Global Settings; Velocity Curve; Midi Clock Rx/Tx - Novation SL Mk III User Manual

GLOBAL SETTINGS

Press the Global button to enter the Global Settings view .
Any settings changed in this view affect the whole device
and do not change with the Session . These settings save
when you turn off the SL MkIII via the power switch . If you
remove the power cable these settings will not save .
When you're in the global menu, you can press Global again
to return to the last view you were in .
Press the Up/Down arrows next to the screen to navigate
through three pages of global settings and information .

Velocity Curve

You can change the responsiveness of your SL MkIII
keyboard via the 'Velocity Curve' setting:
1 . Press the Global button to navigate to the Global
Settings menu .
2 . The menu item labelled 'Velocity Curve' will show the
current velocity curve .
3 . Next, choose from the following velocity options:
• Low
• Low+
• Normal
'Low' skews MIDI toward lower values . In other words, it is
easy to render low velocity values but getting velocity values
of, say, 127 will require a lot of physical force . With 'Low +'
it is slightly easier to get higher velocities; with 'Normal' and
'Normal +' achieving higher velocities gets even easier .
'High' means velocities skew toward high values . Even when
pressing keys lightly, it is difficult to achieve low velocities .
This could be, for example, a helpful feature for a player with
a light touch who wants their velocities to lean toward higher
values .
If you select 'Fixed' the SL MkIII will output the same MIDI
velocity regardless of how hard or soft you press a key .
When you select Fixed, a menu item next to Velocity Curve
called 'Fixed Velocity' will appear; this is where you specify
the MIDI velocity for each key press .
• Normal+
• High
• Fixed

MIDI Clock Rx/Tx

MIDI Clock Rx
The following steps enable or disable receiving of external
MIDI clock messages:
1 . Press the Global button .
2 . The menu item labelled 'MIDI Clock Rx' shows either
'On' or 'Off", showing whether the device can respond
to an external MIDI clock .
3 . Turn the rotary knob above to the right to enable or
disable reception of MIDI clock .
Set to 'On', if the SL MkIII detects MIDI clock at either MIDI
input (USB or DIN) it will synchronise to the external clock .
Make sure you send MIDI to USB or DIN, and not both, as
this might cause a loss of synchronisation or erratic tempo .
To confirm the SL MkIII is receiving external clock press the
Tempo button . Here the screen shows the synced-tempo
value, as well as the word 'External' . Changes to the external
device's or software's tempo show here . If the SL MkIII loses
sync while the transport is playing, the message 'Sync Lost'
will appear, and the device will not switch to its internal clock
until you stop the Transport .
MIDI Clock Tx
The SL MkIII can either send its internal MIDI clock or sync
to an external clock – convenient when using the SL MkIII
alongside other devices or software .
The following steps allow you to enable or disable
transmission of MIDI clock messages:
1 . Press the Global button to reveal its menu .
2 . The menu item labelled 'MIDI Clock Tx' shows clock
transmission as either 'On' or 'Off' .
3 . Turn the rotary knob above to the right to enable clock
transmission ('On'), or to the left to disable clock
transmission ('Off') .
When set to 'On', the SL MkIII sends clock tempo . Devices
or software configured to receive the SL MkIII's MIDI clock
will now operate in sync . MIDI clock messages send at 24
PPQN (pulses per quarter note) to the USB MIDI and both
MIDI DIN ports .
When using the SL MkIII's analogue clock turn the rotary
knob above the menu item labelled 'Clock Out PPQN' to
choose between 1, 2, 4, eight or 24 PPQN .
To adjust the tempo of the SL MkIII's internal clock press the
Tempo button . The first screen then shows the tempo as a
BPM value, you can raise or lower the tempo with the above
rotary knob .
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