How to make a smooth change from one program to another

akmon · Post by **akmon** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:52 am

For example, you´re playing a program, and want to change to another (frecuently used in live situations). Then, the sound of the program directly is cutted to start the other. Is there any way of changing programs with a smooth transition,? keeping the sound fading for example, when you use long ADSR (release) values?

Thanks in advance.

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:16 am

programs or combis? It makes a difference...

runeharpun · Post by **runeharpun** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:51 am

Try and adjust your playing, so you don't have too much sound at the point of change.

I usually try to make the change on time with the music on either a kick or snare beat. The first chord/tone is also played in time with the music - not trying to get it sounding as fast as possible.

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X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:21 am

With My TR, I use sequencer mode, but you could easilly use combi mode, especially now that the EDS engine has 16 timbre combis and the M50 has 5 IFX not 1 like on my TR...

anyway, What I do is i use a different 'song' in the sequencer mode for each song, or if it is overly complicated a song might have two 'songs' in the sequencer. note that I am not sequencing anything, I never hit play or record, except in practise when occasionally we want a click track...

The key is the external keyboards I use. I have two or three controllers but that gets complicated (needing a MIDI Merge box, etc), but you could easilly extend your use of the sounds with just one keyboard.
The point is to make sure that you have as many sounds that you might need loaded into one combi or sequencer 'song'. in fact, most of the time I get away with just one combi for most songs.

take advantage of split and layering, and use that second controller (or redundant synth keyboard) too. for example, I might want a full range of piano, but then I have an organ that i'm only playing two octaves of, and a lead synth, and some FX, so i can give the FX a tiny bit of the controller keyboard at the bottom, then put two octaves of organ, then have my lead at the top of the keyboard. Saving the TR's (sorry, M50's) keyboard for the piano sound...

akmon · Post by **akmon** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:26 am

Thank you for your replies. I´ll try Combi mode to solve this issue. Perhaps I´ll have to mute- unmute the timbres, depending on the sound I need at that moment, haven´t I?.

jpscoey · Post by **jpscoey** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:29 am

akmon wrote:Thank you for your replies. I´ll try Combi mode to solve this issue. Perhaps I´ll have to mute- unmute the timbres, depending on the sound I need at that moment, haven´t I?.

One method I've used with some success is, in Combi mode, use the faders to bring in another voice -

eg: playing a piano voice, you could have strings in the next 'slot' with the volume slider set at zero.

Using the touchscreen, pre-prepare the 'value' slide control to adjust the volume (mixer) & 'fade in', as quickly or as slowly as you like, the next voice -
you can then (with a quick press on the screen) fade out the previous voice.

I know this is not ideal for all situations, but DOES work well in others - and doesn't have that sudden unwanted 'click' when changing a voice.

You can, of course, have up to 16 different voices accessable in a Combi - so mix-&-match as you please!

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