3.5

65MainStage Effects
Sync parameters
• Sync button: Turn synchronized mode on or off.
• Grid pop-up menu: Choose a grid resolution from several musical note durations.
The grid resolution (and project tempo) sets the length of each grid increment. As
you change grid resolutions, the increments shown in the Identification bar change
accordingly. This also determines a step limitation for all taps.
For example, imagine a project with a tempo of 120 bpm. The Grid pop-up menu value
is set to 1/16 notes. At this tempo and grid resolution, each grid increment is 125
milliseconds (ms) apart. If TapA is currently set to 380ms, turning on sync mode shifts
TapA to 375ms. If you try to move TapA forward in time, it snaps to 500ms, 625ms,
750ms, and so on. At a resolution of 1/8 notes, the steps are 250 milliseconds apart,
so TapA automatically snaps to the nearest division (500ms) and could be moved to
750ms, 1000ms, 1250ms, and so on.
• Swing field: Determine how close to the absolute grid position every second grid
increment will be.
• A setting of 50% means that every grid increment has the same value.
• Settings below 50% result in every second increment being shorter in time.
• Settings above 50% result in every second grid increment being longer in time.
Tip: Use subtle grid position variations of every second increment (values between
45% and 55%) to create a less rigid rhythmic feel. High Swing values are unsubtle
because they place every second increment directly beside the subsequent increment.
Make use of higher values to create interesting and intricate double rhythms with some
taps, while retaining the grid to lock other taps into more rigid synchronization with the
project tempo.
MainStage DelayDesigner master parameters
The Master section incorporates two global functions:delay feedback and dry/wet mix.
In simple delays, the only way for the delay to repeat is to use feedback. Because
DelayDesigner offers 26 taps, you can use these taps to create repeats, rather than
requiring discrete feedback controls for each tap.
The global Feedback parameter does, however, enable you to send the output of one user-
defined tap back through the effect input, to create a self-sustaining rhythm or pattern.
This tap is known as the feedback tap.