keyboard and synth or piano on the right.  You can split the
keyboard into as many as 16 zones (as is demonstrated on Preset Mix 00).

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Transmit on different MIDI channels simultaneously.

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Receive up to 16 MIDI channels from an external sequencer, with each channel
representing a different instrument--bass on Ch. 1, piano on Ch. 2, drums on Ch.
10, trumpet on Ch. 16.  Mix Mode is the multitimbral mode of the QuadraSynth.

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Set the relative level, panning, and effect send of each MIDI channel (hence, "Mix
Mode").

To edit a Mix you must select Mix Edit mode.  Press [SELECT] from Mix Mode.
"Editing:  Mix" should appear in the edit status section of the display:

PRESET

PRESET

EDITING:

MIX

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NUMBER      TYPE ENABLE

PITCH            

    RANGE      

        EFFECT     NAME

MIDI

CHAN

PRESET

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

PROGRAM –   ASSIGN 

       LEVEL       EFFECT–LEVEL

Editing a Mix begins with using the MIDI [

¬] and [®] buttons to select the MIDI

channel you want, and assigning a Program number for the channels you want to