Specifications

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Setup Mode
The Setup Editor
fromA#0toA#0forexample,andyourriffwillbetriggeredtostartonlybypressingtheA#0
key.Ifyouwantyourtriggerkeyrangetobelarger,setyourTriggerkeyrangetobe,for
instance,A#0toA#1.Nowanykeythatispressedwithinthis
rangewilltriggeryourrifftostart.
Note:theLoKeyandHiKeyvaluesontheKEYVELpagedoaffecttheriff.Ifyourriffʹstriggerandrelease
notesarenotwithintheLoKeyandHiKeyrangeontheKEYVELpage,yourriffwillnotbeabletobe
triggeredfrom
thekeyboard.
Release
Thewayyoureleaseriffsisanalogoustothewayyoutriggerthem.Youcanassignaphysical
controllertodestination164RiffOff,oryoucan selectakeyorkeyrangewiththeRelease
parameter.Yousetthisthesamewaythatyousetthetriggerrange.
Moveyourcursorsothatthe
leftfieldoftheReleaseparameterishighlighted(thiswillbethelowendofthetriggerkey
range.)Nowselectakeyvaluebyusingthe AlphaWheel,‐/+buttonsorintuitiveentry. Move
yourcursortotherightfieldandrepeatthe
process(thiswillbethehighendofthetriggerkey
range.)IfyousetbothoftheReleasevaluestoA0,theRiffwillstopwhenyoureleaseA0.
So,ifyouusethesettingsdescribedaboveandintheTriggersectionabove,yoursetup’sriffwill
startwhenyou
pressA#0,anditwillstopwhenyoupressandreleaseA0.
Note:theLoKeyandHiKeyvaluesontheKEYVELpagedoaffecttheriff.Ifyourriffʹstriggerandrelease
notesarenotwithintheLoKeyandHiKeyrangeontheKEYVELpage,yourriffwillnotbe
abletobe
triggeredfromthekeyboard.
Conditional Release (CondRel)
TheCondRelparameterallowsyoutohaveariffplayonlywhileakeyispressedandheld,and
nothingwillstoporrestartthatriffuntilthekeyisreleased.Touseconditionalrelease,setthe
samerangefortheTriggerandRelease
rangesontheRIFF2page.Anykeythatispressedand
heldwithinthisrangewillplaytheselectedriff.Releasethekeyandtheriffwillstop.Playing
anyotherkeyinthiszonewhiletriggeringariffwithCondRel–eveniftheyarewithinthe
TriggerandReleaseranges–will
notretriggerorstopthezone’s riff.
Local
Ifyouwanttotriggeryourriffwithoutplayingthecurrentzone’sprogram,setLocaltoOff.
LocalissettoOffbydefaultsincemostuserswontwanttoplaytheprograminthezonethey
areusingforariff,but
onlywishhearthatzone’sprogramasabackingtrack.WithLocalsetto
On,youwillplaythecurrentzonesprogramanytimeakeyispressed.Thiscouldcreate
undesired“gracenotes”ifyoutriggerariffthathasadownbeatatthesametimeyouare
playing
anote.
Loop
Ifyouwantyourrifftoloopindefinitely,setthisparametertoForever.Ifyouwanttohaveit
playonceandthenstopuntilyouretriggerit,setthisparametertoOnce.
BPM
Therearefourchoicesherethatwilldeterminewhatcontrolsthetempoofyourriff.
WithBPM
settoSequence,theoriginaltempoinwhichtheriffwasrecordedwillbeused.WithBPMsetto
Setup,thetemposetontheCOMMONorTapTempopageswillbeused.Whensyncing
multipleriffsitisconvenienttoseteachriffs’BPMparameterto
Setup.Doingthis,youcan 
changethetempoofallriffsatoncewiththeTapTempobuttonorontheTapTempopage(see
TapTempoButton on page 7‐4.)AvalueofSetupisalsousefulforsyncingriffstoazone’s
arpeggiator.WithTempoBPMsettoExternal,
theriffwillsynctoexternalMIDIclock.Youcan