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To Use Slice to Grid:
1.
From the Waveform screen for the slicer pad, touch the menu item with the
three dots ". . .". This will display the Waveform Slicing menu.
2.
Touch Grid and then use a control knob to select the number of Slices to
create. Touch OK when you are ready to scan. (You can touch anyplace
outside of the Slices field to cancel the scan.) Bitbox mk2 will automatically
divide up the WAV file evenly into the number of slices you specified. The
slice points are shown as pink horizontal lines with a small pink square near
the bottom.
You can adjust the results of the slice to grid or auto scan by manually adding or
removing slices to get the slices that match your creative vision.
To Use Slices to Synchronize Playback of Clip Pads:
You can use slices in a clip pad to synchronize playback of the beats in the clip. When
the value of the Sync parameter for a clip pad is set to Slice, bitbox mk2 will use the
location of the slices in the WAV file as the location of the "beats" for Sync purposes in
order to prevent timing drift.
But how do you get slices in a clip pad? First configure the pad in Slicer Mode, create
the slices, and then change the Pad Mode to Clip. The slices will still be visible on the
Waveform screen and can be used for synchronization.
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Set Up a Granular Pad
The final pad mode is granular mode. Granular is similar to sample mode, but with the
additional ability to use multiple grains when playing back your sample. You can use
granular to facilitate loop cross fading and to generate new sounds from your samples.
In this mode, the sample is played back in small portions about 10 to 200ms in length,
called grains. You can control the size, count, spread and playback speed of the grains.
Granular pads support all of the same parameters as sample pads, along with the
parameters on the Gran tab. The Root Note parameter has unique behavior for granular
pads.
Gran Parameters <Updated in 2.0>
Parameter Description
Grain Si
The size of the small segments of the
WAV file that will be played.
Density
Controls the number of grains per
second. At the lowest end, you will get
about 1 grain every few seconds. At
50%, you will get 3 grains with some
overlap. Above 50% there is constant
overlap that becomes more
pronounced
Scatter
When density is less than 50%,
scatter controls how evenly the grains
are distributed over time. When
density is above 50%, scatter has no
impact.
Speed
How quickly the playback of the grains
advances through the source WAV
file. At 100% it will sound most like the
original file. At 50% it will be half
speed. At 200%, it will progress
through the WAV file at twice the
original rate.
Window
The length of file on either side of the
current playback position from which
the grains are selected. When set to
0%, the grains are always pulled from
the same place in the WAV file. When
set to 100%, the grains are pulled
from a window of about a few seconds
around the current playback position.
Pan Rnd
Controls how widely the sound is
spread apart across the left and right
speakers. This controls how far apart
the grains sound.
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Range of Values
Mod
Target?
0% to 100% which is about 20ms to
No
about 1 second.
0% to 100%,. Keep in mind that more
No
grains require more processor power.
0.0% to 100.0%
No
0 to 200%
Yes
0.0% to 100.0%
No
0.0% to 100.0%
No
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