Electron Machinedrum SPS-1, User Manual

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THE LCD USER INTERFACE
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THE LCD USER INTERFACE
The center of Machinedrum SPS-1 MKII/SPS-1UW MKII editing is the LCD display. The
main interface screen is shown below:
1.
The current tempo displayed with one decimal.
2.
Four boxes showing the playback position in the pattern page.
3.
The playback/recording status shown by the standard “record”, “play”, “pause” and
“stop” symbols; , , and .
4.
Name and number of the current kit.
5.
Specification of the MD-synth, machine and current data entry focus.
6.
Level bar showing the overall volume level of the machine on the active track.
7.
Up to eight control data entry values. They show what the DATA ENTRY knobs control
and also indicate the current data entry values. When two parameters depend on each
other in some way, they will have a small “clip” between them as shown below:
LAYER EDIT AND WINDOWS
When a function which puts a window on top of the main interface screen is opened, the
function of certain buttons and/or knobs will change. The buttons that are not used or
blocked can still be used to control the layer underneath. For example, when you have
called the tempo function it will make use of the
SOUND SELECTION wheel, but you can
still use the DATA ENTRY knobs to control the track in focus. When a window has func-
tions mapped to such interface controls, help is provided at the bottom of the window in the
form of icons representing these controls. The icons are:
The arrow buttons The SOUND SELECTION wheel
The [FUNCTION] key The [TRIG] keys
• All windows can be closed using the [EXIT/NO] key.