Lexicon LEXICON480LV4 Owner's Manual page 71

Lexicon 480L Owner's Manual
HEAD TRIM
Once a sample has been recorded, head trim is used
to remove unwanted information at the beginning of the
sample, selecting a new start point for playback.
A fine mode is provided for precise trim. Press the
button under the Head Trim slider until the display
flashes. To exit, press the button again and hold it until
the display stops flashing.
LEVL FWD (Mono Forward/Reverse)
LEVL FWD sets the playback level for forward play.
LEVL REV (Mono Forward/Reverse)
LEVL REV sets the playback level for reverse play.
MARK
MARK adjusts the amount of pre-trigger audio that is
finally recorded. If MARK = 0, MARK THE HEAD, then
no pre-trigger audio is saved. If MARK is set to MARK
THE TAIL, the trigger event is a STOP recording
command, and only pre-trigger audio is saved. MARK
can be adjusted for a few milliseconds in order to fine
tune an attack, or up to 0.5 second (1 second in SME)
for other uses.
If MARK is set to TAIL, or a large value, the LARC
"******" display will fill up from left to right when REC is
pressed. When all twelve "*"s are lit, all old audio will be
erased by the new recording, Remember this when
using MARK THE TAIL – if you trigger early, old audio
will remain in memory. (This could be useful; you can
always trim it out.)
MIDI Play Key
From the LARC, MIDI Play functions exactly like Play
(below) and plays the sample at the previous rate.
When patched to MIDI NOTE EVENT, before playing
the sample it first sets a new rate based on the note
value, Reference MIDI Note parameter, and Pitch
Mirror (SME only). The rate intervals occur on semi-
tone pitch intervals.
MIR
Pitch Mirror modifies the behavior of MIDI Play by
decreasing the rate for increasing note vaues. This is
particularly useful when playing mono SME samples in
reverse. (It can also be used for stereo samples, but
some reverse rates may produce audible clicks.)
PAN FWD (Mono Forward/Reverse)
PAN FWD sets the pan location between the two
outputs for forward playback.
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PAN REV (Mono Forward/Reverse)
PAN REV sets the pan location between the two
outputs for reverse playback.
PLAY Key
PLAY is the manual playback trigger. When pressed,
it arms level triggering if active, or immediately triggers
playing the sample for the selected REPEAT count.
PLAY ORDER (Mono Forward/Reverse)
PLAY ORDER determines whether the forward or
reverse sample is played first. With the slider all the
way down, the sample is played in reverse first, and
forward second. With the slider centered, the sample is
played in forward and reverse at the same time. With
the slider all the way up, the sample is played forward
first, and in reverse second. A wide range of settings
between these three basic points is available.
RATE
RATE changes playback speed, resulting in a
changed audio pitch. A setting of 100% gives an
unchanged pitch on playback. RATE can be varied at
any time, either manually, or by MIDI, within the limita-
tions mentioned in the Bank/Program descriptions.
REC Key
The 480L begins recording the instant REC is pressed.
REC may be pressed at any time to restart a recording.
Forward/Reverse Sampler, and Mono Samplers rec-
ord via the left input.
REF
Reference MIDI Note selects the MIDI note value that
produces X1 forward playback. It is used to transpose
the control region of a MIDI keyboard. When MIR is off,
notes higher than REF produce faster rates, lower
notes produce slower rates, and notes more than an
octave down produce reverse play rates.
REPEAT
REPEAT sets the number of times a sample is played.
After selecting the number of play repeats, you must
enter the selection by pressing PLAY.
RETRIGGER HOLD
When using audio triggering, RETRIGGER HOLD sets
the period of time the sampler will wait before retrigger-
ing. When set to NO RETRIGGERING (all the way
down) the sample may be level retriggered only when
play is completed.