Philips Music Module MSX User Manual page 7

SELECT RECORD PLAYBACK
TRIGGER
SELECT
You can record either one long sound
"sample" (4.6 seconds) or four short
sounds (1.15 seconds). Each of the short
sound samples can be different. To select
the sampling time, move the pointer to
SELECT and scroll through the options
as described in Section 3 under
CONTROLS and select from SHORT
SAMPLE 1, 2, 3, or 4 or LONG
SAMPLE.
TRIGGER LEVEL The TRIGGER
LEVEL can be used instead of the
SPACEBAR to start recording the
sample. It acts like a noise "gate" and
ensures that only sound above a certain
volume will activate the recording. To
set the level, move the pointer to the
TRIGGER marker on the level meter
(indicated by a T) and position the
marker as described in Section 3 under
CONTROLS. TRIGGER LEVEL
operates when TRIGGER AUTO is
selected (see TRIGGER below).
RECORD
To record a sound, move the pointer to
RECORD and CLICK. The screen
border now turns blue to tell you that it
is ready to record a sound. If you are in
the trigger AUTO mode (this is the
preset mode), recording commences as
soon as the sound level exceeds the
trigger level and the border colour
changes to RED while recording is in
progress. If you are in trigger MANUAL
mode (see TRIGGER below) you must
press the spacebar a second time to
record, whereupon the screen border
turns red. The sensitivity of the
microphone can be adjusted by turning
the volume control located on the left
side of the fitted MUSIC MODULE
cartridge.
PLAYBACK
To playback the sound you have
recorded, move the pointer to
PLAYBACK and CLICK. The sampled
sound will play back once, after which
the sound can be played on the top two
rows of the computer keyboard, higher
or lower in pitch. Press [STOP] to stop
PLAYBACK (a reminder appears on
screen).
SAMPLE FINE TUNE To tune your
sample sound to the FM sound, use the
[GRAPH] key and the keys marked [X]
and [C] on your computer keyboard. To
lower the pitch press the [GRAPH] key
and the [X] key, to raise the pitch press
the [GRAPH] key and the [C] key.
TRIGGER
This is used to select either trigger
AUTO (this is the preset) or trigger
MANUAL. Trigger AUTO is used in
conjunction with the trigger marker as
described under TRIGGER LEVEL.
Trigger MANUAL is used when it is
necessary to record, for example a
continuous sound or a part of a reco'.d.
To select, position the pointer on
TRIGGER and toggle between AUTO
and MANUAL as described in Section 3
under
CONTROLS.
The recorded sound sample(s) can be
allocated to any track on the SOUNDS
menu in the same way as any of the
preset sounds, but only on one track at a
time.
Section 10
SPECIAL EFFECTS
To select the SPECIAL EFFECTS menu
press [F7] or use the pointer and CLICK.