GFI System SPECULAR TEMPUS - Tap Tempo

UserManual
SPECULAR TEMPUS
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(FirmwareV3.8)
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2.8TapTempo
InSpecularTempustap‐tempocanbeaccomplishedin3ways:
1.Onthepedalitself,usingfootswitchBastap‐temposwitch.
2.Usingexternalauxswitchbox(seeChapter4).
3.UsingMIDIcontroller.
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Withoption#1,footswitchBbecomestap‐temposwitchandcannolongerbe
usedtocallpatchB.Therefore,under
thisschemetheavailablenumberofpresetsis16(1Athrough16A).Youcanstillsavechangestopatch1Bthrough
16B,butyouwon’tbeabletocallthem.
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Local/Globaltempo
ThetempooftheDelayalgorithmsinSpecularTempuscanbesettobeLocalorGlobal.
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Localmeansthedelaytimeissettothetempoaswassavedinthepreset.
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Globalmeansthedelaytimeissettoaglobaltemposharedbyotherdelayalgorithms.
For
example,2differentdelayalgorithmsarestoredinpreset1Aand1B,botharesettouseglobaltempo.Thenany
tempochangesyoumakew hileusingthedelayinpreset1Awillbecomeaglobaltempowhichwillthendictatethe
tempoforthedelayalgorithminpreset1B.
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 TheLocal/Globalsettingcanbespecifiedonper‐presetbasis.
 Tempomustsetto‘Global’toacceptMIDIClock
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Subdivision
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 SubdivisionmaybesetviasoftwareeditorSpeclaboronthepedalitself(Editmode‐seesection2.7,page.6).
 Subdivisionsettingcanbespecifiedonper‐presetbasis.
 When‘BPM’isselectedasthetempodisplayunit,thedelaytimesetviaTIMEknobwillbeautomaticallysubdi‐
vided
asperselectedsubdivisionvalue.
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Forexample,let’ssayyouwanttoplaydotted8thgroovetoasongofwhichyouknowtheBPMtempo.Simply
adjusttheTIMEknobtomatchtheBPMtempoofthesong,andtheresultingdelaytimewillbeautomaticallysubdi‐
videdtoDotted8thsubdivision(assumingyou’ve
previouslyselecteddotted8thasthesubdivisionvalue).
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Note
:thisfeatureisonlyapplicablewhenBPMisselectedasthetempounit,itisnotapplicablewhenmillisecond
unitisselected.
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