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5-20 milliseconds will normally do the trick. Fades longer than that can be useful for fading

in a take or causing a smooth, gradual decay at the end of a take’s replay.

As soon as the S3000XL receives the appropriate note on the appropriate channel (i.e.

one that is assigned to a take in a song), the following screen will be displayed:

You may either issue a MIDI ALL NOTES OFF command from your sequencer/keyboard

or specifically press F8 - STOP - on the S3000XL.

NOTE: To play takes from MIDI in this way, the takes MUST be set to start from MIDI

NOTE or M.NOTE+DEL in the PLAY page.

When playing back in this way, triggering from MIDI, there is ALWAYS a fixed delay and

the delay is that set in the DREC or PLAY pages. Normally, it is probably best to offset the

delay by the same amount for each take. By doing this, you can shift one or all tracks on

your sequencer by a consistent amount. If you wish, however, each take may be set to

have its own unique offset delay which may help in syncing up some takes. Remember

that you can use a combination of your sequencer’s track shifting and the variable delay

parameter to get takes exactly in sync. For example, your sequencer’s track shifting

functions may not offer enough resolution to obtain precise triggering of the take(s). In this

case, adjust the take’s delay time in milliseconds to obtain precise sync.

HELPFUL HINT: If your sequencer does not have a wide enough range for shifting a

track, why not insert a blank bar or half bar at the beginning of the sequence and then

delete that bar only on the track(s) devoted to triggering takes. You can then use the

S3000XL’s MIDI delay to offset the triggering time.

One thing to remember, of course, is that if you wish to trigger the same take several

times (i.e. in the case of a backing vocal you wish to spin in over every chorus), you do not

have to specify it in the list several times when triggering it from MIDI. You only need to

select it once and, when the S3000XL receives the appropriate note, that take will play.

You will note that, when triggering takes from MIDI, the repeat field has no function - this

is for use when running takes sequentially in a song (see below).

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