2. Play the same music through different channels. this can give the impression

of more performance voices. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YAMAHA!!

channels 5-16 for the MULTI mode sounds. This is not true, you can use

channel 2-4 aswell if you acccess them thru a GM editior in a sequencer program

(Cubasis for example). The deal is that the CS1x dont tell you that you can use

channel 2-16 for MULTI sounds (providing that you have the performace sound on

channel 1 =)). When you program the CS1x in your favorite sequencer put the

synth in PERFORMANCE mode, now channel 1 is used for the selected PERFORMANCE

sound, but you can access the MULTI sounds thru a GM editor in the sequencer and

use the MULTI parts along with the PEFORMANCE part as a GM soundmodule on MIDI

channels 2-16. Other wise I think it's a great synth but unfortunaly it's almost

completely useless without a good sequencer.

first (around 999CA$). I never did played the keys before, nor did I knew how

to compose. Well, a couple months later I bought a PC sequencer and started

composing... This synth is the best synth for people who starts. The sounds

are very good, you can have up to 13 material voices. I don't even use the Xg

sounds anymore! The only problem is the documentation; don't expect it to

show you how to have more than 1 material sound in a sequence, cause it even

tells you the contrary... Bang for the bucks, I give this a 5/5 rating!

A ridiculous price for a powerful machine : fantastic sounds and really easy to program

You can do what you want using all the knobs.

Really fantastiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic !!!