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8.1 Creating an Audio Song

8.1.1 From a single Audio File

In the same way you load MIDI files, you may also add an audio song to the patch list. An audio song can thereby be

composed by a single WAV file. Such a WAV file, for example, can be created with sequencer software like Cubase,

Logic Audio or Sonar, or with edit software like Wavelab or Samplitude. Therefore, if you have created a song with

softwares like these and mixed them into a mono or stereo file, you may playback this audio file on the

MULTISTATION. If you have read the prior chapters, you already know how to do this. Here is a brief instruction:

1 Copy the audio file to the MULTISTATION’s hard disk. You should burn a CD for this or

use the USB port (see chapter 8.3 - Using the USB port - on page 42).

2 Select an empty patch in the patch list and activate it.

3 Search through the drives file manager the audio file that you want to load. Besides the

WAV files you may also load files in the AIFF format (for Mac users).

4 Highlight the file and open it. The audio file will be loaded into the patch list.

5 Save the patch list.

8.1.2 From several Audio Files

The MULTISTATION is able to playback up to eight audio files simultaneously. For this reason it is possible to

compose an audio song by several audio files. If you created an audio song with less then eight tracks, you may trans-

fer the tracks to the MULTISTATION and assign them to a patch.

In this illustration the audio files will be played together from the beginning. Therefore, make sure that the audio files are

edited accordingly. If the song has a part that does not appear from the beginning to the end (e.g. additional strings in

the refrain) you will have to import it so that it will play from the beginning (even if you will not hear anything from it until

the refrain).

To create an audio song from several audio files, proceed the following way:

1 Edit the audio file in a software application.

2 Create on the MULTISTATION’s hard disk a folder, and name it with the song’s name.