SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
USING THE SQ-80 WITH A DRUM MACHINE
When you use the SQ-80 in conjunction with a Drum machine or other rhythm Sequencer, there are
basically three ways you can go:
1) Sync the Drum Machine's clock to the
SQ-80:
2) Sync the
SQ-80's clock to the Drum Machine: or
3) Sequence the Drum Machine from the SQ-80, just as you would a Synthesizer.
To Sync a Drum Machine to the SQ-80:
− > Connect the MIDI Out of the
SQ-80 to the MIDI In of the Drum Machine. If you have
other instruments connected to the
SQ-80 via MIDI, you can simply include the Drum Machine
in the MIDI Thru chain depicted on p. 115. (If the Drum Machine has no MIDI Thru jack, put
it last in the Chain.)
− > Set the Drum Machine to MIDI Sync.
____ > Set the Drum Machine to receive on an unused MIDI Channel, OMNI Off: or disable Channel
information. You don't want the Drum Machine playing
SQ-80 Sequence Data intended for
other instruments.
MIDI Clocks, Start, Stop and Continue are Real Time commands, and are
sent and received regardless of MIDI Channel or Mode.
− > The Drum Machine should now Sync to the
SQ-80's clock. Pressing Play or Stop
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Cont
will Start, Stop and Continue the Drum Machine, assuming it receives those commands (most do).
To Sync the SQ-80 to a Drum Machine:
— > Connect the MIDI Out of the Drum Machine to the MIDI In of the SQ-80.
> Set the SQ-80 to
MIDI Sync. On the CONTROL Page, select SYNC= MIDI CLOCK.
> Set the Drum Machine to send on a MIDI Channel that is not being used by the SQ-80 (Straight
Synth or any Track.) Again, MIDI Clocks, Start, Stop and Continue are
Real Time commands,
and are sent and received regardless of MIDI Channel or Mode.
− > The
SQ-80 should now Sync to the Drum Machine's clock. Starting, Stopping or Continuing
the Drum Machine will Start. Stop and Continue the SQ-80.
To Sequence a Drum Machine from a Track of the SQ-80:
− > Connect the MIDI Out of the SQ-80 to the MIDI In of the Drum Machine.
− > Set the Drum Machine to
Tape Sync or External Clock, or any setting other than Internal
or MIDI Clock. This way it will not play it's own patterns, but will act only as a sound-
producing device, sequenced from a Track of the
SQ-80.
− > Set the Drum Machine to OMNI Off, and select a MIDI Channel.
____ > From the Mix
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MIDI Page, assign a Track on the SQ-80 MIDI Status, and set it to the same MIDI
Channel you assigned the Drum Machine.
− You should now be able to play the Drum Machine from the SQ-80's Keyboard. You can then
record a Track on the SQ-80, from the
SQ-80's Keyboard, which will play on the Drum Machine
— just as if you were sequencing an external synthesizer. The advantage of this approach is that
some Drum Machines respond to Velocity when played from MIDI, but not when played from
their own front panels. Thus you may get more dynamic range out of your Drum Machines if you
use this approach. The disadvantage is that you use up SQ-80 Sequencer Memory to sequence
the Drum Machine.
142 Section 5 — Sequencer and Controller Applications
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