He means voice *SETUP* to TG and Midi off, not Voice to TG and Midi off. The
latter sends the notes, the former sets up the sounds by sending program
changes etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dustin Zahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: donderdag 27 juli 2000 17:52
Subject: Re: Getting around the delay between styles on the RM1x...
> 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...
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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