[Getting Started]
Tone Track - Melt
1. Connecting to Track 4
Add a synth or any tone based instrument to an audio track. We're using "Miami" from Gadget.
Connect Prism to the audio track and filter the MIDI input input to channel 4 as we’ll use track 4 in Prism.
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2. Using [MELT]
'Track Select State -> Track 4 -> Press FUSE -> Press [MELT]
Turning on [MELT]
1. Press [MELT]
2. Long Press a Trig to Select a Source Track
3. Go to Track 4's SEQ
The main keypad is now focused on rhythm development. Note playback is removed as specific note values are no longer relevant with [MELT] on.
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[MELT]
[MELT] lets us program a unique rhythm in one track that also plays the note values laid out in a separate track.
For our example we'll use [MELT] to create a unique bass-line that follows the lowest note of our chord progression in track 2.
*Note: using [MELT] in track 2 has no impact on the source track's (1) output.
Keypad Modes with [MELT]
Rhythm Keypad
Get quick access to groove related controls like velocity and length. Without pitch to think about we're free to let the rhythm take control.
Tone Filter Keypad
Although we don't have access to exact pitch we can still create magic with [MELT'S] note filters and shifters. Select specific notes from the source track input and pitch them away from their source for added harmonic intrigue.
Our Earlier Example
But, note filter is applied to trigs 2, 3, and 4 in track 2
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3. Adding Trigs
Let's keep it simple and make quick little sequence. Then, becuase we want this to be bass, we'll use FUSE to limit the output to the lowest note.
But This is Bass! We Only Need the Lowest Note
Press FUSE
Set the 'Poly' parameter to MONO. This limits the number of notes coming from the SEQ to 1.
Set the 'Mode' to LOW. This takes the lowest note from the SEQ.
Lower 'Oct' by one. this shifts the notes coming from SEQ down one octave.
Now we'll be playing the lowest note from our chord sequence transposed down an octave to the rhythm set in this track.
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4. Changing Track Velocity
Every track has a master velocity mixer. Because this is MIDI, volume isn't a factor. Instead Prism offsets the outgoing velocity of all the notes in a track by a %.
a. Go to [Track Select]
b. Adjust 'Velocity' up/down
"You may want to sit down for this."
Press Play
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