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Beat Munger

O Sometimes the Munger misses the last beat of a looped, 1 bar groove. To correct this problem, Copy the loop and Paste to the end of itself. Truncate the loop with Beat Munger to get a perfect 1 bar loop.

•Play Button: Starts real-time loop audition.

•Stop Button: Stops real-time loop audition.

•Re-Analyze Button: Sometimes the analyzer will lock onto a harmonic of the tempo, or some other polyrhythmic element in the groove, and give the wrong answer for the tempo analysis. The ReAnalyze button allows you to enter your own estimate of the true tempo. Beat Munger will use your tempo data to resynthesize the groove.

•OK Button: Once you are happy with the settings, press OK to actually process (and replace) the sample. The metronome will not be heard in the processed sample and the sample will always be rendered correctly even if the real-time audition was of poor quality. The sample will be set to loop its entire length. UNDO is available to restore the original sample if you’re not happy with the result.

“Signal Appears to be Cropped” message

Congratulations! You’ve already trimmed your sample groove to loop perfectly. This screen is merely informing you that the sample is perfectly sized to loop.

•Press Yes if you want to use the sample length for the phrase length.

•Press No if you want Beat Munger to determine a tempo.

Undo

Have you ever wanted a time machine so that you could go back and undo a mistake? This function may be the next best thing. Whenever you

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perform a sample edit function, the original version of the sample will be backed up if “Undo/Redo” is enabled (Master, Miscellaneous). The original sample is placed on the clipboard and can be instantly restored by pressing Undo.

v To Restore a Sample to its Original State

1. Press the Sample Edit key. The LED illuminates and the main sample edit screen appears.

2. Press the UNDO! function key (F6). The original sample will be restored and the processed sample will be stored in the clipboard.

v To Compare a Processed Sample with the Original Sample:

1.Press the Sample Edit key. The LED illuminates and the main sample edit screen appears.

2.Press the UNDO! function key (F6). The original sample will be restored and the processed sample will be store in the clipboard.

3.Press the REDO! function key (F6) again. The processed sample will be restored and the original sample will be stored in the clipboard. You can continue switching back and forth until you decide which sample you want to keep.

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