Operation Manual
CHAPTER 19. LIVE AUDIO EFFECT REFERENCE 238
19.3 Beat Repeat
The Beat Repeat Effect.
Beat Repeat allows for the creation of controlled or randomized repetitions of an incoming
signal.
The Interval control denes how often Beat Repeat captures new material and begins re-
peating it. Interval is synced to and set in terms of the song tempo, with values ranging
from 1/32 to 4 Bars. The Offset control shifts the point dened by Interval forward in
time. If Interval is set to 1 Bar, for example, and Offset to 8/16, material will be captured
for repetition once per bar on the third beat (i.e., halfway, or eight-sixteenths of the way,
through the bar).
You can add randomness to the process using the Chance control, which denes the likeli-
hood of repetitions actually taking place when Interval and Offset ask for them. If Chance
is set to 100 percent, repetitions will always take place at the given Interval/Offset time; if
set to zero, there will be no repetitions.
Gate denes the total length of all repetitions in sixteenth notes. If Gate is set to 4/16,
the repetitions will occur over the period of one beat, starting at the position dened by
Interval and Offset.
Activating the Repeat button bypasses all of the above controls, immediately capturing
material and repeating it until deactivated.
The Grid control denes the grid size the size of each repeated slice. If set to 1/16, a
slice the size of one sixteenth note will be captured and repeated for the given Gate length
(or until Repeat is deactivated). Large grid values create rhythmic loops, while small values