User Manual

Recorded tracks will play backwards while the Mixdown track
records going forward. This enables you to reverse a track (on
the Mixdown track) after you had recorded it forwards.
Using Constant Tempo Mixdown
While the 45000 is idle, press the MIXDOWN button until the
MIXDOWN LED blinks rapidly. The 45000 must be idle to enter
Constant Tempo Mixdown mode.
At this point, you may also see the TEMPO LED blink rapidly. If
you push the TEMPO slider to its middle position, the TEMPO
LED will go solid, meaning there is no change in tempo. Push
the TEMPO slider up or down and you will see its LED blink rap-
idly. When the TEMPEO LED blinks rapidly, the 4 recorded tracks
will playback at a different tempo from the MIXDOWN track.
At this point you can press either the RECORD or PLAY but-
tons. Pressing RECORD jumps you right into Constant Tempo
Mixdown. Pressing PLAY allows you to rehearse the Mixdown.
If you are rehearsing the CT Mixdown, you can press the
RECORD button at anytime to overdub onto the MIXDOWN track.
Keep in mind if you already have audio on the Mixdown track,
you will want to raise the MIXDOWN fader (most likely to its
top position) so that you do not lose the original audio that
was on the Mixdown track.
While performing a CT Mixdown, move the TEMPO slider to
hear the effects of the off-speed tracks.
To stop recording the CT Mixdown, press the PLAY button and
the 45000 will go into Idle mode.
After Constant Tempo Mixdown
To exit CT Mixdown mode, while the 45000 is Idle, press the
MIXDOWN button until its LED shuts off.
Read the “After the Mixdown” section above for more ideas on
what to do next.
Outputting MIDI Clock, Start and Stop
Commands
When the 45000 is set to internal clock it outputs MIDI Clock
sync at all times, in-sync with the 45000’s current tempo set-
ting. In addition to MIDI Clock, the 45000 also generates MIDI
Stop and Start commands when set to internal clock.
Upon pressing PLAY or RECORD to start loop playback, the
45000 sends out a MIDI Start command. The 45000 also
sends out a MIDI Start command when you press NEW LOOP
to enter Record-Ready mode.
When you stop a loop to put the 45000 into Idle mode, a MIDI
Stop command is sent out. So if the 45000 is playing a loop
and you press either PLAY or RECORD to stop the loop, it will
send out a MIDI Stop command.
When in Quantize mode, at the time you press the RECORD
button to begin the 4-Beat count-in, the 45000 sends out
MIDI messages to reset the MIDI slave device to restart its
playback at beat 1.
Responding to MIDI Start, Stop
and Song Position Pointer
The 45000 has two EXT. CLOCK sync modes: FULL and BEAT
SYNC. Each time you press the EXT. CLOCK button it cycles
through the three modes: Internal Clock (LED off), Full (LED lit
solid) and Beat Sync (LED blinks rapidly).
Full Ext. Clock Mode:
Setting the 45000 to Full EXT. CLOCK Mode enables it to
respond not only to MIDI Clock but also MIDI Start, Stop and
Song Position Pointer.
If your MIDI master device transmits MIDI Start and Stop com-
mands when you begin/end playback, the 45000 will respond
to these commands by beginning or stopping playback of its
loop. Press play on a drum machine and the 45000 begins
playing its loop, press stop on the drum machine and the
45000 stops.
When the 45000 is in Record-Ready mode, press the RECORD
button and you will see the RECORD LED blink rapidly. The
moment the 45000 receives a MIDI Start command it will
begin recording the New Loop. If you are in Record-Ready
mode but have not pressed RECORD, when the 45000
receives a MIDI Start command, it plays the loop it has stored
in memory.
The 45000 will also respond to Song Position Pointer (SPP).
You can advance your sequencer or drum machine to any
measure you like, and the 45000, whether idle or playing a
loop, will jump to the measure specified by the MIDI master.
If the specified measure is outside the loop’s length, the
45000 will wrap the loop around to the correct position. For
example, let’s say the 45000 is set to a 4 bar loop and you
move your sequencer to the beginning of measure 6 and
press Play, the 45000 will start playing from the beginning of
its 2nd bar.
The 45000 works best with MIDI masters that continuously
send out their MIDI Clock. Some machines only send MIDI
clock when you start playback. If the tempo on the MIDI mas-
ter has been changed since it last sent out MIDI Clock, the
45000 will require 1 to 3 bars of its loop to fully adjust to the
new tempo. During this time, you will hear the 45000 adjust-
ing the speed of the loop dramatically.
Beat Sync Ext. Clock Mode:
Beat Sync mode is very similar to FULL mode except the
45000 ignores the MIDI Start command. This allows you to
start playback on the MIDI master device without the 45000
beginning playback immediately. At the moment you start the
MIDI master, the 45000 follows the master’s MIDI clock so
that the 45000 always knows where the beats are. When you
press play on the 45000 it will start playback at the begin-
ning of the loop but on beat with the master MIDI device.
The 45000 always starts playback at the beginning of its loop
in Beat Sync mode and it always waits for the next MIDI mas-
ter beat to start. If you want the 45000 to sync up with beat 1
of the MIDI master, press PLAY on the 45000 just before the
MIDI master’s beat 1.
While in Full external clock mode (EXT. CLOCK LED lit solid),
the 45000 will wait for the MIDI Clock signal. If no MIDI Clock
is available when you press the PLAY button, the PLAY LED
blinks rapidly indicating the 45000 cannot sync. You will see
the RECORD LED blink rapidly if you try to Overdub or record a
New Loop with no MIDI Clock present.
MIDI and MIDI Sync
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