Antares ATR-1a manual Song Mode

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If a performance is quite close to begin with and only requires minor correction (i.e., never more that 50 cents), it’s often sufficient to simply choose the Chromatic scale, set Speed to about 10 and leave it there.

If you are working in the studio to correct an already recorded track, you might use Program Mode to deal with the track one section at a time, stoping to change Programs between sections.

Song Mode

Song Mode offers a more elaborate set of controls primarily designed to facilitate the use of the ATR-1a in a live performance situation, whether in actual concert or during tracking in the studio.

The ATR-1a provides 20 Songs. For each Song, you can program a series of up to 15 Song Steps. Each Step can contain a Program (with associated scale) or one of a number of navigation controls (See Chapter 4 for details). In performance you move from Song Step to Song Step via the foot switch or MIDI. You can also call up different Songs via MIDI Program Change messages.

Each Song also contains its own Speed and Vibrato settings that override those settings in the individual Programs. In this way, an individual Program’s scale can be used in any number of songs, each with different Speed and Vibrato settings. (To accomplish the same thing in Program Mode would require you to create multiple Programs, each with the identical scale but with the different Speed and Vibrato settings. Very inefficient. )

There is of course no hard and fast rule for which mode to use in any particular situation. Try out both modes and use what feels comfortable to you.

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Contents Page Page Contents Index Welcome Technical Support Few words from Dr. Andy Page So what exactly is it? Chapter Introducing the ATR-1aSome background Little bit about pitch Some pitch terminologyHow the ATR-1a detects pitch Speed How the ATR-1a corrects pitchScales VibratoAn example Program Mode vs. Song ModeProgram Mode Song Mode Chapter Setting Up the ATR-1a Page Chapter Panel Controls and Connectors Front PanelPage Back Panel Flash Screen Mode PagesChapter Display Screens and Menu Pages ATR-1a version ATR-1a ProcessorSong Mode Main Screen SongXXaaaaaaaaaaaaa StepYYbbbbbbbbbbbbbProgram Edit Pages Progxx Press to make scale from Midi Press page when doneProgramXX Speed 0 is fast yy Make Scale From MidiXXCC#DD#EFF#GG#AA#B ScaleWhy set Scale notes to Blank? #D E F#G a BProgXX Dpth Rt Dly yyyyyy xxx zzz dddd Song Edit Pages ProgramXX NameaaaaaaaaaaaaaProgXX Save? To Pgm Program NameSong Speed SongYY Speed 0 is fastSongXX 1 2 3 Programs 0 0 0 Song ItemsSongXX Dpth Rt Dly yyyyyy xxx zzz dddd Song VibratoSystem Edit Pages SongXX NameaaaaaaaaaaaaaSongXX Save? To Sng Song NameSensitivity LCD Aa bb Bass ModeBass Mode Sensitivity and LCDFootSwitch Detune Aaaaaa bbbb Foot Switch and DetuneChannel Note Sustain Aaaa bbb ccc MidiPgmChg Bend ModWhl Aaa ccc ddd Midi Vib Rate Delay Control aaa bbb Midi Speed Step Control aaa bbbOwner Message SysEx Device Number aaaEdit Owner Name aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Chapter Creative Applications for the ATR-1a Page Page Appendix Factory ProgramsScales/Modes reference chart Scale and Chord GuidesChord reference chart G a G B A C A B B D C D C E D F E G F G F a Midi System Exclusive Message Formats System data =From the front panel Vibrato Delay Table Midi System Exclusive Message Examples This message sets Program data in the ATR-1a Page Midi Implementation Chart Model ATR-1a, versionATR-1a Specifications DACIndex Midi