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Using Loop-Track Play, LoopTr

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Using Loop-Track Play Use this feature to play loop samples from multiple pads simultaneously. The SU200 temporarily adjusts the tempo settings for each sample so that all of these samples play out at the same tempo (the same BPM setting). NOTE • Some samples may produce noise when used with Loop Track Play. Z Press the [LOOP TR PLAY] ("Loop Track Play") button. Pads currently set for loop playback all begin playing in an endless loop. This operation is referred to as Loop-Track Play. LOOP TR P L AY When you set this button on, all samples currently set for loop playback begin playing out continuously, and the corresponding pads light up. All samples currently set to one-shot play remain off, and their pads remain dark. (See page 29.) LoopTr 132 X Press one of the pads that is currently playing (that is currently lit up). The pad goes dark, and the sample goes off. (The sample is muted.) Press the pad again, and sample's playback resumes. (During Loop-Track Play, the pads for your loop sample act in the same way as mixer MUTE buttons.) C Tap three or four times. -1/NO +1 / Y E S or BPM LoopTr Tap three or four times. 120 V Try pressing a pad for a non-looping sample (a pad set for one-shot playback). Pads set for one-shot playback are not affected by loop-track play. You can play these pads in the same way as usual: press the pad once to play the sample. B Press the [LOOP TR PLAY] button again to stop sample playback. LOOP TR P L AY Now that you have switched off loop-track play, try pressing pads 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 one at a time. Notice that these pads are all set to different tempos. During loop-track play, the SU200 automatically synchronizes the playback so that they all play out at the same tempo. Note that it is also possible to synchronize sample playback using an external MIDI clock. To use these feature, you need to set the SU200 for an external MIDI clock (using Job mode) and you need to connect a MIDI clock device to the SU200's MIDI IN connector. 18 Quick Start

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Quick Start
Using Loop-Track Play
Use this feature to play loop samples from multiple pads simultaneously. The SU200 temporarily
adjusts the tempo settings for each sample so that all of these samples play out at the same tempo
(the same BPM setting).
•
Some samples may produce noise when used with Loop Track Play.
Z
Press the [LOOP TR PLAY] (“Loop Track Play”) button.
Pads currently set for loop playback all begin playing in an endless loop. This operation is referred to as
Loop-Track Play
.
X
Press one of the pads that is currently playing (that is currently lit up).
The pad goes dark, and the sample goes off. (The sample is muted.)
Press the pad again, and sample’s playback resumes.
(During Loop-Track Play, the pads for your loop sample act in the same way as mixer MUTE buttons.)
C
Tap three or four times.
V
Try pressing a pad for a non-looping sample (a pad set for one-shot playback).
Pads set for one-shot playback are not affected by loop-track play. You can play these pads in the same
way as usual: press the pad once to play the sample.
B
Press the [LOOP TR PLAY] button again to stop sample playback.
NOTE
LOOP TR
PLAY
LoopTr
132
When you set this button on, all samples currently set for loop playback
begin playing out continuously, and the corresponding pads light up. All
samples currently set to one-shot play remain off, and their pads remain
dark. (See page 29.)
BPM
–1/NO
+
1/YES
LoopTr
120
or
Tap three or four times.
LOOP TR
PLAY
Now that you have switched off loop-track play, try pressing pads 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 one at a time. Notice
that these pads are all set to different tempos. During loop-track play, the SU200 automatically syn-
chronizes the playback so that they all play out at the same tempo.
Note that it is also possible to synchronize sample playback using an external MIDI clock. To use these
feature, you need to set the SU200 for an external MIDI clock (using Job mode) and you need to con-
nect a MIDI clock device to the SU200’s MIDI IN connector.