Section 8 — Understanding Programs
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In this section, we will show you how to edit a TS-12 Program. For detailed descriptions of the
many parameters, refer to the following section.
What is a Program?
A Program (or sound as we sometimes refer to it) is made up of six voices and one effect. The
status of the two Patch Select buttons determines which of those six voices will play at any given
time. The diagram below illustrates the make-up of a TS-12 program:
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Patch Select variations
TS-12 Program Structure
Dest.
Bus
FX 2
DRY
FX 1
Dynamic Effects
Program
Main
Output
• Each program has a dynamic
effects set-up.
• Many of the effects programs
contain two effects, such as
CHORUS + REVERB.
• Real-time controllers, such as
pressure or mod wheel, can
be used to modulate aspects
of the effect (delay time,
chorus depth, etc.)
• Each of the six voices can be
sent independently to one of
three Main Output busses -
FX1, FX2 and DRY - or to the
Aux Output for separate
external processing.
• The stereo signals from FX1,
FX2 and the DRY buss are
combined and fed to the
Main stereo output.Voices
assigned to the Aux Buss go
straight to the Aux Outputs.
The Patch Selects control
which voices will be muted
and which wil play.
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Voice 2 Voice 3 Voice 4 Voice 5 Voice 6Voice 1
AUX
Aux.
Output
Understanding Voices and Polyphony
When referring to the number of voices in a program, we are not talking about polyphony (as in
“you can only play so many notes”). Instead, we are referring to the number of voices that will
sound on each key as you play the program. The TS-12 is unique in that it lets you choose the
number of voices (from one to six) per key for each program.
The TS-12 has a total of 32 voices which are dynamically assigned to the different sounds that
you play (31 voices when Sampled Sounds are loaded into Dynamic RAM). How many voices a
sound uses on each key depends on the program. Many sounds use only one voice — in the case
of these sounds, you can play 32 notes before “voice stealing” occurs. On programs that use two
voices, you can play 16 notes before any voices are stolen. Three voices, 10 notes, and so on. Up
to six voices can be active in one program.
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