I am working on a funk (using Koolfunk style) on the PSR3000 and programmed 4 sequences (4 bars) with different instruments in the Multipads. It's great as a buildup and the result is a terrific drive with funkguitar, clavinet, baritonsax and saxsection.
There are 4 things however that bother me a bit, especially number 2.
1. Voices that use effects, are possible on the Multipads, but without the effects. So if you choose a Wah Clav, there is no Wah (the Wah is done by the DSP and is not in the sample). This is a pity, but not a terrible thing.
2. If I press a Multipadbutton on time, sometimes the sequence starts too late - there is a delay. I noticed that after one round of 4 bars, the timing is adjusted. This is a strange phenomena. Once the timing is OK, it stays OK.
3. Quantize is not possible. I adjusted some notes and chords by hand. It's not a problem that timing is not exact, but it IS a problem when it is a short sequence and it is repeated.
4. The result is mono. It would have been nice if one could pan each voice within the 4 multipads.

I know I am using the Multipad perhaps differently than is intended. My question is, how this is on other arranger keyboards. I noticed that multipads in Roland styles have sometimes little sequences, so there these delays shouldn't be present. Maybe Yamaha can fix this with a software updates.


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drdalet