Program Editing Question

[pianopop9]

Hi guys - fairly new to making my own programs and just need a quick bit of help . If I have my NS2 split with pianos at the bottom and my synths up top....there is the "effects" section on the top right where I can select the source and add EQ/drive, etc. But when I do that to pianos and then switch to synths I lose the changes I made to pianos and vice versa. Is there any way to have these effects active for both pianos and synths on the same program??

[mjbrands]

What do you mean with switch? Are you actually switching programs? If you change a program but do not save, you lose your changes when you switch programs.

I'm not completely sure about this, but I think the effects only affect the primary two outputs; anything you send out the primary outputs will be affected by the effects. If you send a sound out the outputs 3 and 4 (possible as a stereo signal), they will not have the effects applied.

At least that is how I think it works, but I don't have an NS2 anymore nor did I consult the manual, so I might just be wrong

[pianopop9]

when I say "switch" I just mean switch the source selection in the effects menu. Once I take the source off piano after editing, the changes I made are not active. I want to change the effects for both sources in the same program and have them both stay - is this possible?

[juholaatu]

Maybe you can get what you want by putting your piano in slot A and your synth in slot B. This way you can have two independent effects sections.

[DJKeys]

Misunderstood what you were trying to accomplish.

-dj

[pablomastodon]

Sorry DJ, but as I read the OP the answer is NO. It is not possible to, for example, use the delay on piano and synth at the same time. Each individual effect in the f/x section can only be assigned to one instrument section at a time, so choices must be made.

As Juholaatu stated, segregating things to different slots is the strategy for fine-tuning what you what. If you absolutely must have EQ for both synth and piano, put them on different slots and layer the two slots together.

Bless,

Pablo

[DJKeys]

Hi, Pablo-

Thanks. I misunderstood the OP. I did not realize he was trying to have the effects on two different instrument types in the same slot.

-dj