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Megabeat Pro
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4.2 LINK MODE
The LINK MODE function is one of the most important innovations brought by
Megabeat Pro and is possible because two internal sound generators.
Through LINK MODE you can decide how how the next song will start (cross-
fade, synchronized fade, time morphing, etc.) or you can enable a specified
number of loops between two points in the song.
Note In the current software version the LINK MODE function is enabled only in
SINGLE PLAY mode.
When it will be added to GROUP PLAY mode, this function will let you save as a
group the way a song follows the other and set executions of the same song
starting from a specified measure and with a certain number of loops.
Before we examine LINK MODE, let’s have a look to what happens in SINGLE
PLAY mode when we highlight a certain song with DIRECTION keys.
When we highlight a certain song with DIRECTION keys, Megabeat Pro is
ready to play this song and reads (without playing them) the first measures:
settings parameters, program/control changes, any sys ex, etc., until it
reaches the first note saved for every track.
In this way Megabeat Pro is ready to start the song in the precise moment you
will press PLAY (without waiting any empty measures that we may have at the
beginning of the song).
NB What has just been said is true also when another song is currently playing.
Let’s suppose now we are in SINGLE PLAY mode and we are playing a certain
song. During the playing of the song we highlight another song with the
DIRECTION keys.
• If the LINK MODE is on
MANUAL
, if you press
PLAY
, the second song will
start at once. Please Note: wait for the selected song to be loaded (quick
flash from hard disk led)
• If viceversa the LINK MODE is on
CROSSF
1,
CROSSF
2 or
CROSSF
3, the
second song will start after the first one will be faded (with a fading time
set by the user).