Akai CD3000XL - page 187

EFFECTS

CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual Page 171

ASSIGNING EFFECTS TO MULTI PARTS

In the MULTI mode, you route the selected part to the effects in the column of the

main MIX page:

In this example, we see that PART 1 is routed to FX1, PART 2 to FX2, PART 3 also to FX1,

PART 4 to RV4, etc.. Each parts’ send level is adjusted in the column.

The actual effects presets are selected in the EFFECTS mode. Pressing EFFECTS in MULTI

mode will show something like this screen:

Here you may select the multi-effects and reverb presets for the four channels.

NOTE: If you are using the ‘old Akai’ method for multi-timbral sequencing, please refer back to

If you think of the effects and their interaction with the parts more like you would approach

assigning effects to channels on your mixer, things way be easier to follow.

For example, let’s say that instead of having the internal effects on the CD3000XL, you have

assigned each part to its own channel on a mixer. The first thing you would do is patch in the

first multi effects processor to AUX 1 on the mixer. You would then patch in the second of your

multi-effects processors to AUX 2. You would then patch in two reverb processors to AUX 3

and AUX 4 respectively (of course, this is assuming you have two multi-effects processors and

two reverb processors!). You have now assigned the outboard effects to the mixer channels

much like routing parts to the CD3000XL’s internal effects.

On the mixer, you would then set the send levels for AUX 1, 2, 3 and 4 for each channel as

appropriate (like setting the SEND level parameter for each part in the MULTI). Finally, you

would turn to the effects processors in your rack and select appropriate effects presets for the

sounds routed (i.e. much like going to the EFFECTS mode and selecting suitable presets

reverb and effects setting).