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3-24
Setup Mode
Riffs
WithSyncTypesettoAnyBeatWait,theriffwillwaitforthenextbeattostart.Thedifference
fromAnyBeatisthatifthereisnothingplayingtosyncto,thisriffwillnotstart.Thiscanbe
usefulifyouwanttostartmultipleriffssyncedtooneriff.You
couldhaveabassriffsetto
AnyBeatWait,forinstance,andtriggerthe riffwhilenootherriffsarerunning.Assoonasyou
startanotherriff,thebassriffwillstartplayingaswell(providedthatitissettosynctoanother
rifforthefirstavailable).Ifsomething
isalreadyplayingtosyncto,AnyBeatWaitbehavesjust
likeAnyBeat.
WithSyncTypesettoLoop,ifthereisalreadyarifforsongplayingtosyncto,thecurrentriff
willwaitfortheplayingrifforsongtorestartitsloop(ifitislooped)beforestarting(see
Loop on page 3‐22forloopingriffs,and Loop on page 12‐11ThePC3Musician’sGuidefor
loopingsongs.)Thiswayyoucantriggertherifftostartaheadoftime,andhaveitstartinsync
atthestartoftheplaying rifforsong’sloop.
WithSyncTypesettoStop,ifthere
isalreadysomethingplayingtosyncto,thecurrentriffwill
waitforwhatisplayingtostopbeforestarting.Thiswayyoucantriggertherifftostartaheadof
time,andhaveitstart insyncattherelease(stopping)oftheriff,arpeggiator,orsongthatyou
aresyncingto.
WithSyncTypesettoStartWait,ifthereisnothingplayingtosyncto,thecurrentriffwillwait
forsomethingitcansynctotobeginplayingfirstbeforestarting.Thisissimilarto
DownBeatWait,butitwillonlytriggertheriffthefirsttimethatwhateverit
issyncingtostarts.
Thiswayyoucantriggertherifftostartaheadoftime,andhaveitstartinsyncatthestartofthe
riff,arpeggiator,orsongthatyouaresyncingto.Ifyoustoptheriffandtrytostartitagainwhile
thething
youaresyncingtoisalreadyplaying,StartWaitwillnotstartthe riff.
WithSyncTypesettoLoopWait,ifthereisalreadyarifforsongplayingtosyncto,thecurrent
riffwillwaitfortheplayingrifforsongtorestartitsloop(ifitislooped)beforestarting
(see
Loop on page 3‐22forloopingriffs,and Loop on page 12‐11ofThePC3Musician’sGuidefor
loopingsongs.)Thiswayyoucantriggertherifftostartaheadoftime,andhaveitstartinsync
atthestartoftheplaying rifforsong’sloop.ThedifferencefromLoop
isthatifthereisnothing
playingtosyncto,theriffwillnotstart.Iftherifforsongthatyouaresyncingtoisalready
running,LoopWaitbehavesjustlikeLoop.
WithSyncTypesettoStopWait,ifthereisalreadysomethingplayingtosyncto,thecurrentriff
willwaitforwhatisplayingtostopbeforestarting.Thiswayyoucantriggertherifftostart
aheadoftime,andhaveitstartinsyncattherelease(stopping)oftheriff,arpeggiator,orsong
thatyouaresyncingto.ThedifferencefromStopisthatifthere
isnothingplayingtosyncto,the
riffwillnotstart.Thiscanbeusefulifyouwanttogetyourriffreadytosyncbeforeyoustart
whateveryouaresyncingitto.Iftherifforsongthatyouaresyncingtoisalreadyrunning,
StopWaitbehavesjust
likeStop.
RelSynZn (Release Sync Zone)
RelSynZnhasthesamesettingsavailableasSyncZone(seeSyncZone,above,)butRelSynZn
determineswhatthereleasing(stopping)ofthecurrentriffwillbesyncedtowhenaparameter
otherthanNoneisselectedforRelSynTyp(seebelow.)
RelSynTyp (Release Sync Type)
RelSynTyphasthesamesettingsavailableasSyncType(seeSyncType
,above,)butRelSynTyp
determineshowthereleasing (stopping)ofthecurrentriffwillbesyncedtootherriffs,
arpeggiators,andSongs(dependingonyoursettingsmadefortheRelSynZnparameter.)With
RelSynTypsettoNone,yourriffwillstopplayingassoonasitisreleased.Itwillnot
syncto
anything.WithRelSynTypsettoDownBeat,ifthereisalreadysomethingplayingtosyncto,the
currentriffwillwaitforthedownbeatofthenextmeasurebeforestoppingwhenreleased;so,
youcantriggertherifftostopaheadoftime,andhaveitstopinsync
atthedownbeatofthenext
measure.IfSyncingtoanarpeggiator,seeNumBeats on page 3‐15fordetailson changing wh enan

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BrandKurzweil
ModelPC361
CategorySynthesizer
LanguageEnglish

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