Arturia CS-80V - Overview of Multi Mode

ARTURIA – CS-80V – USER’S MANUAL
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3.5 OVERVIEW OF MULTI MODE
The CS-80V allows the creation of 8 parallel voices and thus, in theory, 8 different
sounds played at the same time.
On the original CS-80, a note was controlled by a card that was filled with electronic circuits that represented
the complete synthesis architecture. It is for this reason that we could, for example, obtain notable differences
in the settings of a sound between the notes played and the tuning of the oscillator.
The CS-80V conserves this ideal: you can program eight different sounds (eight voices), which are assignable in
a multitude of applications.
With Multi mode, it is possible for you to assign each of these 8 voices to 4 keyboard
zones and to 4 different MIDI channels. These 8 voices can also be superimposed across
the entire keyboard in order to create a composite sound that is very rich and expressive
(«Unison»).
Let’s use an example:
 Choose the preset «split1» in the «Templates» bank and «Multi1» sub-bank. In this
example, the 8 voices all have the same settings.
The first 4 voices will occupy zone1 (C1 to C3), the fifth will occupy zone2 (C#3 to C5),
the sixth will occupy zone 3 (C#5 to C6) and finally the seventh and eighth will occupy
zone 4 (C#6 to C7).
Each of the 4 zones receives one different single sound (the «singles» named 1,2,3 and
4).
Allocation of voices to the different zones on the keyboard
 Start by changing the pan position of the first voice. Place the sound on the right
(turn the knob «Pan» fully to the right – value of 1.00).
 Detune this voice by lightly turning the knob «Detune» to the right (value of +1.00)
Multi mode voice settings
 Now change the pan position of the second single (fully to the left - value 1.00L)
 Detune the third (put the knob «Detune» to a value of 0.96)
 Lightly change the pan position of this single to the right - value 0.78R)
 Detune the fourth (put the knob «Detune» to a value of +1.00)
 Place these 4 voices to «Unison» mode by selecting the «UniLast» function in the
«play mode» menu in the edit zone.