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• Expression When you connect a continuous controller pedal to the Expression
Pedal input, you can decide what function it will perform. Expression (MIDI CC
11) is the default value, but you can set it to anything else, like Cutoff Frequency
(MIDI CC 74), Modulation Wheel (MIDI CC 1) etc. or an AstroLab-specific function
like Leslie Fast/Slow or Arpeggiator on/off, or anything else you find useful.
• Expression Pedal Calibration Sets the min and max value received from the
pedal by pressing and depressing the pedal. This allows AstroLab to detect the
polarity and the range of any type of on/off or continuous pedal.
• Aux 1 and Aux 2 The two Aux sockets accept switch or continuous pedals. These
two menus allow you to specify their specific functions, including MIDI CC and
AstroLab jobs like Start Record or Play Song et cetera.
• Aux 1 and 2 Pedal Calibration Sets the min and max value received from the
pedal by pressing and depressing the pedal. This allows AstroLab to detect the
polarity and the range of any type of on/off or continuous pedal.
• Metronome
◦ Metronome Use the Metronome to sync to a tempo when recording a
Loop or an Arpeggio.
◦ Count Down This is where you turn the Count Down to Loop
Recording on and off.
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! There's a nifty shortcut to Metronome On/Off. Simply press Shift + Metronome to turn on the
Metronome. Press Shift + Metronome to turn it off again.
• Update and Backup
◦ Backup Playlist to USB Drive You can select a Playlist and save it to a
USB drive.
◦ Restore Backup from USB Drive This function lets you import Playlists
from a USB Drive.
• Utility
◦ Click To Load: With Click To Load turned off (default setting), you
simply turn the Screen Encoder to load the next or previous Preset. If
enabled, turning the Screen Encoder will show the next Preset in the
display and you will then need to press the Encoder to load it. This is
useful if you want to preview a Preset before you commit to playing
it.
◦ TickSound
◦ Type Button Load
◦ Show CPU: With this function turned on, the current CPU load in
AstroLab is shown at the bottom of the Encoder display.
◦ Show Polyphony: All Instruments in AstroLab have their own specific
maximum polyphony, based on their CPU requirements. With Show
Polyphony turned on, the maximum number of notes per part is
shown in the Preset display.
◦ Version: The current version number of your AstroLab is shown here.
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