5.12. STATUS ARRANGER

ARRANGER STATUS

START

• With the Arranger stopped, pressing START starts the arranger (right or left click), the button will turn green and the label changes to STOP. The measure indicator is activated, the first of four LEDs indicates highlights (red light), the other, green, show time low.
• With the Arranger running, pressing STOP (right or left click) will immediately stop the arranger . The button returns to its orange colour and label changes to START (ready for a new start).

TEMPO

By successively pressing the "+" and "-" keys, you may increase or decrease the tempo value in steps of + or - 1. The limit values are between 40 and 250. The orange-red arc is proportional to the value of TEMPO and provides coarse adjustment TEMPO, buy click and sliding the mouse along a vertical axis.

A first double click on the displayed value changes appearance as below:

The small padlock in the centre and the yellow circle indicates that the tempo is locked at this rate, from one style to the next. This TEMPO LOCK function allows chaining of other styles on the same TEMPO.
A second double-click cancels the TEMPO LOCK function

Note : TAP TEMPO: You can define a new tempo by time-clicking with the right mouse button on the TEMPO button.

You may also use OPTIONS -> CONTROLLERS to assign the TAP TEMPO function to a key.

SYNC

This Framework offers two options:

Note: These two options are not mutually exclusive, checked simultaneously vA2 will play only when it receives notes from the LEFT section.

COUNT IN

Arranger Off, like a drummer, this function is a count of chopsticks on the quarter of a measure heard before the start of the arranger.
Arranger On, the COUNT IN button changes to RESTART, this function immediately reset the arranger on the first beat of the measure.
Functions COUNT IN / RESTART are enabled with right or left clicks.

FADE

• The arranger OFF, pressing FADE IN (the button turns red) causes a fade output fromthe zero level to the noise level programmed. When the noise level reaches the screen is programmed exchange FADE OUT and the button returns to gray.
• The arranger START, pressing FADE OUT (the button turns red) causes a sound fade out from the noise programmed to zero. When the noise level reaches zero the screen changes FADE IN, the button becomes gray and the Arranger is stopped.

Note : The behavior of the FADE function is identical toa MIDI sequence or Kar.

HOLD

The HOLD function, when activated, allows the last chord played in the LEFT part to stay memorized, even after the keys are released. When the style is playing, it keeps the activation of all the accompaniment, bass and drums tracks. Otherwise, when the keys are released only the drums tracks keep playing.

ARRANGER STATUS commands are all assignable in the OPTIONS / CONTROLLERS menu, in the TRANSPORT section.