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I like using split mode for a choir sound on one side and a string sound
on the other.  Also, for organ sounds to mimic the sound of a double
manual, and some sounds with an arpeggiated bass line on one side and
strings on the other.

Egun On Lagunak (Basque for G'day, Mates)
Pete Nalda 

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> From: spaceanimals [mailto:rainbowjimmy@...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:29 AM
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> Subject: [AN1x] split mode
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> 
> Still finding cool programming tools. On Jon's advice, and after 
> listening to recordings, I've thinned down my sounds, using single 
> oscillator patches, cutting out the reverb, cutting down the sustain. 
> This fits in the mix nicely but the pads are anemic.
> 
> So I was playing around in split mode, putting pads on the left side, 
> leads on the right. I kept messing with this lead but I couldn't get 
> it right. I switched it over to poly and added some more sweep. Now I 
> have two pad patches. I tuned the left side up a couple of octaves so 
> it covers the same range as the right side.Play an D chord with the 
> left hand, an B minor chord with the right-all these harmonies drift 
> in and out. 
> 
> In dual mode you can have up to 4(actually 20 in unison mode) 
> oscilaltors playing the same note. You get the guitar, the singer and 
> the bass all playing the same note and it's overkill.In split mode 
> you have two different synth patches and you can play these real wide 
> chord voicings.Very psychedelic.A little delay adds some space to the 
> sound.
> 
> When I get ten or more patches I'll post them.
> 
> Rainbow Jimmy
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