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clock so that the 95000 is synchronized to the
master’s location. When you press PLAY, the
95000 starts playback at the beginning of the
loop in sync with the beat generated by the
master MIDI device.
 The 95000 always starts playback at the
beginning of its loop in Beat Sync External
Clock mode.
 The 95000 always waits for the next MIDI
master beat to start playback after you
press PLAY or RECORD. This behavior
insures that the 95000 remains in sync with
the master MIDI Clock.
 If you want the 95000 to sync up with beat
1 of the MIDI master device, press PLAY on
the 95000 just before the MIDI master
device’s beat 1.
 NOTE: While in either XT or BX mode, the
95000 “waits” for the MIDI Clock signal. If
no MIDI Clock signal is available when you
press PLAY, the PLAY LED blinks rapidly to
indicate the 95000 is unable to establish
sync with the MIDI master device. The
RECORD LED blinks rapidly if you try to
overdub or record a New Loop with no MIDI
Clock present.
TUTORIAL: the 95000 as MIDI Clock
Slave and MIDI Clock Master
When the 95000 is used with MIDI Clock—either
as a slave or master, enable Quantize mode to
insure that loop lengths are exact bar lengths.
If you do not use Quantize mode, a loop’s
length will be slightly longer or shorter than
bar lengths. This mismatch causes the loops to
drift in relation to the MIDI clock master or
slave, even though the tempos are actually
locked.
95000 as MIDI Clock Slave
If you are using the 95000 as a MIDI Clock slave
and want to produce loops of a set number of
bars, record the initial loop (or New Loop) with
Quantize set to ON as follows:
1. Start with an empty loop number.
2. Enable Ext. Clock mode by pressing the
EXT. CLOCK button so that it is lit solid
or blinking.
3. Press the QUANTIZE button. The QUANTIZE
button lights when Quantize mode
is enabled.
4. Press the NEW LOOP button. The RECORD
LED should blink steadily.
5. Press the RECORD footswitch. Now the
Record LED blinks rapidly. The 95000 is
waiting for a MIDI Clock signal and the Start
command from the MIDI master. Once the
Start command is received, the 95000
immediately begins Count-In or (if Count-In
is disabled) recording.
6. Press PLAY on the MIDI clock master. The
95000 will immediately start the 1-bar
Count-In. You may disable the Count-In or
set it to any length between 1-8 bars. We
recommend using at least a 2-bar Count-In
when recording with MIDI Clock. This
approach ensures that the MIDI Clock
master and slave sync with each other by
the time actual loop recording begins.
7. In BX mode, the MIDI master can be playing
back when you press NEW LOOP or RECORD.
 Make sure that BX mode is selected at
the time you start playback on the
MIDI master.
 After pressing the RECORD footswitch,
the 95000 will begin recording on the
next Beat 1 that it receives from the
MIDI master, even if Count-In
is disabled.
 If Count-In is enabled, the 95000 will
count off the specified number of bars
prior to recording.
8. Press the PLAY or RECORD footswitch
during the 3rd or 4th beat of the last bar.
The 95000 will set the loop length
automatically at the end of the bar.
9. In Quantize mode, the 95000 creates loop
lengths to the nearest bar. Each bar may be
1 to 8 beats in length. The default length is
4 beats per bar.
 EXAMPLE: Create a 4-bar loop in which
each bar is 4 beats long. Begin recording a
New Loop with Quantize enabled. During
recording, press the PLAY footswitch to set
the loop length either after the 3rd beat of
the 4th bar or before the 2nd beat of the
5th bar. The 95000 will either extend or
truncate the loop length to be exactly 4
bars long. At the end of the 4th bar, the
95000 will stop recording and immediately
begin playing/overdubbing the loop you
just recorded. To play the loop without
overdubbing, press the RECORD footswitch
instead of PLAY to end the loop.