Music Production Station Owner's Manual

6.Global mode
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6. Global mode
In Global mode you can set parameters such as Metronome or
Protect. Press the Global mode key to enter Global mode.
To exit Global mode, press a different mode key.
The settings you make in Global mode will be cancelled
if you turn off the power without Writing. If you wish to
save the settings you make, you must perform the Write
operation (refer to p.48 "Saving your changes in Global
mode").
Metronome settings
Metronome oFF, r-0, r-1, r-2, on
Specify how the metronome will function. If you will be using
realtime recording to create a pattern from scratch, it is conve-
nient to use the metronome. The metronome will sound at
quarter-note timing.
oFF: The metronome will not sound.
r-0: The metronome will sound only during recording
(when the Rec and Play/Cancel keys are lit).
r-1: When recording, a one-measure count will be sounded
before recording begins. The metronome will sound only
during recording.
r-2: When recording, a two-measure count will be sounded
before recording begins. The metronome will sound only
during recording.
on: The metronome will sound during playback and record-
ing. There will be no count before recording begins.
1. Use the cursor keys to select Metronome (the correspond-
ing LED will light).
2. Rotate the dial to make the metronome setting.
3. Press the PATTERN, STEP EDIT, or SONG key to return to
the previous mode.
The metronome setting cannot be written. When you turn
on the power, it will always be "oFF."
Synchronizing the EM-1
with external MIDI devices
(MIDI Clock)
Clock int, Ext
The Global mode Clock setting allows the tempo of the EM-1
to be synchronized with the tempo of an external MIDI device
that is able to send or receive MIDI Clock messages.
For details on synchronization settings of your external MIDI
device, refer to the owner's manual for your device.
Even if you set Clock to Ext, the EM-1 will operate with
its own internal clock if no MIDI Clock messages are
being received at its MIDI IN connector.
Synchronizing the EM-1 to a mas-
ter external MIDI device (Ext)
1. Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI IN connector of the
EM-1 to the MIDI OUT connector of the external MIDI de-
vice (sequencer or synthesizer etc.).
2. Use the cursor keys to select Clock (the corresponding LED
will light).
3. Rotate the dial to select "E t" (external clock).
4. Make settings on the external MIDI device (master) so that
it will transmit MIDI Clock messages.
5. Return to Pattern mode or Song mode.
6. When you start the sequencer of the external MIDI device,
the EM-1 will simultaneously begin playback.
7. If MIDI Clock data is being received at the MIDI IN con-
nector, you can make the EM-1 playback in synchroniza-
tion with the external MIDI device by pressing the EM-1's
Play/Pause key.
If the MIDI Clock parameter is set to "Ext" and the EM-1
is synchronized to the external MIDI clock, it will syn-
chronize to the tempo of the external sequencer, and it
will not be possible to change the tempo on the EM-1.
If a MIDI Start message is received while the EM-1 is
already playing in synchronization with MIDI Clock, the
EM-1 will begin playback from the beginning of the cur-
rently playing pattern (or in the case of a song, from the
beginning of the pattern that was playing when the Start
message was received).
Synchronizing an external MIDI de-
vice to the EM-1 as master (int)
1. Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT connector of
the EM-1 to the MIDI IN connector of the external MIDI
device (sequencer or synthesizer etc.).
2. Use the cursor keys to select Clock (the corresponding LED
will light).
3. Rotate the dial to select "Int" (internal clock).
4. Make settings on the external MIDI device (slave) so that it
will receive MIDI Clock messages.
5. When you start playback on the EM-1, the external MIDI
device will begin playback in synchronization.
When you perform the Reset & Play operation to begin
playback from the beginning of the pattern, the EM-1
will transmit only a MIDI Start message.