SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
You can, however, use this control to adjust which beats of the measure the Click will play on.
If you are recording something with a shuffle feel. for example, you might want to set the
METRONOME to 1/8th-note Triplets. Any value which is valid within the Sequence's Time
Signature can be selected from the following:
1/4
(Quarter Notes)
1/4T (Quarter-note Triplets)
1/8
(Eighth Notes)
1/8T (Eighth-note Triplets)
1/16
(Sixteenth Notes)
1/16T (Sixteenth-note Triplets)
1/32
(Thirty-second Notes)
1/32T (Thirty-second-note Triplets)
5. SYNC
Selects Sequencer Clock source. The setting. of this control determines where the Sequencer gets
its Clock signal — Internally, or from an external source. The three options are:
> INTERNAL — The SQ-80 uses its own Clock.
> MIDI CLOCK — The SQ-80 Sequencer will sync to the Clock of any MIDI device which sends
MIDI Clocks (a Drum machine, other sequencer, etc.) and whose MIDI OUT is connected to the
SQ-80's MIDI IN. (See p. 142 for more details.)
MIDI Clocks are transmitted and received regardless of which MIDI Channels the two devices
are set to. Almost all current MIDI sequencing devices send
Start, Stop and Continue messages,
so you can use the sending device to Start. Stop and Continue the
SQ-80 Sequencer as well as
controlling its Clock rate. Note that the
SQ-80 only responds to incoming MIDI Start, Stop and
Continue messages when it is set to this setting (SYNC=MIDI CLOCK).
TAPE SYNC — When TAPE SYNC is selected, the Sequencer will take its clock source from
the
Tape In jack on the rear panel. This jack can be connected to the output of a multitrack tape
deck, where a Tape Sync track has previously been recorded. When put into Play or Record
modes, the
SQ-80 will wait for the recorded sync signal before starting to play. (See p. 143 for
more.)
The Tape In jack on the rear panel can also be connected to the Tape Out or Clock Out jack
on many other sequencing devices, drum machines, etc. By setting
SYNC to TAPE SYNC, you
can then sync the
SQ-80 to the other machine's clock without connecting them via MIDI. (This
does not, however, send Start, Stop and Continue messages.)
Likewise, if the
Tape Out jack of the SQ-80 is connected to the Tape In of another sequencing
device, then that device can sync to the
SQ-80's clock without connecting them via MIDI. (The
other device must be set for Tape Sync.)
6. CLICK
This control turns On or Off the "Click" track, or metronome, during the Sequence. The Click
is an electronic "Tick" which plays on each beat of the measure (or whatever value has been
assigned at
#3 above). The first beat of every Bar is accented.
The setting of this parameter affects only the body of the Sequence (or Song) itself, and has no
effect on the
Countoff. As a general rule, you will want the Click ON when recording Tracks,
and OFF when playing them back.
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