looped section specied in the playing part.
2.6 Triggering a part
Parts are activated or triggered in two ways - manually via the TRANSI-
TION button or remotely via a rising edge on the ACTIVATE input. As
soon as the focused part is activated then it also becomes the pending part
and its number will be ashing in the INDEX display when the PART dis-
play is also focused. When you trigger a part, you are actually triggering
parts across all of the tracks.
2.7 Transitions
Once a part is triggered, the exact time it will start playing depends on the
setting of the TRANSITION switch.
2.7.1 FIRST vs LAST Transitions
When transitioning from one part to the next, it is musically useful to wait
for the current part to nish playing before starting the next pending part.
However, since a single part potentially contains a loop for each track, there is
an ambiguity about when a part exactly nishes. Which track gets to decide
for the other tracks that the current playing part has nished? The FIRST
and LAST transition modes solve this ambiguity. The FIRST transition
mode means that the transition to the pending part will occur as soon as
any track completes its loop. In other words, the rst track to complete its
loop is used to nish the current part and transition to the pending part.
The LAST transition mode waits all tracks to nish a loop at least once
before moving on to the pending part. In other words, the last track to
nish its loop determines the transition to the pending part.
[diagram of rst vs last transition modes]
When the current playing part ends (as dened by the TRANSITION
mode), then all tracks with a RESET TO step dened are reset and the
pending part becomes the current playing part.
2.7.2 The USER Transition
The USER transition mode is by default congured to transition immediately
without a reset (even if there is a RESET TO step dened). However, a reset
on the ER-101 will behave as normal.
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