Phrase Recorder; Phrase Recorder Settings - Oberheim OB 12 Operating Manual

The PHRASE RECORDER allows musical phrases to be recorded and repeated by simply pressing
a keyboard key, which from now on we will call the pilot key .
The musical phrase selected will thus be repeated until the key mentioned above is released. If the
HOLD function is enabled it will not be necessary to keep the key pressed since the musical
phrase will be played even after its release. If another pilot key assigned to another musical phrase
is pressed, this phrase will replace the previous one in the playback function. To activate / deactivate
the Hold function, press the button of the same name in the PHRASE section of the front panel.
One very important feature of the Phrase Recorder is that while a given musical phrase is being
repeated with the Hold function active, you will be able to vary the parameters relating to generation
of the sound, to obtain continuous variation of the timbre with which it is performed. What's more,
once you have set the correct keyboard split point and the Parts assigned to the Phrase Recorder,
you will be able to play without restriction in the keyboard zone not enabled for this function, while
the phrase is being repeated.
The internal memory enabled for the recording of phrases is divided into four SETS, one of which
can be assigned to each Program. Each Set can be viewed as a memory bank in which the
recorded phrases can be saved. Therefore, a key can be configured as the pilot key of four phrases,
each saved in one Set. If the phrases are then placed in the desired Sets, you will be able to use
given groups of phrases depending on the Program active at the time.
In theory, the Phrase Recorder can contain up to 196 musical phrases; in fact, the memory
associated to it can contain 16000 notes. Thanks to the MEMORY STATISTIC section in the
SYSTEM environment (see point 10.8) you can be constantly informed about the amount of memory
available.
The PHRASE RECORDER function is divided into two programming sections.
One can be recalled from the EDIT PROGRAM MENU and is called PHRASE RECORDER
SETTINGS; this allows you to enable or disable the function and Set of phrases associated to the
Program active at that moment, regulate the metronome tempo, and enable a keyboard zone and
the Program Parts (and therefore the timbres) for performance of the musical phrase.
Another, called RECORD PHRASE, can be recalled by pressing the [REC] button in the PHRASE
section of the front panel, and enables the recording or monitoring of a given phrase.
From the EDIT PROGRAM MENU, select field 7-PHRASE REC.; the display will show the video
page relating to the main settings of the Phrase Recorder:
in which the following parameters can be set:
STATUS
([ON/OFF] of the PHRASE section)
SET: sets the Set of phrases active when the Program is recalled.
: enables (ON) or disables (OFF) the Phrase Recorder.
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