Yamaha A3000 Owner's Manual - Page 72

Samples and Programs Samples and Programs Samples and programs are the building blocks that you use to create and organize sounds on your A3000. This chapter introduces you to these two essential concepts. Basics A sample is a sound unit that serves as a component of a larger, more comprehensive sound, or program. A program is an organization of samples and related settings into a playable sound. Programs, in other words, are built from samples. An object is an independent data structure that exists in memory and can be manipulated by you, the user. Despite their differences, samples and programs both meet this definition, and may both be referred to as objects. When playing sounds from the A3000, you play the programs rather than the individual samples. As an example, assume that you have created three samples in A3000 memory: a "piano" sample, a "bass" sample, and a "sax" sample. You could then create a program to play any or all of these samples. The relationship is illustrated by the diagrams below. Memory Program "Piano" sample Deselect Select "Bass" sample Deselect Select "Sax" sample Deselect Select No sound In the above case, the program has deselected all three samples, and will therefore produce no sound. Although you are free to select this program, it will not generate any sound so long as all samples are deselected. If you set the program so that it uses the piano sample only, as shown below, then the program will be able to produce piano sound only. Memory Program "Piano" sample Deselect Select "Bass" sample Deselect Select "Sax" sample Deselect Select Piano only 70 Chapter 3 Basics