Basics Section

About the Modes

The S30 has various Modes which you can select according to the task you wish to perform.

Voice Mode

Performance Mode

Voice Play Mode

Performance Play Mode

Voice Edit Mode

Performance Edit Mode

Voice Job Mode

Performance Job Mode

 

MODE

 

VOICE

PERFORM STORE

UTILITY

CARD

SEQ

PLAY

Utility Mode

 

 

Sequence Play Mode

Utility Job Mode

 

 

 

EDIT

JOB

PLAY/

STOP

 

 

COMPARE

 

 

Card 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.

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