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About the Modes
The S30 has various Modes which you can select according to the task you wish to perform.
STOREVOICE
M
ODE
UTILITY
EDIT JOB
PLAY
/
STOP
CARD
SEQ
PLAY
PERFORM
COMPARE
Performance Mode
Performance Play Mode
Performance Edit Mode
Performance Job Mode
Utility Job Mode
Card Mode
Utility Mode
Sequence Play Mode
Voice Mode
Voice Play Mode
Voice Edit Mode
Voice Job Mode
Voice Mode (Page 59)
Voice Play Mode
Normal Voices and Drum Voices
can be played in this Mode. You
can select from Preset Voices
(256 Normal Voices plus 8
Drum Kits), Internal (User)
Voices (128 Normal Voices plus
2 Drum Kits) and External
(Memory Card) Voices (128
Normal Voices plus 2 Drum
Kits). That is a choice of 512
Normal Voices and 12 Drum
Kits. The choice is extended
further still if you have an
optional Plug-in Board installed.
The MIDI settings for Voices
are set in Utility Mode.
Voice Edit Mode
Normal Voices and Drum Voices
can be created and edited in this
Mode. You can save up to 128
edited Normal Voices and 2
edited Drum Kits as User Voices
in internal memory. You can
also store them to Memory Card
as external memory.
Voice Job Mode
In this Mode, you can copy and
initialize Voices, and perform
other such operations (Jobs) on
them.
Performance Mode (Page 102)
Performance Play Mode
This Mode is used when
playing Performances. You can
layer multiple Voices (Parts) to
create rich sonic textures. You
can also create multitimbral
setups by assigning Parts to
different MIDI channels. You
can layer Plug-in Part, as well
as AWM2-based Voices.
Performance Edit Mode
In this Mode, you can edit and
create Performances. You can
save up to 128 Performances to
internal memory or up to 64 to
external memory (Memory Card).
Performance Job Mode
In this Mode, you can copy
and initialize Performances,
and perform other such
operations (Jobs) on them.
Sequence Play Mode (Page 125)
In this Mode, you can use the
sequencer to play back Song files
(Standard MIDI Files) held on
Memory Card. The Songs can be
played back individually or as a
chain. By switching Performance,
you can also change the sounds
associated with each track in a Song.
Utility Mode (Page 127)
Select this Mode when setting
parameters that apply to the
synthesizer system as a whole.
These include MIDI settings and
synthesizer setup parameters.
Utility Job Mode
In this Mode, you can restore the
synthesizer’s factory settings.
Card Mode (Page 135)
Insert a Memory Card into the
CARD slot and you can save
files to it, load files from it, and
do various other things with the
data on the card.