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Dec 11, 2023
Synchronizing Samples in Clip Pad Mode
Let’s talk some more about Quant Size and Sync. When a Quant Size other than None is
selected, the playback of the wave file will be delayed until the next selected unit of music
as specified in Quant Size. This will ensure that your playback “snaps to the grid” of the
beats established by your clock. Sometimes, the WAV file you are playing is longer than one
beat.
For example, the WAV file might contain a 2 bar drum riff. For a clip pad, tangerine will
make some assumptions about where the beats in your file occur.
In Clip mode, tangerine will play the whole 2 bar riff when the note is triggered. But the
beats in the WAV file might not be playing at the same tempo as the clock speed.
If you leave Sync set to None, the WAV file will play in its entirety and will get out of sync
with your clock.
If your WAV file tempo is faster than your clock tempo, it will sound like the beats are
running ahead of the rest of the music.
If your WAV file tempo is slower than your clock tempo, it will sound like your drums are
lagging.
If you want to fix that, then choose the value for Sync that identifies how tightly you want
to snap to the clock while the WAV file is playing in response to a single sustained note
trigger. While the note is playing, the sync will cause the playback of the WAV file to jump
to the next selected sync increment in the file when the corresponding clock time has
passed.
So if the WAV was a little faster than your clock, the playback position will jump backwards
to move the playback of the WAV to the selected clock increment.
If the WAV is slower than your clock, the playback position will jump ahead to the selected
clock increment.
This will work well if the difference between the BPM of your WAV file and the BPM of your
clock is small. It will sound like a stutter if the difference is large.
