Synclavier Regen User Manual
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The
Help
button, when dimly lit, can be activated to dispense help about
the current page in the main display.
Load Sound
Up
and
Down
buttons will always switch to the
current Library page and call up the previous or next timbre or sample to the
selected track. Very useful when first exploring the sounds, and also to navigate
around your own timbre libraries, as you create them. The exception to the rule is
when you’re designing a patchlist — then these buttons navigate the patchlist
instead of the timbre/sample lists.
[BUSY]
is the only indicator not associated with a button. It will light when a
new sound is called up to a track, indicating that MIDI notes sent to that track
will be ignored until the sound has fully loaded. In the vast majority of cases,
you’ll barely notice the indicator flash, but timbres containing many long
samples may take a moment to load. When a new timbre is called up to a track,
playing audio on that track is gracefully muted and audio from the other tracks
is unaffected.
You’ll also see the
BUSY
light on during system start-up for around 22
seconds, indicating that the system is not ready for use. Also, during a firmware
update or reconfiguration, the
BUSY
indicator may light or flash.
MASTER Panel
The MASTER
Volume
affects everything — all tracks — for balanced,
unbalanced, and headphone outputs. Press this button and then use the
Swiper
to adjust the level. You will see VU style meters for volume value, live master
level, and current CPU use.
There’s only one parameter — MASTER
Volume
— but this is a very useful
page. If you’re playing many tracks at once and suspect that you may have some
clipping distortion, you can check the VUs and if you’re in the red, dial back the
Volume
a notch or two. Similarly, if you think you’re overdriving a pre-amp with
