SOMA Pulsar-23, Manual

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55 The Pulsar-23 Notebook : Reference & Guide
Looper & Clock
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NOTES
3.4 Clock Timing & Looper Length
The master clock module is very accurate and operates to trigger events in
Pulsar-23 or for other external equipment. The clock also determines the
looper recorder length. Note that there is no numerical indicator of tempo in
BPM, the clock LED is the visual indicator of timing. Looper length is a
maximum of 4 bars and is determined as a duration in seconds or minutes
by the tempo.
The RST Reset button manually resets and synchronises the looper / clock
to the start. A reset can automatically be provided by patching the ‘0.25’
division pin to the ‘LRST’ Looper reset pin. The ‘0.25’ division has only one
high trigger over the 4 bars / 4 measures and is therefore full length. It is
good practice to use ‘LRST’ patched to a clock divider and to press RST
before beginning loop recording.
Note that other clock divisions patched to the ‘LRST’ looper reset will
change the loop length. This is useful, for example to create a 1 bar loop,
use a division of 1 or try other divisions for loop length.
1 Bar / 1 Measure
32 Ticks 32 Ticks 32 Ticks 32 Ticks
1 Tick = 1/32 Note 1 Tick = 1/32 Note 1 Tick = 1/32 Note 1 Tick = 1/32 Note
1 Bar / 1 Measure 1 Bar / 1 Measure
4 Bars / 4 Measures
1 Bar / 1 Measure
Note Note Note Note
Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr
Maximum Looper Length
Time - Min/Sec
Reset
RST
Tempo
TEMP
128 Ticks / 4 Bars / 4 Measures
Edit looper length by patching a clock divider to ‘LRST’