Sync

Sync lets Orbiters play together on one shared tempo — several Orbiters on the same screen, or
Orbiters opened by different people in the same session. Turn it on and they lock to the same beat;
change the tempo from any one of them and the others follow.

Turning Sync on

Each Orbiter has a SYNC button.

• Turn SYNC on to join the shared tempo.
• The badge next to SYNC shows how many are playing together.
• Turn SYNC off and the Orbiter goes back to playing on its own.

Who sets the tempo follows one simple rule:

• The first Orbiter to turn SYNC on starts the session at its own tempo.
• Anyone who syncs after that adopts the tempo that's already going — you don't have to match
  it by hand, and joining never pushes your speed onto everyone else.
• Turning SYNC off keeps your current tempo: the Orbiter carries on at the speed it was just
  playing — it never jumps back to an older value. From there the tempo is yours again.

Every player has a tempo

The BPM number on each Orbiter is that player's tempo. What it means depends on SYNC:

• Synced — the number is the shared tempo, one master clock for everyone. Set it any way —
  type a new BPM, use the speed control on a synced Orbiter, or send MIDI — and every synced
  Orbiter follows.
• Not synced — the number is that player's own tempo. Change it and only that Orbiter
  re-speeds (with Warp on you hear it stretch, like a pitch fader); it never moves the shared tempo
  or any other player.
• The change holds: a tempo only moves when you deliberately change it. Loading another Orbiter
  into the session never changes a tempo that's already playing.

Warp — follow the tempo, or play free

Each Orbiter has a Warp switch (on by default), in the Playback panel.

Warp means follow the tempo — whichever tempo the player is on:

• Warp on — the Orbiter stretches to its tempo: the shared one when synced, its own BPM
  number when not. So even unsynced, the BPM number is a real speed control — turn it and the
  audio follows.
• Warp off — the Orbiter plays at its natural recorded speed, ignoring any tempo. Use this
  when you want one sound to run free.

Your Orbiter	What you hear
SYNC off · Warp on	Follows its own BPM number — change it and the audio stretches
SYNC off · Warp off	Plays at its natural recorded speed
SYNC on · Warp on	Follows the shared tempo — stretched to lock with everyone
SYNC on · Warp off	Stays in the session but plays at its natural speed

Launch grid — start and jump on the bar

Next to SYNC, each Orbiter has a launch grid picker (None by default). Pick a grid — 1 bar,
4 bars… — and that player's starts and jumps land on the beat:

• Play comes in on a bar line: a synced player waits for the next shared bar (you see the
  countdown), an unsynced player (Warp on) starts right on its own nearest bar line.
• Moving the playhead while playing doesn't jump immediately — it waits and lands on the next
  bar, so the groove never stumbles. The countdown shows when.
• The grid is per player: each Orbiter keeps its own. To set several at once, focus them
  together and pick a grid — every focused player adopts it.
• Set it to None and everything is immediate again.

Speed vs pitch

The Orbiter's speed control can work in two ways, and the monitor shows which unit is active:

• Speed (%) — changes the tempo as a straight percentage. +10% means 10% faster.
• Pitch (semitones, st) — changes speed in musical steps, like transposing a note. Semitones move
  the speed more steeply than a percentage, so a small move can change the BPM a lot (one octave up is
  twice the speed).

If a speed change feels bigger than you expected, check the monitor — you're likely in a pitch
(semitone) mode rather than a speed (%) mode.

Same screen vs different people

• Same screen — several Orbiters open together lock with no setup; just turn SYNC on.
• Different people / windows — joining the same room lets everyone share one tempo across
  devices. Turn SYNC on after joining and you adopt the room's tempo.