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Re: [Evolver] why are there two controls for clock divide and BPM?

2003-09-20 by Ravi Ivan Sharma

Page 29 of the manual explains this.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Evolver] why are there two controls for clock divide and BPM?

thanks joe, but I didn't mean that

I mean that there are controls for BPM and clock divide on the "Main" knobs
and then they are replicated on row 2 of the matrix - these appear to do the
same thing. If they do that seems an exception in an almost perfect piece of
design!

Richard


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <jmelnyk@...>
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Evolver] why are there two controls for clock divide and BPM?


> On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:11:58PM +0100, Richard wrote:
> > I mean don't they do the same thing?
>
> no, they don't. one controls the tempo, the other controls when to
> step within that tempo. it should be obvious that there's a difference
> between 8H, 8S and 8t, for example; and you can't (effectively) do the
> latter two with just a tempo control.
>
> a good question is probably: "but don't the 2, 4, 8 and 16 clock
> divides just speed up the tempo?" they don't; they up the subdivision of
> the tempo; there's a difference. this difference is most important when
> the Evolver is slaved to external MIDI clock. if the clock is coming in
> at 120BPM, the only way to change how to step within that tempo is with
> the clock-divide control (since the BPM control will do nothing).
>
> BTW, I think I've butchered the terminology here; but I hope you get the
> idea anyway :-)
>
> Joe
>
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