Transitions - Orthogonal Devices ER-102 User Manual

Transitions

Once a part is triggered, the exact time it will start playing depends on the setting of
the TRANSITION switch.
Triggering a part
Parts are activated or triggered in two ways - manually via the TRANSITION button
or remotely via a rising edge on the ACTIVATE input. As soon as the focused part is
activated then it also becomes the pending part and its number will be flashing in
the INDEX display when the PART display is also focused. When you trigger a part,
you are actually triggering parts across all of the tracks.
FIRST vs LAST Transitions
When transitioning from one part to the next, it is musically useful to wait for the
current part to finish playing before starting the next pending part. However, since
a single part potentially contains a loop for each track, there is an ambiguity about
when a part exactly finishes. In other words, which track gets to decide for the other
tracks that the current playing part has finished? The FIRST and LAST transition
modes solve this ambiguity. The FIRST transition mode means that the transition to
the pending part will occur as soon as any track completes its loop. In other words,
the first track to complete its loop is used to finish the current part and transition to
the pending part. The LAST transition mode waits for all tracks to finish at least one
loop before moving on to the pending part. In other words, the last track to finish a
loop determines the transition to the pending part.
When the current playing part ends (as defined by the TRANSITION mode), then all
tracks with a RESET TO step defined are reset and the pending part becomes the
current playing part.
The USER Transition
The USER transition mode is by default configured to transition immediately without
a reset (even if there is a RESET TO step defined). However, a reset on the ER-101 will
behave as normal.
Configurable Option: The USER transition can have its behavior changed via the
configuration file. Please refer to the configuration file on your SD card for more
details.
In this example, parts have been defined for only 2 tracks and the TRANSITION
switch is set to FIRST. The dotted line indicates when the next part is triggered.
Track 1 finishes first, so track 1 determines the beginning of the next part.
This is the same scenario as above except the TRANSITION switch is set to LAST.
Track 2 finishes last, therefore track 2 determines the beginning of the next part.
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