... Above that, on the Genos, I can assume that Multipads sounds/voices can be dynamically altered through the "Live Controller", just like the other assigned parts where the sound can be shaped during a live performance. So one cannot rule out the powerful Multipad arpeggios and the fact that four can play at the same time...
Marcus
Marcus,
Unless you have seen it in writing... don't assume anything. It is
unlikely Yamaha has implemented what you describe above. Multi Pads are pre-recorded arps and cannot be manipulated real-time. We can edit them... adding continuous controllers with Pan and Filter Sweeps, Portamento, Add DSP 1 Send, Attack, Decay and Release, etc. The same applies to style Parts which are also pre-recorded arps. That is the big difference between Multi Pads and style parts and a live arpeggiator.
I think there are about 50 more arps in the Genos over the S970s 160 or so.
From the demos I watched, Yamaha has taken a new approach for the arranger and given us many more Multi Pads to compliment styles. Apparently Peter at Easy Sounds was aware of this concept and implemented it in his new expansion pack Magic Dance. Magic Dance comes with 600 Multi Pads (150 MP Banks). I think some of these Multi Pads came from the Motif or Montage.
I suspect we will find the Genos allows the live arpeggiator to be assigned to R1, R2, R3 or all three Voices at once... which is how the S970 works. I don't know how the live arps are setup in the Motif and Montage architecture, but they seem to be linked to the sequencer.
In the arranger, we have several sequencers:
1. Style (Creator) loop sequencer (Type 0)
2. MIDI Song sequencer (Type 0)
3. Multi Pad loop sequencer (Type 1)
4. Voice Set sequencer (Type 0)
Since the Style sequencer is a special MIDI file... Standard MIDI File plus OTS and CASM chunks, it may not be possible to incorporate a live arp into a style.
Joe H