User Manual

MIDI EFFECTS PROCESSING
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time of 2” pulse. Try different values to create
interesting textures (5 against 3 is an interesting
one).
Custom: This setting lets you define your own
rhythmic patterns based on selected notes. You can
make “Groove Echos”, arpeggiations based on
melodic patterns, bizarre multi-tap echo effects —
the sky’s the limit. To create a rhythmic pattern,
just select some notes in a single track, enter a
name, and press Learn.
When a pattern is learned, it is the time between
note events that is remembered. Thus, if you select
4 notes, only 3 grid spaces will be learned (the
distance from note 1 to note 2, 2 to 3 and 3 to 4).
With this in mind, you may need to add an extra
note at the end of your selection to delineate the
final grid span.
☛ Rhythmic patterns created in the Echo effect
can also be used with the Arpeggiator effect.
Rhythms can be loaded into Digital Performer
from other files.
Raw Ticks: Simply lets you specify the echo or
arpeggiation in raw ticks. This is handy for creating
rhythms that are “off” from the main pulse of the
music.
Echo Settings
Here is a brief explanation of each setting for the
Echo effect:
Figure 76-4: The Echo effects processor.
Num Repeats: Sets how many times each event will
be repeated. The number includes the first time
you hear the note. (If you enter 4, and play a note,
you will here that note a total of 4 times.)
Decay: An amount that will be subtracted from the
velocities of note events each time they are
regenerated. This lets you create echos that sound
like they are fading out. You should coordinate this
setting with Num Repeats so that the note stops
repeating around the same time it finally fades out,
otherwise you will be echoing almost silent notes.
Cycle through device group assignments: If you
check this box and assign the track’s output to a
MIDI device group, each repetition of each event
will be sent to a different assignment in the MIDI
device group. For example, let’s say that you have a
track assigned to a MIDI device group with two
devices in it (SC7 channel 1 and SC7 channel 2)
and you have “Num Repeats” set to 4. When you
play a note, the first repeat will go to SC7 channel 1,
the second will go to SC7 channel 2, the third will