SP Studio Systems SP-12 - Manual (Page 30)

RECORDING SEGMENTS
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Fig. 2-3
This illustrates an important point: Use the least amount of resolution needed. If you
are recording a simple snare back beat, there’s no point in using an Auto Correct
setting with any more resolution than eighth notes. To record something more
complex, set a finer resolution (such as sixteenth or even thirty-second notes).
You may change Auto Correct while you are in segment mode, whether the SP-12 is
running or stopped. If you change Auto Correct while the SP-12 is running, the
change takes effect at the end of the segment. Changing Auto Correct as desired
takes the pressure off of recording long drum parts -- use low resolution to record
most of a part, and then switch over to finer resolution to record more complex
rhythms. Note that recording triplets is easy; since there are four triplet Auto Correct
options, and that alternating between triplet and non-triplet Auto Correct modes lets
you record complex polyrhythms.
Another option is high-resolution mode, where the SP-12 places beats exactly where
you play them rather than “rounding them off” to the nearest specified note. This
allows syncopation, beats which slightly lead or lag the rhythm, and so on.
When programming in step time, the Auto Correct setting determines the rhythmic
value of’ each step. For example, with an Auto Correct setting of 1/8, you will step
through the song an eighth note at a time. Selecting HiRes mode steps through the
song at a rate equivalent to sixty-fourth note triplets. See later for more information
on step time recording.