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The Yamaha MONTAGE uses sin()/cos() to create an arc pan so that the total volume remains at 1 (so at center each channel has roughly 70.7% volume).
I am trying to recreate some retro sounds that use the older and more efficient X-fade pan (so at center each channel has 50% volume), and things are not sounding right due to the large difference in volumes that panning can create.
Can the Yamaha MONTAGE be set to use X-fade panning?
L. Spiro
Posted : 29/10/2018 11:54 pm
The feature you're asking for isn't built in, but you can use control assignments to approximate this result. Setup two mono outputs that set to the L only or R only channels. Then use volume, and a curve with an assignable knob to act as your pan knob. Your curve can follow any pattern you wish in order to accomplish the result you're after.
I think this will be at the expense of polyphony (not certain, but think mono samples eat up the same polyphony as stereo even though polyphony is defined as a number of stereo samples). This may not matter if you're not dealing with a lot of elements.
Current Yamaha Synthesizers: Montage Classic 7, Motif XF6, S90XS, MO6, EX5R
Posted : 30/10/2018 12:58 am
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That’s a good idea but won’t be practical with the sheer number of samples to which I would have to apply it. The number of songs alone is over 2,000.
I couldn’t think of a way to approximate it with pan scaling or other pan features either.
Thank you,
L. Spiro
Posted : 30/10/2018 5:43 am
