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machines would allow a musician to layer a number of keyboard tracks digitally, and then use a single track for MIDI information and the rest for analogue sounds, without requiring intermediate mix-downs to gain additional needed synth tracks.
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players. By capturing information digitally via MIDI, one could play back an entire work with several voices on a single multitimbral synthesizer. This, combined with a relatively cheap four track tape machine or higher-end 16 and 24 track
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Multitimbrality is achieved by having a synthesizer with more than one sound producing module. In a fully digital system, each sound module is
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Layering timbres allows a musician to play, for example, a pipe organ sound and a string ensemble sound together.
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meaning a specific tone of a sound independent of its pitch) is usually used in reference to electronic
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combine samples together in real time for output to a single D-A (digital to analogue) circuit.
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which can produce a single timbre at a given pitch when pressing one key (if the synth is
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might play an accompaniment of bass and drum sounds on the instrument (actuated through
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voice multitimbral. For example, a synthesizer capable of playing eight voices or
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much more accessible to the digital musician, particularly
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Combinations of keyboard splits and layers may be possible.
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at a given point allows a musician to play, for example, a
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Inexpensive multitimbral synthesizers combined with a
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