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Feb 21, 2013 7:07 AM

M9 Delay Note Values

On the M9 when turning the time based effect knob fully it switches to Note Values - I don't read music at all and would like to know what each of the notes in the M9 represent, I know there will be quarter, dotted 8th etc etc but I don't know which is which and there doesn't apprear to be anything in any of the M9 documentation. The M9 has quite a lot of these note symbols so what do they all mean please...

  • phil_m Expert Line 6 User
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    Feb 21, 2013 8:31 AM (in response to 886343)
    Re: M9 Delay Note Values

    Didn't you ask this same question last year?

     

    http://line6.com/support/thread/60386

     

    Well, the basic note values are these:

     

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qm3IjdUjsKw/SMilcUtCfoI/AAAAAAAAAT8/4f3xBGsk-UI/s320/note+values.jpg

    In addition to these, there are dotted notes and triplets. A dotted note takes the value of the original note and adds half of that to it. So a dotted eighth note will last the same amount of time as three sixteeth notes. A triplet iskind of a different beast. A sixteenth note triplet is what you get if you would divide an eighth note up into three even beats. An eighth note triplet is what you get when you divide a quarter note up into three even beats. A regular triplet is what you get when you divide a half note into three even beats.

     

    On the M9, these all relate back to whatever you have the BPM set to or what tempo you're tapping in. Does that answer your question?

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      Feb 21, 2013 8:38 AM (in response to phil_m)
      Re: M9 Delay Note Values

      Yes I did aske before but didn't really get an answer that I understood without having to take music theory.

       

      I'm suprised there isn't a diagram of these in the user manual?

       

      Thanks anyway....

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        Feb 21, 2013 8:44 AM (in response to 886343)
        Re: M9 Delay Note Values

        This is not music theory, it's basic musical stuff. Just use your ears if you don't understand the terminology.

      • phil_m Expert Line 6 User
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        Feb 21, 2013 4:27 PM (in response to 886343)
        Re: M9 Delay Note Values

        Well, I don't know that it would really be of much use to put this sort of description in a user manual. This really has to do with basic music terminology. It's the kind of thing if you don't understand the terms in the first place, this feature won't be of much use to you.

         

        The one thing I will say is that if you want to set up a delay so that the delay time is controlled directly by the tempo you tap into the M9, select the quarter note for this parameter is what you would want. This would make the M9 behave essentially like a standard delay that's controlled by tap tempo.

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          Feb 21, 2013 11:53 PM (in response to phil_m)
          Re: M9 Delay Note Values

          Ok I hear what you are saying, but, say you hear a delay that you like the sound of and want to copy it on the M9, you find out its a quarter delay & also a triplet delay mixed together. By a quick look in the manual you could go straight to those note values and dial in a sound (if there was something in the manual to show this). Does that make any sense?

          • phil_m Expert Line 6 User
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            Feb 22, 2013 4:48 AM (in response to 886343)
            Re: M9 Delay Note Values

            No, it doesn't really make sense. If you knew you wanted a delay that had a time based on certain note values, you would just select those note values as the delay time in the M9. There would be no need to consult a chart because the M9 figures out the timing for you then. That's the beauty of having different note subdivisions available to you. You can use the different rhythmic subdivisions, but you still only have to tap in quarter notes to get the timing right.

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