Red Sound SoundBITE Manual For Use page 16

Hints and Tips
RECORDING LOOPS WITHOUT THE BPM ENGINE
You can still record loops, even if there is no beat information available to trigger the BPM engine. First, manually
set the BPM value (see page 9), then press the [RE-SAMPLE] button and [LOOP] button to create the non-
synchronised loops.
DIS-ENGAGING THE BPM ENGINE - A FEW APPLICATIONS
As you cue and/or move the pitch slider back and forth whilst monitoring in the headphones, all this musical and
rhythmical information gets transmitted to SoundBITE via PFL. Naturally this cueing 'tempo' you create is irregular,
sending small fluctuations to SoundBITE, which will intelligently track the BPM and time stretch any stored samples
accordingly.
The times when you would not want SoundBITE to do this are in the first two examples below. Imagine beat mixing
against a track on a turntable whose tempo constantly changes with small fluctations, it would be nearly
impossible. Therefore, you can instruct the sampler not to analyse tempo changes (see page 8, Disengaging the
BPM engine ) and no matter how fast/slow or in which direction you spin the forthcoming track, SoundBITE will play
any samples back at a fixed tempo, steady as a rock.
LEARNING TO MIX - You can use SoundBITE as an aid to enhance your beat mix skills. It's always easier to
practice beat mixing against a clean 4/4 rhythm with minimal melody/vocals. Now you can have an infinite looping
clean sample of your choice to practice mixing against. Just record/playback the loop and dis-engage the BPM
engine.
MIXING VINYL TO VINYL USING ONE TURNTABLE - Most dance tracks are structured to have a clean
introduction (intro) and exit (outro) to facilitate mixing and to avoid melody clashes. Now you can sample either the
start or the end of the track (we recommend 8 or16 beat loops) and, using your cross fader, blend the outgoing
track into your long sample, put a new record on the same turntable and mix against the sample. Just
record/playback the loops and dis-engage the BPM engine. This also addresses...
THE DREADED TURNTABLE/STYLUS FAILURE - You can use SoundBITE as a security blanket in the
unfortunate event of a turntable failing.
SO, RULE OF THUMB -
SoundBITE sampling from Master Track - Do not disengage the BPM engine.
Beat Mixing against SoundBITE - Disengage before attempting to attain beat sync on next track, then re-engage
before recording new samples.
OTHER USES - (taken from IDJ magazine)
"SCRATCH GOD - Just imagine this little beauty in the hands of someone like the Scratch Perverts - the
possibilities are awesome! For home scratchers, on a basic level you could set up breaks to scratch over. But
really, for the turntablist, this unit is an extra deck, from which you can drop in individual scratches, samples or
beats - this could take turntablism to a whole new level."
"ACAPELLAS - So for you house and garage DJ's, how about having a bunch of vocal acapellas at your fingertips,
ready to drop into the mix at any time. Record the samples on the fly and drop them back in as you build that
ultimate roof-raising climax!"
Special thanks to IDJ magazine - Note: quotations are taken from review of previous model.
Tips for getting the very best out of your SoundBITE:
*When triggering multiple samples simultaneously, turn the bass EQ anticlockwise on the mixer channel used by
SoundBITE (due to the fantastic accuracy of the SoundBITE it's possible to have the equivalent of 7 kick drums
(the master track + 6 sample banks) playing simultaneously).
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