Yamaha SU700 - Manual (Page 238)

Chapter 10 J
obs
238 Chapter 10 Jobs
The following illustration shows how the SLICE setting operates on a LOOP-track
sample having a four-beat loop length, assuming that groove resolution is set to quar-
ter note (four slices per measure).
F E E E F A A I FOUWFUMM
F E E E F A A I FOUWFUMM
F E E F A A FOU FUM
F E E • • • •
F E E E F A A I FOUW FUMM
F E E • • • •
gap gap gap
LOOP LENGTH
LOOP LENGTH = 001 ,..., 128 (on COMPOSED LOOP tracks) [Default=4]
Variable (on LOOP tracks)
“------” [not available](on FREE tracks)
LOOP track: This value sets the number of beats over which the sample plays out.
If you set the length to 4, for example, the sample will play out once every four
beats. As described above, the SU700 will adjust the playback (either by slicing or
by pitch adjustment) so that the sample exactly fills the loop length.
You will notice that the screen also shows a BPM value, which changes as you
adjust the length setting. The BPM value displayed on the screen shows the play-
back tempo that will reproduce the sample’s original sound and speed with no
need for adjustment. The SU700 will not allow you to set a length that would bring
this BPM indication below 40 or above 299.9.
NOTE:
Remember that the sample plays out only from its start point (as set by the SAMPLE |
START POINT job) to its applied end point (the setting in the SAMPLE | END POINT). The
maximum and minimum available loop-length settings, and the BPM value displayed on
this screen, will vary according to your start and end point settings.
Original sample
Played out matching
BPM (playback time
equals original sample
rength)
At Faster BPM (Each
slices is truncuted)
At slower BPM