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About the Modes
The CS6x/CS6R has various Modes which you can select according to the task you wish to perform.
VOICE PERFORM
UTILITY CARD
EDIT
COMPARE
JOB
STORE
MODE
PLAY
STOP
REC
PHRASE CLIP
SEQ PLAY
PITCH
TEMPO
Performance Mode
Card Mode
Utility Mode
Sequence Play Mode
Voice Mode
Phrase Clip Mode
Voice Mode (Page 74)
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 117)
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 A/D Input, Phrase
Clip and Plug-in Parts, 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.
Phrase Clip Mode (Page 142)
Phrase Clip Play Mode
In this Mode, you can select
and play Phrase Clips.
Phrase Clip Record Mode
You can record sounds into the
synthesizer from a microphone or
other audio source in this Mode.
These sounds (Phrase Clips) can
then be played back in real time via
keyboard. Furthermore, Phrase
Clips that you have already
recorded can be re-recorded as new
Phrase Clips after having, say,
Chorus effects applied to them.
Phrase Clip Edit Mode
This Mode is used for editing
Phrase Clips. Once you have
recorded the Phrase Clips, you
need to edit them to set their
loop points and other
parameters. You can also create
Clip Kits by assigning them to
notes on the keyboard.
Phrase Clip Job Mode
In this Mode, you can copy and
delete Phrase Clips, and perform
other such operations (Jobs) on
them.
Sequence Play Mode (Page 161)
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 163)
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 171)
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.