User Manual

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5. MIXDOWN Button
The MIXDOWN button gives you access to the
Normal and Constant Tempo Mixdown modes.
Use Normal Mixdown mode when you want to
bounce the 6 mono tracks or create a clean
stereo mix. Use Constant Tempo Mixdown mode
to create pitch-related special effects.
 Enter Normal Mixdown mode by pressing the
MIXDOWN button once. When in Normal
Mixdown mode, the MIXDOWN button lights
solidly. Normal Mixdown can be selected while
the 95000 is overdubbing, playing or idle.
 You can use the TRACK footswitch to enter
Normal Mixdown mode if the 95000 is idle.
 Constant Tempo Mixdown may only be entered
while the 95000 is idle. If the MIXDOWN button
is off, press it twice to activate Constant
Tempo mode. In Constant Tempo mode the
MIXDOWN button blinks rapidly.
 Use Constant Tempo Mixdown mode to add
flanging or pitch-bending effects to your
Mixdown track. The Mixdown track records at
a constant speed or tempo, but the TEMPO
slider allows you to vary the speed of the 6
recorded tracks. As the Mixdown track is
recorded, the speed variations you perform
with the TEMPO slider will be recorded onto
the Mixdown track. Create subtle effects
such as flanging, or more drastic effects that
feature radical pitch bending.
 To EXIT either Mixdown mode, press the
MIXDOWN button (while the 95000 is idle) until
the MIXDOWN LED turns off. You can also exit
Mixdown mode by pressing any of the Track
Select buttons or the TRACK footswitch.
 See the IN DEPTH: MIXDOWN section of
this manual for a complete overview of
Normal and Constant Tempo Mixdown
modes.
6. TEMPO Slider
When the 95000 runs off of its internal clock
(External Clock Sync mode is disabled), the
TEMPO slider may be used to set a loop’s
tempo or BPM as well as the tempo of the CLIX
metronome. If the currently selected loop is
empty, the TEMPO slider ranges from 60 BPM to
240 BPM in 1 BPM increments. The tempo
increases as the slider is pushed up, and
decreases as the slider is pushed down.
After recording a New Loop, the integrated TAP
button lights up solidly. This lit button shows
you that the TEMPO slider is set to the original
tempo at which the loop was initially recorded.
The TAP light shuts off when the tempo is set
to anything other than the original tempo.
Two options are available to adjust the action
of the TEMPO slider on recorded loops: COARSE
or FINE. Enter the Secondary Mode pages mode
(see the LED DISPLAY AND CONTROL section
later in this manual) to choose either COARSE
or FINE mode. The factory default is COARSE.
 COARSE Mode: the TEMPO slider increments
tempo and pitch in semitone (1/2) steps.
To illustrate how this works, imagine you
record a loop in the key of E and then push
the TEMPO slider upwards. You will hear
the speed of the loop change in discrete
1/2 steps. Thus, going upward to the next
position plays the loop in the key of F. The
next position upward is F#, and so on.
 FINE Mode: the TEMPO slider changes
tempo and pitch in one BPM increments
between 60 BPM and 240 BPM. If the OCT
button is lit, the tempo ranges from 30 BPM
to 120 BPM.
To use the TEMPO slider to create pitch
changing and bending effects:
 After you have recorded a New Loop, move
the TEMPO slider (and/or press the OCT
button) on subsequent tracks to record
notes at different speeds. When played
back at the loop’s original speed, the pitch
of the notes will change accordingly. For
example, record Track 1 with some guitar
chords. Move the TEMPO slider up one
octave and record some single low notes
with the same guitar. Play both tracks back
at the original tempo and you will have
guitar and bass tracks.
 While recording, try moving the TEMPO slider.
When you play the loop back at a set tempo,
the notes will bend opposite to how you
moved the TEMPO slider during recording.
 Whenever the TEMPO slider is moved, the
display momentarily shows the current BPM.
The display continues to show the BPM setting
for two seconds after you stop moving the
TEMPO slider.