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Workshop
MV-8800 Production Studio
Creating a New Project
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16 Songs
The MV-8800 Project
While we all know what a song is in the “real
world,” in the MV-8800, a song is a thing that
contains:
It’s important to understand what a project is because:
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3
Song 4
Song 5
Song 6
Song 7
Song 8
Song 9
Song 10
Song 11
Song 12
Song 13
Song 14
Song 15
Song 16
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on the MV-8800, you’re always in a project, even if you haven’t done
anything to get there.
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a set of up to 16 patches.
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a project gives you a place for everything you use in a song or album.
You don’t have to remember where things are stored because the
project does.
the sequence and patterns that use them.
settings for the MV-8800’s MFX, chorus,
and reverb.
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when you save a project, all of its samples, sounds, songs and settings
are saved in a single easy operation.
You can use the songs in a project any way
you like. Some MV-8800 users:
What a Project Is
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work on one tune in each project—using a
single project song.
A project is a container for all the materials you need for what you’re working
on.
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make different versions of the same
tune—with each song holding one of
the versions. This is great when you want
different mixes of a tune, or want it in a
few styles.
What a Project Holds
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record an entire album in a project—with
each song containing one of the album’s
selections.
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3
Song 4
Song 5
Song 6
Song 7
Song 8
Song 9
Song 10
Song 11
Song 12
Song 13
Song 14
Song 15
Song 16
Up to 500
patterns
Up to 9,999 samples
Up to 500 Patterns
Patterns are song sections that can be chained
together. Each project can hold up to 500 patterns
that any song in the project can use. The easiest
way to build a song in the MV-8800 is one pattern
at a time.
Patch
Library
Eꢀects
Library
Up to 9,999 Samples
Each project can hold up to 9,999 digital audio
recordings, or “samples.” Samples are played by
patches in the project’s songs, and on the pads as
audio phrases.
MIDI Clip
Library
Audio phrase setup for
up to 512 pads
16 songs
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Patch Library
How to Create a New Project
Each project has its own collection, or“library,”of as many
as 128 patches that any song in the project can use.
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Press PROJECT to display the PROJECT menu.
Select Create New Project from the Project menu. The
CREATE NEW PROJECT window appears.
Effects Library
The project effects library really consists of
four separate effect libraries: an MFX library,
a
delay/chorus library, a reverb library, and a Mastering
Toolkit library.
You can store your current effect settings as a “preset” in the corresponding
library. Any stored preset can be used in any of the project’s songs.
Free disk-space
indicator
MIDI Clip Library
In each project, you can stash up to 100 favorite musical
chunks in its MIDI clip library. The library acts as a sort of
project scrapbook, holding bits and pieces that you can
use in any of the project’s patterns or songs.
As you create the project, you can copy various things from:
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the currently loaded project or song
another project and its most recently loaded song
Audio Phrase Setup
Whenever a project is saved, the MV-8800 remembers the song that’s
currently loaded so it can return you to that song when you re-load
the project.
You can play any sample from a pad as an audio phrase.
Since there are 16 pads, and 32 pad banks, you can assign
audio phrases to as many as 512 pads in a project.
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If you want to copy things from a project that isn’t currently loaded,
click Select Proj, navigate to the desired project, and then click Select.
The advantage of playing a sample as an audio phrase—instead of in a
patch—is that an audio phrase can automatically time-stretch or time-
shrink in realtime to match the tempo and key of a pattern or song as
you tweak its feel.
Checkmark anything you want to copy from the source project or
its song. On the following page, a pair of charts tells you what each
checked box gets you.
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Project and Song Settings
To copy:
A pattern always uses the patches of the song it belongs to. To make a
copied pattern sound the same in a new project as it did originally, the
song that plays it should use the same instrument setup as the song in
the original project. You can do this by making sure the desired song
is selected when you create your new project, and by checkmarking
Current Song Instruments in addition to Patterns in the CREATE NEW
PROJECT window.
Checkmark:
Current Song Instruments
the set of up to 16 patches used by the
source project’s song—along with the
samples they play—into the first song
of the newly created project.
Current Song Effects
the MFX, chorus, and reverb effect
settings from the source project’s song
into the first song of the newly created
project.
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When you’ve finished setting up the new project, click Execute.
Since the MV-8800 automatically loads a newly created project—
replacing the current project—it asks first you if you’d like to save the
current project. Click Yes if you want to save it, or No if you don’t.
Audio Phrases
Pattern
the source project’s audio phrase pad
assignments along with the samples the
pads play.
the source project’s patterns into the
new project.
To postpone the creation of the project altogether, press EXIT.
The MV-8800 creates the new project and loads it.
Project Libraries
Saving a New Project
Checkmark:
To copy the source project’s:
Patch Library
patch library into the new project, along
with the samples the patches play.
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Hold down the SHIFT button and
press SHUTDOWN•SAVE PROJECT—
the Save Project window appears.
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MFX Library
library of MFX presets into the new
project.
Reverb Library
library of reverb presets into the new
project.
Midi Clip Library
MIDI clips into the new project.
Delay/Chorus Library
library of delay/chorus presets into the
new project.
Mastering
Library
Toolkit library of Mastering Toolkit presets into
the new project.
You can always load any of the current project’s patches into a new
project after it’s been created. To learn how to load patches from
another project, see the MV-8800 Workshop booklet Loading Patches.
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Click OK—the SAVE AS NEW PROJECT window appears.
The End
We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful. Keep an eye out for other
MV-8800 Workshop booklets, all available for downloading at
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our amazing Product Support team at 323-890-3745.
In this window, you can name your new project by:
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typing the desired name in the onscreen keyboard with your
mouse.
using the CURSOR buttons and VALUE dial to select the desired
name.
typing the desired name on the MV-8800’s numeric keypad. Each
key has letters printed above it, so you can enter letters the same
way as you would on a phone. Repeatedly press a key until the
desired letter appears onscreen, and then press the right-hand
CURSOR button to move to the next character. Change cases by
clicking F4 (A→a/a→A) onscreen.
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When you’re done, click OK—the MV-8800 saves your new project on
its hard drive.
You can rename a project at any time by pressing the PROJECT button
to display the PROJECT menu and selecting Rename Project.
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