1.
Press the Global button to reveal its menu.
2.
The menu item labelled ‘MIDI Clock Rx’ shows either ‘On’ or ‘Off”, indicating whether the device can respond
to an external MIDI clock.
3.
Turn the rotary knob above to the right to enable reception of MIDI clock, or to the left to disable response of
MIDI clock.
When set to ‘On’, if the SL MkIII detects MIDI clock at either of the MIDI inputs (USB or DIN) it will sync to the external
clock. Be sure to send MIDI to USB or DIN, and not both, as this might cause a loss of synchronisation or erratic tem-
po.
To confirm that the SL MkIII is successfully receiving external clock press the Tempo button. Here the screen shows
the synced-tempo value, as well as the word ‘External’. Changes to the external device’s or software’s tempo are
re-flected here. If the SL MkIII loses sync while the transport is playing, the mes-sage ‘Sync Lost’ will appear and the
device will not switch to its internal clock until you stop the Transport.
ii.
MIDI Clock Tx
The SL MkIII can either send its internal MIDI clock or sync to an external one – convenient when using the SL MkIII
alongside other devices or software.
The following steps allow you to enable or disable transmission of MIDI clock messages:
1.
Press the Global button to reveal its menu.
2.
The menu item labelled ‘MIDI Clock Tx’ shows clock transmission as either ‘On’ or ‘Off’.
3.
Turn the rotary knob above to the right to enable clock transmission (‘On’), or to the left to disable clock trans-
mission (‘Off’).
When set to ’On’, the SL MkIII is sending clock tempo. Devices or software cor-rectly configured to receive the SL
MkIII’s MIDI clock should now operate in sync. MIDI clock messages send at 24 PPQN (pulses per quarter note) to the
USB MIDI and two DIN ports.
When using the SL MkIII’s analogue clock turn the rotary knob above the menu item labelled ‘Clock Out’ to choose
between 1, 2, 4, 8 or 24 PPQN.
To adjust the tempo of the SL MkIII’s internal clock press the Tempo button. The LCD then shows the tempo as a BPM
value, which can be raised or lowered with the above rotary knob.
C.
MIDI Out 2
Another essential Global item is ‘MIDI Out 2’.
When set to ‘Out’, the SL MkIII can use two MIDI DIN outputs. This means the device can send MIDI clock to two sep-
arate destinations via, for example, the ‘OUT’ and ‘OUT 2’ DIN sockets on the back of the unit.
It is possible, however, to change MIDI Out 2 from an output to a ‘Thru’. When set to ‘Thru’, the second MIDI output
copies messages from the MIDI DIN input to the MIDI DIN output, and the SL MkIII will not send any internally gener-
ated MIDI to this output.
If Parts (see section 2: Part Settings, ‘Select Destination’) are being routed to MIDI Out 2 when the setting changes to
‘Thru’, the previously configured Part destination will not change, but MIDI will nevertheless no longer send from the
device. MIDI from the Part will no longer send from MIDI Out 2.
D.
Fader Pickup
Fader Pickup changes the way the faders and Mod Wheel behave with respect to their current value. You will find four
options for this behaviour:
•
Off (Default): Pickup is off for faders and Mod Wheel.
•
On: Pickup is on for both faders and Mod Wheel.
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