Intellijel Metropolis - Manual (Page 5)

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TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS
RUN
Toggles the start/stop of the sequence
RESET
Resets the sequence. The behavior depends on the CONFIG-> RESET mode.
If RST n then reset occurs on the next clock pulse
IF RST F then reset occurs if the CLK input is high at the same time as RST jack is high.
PREV
Stays on the current stage on the next clock pulse
NEXT
Skip the sequence ahead by one stage on the next clock pulse
TIMING FUNCTIONS
BPM
When INT CLK mode is active you can set the BPM clock within the range of 20bpm to 320bpm.
A single press of the button displays the current BPM. Any additional presses allow you to TAP TEM-
PO the bpm value. You can adjust the new value with the encoder.
When EXT CLK mode is active the BPM menu displays the detected external clock BPM.
You will notice a dot flashing after the second digit of the display to indicate an incoming clock that
has not been LOCKED. What this means is that the incoming clock is being dynamically re-calcu-
lated based on averaging successive external clock pulses. When you first apply a new clock and
it is dramatically different from the previous BPM you will notice it takes a few seconds to properly
average to the correct stable time. This has no effect on the down beat of each gate (which instantly
matches external clock) but it may affect the gate length since this is based on an internal PPQ clock
that runs at a much higher rate (96 PPQ) and is based on the detected value.
Once the clock measurements are stable it is recommended to press the BPM button a second time.
This will lock the internal BPM to the most recently calculated value. You will see the small dot stay
in an on position to indicate locked BPM. If you press the BPM button a second time it will unlock the
BPM
You will notice that if you stop your external clock source (e.g. press stop on your DAW) and re-start
then the clock will have to once again start measuring the incoming clock pulses if you are in BPM
locked mode. Also once BPM is locked (locked from external measurement) you are still able to man-
ually adjust the value with the encoder.
SWING
This sets the shuffle amount between successive clock pulse when in INT CLK mode. Every odd
numbered clock pulse will be delayed by a percentage of the current clock interval. The swing ranges
in value from 50 (0% swing) to 72 (33% or maximum swing amount). Shuffle also affects gate length
so that even steps will have longer gates than odd number steps.
MENU FUNCTIONS