User Manual

SPECTRALIS 2

3.1.9 What data are saved inside a pattern?

With many synthesizer workstations or grooveboxes you’ll encounter a common

problem, which is that you have to know at all times what you want! All you

may do is change a sound and suddenly a dozen patterns sound different than

before. Another time you edit a rhythmic motif and the changes appear also in

patterns which were perfectly alright. This is mostly the result of the memory

structure of these instrument. In many cases a pattern is nothing else than a

assigned selection of sounds and motifs, which are being read from internal

memory somewhere in the unit once selected. To make things less confusing,

the Spectralis saves its data in a different fashion. If you decide to save a pattern,

all of the current sound-settings and musical motifs, as well as the mixer settings

become part of the pattern. You can always count on the fact that a pattern will

sound the way you heard it before saving it. You won’t have to concern yourself

with any of the other storage slots during this process.

Here once again as a reminder a small List of the Data contained in a Pattern:

I. The settings of the analog synthesizer including filterbank and step-

sequencer settings.

II. The sound setting for the DSP-synth, incl. all of the drum sounds.

III. All motifs used

IV. The mixer settings

V. The mute- and solo-settings of the pattern

What's not saved?

For a number of reasons the samples of the DSP-synth are not being

saved within a pattern. You will however receive a warning display

message when accessing a pattern, if the originally used sample set cannot

be found in memory. This message will only show up for a few seconds.

However - you can recall this message by pressing [Shift]+[Page-Up].

The message will resist there until another text info has been displayed.

Additionally the Spectralis – if you want it to – will play an alternative

sound, once you are starting a pattern the samples of which are not in

RAM memory. You will hear immediately that something isn’t right with

the pattern. You can also turn off the ”Default”-sound if you wish.

3.1.10 Turning off the “Default”-sound

As already mentioned in the previous chapter, the Spectralis will play a standard

sound, whenever a motif tries to access a sound, the samples of which are not in

RAM memory of the Spectralis 2 – if you want it to! This of course could

result in some unpleasant surprises, especially during LIVE operation. On the

other hand at home while arranging a song it could turn out to be useful, because

you’re more likely to notice a wrong sound than a missing part. This is the

way you can deactivate the ”Default Sound”:

I. Use the [Shift]-button, hold it down and push the [Save/System]-button.

II. Push the [Page-Up]-button once. This will prompt the following display

message.

Saving patterns