Akai U40 Operator's Manual page 17

Variable tempo / constant pitch phrase recorder
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Note Grabber Function
l@ Note Grabber Function RE
'This function provides a very short looped playback at any point in the recording. Itis useful to
isolate individual notes in a complex phrase.
Method
During playback of the recording, pressing NOTE GRABBER lights up its
and a very short looped playback occurs at that point,
Atthis
t i m e , you can move the loop forward by holding UP; When releasing
UP, another short loop will occur at the new point
Also, youcanuse DOWN tomove the loop backward; Whileholding DOWN,
w
the phrase will be played in reverse, When you release DOWN, another short
Joop will occur at the new point,
While UP or DOWN is being held down, the playback speed will be the one you specified using
PLAYBACK TEMPO. Searching is possible in the whole recording
length, regardless of the
Joop points specified,
'Tocancel the Note Grabber function, press NOTE GRABBER a second time; Its LED goes out
and playback stops immediately.
Instead, you can press PLAY/STOP to resume normal playback.
Note: Normally, you press NOTE GRABBER during playback of the recorded phrase to
'start the short loop at that point. However, if you press NOTE GRABBER while
playback is stopped, you will hear a short loop that is located at the point most
recently set by the SET LOOP START button. If'no loop start point has been set,
then the short Note Grabber loop is located at the very beginning of the recording.
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