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3.1.9 What data are saved inside a pattern?
With many synthesizer workstations or grooveboxes you’ll encounter a common
problem, which is that you have to know at all times what you want! All you may do
is change a sound and suddenly a dozen patterns sound different than before. Another
time you edit a rhythmic motif and the changes appear also in patterns which were
perfectly alright. This is mostly the result of the memory structure of these instrument.
In many cases a pattern is nothing else than a assigned selection of sounds and
motifs, which are being read from internal memory somewhere in the unit once selected.
To make things less confusing, the Spectralis saves its data in a different fashion. If
you decide to save a pattern, all of the current sound-settings and musical motifs, as
well as the mixer settings become part of the pattern. You can always count on the
fact that a pattern will sound the way you heard it before saving it. You won’t have to
concern yourself with any of the other storage slots during this process.
Here once again as a reminder a small List of the Data contained in a Pattern:
I.
The settings of the analog synthesizer including filterbank and step-sequencer
settings.
II.
The sound setting for the DSP-synth, incl. all of the drum sounds.
III.
All motifs used
IV.
The mixer settings
V.
The mute- and solo-settings of the pattern
What's not saved?
For a number of reasons the samples of the DSP-synth are not being saved within
a pattern. You will however receive a warning display message when accessing a
pattern, if the originally used sample set cannot be found in memory. This message
will only show up for a few seconds. However - you can recall this message by
pressing
[Shift]
+
[Page-Up]
. The message will resist there until another text info
has been displayed. Additionally the Spectralis – if you want it to – will play an
alternative sound, once you are starting a pattern the samples of which are not in
RAM memory. You will hear immediately that something isn’t right with the pattern.
You can also turn off the ”Default”-sound if you wish.
3.1.10 Turning off the “Default”-sound
As already mentioned in the previous chapter, the Spectralis will play a standard
sound, whenever a motif tries to access a sound, the samples of which are not in
RAM memory of the Spectralis – if you want it to! This of course could result in
some unpleasant surprises, especially during LIVE operation. On the other hand at
home while arranging a song it could turn out to be useful, because you’re more
likely to notice a wrong sound than a missing part. This is the way you can deactivate
the ”Default Sound”:
I.
Use the
[Shift]
-button, hold it down and push the
[Save/System]
-button.
II.
Push the
[Page-Up]
-button once. This will prompt the following display message.
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