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Monomachine User`s manual

1. 69 105 Track 1 LFO 2 Dest x x 6a 106 Track 1 LFO 2 Trig X X 6b 107 Track 1 LFO 2 Wave x x 6 108 Track 1 LFO 2 Multiplier X X 6d 109 Track 1 LFO 2 Speed x X 110 Track 1 LFO 2 Interlace x x 6f 111 Track 1 LFO 2 Depth X X 70 112 Track 1 LFO 3 Page X X 71 113 Track 1 LFO 3 Dest x X 72 114 Track 1 LFO 3 Trig X X 73 1 15 Track 1 LFO 3 Wave x x 74 116 Track 1 LFO 3 Multiplier X X 75 117 Track 1
2. F8 248 Timing Clock X x FA 250 Start Ib Xe 251 Continue X x FC 252 Stop lly ex B 6 Appendix B MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE Appendix C SYSEX REFERENCE This appendix lists all Monomachine SFX 6 SFX 60 SFX 60 MKII SYSEX messages available for external control Conventions Data printed with a sign is written in hexadecimal format Data printed with a sign is written in a binary bitfield format All SYSEX messages start with this sequence MIDI Byte Purpose 5 0 SYSEX Start 00 Europe USA ID 20 Europe ID 3c Elektron Music Machines MAV ID 03 Monomachine SFX6 SFX60 ID 00 Base channel Padding A complete SYSEX message looks like this 0 00 20 3c 03 00 command 7 SYSEX global settings sysex dump MIDI Byte Purpose RE SYSEX init 50 Global settings dump ID Global setting data bytes SET SYSEX end 51 Global setting dump request ID 00000aaa Send global setting aaa 0 to 7 by sysex 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX kit sysex dump
3. OFF 1 0 1 Amp release phase x x ON 1 1 2 Trig amp filter 8 lfo x x ON 1 2 3 Trig filter 8 lfo x x ON Basechannel 3 4 Trig amp filter amp lfo x x ON 1 4 5 Trig amp filter 8 lfo x x ON 1 5 6 Trig amp filter 8 lfo x x OFF 1 5 6 Amp release phase 1 NOTE MIDI Channel Mode Action Trn Rec ON Multi Trig All Track Distributed to track 1 6 x x OFF Multi Trig All Track Distributed to track 1 6 X X ON Multi Trig Split Key Distributed X X according to split setting OFF Multi Trig Split Key Distributed X X according to split setting ON Multi Trig Seq Start Pattern player start X X or if in play restart Multi ENV in a
4. 1 7 CONNEGTING THE UNIT terret tee edet cere 1 7 CARE INSTRU GTIONS 2 2 e i etie t ire E aded 1 8 THE LCD USER INTERFACE CIS 1 9 LAYER EDIT AND 5 1 9 QUICK STAR 1 10 SELECTING AND PLAYING A 1 10 PLAYING IN MULTI TRIG 1 11 EXPEORING A PATI ERN teet Dog Deren ua Penes si Deer bte eet Pd ice tta ua 1 11 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ree 1 11 OVERVIEW OF GRID RECORDING 1 11 OVERVIEW OF LIVE RECORDING 1 12 PARAMETER EOGNKS ia a tiet eek 1 12 MONOMACHINE ee escasa hinaus E sia ci rsen oe 1 14 CHOOSE YOUR WAY OF 1 14 SIX INDIVIDUAL TRACKS ve iet ue o tad dk e TEE V 1 14 OIX TRACK SEQUENGCING e Ln ate ene bar e ri Re duda eL ana ne dee ar ud 1 14 MIDI SEQUENCGCIING i rtt ettet t dad ee eee en xs tein t f 1 14 o ep P TR 1 14 rne eh ceci ede toe i er n a ean ie 1 14
5. CONS CLEN CVOL NONE B t 5 x F x x G x H x x J x K x L x M x N x R x RR x 5 x x SJ x x T x TJ x x TH x x V x Z x x TUNE tune sets the tune of the output Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE VO 6 TUTORIAL Getting words out of the VO 6 is pretty straight forward once you get to know it In this section we offer a short tutorial to get you started It will make a Monomachine track fit ted with the VO 6 spell out the word Mon omachine Start with loading the VO 6 machine on one of the Monomachine tracks and verify that it makes sound as you play it on the keyboard Be sure to start with a clear pattern set the tempo to 120 and make sure that the V SW parameter in the VO page is set to 1 on You then need to adjust the amplitude enve lope to make the VO 6 respond the way we want Set ATK 0 DEC 127 and REL 0 The VO 6 now responds quickly holds for as long as the note is held and quiets quickly when we let the note go Now we can start with the actual program ming Our method will be to work in four steps for each syllable of the word 1 Find the right vowel by turning the VOC1 and 2 knobs while playing on the board 2 Choose the right consonant with the CONS parameter and adjust its sound with the CLEN and CVOL parameters Remember that when you look for the cor rect consonant you should seek a conso nant that
6. European Union regulation compliance statement This product has been tested to comply with the 2004 108 EC EMC Directive and the 72 23 EC Low Voltage directive This symbol indicates that your product must be disposed of properly according to local laws and regu lations Xi The included switched mode power supply is CEC Level IV compliant The device contains a non rechargable lithium perchlorate battery cell that may need to be recycled separately de pending on local environmental laws If the battery needs replacing please contact Elektron or a local professional technician for servicing INTRODUC T ON S 1 1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS 1 1 THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MONOMACHINE ener nnn 1 2 55 02 tee e rci e P ea 1 2 HIGHLIGHT Se UU 1 2 USER INTERFACE AND 85 2 2 4 1 1 ener nnne nnns 1 3 FRONT MAIN CONTROL PANEL 1 3 KEYBOARD INTERFACE 5 6 1 5 REAR CONNECTORS 2 detener dur ed a dee ae areal 1 6 ADDITIONAL REAR CONNECTORS 5 6 ec ee te reese tee eene ae etna rsen nennen 1 7 RACK MOUNT KIT SFX 60MKII 5 1 7 RACK MOUNT KIT
7. w 8 4 8 5 g oes Gelel tron DNOMACHINE Monomachine SFX 60 MKII front panel SFX 6 main control panel 1 Master volume control Sets the volume for the main output and the headphone jack 2 The LCD graphical interface display 3 LEVEL knob Sets the overall volume level of the track in focus 4 DATA ENTRY knobs Used for tweaking parameters for the machines and effects The DATA ENTRY and LEVEL knobs allow accelerated editing by pressing the knob while turning it 5 DATA PAGE selection keys These keys are used for browsing through the seven DATA pages The current selection is indicated by the lt DATA PAGE gt LED s to the left of these keys Press both DATA PAGE keys simultaneously to open the MULTI ENV window 6 TRACK keys 1 6 These keys are used for selecting which track is in focus of editing The secondary function is to mute or activate the track The lt TRACK gt LED s are located to the left of the TRACK keys These indicate which tracks are active or muted and also which track is in the editing focus The LED colours indicate the following Green Active Non lit Muted Red Active in focus Yellow Muted in focus 7 TEMPO key Press to bring up the tempo window for adjustment The current tempo is always indicated by the speed of the flashing of the lt TEMPO gt LED While
8. PASTE MACHINE Any previous machine settings will be overwritten when pasting MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT Once the machine is copied into the copy buffer it can be pasted many times to several tracks or kits It will stay in the buffer until it is replaced by a new one See section SUPER COPY on page 53 for a variant of the copy operation The UNDO command is available for this operation Press the FUNCTION STOP once more to undo the paste operation CLEAR MACHINE It is possible to clear a track so that it is initialised to the default GND SIN machine 1 In the EDIT KIT menu press and hold FUNCTION and then PLAY to clear the machine A message saying CLEAR MACHINE appears EDIT HIT TRACK 1 HREHIDE CLEAR MACHINE LEFI The clear machine operation can be undone by performing the operation one more time A message UNDO MACHINE will be shown in the display SETTING THE MIX BUS The Mix bus settings are used for routing the track to the three individual mix busses It is also used for routing audio to FX machine effects EDIT TRACK 1 When FX machines are not used on any track and the master routing is not changed from the default 3 5 the OUT BUS selection in the MIX column select to which pair s of stereo outputs the track will be directed For more information on FX machines and how the Mix bus routing can benefit them please
9. SFX 6 SFX 60 SFX 60 MKIl MACHINE USER S MANUAL 4plieitrono FCC compliance statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residentpial installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help
10. 1 89 CONTROL OUT 1 ime tte breed bod ete a REY 1 90 CONTROL OU TZ renuit oet ioi ie 1 91 CONTROL IN UOTIS 1 91 MULTIMAP EDIT ai o ep p b on i Peer e Eh 1 92 MECHANICAL SETTINGS MKII UNITS ONLY 1 93 3 of 6 SY SEX SEND eiii ete ge reed cti ete dun 1 94 OYSEX RECEIVE sicht dett d e Fete ct ed e tUe ened 1 96 DIGIPRO MANAGER SFX 60 MKII ONLY 1 99 RECEIVE WAVEFORMS dette d ee OR bh ducta tens 1 99 SEND WAVEFORMS sede bead aide eludet 1 101 25 ettet hu ee har tere ie ke itid eee bibet d 1 102 RENAME WAVEFORMS octo eee eed tede eet edere eet e i n eda 1 103 JE or EE 1 104 MIDI SEQ SETTPINGS gae tte t oe deed sabi ede Pe Ted tede re ete in ad 1 104 EARLY STARTUP MENU REESE KOREAN S wens KAMEN APA UE I AD ER KON ERE 1 106 TEST MOD Bis ise sa ie tite iiie osten itus iecore sag ie a dae e 1 106 EMPTY RESET eee edd ee o net boca b ende 1 106 FACTORY RESET ett ees tite bet t pii ie ihe aim dert e 1 106 SOFT izle 1 106 MIDI UPGRADE t ente eret teas huss ma ee p Dort uisu bd amas 1 107 SEND UPGR
11. 95 96 GLOBAL SETTINGS 5 Make sure that the device you are sending the data to is ready and waiting 6 To perform the send press ENTER YES You will see a sysex message counter on the bottom of the screen indicating how many sysex messages have been sent of the total amount of messages GLOEAL 1 EDIT SYSE SEND SELECTION RANGE FRT HIT 1 SENT 6 10 HESSAGES A e SYSEX send mode ALL may take several minutes to complete because of the large amount of data transmitted Don t forget to save the data on the device you recorded it to At any time during the transfer you can also interrupt the transfer by pressing EXIT NO Toensure that your data was received and stored correctly use the SYSEX VER IFY function found in the SYSEX RECV menu You can always cancel the SYSEX SEND operation by pressing the EXIT NO but ton Use the TM 1 MIDI interface available from Elektron for up to 10x the normal MIDI transfer speed SYSEX RECEIVE The SYSEX receive function makes it possible to restore previously transmitted data back into the Monomachine 1 Select FILE in the GLOBAL menu Then select SYSEX RECV using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLOEAL 1 EDIT REDEIUE HODE HRITE FOS FROH EH sms VENE HAITING Use the RIGHT and LEFT keys to move between the tabs Use the UP and DOWN keys to alter the parameters
12. 1 49 NOTE COPY AAE a a 1 49 CLEAR NOTE PARAMETER 5 1 49 TRAGK PAGE COPY tinte dtt Det eed ee e t P Rer teas 1 50 CLEAR TRACK PACE e mpi debis ets mh ht 1 50 TRACK COPY foem 1 51 CLEARS RAC Kos ie sts sates ae a a aa 1 52 PATTERN niente ee aen ee ipei 1 52 CLEAR PATTERN ete ite n decies ricas 1 53 SUPER COPY 1 53 SUPER CLEAR hie ii eibetin mee Dip roa citet 1 54 TEMPO EE 1 54 THETEMPO SOREEN 5 et etn aie pe RR e bri se er asi tn trei eria aee 1 55 Midi 1 55 EXTERNAL 5 innen aaas 1 55 PARAMETER 1 56 PARAMETER LOCKS IN GRID RECORDING MODE eee eene 1 56 PARAMETER LOCKS IN LIVE RECORDING 1 57 ADVANCED SEQUENCER CONTROL rans ainar iei a 1 57 TRIG TRACKS tni qe 1 57 2 of 6 TRIGEESSWRIGS ia 1 58 PITCHEESS TRIGOS hi ie br at dett er er ent acdsee ducc aati 1 58 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES 2 2 4 44 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3011
13. for a slow modulation of a parameter it can be use ful to turn off LFO Envelope Trigging in the arpeggiator to let the LFO modulate without being restarted for each note The envelope trigging switches are not available in the MIDI sequencer arpeggia tors as MIDI do not allow for such type of extended control ARPEGGIATOR RHYTHM AND OFFSET TRACK The arpeggiator offers a rhythm and offset track of up to sixteen steps This can be used to make rhythmic arpeggiator patterns one finger melodies or very wild out of control arpeggiator patterns By default the rhythm and offset track is eight steps of length The LEVEL knob is used for adjusting the length of the track The length is indicated by the TRACK LED s being lit up Green LED s indicate that the arpeggiator is active for the step Red LED s will be will mute out the arpeggiator for that step Use the TRIG keys for switching the steps By holding a TRIG key and using the UP and DOWN keys you can adjust the note off sets for the active steps The current offset is displayed while the TRIG key is held in a small popup window in the lower left corner of the LCD Given the flexibility of the arpeggiator you can think of it as a mini sequencer within a sequencer Using different SPD values and lengths of the rhythm and off set track can greatly affect the rhythmic structure of a pattern TRANSPOSE Each track of the Monomachine including the MIDI seque
14. 5 2 A 1 SUPERWAVE PULSE SWAVE PUL SE 2 2 SUPERWAVE ENSEMBLE 5 2 SID ewes wine aetna wwe antes 3 SID EET A 3 DOP RO rn A 4 DIGIPRO WAVE A 4 DIGIPRO BEAT BOX DPRO BBOX suicide itti ei ent A 4 DIGIPRO DOUBLEDRAW 2 A 5 DIGIPRO ENSEMBLE A 5 Jj Lime A 6 EMESTATIG FMES TA T iii ettet t ettet ebbe ciens sa Lebe hates Drs ie A 6 EM PARALLEELI EMSEPAR fret tea E cete A 7 4 of 6 GND MACHINES hired cha adven teenie GROUND GND E hdi irte eet tore te ria Pateat eds nk aede SINE WAVE lt SIN tec nl acie nee e DER A NOISE mU APPENDIX MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE MONOMACHINE MIDI SPECIFICATION esee NOTE amp NOTE OFF MESSAGES sse CONTROL CHANGE MESSAGES sse NRPN MAPPINQG Rei ete tmi edet oe irr ue tite OTHER MIDI MESSAGES seems APPENDIX C SYSEX REFERENCE INDEX 5 of 6 6 of 6 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Monomachine SFX 6 SFX 60 SFX 60MKII as your companion for music creation It i
15. 4 INDEX Elektron Music Machines MAV AB Erik Dahlbergsgatan 3 411 26 Gothenburg Sweden
16. eese nnne nnne nenne 1 34 LFO CONTROLS 1 34 ADDITIONAL 242 1 37 ASSIGN 1 37 YOY STIG ettet Crece ees do etit s ront 1 38 VELOCITY irni Feder t e eth ere E eo laine anil 1 38 KEY TRACKING re ctetu tert o s 1 39 i tede tu Ride edite tede itta oe de e ded ed 1 39 MUETISTRIG Goce eater ad e ne t AT ue ten 1 40 MULTI ENVW i Rice rere e deed thas isan na ranae 1 42 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER NE a E ean Eaa 1 44 BASIG PATTERN OPERATION 3 eed e ee bd ee edet 1 44 PATTERN SELECTION n haee teni SER aad tet Ri ud stead aa ERI nad d ascend bans 1 44 PATTERN GHAINING 1 ned tren to eite di b ettet In Lee pL 1 45 SCALE SETUP etd dccem eeu apt tm ecd 1 45 COMPOSING A PATTERN en Ehe he rti ci el risa rli dena tita ra dee a dare RE s 1 46 RECORDING een 1 46 HIS ARD tM IIb cnet Mp Eu recta wai 1 46 LIVE RECORDING iniecta 1 48 SMEP RECORDIN a na aula a
17. 2 When in the DIGIPRO MANAGER choose SEND and then press the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column Choose ALL GLOEAL 1 EDIT 3 Put the receiving device into a waiting state ready to receive data 4 Press ENTER YES to make the Monomachine send all the waveforms The display will show how many waveforms that have been sent To send a single waveform follow the instructions below 1 First of all make sure that the MIDI cables are properly connected The MIDI OUT of the Monomachine should be connected to the MIDI IN port of the receiving device To receive waveforms to a computer you can use our free C6 program found on the Ele ktron website 2 When in the DIGIPRO MGR choose SEND and then press the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column Choose the waveform you want to send by pressing the UP and DOWN keys G LDERL 1 EDIT 101 102 GLOBAL SETTINGS 3 Put the receiving device into a waiting state ready to receive data 4 Press ENTER YES to make the Monomachine send the waveform The screen will indicate that a waveform has been sent A It is not possible to send factory waveforms If you try to do so the message A USER WAVEFORM will be displayed on the screen You can always cancel the send operation When sending just press the EXIT NO key Use the TM 1 MIDI interface available from Elektron for up to 10x the normal MIDI trans
18. 52 Kit dump ID 5 2 Kit data bytes Sf7 SYSEX end SYSEX kit request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 53 Kit dump request ID 0aaaaaaa Send kit number aaaaaa 0 to 127 by sysex f7 SYSEX SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose ones ee SYSEX init 54 None f7 SYSEX SYSEX set current kit name MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 55 Set current kit name ID 11 bytes ASCII 7 bit 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX set active global setting 56 Set active global setting ID 00000 Set global pos aaa 0 to 7 as active f7 SYSEX end C 1 SYSEX load pattern 57 Load pattern ID 0 Load pattern 0 to 127 7 SYSEX end SYSEX load kit MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 58 Load kit ID 0 Load kit aaaaaaa 0 to 127 f7 SYSEX end SYSEX save kit MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 59 Save kit ID 0aaaaaaa Save kit to pos aaaaaaa 0 to 127 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 5a None f7 SYSEX end SYSEX assign machine MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 5b Load machine ID 00000 Select track aaa 0 to 5 0bbbbbbb and assign machine bbbbbbb number see list below 000000dd 0 do not init data pages 1 init all data pages 2 init synthesis page optional parameter f7 SYSEX end 00 GND GND 04 SWAVE
19. LFO 3 Speed X X 76 118 Track 1 LFO 3 Interlace x x 77 119 Track 1 LFO 3 Depth X X 7b 120 Track 1 All Notes Off x x Track 1 Filter Base Track 1 Filter Width Track 1 Filter HPQ Track 1 Filter LPQ Track 1 Filter Attack Track 1 Filter Decay Track 1 Filter Base Offset Appendix B MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE X X grin X X X X TES X posses X MIDI base channel 1 Same as MIDI Base Channel 0 but exchange Track 1 to Track 2 MIDI base channel 2 Same as MIDI Base Channel 0 but exchange Track 1 to Track 3 MIDI
20. Load song aaaaa 0 to 23 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX save song MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 6d Save song ID 000 Save song to position aaaaa 0 to 23 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose See sxe ee Sena be eee lS SYSEX init 5 None 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose Brie ONE ip teh I eet ee tas son SYSEX init 56 None f7 SYSEX end SYSEX status request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 70 Request status ID 00aaaaaa Status for parameter aaaaaa see list below f7 SYSEX end 0x01 Current global slot 0 to 7 0x02 Current kit number 0 to 127 0x04 Current pattern number 1 0 A2 1 1 16 0x08 Current song number 0 to 23 0x10 Current sequencer mode pattern mode 0 song mode 1 0x20 Current audio mode mono 0 poly 1 0x21 Current sequencer mode mode audio 0 midi 1 0x22 Current audio track 0 to 5 0x23 Current midi seq track 0 to 5 Appendix C SYSEX REFERENCE C 3 SYSEX set status 71 Set status ID 00 Set parameter aaaaaa to 0bbbbbbb value bbbbbbb f7 SYSEX end 0x01 Current global slot 0 to 7 0x02 Current kit number 0 to 127 0x04 Current pattern number 1 0 A2 1 1 16 0x08 Current song number 0 to 23 Ox10 Current sequencer mode pattern mode 0 song mode 1 0x20 Current audio mode mono 0 poly 1 0x21 Current sequencer mode mode
21. Set SCALE to FIX for tracks playing percussive sounds If the track is trans posed in a song or using multi trig transpose the percussion will then keep its sound while melodic tracks are transposed SWING Swing can be used for adding shuffle or other sub step rhythmic adjustments to a pattern The swing settings are saved as part of the pattern 1 The SWING window is opened by pressing SWING while holding FUNCTION 2 Select which track you want to edit the swing settings for using the TRACK keys anbpkanp Use the LEVEL knob to control the swing amount The swing amount is set between 50 and 8096 5096 is the default value which makes the pattern unaffected by swing and the 63 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES maximal value is 80 The swing amount parameter is the same for all the tracks of the pattern Each track however has its own swing track Green lt TRIG gt LED s indicate the steps that will be time shifted by swing and the TRIG keys are used to switch their state Use the SCALE key to cycle between the pages THE SWING TRACK As default the swing is programmed to shift every second 16th note starting on step 2 This is how the swing pattern will be restored after a pattern clear operation see page 53 or swing clear operation This gives the traditional shuffle style swing for a 4 4 normal speed pattern In double speed mode see page 54 you need to modify the swing pattern to get the sa
22. nnns 1 60 iatis tee e e cix s beg D re ane ED Rea sentiri duet eb demain 1 60 ARPEGGIATOR BASIC 1 2 1 60 ARPEGGIATOR ENVELOPE TRIGGING 5 1 61 ARPEGGIATOR RHYTHM AND OFFSET 1 62 TRANSPOSE te TEE 1 62 SWING a oe Hed cen 1 63 THE SWING STRACK oett tei eite aget detti 1 64 1 65 ei oto eere 1 66 MINIMISING THE MUTE 1 67 POLY MOD Bit IER 1 68 THE MIDI SEQUENCER DE 1 69 USING THE MIDI 1 69 THE MAIN MIDI SEQUENCER 1 70 COMPARISON WITH THE INTERNAL SEQUENCER 2 2 1 70 THE SONG ej cm 1 72 LOAD SONG intuitive Tete e n een 1 72 SAVE SONG nete tele tete deii iet ped teas 1 73 SONG PEAY dE 1 74 SONG TRANSPORT tea free as extare Hare te es 1 74 SONG EDITING irren he etenim dad tats 1 75 SONG EDIT TRANSPOR T a cht cas enemies tae 1 76 SONG LOOPS locas lads 1 77 SONG SUMP iie mre ee
23. 108 TECHNICAL INFORMATION TECHNICAL INFORMATION SPECIFICATIONS SFX 60MKII SOUND CONTROL SEQUENCER 6 internal sequencer tracks 6 exernal MIDI sequencer tracks 128 x 64 step patterns 24 songs Supports swing slide and accent 62 possible parameter locks on each pattern step 12 multi functional programmable Arpeggiators 18 tempo synced interlaced LFO s Full MIDI support SOUND GENERATION SYSTEM 5 Mono Synths 14 individual audio generating machines 4 individual stereo effect machines 5 effects on each track 6 part synthesis 128 user programmable kits 64 slots for storing waveforms TRACK EFFECTS Tape style Tempo synced Delay 1 Band EQ Resonant 24dB Ip bp hp filter Sample rate reduction Distortion MONO SYNTHS SuperWave analogue style synthesis SID MOS 6581 computer style synthesis DigiPRO digital wavetable and beatbox FM frequency modulation synthesis V0 6 vocal synthesizer FX SYNTH Reverb gated stereo plate reverb Chorus stereo 6 tap chorus Dynamix dynamics compressor Ring Modulator ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS Impedance balanced audio outputs Main out level 15dBu Assignable outs level 10dBu Output impedance 100 unbalanced S N ratio 100dBFS 20 20 000Hz Unbalanced audio inputs Input level 7dBu maximum Audio input impedance 9 SNR inputs 98dBFS 20 20 000Hz Unit power consumption 10W typical 18W maximum Recommended power supply 6V DC 3A HARDWARE 128x
24. 2 Press and hold the note trig you want to copy and press the RECORD key A message COPY NOTE will appear How 3 Hold the TRIG key correspondning to the location you want to paste the note to and press the STOP key to complete the paste operation A message PASTE NOTE will be shown CLEAR NOTE PARAMETER LOCKS Instead of removing the parameter locks from a note you can also use the clear note locks command 1 Make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode The RECORD LED should be lit 49 50 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER 2 Hold and press the TRIG key you whose content you want to clear Then press PLAY to clear the note The message CLEAR NOTE LOCKS will appear The clear note lock operation can be undone by performing the clear note operation one more time The message UNDO NOTE LOCKS will be shown in the display TRACK PAGE COPY In GRID RECORDING mode you can copy one page of trig data and paste it to another page 1 Make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode indicated by the RECORD LED giv ing off a steady light Select the source track using the TRACK keys 2 Select which page you want to copy by pressing the SCALE SETUP key 3 When you have chosen the page you want to copy hold the SCALE SETUP key and press REC The message COPY PAGE page will appear 4 Select the pattern page you want to paste the copied page into by pressing the SCALE SETUP key Paste
25. A song can have up to 200 rows and there are 24 song slots To enter SONG mode by press the PATTERN SONG key so that the lt 5 gt LED is lit The screen will change to make room for the song list i LFRO 1FIN LEM 1FE 1 n 01 ETHER HERES Ita tM OOO AG 01 00 154 FAB 001 Ae 00 16 00 01 uas FH FSTAT 003 ABI OF eu LOAD SONG 1 To load a song you first need to open the SONG window by pressing the KIT SONG key SAVE EDIT a me Aoa 0l 0032 DD3 HE 08 24 01 HRTRIH i HANIAC O ug 03 THE FAB 05 CuLT13 uua i 3 Choose the song you wish to load by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys Press ENTER YES to load the song A Loading a song will destroy any unsaved changes to the current song Make sure to store unsaved work you wish to keep before loading a new song THE SONG MODE SAVE SONG 1 Open the SONG window by pressing the KIT SONG key Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to move to the SAVE icon LEU F ET AGE DEST TRIG HALE Put3nDT FREE TRI i EDIT CLR 01 HATRIS E HANIAC THE FOu FEM 05 cult l 24 3 In the menu you find a list of the songs stored in memory Use the UP and DOWN keys to choose among the 24 song slots Press ENTER YES to select the slot whe
26. C G and D H BANK keys Hold one of the BANK keys and then press one of the TRIG keys to select the pattern A01 H16 indicated by the label of the BANK key and the BANK GROUP LED s The secondary functions are to edit the track settings for the arpeggiator and the transpose swing and slide functions 16 REC PLAY STOP keys The REC key is used for toggling GRID RECORDING mode on off PLAY Initiates playback of a pattern or song Pressing PLAY a second time pauses playback Press PLAY while holding REC to enter LIVE RECORDING mode Press REC while holding STOP to enter STEP RECORDING mode STOP halts the playback of a pattern or song Press STOP twice to rewind the song and turn off all sound and reset various things In GRID RECORDING mode the RECORD LED gives a steady light in LIVE RECORDING it flashes and in STEP RECORDING mode it double flashes The secondary functions of these keys are to perform copy paste and clear commands 17 SCALE key In GRID RECORDING mode switches the track page focus of the TRIG keys if the scale length exceed 16 The trig positions are organised in up to four pages with 16 positions in each The TRACK PAGE gt above the SCALE key indicate which page is currently being edited or played The secondary function is calling the SCALE SETUP menu 18 TRIG SELECT key Switches which trig track is programmed from the TRIG keys The TRIG TRACK LED s to the left in
27. EXIT NO when the notes you want to remove are played 6 The pattern will loop and be ready for further recording until you press the STOP key A All live recorded data will be quantised to the current scale resolution 16th or 32th notes e If you want to edit the recorded notes you can use grid recording as described in section GRID RECORDING on page 46 48 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER STEP RECORDING The third method of recording notes differs a bit from the other two methods as data is input a step by step basis You can input notes from the keyboard and the TRIG keys 1 Begin with following the instruction in section RECORDING PREPARATIONS on page 46 2 To enter STEP RECORDING mode press REC and STOP at the same time 3 The pattern will start on the first step of the sequencer From here the active position will automatically advance one step forward when a note or chord is programmed 4 You can use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to move the editing focus of the pattern Press the EXIT NO key to program a NOTE OFF press ENTER YES to clear a note Use the step recording method as an experimental way of creating patterns Inter esting results can be had NOTE COPY It is possible to copy a note trig complete with all parameter lock settings and paste it to a new location in the track 1 Make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode indicated by the RECORD LED giv ing off a steady light
28. GLOEAL 1 EDIT 2 Press ENTER YES A window where you will be able to rename the waveform will appear Use the LEVEL knob or the UP and DOWN keys to cycle through the letters The LEFT and RIGHT keys move the cursor backwards and forwards on the line 3 When satisified with the name press ENTER YES to rename the waveform 103 104 GLOBAL SETTINGS Pressing the FUNCTION while the WAVEFORM NAME window key gives access to the high score selection method in which you see all characters at the same time Keep the FUNCTION key held while navigating using the ARROW keys Release the FUNCTION key when you have located the letter of your choice MIDI SEQ Here relevant settings for the MIDI sequencer are found L ERL 1 EDIT fw AUDIO imrpIsEn SET CONTROL ru MIDI SEQ SETTINGS The MIDI channels and CTRL change parameters used per channel is set in this menu 1 Select the MIDI SEQ in the GLOBAL menu Then select MIDISEQ SET using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLDEAL 1 EDIT mme HIDI SEQ SETTINGS TRE THII EL1 EL2 EL3 DLH EX4 EG 001 002 AFT 004 te 11 002 019 3 12 001 002 016 011 14 002 016 011 Use the ARROW keys for navigating in the window Use LEVEL to update the ters TRK track is the MIDI sequencer track you are about to edit CH MIDI channel is where you assign on which MIDI channe
29. MONOMACHINE ROUTING MIX MIX A B C D E F SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS gt FX NEIGHBOUR 2 SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS FX NEIGHBOUR gt OUTA The example above visualises how global routing configuration of GXMONO configures the outputs A Like all machines the FX machines need to be trigged before they make any sound The track effects are active as always so if you want the sound to go through without decaying you need to set the DEC and REL parameters to their maximum values 127 GLOBAL SETTINGS GLOBAL SETTINGS The Monomachine offers 8 individual slots for storing global settings The multiple global slots are useful for using the unit in different settings You can have one setup for studio use and another for the live set or maybe different setups for different parts of the live set The items listed below are available in the GLOBAL menu Turbo menu Master tune Audio routing options MIDI channel setup MIDI control settings Multi map editor e Mechanical settings MKII units only Keyboard velocity response SFX 6 units only e SYSEX send receive DigiPRO waveform manager MIDI sequencer settings 1 Press FUNCTION and then PATTERN SONG to open the Global slot selection menu FII m GLOEAL 2 Use the ARROW keys for navigating to the Global slot you wish to use and press ENT
30. The LEVEL knob can also be used for setting the ranges MODE mode of receival controls how the Monomachine receives incoming sysex data ORIG The kits patterns songs and global slot data received will be placed on the orig inal positions they were located at when they were transmitted Using this method it is not possible to select any start positions in the WRITE POS FROM window SPEC You may specify the positions where you want the kits patterns songs and glo bal slots to be stored Since the Monomachine does not know in advance what kind of and how much data it will receive all you can specify is that the data will be placed start GLOBAL SETTINGS ing on the positions you specify If you specify KIT 03 and receive four kits positions 3 to 6 will be written over no matter where the kits received were originally placed VERF The SYSEX data received is only verified to be correct it is not stored in mem ory Using this method it is not possible to select any start positions in the WRITE POS FROM window WRITE POS FROM write start position is only available when the SPEC method of recieval is chosen After selecting SPEC in the MODE tab enter the WRITE POS FROM tab using the RIGHT key then use RIGHT and LEFT key to move between the param eters Adjust the start positions parameters using the UP and DOWN keys or the LEVEL knob To load sysex data into the Monomachine follow the steps below 1 Co
31. eee ette e t ee ome emet nebat tees 1 14 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS 1 16 MONOMAQGHINE KLTS tihi tet tette ee eec he get cade et kt e Pea n Hd t oC I Pad Means 1 17 THE LINK BETWEEN KITS AND 56 1 17 1 18 LOADING AN EMPTY KL eir ioo eee rete teo hoe rhe e On Pedes e 1 18 SAVING AND NAMING A 1 18 UNDO vec 1 19 COPY Em 1 20 CL EARKID 25 apa eic siti 1 20 KIT EDITING it o he t e tete he tert leas ia e ap 1 21 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A 1 21 COPY MAGCHINE tiere i eee Hte 1 22 CLEAR MACHINE tree teet eet teta dee noise duh dvd etsi dert ioa ten e Ee 1 23 SETTING THE MIX BUS tti tt tete tete it is bu eme his ta em ce Pag datis eee cu 1 23 PARAMETER EDITING vs ei roo ee tone e ttd etia I p IR USD 1 24 TRACKEFFEEGCTS lie 1 25 1 25 AMPLIFICATION PAGE is ehe tee nee inre det e E PL EL RR RE P mE I 1 25 1 of 6 LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS
32. part of each pattern and operate individually although with a few connections with the inter nal tracks since the LFO s are shared between the internal tracks and the MIDI sequencer tracks The MIDI tracks play simultaneously and synchronised with their internal counter parts 1 Switch between internal sequencer and MIDI sequencer editing by pressing MIDI SEQ while holding FUNCTION 2 MIDI track editing is indicated by all the lt TRIG TRACK gt LED s being unlit and the four uppermost lt DATA PAGE gt LED s lit 0 FAB USING THE MIDI SEQUENCER The Monomachine MIDI Sequencer is used almost identically to the internal sequencer The main difference being that no internal sound is generated data is only transmitted on the MIDI OUT port for controlling external MIDI gear Use the TRACK keys to select the MIDI track you wish to edit Note that MIDI tracks are muted separately from the internal tracks with the TRACK keys while holding FUNC TION or through the special MUTE mode interface see section THE MUTE on page 66 To use the MIDI sequencer you need to connect the MIDI OUT port of the Monomachine to the MIDI IN port of another MIDI device The external MIDI device needs to listen to the MIDI channel of the Monomachine MIDI track in focus The keyboard TRIG keys and MIDI sequencer output of the track is now directed to the MIDI channel selected in the Glo bal MIDI SEQUENC
33. sets the tune of the oscillator SUPERWAVE ENSEMBLE SWAVE ENS The SuperWave Ensemble machine offers up to eight analogue style oscillators set up with special controls to create up to four note chords with only one machine The Ensemble machine generates one sin gle oscillator single pitch sound with the default settings PCH2 4 pitch 2 4 adds an oscillator offset from the base pitch If C 4 is played and PCH2 4 PCH3 7 PCH4 OFF the notes C 4 E 4 and G 4 will sound The pitches can also be set to the exact octave intervals 6 5 5 4 4 3 and 3 2 for cre ating just intonated cleaner sounding chords To change chord inside a pattern use parameter locks WAVE waveform controls the oscillator shape The ensemble waveforms are con structed from two saw tooth oscillators which can unite to create a set of waveforms ranging from saw tooth through square to spikes Adjusting PW will mutate the sound giving various results depending on the WAVE settings PW pulse width mutates the sound giving various results depending on the WAVE set tings Its center value 0 will take the WAVE from a saw wave to a square wave CHRL chorus level controls the chorus level of the ensemble chorus CHRW chorus width controls the width of the ensemble chorus TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscilla tor s Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE ED The Mono synth SID is based on the synthe sis of the legendary
34. tinue sound but further trigs will be masked This allows sounds to fade out in a natural way The track mutes are true global parameters just like tempo A muted track remains muted even when the pattern is changed or song mode is entered or exited 67 68 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES POLY MODE In normal operation the Monomachine offers six tracks of multitimbral monophonic sound synthesis Ensemble machines see Appendix A for more information can be used to make up to four notes chords using only one track but for using the other machines poly phonically you need to enter the POLY mode 1 Press POLY while holding FUNCTION to enter POLY mode The POLY mode is indi cated by both the lt PATTERN gt and lt 5 gt LED s being lit In POLY mode all six Monomachine sound engines polyphonically generate the sound of only one track All tracks beside the one currently selected with the TRACK keys are dis abled The currently selected track instead offers six notes of polyphony In POLY mode the internal sequencer operates polyphonically You can use chords to generate polyphonic chords Just remember that all other tracks except the one currently selected are disabled while in POLY mode THE MIDI SEQUENCER THE MIDI SEQUENCER Each of the six internal sequencer tracks of the Monomachine sequencer is teamed with a MIDI sequencer track for controlling external MIDI gear The six MIDI sequencer tracks are
35. 6 track 1 6 transpose controls the individual track transpose for the six internal Mon omachine tracks The six parameters on the MIDI row control track transpose for the six MIDI sequencer tracks A The track transpose settings made are only valid on that particular row e If individual track transposes are set for a row the transpose value in the EDIT SONG window is exchanged for a bold T You then need to enter the SONG TRACK TRANSPOSE window to check the settings SONG EXTRA The SONG EXTRA window is the interface for controlling song row mutes and song row BPM settings THE SONG MODE 1 Reach it by pressing ENTER YES in the SONG EXTRA column in the EDIT SONG window SONG MUTE 000 0 000 0 2 i SUnTH HIDI From here you can set the mutes for the song row Use the TRIG keys 1 to 6 to set the mute mask for the internal tracks and TRIG keys 9 to 14 for the MIDI sequencer tracks A muted track will be displayed as a sign Tempo adjustments can be programmed by setting a BPM value Use the LEVEL knob to update the BPM setting You need to start by increasing the assigned BPM value To remove the BPM value turn the LEVEL knob so that the lowest possible value is selected You will then see printed in the BPM tab A If no BPM value is set for the step the current tempo is used If a song does not have any tempo settings the current tempo is used for the full song The gl
36. 666 999050555 3 1 AC 115 230V 50 60Hz Input with integrated fuse holder and spare fuse storage A e Caution Although the Monomachine SFX 6 can accept both 115 and 230 Volts main current both the voltage selector and the fuse need to be matched to the voltage The fuse holder has two sections The inner is the one currently in use For 115V operation the fuse should be specified as 250mA 125V For 230V opera tion the fuse should be specified as 125mA 250V 2 Power On Off switch 3 Voltage selector A e Caution If you want to change the voltage for the Monomachine please take notice of the warning found in the first point of this section RACK MOUNT 5 60 ACCESSORY The Monomachine SFX 60MKII be rack mounted in a standard 19 rack using the SFX 60 SPS 1 rack mount kit which is ordered separately When rack mounted the SFX 60 MKII occupies four standard height units plus additional space needed to accommodate cables plugged into the unit at the back RACK MOUNT KIT ASSEMBLY Make sure that you use a Philips screwdriver of the right size and in good condition Use the included M3x6mm size screws to secure the rack mount consoles on each side of the SFX 60 MKII Make sure that all screws are fastened for secure operation of the unit CONNECTING THE UNIT Follow the basic guide below to power up your unit for the first time 1 For SFX 6 Insert the supplied power cord in a grounded wall s
37. Monomachine STOP stops the playback but holds the song pointer position A second STOP moves the song pointer position to the beginning of the song THE SONG MODE SONG EDITING The song editor is where the song is built Here patterns are assigned to the song The behavior of the patterns is also set in the song editor 1 Press the KIT SONG key to open the SONG window Move the cursor to the EDIT icon using the ARROW keys LOAD SAVE CLR This is the main screen where you arrange your patterns into a song You can edit the song while it is playing The two filled arrows on each side of one of the rows are the song posi tion pointers They indicate which song step the sequencer is currently playing In the header of the menu next to the text EDIT SONG there is a counter indicating how many bars and beats the song has played Use the UP and DOWN keys to select the song row you wish to edit The LEFT and RIGHT keys allow you to move the focus between columns The LEVEL knob alters the value of each setting EDIT SONG O03 04 ROW REF LTi WTRR 02 BBY LOOF BAI ROW song row is the amount of steps the song consists of A song can consist of a max imum of 200 rows The song is played from row 0 to the end row PAT pattern is the column which shows which pattern is assigned to the row Set the pat tern you want to be played on the song row using
38. SAW 03 SID 6581 01 GND SIN 05 SWAVE PULS 02 GND NOIS 14 SWAVE ENS 06 DPRO WAVE 08 FM STAT 11 6 07 DPRO BBOX 09 32 DPRO DDRW 10 FM DYN 33 DPRO DENS 12 FX THRU 13 FX REVERB 15 FX CHORUS 16 FX DYNAMIX 17 FX RINGMOD 18 FX PHASER 19 FX FLANGER SYSEX set track routing MIDI Byte Purpose gse ccecec2nanszcni s2clzg2en SYSEX init 5c Set track routing ID 00000 Route track aaa 0 to 5 00000bcd to output bus specified by bcd 00000eee with inputs specified by eee optional parameter f7 SYSEX end BUS EF c BUS CD d BUS AB e 0 NEIGHBOR 1 INPA e 2 INP B e 3 INP A B e 4 BUS AB e 5 BUS CD e 6 BUS EF SYSEX digipro waveform sysex dump MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 5d Digipro waveform dump ID Digipro waveform data bytes f7 SYSEX end SYSEX digipro waveform request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 5e Digipro waveform request ID 00 Send waveform number aaaaaa 0 to 63 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX set Gate box parameter MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 5e Set reverb parameter ID 00000 Target parameter aaa 0 to 7 0bbbbbbb 7 Set value to bbbbbbb 0 to 127 SYSEX end SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 5f None 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 60 None
39. SID chip found in the Commodore 64 The SID chip was used in the first Elektron synthesizer the SidStation SID 6581 The SID 6581 machine offers one oscillator of high quality MOS 6581 synthesis com plete with ringmod and sync Just like the original the oscillators are derived from an extremely fast main counter giving a crisp and highly recognisable sound PW pulse width controls the sound of the PULSE waveform and to some degree also the MIXED waveform PWAD pulse width add sets the depth of the pulse sweep When set to 0 no pulse sweep will be added to the waveform PWRS pulse width restart will when acti vated restart the pulse sweep controlled by the PWAD parameter from the PW position each time a note on is played WAVE waveform selects the basic wave form to be used The available waveforms are TRI TRIANGLE SAW SAW TOOTH PULS PULSE MIXED NOIS NOISE Waveforms differing to the standard defini tions are MIXED which is a special digital SID waveform and NOISE which gives dif ferent sound depending on the pitch it is played with MOD modulation controls the type of modu lation to be used The available selections are OFF No modulation RING Ring Modulation SYNC Hard Sync R S Ring Modulation and Hard Sync MSRC modulation source controls from where the second frequency is taken All of the modulation options need a second fre quency for their operatio
40. SPEED x 31 25 kbit 1 1 2 2 3 3 33 4 4 5 5 6 6 66 T 8 8 10 9 12 3 10 16 11 20 Values within parentheses are not supported Active sensing Active sensing should be sent from any device supporting Turbo MIDI whenever a higher speed is used TM 1 approx 150ms between If a Turbo MIDI device receives active sensing and then active sensing is lost for more than 300ms the device will revert to normal MIDI speed Negotiation Timing Length of master timeouts 30 ms minimum Length of slave timeouts 15ms minimum 25 ms maximum The timeout is for a byte not a message a message could take 15xN ms to reach the slave Appendix C SYSEX REFERENCE C 6 Appendix C SYSEX REFERENCE INDEX A ARPEGGIATOR 60 Envelope trigging 61 Mode 60 Octave jump 61 Play 61 Range 61 Rhythm and offset 62 Speed 60 C CLEAR Arpeggiator 61 Kit 20 Machine 23 Parameter locks 49 Slide 65 Song 73 Song row 76 Super clear 54 Swing 64 Track 52 Track page 50 CONTROL IN 91 Program change 92 Tempo sync 91 Transport 91 CONTROL OUT 1 90 CONTROL OUT 2 91 Midi clock 91 Program change 91 Transport 91 COPY PASTE Arpeggiator 61 Kit 20 Machine 22 Note 49 Pattern 52 Slide 65 Song 73 Song row 76 Super copy 53 Swing 64 Track 51 Track page 50 INDEX D DATA PAGES Amplification page 25 Effects page 31 Filter page 28 Lfo pages 34 DELAY 32 DIGIPRO MANAGER Erase waveforms 102 Receive waveforms 99 Rename wav
41. VOLUME on page 27 for more information on this parameter AMPLIFICATION PAGE In the Amplification page you find the controls for the amplifier envelope AHDR distortion volume pan and portamento AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE The amplifier envelope is trigged every time an AMP trig is received This normally hap pens when a key has been pressed on the keyboard or if the TRIG keys has been pressed or if notes have been played from the sequencer or received over MIDI The 25 26 TRACK EFFECTS AMP trig can be controlled individually from the sequencer see section TRIG TRACKS on page 57 for more information ATK attack This parameter controls how long time the envelope takes to reach full level HOLD hold specifies the amount of time the signal is held at full level DEC decay dictates the amount of time it takes for the audio signal to completely fade out after the HOLD phase has been passed REL release If the key played is released at any time in MIDI this event is named NOTE OFF the release phase takes over The level will then fade by the time specified by the REL parameter The traditional envelope for synthesizers is in the ADSR attack decay sustain release form For the Monomachine sustain has been exchanged for hold The HOLD parameter is very handy when using the sequencer as it allows you to skip setting NOTE OFF events in normal use If you want to simulate ADSR behaviour you can use t
42. and then pressing the STOP key A message PASTE PATTERN will be shown in the display A e Pasting data into a pattern overwrites any previous data in the pattern The pattern data that is copied consists of notes parameter locks the kit associa tion MIDI sequencer notes and arpeggiato transpose swing and slide settings for all six tracks 52 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER The paste pattern operation be undone by holding the FUNCTION key then pressing the STOP key A message saying UNDO PATTERN will be shown in the display CLEAR PATTERN It is also possible to completely clear a pattern of all its content 1 Make sure you are not in GRID RECORDING mode The RECORD LED should be not be lit 2 When you have chosen the pattern you wish to clear press and hold FUNCTION and then press PLAY to clear the pattern The message CLEAR PATTERN will appear Fak THRU The clear pattern operation can be undone by performing the clear pattern opera tion one more time The message UNDO PATTERN will be shown in the display Pattern clear clears everything except the kit association SUPER COPY For track pattern and machine copy operations the default copy behaviour can be replaced by the super copy function 1 Hold the FUNCTION and REC for around a second and the default message box will expand to a larger one including a selection box the UP and DOWN keys to manoeuvre the
43. are reached through the TRIG keys 9 14 A muted track will be dis played as a sign The corresponding lt TRIG gt LED indicate the Mute state of the track If it is lit the track is not muted OO8O HIDI aas R75 ieee 66 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES In addition to the lt TRIG gt LED s the Mute state is indicated in the MUTE window Boxes means that the track is un muted and a dash means it is muted The lt TRACK gt LED s will also be updated MUTE 0080 EHEBD Hong HIDI aaa 9 SHAUEHSAH 5 7 If you press the TRIG keys while holding FUNCTION the mute change is held until FUNCTION is released A track that is currently muted but will be un muted when FUNC TION is released is displayed as a sign A track that is currently not muted but will be muted when FUNCTION is released is displayed as an X sign MINIMISING THE MUTE WINDOW While working in MUTE mode the MUTE window hide large parts of the main interface screen This can be disturbing if you want to work with mutes at the same time as access ing the sound parameters i 01 J anpkanp To avoid this problem the MUTE window transforms to a small centered window when a DATA ENTRY knob is accessed while in MUTE mode To return to the big MUTE window press the ENTER YES button A The mute works on note level That means that sounds already trigged will con
44. audio 0 midi 1 SYSEX status response 72 Status response ID 00aaaaaa Parameter aaaaaa has 0bbbbbbb value bbbbbbb see list below f7 SYSEX end 0x01 Current global slot 0 to 7 0x02 Current kit number 0 to 127 0x04 Current pattern number 1 0 A2 1 1 16 0x08 Current song number 0 to 23 0x10 Current sequencer mode pattern mode 0 song mode 1 0x20 Current audio mode mono 0 poly 1 0x21 Current sequencer mode mode audio 0 midi 1 0x22 Current audio track 0 to 5 0x23 Current midi seq track 0 to 5 SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose dM meo leen na tex SYSEX init 73 None 5 7 SYSEX end TURBOMIDI PROTOCOL SYSEX DESCRIPTION All TurboMIDI SYSEX messages start with this sequence MIDI Byte Purpose 5 0 SYSEX Start 00 Europe USA ID 20 Europe ID 3c Elektron Music Machines MAV ID 00 Generic Elektron product ID 00 Base channel Padding A complete SYSEX message looks like this 0 00 20 3c 00 00 command 7 SYSEX turbomidi speed request SYSEX turbomidi speed answer MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 11 Speed answer ID aaaaaaaa bit 0 speed 2 bit 1 speed 3 3 00000bbb bit 0 speed 13 3x bit 1 speed 16x bit 2 speed 20x contains certified speed bits 00000bbb contains certified speed bits 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX turbomidi speed negotiation master MIDI Byte Pur
45. audio level It is a good starting point for processing external audio and let it pass through the track effects INP input signal amplification can be adjusted to determine the signal input Remember you can use the amplitude enve lope and the rest of the track effects together with the sequencer if you prefer REVERB The reverb machine is a specially designed version of the Elektron Gate reverb It offers a characteristic gated reverb known from the Machinedrum DEC decay controls the decay time i e how long time the reverberated signal will stay around before dying out DAMP damping sets the reverb damping which is the effect of soft walls The higher the parameter is set the faster the sound will die out Damping differs from the DEC parameter in the way that certain frequencies disappear quicker GATE gate sensitivity sets the gate time The reverbated signal is gated after this time if the signal level is low The maximal value for this parameter gives infinite time in other words the gate is turned off MIX signal mix adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the reverberated wet signal HP high pass filter controls the high pass filtering of the reverb signal LP low pass filter controls the low pass fil tering of the reverb signal INP input signal amplification adjusts the signal input Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE A 11 CHORUS The Chor
46. basically noth ing at all kIT 01 ono FAB anbpkanp SINE WAVE SIN This machine generates a basic sine wave When a machine is cleared it reverts into a SIN machine kIT 01 ono FAB TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscillator NOISE NOIS Generates different colors of noise kIT 01 ono FAB ST stereo sets the stereo width of the noise waveform RED redness sets the color of the noise When set to zero the noise is white when set to 64 pink noise is generated Red noise is A 10 Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE FX MACHINES The FX machine group differs from the other machines of the Monomachine in that they do not generate any sound by themselves They need to be supplied with an audio sig nal from another source either internal Mon omachine audio or external audio fed into the Audio inputs Please refer to section USING THE AUDIO INPUTS on page 81 for instruction on how to configure the audio input of the FX machines Don t forget that also the FX machines need to be trigged to make any sound and that their output is fed through the track effects of which the amplification envelope is a part If you want to let the sound pass through with out decaying you should set ATK 0 DEC 127 and REL 127 and retrig the machine THRU The through machine does not process the audio other than through a signal amplifier to let you adjust the
47. check section ROUTING on page 80 23 24 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT PARAMETER EDITING Each Monomachine track offers up to 56 parameters for the sound generation and effects They are divided into seven pages with at most eight parameters in each The sound generating machines form their sound from one page of up to eight parameters called the SYNTHESIS parameters The track effects are composed from 24 parameters divided into three pages of AMPLIFICATION FILTER and EFFECTS There are also three LFO pages these also bring 24 parameters in total First exit all windows using EXIT NO key Press the DATA PAGE keys until the SYN THESIS page is chosen You should see the base window displayed below The visual parameter names and symbols will depend on the machine assigned Use the DATA PAGE keys to browse through the seven available DATA pages The DATA PAGE LED s will indicate the current focus and the visual parameters will be updated depending on the focus Turn the DATA ENTRY knobs The corresponding visual parameter on the LCD screen should be updated accordingly Press and turn the DATA ENTRY knobs for accelerated editing Just press it to see the numerical value of the parameter If you want to keep the changes you have done to a kit don t forget to save it The TUNE parameter is available for all synthesis machines It allows fine pitch tuning of 100 cents up or dow
48. chine It is based around a voicing source gradually controllable between pulse or white noise formant filters and a set of internal envelopes which combines to create a pre defined set of consonants and consonant like sounds kIT O1 uo FAB UDkUD B A trig of VO 6 consists of a consonant and a vowel It starts with the selected consonant if any VOC1 2 vocal frequency1 2 control the vocal Frequency formant parameters All vowels can be reproduced in the ranges of these two parameters V SW vowel switch controls wheter the vowel sounds should be turned off or not This is good for ending words that end on consonants If no consonant is selected the vowel will be played regardless of the V SW setting VOIC voice type adjusts the voice type from normal to whispering CONS consonant controls if the note trig should start with a consonant or a conso nant like sound If is selected the sound starts directly with a vowel CLEN consonant length controls how long the selected consonant will be pronounced CVOL consonant volume controls the vol ume of the consonant Using this parameter itis possible to change the dynamics of the speech for instance making the pro grammed words sound more or less emo tional Not all consonants are affected by the CLEN and the CVOL parameters see the table below for reference on which consonants are affected
49. delay time Some of its functionality can resemble tape loops and solid state CCD delays The delay time is always synchronised to the global tempo setting 04 KIT DSND delay send controls the level of sound that will be sent to the delay loop To get any effect from the delay you first need to adjust DSND to some value other than zero and then generate some sound The parameter can be set to positive or negative values For negative values the stereo image of the signal will be preserved and for positive values it will be switched left right The feedback loop will also be switched depending if the DSND is set to positive or nega tive values This means that you should set negative DSND values to get delay with pre served stereo image and positive values for ping pong delay DTIM delay time controls the delay time of the delay loop The actual delay time is relative to the current tempo and it is measured in 256th notes For instance for a one beat delay four 16th notes delay time should be set to 64 When changing the DTIM parameter or changing the tempo you will hear the contents in the delay loop speed up or down to adjust to the new tempo set This behaviour allows the delay time parameter to be changed at any time without the typical digital artefacts or brief silence sometimes experienced when adjusting delay time of digital delays DFB delay feedback parameter controls how much of the delay output sound
50. external gear extending the six MIDI THE MIDI SEQUENCER sequencer tracks Read more about how to configure the MIDI output of the inter nal sequencer in section CONTROL OUT1 on page 90 Note though that the same parameters won t be available Note off commands are also handled differ ent when MIDI sequencing using the internal tracks On the internal tracks you need to insert a NOTE OFF trig For more info about NOTE OFF trigs see OVER VIEW OF GRID RECORDING on page 11 Monomachine makes distinction between MIDI sent out of the unit and MIDI received Even if the same MIDI channel is selected for one track of the MIDI sequencer and the one track of the internal sequencer the MIDI sequencer will not control the internal sounds as the MIDI sequencer data is only going out through the MIDI OUT As the MIDI sequencer tracks are part of the pattern they will also be played as part of the multi trig and the sequence start playback options This allows tight integration of external MIDI gear in a Monomachine performance 71 72 THE SONG MODE THE SONG MODE The Monomachine song sequencer is a tool for setting up sequences of patterns Each song row can have unique settings for selected parameters such as pattern start offset and length repeats tempo mute information and transposes The song mode can be used for making a fully arranged song or for setting up looped sets of patterns for live use
51. have previ ously been dumped from the Monomachine they will be stored in their former locations 99 100 5 GLOBAL SETTINGS When all waveforms have been sent to the Monomachine press EXIT NO WRITING WAVEFORMS will be displayed on the screen The transfer is now complete GLOEAL 1 EDIT If the waveforms sent to the Monomachine are newly made after being converted to a syx file in C6 they will be stored starting from position 1 when using the ORG method of receival The rest of the waveforms will be stored in the following posi tions in the order they were converted To receive a single waveform or a batch of waveforms follow the instructions below First of all make sure that the MIDI cables are properly connected The MIDI OUT of the sending device should be connected to the MIDI IN port of the Monomachine To send waveforms from a computer you can use our free C6 program found on the Elektron homepage If loading a wav or aiff file don t forget to convert it to a DigiPRO syx file in C6 before sending it When in the DIGIPRO MGR choose RECEIVE and then press the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column Place the focus on the position you want to store the waveform or waveforms by using the UP and DOWN keys GLOEAL 1 EDIT Press ENTER YES to make the Monomachine ready to receive waveforms The dis play will show WAITING Send the waveform s
52. inverted selection box 3 When REC is released the selected copy action will be performed 4 Paste the data by pressing FUNCTION and STOP If you chose to paste a copied 53 54 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER Melody is a special copy function which copies all pitch data from the track but excludes parameter locks and machine selection and settings Use this to transport a melody between tracks you are using different machines for The MACHINE selection is a shortcut for copying the machine selection and all DATA pages which is normally performed from the EDIT KIT window All super copy functions are delayed until the REC PLAY or STOP key is released So even if you get the message CLEAR PATTERN it is not performed until the REC PLAY or STOP key is released so that you get the chance to change the default action in the selection box The SUPER COPY screen can only be called when in pattern grid edit and kit edit modes You can cancel super copy clear paste by pressing the EXIT NO key The super paste operation can be undone by performing the super paste opera tion one more time The message UNDO PATTERN will be shown in the display if a pattern has been copied SUPER CLEAR For track pattern and machine clear operations the default clear behavior can be replaced by the super clear function 1 Hold the FUNCTION and PLAY for around a second and the default message box will expa
53. makes the sound you want rather than how the word is spelled For example if you want to say cat you should start with a k 3 Enter GRID RECORDING mode Puta trig on the step where you want it 4 Press and hold this trig and push each knob you used in step 1 and 2 to lock the parameters You might want to lock the VOC1 VOC2 CONS and CLEN parame ters To program the VO 6 to spell out Monoma chine we need to set 5 trigs with the sounds mo no ma t shi n You will find the right vowel for by setting VOC1 35 and VOC2 5 Trig the machine and it should say Now select M with the CONS knob and set CLEN to 5 Now it is time to set the first trig In GRID RECORDING mode set a trig on step 1 Hold it while clicking the knobs for VOC1 VOC2 CONS and CLEN so that these parameters get locked Also adjust the pitch of this trig by pressing LEFT and RIGHT while holding the trig Choose pitch F 2 Now we are ready with the first trig time to set the second one Make sure the VOC1 and VOC2 knobs are still in the same position as for the first trig as the vowel for no is the same as for mo Turn the CONS knob to N set CLEN 5 Set this trig on step number 4 Press and hold it and push the VOC1 VOC2 CONS and CLEN knobs to lock them To make a more natural sound set a note off trig on step 6 by pressing the TRIG key while holding FUNCTION For the third trig we want t
54. of the display indicating that the calibration is done EMPTY RESET To perform this operation press the second TRIG key This reset will clear all kits pat terns songs and global settings Factory or user waveforms will still be retained in memory FACTORY RESET To perform this operation press the third TRIG key This reset restores all patterns kits songs and global settings to the factory presets that was preinstalled when the Monoma chine originally shipped User waveforms are erased and factory waveforms are initialized SOFT RESET To perform this operation press the fourth TRIG key This is a milder form of reset which will retain all data inside your Monomachine 105 EARLY STARTUP MENU MIDI UPGRADE By choosing this option the Monomachine prepares itself to receive an OS upgrade via MIDI 1 Check that all MIDI cables are connected correctly 2 Load the new OS in an appropriate computer program capable of sending sysex files We recommend the program C6 which can be found on the Elektron website You can also use another Monomachine with an up to date OS Connect it to the Monomachine that will be upgraded and transmit the OS Read more about this procedure in the SEND UPGRADE section 3 Choose MIDI UPGRADE by pressing the fifth TRIG key The Monomachine will wait for an OS to be transmitted to it and a message stating READY TO RECEIVE MIDI UPGRADE will appear on the screen READY TO R
55. supply is 6 Volts AC 2800mA 50 60Hz The plug size of the SFX 60MKI supply is the same as a MKII power supply The SFX 6 has an IEC 60320 C14 3 prong inlet to connect to a grounded main power sup ply using either using 115V or 230V please see ADDITIONAL REAR CONNECTORS SFX 6 on page 7 for further details SNR RATIO AND OUTPUTS The S N of the outputs on the Machinedrum MKII is 100dB The outputs of the MKII units are also impedance balanced The S N for a MKI unit outputs is 91dB and the outputs are unbalanced USER WAVEFORMS The Monomachine MKII has the capability of hosting user waveforms 109 110 CREDITS CREDITS PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Anders Andersson Magnus Forsell Anders Garder Daniel Hansson David Mollerstedt Danjel Ryd n Henrik Sallander Fredrik Ahfeldt INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Thomas Ekelund Jesper Kouthoofd ADDITIONAL DESIGN Goran Finnberg Charlie Storm USER S MANUAL Thomas Ekelund Daniel Hansson Jon Martensson FACTORY DEFAULT SOUND DESIGN Pattern 01 15 Pattern 03 06 Pattern 08 16 Pattern 03 16 by Daniel Troberg Pattern A16 Pattern 01 02 Pattern 07 Pattern 01 02 by Nils Odegaard FACTORY WAVEFORMS Charlie Storm Daniel Troberg CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION ELEKTRON SUPPORT support elektron se ELEKTRON WEBSITE http www elektron se POSTAL ADDRESS Elektron Music Machines MAV AB Erik Dahlbergsgatan 3 SE 4
56. tabs and inside the context tab when available using the LEFT and RIGHT keys Use the UP and DOWN keys to adjust the parameter values Selections in the MULTI MODE tab need to be confirmed with the ENTER YES key whereas the selections in the context tab are effecting immediately ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS ALL TRK all track makes the multi trig channel control all six tracks at once SFLIT HEH SEQ STRT SEQ TRRIIBF Note events received on the multi trig channel will be distributed to all six tracks for parallel mono operation The joystick controllers velocity and key tracking will control all tracks simultaneously as assigned in the Assign window see page 37 The Multi Env is applied to the All Track MULTI TRIG mode see page 42 There is no context tab for the All Track selection SPLIT KEY split mode allows you to split the keyboard in two zones each controlling part of the tracks ALL TRR SEQ STRT SEQ TRANSF There is an additional tab for the split mode called ZONES From the ZONES tab you con trol which tracks will be devoted to the upper and the lower part of the keyboard and where the split point is located on the keyboard The TRACK parameter controls which will be the first track to be controlled by the upper part of the keyboard All tracks above this one will be controlled by the upper part and the rest by the lower The KEY parameter controls which key is the first to control
57. the LEVEL knob or by pressing the appropriate BANK TRIG keys You can also program loops in this column See section SONG LOOPS on page 77 for more information on this END marks can also be set from this column It can be found as the first item in the list of patterns and marks the end of the song where the sequencer will be stopped REP repeat is the column where you control how many times the song row will be repeated Use the LEVEL knob to alter the number of repeats 75 76 THE SONG MODE TRN transpose sets a pattern transpose for the song row Use the LEVEL knob to control the value By pressing ENTER YES you enter the SONG TRACK TRANSPOSE window where individual transpose can be set for the tracks If an individual song track transpose is Set for a row it is indicated by a bold in the column You then need to enter the SONG TRACK TRANSPOSE window to see both the pattern and the individual track trans pose See section SONG TRACK TRANSPOSE on page 78 for more information on song track transpose OF LN offset and length is a column that can be used to override the default start offset and length settings for the pattern of the row The default start offset of a pattern is always zero as this means to start playing from the beginning The default length is set from scale setup see section SCALE SETUP on page 45 The song row offset and length func tions can be used to build com
58. the MIDI sequencer The parameters are controlled using the DATA ENTRY knobs A D and H SPD speed sets the speed of the arpeggiator It is synchronised to the global tempo A speed setting of 6 equals one 16th note 12 equals 8th and so on MODE mode selects between four arpeggiator modes Assuming you start with a unini tialised arpeggiator you need to change the MODE from the the default value OFF to either KEY SID or ADD OFF Deactivates the arpeggiator e KEY The arpeggiator operates on the keys currently played This is the way an arpeggiator traditionally works When the first note is pressed the arpeggiator is acti vated and start playing the note repeatedly with the timing specified by the SPD parame ter When more notes are added the arpeggiator cycles between playing them When keys are released they are removed from the arpeggiator cycle When all keys are released the arpeggiator stops SID Keys pressed stay the arpeggiator cycle even after a NOTE OFF command This mode replicates the operation of the arpeggiator of the SidStation synthesizer When only one key is pressed the arpeggiator is not activated When more than one key is pressed the arpeggiator is activated and start playing the notes in cycle When keys are released they are not removed from the cycle but continue being played The notes stay in the cycle until a new note is pressed This way an arpeggiated chord can be held without keys being
59. the data by holding SCALE SETUP and then pressing the STOP key A message saying PASTE PAGE will be shown in the display Page copy operates on trigs pitches and parameter locks Pasting data into a track overwrites any previous notes data and parameter locks The track page paste operation can be undone by holding down the SCALE SETUP key while pressing the STOP key A message saying UNDO PAGE will be shown in the display CLEAR TRACK PAGE It is also possible to clear a track page THE PATTERN SEQUENCER 1 Make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode 2 When you are on the track you wish to clear press and hold SCALE SETUP Then press PLAY to clear the track The message CLEAR PAGE will appear The clear track page operation can be undone by holding the SCALE KEY and pressing the PLAY key directly after the clear operation The message UNDO PAGE will be shown in the display TRACK COPY In GRID RECORDING mode it is possible to copy the contents of one track to another 1 Make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode indicated by the RECORD LED giv ing off a steady light Select the source track pressing the appropriate TRACK key 2 Press REC while holding FUNCTION to copy the data of the track The message COPY TRACK will be shown in the POS 3 Select the destination track using the TRACK wheel 4 Paste the data by pressing and holding FUNCTION and then pressing the
60. the wildest of the FM machines where the frequencies are set continuously instead of using the listed fre quency CARRIER 1FRQ modulator 1 linear frequency sets the linear continuous frequency control of modu lator 1 1FEN modulator 1 frequency envelope controls the speed and depth of the expone tial envelope The envelope is trigged for all note on s played and is added to 1FRQ 1VOL modulator 1 volume amp feedback con trols the final output volume of the first FM block For high 1VOL settings amplitude feedback is introduced to emphasis the effect on the carrier 1VEN modulator 1 volume envelope con trols the speed and depth of the exponential envelope It is trigged for all note ons played and is added to the output volume block of modulator 1 2FRQ modulator 2 exponential frequency sets the exponential continuous frequency control of modulator 2 2ENV modulator 2 volume amp envelope con trols the final output volume of the second FM block 2FB modulator 2 feedback controls the modulator 2 feedback TUNE tune sets the tune of the output Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE A 7 vo Vo VO is inspired by classic voice modelling methods using formant synthesis The goal has not been to recreate any existing voice or speech synthesizer but to create a new way of building and controlling a synthetic voice in a way that suits musicians VO 6 VO 6 is the VO incarnation in the Monoma
61. while holding the TRIG key The pitch from the previous note will then continue to sound for the trig THE PATTERN SEQUENCER FIGURE 7 Trig track illustrations 1 TRADITIONAL STEP SEQUENCER PATTERN NOTE_ON NOTE_OFF NOTE_ON NOTE_OFF 4 v v v v H H H H H H H H H H H 1 5 9 13 2 EQUIVALENT MONOMACHINE PATTERN 4 NOTE OFF E 4 NOTE OFF PITCH 1 5 9 13 Y FILTER Y wo VY LOCKS 3 MONOMACHINE PATTERN MAKING USE OF TRIG TRACKS AND PARAMETER LOCKS DIST 20 DIST 25 DIST 0 60 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES THE ARPEGGIATOR Each track of the Monomachine including the MIDI sequencer tracks offers an advanced arpeggiator The arpeggiator is a note processor that generates rhythmic note patterns from the arpeggiator settings and notes played Most commonly arpeggiators are used for making automated real time monophonic cycled notes based on the chord played ARPEGGIATOR BASIC SETTINGS Each pattern offers 12 arpeggiators one per track 1 The arpeggiator window is opened by pressing ARP while holding FUNCTION 2 Select the track you want to edit the arpeggiator for using the TRACK keys Press MIDI SEQ while holding FUNCTION to edit the MIDI sequencer arpeggiators see page 60 for more information on
62. 11 26 Gothenburg Sweden 111 CONTACT INFORMATION 112 Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE In this section all the Mono synths of the Monomachine are introduced including specifications for individual machines Super SUPERWAVE SAW ILLUSTRATION Wave BASE PITCH OSC UNISON OSC EXTENDED UNISON OSC SUPERWAVE SAW SWAVE SAW The SuperWave Saw machine offers eight FREQUENCY analogue style oscillators organised to bring thick sounds with relevant controls SUPERWAVE SuperWave takes its inspiration from the analogue world It gives warm and thick sounds made from unique algorithms The Ensemble is specialised in creating poly phonic textures chords and harmonies 2xUNIW UNIL unison level controls the level for the unison oscillator pair of sawtooth oscillators located over and under the base pitch UNIW unison width sets the distance between the unison oscillators and the base pitch UNIX unison extended level controls the The core of the sound is made up from one level of the two additional unison extended base sawtooth oscillator Setting all parame oscillators sawtooth They are located over ters to their lowest value leaves only the and under the base pitch at double the base sawtooth UNIW distance UNIX is limited by the UNIL so to get any effect from the UNIX UNIL has to be increased first A 1 SUBX controls a square wave suboscillator located one octa
63. 64 pixel backlit LCD MIDI In Out Thru 6 x 1 4 impedance balanced audio out jacks 2 x 1 4 audio in jacks 1 x 1 4 stereo headphone jack Advanced dual DSP system 44 1kHz 24 bit D A and A D converters Flash EEPROM upgradable OS PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS Steel casing with brushed aluminium panel Dimensions W340xD176xH63mm height including knobs and rubber feet Weight approximately 2 8 kg POWER SUPPLY PSU 2 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS Input voltage range 100 240V 43 60Hz Input connector IEC320 C8 2 prong In rush current 50A maximum Output voltage 5 7 6 3V DC Output current 3 5A maximum Output connector 5 5x2 5mm DC plug power at center DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODELS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODELS There exist a number of hardware differences between the and MKII models of the Monomachine Below is a compilation of the most important differences DESIGN The height of the SFX 60MKII is 63mm including rubber feet and knobs The height of a SFX 6 60MKI unit including rubber feet and knobs is 77mm The SFX 6 measures 975x176x77mm including knobs and rubber feet and includes a full size 3 octave keyboard and a joystick POWER SUPPLY A switched mode power supply is used for the MKII models which allow the units to be used all over the globe without the need of voltage converters The SFX 60MKI models use an AC power supply The output specification of the SFX 60MKI power
64. 7 SYSEX end SYSEX set tempo MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 61 Set tempo ID 0aaaaaaa Upper bits 0bbbbbbb Lower bits 7 SYSEX end Note Tempo aaaaaaabbbbbbb 24 max 300 BPM min 30 BPM Appendix C SYSEX REFERENCE SYSEX unused MIDI Byte SYSEX init 62 7 SYSEX unused MIDI Byte None SYSEX end Purpose SYSEX init SYSEX unused MIDI Byte ee ee SYSEX init 64 7 SYSEX unused MIDI Byte TOS RCM SYSEX init 65 7 SYSEX unused MIDI Byte qe C SYSEX init 66 7 SYSEX pattern MIDI Byte SYSEX init 67 SYSEX pattern MIDI Byte SYSEX init 68 0 7 None SYSEX end None SYSEX end None SYSEX end Purpose None SYSEX end Pattern dump ID Pattern data bytes see separate documentation SYSEX end dump request Pattern request ID Send pattern SYSEX end SYSEX song dump MIDI Byte SYSEX init 69 7 Purpose Song dump ID Song data bytes see separate documentation SYSEX end SYSEX song request MIDI Byte Purpose p SYSEX init 6a Song request ID 000aaaaa send song aaaaa 0 to 23 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX unused MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 6b None 5 7 SYSEX end SYSEX load song MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 6c Load song ID 000
65. ADE ut redundat 1 107 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5 52525 2555552424222 1 109 SPECIFICATIONS SFX 60MNKJ I iiiter etcetera t ee 1 109 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODELS 1 110 piene 1 110 POWER SUPPLY net ont eret tee a aai d aa 1 110 SNR RADNO AND OUTPUTS detti tpe cade a Qe 1 110 PM ta 1 111 PRODUCT DESIGN AND 1 111 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN tre it aint edd dan ne TUE 1 111 ADDITIONAL e dendo 1 111 USER S MANUAL nitrites t e e tit eiie denies 1 111 FACTORY DEFAULT SOUND 1 111 FACTORY WAVEEORMS rein dnte re dv e E e vg e a d Re Iva ar daran 1 111 Ska p CU Ob Kun p aS RD E dna ei SVG 1 112 ELEKTRON SUPPORT cde darte sede ta dad 1 112 ELEKTRON WEBSITE it ee hte ii bi ie ade on brad LEE aste ctc Rete dE dcdit 1 112 POSTAL ADDRESS iiiter inat tena iiem bte nba uide Da Me cae Sas ccena dea orte 1 112 APPENDIX A MACHINE REFERENCE SUPERWAVE EE ETE RR FERAM EAE UN A 1 SUPERWAVE SAW 5
66. E In the Filter page you find the controls for the combined resonant 24dB low band high pass filter of the Monomachine including the filter envelope TRACK EFFECTS BASIC FILTER CONTROLS The track effect system offers a resonant 24dB low high band pass filter The parameters are untraditional giving the user control of both the low and high filter cut offs as well as variable gap band pass filter BASE filter base controls the base filter cut off frequency When WDTH is set to its max imal value the BASE parameter functions as the cut off parameter of a high pass filter WDTH filter width controls the filter gap width that is the distance between the high pass and low pass cut off frequencies When the BASE is set to its minimum value the WDTH parameter functions as the cut off parameter of a low pass filter HPQ high pass filter Q controls how much the volume is boosted around the high pass cut off frequency LPQ low pass filter Q controls how much the volume is boosted around the low pass cut off frequency FIGURE 3 How the BASE and WDTH parameters works LEVEL FREQUENCY BASE FIGURE 4 How LPQ affecs the audio signal LEVEL FREQUENCY 29 30 TRACK EFFECTS FILTER ENVELOPE The filter envelope is trigged every time a FILTER trig is received This normally happens when a key on the keyboard or one of the TRIG keys has been pressed or playe
67. ECEIVE HIDI WFPGRADE 4 Once the Monomachine senses that an OS is being sent to it the lt TRIG gt LED s will light up one after another Please note that this procedure takes a while 5 When the transfer is finished the message PREPARING FLASH appears READY TO RECEIVE HIDI WFPGRADE FREFPARING FLASH 6 PREPARING FLASH is shortly followed by UPDATING FLASH When this process is finished the OS is updated READY TO RECEIVE HIDI WFPGRADE FREPARING FLASH UPOATIWHG FLASH SEND UPGRADE With this option you can send the OS installed in your Monomachine to a another unit 1 Connect the MIDI OUT on the Monomachine with the latest OS to the MIDI IN on the Monomachine that is going to be upgraded Enter the EARLY STARTUP menus on both machines 2 Enter the MIDI UPGRADE mode in the Monomachine that is supposed to be upgraded by pressing the fifth TRIG KEY Make sure you see the message READY TO RECEIVE MIDI UPGRADE on the screen 3 Press the sixth TRIG key of the Monomachine that is used to send the OS upgrade This will start the transmission of the OS to the other Monomachine 106 EARLY STARTUP MENU f you have installed OS 1 07 or above you will experience the speed of the Ele ktron TurboCharge protocol You will need to have the MIDI IN port of the receiv ing machine connected to the MIDI OUT port of the transmitting machine and vice versa for this to function 107
68. ECORDING mode by pressing the RECORD key The lt RECORD gt LED above the key should now be firmly lit 3 You can press PLAY if you prefer to listen to the pattern playing while composing It will loop over and over until you press STOP to stop the playback or PLAY to pause it 4 Press a TRIG key to set a note trig for the corresponding step The lt TRIG gt LED s indi cates which steps contain note trigs You will see that the LED above the TRIG key lights up with a red light as you press it You can remove a note trig by pressing the cor responding TRIG key one more time The LED should now be switched off SFR E DEST TRIG HRUE 5 While holding a TRIG key you can see a mini keyboard appearing after a short delay It is located in the lower left corner of the LCD interface This mini keyboard indicates the pitch of the note both by a marker on the mini keyboard and the note printed below The KEYBOARD LED s of the SFX 6 also indicate the pitch programmed 6 There are two methods for adjusting the pitch of a trig You can either press a key on the keyboard while holding the TRIG key to set the pitch indicated by the keyboard key You can also use the ARROW keys to adjust the pitch programmed while holding the TRIG key Holding FUNCTION while pressing the RIGHT or LEFT key adjusts the pitch one full octave up or down 7 You can set NOTE OFF trigs by pressing the TRIG key while holding FUNCTION NO
69. EF When the output of a track in the Monomachine is set to AB CD or EF it is fed to one of the three mix buses which by default ends in the audio outputs with the same names The tracks are mixed in the same order as their index with track 1 first The contents of the mix bus can be used as input for the FX machines If the same bus is used for input and output the FX is applied as an insert effect If another bus is used to out put the FX output is mixed into the track normally just like synthesis machines MIX MIX MIX A B C D E F a SYNTHESIS a SYNTHESIS E a SYNTHESIS a SYNTHESIS a FX BUS AB a SYNTHESIS OUT OUT C D OUT E F In the example above all tracks but the third is assigned to the AB mix bus Track 5 is a FX machine with INPUT and OUTPUT set to MIX AB As the output is the same as the input the FX is applied as an insert effect What will happen is that track 1 2 and 4 will be mixed and effected by track 5 The output of the effect will then be mixed with track 6 and sent to the AB outputs Track 3 is sent by itself to the EF outputs non effected 83 84 MONOMACHINE ROUTING MIX MIX MIX A B C D E F SYNTHESIS gt SYNTHESIS 9 FX BUS AB SYNTHESIS gt SYNTHESIS FX BUS CD OUT OUT C D OUT E F In the example above the two first
70. EQUENCY OSCILLATORS Each of the 6 tracks in the Monomachine offers 3 interlaced low frequency oscillators LFO s which can be used to modulate any track parameter A typical application of an LFO is to let it sweep a filter cut off frequency The 18 interlaced LFO s offer 11 waveforms and 5 trig modes The LFO s are tied to their specific tracks and are shared between the internal sequencer and the midi sequencer The speed of the LFO s is synchronised to the global tempo First select a track using the TRACK keys that you want to alter the LFO s for Then use the DATA PAGE keys to locate one of the three LFO pages All the three LFO s of the track are identical The lt DATA ENTRY gt LED s indicate which DATA page is currently selected and the DATA ENTRY knobs control the parameters of the DATA page selected LFO CONTROLS The three LFO s of each track are identical They can control any parameter of the track for the internal or the MIDI sequencer as well as the other LFO s The LFO control interface is printed below SHAVEFSAH PAGE page selects which DATA page the LFO targets DEST destination chooses the parameter from the DATA page chosen by the PAGE that is modulated All seven DATA pages plus the MIDI sequencer are accessible by the LFO s There s also a special pitch page PTCH If the DEST is PTCH 8 destinations are available offering various ranges to allow for both subtle vibrato and full rang
71. ER SETTINGS menu page see section MIDI SEQ SETTINGS on page 104 for more information Please refer to sections GRID RECORDING on page 46 and LIVE RECORDING on page 48 for information on how to input notes in the sequencer Chords be entered in the MIDI sequencer but all notes of the chord need to be the same length If you want to play true polyphonic notes you need to make use of several tracks and direct the output to the same MIDI channel Parameter locks be used by the MIDI sequencer which is very handy to con trol for example the filter cut off parameter of an external synth 69 70 THE MIDI SEQUENCER THE MAIN MIDI SEQUENCER INTERFACE LEN note length sets the maximum time the note will be played untila NOTE OFF is sent Notes can also be interrupted with NOTE OFF trigs set by pressing a TRIG key while holding FUNCTION If you prefer to stop notes with only NOTE OFF trigs set LEN to the maximum value Notes will then have infinite length Use parameter locks to set different note lengths for different steps VEL velocity controls the MIDI velocity sent for each note Use parameter locks to set dif ferent velocity values for different steps PB pitch bend controls the MIDI pitch bend setting PCHG program change can be used for outputting MIDI program change commands in order to change the patch of the external MIDI device The PCHG parameter only transmits data
72. ER YES to select it If it was already selected you have now also entered the Glo bal menu for the slot If not press ENTER YES one more time to enter it TURBO MENU The TURBO menu only available in OS 1 22 and higher allows you to use the Turbo pro tocol when connecting the Monomachine to other units that have the Turbo protocol imple mented This will speed up MIDI transfer times considerably which is handy if you for example want to transfer sysex data or waveforms to another Monomachine GLOEAL 86 GLOBAL SETTINGS 1 Connect the MIDI OUT of your Monomachine to the MIDI IN of the other unit and the MIDI IN of your Monomachine to the MIDI OUT of the other unit 2 Press FUNCTION KIT SONG to open up the GLOBAL menu Use the ARROW keys to select TURBO Press ENTER YES Fl GLOBAL TUREO CURRENT SFEED 1 0 NEGOTIATE 3 CURRENT SPEED shows the current multiplier of the MIDI transfer rate When not con nected to a device using Turbo protocol compatible software the speed will therefore be x1 0 Select which NEGOTIATE speed you want use The Monomachine defaults to x10 but this value can be lowered should it be needed Press the ENTER YES button to start to negotiate The CURRENT SPEED value will display the change of the MIDI transfer rate A f you link two Monomachines together where one of them is a MKI model you might not be able to get a CURRENT SPEED value exceedi
73. G PREPARATIONS Follow the steps below before continuing with any pattern composing 1 Close all windows that might be open using the EXIT NO key 2 For SFX 6 Check that the MULTI TRIG gt LED is unlit Press the MULTI TRIG key to Switch it off if needed 3 Check that one and only one of the DATA ENTRY LED s are lit If the four top LED s are lit you need to exit the MIDI SEQ mode by pressing TRIG SELECT while holding FUNCTION 4 Select a pattern as described in section PATTERN SELECTION on page 44 We rec ommend starting with an empty pattern All patterns in banks E H are empty as factory default 5 Select a kit for the pattern as described in section LOADING A KIT on page 18 6 Select the track you wish to edit using the TRACK keys Check that the track makes sound by trigging it using either the Keyboard or the TRIG keys 7 Verify that all the lt TRIG TRACK LED s are lit Press the TRIG SELECT key to cycle until all lt TRIG TRACK LED s are lit if needed GRID RECORDING Grid recording is a method of percussion composing that first was used in vintage drum machines In the Monomachine it has been adapted and extended to fit intuitive pattern based arrangements of melodies and rhythms In the default GRID RECORDING state the 16 TRIG keys represent 1 page of 16th notes 1 Perform the recording preparations as described in the previous section 46 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER 2 Enter GRID R
74. HESIS ARRANGEMENT e It is also possible to undo this operation To undo the action hold the function FUNCTION button and press the PLAY button The message saying UNDO KIT indicates that the clear operation has been undone KIT EDITING You can either create your kit from scratch or modify an existing one and then save it to a new position To load an empty kit see section LOADING AN EMPTY KIT on page 18 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK If you want to create a kit from scratch follow the instructions below 1 Open the KIT window and select EDIT KIT using the ARROW keys Lonp SAVE MULTI 0 ASSIGN TRIG 2 Press ENTER YES to enter the EDIT KIT Menu The EDIT KIT menu is used for changing the machine for the active track and for specifying audio bus routing For FX machines you also select the audio input routing for the machine Read more about FX machines and routing in section MONOMACHINE ROUTING on page 80 The TRACK LED s indicate which track you are editing and it is also displayed the name bar at the top of the window To change the track in focus use the TRACK keys EDIT TRACK 1 3 Use LEFT and RIGHT to move between the SYNTH MACHINE and MIX columns LEFT and RIGHT are also used for moving between the OUT BUS positions You will notice that the name of the active column is inverted You can use the UP and DOWN arrows to choose from the availabl
75. HL TOYLNOD ANNOS Z S3dO T3AN3 INW 15199339 NOVEL 13431 al e EE Eie LNO 3NIHOVM ANNOS T 11111 IAIN AOF IN QHVOSA3M CoU DAS LMOVuL SISAHLNAS ANNOS Y VYL 7TIOHLNOO ANNOS 3oVHl 15 16 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT The basic sound generating unit in the Monomachine is called a machine Each machine is designed for generating sounds from a specific technique or method such as analogue style pulse SID MOS 6581 or dynamic FM The sound generating machines allow you to get many different starting points with varied sound characteristics The machines are grouped so called Mono synths It can be viewed as if the machines a Mono synth belong to the same family For example in the FM family there are a total of 3 machines for static parallel and dynamic FM synthesis Despite the fact that each machine is based on the family synthesis each machine can have a unique parameter set The parameters are selected individually to give the user the best control of the machines There is a special Mono synth named FX The machines in this family do not generate sounds but offer effects for other tracks Description of Mono synths and their parameters are covered in Appendix A Each of the six tracks can have any machine assigned to it The assignment
76. IGHT A LEFT PHONES INPUT MAIN OUT L4 alis r n ra ARE REENEN t Moist MONOMFICHINE 2 3 4 5 6 7 SFX 60 MKII Aelehtron 2 MONOMRCHINE POWER 6VDC PHONI E 000000006 MANOUT 1 Power On Off switch 2 Power in A e Caution Use only an Elektron approved power supply with your Monomachine SFX 60 MKII It allows the unit to be used all over the globe without the need of voltage converters If you need a new power supply the specifications are 6VDC 3A 5 5x2 5mm 2 5mm inner diameter DC power plug power at center ungrounded 2 prong inlet IEC320 C8 Using the wrong type of adapter may result in damage to your unit Damage caused by the use of incorrect power supply is not covered by warranty If you are unsure about your power supply please con tact Elektron support Note that the MKI models require a different power supply compared to the MKIl models Please see DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODELS on page 109 for detailed info about the specifications of the power supply that should be used with the MKI models of the Monomachine SFX 60 MKII 3 MIDI Thru Out In 4 Audio Input B A 5 Individual Audio Outputs F E D C USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS 6 Main Individual Audio Outputs B A 7 Stereo Headphone Outputs Amplified copy of output AB ADDITIONAL REAR CONNECTORS SFX 6 Gelentron lp EN
77. LY LEGATO makes the portamento active only when playing overlapped so called legato notes LEGATO TRIG MODES The three parameters at the bottom of the window control which of the AMP FILTER and LFO trigs will be active for notes played legato Forastaccato bass sound it is useful for all trigs to be activated so the sound will sound the same even if two notes are played overlapped by mistake But for a lead sound it might be better to not initiate any trigs for notes played legato MULTI TRIG The Multi Trig is a link between the synthesis and the sequencer of the Monomachine Using the keyboard MULTI TRIG mode on the SFX 6 or the Multi Trig MIDI channel see MULTI TRIG on page 89 for more information you can make advanced monophonic arrangements All tracks can unite their efforts in creating one dynamic sound and the sequencer can be part of the arrangement 1 Press the KIT key and navigate to the MULTI trig icon using the ARROW keys RS LOAD SAVE E 0 EDIT TRIG 2 Press ENTER YES to enter the MULTI TRIG window Navigate between the available selections using the UP and DOWN keys TRIG HULTI RLL TRE BFLIT SEQ STRT SEQ TRRIIBF In the MULTI TRIG window you will find one main tab named MULTI with four options To the right there is room for an additional context tab with extra settings for some selections of the first tab Navigate between the
78. NK GROUP LED s indicate the current bank group selection 1 To select a pattern press and hold the bank key while pressing a TRIG key For select ing pattern A05 first make sure the bank LED s indicate that bank group A to D are selected then press and hold key A E while pressing the fifth TRIG key 2 While the BANK keys are pressed you can tell which patterns are used by the 16 lt TRIG gt LED s LED s that are red indicate that the corresponding pattern contains data If pattern selection is done while the sequencer is playing the selected pattern will not be active until the current pattern has played to its end You will see the index of the pattern to be played next blinking to the right of the current pattern KIT GIANA 515 ARABS bis e E c il i THE PATTERN SEQUENCER PATTERN CHAINING You can use pattern chaining to cue up patterns to be played after one another in a loop like a simple live sequencer for patterns In pattern mode hold a BANK button and then press the TRIG key for the pattern you want to be first in the chain As long as you keep the first TRIG key down subsequent TRIG keys pressed will add patterns to the end of the chain It is only possible to chain patterns from one bank and each pattern may only be chained once cOnEYS Y ABA STOP will reset the pattern chain to the beginning Pressing STOP twice will exit the pattern chaining and re
79. NPUT to NEIBOR EDIT kIT TRACK 2 E RINGHOO In NEIBOR mode the output of the previous track is used directly and fed into the input of the FX machine of the current track Only the input of one track is used for the input but NEIBOR FX machines can be chained MIX MIX MIX A B C D E F SYNTHESIS gt SYNTHESIS gt FX NEIGHBOUR SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS FX NEIGHBOUR OUT our cip OUTE F In the example above all audio outputs are set to the main AB mix bus Track 2 and 6 is routed to FX machines set to NEIBOR mode and the input is taken directly from the previ ous track All outputs are turned off for track 2 and 5 Use the neighbour FX to get access to an additional track effect If you rather want the distortion to be applied after all other effects you can assign a THRU FX MONOMACHINE ROUTING machine in NEIBOR mode to the track after and all the track effects of the second track will be applied after the first one Just remember to turn off the outputs of the first track NEIBOR mode is good for quick FX routing when no more than one track need to be fed into the FX MIX BUS ROUTING For applying an effect to two or more mixed tracks you need to use the mix buses as input for the FX machine To use this mode set track number two or higher to use an FX machine and set INPUT to BUS XX where XX is the mix bus AB CD or
80. PAGE page selects between the seven DATA pages plus the special pitch destination just as on the LFO s DEST destination parameter allows to select one of the eight parameters in the DATA page chosen by the PAGE parameter ADD add depth controls how much of the chosen parameter that will affect the destina tion ADD can be set to positive and negative amounts Setting ADD to 63 or 64 allows for modulating a parameter to any extreme value For example if the target parameter is set to 64 an ADD setting of 32 is sufficient for modulating the target value to its maximum 127 If the target value is set to zero an ADD setting of 64 is needed for the target to be able to reach its maxi mum value 37 38 ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS The copy clear paste and undo commands are available in the ASSIGN menu Press FUNCTION REC PLAY and STOP to conduct these operations All tabs are copied as a whole for easy transformation to other tracks or kits JOYSTICK The first two to four tabs contain the parameters for the joystick ASSIGn Jm RRC ee The first tab can control the right or the left or both right and left directions of the joystick depending of the value of the MIRR mirror dictates how the joystick should react If MIRR is set to OFF the right and left directions of the joystick have individual parameter pages named JOY and JOY L If MIRR is set to ON the right and left
81. STOP key A message saying PASTE TRACK will be shown in the display The track data copied consists of notes parameter locks the machine selection DATA pages and arpeggiator transpose swing and slide settings Pasting data into a track overwrites any previous notes data and parameter locks The paste track operation can be undone by holding down the FUNCTION key while pressing the STOP key A message saying UNDO TRACK will be shown in the display 51 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER CLEAR TRACK While in GRID RECORDING mode it is possible to clear a track 1 Make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode The RECORD LED should be lit 2 When you are on the track you wish to clear press and hold FUNCTION Then press PLAY to clear the track The message CLEAR TRACK will appear The clear track operation can be undone by performing the clear track operation one more time The message UNDO TRACK will be shown in the display PATTERN COPY To copy the contents of a pattern to another pattern location follow the steps below 1 Make sure that the RECORD LED is not lit so you are not in GRID RECORDING mode Fak THRU 2 Select the source pattern by using the BANK and TRIG keys Hold FUNCTION and then press REC A message COPY PATTERN will be shown in the display 3 Choose the pattern where you wish to paste your pattern data Fak THRU 4 Paste the data by holding FUNCTION
82. TE OFF trigs are events that tell that the key is lift up starting the Release phase of the Amplitude Envelope see page 25 NOTE OFF are indicated with yellow lt TRIG gt LED s fa BE 0 5 7 D3 03 0 5 8 Chords can also be programmed These can be used for POLY mode see section POLY MODE on page 68 and trigging the arpeggiator see section THE ARPEGGIA TOR on page 60 If not in POLY mode and if the arpeggiator is not activated only the base pitch will sound You can program chords with the keyboard by pressing more keys while holding the first base pitch key The mini keyboard shows chord notes as dots A scroll list will appear below the mini keyboard and the base pitch This list can also be edited using the ARROW keys Press ENTER YES to enter the list if no chord key is yet entered 47 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER A In the Monomachine you work directly in the pattern memory There is no need to save patterns If you wish to keep the pattern intact you will have to copy it to another pattern before you begin editing it See section PATTERN COPY on page 52 for more information on copying patterns In GRID RECORDING mode pressing keys LEFT and RIGHT while holding FUNCTION rotates the trigs and locks of the track one step You can avoid general need of NOTE OFF trigs by making good use of the HOLD parameter see section AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE on page 25 Depending on the scale
83. Y sounn sPEcrRA NORMAL SIGNAL sounn 5 HIGH FILTER Q ENERGY ENERGY O SAA AINA DIST 32 HEADROOM DISTORTION DIST 40 FREQUENCY FREQUENCY TRACK VOLUME This volume control is separate from the LEV overall gain control Track volume can be parameter locked and controlled by the LFO system VOL volume controls the volume of the track 27 28 TRACK EFFECTS PAN Here the panning for the stereo output is controlled It operates in stereo when needed balance for example when effecting FX Machines The default value is center PAN pan positions the sound in the stereo field A value of 64 will pan the sound hard left a value of 63 will pan the sound hard right PORTAMENTO Portamento controls the sliding between two consecutive notes played A slow portamento speed gives the effect of a slow pitch glide to the next note TREL PORT portamento specifies the time it takes for the pitch to slide between any two notes See also section TRIG TRACK SETTINGS on page 39 for information on the Trig Porta mento setting in the KIT gt TRIG menu Use the parameter lock feature in the sequencer to control the portamento speed individually for separate notes See also section TRIG TRACK SETTINGS on page 39 for information on the TRIG PORTAMENTO setting in the TRIG menu FILTER PAG
84. an the current row number The jump command will appear and no loop count column will be available Use the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the column where you insert which song row you want the song position pointer to jump to EDIT SONG O28 01 ROW REF LN 00 16 F SONG HALT If you set the loop to jump to the current row it will change to a HALT statement When the song pointer reaches a HALT statement it will pause the playback You then need to use 77 78 THE SONG MODE the song transport controls as described in SONG EDIT TRANSPORT on page 76 to select a new position to start from EDIT SONG O28 01 ROW REF JHTRR BES AG1 l 1B 00 16 Ana ES SONG TRACK TRANSPOSE Here the transpose settings for the patterns in a song are controlled 1 By pressing ENTER YES in the transpose column of the EDIT SONG window you reach the SONG TRACK TRANSPOSE menu 2 Use the RIGHT and LEFT keys to move between the columns and also to reach the lower row Use LEVEL to update the parameter values Use the UP and DOWN keys to move between the song rows Press EXIT NO to exit the SONG TRACK TRANS POSE window SONG ROW TRL TRe pattern transpose control the pattern transpose TR1
85. and so on To activate the arpeggiator in a track enter chords To activate the arpeggiator on the SFX 60MKII module without an external MIDI keyboard added you can hold FUNCTION while pressing the TRIG keys Copy clear paste and undo functions are available to the arpeggiato settings using FUNCTION REC PLAY STOP To create computer game like arpeggiato chords set SPD to a low value select mode SID and turn off AMP FLT and LFO trigging as described in the section below ARPEGGIATOR ENVELOPE TRIGGING SWITCHES You will find three switches that control the envelope trigging of the arpeggiator below the four parameters described in ARPEGGIATOR BASIC SETTINGS You move the focus square to the right of the TRIG label with the LEFT and RIGHT keys and adjust the settings with UP and DOWN Amplitude envelope e FLT Filter envelope e LFO LFO envelope If the label is displayed the envelope trigging connection is switched ON and if is shown it is switched OFF If trigging is ON for an envelope it will be trigged for each note played by the arpeggiator All envelopes are always trigged when the first note of the arpeggiato is played 61 62 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES It can be useful to turn all envelope trigging off for fast arpeggiato speeds and allow the envelopes to give the impression of the arpeggiated chord as one sound f you are using trigged
86. any important data using SYSEX send e Receiving SYSEX data may take a while depending on the amount of the transmit ted data Monomachine only accepts SYSEX data dumps while SYSEX receive is selected and WAITING is displayed on screen Use the TM 1 MIDI interface available from Elektron for up to 10x the normal MIDI transfer speed DIGIPRO MANAGER MONOMACHINE SFX 60 MKII ONLY This menu is used to send receive erase and rename waveforms The Monomachine SFX 60 MKII can host 64 waveforms A set of 64 factory waveforms comes preinstalled but they are replaceable by user waveforms GL ERL 1 EDIT Fai AUDIO isusEN SEND EN CONTROL me Mm HIDI When you want to upload your own waveforms there are a couple of things you need to know that will make it easier to obtain musical results The bitrate and frequency of the audio file you want to use don t matter the important thing is that you extract one period from it After extracting one period you then need to convert the audio file to a DigiPRO syx file For this task you can for example use our free C6 program which is found in the sup GLOBAL SETTINGS port section of the Elektron homepage Supported formats are wav and aiff Waveforms are sent and received via MIDI 1 Select FILE in the GLOBAL menu Then select DIGIPRO MGR using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLOEAL 1 EDIT Use the UP and DOWN keys to choose the
87. at you place the unit on a stable surface before use If you mount the unit in a rack be sure to tighten all four screws in the rack mount holes The memory used for storing patches and kits is powered by a battery inside the unit It will hold data for at least 6 years before needing replacement If the battery needs replacement the BATTERY LOW message will appear in the display Con tact Elektron support or your nearest repair center Turn off the machine when not in use THE LCD USER INTERFACE THE LCD USER INTERFACE The center of the Monomachine SFX 6 SFX 60MKII editing is the LCD graphical interface display The interface screen for the SYNTHESIS page is printed below 7 A KIT D1 Peete eee eee IDEE ar 1 The current tempo This will show EXT when synced to external tempo 2 Level bar showing the selected volume level of the machine on the track in focus 3 Up to eight parameters They correspond to the layout of the 8 DATA ENTRY knobs The little dot in the circle indicates the current parameter value If an knob isn t repre sented it means it serves no function at that particular screen Above the graphical rep resentation of the knobs are up to four characters the abbreviation for the parameter the knob controls 4 Four rectangular boxes showing the playback position in the pattern page 5 The playback recording status shown by the standard r
88. base channel 3 Same as MIDI Base Channel 0 but exchange Track 1 to Track 4 MIDI base channel 4 Same as MIDI Base Channel 0 but exchange Track 1 to Track 5 MIDI base channel 5 Same as MIDI Base Channel 0 but exchange Track 1 to Track 6 MIDI Multi Trig channel 01 01 ModWeelUp to track 1 6 K x 02 02 ModWeelDown Resent to track 1 6 K x 02 02 ModWeelDown Resent to track 1 6 K x MIDI Auto T
89. cating that parameters have been locked You can also click the knob corresponding to an unlocked parameter to lock it to its current value When the TRIG key is released the trig for that step will hold the parameters that you just pro grammed The parameter will be held until a new trig is played 5 If you want to view the current parameter lock settings for a step hold the TRIG key until you see the mini keyboard appear Locked parameters are inverted 6 Remove a single parameter lock by clicking the DATA ENTRY knob while holding the TRIG key 7 To remove all parameter locks for a step hold the TRIG key and press the PLAY key 8 You can copy a trig step including pitch and all parameter locks To do this press and hold the TRIG key for the step you want to copy and press the COPY to perform the THE PATTERN SEQUENCER note copy Then hold the TRIG key for the step you want to paste the trig to and press STOP to perform the paste note operation In GRID RECORDING mode you can verify which steps have parameter locks by looking at the lt TRIG gt LED s A firmly lit lt TRIG gt LED means that the correspond ing step has no parameters locked whereas a rapid interval flash indicates it does have one or more parameter locks A pattern can have a total of 62 individually locked parameters divided freely between all tracks and parameters When a parameter is locked on one step that parameter can be locked
90. create complex modulations by letting LFO control a parameter of another one In the Monomachine you can sequence LFO trig separately from other trigs Check page 57 for more information on the trig tracks Interlace can be particularly interesting to use with trigged ramps with pitch as destination for creating glittery rain style effects For arcade game sounds use a saw LFO with DPTH of 127 a MULT of 64x and modulate PTCH set to 16OCT ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS This chapter deals with all kit settings not covered in the previous chapters ASSIGN This menu allows the joystick note velocity and note position tracking to be assigned to up to two parameters of choice This can allow for a lot of dynamic depth of the sound with lit tle effort 1 Press the KIT key and navigate to the ASSIGN icon using the ARROW keys LOAD SAVE MULTI Eg RI d EDIT CHEM 2 Press ENTER YES to enter the ASSIGN menu In the ASSIGN window you will find a minimum of four and a maximum of six tabs Navigate between the tabs using the LEFT and RIGHT keys Use the DATA ENTRY knobs to change settings of the parameters found in the tabs The settings made here are applied per track Select which track you want to edit the assign for with the TRACK keys ASSIGN TRACK 1 RL AEE AE 227 All tabs have two rows with three parameters each common
91. d from the sequencer or received over MIDI The FILTER trig can be controlled individually from the sequencer see section TRIG TRACKS on page 57 for more information 04 filter envelope attack controls the attack of the filter envelope DEC filter envelope decay controls the decay of the filter envelope BOFS filter base envelope offset sets the value that will be added to the filter BASE parameter BOFS is controlled by ATK and DEC WOFS filter width envelope offset sets the value that will be added to the filter WDTH parameter WOFS is controlled by ATK and DEC To make a familiar synth bass low pass filter bump each time the note is trigged set the WDTH to around 64 and turn up the WOFS to around 32 Then turn the LPQ up until you get the amount of Low Pass filter Q you prefer FILTER TRACKING The filter normally tracks the pitch of the note played The high pass filter starts cutting two octaves under the base pitch when the BASE parameter is set to zero Both the BASE and the WDTH parameters rise one octave for eight steps This exact lock ing of the filter to octaves is useful if you want to use high filter Q settings to be used for pitch The filter tracking can be bypassed for the high pass and the low pass filter individually You find the controls for doing this under the KEY tab in the KIT gt ASSIGN window see section KEY TRACKING on page 39 for mo
92. dicate the current track selection The secondary function is to enter or exit the MIDI SEQ mode USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS KEYBOARD INTERFACE SFX 6 a e Ld exu 2 Joystick for real time expression control The joystick can individually control parame ters for all tracks Keyboard for real time playing and for use in the GRID RECORDING and LIVE RECORDING modes MULTI TRIG key used for toggling the MULTI TRIG mode The current state of the MULTI TRIG mode is being indicated by the lt MULTI TRIG gt LED above The secondary function of this key is to toggle the MULTI MAP mode MULTI MAP mode is indicated by the MULTI TRIG gt LED flashing Read more about these modes of operation in the sec tion MULTI TRIG on page 40 OCTAVE keys Control which octaves the keyboard is playing and which notes are represented on the lt KEYBOARD gt LED s lt KEYBOARD gt LED s Shows the notes being played on the active track or pro grammed on a step selected in GRID RECORDING mode USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS REAR CONNECTORS SFX 60 POWER 6 VAC IN B A D c B R
93. different options in the MODE column Use the RIGHT and LEFT keys to move between the MODE and POS NAME columns in front of a waveform indicates that it is a waveform uploaded by a user The factory waveforms don t have any letter in front of them Move the focus over a waveform to see a graphic representation of it RECEIVE WAVEFORMS Waveforms can be received either in a specific waveform slot to consecutive slots or by using the ORG option The ORG option is handy when you want to transfer several wave forms to specified waveform slots To receive waveforms using the ORG method follow the instructions below 1 First of all make sure that the MIDI cables are properly connected The MIDI OUT of the sending device should be connected to the MIDI IN port of the Monomachine To send waveforms from a computer you can use our free C6 program found on the Elektron homepage If loading a wav or aiff file don t forget to convert it to a DigiPRO syx file in C6 before sending it 2 When in the DIGIPRO MGR choose RECEIVE and then press the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column Choose ORG GLOEAL 1 EDIT O1 SINE HSIN 3 Press ENTER YES to make the Monomachine ready to receive waveforms The dis play will show WAITING 4 Send the waveforms to the Monomachine A counter on the display will show how many and to which position the waveforms have been received If the waveforms
94. dio Input B INP AB Stereo audio is used from Audio Input A and B A e Before any sound is heard from the audio input you need to trig the track so the machine is activated Play any note for the track the pitch of the key is ignored by the THRU machine In the routing example below synthesis machines are mixed with FX machines with input taken from the audio inputs The audio inputs are only printed explicitly in this example INPUT MIX MIX MIX B A B C D E F SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS gt gt OUT OUT OUT E F 81 82 MONOMACHINE ROUTING All track effects the LFO s and the sequencer are still at your hands when using the audio inputs Set up six tracks with various track effect settings LFO settings and use the sequencer on top of this and you have a unique and powerful effects processor The output of the tracks always pass through the track effects of which the ampli fier envelope is part If you want the audio to pass through without decaying you need to set DEC and REL to their maximum levels 127 and retrig the machine NEIGHBOUR ROUTING The FX machines can also take their inputs from internal synthesis sound of the Monoma chine One of the modes for this is the NEIBOR mode To use this mode set track number two or higher to use an FX machine and set I
95. directions get the same settings The parameters of the JOY RL page are applied to the right direction and inverted for the left The JOY U D tab has the same function as the JOY R L just described but controls the assign for the up and down directions of the joystick Information for the SFX 60MKII and for controlling the SFX 6 externally The Joystick is mapped to Pitch bend for left and right directions Modulation Wheel CTRL CHANGE 1 for upward direction and Breath controller CTRL CHANGE 2 for downward direction VELOCITY Key velocity is the name for how hard the key is played on the keyboard or more correctly the amount of time it takes from the key is pressed until it reaches the base No parameters additional to the DEST and ADD are found here ASSIGh E c 1 The key velocity control is mainly for live keyboard playing or sequencing with an external sequencer The internal sequencer always plays notes with velocity set to 100 Volume and other parameters are instead usually controlled with the parame ter locks ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS KEY TRACKING The Key Tracking is connected to the note index from the last key pressed For example if C 1 was pressed the key tracking value will be low and if C 8 was pressed it would reach almost its maximum value ASSIGN TRACK 1 1 FAGE DEST There are two additional parameters on the Key Tracking co
96. e con trols the fine frequency tuning for precise adjustments 1FB modulator 1 feedback controls the modulator 1 feedback 1ENV modulator 1 volume amp envelope controls the final output volume of the first FM block as described by the FM Envelope figure 2FRQ modulator 2 listed frequency controls the second modulator by the listed frequen cies 2VOL modulator 2 volume amp feedback con trols the final output volume of the second FM block For high 2VOL settings amplitude feedback is introduced to emphasize the effect on the carrier Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE TONE tone is a general controller for the FM frequencies generated in the system High settings introduce more high frequency harmonic contents TUNE tune sets the tune of the output FM PARALLELL FM PAR FM PARALLELL is the bombastic FM machine It brings three exact copies of the most efficient FM structure 1 ENVELOPE 2 ENVELOPE 3 ENVELOPE CARRIER 1 3FRQ modulator 1 3 listed frequency sets the listed frequencies for Modulator 1 3 1 3ENV modulator 1 3 volume amp envelope controls the final output volume of the FM blocks as described by the FM Envelope Figure TONE tone is a general controller for the FM frequencies generated in the system High settings introduce more high frequency harmonic contents TUNE tune sets the tune of the output FM DYNAMIC FM DYN FM DYNAMIC is
97. e GLOBAL EDIT menu Then select MECH SETTINGS and press ENTER YES GLOEAL 1 EDIT CE HECHANICAL SETTINGS HHII HIDE RESOLUTION EL VELOCITY CURUE LINEAR SFA6 FIXED WELOGITY 127 JOYSTICK HAFFING TIGHT KNOB RESOLUTION knob resolution specifies the resolution of the Monomachine encoders The default resolution setting is 24 Turning an encoder one revolution will cover 24 parameter steps If you increase the resolution to 32 turning an encoder one revolution will cover 32 parameter steps VELOCITY CURVE velocity curve changes the responsivity of the SFX 6 keyboard There are three settings LINEAR is the default setting The harder you press the higher the velocity value SOFT applies a logarithmic curve to the velocity response This means you won t have to press the keys especially hard to obtain high velocity values FIXED allows you to set a fixed velocity The velocity will always be the same no matter how hard you press the keys FIXED VELOCITY fixed velocity sets the velocity value when VELOCITY CURVE is set to FIXED JOYSTICK MAPPING joystick mapping offers two settings TIGHT is the default setting Not all parameter value combinations can be reached FULL makes it possible to reach the all parameter value combinations The illustration below exemplifies the relation of joystick position and parameter values The white area in both illustrations represent the accessible parameter space The gray ar
98. e frequency sweeps TRIG trig mode is an important parameter for getting the most out of the LFO s The trig modes are described in the list below and their function is visualised in combination with the waveforms in Figure 3 on page 32 FREE LFO is running continuously never restarting or stopping TRIG The waveform is restarted for each LFO trig and then runs continuously HOLD The waveform is running free in the background but the output level is latched for each LFO trig and held still until the next LFO trig ONE The waveform is restarted for each LFO trig then runs for one cycle and finally stops and holds the last LFO level HALF The waveform is restarted for each LFO trig then runs for one half cycle and finally stops and holds the last LFO level WAVE waveform selects the waveform for the LFO from the eleven shapes available There are 5 basic shapes plus mirrored copies of all but the RND random RND shape Select the appropriate waveform with the WAVE knob MULT multplier multplies the SPD parameter by the set amount of times LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS SPD speed is a linear controller that sets a base speed that is multiplied with the MULT parameter always in relation to the master tempo The use of both a speed controller and a multiplier allows a very wide range of speeds but still provides a high degree of control To get the finest resolution keep the MULT parameter se
99. e menu choices in the column To assing a new machine first move to the SYNTH column with the LEFT and RIGHT keys Select the Mono synth of your choice by moving the focus using UP and DOWN 21 22 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT Press RIGHT once to move the focus to the MACHINE column Select the machine using UP and DOWN EDIT TRACK 1 Finally you need to press the ENTER YES key to confirm your selection The Mono synth and the machine currently assigned to the track are indicated by inverted selection boxes The focus when moved away from the machine cur rently loaded is a hollow square box When ENTER YES is pressed the current focus will be assigned thus changing the square hollow focus to the inverted box COPY MACHINE You can copy one machine and its settings from one track to another It is also possible to copy the current machine and its settings to another kit 1 In the EDIT KIT menu press and hold FUNCTION and then press RECORD A mes sage saying COPY MACHINE appears EDIT kIT LG 1 2 The settings are placed in the machine copy buffer Now you can either change track using the TRACK keys or load a new kit and select a target track in there 3 Once the target track is selected press and hold FUNCTION and then press STOP to paste the machine settings from the copy buffer A message saying PASTE MACHINE appears EDIT HIT TRAGH 1 HREHIDE
100. e see section MONOMACHINE ROUTING on page 80 for detailed information on the Monomachine routing possibilities CONTROL Monomachine is designed to fit well into a MIDI environment It is well equipped for controlling other units using the MIDI sequencer the MIDI real time messages Timing clock Start Stop and Song Pointer Position It is also ready for a large number of control methods to fit in a wide range of environments The CONTROL menu is also where you set the resolution of the encoders and the keyboard velocity response of the SFX 6 keyboard GLOEAL 1 EDIT AUDIO imrpr CHANLS ipDnTRDUL CN con TROL CONTROL In OMM Tener EDIT mm HIDI MECH SETTINGS MIDI CHANNELS Here the MIDI channel setup of the Monomachine is found Select CONTROL in the GLOBAL menu Then select MIDI CHANLS using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLOBAL SETTINGS GLOEAL 1 EDIT e HIDI CHANNELS EASE CHANNEL DH CHANNEL SFAM HULTI TRIG CH 01 HULTI HAF DH AUTO TRACK CH Navigate between the parameters using the UP and DOWN keys Change the parame ter values using LEFT and RIGHT By default the Monomachine responds to 9 MIDI channels The first six channels directly control each of the six internal monomachine tracks and are called the Individual Track Channels The MULTI TRIG MULTI MAP and AUTO TRACK channels follow having spe cialised funct
101. ea in the illustration of the TIGHT setting represents unaccessible parameter space The black area in the illustration of the FULL setting shows the joystick positions where the 93 94 GLOBAL SETTINGS sound is no longer affected for that particular axis This is because the maximal parameter Joystick Center Position TIGHT FULL FILE From here you can save and load Monomachine data and settings You can handle data for patterns songs kits and global slots individually or in combinations You can save the whole memory and restore the state of the unit at a later time The DIGIPRO MANAGER is also found here It is used to manage your waveforms GLOEAL 1 EDIT susp SEND CH CONTROL iprGIPRD HGR 1 Em HIDI SYSEX SEND This menu is used for sending all or part of the patterns songs kits and global slots 1 Select FILE in the GLOBAL menu Then select SYSEX SEND using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLOEAL 1 EDIT SYSE SEND SELECTION RANGE FRT HIT ELH A02 Use the RIGHT and LEFT keys to move between the tabs Use the UP and DOWN keys to change the parameters The LEVEL knob can also be used for setting the ranges SELECTION selection offers the following transfer options ALL All Monomachine data patterns kits and global data will be sent This be used for making a full backup of all the Monomachine memory data No RANGE param eters a
102. ecord play pause and stop symbols m 6 Name and number of the current kit 7 The index of the current pattern ranging from 01 to H16 8 Specification of the Mono synth and machine of the track in focus LAYER EDIT AND WINDOWS When a function which puts a window on top of the main interface screen is opened the function of certain buttons and or knobs will change The buttons that are not used or blocked can still be used to control the layer underneath For example when you have called the tempo function it will make use of the LEVEL knob but you can still use the DATA ENTRY knobs to control the track in focus When a window has functions mapped to such interface controls help is provided at the bottom of the window in the form of icons representing these controls The icons are The arrow buttons The LEVEL knob The FUNCTION key TRIG keys DATA ENTRY knobs All windows be closed using the EXIT NO key 10 QUICK START QUICK START This quick start will guide you through some of the basic operations to get you started using the Monomachine First connect your unit as described in section CONNECTING THE UNIT on page 7 The DATA ENTRY knobs have accelerated editing when being pressed By default the knobs increase decrease the parameter value in steps of 1 1 When pressed the step length is higher allowing quicker adjustments Th
103. een the parameters using the UP DOWN keys Change the parame ter values using LEFT and RIGHT SEQUENCER sequencer controls whether MIDI data of the sequencer should be sent to the internal synthesizer tracks MIDI OUT or both ARP arpeggiator controls whether MIDI data of the arpeggiator should be sent to the internal synthesizer tracks MIDI OUT or both KEYBOARD controls whether MIDI data of the keyboard and joystick SFX 6 only should be sent to the internal synthesizer tracks MIDI OUT or both The keyboard on the SFX 60 SFX 60 MKII is represented by the TRIG buttons when not in the GRID RECORDING or LIVE RECORDING modes The available selections for all the parameters are INT Only internal control no external MIDI data will be sent OUT No internal control only external MIDI data will be sent INT OUT Internal control and MIDI data will be sent A Parameter locks of the internal tracks are not transmitted over MIDI because the data transfer rate of the MIDI standard is too low for delivering large number of control data in time GLOBAL SETTINGS Note that if internal control is shut off the Monomachine might appear non func tional if MIDI data is not echoed back from an external sequencer CONTROL OUT2 Here parameters dealing with how the Monomachine handles outgoing MIDI sequencer control messages are found 1 Select the CONTROL in the GLOBAL menu Then select CONTROL OUT2 using
104. eforms 103 Send waveforms 101 DISTORTION 26 E EARLY START UP MENU 106 EDIT Parameter 24 Pattern 46 Song 75 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS 109 EMPTY RESET 106 EQ 31 F FACTORY RESET 106 FILTER 28 Basic filter controls 29 Filter envelope 30 Filter tracking 30 G GLOBAL ROUTING 87 GLOBAL SETTINGS 86 Audio 87 Control 88 File 94 Midi seq 104 GRID RECORDING 46 K KEY TRACKING 39 KIT Clear 20 Copy 20 Joystick assign 38 Key tracking 39 Load 18 Multi trig 40 Save 18 Trig track settings 39 Undo 19 Velocity 38 L LFO 34 LIVE RECORDING 48 LOAD Kit 18 M MASTER TUNE 87 MECHANICAL SETTINGS 93 MIDI Auto track channel 89 Base channel 89 Channel span 89 Control in 91 Control out 1 90 Control out 2 91 Midi channels 88 Multi map channel 89 Multi trig channel 89 MIDI CHANNELS 88 MIDI CLOCK 91 MIDI SEQUENCER 69 MIDI SETTINGS Turbo menu 86 MIDI UPGRADE 107 MULTI ENVELOPE 42 MULTI MAP EDIT 92 MULTI TRIG 40 MUTE Song mute 78 Track 66 O OS UPGRADE Receive upgrade 107 Send upgrade 107 28 PARAMETER EDITING 24 PARAMETER LOCKS 56 Grid recording mode 56 Live recording mode 57 Trigless trigs 58 PATTERN Grid recording 46 Live recording 48 Pattern chaining 45 Pattern selection 44 Scale setup 45 Step recording 49 2 INDEX POLY MODE 68 PORTAMENTO 28 POWER SUPPLY MKI specifications 110 MKII specifications 6 R RACK MOUNT KIT 7 RECORDING Grid recording 46 Live recording 48 Step record
105. eted using FUNCTION UP When inserting new key map ranges there need to be room in the current keymap range If the range is only one note no new range can be inserted at that position PAT pattern is the column where the patterns which will be trigged for the keymap range are set The first pattern called CUR means the current pattern If CUR is selected the keymap range settings will be applied to the pattern currently selected when the range is played OFS LEN offset and length is where the playback start and range of a pattern can be adjusted The OFS column can set a start point for the pattern to begin to play and loop The LEN column sets a maximum length of the pattern Note the offset need to be set for the LEN parameter to be accessible TRN transpose allows the pattern assigned to the keymap range to be transposed TIM timing allows the pattern start to be delayed for the pattern assigned to the keymap range It has the same function as the timing parameter found in the MULTI TRIG menu see MULTI TRIG on page 40 GLOBAL SETTINGS On the SFX 6 you can enter multi map mode by pressing MULTI TRIG while hold ing FUNCTION The multi map mode is indicated by the lt MULTI TRIG gt LED flash ing The keyboard now trigs patterns as set up in the MULTI MAP EDIT menu MECHANICAL SETTINGS MKII UNITS ONLY If you have MKII unit you can select the resolution of the encoders 1 Select the CONTROL row in th
106. etween the pages 45 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER 3 The third parameter is the tempo multiplier There are four possible settings 1X 2X 4 and 3 2X 2X allows a pattern to be played back at twice the global tempo 3 4X allows a pattern to be played back at three quarters of the global tempo 3 2X will play back a pattern twice as fast as the 3 4X setting Double speed is useful for increasing the step resolution to 32th notes Three quarter speed is useful when the Monomachine is playing alongside other instruments set to the same BPM and you want the Monoma chine to play triplets Even though you set a pattern to have a certain length using scale setup you can change this row by row in the song editor See section THE SONG MODE on page 72 for more information The SCALE key offers a quick way to cycle the scale length in steps of 16 When changing the scale length so more pages come in use lower pages will automatically be copied to higher but only if nothing so far has been programmed on the pages added Pages can also be manually copied see section TRACK PAGE COPY on page 50 The default scale length is 16 which gives the time signature 4 4 Setting the scale length to 32 gives the double length of the pattern with 4 4 signature COMPOSING A PATTERN This chapter will take you through the details how to create a pattern in GRID RECORD ING LIVE RECORDING and STEP RECORDING mode RECORDIN
107. fer speed ERASE WAVEFORMS You can erase either all waveforms at once or just a single waveform When a user wave form is erased it will be replaced by the factory waveform stored on that particular position You can not erase the factory waveforms To erase all waveforms follow the instructions below 1 When in the DIGIPRO MGR choose ERASE and then press the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column Choose ALL GLOEAL 1 EDIT ERASE ALL 3 Press ENTER YES to erase all waveforms To cancel the erase operation press EXIT NO To erase a single waveform follow the instructions below GLOBAL SETTINGS 1 When in the DIGIPRO MGR choose ERASE and then press the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column Choose the waveform you want to erase by pressing the UP and DOWN keys GLOEAL 1 EDIT 01 HASF HONE ERASE HRSP HONK O1 SURE 3 Press ENTER YES to erase the waveform To cancel the erase operation press EXIT NO RENAME WAVEFORMS It is possible to rename the user waveforms Names can have up to four characters It is not possible to rename the factory waveforms Follow the instructions below to rename a waveform 1 When in the DIGIPRO MGR choose RENAME and then press the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column Choose the waveform you want to rename by pressing the UP and DOWN keys
108. ft TAP TEMPO To tap a tempo hold the FUNCTION key and tap the TEMPO key in a steady rhythm After four consecutive taps the average tempo of the taps will be set as the current tempo and it will be shown in the tap tempo window You can continue tapping the TEMPO key and the taps will be used for refine the average tempo A maximum of 16 tempo taps are considered EXTERNAL SYNCHRONISATION The Monomachine can be set to either internal or external synchronisation When in inter nal clock mode the SFX 6 SFX 60MKII can output a high quality MIDI clock through the MIDI OUT port This can be used for keeping external gear in sync with the Monomachine When in external MIDI clock synchronisation mode the Monomachine will stay in sync with an external MIDI clock if present When in external clock mode the tempo in the upper left corner of the base LCD screen will show EXT for external synchronisation The tempo screen will show the current average tempo The tempo displayed in the tempo screen is only an average calculation Even though it might appear to vary the Monomachine is tightly locked to each MIDI clock signal received Read more about how to set the external synchronisation of the Monomachine in section CONTROL IN on page 91 55 56 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER A The tempo is not stored in patterns or kits However songs can store tempo changes PARAMETER LOCKS One major advantage of the Monomachine is the s
109. green if the trig is not set for the trig track selected but on some other trig track or if it has a Trigless Trig see section TRIGLESS TRIGS on page 58 For example a FILTER trig will be indi cated with a green lt TRIG gt LED when the AMP trig track is active given an AMP trig is not placed on the same step When Trig Track ALL is selected the lt TRIG gt LED s are lit red if a trig is set on all AMP FILTER and LFO Trig Tracks If one or more of them are missing then it is lit green Steps with NOTE OFF events are lit yellow TRIGLESS TRIGS It is possible to change pitch or make parameter locks even without trigging any enve lopes But since pitch and parameter locks are set with a TRIG key pressed and trigs are added when the TRIG key is pressed you need to insert a trigless trig first The quickest way to do this is to press the TRIG key twice while holding FUNCTION The corresponding lt TRIG gt LED will then first turn yellow NOTE OFF and then green which indicates it is a trigless trig You can now hold the TRIG key and program a pitch or parameter lock as normal but no envelopes will be trigged You can add these later using the trig track functions as described in the previous section Normal trigs can also be converted into trigless trigs by removing the AMP FILTER and LFO trigs manually using the trig track functions PITCHLESS TRIGS You can easily remove the pitch from a trig by pressing EXIT NO
110. he beginning again when it has reached its end Pressing PLAY while playing pauses the playback 5 To change patterns during playback simply select a pattern the same way as in step 3 The display will show the selected pattern next to the current one but with an arrow pointing between them This indicates that once the current pattern has played to its end the new selected pattern will start playing 6 To stop the playback of the pattern press the STOP key QUICK START PLAYING IN MULTI TRIG MODE 1 Select a pattern ranging from 01 16 All the Monomachine presets are located in this range Make sure the sequencer is stopped Enter MULTI TRIG mode On SFX 6 press the MULTI TRIG key and check that the MULTI TRIG gt LED is lit with a steady light For SFX 60 MKII select the multi trig chan nel on your MIDI keyboard Play some notes Depending on the trig mode selected in the kit a number of things could happen Please refer to section MULTI TRIG on page 40 for the full story EXPLORING A PATTERN 1 2 Select a pattern as previously described Make sure the sequencer is stopped and that MULTI TRIG mode is switched off on the SFX 6 lt MULTI TRIG gt LED not lit and that the sequencer is not in GRID RECORDING mode lt REC gt LED not lit Use the auto channel if using an external MIDI control key board Select one of the six tracks as the active track by pressing a TRACK key F
111. he ramp and exp shapes of the LFO s with the VOL as destination parameter DISTORTION Used for adding distortion to a track 100 REL DIST distortion controls the signal overload distortion The distortion is applied as inte grated part of the filter and controls part of the filter characteristics It also controls the headroom for the filter and the EQ If the EQ or filter has been used to enhance the signal the signal might be distorted even when distortion is set to 0 If you want to remove the overload effect you then need to increase the headroom by decreasing the distortion parameter below zero You will hear the increase in headroom by the signal level decreasing and the distortion gradually being removed The headroom is not automatically added when the filter EQ are used to enhance the signal This is because increasing the headroom means that the TRACK EFFECTS audio level decline and if the audio level would decrease when Q is raised it would feel like a loss of bass and a weaker sound Always leaving full headroom would result in decreased signal quality with increased noise Therefore we allow you to adjust the distortion to allow for the headroom your sound needs FIGURE 2 Simplified visualisation of headroom and distortion Hm SOUND SPECTRA NORMAL SIGNAL BH SOUND SPECTRA HIGH FILTER Q ENERGY ENERGY DISTORTION HEADROOM FREQUENCY FREQUENC
112. holding FUNCTION you can use TEMPO for tapping the tempo 8 FUNCTION key Press and hold it for accessing the secondary function of another key 9 KIT SONG key Opens the kit menu or the song menu if in song mode The secondary function is calling the GLOBAL menu USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS 10 TRIG keys 1 to 16 Main functions of these keys are as keyboard for trigging notes and for editing notes in GRID RECORDING mode They are also used for choosing pat terns if pressed while holding one of the BANK keys When functioning as a keyboard the notes are played with velocity 80 Hold FUNCTION while playing to play with full velocity 127 11 PATTERN SONG key Switches between pattern and song sequencer mode The cur rent sequencer mode is indicated by the PATTERN and SONG LED s The second ary function is to set the unit in POLY mode 12 ENTER YES and EXIT NO keys Used for entering and exiting menus and for con firming choices or aborting functions 13 The ARROW keys Used for menu navigation The ARROW keys are individually named UP DOWN LEFT and RIGHT In the main interface screen UP and DOWN are used for setting the octave for the TRIG keys 14 BANK GROUP key Used for switching between bank group A to D and E to H The BANK GROUP LED s to the right indicate the current selection The secondary func tion is to enter the dedicated MUTE MODE 15 A E B F
113. ht want to select an empty pattern as all changes are made live to the pattern As factory default patterns E01 H16 are empty 1 2 If you wish you can change the kit assigned to the pattern by press the KIT key then select LOAD in the menu and select the kit you prefer from the list presented Press the RECORD key to enter GRID RECORDING mode The lt RECORD gt LED should be firmly lit 11 12 QUICK START 3 Choose to active a track using the TRACK keys Below is a screen shot of how the SYNTHESIS page could look like after selecting a track igFR 4 Press a TRIG key to add a note trig A note trig is indicated by a red lt TRIG gt LED Pressing the same TRIG key once more removes the note trig 5 To change the pitch of a note press and hold the TRIG key You will see a mini key board pop up in the lower left corner of the screen Either input the new note on the key board or use the ARROW keys to select the new note When done release the TRIG key 6 To enter a note off trig press a TRIG key while holding the FUNCTION key A Note Off is indicated by a yellow lt TRIG gt LED To remove a note off the same TRIG key must be pressed twice OVERVIEW OF LIVE RECORDING MODE The LIVE RECORDING mode allows you to record notes in real time while the pattern is playing To enter this mode press and hold RECORD and then PLAY You can now play notes on the track you want to reco
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115. ig track A kit would then be the direct equivalence of what is commonly referred to as a patch f you use the MULTI TRIG mode and incorporate the sequencer then your patch would incorporate both the kit and the sequencer pattern from which it is linked If you are used to the structure of ordinary synthesizers the Monomachine way of structur ing sounds in patterns and kit might be confusing at first Hopefully after some time of use you will appreciate the flexibility and ease of use of the Monomachine implementation THE LINK BETWEEN KITS AND PATTERNS Each pattern with data is associated with a certain kit which will be recalled when the pat tern is played This way you know playing a certain pattern always gives the same result and that the parameter locks make sense A Be careful to save any changes you have made to your kit that you want to keep Changing pattern might change kit and then you will lose the old kit settings If two patterns use the same kit the kit will not be reloaded when changing pat tern As a reference Monomachine kits hold the information specified below The machines selected for each of the 6 tracks Parameter settings for the 6 machines Parameter settings for the 6 Track Effects Parameter settings for the 6x3 LFO s Parameter settings for the 6 MIDI sequencer tracks Input and output routings for the 6 tracks Trig track and multi trig settings for the 6 track
116. ing 49 RESET Empty 106 Factory 106 Soft 106 ROUTING 80 Audio inputs 81 Fx machines 80 Global 87 Mix bus routing 83 Monomachine mixer 80 Neighbor routing 82 Routing mode 6x mono 84 Routing mode ab mix 84 S SAMPLE RATE REDUCTION 31 SAVE Kit 18 SCALE SETUP 45 SEND UPGRADE 107 SLIDE 65 SOFT RESET 106 SONG MODE 72 Bpm 78 Edit song 75 Load song 72 Mute 78 Save song 73 Song halt 77 Song jump 77 Song loop 77 Song play 74 Song track transpose 78 STEP RECORDING 49 SWING 63 SYSEX RECEIVE 96 SYSEX SEND 94 T TECHNICAL INFORMATION 109 TEMPO 54 Tap tempo 55 Tempo nudge 55 Tempo sync 91 TEMPO SYNC 91 TEST MODE 106 TRACK EFFECTS 25 Amplifier envelope 25 Basic filter controls 29 Delay 32 Distortion 26 Eq 31 Filter 28 Level 25 Pan 28 Portamento 28 Sample rate reduction 31 Track volume 27 TRACK VOLUME 27 TRANSPOSE 62 Pattern 63 Scale 63 Song track 78 Track 63 TRIG TRACK All 58 Amp 58 Filter 58 Lfo 58 TRIG TRACK SETTINGS 39 TRIG TRACKS 57 INDEX TRIGLESS TRIGS 58 TURBO MENU 86 U UNDO Arpeggiator clear 61 Arpeggiator paste 61 Kit 19 Machine clear 23 Machine paste 23 Parameter lock clear 50 Pattern clear 53 Pattern copy 53 Slide clear 65 Slide paste 65 Song clear 73 Song paste 73 Song row 76 Super clear 54 Super copy 54 Swing clear 64 Swing paste 64 Track clear 52 Track copy 51 Track page clear 51 Track page paste 50 V VOLUME Level 25 Track volume 27
117. ion you to protect your hearing once Monomachine SFX 6 SFX 60 SFX 60MKII USER S MANUAL for operating system version 1 22 This manual F is copyright 2001 2010 Elektron Music Machines MAV AB All reproduction without written authorization is strictly prohibited The information in this manual may change without notice Elektron s product names logo types titles words or phrases may be registered and protected by Swedish and international law All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MONOMACHINE THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MONOMACHINE Synthesizers are available in many different types and forms Nevertheless for most part they follow the norm how a synthesizer of its era is expected to be Development for musi cal tools generally comes in the form of new synthesis techniques or an increase in polyph ony memory or other quantitative elements The advances in the music machine world have brought numerous good inventions for musicians However we believe usability is easily lost in the hunt for the highest specifications With the Monomachine we have tried creating a synthesizer free from prejudice and focus on what actually spurs creativity without letting technology stand in your way We want to inspire you to make sounds and music you haven t even thought of We have put all our efforts into exploring to the fullest extent the concept we be
118. ions controlling the Monomachine BASE CHANNEL base channel is the default MIDI channel Changing this can affect the other channel settings as well CHANNEL SPAN channel span determines the number of MIDI channels used for the individual track channels The individual track channels are mainly useful if you are using the Monomachine as a sound module If you use the Monomachine in pattern song multi trig or multi map mode and you do not have the MIDI channels to spare you can disable the individual track channels by reducing CHANNEL SPAN to zero MULTI TRIG CH multi trig channel directly controls the multi trig monophonic super synth functionality of the Monomachine Please see section MULTI TRIG on page 40 for more information Output data on this channel can only be generated from the keyboard of the SFX 6 when MULTI TRIG Mode is selected MULTI MAP CH multi map channel controls the multi map functionality as described in section MULTI TRIG on page 40 Output data on this channel can only be generated from the keyboard of the SFX 6 when MULTI MAP Mode is selected AUTO TRACK CH auto track channel is a control channel that follow the track selected as active on the Monomachine interface It is very useful for the SFX 60MKII table top module as an external MIDI keyboard assigned to this channel can be used for the func tionality of the keyboard of the SFX 6 It saves the work of switching the channel on the external keyboa
119. is guide assumes a Monomachine SFX 6 Keyboard or SFX 60MKII tabletop module with a MIDI keyboard connected If you have SFX 60MKII you need to take care to set the midi keyboard to play on the correct MIDI channel When we refer to play a sound in MULTI TRIG mode a MIDI keyboard should be sending on the multi trig channel By default this is set to MIDI channel 7 When playing on a specific track we recommend using the auto track channel which will switch focus depending on which track is selected with the TRACK keys By default the auto channel is assigned to MIDI channel 9 Please refer to section MIDI CHANNELS on page 88 for more information on the MIDI channel assignment of the Monomachine SELECTING AND PLAYING A PATTERN 1 Verify that the PATTERN LED is lit and the SONG LED is not If this isn t the case press the PATTERN SONG 2 Check the BANK GROUP LED to see if bank group A D or E H is active If needed press BANK GROUP key to toggle the active bank group For this demonstration use group A D 3 To select pattern 01 press and hold the pattern selection key A E and then press the TRIG key 1 You can see the index of the currently selected pattern in the lower left corner of the display Each pattern automatically loads the kit it is linked with The name of the kit is also shown in the display 4 To listen to the pattern press the PLAY key The pattern starts playing and loops back to t
120. k signal changes Setting RMS to zero gives a peak detector and a higher RMS makes Dynamix look more at the over all energy level of the signal INP input signal amplification adjusts the signal input Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE DYNAMIX TUTORIAL This is just a general overview of one way you can approach the Dynamix processor No exact parameter values can be given as they depend on the signal processed 1 Turn up RAT Setting the compression ratio to zero 1 1 means that the signal will pass straight through Setting RAT to its full value 127 1 255 makes it a so called limiter 2 Turn THRS down The peaks of the input signal should now be reduced 3 Increase the RMS parameter if the incom ing waveform is low in overall volume but have high signal peaks 4 Adjust ATK and REL to match the input signal Too slow attack will cause over shoots pumping in the out signal 5 Increase GAIN to compensate for loss of volume RING MODULATOR The ring modulator of the Monomachine allows you to ringmodulate an incoming sig nal with an internal carrier oscillator FnkRIDGHDD WAVE wave selects the waveform of the carrier oscillator When WAVE is set to zero the oscillator outputs a sine wave when set to 127 it outputs a triangle wave EXT external signal sets the amount of the incoming signal that should be ringmodu lated with the waveform selected by the WAVE parameter MIX signal mix adjusts the
121. l Data Entry parameters of the Monomachine are accessible by both MIDI control change messages and NRPN MIDI messages This appendix lists the full MIDI implementation of the Monomachine except SYSEX mes sages MONOMACHINE MIDI SPECIFICATION The Monomachine uses up to 6 midi channels starting from the Base channel for the internal sequencer and to control the six tracks of sound generation This is set in the Global slot gt Control gt Midichanls In addition to that one or none channel can be allocated to each of Multi Trig Multi Map and the Auto Channel The MIDI sequencer can additionally use 6 MIDI channels set in Global slot gt Midi seq gt Midiseq set When receiving midi the Midi sequencer channels are not possible to reach if overlapped by any other channel assignment It is possible to overlap when sending midi By setting the span to 0 and turning Multi Trig Multi Map and the Auto Channel off no midi is sent from the Monomachine except if the midi sequencer is used Legend X Acknowledged Only sent from the Keyboard version SFX 6 B Only received on the MIDI Base Channel NOTE ON amp NOTE OFF MESSAGES NOTE MIDI Channel Track Action Trn Rec ON 1 0 1 Trig amp filter 8 lfo x x
122. ld be used for the first waveform slot The uppermost dot ted line indicates which of the 8 waveform banks that currently is selected The lower dotted line shows the chosen waveform in the selected bank MIX mix adjusts the volume balance between the two waveforms WAV2 waveform 2 sets which of the 64 possible waveforms that should be used for the second waveform slot The uppermost dotted line indicates which of the 8 waveform banks that currently is selected The lower dotted line shows the chosen waveform in the selected bank TIME glide time sets the interpolation time when a waveform is changed If set to 0 the waveform change will be instant The higher the value the slower the interpolation will be 1 bit reduction 1 sets the bit reduction for WAV1 WID width sets the pitch distance between the waveforms BR2 bit reduction 2 sets the bit reduction for WAV2 TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscillator DIGIPRO ENSEMBLE DPRO DENS The DigiPRO Ensemble allow chords to be made out of a single waveform This machine is only available in the Monoma chine SFX 60 MKII PCH2 4 pitch 2 4 adds an oscillator offset from the base pitch If C 4 is played and PCH2 4 PCH3 7 PCH4 OFF the notes C 4 E 4 and G 4 will sound The pitches can also be set to the exact octave intervals 6 5 5 4 4 3 and 3 2 for cre ating just intonated cleaner sounding chords To change chord inside a pat
123. le start position adjusts the position where to start playing the sample This can be used to avoid sharp transients at the beginning of the samples Setting START to 127 makes the sample start playing at half the sample length RTRG retrig sets how many times the sam ple will restart Setting the parameter to zero disables the the function and setting Retrig to 127 gives infinite retrigs RTIM retrig timing sets the time between the retrigs If RTIM is set low the retrigs will create a pitch allowing the BeatBox sounds to be used as base for melodic sounds Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE A total of 24 percussive sounds are available in the BeatBox The sounds fill two octaves starting at C 3 and are repeated for the octaves above and under with adjusted pitch C 3 Bass Drum 1 C 3 Snare Drum 1 D 3 Tom 1 D 3 Tom 2 E 3 Bongo Congo F 3 Clap F 3 Rim Shot G 3 Cow Bell G 3 Closed HiHat A 3 Open HiHat A 3 Ride Cymbal B 3 Crash Cymbal C 4 Bass Drum 2 C 4 Snare Drum 2 D 4 Timbale D 4 Aggobell E 4 Timpani F 4 Snap F 4 Wood G 4 Triangle G 4 Shaker A 4 Maracas A 4 Whistle B 4 Blipp DIGIPRO DOUBLEDRAW DPRO DDRW The DigiPRO Doubledraw machine makes it possible to make an oscillator out of two waveforms This machine is only available in the Monomachine SFX 60 MKII DIGI WAV1 waveform 1 sets which of the 64 possible waveforms that shou
124. lieve is one of the most creative in the history of synthesizers the monophonic synthesizer with a tightly integrated sequencer The Monomachine offers ground breaking sound synthesis machines divided into five Monosynths together with dedicated track effects The sound synthesis tracks are controlled with the world s most advanced pattern based sequencer inspired by the concept found in grid programmed drum machines KEEP IN MIND The Monomachine is a very multifaceted synthesizer Depending on how you choose to use it certain aspects of it will be more important to you We have combined many new cre ative approaches with what we enjoy most in the tradition of synthesizers Try to find your own way of working whether it being using the song sequencer to build complete songs building patterns for real time manipulation using the MULTI TRIG func tion or using your favourite sound in POLY mode This user s manual will guide you through all the functions and give some hints on relevant applications HIGHLIGHTS 6 Track Internal Sequencer with sound synthesis 6 Track External MIDI Sequencer 5x Monosynths SuperWave SID DigiPRO FM VO Dynamically controlled Stereo effects 6x Tape style Tempo synced delays 18x Tempo synced LFO s Full real time control User waveforms SFX 60MKII only Man Machine potential USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS FRONT MAIN CONTROL PANEL 4
125. ls the six MIDI sequencer tracks send data CL1 4 control change 1 4 controls which MIDI CC commands that should be availabe for the MIDI sequencer track In addition to CC 0 127 after touch AFT can be selected in this column EARLY STARTUP MENU EARLY STARTUP MENU To access this menu hold the FUNCTION key while powering up the Monomachine From here you can perform a variety of maintenance tasks To choose the different alterna tives press the corresponding TRIG key TEZTHU ODE EHFT U RESET FACTORY RESET SOFT RESET MIDI UPGRADE SEHD UFGRADE EXIT TEST MODE To enter this mode press the first TRIG key If you have any trouble with your Monoma chine and suspect it may be due to a hardware problem perform this self test Everything should come up as shown below If not contact Elektron support SELF TEST HOST TEST DRAM SRAM DSF TEST DSPe 0K DOSPFi 0K TEST Here you can also check that every button and knob work as intended Press the buttons and turn the knobs and the lt TRIG gt and lt TRACK PAGE gt LEDs should light up accord ingly If something does not work as supposed please contact Elektron Support On the SFX 6 the joystick may need calibration To calibrate the joystick turn it around one lap reaching its extremal points and then press both OCTAVE keys at the same time A star appears in the lower right corner
126. ly selected to the next one The 128 steps between can offer a wealth of new sounds WPM wave phase modulation offers the possibility of a continuous sweep over the wave phase range When value of WPM is 0 the sweep is turned off Higher WPM settings increase the speed of the wave phase Sweep WPRS wave phase restart will when acti vated restart the wave phase sweep control led by the WPM parameter from the WP position each time a note on is played SYNC hard sync offers the following selec tions OFF Hard Sync is turned off SFRQ Hard Sync is active frequency from SFRQ PRCH H Sync is active frq from previous channel If SYNC is set to SFRQ the source fre quency is taken from the SFRQ parameter If itis set to PRCH short for previous channel the source frequency is taken from the track places before the current track SFRQ source frequency set the frequency that will modulate the SYNC if set to SFRQ TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscillator DIGIPRO BEAT BOX DPRO BBOX The DigiPRO BeatBox offers a percussive toolbox with carefully processed 12 bit sam ples Unlike the other machines different sounds are generated depending on which key is played E Li KIT DIGIFRO FAB All parameters control all the percussive sounds simultaneously If you want different settings for different steps of a pattern use parameter locks PTCH pitch controls the general coarse pitch START samp
127. me result as was given by the default swing pattern in single speed mode activate swing for every fourth note starting with the third note Please check figure Swing example below for an example of the swing effect with differ ent swing amount and swing track settings The first eight steps use the default shuffle setting and the last eight use an edited swing track setting A When the Monomachine is locked to external MIDI clock the swing amount will be quantised to the resolution of the MIDI clock leaving only four effective swing amounts Copy clear paste and undo functions are available on the swing tracks using FUNCTION REC PLAY STOP FIGURE 8 Swing example SWING ILLUSTRATION OUTPUT TIMING FROM VARIOUS AMOUNT SETTINGS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 UDINE ETC Ca NOD CIR 2 NS qo oe i OUTPUT i 1 i i P 1 i i I i i i i H t H H t t 3d 3 3 3 111 oar door g d a 8 d WERE ora 64 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES SLIDE The default behavior for parameter locks is that the value changes exactly when the step is played By using the slide function the parameter value changes made by parameter locks can be slid smoothly between the locked values The slide tracks are saved as part of the pa
128. n For information about the various Mono synths and their respective machines please see Appendix A Here you will find background information about all the Mono synths and specifications of the parameters of all machines For information about the track effects please refer to section TRACK EFFECTS on page 25 For information about the LFO s please refer to LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLA TORS on page 34 TRACK EFFECTS TRACK EFFECTS The track effects are independent effects systems available to the six tracks as extensions to the machine synthesis This chapter is a reference to all the functions you will find on the AMPLIFICATION EFFECT and FILTER pages The stereo track effects are applied to the sound signal as described in the figure below HEADROOM DIST FILTER amp AMPLIFICATION VOLUME amp SAMPLE RATE DISTORTION PAN REDUCTION DELAY LEVEL LEVEL This parameter is available from all DATA pages You can always reach it with the dedi cated LEVEL knob LEV controls the overall audio level of the track It is applied at the end of the audio signal path of the track The level is designed as a master level control that can not be parameter locked or assigned as a destination for the LFO s If you want to change the volume of a track use the track volume parameter on the AMPLIFICATION page See section TRACK
129. n The first selection is MFRQ which directs the SID to take the modulation frequency from the MFRQ parameter The second selection is PRCH PRCH stands for previous channel which directs the SID to look at the frequency played at the track one index less than the one it is placed on If MRSC is set to PRCH for track 2 the SID will take its modulation frequency from the pitch played on track 1 This allows two tracks to simultaneously influence the SID sound MFRQ modulation frequency sets the mod ulation frequency if the MSRC parameter is set to MFRQ TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscillator Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE A 3 DigiPRO DIGIPRO DigiPRO offers raw digital waveforms which can be put into animated life Apart from the fixed waveforms user waveforms can be used in the two special DigiPRO machines DPRO DDRW and DPRO DENS These two machines are exclusive for the Monoma chine SFX 60 MKIl The BeatBox which also is a part of DigiPRO offers a percussive tool box shaped in the traditions of the Machine drum E12 synth DIGIPRO WAVE DPRO WAVE DigiPRO WAVE is a crunchy waveform based synthesizer proud of its digital herit age The sounds are harsh and electrical and stand out in the mix Often it comes to its best when tamed with a filter WAVE waveform selects from the 32 origi nal 512 sample 12 bit waveforms WP wave phase is a parameter that can transform the waveform current
130. ncer tracks offers transpose set tings Transposing in the Monomachine is made real time and the pattern data pro grammed is not affected 1 The transpose window is opened by pressing TRANSPOSE while holding FUNC TION ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES 2 Select the track you want to edit the transpose settings for using the TRACK keys SCALE 34 TRACK track transpose sets the individual track transpose in semitones for the selected track The parameter is controlled with DATA ENTRY knob A PAT pattern transpose controls the transpose setting for the full pattern This parameter is the same for all tracks Use the DATA ENTRY knob B on the first row to alter the transpose amount SCALE scale is set per track To alter this parameter move the inverted focus square with the LEFT and RIGHT keys and adjust the settings with UP and DOWN e notes are transposed the exact amount of notes specified by the sum of the track pattern song and multi trig transpose This is the normal mode No KEY value can be set FIX Only the track transpose is used for transposing No KEY value can be set MAJ The transposed notes are kept within the Major scale specified by the KEY value MIN The transposed notes kept within the Minor scale specified by the KEY value KEY key is only available for certain SCALE selections and defines in which key the MAJ and MIN scale selections will be
131. nd to a larger one including a selection box 2 You can now release FUNCTION while holding PLAY While still holding PLAY use the UP and DOWN keys to manoeuvre the selection box 3 When PLAY is released the selected clear action will be performed The super clear operation can be undone by performing the super clear operation one more time An undo message will be shown in the display TEMPO The tempo in the Monomachine is a global parameter It is however not stored in the global slots see page 86 The tempo will control the playback speed of the patterns and also tempo synchronised parameters in the Monomachine such as the HOLD parameter the delay and LFO speeds and some machine parameters The tempo is controlled from the TEMPO screen and can also be set by the song sequencer THE PATTERN SEQUENCER THE TEMPO SCREEN The tempo screen is opened by pressing the TEMPO key From here you can use the LEVEL knob to change the current tempo in integer steps The UP and DOWN arrow keys change the decimal part of the tempo Holding FUNCTION while editing the tempo will delay the change of tempo until you release the FUNCTION key You can temporarily shift the tempo up or down by 10 by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT arrow keys This is very handy when manually syncing your Monoma chine to a turntable or a laptop Note that you do not necessarily need to be in the TEMPO screen to perform this tempo shi
132. new song pointer is set with ENTER YES This information can be used for synchronising the Monoma chine song construction with the song of another sequencer Use the loops and jumps to creating a live setup THE SONG MODE SONG LOOPS Song loops are a useful tool when creating a song By using this command you can limit the number of rows and make the structure of the song clearer They can also be used for setting up pattern loops in order to extend the limit of maximum 64 steps per pattern EDIT SONG O28 01 ROW REF BESHEB l 1B 00 16 01 create loop turn the LEVEL knob the PAT column to the position right before the A01 pattern after the END indicator Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to navigate between the different columns When a loop is selected the second edit column controls which row to jump back to Use the LEVEL knob to control this The third column selects how many times the loop should be repeated Loops can be nested that is loops within other loops Aset of infinite loops can be very useful in a live setting With a set of infinite loops the song transport functions can be used to jump between the looping pat terns SONG JUMP A loop can be converted into a forward jump Insert a jump by turning the LEVEL knob so that the number of the second loop row becomes a number that is greater th
133. ng 6 7x AUDIO Here you set the master tune as well as the routing GLOEAL 1 EDIT waster tune CE CONTROL FILE mm HIDI 5En MASTER TUNE The global master tune can be set in this menu 1 Select the AUDIO in the GLOBAL menu Then select MASTER TUNE using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLOEAL 1 EDIT ffm HASTER TUNE EASE FRO Use UP DOWN keys to set the integer part and RIGHT LEFT keys to set the frac tion The default value is 440 0 HZ GLOBAL ROUTING In this menu one of three audio routing selections can be set 87 88 GLOBAL SETTINGS 1 Select the AUDIO in the GLOBAL menu Then select ROUTING using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLOEAL 1 EDIT JF Di EDIT ROUTING HODE axSTEREO EEF 17 B MONO Use UP and DOWN keys to move the focus and confirm with ENTER YES 3xSTEREO is the default configuration where the three internal stereo mix buses AB CD and EF are sent to the audio outputs C D and 3xSTEREO AB MIX has the same function as mode 3xSTEREO described above but the CD and EF buses are mixed also to the A B outputs for users only using the A B main stereo outputs or headphones 6xMONO mixes the stereo output of each of the six Monomachine tracks to mono The tracks are then sent directly to each of the audio outputs Track 1 is sent to output A Track 2 to output B and so on Pleas
134. nnect the Monomachine to the device you are receiving the data from See the figure below for an example of what the connections could look like when sending sysex data to a computer USB CORD MIDI MIDI INTERFACE OUT 2 Select FILE row in the GLOBAL menu Then select SYSEX RECV and press ENTER YES 3 Select the receive method you want using the UP and DOWN arrow keys If you have chosen the SPEC option specify the new start positions for the dump GLOEAL 1 EDIT SYSEn RECEIUE HODE HRITE FOS FROH ORIG KIT SONG GLOE 03 AOS D2 97 98 GLOBAL SETTINGS 4 Press ENTER YES to start receiving data A message displaying WAITING shows up in the menu GLOEAL 1 EDIT REDEIUE HIDE ORIG PAT SONG GLOE D3 ADS H WAITING 5 Initiate the data send from the sending device 6 A counter will display how many messages have been received and if you have a bad transmission how many erroneous messages that have been received and ignored GLOEAL 1 EDIT REDEIUE HODE HRITE FOS FROH ORIG SONG n3 aos H 4 RECU 12 Hh D ERR A Received data will overwrite any previous data in the memory in the positions where it is placed Make sure you have backed up
135. ntrolling if the high pass and or low pass filter should automatically track the pitch See page 29 for more information on the filter HPF High pass filter tracking disconnects the standard filter tracking of the high pass filter if set to OFF LPF Low pass filter tracking disconnects the standard filter tracking of the low pass filter if set to OFF TRIG TRACK SETTINGS The trig track settings is a group of parameters which affect the way certain aspects of the sound in the track are trigged 1 You find the TRIG window in the KIT menu Press the KIT key and navigate to the TRIG icon using the ARROW keys LOAD SAVE MULTI E 0 EDIT ASSIGN 2 Press ENTER YES to enter the TRIG TRACK menu In the TRIG TRACK window you will find five parameters Navigate between the parameters using the UP and DOWN keys Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to adjust the parameter values TRIG FOS FORTAHENTO ONLY LEGATO LEGHTO AHF OFF LEGATO FLT OFF TRIG POS trig position allows you to forward the notes being played on the current track to another For example if you edit TRIG POS for track 1 and set it to point to track 3 then track 3 will also play notes that are sent to track 1 You can chain TRIG POS so that sev eral tracks can be trigged from one 39 40 ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS PORTAMENTO portamento has two options ALWAYS means the portamento will always be active gliding between all notes played ON
136. o say ma Set VOC1 127 2 60 CONS M and CLEN 5 Set a trig on step 7 and lock the parameters mentioned above The fourth trig should say shi Adjust the parameters to VOC1 40 VOC2 110 CONS SJ and CLEN 0 Set a trig on step number 10 and lock the parameters mentioned above If you press play now the pattern should say monomachiiii The last thing we need to do is to end the track with an n Make sure that VOC1 and VOC2 retain the settings from last trig Set CONS N Set a trig on step number 13 and lock VOC1 VOC2 CONS and CLEN This time we also want to lock the V SW knob to 0 in order to make it say n and then stop Do this by holding the trig while turning the V SW to 0 Now press play and the Monomachine should spell out monomachine when you press play You can continue exploring the possibilities by adjusting the filter adjust the sample rate reduction or other effects you might think of You can lock the effects on individual steps to get different effects for the syllables Use MULTI TRIG mode to control the pitch of the words in real time Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE A 9 generated when the parameter is set to its max value GND MACHINES TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscillator The GND synthesis consists of three machines with very basic functionality They can be used for adding extra tonality to other sounds GROUND GND The GND machine consists of
137. obal mutes applies as well as the song row mutes Tracks muted in the glo bal mutes as described in section THE MUTE MODE on page 66 or the song row mutes will be muted on that row Ifa song row mute mask is set for the row it is indicated the XTRA column with a bold If a song row BPM value is set it is indicated with bold 79 80 MONOMACHINE ROUTING MONOMACHINE ROUTING Monomachine offers a flexible routing system for addressing the audio outputs as well as using the audio inputs and routing between the synthesis and FX machines Most of the routing is controlled from the EDIT KIT window Please check section ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK on page 21 for information on how to find open and manoeuvre it THE MONOMACHINE MIXER The OUT BUS parameter in the MIX tab is available for all machines It selects which mix busses the track will be sent to The Monomachine offers three stereo mix buses named AB CD and EF At the end of the mix bus the sound is by default sent to the audio output pairs AB CD and EF MIX MIX MIX A B C D E F SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS SYNTHESIS OUT A B OUT C D OUT E F If no FX Machines are used the mix bus selection simply selects the audio stereo output s the track will be sent to In the example above the synthesis tracks are sent to different audio outputs so f
138. ocket specified as the voltage selector on the back of your SFX 6 For SFX 60MKII Connect the supplied DC adapter to a wall socket and connect the small plug into the rear of the unit 2 Connect the Main Audio Out A B from the Monomachine to your mixer or amplifier and or connect a pair of stereo headphones to the Headphone Output 3 If MIDI control is desired connect the MIDI OUT from the Monomachine to the MIDI IN of the device you wish to send data to Connect the MIDI IN of the Monomachine to the MIDI OUT of device you wish to receive data from The MIDI THRU port is echoing the data coming in from the MIDI IN port so it can be used for daisy chaining other MIDI units USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS 4 Switch all units on 5 If you do not have any previous experience of the Monomachine we suggest that you fol low the QUICK START on page 10 CARE INSTRUCTIONS To ensure many years of trouble free operation please follow the advice below Never use any aggressive cleaners on the casing or the LCD overlay Remove dust dirt and fingerprints with a soft dry cloth More persistent dirt can be removed with a slightly damp cloth using only water Never use sharp objects near the display to avoid scratches or damage Also avoid applying any pressure to the display itself When transporting the Monomachine try to use the box in which it was originally shipped with the padding supplied or equivalent packaging Make sure th
139. of ATK 0 DEC 127 SUS 127 and REL 127 43 44 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER THE PATTERN SEQUENCER The pattern step sequencer is a central part of the Monomachine sound It is designed to be an inspirational tool for pattern based music or a component in the creation of dynamic multi track monophonic sounds The sequencer is designed both for live and studio use The patterns can either be trigged individually from the user interface or by MIDI commands or they can be linked together with pattern chaining or in song mode BASIC PATTERN OPERATION The sequencer has several modes of operation in this chapter we will start by looking at how you select and record patterns Please prepare by following the instructions below 1 First make sure that the PATTERN LED is lit and the SONG LED is unlit If neces sary toggle it by pressing the PATTERN SONG key 2 Check that the lt MULTI TRIG gt LED is unlit so that you are not in MULTI TRIG mode If necessary toggle it by pressing the MULTI TRIG key SFX 6 only 3 For external control we recommend using the MIDI auto track channel see AUTO TRACK CH on page 89 On the SFX 60 MKII you can use an external MIDI keyboard on this channel when we refer to the keyboard PATTERN SELECTION The Monomachine offers 8 banks with 16 patterns in each The banks are named by the index A B C D E F G H The BANK GROUP key selects between pattern bank groups A to D and E to The BA
140. of machines and their parameter settings are collected in kits Editing the kits is discussed in section KIT EDITING on page 21 All six tracks have their dedicated effect modules The track effect system consists of the parameters found in the AMPLIFICATION FILTER and EFFECT pages Each track effect system delivers hi lo band pass resonant 24 db filter with envelope and individual Q con trol 1 band eq sample rate reduction distortion and tempo synchronised tape style delay You will also find controls for left right pan and portamento speed among the the track effects The track effects are explained in depth in section TRACK EFFECTS on page 25 Each track offers three powerful Low Frequency Oscillators LFO s The three LFO s offer identical functionality and can be assigned to any machine track effect or LFO parameter You will find more information about the LFO s on page 34 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT MONOMACHINE KITS The Monomachine does not arrange sounds in what is commonly referred to as patches The Monomachine equivalence of a patch depends on which way you are using it f you use the six tracks as individual synthesizers or in POLY mode then you could see a kit as carrying six patches The kit would then be the equivalence to what in common synthesizer terms is referred to as a performance If you use the MULTI TRIG mode then all six tracks would be trigged from the Multi Tr
141. ointer position messages are recognised When the TRANSPORT parameter is set to IGNORE MIDI start stop and song pointer positions are ignored 91 92 GLOBAL SETTINGS PRG CHANGE program change controls whether PRG CHANGE received changes pat tern of the Monomachine The Monomachine can transmit a high precision MIDI clock It is often a good idea to use the Monomachine as master instead of slave as the timing of other MIDI equipment including many setups with well known Windows and Mac sequencers is not always reliable MULTI MAP EDIT The MULTI MAP EDIT menu provides a fully configurable keymap for trigging patterns 1 Select the CONTROL in the GLOBAL menu Then select MULTIMAP EDIT using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES LUERL 1 EDIT HULTIHAF EDIT Each row represents one range of the keyboard named range where selected pattern will be trigged according to the settings on the row Navigate in the keymap using the ARROW keys Adjust the settings using the LEVEL knob RANGE range is a column where the upper and lower key range limits for the keymap range is controlled Only the upper range limit can be set The lower range limit is set one key higher than the previous keymap range upper limit Adjusting the upper range limit will update the lower range limit for the next range limit Keymap ranges can be inserted using FUNCTION DOWN and del
142. open the KIT SAVE menu GORGOS i 03 AINJA miaj FEGILA FAB 3 The screen presents a list of the kits stored in memory Use the UP and DOWN keys to choose from the 128 kit slots Press ENTER YES to select the slot where you want to save your kit 4 The next window appearing will allow you to name the kit Use the LEVEL knob or the UP and DOWN keys to cycle through the letters The LEFT and RIGHT keys move the cursor backwards and forwards on the line 23 5 Pressing the FUNCTION key gives access to the high score selection method which you see all characters at the same time Keep the FUNCTION key held while navigating using the ARROW keys Release the FUNCTION key when you have located the letter of your choice 6 When the kit name is complete press ENTER YES to save it 7 If you want to exit without saving the kit press EXIT NO UNDO KIT There is a special kit in the first position of the kit list named the UNDO KIT 01 15T HIT 02 enb HIT When you have made unsaved changes to a kit and a new one is loaded the unsaved old kit will be stored in the UNDO KIT position When saving a kit over an occupied position in the kit list the overwritten kit will also be saved in the UNDO KIT 19 20 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT You can load the UNDO KIT to restore your mos
143. or each track the machine loaded is displayed in the lower left corner of the display Play some notes on each of the tracks either using the keyboard or the TRIG keys Note that it s possible that not all tracks will sound the track can be an FX that needs input from another track or silenced due to the output assigning machine selection or track effect settings If you don t hear anything try selecting another track Use the DATA PAGE keys to navigate between the DATA pages The lt DATA PAGE gt LED s will indicate the current selection Select the SYNTHESIS page Now turn any of the DATA ENTRY knobs to tweak the machine synthesis parameters on the selected track You can change any parameters without fear of losing presets or other kits stored as the changes will not be saved if you don t save the kit The parame ters presented on the SYNTHESIS page are specific to the machine loaded See Appen dix A for information about the parameters and functions of the machines Use the DATA PAGE keys to continue to the DATA pages named AMPLIFICATION FILTER and EFFECTS pages and explore the wide range of sound shaping tools availa ble You can find information about the track effects on page 25 DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECORDING OVERVIEW OF GRID RECORDING MODE You can input notes into a pattern of the sequencer both while the sequencer is running and when it is stopped First select the pattern you wish to edit You mig
144. output between the original dry signal and the wet signal INP input signal amplification adjusts the signal input PHASER The Monomachine phaser lets you apply sweeping effects to your sounds It can also be used to make sounds appear wider CNTR center selects the center phase of the phase modulation DEP depth sets the depth of the phase modulation SPD speed adjusts the speed of the phase depth modulation MIX signal mix adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the wet signal FB feedback controls the feedback of the original signal WID width controls the stereo width of the affected signal INP input signal amplification adjusts the signal input FLANGER The flanger is a bit similar to the phaser The main difference is that the frequency notches are evenly spread across the freqency range DEL delay controls the amount of delay of the flanged signal DEP depth controls the depth of the flanger SPD speed adjusts the speed of the flanger Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE A 13 MIX signal mix adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the wet signal FB feedback controls the feedback of the original signal WID width controls the stereo width of the affected signal INP input signal amplification adjusts the signal input A 14 Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE Appendix B MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE Al
145. ove You will see that the inverted square around the parameter is removed To remove all parameter locks for a trig hold the TRIG key and press CLEAR The locks are also cleared when the note is removed 13 14 MONOMACHINE OVERVIEW MONOMACHINE OVERVIEW The sound generating structure of the Monomachine differs in many ways from what is common for contemporary sound synthesizers and sequencers The SFX 6 SFX 60MkIl offers six tracks of audio synthesis FX effects and sequencing All six tracks can be equipped with a sound generating or sound effecting machine of your choice Track Effect engine including amplifier envelope LP BP HP filter synchronised tape style delay three LFO s and the most refined step sequencer Please refer to Figure 1 Monomachine sound synthesis overview on page 15 for an overview of the general structure of the Monoma chine CHOOSE YOUR WAY OF WORKING The Monomachine offers you many ways of working The six tracks of synthesis can be approached in several ways Some suggestions how you could organise your work is described below All the techniques presented will be discussed in detail later in this man ual SIX INDIVIDUAL TRACKS Each of the six tracks can be programmed with individual sound generating machines and sound and effects settings Using the Monomachine this way offers you access to six inde pendent tracks of monophonic synthesis All tracks can also be externally controlled by
146. parame ter value Even though there is a trig in the middle it does not interrupt the slide When the destination is reached the locked value is held and not slid as there is no slide trig for that position For the last three slide trigs itis only the middle one that is causing any slide as the other slide trigs do not have any parameter locked at the same step 65 ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES FIGURE 9 Slide illustration SLIDE ILLUSTRATION NORMAL UNLOCKED PARAMETER VALUE 0 NOTE 2 TRIGS I I I L L L L L L L SLIDE TRACK Y Y Y LOCK PARAM OUTPUT THE MUTE MODE Track muting is normally performed by pressing the TRACK keys while holding FUNC TION The Monomachine offers an additional interface for controlling the track muting When one hand operation is preferred or when you want simultaneous access to both the internal and the MIDI sequencer mute tracks at once the MUTE window is the solution The the MUTE window by pressing BANK while holding FUNCTION MUTE NLDLDLDNL HIDI Hono six first boxes refer to the six internal Monomachine tracks In the window above all tracks are un muted The six last boxes refer to the six MIDI sequencer tracks Toggle the Monomachine tracks between muted and un muted using TRIG keys 1 6 The MIDI sequencer tracks
147. plex rhythm structures It can also be used for exchanging parts of a pattern to add for example a fill in to the end of a pattern Use the LEVEL knob to control the settings XTRA song extra column can be used for setting song row mutes and song row BPM If any mute is set for the row it is indicated by a bold in the XTRA column If a new BPM is set for the row it is indicated by a bold Press ENTER YES to enter the SONG EXTRA menu Please see section SONG EXTRA on page 78 for more information To insert a row in the song use FUNCTION together with the DOWN key To remove a row in the song use FUNCTION together with the UP key Copy paste clear and undo functions operate on rows in song edit SONG EDIT TRANSPORT It is possible to start playback from any row position in a song 1 Move the editing focus to the row you wish to start the playback from and press the ENTER YES button 2 If the song is currently playing when you select another row you will see two hollow arrows on each side of the newly selected row They indicate that the selected row will play next once the current row reaches its end EDIT SOG O26 02 ROW REF JHTRR OOSA BRS ABe 00 EENI Ana n the right part of the title bar the current song pointer position is displayed in bars and beats This information is also updated when a
148. pose SYSEX init 12 Speed negotiaton ID 0000aaaa Speed 1 value 0000bbbb Speed 2 value 5 7 SYSEX end SPEED1 gt SPEED2 if certified SPEED1 SPEED2 1 requires no handshaking SYSEX turbomidi speed acknowledgement slave MIDI Byte Purpose Soe SYSEX init 13 Speed acknowledgment ID 7 SYSEX end Acknowledge sent upon SPEEDNEG always sent at 1xMIDI_SPEED After speed acknowledgement is received SPEED1 is set on both the master and slave device SYSEX turbomidi speed test master MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 14 Speed test master ID 55 55 55 55 00 00 00 00 5 7 SYSEX end Before the speedtest the master should allow the slave some breathing by sending 16 0x00 bytes to allow setting of speed and resetting of UART SYSEX turbomidi speed result slave MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 15 Speed test result ID 55 55 55 55 00 00 C 4 Speed request ID SYSEX end Appendix C SYSEX REFERENCE 00 00 7 SYSEX turboMIDI speed test 2 master MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 16 Speed test 2 master ID 7 SYSEX end SYSEX turboMIDI speed result 2 slave MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 17 Speed test 2 result ID 7 SYSEX end After reception of speed result 2 SPEED2 is set on both the master and slave device Possible Speed and Max Speed parameters
149. pressed down while preparing for another chord Stop the arpeggiato by pressing either one single key or pressing STOP ADD In this mode no notes are removed from the arpeggiator cycle until all keys are released The arpeggiator start when the first key is pressed and more notes can be ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES added to the cycle by pressing and releasing keys while still at least one key is pressed This way you can build up large note cycles quickly in auto play sequencer style The arpeggiator stops when all keys are released PLAY play direction selects between five modes of arpeggiator playback TRUE The arpeggiator plays the notes in the same order they were played UP The arpeggiator sorts the notes and plays them upwards in rising order DOWN The arpeggiator sorts the notes and plays them downwards in descending order CYCLE The arpeggiator sorts the notes and plays them cycling first upwards then downwards RND The arpeggiator plays the notes in random order RNGE octave range controls the octave range If the parameter is set higher than the default 1 OCT the arpeggiator will repeat the cycles in higher octaves repeatedly up to the specified setting OJMP octave jump tells the sequencer where in the arpeggiator chord the octave jump is made 0 means after the full chord has played 1 means one step before the end of the chord 2 means two steps before the end of the chord
150. rack channel All data resent to active track x B 4 Appendix B MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE NRPN MAPPING NRPN Received on MIDI base channel 0 Te 126 Amp in release phase on Track X X X equal to a Note Off on Track X Tt 127 XXXXALF Trig Track X with X X A Amp L LFO F Filter NRPN CTRL parameter YY mapping Destination Synth Amp Filter Effect 20 37 LFO 1 LFO 2 LFO Appendix B MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE B 5 OTHER MIDI MESSAGES PITCH BEND MESSAGES Track 1 Pitchbend K X Pitchbend resent to active track x PROGRAM CHANGE MESSAGES Change pattern XX B x SYSTEM COMMON MESSAGES
151. rd using either the TRIG KEYS or a keyboard All played notes will be quantised to the closest trig step If a note is played on a position where there already was a note programmed the new note will replace the note on that step To erase notes in LIVE RECORDING mode hold EXIT NO while the notes you want to remove are heard The pattern will loop and be ready for further recording until you press the STOP key PARAMETER LOCKS A parameter lock is a parameter locked to a certain value for a specific step Parameter locks can be programmed in GRID RECORDING mode and recorded in LIVE RECORD ING mode Parameter locks are a very important part of creating unique and dynamic pat terns 0 EY1 E FOB To lock parameters on a specific step in the track in GRID RECORDING mode hold a TRIG key and turn or click a DATA ENTRY knob The parameter connected to the knob will be inverted to indicate that it now is has a parameter lock The corresponding lt TRIG gt LED will flash rapidly to indicate that a parameter is locked for that step QUICK START In LIVE RECORDING mode you can lock parameters by turning a knob while recording Parameters can be locked for any parameter and track To lock parameters for a new track select that track with the TRACK button and repeat the steps above To remove a single lock in GRID RECORDING mode press and hold the TRIG key and click the knob connected to the parameter you wish to rem
152. rd when changing track focus of the SFX 60MKII No output data is gener ated for the auto track channel MORE ON THE MONOMACHINE MIDI FUNCTIONALITY Some MIDI commands are accepted on all active channels NRPN data is accepted to control the individual internal tracks PROGRAM CHANGE can be used for changing pattern The NRPN interface doubles with the normal CTRL CHANGE interface of the Individual Track Channels and provide the same functionality It is only accepted never transmitted See Appendix B for full MIDI specifications of the NRPN interface 89 90 GLOBAL SETTINGS PROGRAM CHANGE can be disabled for MIDI input and output See section CONTROL OUT2 on page 91 for more information The Monomachine SFX 6 joystick sends pitch bend for right and left directions CTRL CHANGE 1 mod wheel for the upward direction and CTRL CHANGE 2 breath control for the downward direction The same messages are accepted by the SFX 60MKII as joystick control If the individual track channel is disabled you can still control the individual track parameters using the NRPN interface CONTROL OUT1 This menu contains parameters that control how the Monomachine sends MIDI note and control data 1 Select the CONTROL in the GLOBAL menu Then select CONTROL OUT1 using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GL ERL 1 EDIT e CONTROL SEQUENCER 00 HEMEDRRD 00 Navigate betw
153. re you want to save your song 4 A window opens where you can name the song reel B 23 ITHAM S z d Gua ie oa Select characters using the UP and DOWN arrow keys or by using the LEVEL knob The LEFT and RIGHT keys move the cursor backwards and forwards on the line 5 Holding the FUNCTION key gives access to the high score selection method in which you see all characters at the same time Keep the FUNCTION key held while navigating using the LEFT RIGHT UP and DOWN buttons Release the FUNC 6 Once you are done naming the song press ENTER YES to save it 7 If you want to exit without saving the song press EXIT NO The commands copy paste clear and undo are available in the SAVE SONG and LOAD SONG menus 73 74 THE SONG MODE A e Accurate playback of a previous song depends on the patterns it uses being unchanged since saving Otherwise the song will sound different SONG PLAY To start playing a song make sure that you are in SONG mode and that a song is pres ently loaded or created 1 Start the playback of the song by pressing PLAY Pressing PLAY again pauses the playback To stop the playback press STOP 2 At any time you may switch back and forth between the song and the pattern mode by pressing the PATTERN SONG key The song pointer will be held until STOP is pressed This way you can hold the song replaying looping a pa
154. re available GLOBAL SETTINGS KIT Only the kits speficied in the RANGE tab will be sent e PAT KIT Only the patterns and their associated kits as selected in the RANGE tab will be sent e SONG PATHKITS The songs specified in the RANGE tab together with their associ ated patterns and kits will be sent RANGE range is where the range for the KIT PAT KIT and SONG PAT KIT transfer methods is set To perform a sysex send follow the instructions below 1 Connect the Monomachine to the device you are sending the data to See the figure below for an example of what the connections could look like when sending sysex data to a computer MIDI INTERFACE IN USB CORD MIDI OUT 2 Select FILE in the GLOBAL menu Then select SYSEX SEND using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES 3 Select the preferred data send method using the UP and DOWN arrow keys GLOEAL 1 EDIT SEND SELECTION RANGE FRT hIT ALL 4 If the selected send method has the option to select a range or a specific number you can now move the focus to the right After that you use UP and DOWN or the LEVEL knob to select the lower and upper limit of the range For pattern selection BANK A H together with TRIG buttons can also be used GLOEAL 1 EDIT SEND SELECTION RANGE FRT HIT 1
155. re information If you want to use the high pass filter Q as low frequency loudness boost it is good to turn off the filter tracking parameter HPF TRACK EFFECTS EFFECTS PAGE In the EFFECTS page you find the controls for the 1 band EQ sample rate reduction and the tempo synchronised tape style delay EQ EQF EQ frequency sets the frequency that will be affected by the EQG parameter EQG EQ gain parameter controls how much the EQ will boost gain or reduce the signal around the EQF frequency Positive values boost and negative reduce the signal up toa maximum of 36dB f you notice signal overload when you boost the signal you might need to increase your headroom by decreasing the DIST parameter on the Amplification page Please see section DISTORTION on page 26 for more information SAMPLE RATE REDUCTION The sample rate reduction effect resamples the signal at a lower sample rate introducing aliasing effects which gives a digital lo fi effect SRR sample rate reduction controls the amount of sample rate reduction down to a low est of 2 8kHz The sample rate reduction often gives best effect on signals with some but not too much high frequency contents Sound with too much high frequency informa tion might introduce too much aliasing resulting in a very disharmonic signal 31 32 TRACK EFFECTS DELAY The delay of the Monomachine is a single tap delay with real time adjustable
156. s Parameters for the Multi envelope The kit name All kits are battery backed and user definable A total of 128 user kits can be stored in memory 17 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT LOADING A KIT 1 Open the KIT window by pressing the KIT key and select the LOAD icon using the ARROW keys SAVE MULTI Fa 0 EDIT ASSIGN TRIG m 1E EERLIN EEEERT ide 1 HAHM 3 The window presents a list of the kits stored in memory Use the UP and DOWN keys to choose among the 128 kit slots Press ENTER YES to load the kit of your choice If you want to exit without loading a kit press EXIT NO A Kits that are not associated with any pattern are distinguished by a little star after the kit name The kit currently loaded is indicated by an inverted selection box The focus when moved away from the kit currently loaded is a hollow square box LOADING AN EMPTY KIT To get a clean kit open the KIT LOAD window as described above and load a position where no kit was previously saved The empty positions are indicated with as the kits in the figure below After loading an empty kit you will get six tracks loaded with the GND gt SIN machine and all track effects and other parameters reset to default values SAVING AND NAMING A KIT 1 Open the KIT window 18 MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT 2 Use the arrow keys to move to the SAVE icon Press ENTER YES to
157. s a powerful and intuitive tool for creating sounds melodies and musi cal compositions of all kinds We hope you will have a lot of fun while exploring the vast possibilities of the Monomachine To make the most of the SFX 6 SFX 60 SFX 60MKII we would like you to carefully read the relevant parts of this manual before operating the instrument CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL In this manual we have used certain conventions for indicating input using knobs and but tons through the user interface These conventions are listed below Keys buttons are written in upper case with bold style and they are enclosed in brackets For instance the key function on the main panel is written FUNCTION Menu names certain modes and operations are written in upper case The SYNTHESIS menu is an example of that Messages visible on the screen will be written in upper case with quotation marks Like this RECEIVING DUMP Parameter abbreviations as they appear on the screen are written in bold style for exam ple PTCH Knobs are written in upper case with bold italic style For instance the LEVEL knob is an example of this LED indicators like the record LED are written lt RECORD gt The following symbols are used throughout the manual A This symbol indicates information that you need to pay attention to This symbol indicates a tip that might make it easier interacting with the SFX 6 SFX60 SFX 60MKIl This symbol is used to caut
158. setup you might have a longer pattern than what is possi ble to edit with the 16 LED s and TRIG keys In that case you need to use the SCALE key to change between the pages See section SCALE SETUP on page 45 for more information The copy clear paste and undo functions operate on a specific track when in GRID RECORDING mode See section TRACK COPY on page 51 The copy clear paste and undo functions operate on the full pattern when not in GRID RECORDING mode See section PATTERN COPY on page 52 LIVE RECORDING The second method of recording notes in the sequencer is by recording them live while playing You can record both from the keyboard and the TRIG keys 1 Begin with following the instruction in section RECORDING PREPARATIONS on page 46 2 To start recording in LIVE RECORDING mode hold RECORD while pressing PLAY This starts the sequencer recording and the record LED will start flashing 3 You can now play notes on the keyboard or the TRIG keys and they will be quantised and recorded to the closest trig step in the pattern If a note is played on a step where there already was a note programmed the new note will replace the old note 4 Chords can also be recorded in the sequencer They will only make effect when in POLY mode see section POLY on page 68 or when the arpeggiator see section THE ARPEGGIATOR on page 60 is active 5 To erase notes on LIVE RECORDING mode hold
159. t as low as possible Increasing SPD values gives shorter LFO cycle times Each increase of the Multiplier halves the LFO cycle time For LFO speed synchronised to straight beats try setting SPD to 16 32 64 or 127 For example setting the MULT to 2x and SPD to 64 gives a cycle time of sixteen 16th notes one full page INTL interlace is a function taken straight from the Sidstation Interlace is the process of alternating the LFO waveform with zero The speed of the zero alternating cycles is con trolled by the INTL parameter The interlace is switched off when set to zero DPTH depth is the amount of the LFO output level that is applied to the target parameter Setting DPTH to 127 allows for modulating a parameter to and from any extreme value For example if the target parameter is set to 64 a DPTH setting of 64 is sufficient for modulat ing the target value to its minimum 0 and maximum 127 FIGURE 6 WAVEFORM TRIG TRI iTRI SAW iSAW SQR iSQR EXP iEXP RMP iRMP RND Monomachine LFO waveform and trig modes ONE EBACE e iu TAG Ine TRIG 717 Laie IN IP NN NAN Lae OM 1 LAA LAA MSN MN nls 35 36 LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS If you select the same destination for two different tracks their outputs will be added making advanced layered LFO s possible e You can
160. t recent unintentionally lost kit This can be useful when accidentally changing pattern and the kit is changed so that your unsaved changes are lost When you have restored your kit using the undo kit don t forget to save it COPY KIT When in the KIT SAVE or KIT LOAD menus you can copy and paste kits For loading a kit see section LOADING A KIT on page 18 For saving a kit see section SAVING AND NAMING A KIT on page 18 1 When you in either the KIT SAVE or KIT LOAD menus select the kit you want to copy hold down the FUNCTION key and press the RECORD button A message say ing COPY KIT appears poor Poc wi unnn ETT COPY KIT iE HIE INFINITI e 2 Use the UP and DOWN keys to scroll to the slot you want to copy the kit to 3 To paste the kit into the slot hold FUNCTION and press the STOP button The mes sage PASTE KIT appears i NI 15T ETT PASTE EIT ww FH16 05 ROTTEN i e f you want to undo the action press the FUNCTION STOP buttons again The message saying UNDO KIT indicates that the paste operation has been undone CLEAR KIT You can also clear kits while in the KIT SAVE or KIT LOAD menus 1 Select the kit you want to clear hold down the FUNCTION key and press the PLAY button A message saying CLEAR KIT appears i NI 15T ETT CLEAR EIT T T HIE ROTTEN e MONOMACHINE SYNT
161. tern use parameter locks WAVE waveform selects the waveform that should be used for the machine CHRL chorus level controls the chorus level of the Ensemble chorus CHRW chorus width controls the width of the Ensemble chorus TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscilla tor s Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE A 5 EM FM FM is 21st century FM synthesis It imple ments world class frequency modulation algorithms that address the complexity prob lem normally associated with FM All three FM machines are based around a number of custom made FM blocks The machines have then been handcrafted each with its own personality It is not necessary to understand the detailed machine descriptions of the FM machines Good results should be possible to attain only by trying out the effects of the parame ters and get a good feeling for them All the FM machines use a special com bined amplitude and envelop controller This is visualised by the figure below FM ENVELOPE PARAMETER VALUE A 6 FM STATIC FM STAT FM STATIC is the most versatile of the FM machines and the best bet for successful FM synthesis CARRIER 1FRQ modulator 1 listed frequency offers both fine and coarse frequency tuning The parameter controls the coarse frequency from a choice of listed frequencies selected for yielding good results for FM synthesis 1FIN modulator 1 frequency fine tun
162. the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GL ERL 1 EDIT e CONTROL TRANSPORT HIDI CLOCH FRG CHANGE OFF TRANSPORT transport controls whether MIDI Start Stop and Song Pointer Position are sent MIDI CLOCK MIDI clock controls whether the Monomachine transmits MIDI clock PRG CHANGE program change controls whether MIDI PRG CHANGE is sent for each pattern change CONTROL IN In this menu it is defined how the Monomachine should react to incoming MIDI 1 Select the CONTROL in the GLOBAL menu Then select CONTROL IN using the ARROW keys and press ENTER YES GLOEAL 1 EDIT e CONTROL In TEHFD SYNC TRANSFORT ACCEFT FRG CHANGE ACCEFT TEMPO SYNC tempo sync defines how the Monomachine should react to incoming MIDI clock When this parameter is set to EXTERNAL the Monomachine tempo will be slaved to incoming MIDI time clock The precision of the timing is limited to the precision of the unit transmitting the MIDI clock signal When locked to external clock the BPM indicator on the main screen shows EXT If no clock signal is received the Monomachine will fall back to its internal tempo after a few seconds When a clock signal is received again the Monoma chine will be synced to the external tempo TRANSPORT transport controls if the Monomachine should respond to MIDI Start Stop and Song Pointer Position When the Transport parameter is set to ACCEPT MIDI start stop and song p
163. the tracks that then are activated in parallel from the Multi Trig channel MULTI ENV The multi envelope is an additional envelope applied to all the tracks in the MULTI TRIG modes excluding the SPLIT mode You reach it by pressing both the DATA PAGE keys simultaneously Peet The multi envelope is a standard ADSR envelope that is applied on top of the track enve lopes allowing all the tracks to be treated as one massive monophonic track Note that you will only hear the effects of the multi envelope when sound are played from the multi trig channel and not from the SPLIT mode ATK attack dictates the amount of time it take for the audio to rise to full volume after pressing a key DEC decay sets the time it takes for the sound after the attack phase to reach the sus tain level SUS sustain is the signal level during the time a key is being held REL release sets the time it takes for the signal to decay to zero once the key has been released 127 means infinite time to decay ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS PORT portamento sets the amount time it will take the for pitch of the sequence to slide between two different notes A Sound played the individual tracks while the multi trig is active will be under the influence of the multi envelope so the sound level might be lower than usual If you prefer to let the effect of the Multi Env be inaudible apply settings
164. the upper part of the tracks All keys from this one will be directed to control the upper section of the tracks For example the settings KEY C 4 and TRACK 3 plays tracks 3 to 6 from C 4 and up and tracks 1 to 2 below C 4 SEQ START sequencer start makes the sequence restart for each note played The TIHING ALL TRE SFLIT KEY 1 16 STRAT SEQ TRANSF sequence will be transposed based on which note is played The original pitch will be invoked on C 4 The multi envelope is trigged when notes are played see page 42 41 42 ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS SEQ TRNSP sequencer transpose makes a sequence start and transposes the sequence for the first note received on the multi trig channel TIHIDG ALL TRE 21 16 STRT 1 TRRIIBF Subsequent notes will only transpose the sequence and trig the multi envelope so that the sequence loop is never broken The action of the SEQ START and SEQ TRNSP modes can be delayed to an even bar of the loop This is controlled by the context menu named TIMING If you want to stay in the beat set the TIMING parameter to what you prefer A setting of 16 16 delays the action until a full page of 16 trigs is played four beats in normal tempo mode All arpeggiators of the tracks retain their function in the All Track MULTI TRIG mode Interesting results can be yield with different arpeggiator settings and speeds for
165. their assigned MIDI channels if preferred SIX TRACK SEQUENCING The six tracks can be controlled by the Monomachine sequencer In addition to the tradi tional pitch and note on off commands it allows direct control over all sound generating parameters and envelope trigs MIDI SEQUENCING Six additional tracks of polyphonic MIDI sequencing for controlling external gear are lined up beside the sequencer for the internal sound generating tracks POLY MODE By entering POLY MODE the Monomachine dedicates all six sound generating tracks to offer one track with six voice polyphony MULTI TRIG MODE In MULTI TRIG mode all six sound generating tracks are controlled simultanously from a single control source The sequencer can be a part of the control and your sequences can be transposed in real time This way you can construct the most dynamic and complex monophonic super sounds imaginable MULTI MAP MODE Using the MULTI MAP mode you can lay out your sequences over a keyboard for live or studio use Monomachine sound synthesis overview MONOMACHINE OVERVIEW FIGURE 1 100 9 2 1no a v 1nO SISSHLNAS ANNOS 9 3ovul ANNOS 9 2 1 SISSHLNAS ANNOS 92 78 ANNOS S 1 SISSHLNAS ANNOS MOVYL ANNOS p SISSHLNAS ANNOS MOVYL TOULNOSD ANNOS 1 SISAHLNAS ANNOS 2 MOV
166. to individual values on all the steps of the track PARAMETER LOCKS IN LIVE RECORDING MODE In LIVE RECORDING mode you can record parameter locks in real time To do this follow the steps below 1 Begin with following the instruction in section RECORDING PREPARATIONS on page 46 2 To start recording in LIVE RECORDING mode hold REC and then press PLAY This starts the sequencer recording and the record LED will start flashing 3 Record parameter locks by adjusting the corresponding DATA ENTRY knob while the sequencer is playing and recording When changing a parameter the parameter lock will be set to the next trig step played on the track If a parameter is not changed between two trigs no parameter lock will be recorded for that step 4 To remove parameter locks you need to enter GRID RECORDING mode and follow the instructions in PARAMETER LOCKS IN GRID RECORDING on page 56 e itis often a good idea to edit and fine tune the parameter locks in GRID RECORD ING mode after recording them in LIVE RECORDING mode ADVANCED SEQUENCER CONTROL For users that seek the most control over the creative process the Monomachine offer unique sequencer features for fine tuned sequencing TRIG TRACKS For each track you have access to three individual sub tracks named trig tracks offering individual control over the amplitude envelope the filter envelope and the LFO trigs This means you can separate pitch changes from en
167. to the Monomachine A counter on the display will show how many and to which position the waveform s have been received If you send just one wave form it will be stored at the chosen position If you send several waveforms they will stored in the order they are sent starting from the chosen position When all the waveforms have been sent press EXIT NO WRITING WAVEFORMS will be displayed on the screen The transfer is now complete GLOEAL 1 EDIT GLOBAL SETTINGS A Note that user waveforms previously stored at the positions you send new wave forms to will be overwritten e You can always exit the state where the Monomachine is waiting to receive wave forms When the screen shows WAITING just press the EXIT NO key e Use the TM 1 MIDI interface available from Elektron for up to 10x the normal MIDI transfer speed SEND WAVEFORMS There are two methods of sending waveforms from the Monomachine to a receiving device One method is called ALL and will send all the user waveforms You can also send a single user waveform It is not possible to send factory waveforms To send waveforms using the ALL method follow the instructions below 1 First of all make sure that the MIDI cables are properly connected The MIDI OUT of the Monomachine should be connected to the MIDI IN port of the receiving device To receive waveforms to a computer you can use our free C6 program found on the Ele ktron website
168. tracks are sent on the AB bus and are thus effected by the FX machine on track 3 Track 4 and 5 are sent to the CD mix bus Track 6 is an FX machine with input taken from the CD Mix bus which now contains the mixed signal of track 4 and 5 The output of the FX machine on track 6 is set to bus AB with differs from the input CD Therefore the effected track 4 and 5 is effected and sent to mix bus AB where they are mixed with the Track 1 and 2 effected by track 3 ROUTING MODE AB MIX By default the mix buses are sent to the audio outputs with the same names If you are using only the main AB stereo outputs or the headphones which carry the same signal you will not hear what is sent to the CD and EF outputs By setting the global routing see section GLOBAL ROUTING on page 87 to 3xSTEREO the CD and EF buses will be added to the stereo main AB headphone outputs ROUTING MODE 6xMONO By setting the global routing see section GLOBAL ROUTING on page 87 to 6xMONO the AB CD and EF mix buses will not be sent to the audio outputs Instead each of the stereo outputs of the six Monomachine tracks are mixed to mono and fed to an individual output The mix buses can still be used but the final output of them will not be sent to the AB CD and EF outputs Using this mode makes it possible to get the output of each of the Monomachine tracks sent to an individual output but the stereo effects and panning are lost
169. traightforward method to lock parameter settings to specific trigs steps These snapshots are called parameter locks A lock is a snapshot of a parameter setting It changes the parameter value from its original value stored in the kit but only for that note trigging The parameter will change back to its default state for the next trig if no further parameter locks are made for that note and parameter Parameter locks can be programmed in both GRID RECORDING and LIVE RECORDING mode and all parameters of the DATA pages can be locked Parameter locks are an impor tant tool for creating unique dynamic soundscapes with the Monomachine PARAMETER LOCKS IN GRID RECORDING MODE To program parameter locks in GRID RECORDING mode follow the steps below 1 Begin with following the instruction in section RECORDING PREPARATIONS on page 46 2 Enter GRID RECORDING mode by pressing the REC key The lt RECORD gt LED above the key should now be firmly lit 3 Press and hold a TRIG key for the step where you want to add a lock Note that if there is a trig already set for the step it is not removed if you keep the TRIG held down until you see the mini keyboard 4 While holding the TRIG key you can now tweak the parameter of your choice with the appropriate DATA ENTRY knob You can tell that the parameter has been locked by the parameter being inverted on the LCD Also the lt TRIG gt LED above the parameter locked note will flash indi
170. ttack phase pattern transpose relative MIDI C4 OFF Multi Trig Seq Start Multi ENV in release X X phase ON Multi Trig Seq Transp Pattern player start X x only if in stop Multi ENV in attack phase Pattern transpose relative MIDI C4 OFF Multi Trig Seq Transp Multi ENV in release x x phase ON Multi Map Action based on X X settings in global multimap OFF Multi Map Action based on X X settings in global multimap ON Auto Channel Distr to active track X OFF Auto Channel Distr to active track x CONTROL CHANGE MESSAGES MIDI base channel 0 Hex Dec CTRL Parameter Trn Rec 03 03 Track 1 Mute 0 Unmuted 1 127 Muted x B 2 Appendix B MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE 61 62 fies ot BE 2 03 gia SES 48 72 62 98 NRPN Parameter Lo Parameter B 63 99 NRPN Parameter Hi Track num B 68 104 Track 1 LFO 2 Page X X
171. ttern 1 The SLIDE window is called by pressing SLIDE while holding FUNCTION 2 Select the track you want to edit the slide track for using the TRACK keys SLIDE 1 22 FEGIL FARE The lt gt LED s indicate which steps will slide and the TRIG keys used to switch their state If your pattern is longer than 16 steps use the SCALE key to cycle between the pages For a parameter to slide it needs to be locked at two steps If the slide track is set for the same step as there is a parameter lock the parameter will slide to the next value it is locked to The speed of the slide is relative to the current tempo The slide is always com pleted exactly when the next step with the same parameter locked is reached A Only parameters locked on the steps selected in the slide track and on a later step will slide Parameters that are unlocked or only locked at one step will not slide Ifthere trigs in between the two locked parameter where the parameter is not locked the parameter will slide between the two locked positions and is not inter rupted by the unlocked trigs in the middle Copy clear paste and undo functions are available on the slide tracks using FUNCTION RECT PLAYT STOP The figure Slide illustration below show an example of how the slide track influence a locked parameter The first slide trig makes the parameter slide to the next locked
172. ttern in pattern mode until returning to song mode continuing replaying the song at the position you left it SONG TRANSPORT While playing a song it is possible to freely navigate within the patterns of the song 1 Use the UP and DOWN keys to move the two song pointer position indicators at the left and right of the song list They are shaped as two arrows Press ENTER Y ES to move the playback position to the position of the arrows ULT TURE 1 64 98 0 1 1 000 01 00 164 901 AAE t i ni 00 103 AAI 08 2 The arrows will flash and alternate between flashing toward the row the direction of the current song position When a song row is repeated the number of remaining repeats flashes to the right of the current pattern index nam FH khTn 3 Once the current pattern has played to the end or the number of repeats has been com pleted the playback will continue from the row indicated by the arrows A The song is played to its end and then it stops Of course infinite loops make never ending songs f the song has tempo adjustments programmed the current global tempo will be changed e Monomachine sends and recognises MIDI Song Pointer Position This means that you can control the position in the song list from an external sequencer and you can control an external sequencer from the
173. turn to normal operation Selecting a new pattern exits pattern chaining as well SCALE SETUP By default the length of a pattern is 4 4 bars built from 16 steps We refer to these 16 steps as one page A pattern can be extended to up to 64 steps which uses a maximum of four pages All tracks share the same scale length and are always played in sync In GRID RECORDING The SCALE key is used to cycle between the active pages and the lt TRACK PAGE gt LED s indicate which one is currently being edited When not in GRID RECORDING mode the LED s for the available pages for the track are lit with a steady light The LED for the page currently playing is flashing Press the SCALE SETUP key while holding FUNCTION to open the SCALE SETUP window From here you can set the scale length and playback speed of the pattern cur rently selected 05507 i There are three parameters available in the SCALE SETUP window The underlined focus is moved with the LEFT and RIGHT keys 1 The first parameter sets the total number of steps of the pattern Use UP and DOWN to increase decrease the number of steps The LEVEL knob is also controlling this parameter and the TRIG keys can be used as well to set the end step 2 The second parameter sets the scale length in divisions of 16 one full page If the scale length is higher than 16 the SCALE key need to be used in GRID RECORDING mode to toggle the focus of the TRIG keys b
174. urther external audio processing is possible for the individual tracks The third track is sent to two outputs THE FX MACHINES The FX Machines works a little bit different compared to the synthesis machines as they do not generate any sound themselves They need to be fed sound in order to work as sup posed The sound sources can either be the audio inputs the sound of the previous track or the audio coming from one of the mix buses MONOMACHINE ROUTING USING THE AUDIO INPUTS Audio can be routed from the external inputs and be effected with both track effects and FX machines The audio inputs are available to the FX machines found in the Monosynth named FX Follow the steps below to assign 1 Press the KIT SONG SETUP key to open the KIT window Move the focus to the EDIT icon and press ENTER YES key Scroll down to the FX machines You will find this selection at the end of the list RIDGHDD The THRU machine is a good starting point as it will just let the audio from the source selected through without other processing but a signal amplifier and of course the track effects Assign the THRU machine to a track Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys go to the INPUT parameter field and select INP A INP B or INP AB Please note that the INPUT parameter field does not appear until an FX machine is selected with ENTER YES INP A Monophonic audio is used from Audio Input A INP B Monophonic audio is used from Au
175. us machine implements a 2 x 3 tap stereo chorus DEL delay controls the delay time of the taps DEP depth the depth of the modulation of the chorus taps SPD speed sets the low frequency modula tion speed of the taps MIX signal mix adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the chorused wet signal The best settings are often found in the middle where the chorus inter acts with the original signal FB feedback controls the feedback of the delay taps WID stereo width controls the stereo width output of the chorus LP low pass filter controls the low pass fil tering of the feedback signal INP input signal amplification adjusts the signal input DYNAMIX The Dynamix dynamics processor can be used for increasing the overall sound level of a track or pattern It can also be used to enhance or reduce transients ATK attack sets the attack time from 0 5 ms to 100 ms REL release sets the release time from 50 ms to 5 s THRS threshold controls the compressor knee threshold MIX signal mix adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the wet signal RAT ratio sets the compression ratio between 1 1 and 1 255 GAIN makeup gain can be used to adjust the output level of the compressor RMS RMS measure speed adjusts the sen sitivity for very quick changes in the signal High RMS values make Dynamix less influ enced by very quic
176. ve below the base pitch SUB1 controls a sine sub oscillator located one octave below the base pitch SUB2 controls a sine sub oscillator located two octaves below the base pitch TUNE tune sets the tune of the oscillator SUPERWAVE PULSE SWAVE PULSE The SuperWave Pulse machine offers five analogue style oscillators three of which offer Pulse Width Modulation UNIL SUEL SUEZ The core of the sound is made up from one base pulse oscillator UNIL unison level controls the unison oscil lator pair of pulse oscillators located over and under the base pitch UNIW unison width sets the distance between the unison oscillators and the base pitch SUB1 controls a sine sub oscillator located one octave below the base pitch SUB2 controls a sine sub oscillator located two octaves below the base pitch PW pulse width controls the pulse width of the base oscillator and the two unison oscil lators The center value 0 of the gives a square form and the higher and lower set tings turn the waveform towards a spike form PWAD pulse width add controls the sweep between the square and spike forms of the PW parameter Setting PWAD to zero turns off the pulse sweep The pulse sweep speed increases with higher settings of PWAD PWRS pulse width restart will when acti vated restart the pulse sweep controlled by the PWAD parameter from the PW position each time a note is played TUNE tune
177. velopes and LFO trigging allowing for very in depth track sequencing e AMP TRIG SELECT FILTER 57 58 THE PATTERN SEQUENCER Traditionally synthesizers retrig all envelopes when a NOTE ON event a key pressed on the keyboard occurs In the Monomachine NOTE ON events can be split up allowing you to trig the amplitude envelope AMP trig filter envelope FILTER trig or the LFO s LFO trig at any step of the sequence Please refer to the first two illustrations in Figure 7 Trig track illustrations on page 59 The TRIG SELECT key cycles between which trig track is being programmed and the lt TRIG TRACK LED s indicate the current active selection All three lt TRACK LED s lit means the ALL mode where trigs for all three trig tracks are set The four states are listed below e ALL This is the default state where all lt TRIG TRACK LED s are lit TRIG keys pressed add or remove trigs on all three Trig tracks and a pitch is added as default AMP Only adds or removes trigs on the AMP Trig track No pitch is added as default FILTER Only adds or removes trigs on the FILTER Trig track No pitch is added as default LFO Only adds or removes trigs on the LFO Trig track No pitch is added as default When trig track AMP FILTER or LFO is selected the lt TRIG gt LED s are lit red if a trig is set for the corresponding step on the trig track selected The lt TRIG gt LED s are
178. when parameter locked It is not possible to slide this parameter CC 1 4 control change 1 4 set the control change parameter values Which parameters that are used is set in the Global MIDI SEQUENCER SETTINGS menu page see page 104 for more information COMPARISON WITH THE INTERNAL SEQUENCER The MIDI sequencer tracks function to some degree like their internal counterparts Below is a list of similarities and differences The MIDI sequencer tracks do not offer any trig tracks since MIDI does not allow for such type of extended control The MIDI sequencer offers six additional arpeggiators with individual settings but they do not offer any envelope trigging switches for the same reason as mentioned above The MIDI sequencer tracks offer individual swing and slide tracks but the swing amount is a common parameter for the pattern The MIDI sequencer offers individual track transpose but the pattern transpose is a common parameter for the whole pattern The MIDI sequencer tracks share the LFO s with their equally numbered internal sequence tracks A The settings of the main MIDI sequencer interface is stored as part of the kit If you make changes to the parameters you need to save the kit in order to keep them The internal sequencer also transmits MIDI If you want more tracks for controlling external MIDI gear you can mute the audio output of internal tracks enable MIDI output and use them only for controlling
179. will be fed back into the input of the delay Using the delay feedback you can make delays with sev eral or infinite echoes DBAS delay filter base controls the high pass filtering of the signal from the delay feed back loop DWID delay filter width controls the low pass filtering of the signal from the delay feed back loop relative the DBAS parameter TRACK EFFECTS FIGURE 5 The function of the delay TRACK EFFECT DELAY DELAY LOOP DELAY SEND LEVEL DTIM DELAY TIME DSND DELAY SEND USE II 3 DELAY FEEDBACK DELAY FILTER DBAS FILTER BASE j DWID FILTER WIDTH AUDIO SIGNAL PATH gt e For using the delay for delay line style sound sculpturing try setting DTIM very low together with a DFB value above 32 Then play around with the delay filter set tings Try applying an LFO to DTIM for interesting speed modulating effects Using the DBAS DWID parameters you can make the delay echoes sound sequentially different as the sound goes round the delay loop Good for dub inspired delays Watch your tweeters and ears Feedback values below 64 will cause the sound in the delay loop to diminish over time but values above 64 will cause the sound to grow until maximum audio level is reached and then distort 33 34 LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS LOW FR

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