Roland mv8800 - Turning on Multi Timbre Sampler Mode; Locking Audio Phrases to the Sequencer Tempo; To Slave the MV-8800 to Incoming MIDI Clock Data

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Turning On Multi Timbre Sampler Mode
To turn on Multi Timbre Sampler mode:
Press SYSTEM to display the SYSTEM menu.
Select MIDI to display the MV-8800 MIDI parameters.
Set the Multi Timbre Sampler Mode parameter to On.
If you’d like to play audio phrases from the external sequencer or
control MV-8800 MFX from it, set Audio Phrase Rx Channel and MFX Rx
Channel to the MIDI channels you’d like to use. If you don’t want to do
either of these things, turn the corresponding parameter off.
When you assign MIDI channels to playing audio phrases or controlling
the MFX processor, their corresponding parts no longer play patches.
(With the settings shown above, those would be Parts 15 and 16.)
Locking Audio Phrases to the Sequencer Tempo
Any audio phrase whose BPM Sync parameter is turned on can be locked to
an external sequencer’s tempo.
To learn about the audio phrase BPM Sync parameter, see “Setting Up
How an Audio Phrase Behaves” on Page 10 of the MV-8800 Sampling
Workshop booklet.
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This is possible because the MV-8800 can be
synchronized—or “slaved”—to the sequencer
using a special type of MIDI timing data called
“MIDI clock.” MIDI clock travels from the external
sequencer into the MV-8800’s MIDI IN jack along
with the rest of the sequencer’s MIDI data.
Any time-based effects you use on the MV-8800—such as delays,
flangers, and so on—can also be synchronized with the external
sequencer tempo by simply turning on the effect’s Sync parameters.
Before setting up the MV-8800 as a MIDI clock slave, make sure your
external sequencer isn’t currently playing.
To slave the MV-8800 to incoming MIDI clock data:
On the MV-8800, press SONG.
Click SONG menu, and then select SYNC to
display the SYNC window.
Set Sync Mode to Slave-MIDI (MIDI).
If your MV-8800’s MIDI OUT A or B jack is connected to the external
sequencer’s MIDI IN—or if you’re using a MIDI patchbay—turn off the
jack’s MIDI Clock Output parameter, as we have here. This will prevent
a MIDI clock loop that can badly confuse your entire MIDI system.
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