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Setup Mode
The Ribbon Configuration (RIBCFG) Page
SyncZone
The SyncZone parameter determines which zone a riff will sync to. You can choose to sync to a
riff or arpeggio in a specific zone by setting SyncZone to
Riff 1–16
or
Arp1-16
, and the current riff
will always sync to the riff or arpeggio in the set zone. For example, if you have a drum riff in
zone 1 and a bass riff in zone 2, you may always want the bass riff in zone 2 to sync to the drum
riff in zone 1. In this case you would set the bass riff SyncZone to
Riff 1
.
You may want to have a little more freedom and not be tied to the drum riff as the main
“timekeeper.” Maybe you want to start with the bass riff and have the drum riff start later. In this
case you would set SyncZone to
FirstRiff.Av.
With this setting, the riff will look for the first
available riff to sync to. So if both the drum riff and the bass riff have this parameter set to
FirstRiff.Av.
, the riff that is started first will be the master. If the bass riff starts first, the drum riff
will see that as the first available riff to sync to and will do so. If the drum riff is started first, the
bass riff will see that as the first available riff to sync to and will do so. This can be very handy if
you have multiple riffs and want to do some live remixing; you could have the drums drop out,
and—as long is there is a riff playing—they will sync back up when triggered again.
You can also choose
FirstArp.Av.
, which behaves the same way as
FirstRiff.Av.
, but makes your
riff look for the first available arpeggiator to sync to. A setting of
Main Seq.
will sync the riff to
the song currently loaded in Song mode. You can select a song in Song mode, then play it from
setup mode with the front panel
Play/Pause
button.
(Doing this temporarily replaces the programs in
your setup’s zones with the program used for each channel in the song, so it’s best to make a setup that uses
the same programs as your song on the same MIDI channels. If you plan on syncing riffs with a song, it
may be easier to start by creating a setup, then recording the setup into a song. See Recording A Setup To
Song Mode
on page 7-69
for details.)
A setting of
First Avail.
will sync the riff to the first available
riff, arpeggiator, or song from Song mode.
Note:
If you have multiple riffs or arpeggiators already playing when using
FirstRiff.Av.
,
FirstArp.Av.
,
or
First Avail.
for the current riff, the current riff will sync to the riff or arpeggiator of the lowest
numbered zone that has a riff or arpeggiator playing.
SyncType
The SyncType parameter allows you to choose how your riff will sync to other riffs, arpeggiators,
and Songs (depending on your settings made for the SyncZone parameter.) With SyncType set to
None
, your riff will start playing as soon as it is triggered. It will not sync to anything. With
SyncType set to
DownBeat
, if there is already something playing to sync to, the current riff will
wait for the downbeat of the next measure before starting; so, you can trigger the riff to start
ahead of time, and have it start in sync at the downbeat of the next measure.
If Syncing to an
arpeggiator, see Num Beats
on page 7-53
for details on changing when an arpeggiator’s downbeat will
occur.
With SyncType set to
AnyBeat
, if there is already a something playing to sync to, the riff
will wait only until the next beat. Depending on when you trigger the riff, it will sync up, but it
may be on an upbeat or a downbeat.
With SyncType set to
DownBeatWait
, the riff will wait for the downbeat of the next measure to
start. The difference from DownBeat is that if there is nothing playing to sync to, the riff will not
start. This can be useful if you want to start multiple riffs synced to one riff. You could have a bass
riff set to
DownBeatWait
, for instance, and trigger the riff while no other riffs are running. As
soon as you start another riff, the bass riff will start playing as well (provided that it is set to sync
to another riff or to the first available riff.) If another riff is already running,
DownBeatWait
behaves just like
DownBeat
.
With SyncType set to
AnyBeatWait
, the riff will wait for the next beat to start. The difference from
AnyBeat is that if there is nothing playing to sync to, this riff will not start. This can be useful if
you want to start multiple riffs synced to one riff. You could have a bass riff set to AnyBeatWait,
for instance, and trigger the riff while no other riffs are running. As soon as you start another riff,
the bass riff will start playing as well (provided that it is set to sync to another riff or the first
available). If something is already playing to sync to, AnyBeatWait behaves just like AnyBeat.
