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Global Preset
The global preset, if enabled, is an additional preset that can be accessed from any other preset simply by pressing the
currently selected preset button again. This is typically used to set up a preset that is your “standard” or “go-to” guitar
sound that’s always accessible, no matter what bank of presets you’re currently using.
There are two ways to access the global preset. By default, the
Function button is set up to recall the global preset. If
you’d like to use the Function button for some other purpose, you can also set up the preset buttons so that a 2
nd
press
on a preset button calls up the global preset. To do this, enter Setup Mode and set the Preset 2nd (Preset 2
nd
Press)
option to “Global”. Setting it back to “Preset” disables the global preset feature. There is also an additional setting,
“Previous”, which moves you back to the previously selected preset when you press the currently selected preset
button a second time.
Tap Tempo and MIDI Clock
The Mastermind PBC supports MIDI clock as a master or slave. With MIDI clock, you can synchronize multiple devices to
the same tempo. To enable MIDI clock support, go to the
MIDI Settings menu. The MIDI Clock parameter can be set to
“None” (the default), “Master” or “Slave”.
When set to “Master”, the Mastermind PBC will send a MIDI clock signal out of all MIDI outputs, including the USB port.
The tempo will be adjusted any time a tap tempo button is used. Tempo can also be set on a per-song and per-preset
basis. Each song and preset has a
Tempo parameter. Setting it to a non-zero value will cause the tempo to be set to the
new BPM value when the preset is selected. Songs or presets that have a tempo setting of zero will leave the current
tempo unchanged. A preset’s tempo value will override any tempo set by a song. You can set the presets’ tempos to 0
to use the song’s tempo instead.
The
Function button can be set to a tap tempo function using the Function Button parameter in the setup menu.
When this is set and MIDI Clock is set to “Master”, tapping the Function button will change the MIDI clock rate to the
tempo of your taps.
When set to “Slave”, the Mastermind PBC will flash any tempo buttons in time with the incoming MIDI clock signal. It
will also forward the MIDI clock signal to its other MIDI outputs. This allows the Mastermind PBC to receive a MIDI clock
signal from a computer via USB and forward it over standard MIDI connections to your other MIDI devices.