Yeah, but if you turn the voice to TG off, you have no internal sounds, and
if you turn the midi off, no external equipment can be used...
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From: DJ Rock 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:38 AM
Subject: Getting around the delay between styles on the RM1x...
> Here's how I avoid the delay between switching styles on the RM1x. First
> go into the Setup menu and turn off Voice Setup to TG and Voice Setup to
> MIDI. Normally, when you switch to a new style in the RM1x, is looks at
> what all the voice settings are for that style and then tells the TG to
> reconfigure to all these settings, plus any tracks that are set to output
to
> MIDI are sent a program change message. All of this happening is what
> causes the dealy. The TG takes a split second to load all the new voice
> settings for the style, and any external gear usually delays for a sec
when
> it is sent a program change. I've also had trouble with some MIDI
> patchbay/mergers haveing trouble when they recieve 16 program changes all
at
> the same time.
>
> Now, once you turned Voice Setup for TG and MIDI off, you'll notice that
as
> you switch through styles, your gear doesn't automatically switch to the
> right programs anymore. What I usually do to overcome this is to use a
> blank pattern (Usually the last one, "P"), and I make a bunch of 1 measure
> phrases containing only the program changes and any other MIDI messages
> needed to set up everything for this song. If I want to sit down and work
> on a specific song, all I do is start with Pattern P, let it play through
> once, and then all my gear is set up for that song.
>
> Now, for live use I can't use my blank Pattern P, since this would be even
a
> longer delay than normal. What I do is arrange my songs in the RM1x like
> this... I put all my actual songs in the odd numbered styles, i.e., 1, 3,
> 5, 7, 9, etc. And I put transitions in the even numbered styles, i.e., 2,
> 4, 6, 8, 10, etc. The transitions work as follows. My first song ends on
> Patttern J. When this pattern is in its last measure, I turn the style
knob
> up one click. Since "Voice Setup to TG and MIDI" is off, the RM1x
switches
> to the next style seemlessly. The next style is my transition, and I've
> set this up so that Pattern J is the first pattern in the transition. The
> transition then works its way back down the patterns. Going from J to I
to
> H to G and so on... If the transition is short I might skip a few
patterns,
> but the point is to have the transition finish up on pattern A, so that
when
> you switch styles again you'll be back at the beggining of your next song.
> (This is considering that you start your songs with Pattern A.) I place
all
> the appropriate Program changes for the next song throughout the preceding
> transition. By spreading all the program changes over a bunch of
patterns,
> you never have a point where all your gear has to stop playing, and by the
> time you finish the transition and hit the next song, all your gear is
setup
> up to start playing it. I recently recorded a 1 hour continous mix using
> the RM1x as my only sequencer. I didn't hit stop once, and all the style
> changes were smooth. Later.
>
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