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The following illustration shows how the SLICE setting operates on a LOOP-track sample having a four-beat loop length, assuming that groove resolution is set to quarter note (four slices per measure).

Original sample

F E E E F A A I FOUWFUMM

Played out matching

BPM (playback time

equals original sample F E E E F A A I FOUWFUMM F E E • • • •

rength)

At Faster BPM (Each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F E E

F

A A

FOU

FUM

F

E E • • • •

slices is truncuted)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At slower BPM

F E E E

 

 

F A A I

 

 

FOUW

 

 

FUMM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gap

gap

gap

LOOP LENGTH

LOOP LENGTH = 001,...,128 (on COMPOSED LOOP tracks) [Default=4] Variable (on LOOP tracks)

“------” [not available](on FREE tracks)

LOOP track: This value sets the number of beats over which the sample plays out. If you set the length to 4, for example, the sample will play out once every four beats. As described above, the SU700 will adjust the playback (either by slicing or by pitch adjustment) so that the sample exactly fills the loop length.

You will notice that the screen also shows a BPM value, which changes as you adjust the length setting. The BPM value displayed on the screen shows the playback tempo that will reproduce the sample’s original sound and speed with no need for adjustment. The SU700 will not allow you to set a length that would bring this BPM indication below 40 or above 299.9.

NOTE:

Remember that the sample plays out only from its start point (as set by the SAMPLE START POINT job) to its applied end point (the setting in the SAMPLE END POINT). The maximum and minimum available loop-length settings, and the BPM value displayed on this screen, will vary according to your start and end point settings.

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