Garfield Electronics Master Beat User manual

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OPERATION MANUAL
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TABLE OF CXMTEOTB
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COmXI OPBRATICWAL PSATtntSS
DISPLAY MODE
1
3
4
CODE SELECT REGISTER
ENTER SWITCH c
RESET SWITCH t
BBAIKT SWITCH ^
LOOP SWITCH I
COUNT IN REGISTER S
BEGIN REGISTER !
TiMIHG OFFSET FACTOR S
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HASTBR BEAT SY^C MODES
SHPTE sue HODSS }:
imtsrhal play mode
metronome play mode t7
CLOCK AND FSK SYNC HODES lo
MIDI aiMC HODb: JJ
SYHC TO HIDI CLOCKS 20
MIDI TO POLSE COMVEESIOH ""si
PLLSE TO NIDI GOffvnsuni '['Al
CLICK SYNC MODES
REAL TIME CLICK
MEHORy ftECOilO /...'"y/Z/At
ilBHORY PLAYBACK 27
BUOCIMG MODE
TRACKING NODE PARAMETERS;,';"";"*' tl
NOTES ABOUT THE TRACKING SYSTEH tl
AUTOMATIC ENTRY INTO TRACK PLAY MODE 32
MANUAL raiRY IHTO TRACK PLAY fSQDB i2
EXITING TRACK PLAY HODS 1
«
USING THE TRACKING HODE tt
TRACKING KODE EDITING OPRRATI(»S, .•.35
TRACKING NODE AS ATBHPO PATTBttl CBlERATOii; 1
1
PROGRAHKING THE TlimW HAP ,0
CHAiiGE OPERATIONS "
SONG
END REGISTER U
^ENPo ;;II
TEMPO CALIBRATION
MAP ORIGIN OFFSET Jo
FILM FEET, FRAMES tBITS MAP 40
^Bht ::::.. ;:;; 11
BEGIN REGISTER Jj
TIMING OFFSET FACTOR REGISTER I,;!;;;"**!
corar IB RBGisTEs ;;;;;;;:;;4i

IHStar OPBRATIONS
HRMURE 42
BM 42
BAR LIHS 42
DELETE OPERATIONS
MEASURE 43
BEAT 43
BAH LINE 43
TIHE SIGH EDITING 44
VARIABLE CLOCK BDIVINQ 49
COPY NODE 40
PSOaRAHHTKG TBE SNPtE CONmOUEl) SmT STETEH
OVERVIEW 4B
EVENT EDITING OPEBATIORG
CBAHGE EVENT 50
IH9BRT BVWT 4»
DELETE EVENT.-.,.,...,. -•.•,,,50
CBAKGE EVEKT OFFSET............ ,50
CHAUGE EVENT GATE DATA 50
CHANGE EVENT PLAY 4CLICK TOGGLE DATA 50
CHANGE EVENT «DI DATA 50
NIDI EVEHT KEY S2
NOTES ABOCT THE EVENT SYSTEM 54
MASTER BEAT UTILITY FUtJCTIOSS
ACClLERAfJDO MODE 55
BEAT FRIOPm ACCELERANDO NODE 55
TIME PRIORITY ACCELERANDO NODE 56
ACCELEEAHDO NODE CHANGE 0PKRATI0H5
CDRVE ,,58
BEGIN MEASDRE, BEAT &TEMPO 58
END NEASGNE, BEAT iT£HPO..,.. 58
END ACGBLBUUUD OFFSET 58
SEGMENT TIME WODE 60
SEGMENT TIME DISPLAY CALIBRATICWS 60
SEGMENT TIME NODE CHANGE OFEPATT0N6
SBGHEMT TIME BEGIN REGISTER 61
SEGMENT TINE END REGISTER 81
GENERATING SMPTE TIME CODE 62
GENeRATING HANUAL CLICK TNACK8 63
JAM SYNC MODE 63
SAVE TO TAPE 65
SAVE 65
VERIFY b5
LOAD 66
MXECBLLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
SYSTEM REINITJALIIATION 67
CLICK TONE 67
MEMORY CAPACITY 67
ERROR INDICATION 68
SOFTNARE VERSTOH NUMBER 69
AC POWER SELECTION SHITCE AND LIME FGSE 69

PULSE MIVE SDFPLSHSHT 7D
IJ DaiVIW FROM CLICK TRACKS 70
2) PUL6E IB GAIN CONTHOL ADJUStlUENT 71
3) MASK COKTROL ADJUSTMEMT 71
A) FOLSE OtEING 72
VAEYIHG TEXFO APPLICATIONS
CREniNG AMAHDAL CLICK TRACK 73
TEE BEHOPY FUNCTION 74
SYMCIMG TO A MANUAL CLICK TPACF 75
EYXCXHO TO A RECORDED DRUM TRACK 76
1} MASK THE DRUH TRACK TO QDftHTEH NOTES 77
2} START CLIOT TULCX PROM DEON TRACK 78
3J COhPLETB THE aiCE THACK 78
4) LOAD TINIRO KAP PROH CLICI TRACK "3$
5) PLAYBACK THE TUUHG HAF PROM CLICK TRACK., .79
6J CREATING AVARTim SVHC CODE LSMFTE SYNC. 80
ADVURAiGES OP CLICK Utm 81
mSAPAClEG
GRODNDXlia CCWBIDERATIOHS 82
CHROMA 83
EMIT 33
fAIRLIGHT Bi
KORC S4
KURZkEIL 04
LINN 85
HOOG 37
™..,87
OBERHEIM. ,,,,, ,88
ROLA^'D eg
SEOU?:^t:aL CIRCUITS 90
SIMMONS,.-,, ,91
SVNCLAVTEH 91
WAVE FFG 91
TAHMIA 92
DEFINITIONS OF SYNC RELATED TERMS 93
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
INPDTS 96
OUTFOTS 97
ILLDSntATIONS 99
MRRAHn 100

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OVBRVlEir
Sl!IlJl™TJi eonpcehfliKive SMPTE Cafied rhythn controller and
S^^JS ^;th total code flexibility, Including the ability
to iync to click tracks or live druntB, It Is a HmcI^t
generator, te-ge-erator and jap. sync g«Dtr«toi: of 14, 25, Wdrop
and non-dtop frame SHPTfi tta« codH, *'J« atop
ti^inQ%o™?« ai"Ultaneoualy provides metrono« cllcfca and 16
r«ST23j a»quenceca, drum machinea iarpeggiators
mR^?hefS""S'i F-irlight, Korg, Kur.weil, Linn? ^Kg?
5^^ha Vh''^''*"^^"^ Circuits, Sinmona, Synclavie?
sinnal^' IT^I I^^™ °* ^« tl>lng'ref«Me;
code* irJ «^™^2 "f««»^« of the four SMPTE
Kvnr iJ^iJi; «tro«wa. ollck tracks, live drum tracks or any
f?""^ PEogranmtable -on beat" start and stop is
fSS iUi^ M:;;„ci!
When concrclled internally oc fron SUITE tlae Coda Kaater Beat
aJcorJt^a tn^^n?'Tf**^r. ""^ -ophl.ticated control
aigorlthna to oorrtlata tin* and tempo. There are ten scjm-.R
can stora the teapoe for each beat of an entire song or a ahortar
f!*T«Jf^ c^^q-^nce ol tampoa. Tempos are entered and dlapUyad
i^at SJth^i/.^ih'f' ""^ ^''"'^ "'^^ resolution or in ft^S p!?
P^««. y^^^J ^"''^ resolution for fil^i scoring application"
sHonS J,^"" ^calibratad for 2A.25^l, f.^Zl^
dtlmti^ nt -Hi"' aditlng ayaten aUova insertion or
a^i nJ 2"'.^'' ""^^^^ °^ ^''^ ^^^^"9 Hap, and copying of
any patt of thj Nap to any othei. Tr-e Begin feature allows
playback ofthaTimir^ Map to ..^r. iro:n any bwt of
b«inn-^' ^''"^ S"""" ^^''^^ ^^-^^-^a «»P to repeat t"l
^S^n^^ '^"^SS ''L f'** "^^ »«»ure and beat Set by the B*gin
The Master Beat SHPTE Controlled flvant Svata* faatucas ail
pdogcammable gates, each of vhich haa Biaultanaoiw 5-volt (TTLl I
^nfr^J^u'^i^^^^^f °"*^P!its- Bach e^t also can control the piay
f^ctiona and th< tcannisslon of any MID! data. Event
The Live Tracking viodo synchronixaa In real tiaa bo varying
;™ a^MSJ%^£Sr/ dru»wr, or from Not. On Info^SlSS
zt<m aMIDI hayboard. Thla is aliv« pecforMnca feature.
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The netronoDo click output Ceatucea adjustable volume and tone
vlth pEOTiBic» mada for t&a 9«iie»tlon of ntnaol click tracki.
Segnant Time AOffMt nodes provide aeainre tbut cotrelatlon
to time in SMFTE frames ibits, film feet &fraires, or seconda «
mllllaeconda. MIDI Song Position Pointer linltB song locations in
fill operational iDOdes and tape locations In SMPTE nodea. The
syfltem alBo includes Count In, Tempo Accelerando, Timing Map
Origin Offset (the atacting cue point with Ibit ramolutionj
,
Hon-volatlle mno^y, Frogtam data £av«-to-TiLM «nd a full
fmmtiuad «ditlng myitw.
*Firatf adescription of operatior.aL feacures conon to soma
Of all sync Nodes i-lll be prison tec <u. ].rtodee. Code Select,
Reset, Enter, Ready. Count tn. Loop, Begin, Tiailng Offset Factor,
Tempo Display Calibration and Enable PlagaJ ,follovad bJ a
diDcuaaion of aacb of tfaa Sync Hodaa.
*fiext, apreaentatlon of the programming procedures foe the
Haatac Beat Timing Nap and SHPTE Controllad Event Systeii will be
mada.
*Finally, the Master Beat Otiilty Functions will ba diacunaad
{Accelerando Node, St^Mnt Tina, canarating SMPTS tima coda,
Nanual dick tracka. Jam Sync and eava-to-Tapal
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COHMON OPBRATIOMAL WtAJURK
0Z5FLAV HODEfl
Theee is one cow of Display Labels above th« Dlnlav Field and
eVENT HOtB mOClT* CBAimKL —lo LID
1dl^l^ fiel^ I
WS WIN SEC FftM BIT 1—LED
SOW HBAS BEftT TEMPO CODB X—LSer lS
"PPly"** ifi lit, th« uppec row skptb oppset labbls
apply? ^* ^^'^ ^"^"^
Dl^p^/luSrapp!?, ™th.
tn^^E! ?tS!f-*'^''c ^"'"^^S display foinati thftt do not ooc£«>poiid
-n^ J^*"::^ 5*^^" dUpl.y fonwti that cotrtipond
to »o3t but not all of tb> labels. The Begin, End, Bar and Count
*.;^\J!*'J*5r" y*"^ propt. in certain -odta to
dlaplSS dl«Pl«y or tha fuactlon of «£i«id vlthla a
All Numeirlc Tolooa arv Mtaitd fco» tb« laftvoat digit with
tr*qulr«d. Hhaii th« lavt digit of th« Saiue is
typjd Nuaaric entry statts over fron the left to allow aistahes
preSled^"^ ^* *toced when tbe Enter hej iq
There are five Set switcheB located below the displav which
indicate which display field la currently ectl-e. When aore than
one Sec switch la on the left«oet field li active. th* next
field to the right becomefl active vher. the Enter switch ta
preaaed. maany instances the leftooEt field will be
reectlnted «fter the clgbtvoat field hea ba«n Entered.

TBI CODI SELICT RIOIffTER
Tb« value of tha Code 5el«ct p«ruetet configures Master Beat for
thtt ptrticjltr timing r«f«ruic« Blgnal wblch !to be used. ThiB
dotermiJbea tbe gftneral <^iration of Haotec Beat. The foiloving
table liatB the available code typaa vitb tbeir coxjceapondiDg
Coda Select nuabeEai
CODE SELECT CODE
IClick
1Memory Record
3Henory Playback
424 ppq Pulse
54B ppq Pulae
€96 ppq Pulse
7MIDI Sync
10~1» TEAcking
20 Type O(Obarbeim FSK>
21 Type R(Roland/Tamabe FSE)
22 Type L(Lira LM-l and Old ROlAAd TBK)
23 Jam Sync
24 24 ErameE pec eecona SMPTE
25 25 frames pec second SHPTE
29 Dcop frame SMFT£ (29.97 frames per second)
30 Non-drop fiaae SHPTE (30 frames par aecond)
Tfala table la alao priatad on the Haatat Baat front panal.
TO CBAHGE CODE SELECit Turn the Code Sel awitch on [hereafter
referred to as tb« Code Select svitch) .The display vlll sbov
tbe current Code Select value, use the Arrov keys in the NLiiDerlc
kaypad to index to the deeiced valiJe. Press the Entei switch to
store tbe new Code select value. Master Beat vlll automatically
rareEt to Reaat mode when the new Code Selecc value is Entered.
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