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Gotharman's Little deFormer 2 Granular WorkStation User Manual V

1. Bp8 8 pole bandpass Hpf Highpass Add This is actually not a filter since it doesn t filter out harmonics from the sample but adds some Bef Band reject filter Bass Enhances the low frequencies of the sampling and passes the high frequencies through in a very poor way Lofi A destructive lowpass filter LPF2 A smoother version of the other LPF Shp WaveShaper This isn t really a filter By adjusting 7 values that each re shapes their part of the incoming audio signal it is possible to shape the sound into something completely different The output of this is rather complex and unpredictable and it is easy to make it distort NOTE Since this has 7 filter adjust parameters and does not use Cut and Reso the display readout will change when you select it NOTE This is not available when sample filters mode is set to FilterBank fEnv 128 to 127 Adjusts how much the sample envelope will affect the filter cutoff frequency Negative values will reverse the envelope fMix 128 to 127 Filter mix Adjusts the mix between the clean sample output and the filter output At position zero you will only hear the output from the filter At positions 127 and 128 you will only hear the clean sampling When turning this parameter from zero to 127 the pure sample will be added more and more to the filter output When turning it from zero to 128 the pure sample will be subbed more and more from the
2. Clek Int Ext Clock select Selects whether Little deFormer s sequencer should sync to its own internal clock source or to an external MIDI clock source If ext is selected here a MIDI clock transmitting device must be connected to Little deFormers MIDI IN This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Xmit Off On Selects whether or not Little deFormer should transmit MIDI clock pulses on MIDI OUT Unlike most other MIDI gear Little deFormer is able to re transmit external MIDI clocks that is present on its MIDI IN This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Mute seq all Select whether you would like the Mute function on the Mute Unmute screen to mute the sequencer tracks only seq or both the sequencer tracks AND the samplings oscillators all When all is selected and a sample track are muted it is not possible to trigger this neither from the step buttons via the sequencer or via MIDI in This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Metr Off On Rec Metronome At setting Off no metronome will sound at setting On the metronome will always sound when LD s internal sequencer is running at setting Rec it will sound when LD s sequencer is running and LD are in realtime record mode This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Tics 1 to 32 The metronome will make 1
3. Kn1 Edit knob 1 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn2 Edit knob 2 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn2 Edit knob 2 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn3 Edit knob 3 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn3 Edit knob 3 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn4 Edit knob 4 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn4 Edit knob 4 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn5 Edit knob 5 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI
4. Bus to 4 Selects which of the 4 audio busses the distortion effect should be added to Bit Reduction parameters BitR 16 to 1 Bit reduction Rate 0 to 255 Sample rate reduction The higher the value the more the sample rate will be reduced Obsc 0 to 255 Obscemble This parameter will manipulate the audio bits to extremes and make it sound weird Dly 0 to 255 Obscembler feedback delay Creates a delay in the Obscembler feedback path Feed 0 to 255 Obscembler feedback When Obscemble and delay is both set to zero this creates a warm overdrive sound If any of the other parameters is not set to zero this creates some unpredictable sounds Distortions parameters Driv 0 to 255 Drive The higher the value the more the sound will distort If this is set to zero no sound will pass through the distortion Offs 0 to 255 Distortion offset The more this is turned up the more unsymmetric the distortion will be Damp 0 to 255 Damps the output from the distortion Common Filter All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset This filter is always placed on audio bus 1 All samples oscillators and audio inputs routed to bus 1 will go through this filter when the Conn parameter are at setting On By other settings of the Conn connection parameter it is possible to use the common filter in combination with the selected Time amp Pitch effect Routing it
5. a more powerful synthesizer section more filter types an added sampler a much improved sequencer it s expanable and MIDI updatable and has much more power Since it has both sampler synthesizer sequencer and granular effects in one box I feel that it must be considered to be a workstation The unexpanded version of Little deFormer 2 holds 512 presets 512 samplings max 100 minutes and 512 songs The expanded version holds 1024 presets 1024 samplings max 200 minutes and 512 songs Each preset has 16 sampleslots to each of which it is possible to assign a sampling or an oscillator Various parameters can be adjusted and modulated separately for each sample slot like tune sample start and length loop waveform and level gain Each sample slot has their own filter which can be in a number of different modes like LPF BPF HPF BEF shaper and Lo Fi The filters has some special Filter adjust parameters that can change the shape of the filter completely and make new filter types It is also possible to make the sample slot filters form a FilterBank Each sample slot can be assigned to output to one of four audio busses The FilterBank a compressor and a distortion effect can be placed on these busses to process only the samples that are assigned to the same busses as these effects On audio bus 1 a common filter and the Time amp Pitch effect are placed Various different reverbs delays and time and pitch mangling
6. adds a chop mark and lets you select each sound using the Chop parameter It does not do anything to the sampling itself It just creates a table of chop points which the chop parameter then uses to find the startpoints very fast To do this make sure that the sampling you want to auto chop was the last sample that you triggered using the step buttons If you are not sure please trigger it using the step button Push the Edit button The display will read Analyzing After a short while this screen will appear Sens Dec Sample 392 1 It is now possible to test the chop points Push the step button the chopped sampling is assigned to to audition Push inc and Dec buttons to select the chop to audition If you are satisfied with the result just push Exit and go to the Chop parameter to play with the newly created chops If you are not satisfied with the result you might need to adjust the 2 parameters and retry by hitting Exit and Edit again The parameters Sens 0 to 255 Adjust how loud the level of the sample audio should be before it detects a start point If it creates too many chop points turn this parameter up a bit If it creates too little or no chop points lower this parameter Dec 0 to 255 Chop envelope decay This adjusts the decay time of the chop detection envelope in a reverse manner The lower the value the slower the decay If the sounds is
7. and push the Edit button to execute Rndm Ctrl Randomizes one controller track Select the controller track you wants to randomize using edit knob 1 and push the Edit button to execute 9 LFO s All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset Little deFormer has 10 LFO s These can morph between triangle sawtooth square pulse and unlinear FM waveforms They can be key trigged or free running looped or one shot so it is possible to use them both as traditional LFO s and as envelopes The LFO s appears as sources in the gt MODULATION section as LF1 to 9 and L10 and can modulate almost any parameter The LFO s also appears as destination in the gt MODULATION section Their rate waveform and output level can be modulated with one exception LFO10 can t be modulated LFO 1 and 2 are reserved for the effects section and LFO 3 to 10 are reserved for the sample oscillator section Parameters Rati to 10 0 to 255 Adjusts the rate or speed of the LFO s From very slow to very fast Wavl to 2 tri to saw to squ to puls to rndm Selects the LFO waveform The numbers inbetween the waveform names indicates that the LFO is morphing between two waveforms Wav3 to 10 tri to saw to squ to puls to Utri to Usaw to Usqu to rndm Selects the LFO waveform The numbers inbetween the waveform names indicates that the LFO is morphing between two waveforms The Utri Usaw and Us
8. groups of 8 is selected using the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button as described earlier in this section RsC1 to 4 32 to 1 Selects a step for the controller track on which it will reset to step 1 and start over again Adjust this if you would like the track to have a separate length If the value of this parameter is 32 or higher than the Last parameter the Last parameter will determine the last step of the track SeCl to 4 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 1 Selects the time signature scaling for each controller track Sequencer Swing Modulation Many times users and other people has asked me if the Little deFormer should not have a Swing function And I have wanted to add this a number of times I just felt that a Swing on off button wouldn t really be deForming Then one great day I came up with the idea of the Swing Modulation system Instead of having one or a number of pre defined patterns that defined the swing it should be possible to add swing to a pattern using any modulator and thereby making the swing completely user definable By using a Sequencer Controller track as the modulation source it is possible to make any swing pattern you like And by adjusting the modulation amount you can adjust how much swing should be added It is possible to have different swing sources for each of the 16 sampler synth tracks and it is also possible to add swing modulation to all 16 track
9. on which you want the preset transferred to Transmit the preset file to your Little deFormer The name of the transferred preset will appear as the current preset name Listen to the preset To keep the transferred preset you must remember to save it Updating the Little deFormer firmware IMPORTANT Before you update your Little deFormer firmware please perform a SRAM test as described on page 54 If your Little deFormer fails the SRAM test you should not perform the firmware update but ship it in for service first Occasionally there will be firmware updates available at http www gotharman dk deformer htm These will be bug fixes or adding of additional functions or effects so it might be a good idea getting familiar with how to update the firmware of your Little deFormer You will need Your Little deFormer A computer with internet connection A MIDI interface connected to your computer A MIDI cable 1 Go to the abovementioned deFormer website and download the latest firmware to your computer The firmware will usually consist of 2 files named t ex Idefdl_268 syx and Idefd2_135 syx 2 If you haven t done it already go to http www midiox com and download the free MIDI utility program MIDI OX And please donate if you feel like It is probably also possible to use other programs that supports syx files but the Little deFormer firmware updates has been created using MIDI OX so this pr
10. 2 holds 512 presets and 512 songs while and expanded one holds 1024 presets and 512 songs After switching to song mode the COMMON screen will look like this COMMON SONG hold dec to change In Song mode these edit groups are available ARRANGE SAVE SONG Preset Parameters COMMON The Common section is where you adjust common settings like audio input and output routings MIDI settings metronome settings and behaviour of the mute function The input level parameters can be modulated by any of Little deFormers modulation sources This is done it the MODULATION section described later in this manual Inp1 128 to 127 Adjusts the level of audio input 1 Negative values will damp the signal positive values will gain the signal While monitoring the input signal on this page the 8 step LED s will act as a VU meter Adjust the input level so stepLED 8 the rightmost one is not lighting up This parameter is stored with each preset Bus 1 to 4 Selects which one of the 4 audio busses Audio input 1 should be routed to This parameter is stored with each preset Inp2 128 to 127 Adjusts the level of audio input 2 Negative values will damp the signal positive values will gain the signal If nothing is connected to Audio input 2 Audio output 2 will be internally connected to this and the level parameter will act as FeedBack While monitoring the input signal on this page the 8 step LED s will
11. Assign LED is lit to select a sampling oscillator for the last activated Trigger and Step button Push any Trigger and Step button to view what sampling oscillator are assigned to it and use the inc dec buttons to select another sampling Selecting sample 0 will assign an oscillator to the selected Trigger and Step button Push it one more time so its LED is flashing to mute unmute any of the 32 sequencer tracks 16 selected samplings by pushing the Trigger and Step buttons In the COMMON menu it is possible to select if you want the mute function to mute both the sampling and the sequencer track or just the sequencer track In the MODULATION section it is possible to modulate mute unmute for each sample oscillator slot When holding this button down while pushing another button it is possible to fast jump between the edit menu s Assign Trigger Step button 1 Jumps to the Sampler Oscillator edit menu Assign Trigger Step button 2 Jumps to the Compressor edit menu One more push makes it jump to the Distortion edit menu Assign Trigger Step button 3 Jumps to the Common Filter edit menu One more push makes it jump to the FilterBank edit menu Assign Trigger Step button 4 Jumps to the Time amp Pitch effects edit menu Assign Trigger Step button 5 Jumps to the Sequencer edit menu Assign Trigger Step button 6 Jumps to the LFO s edit menu Assign Trigger Step button 7 Jumps to the Modulation edit
12. CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn5 Edit knob 5 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn6 Edit knob 6 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn6 Edit knob 6 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn7 Edit knob 7 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn7 Edit knob 7 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn8 Edit knob 8 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn8 Edit knob 8 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at t
13. MIDI controller numbers you select here to MIDI OUT on the global MIDI channel as selected in the Common section when on the preset select page and on the parameter group select pages Incoming MIDI conrollers from MIDI IN will also be directed to the parameters that are assigned to be controlled by the edit knobs in the gt MODULATION section ccl cc8 0 to 64 The MIDI CC number assigned to the edit knob Save Preset This section will decribe how to save a preset on the Little deFormer All parameter settings and sequences will be saved as a preset Only MIDI channel sync options and MUTE mode are automaticly saved as common data and are not part of the preset NOTE If the freeze function is active the content of the Time amp Pitch audio buffer will be saved together with the preset as a sampling and loaded into this buffer every time you select the preset This is cool for capturing the moment If you don t want this to happen make sure that the freeze function is off If you play back a sampling or any audio from the inputs and you can hear the sound gets effected by the selected Time amp Pitch effect then you can be sure that freeze is off NOTE All unsaved sample chop tables will also be saved when you save the preset So if you have either automaticly or manually added some chop points you do not wish to keep make sure to go to the SAMPLE edit group Clear Chops and activate t
14. act as a VU meter Adjust the input level so stepLED 8 the rightmost one is not lighting up This parameter is stored with each preset Bus to 4 Selects which one of the 4 audio busses Audio input 2 should be routed to This parameter is stored with each preset Qrec Int Ext Select if you would like the Quick Record function to record the audio of LD s own audio outputs Int or the audio of LD s audio inputs Ext The Quick Record function is activated by pushing and holding down the Exit button while pushing the Dec button This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Bank A B Select if you would like the Quick Recording function to record to sample bank A or B This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Snap Off On Parameter snap mode When this is on a parameter value will not be changed until the knob value passes the previous parameter value when using the edit knobs to edit parameters This does not work on all parameters When off a parameter will immediately change to the value of an edit knob when it is moved This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Chan 1 to 16 Common MIDI channel select The Little deFormer will receive and transmit note on s and off s and controllers on the channel selected here This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed
15. adjust the filter response and create completely new filter types It s a bit hard to explain what exactly they do and it is also a bit unpredictable Tweak and listen Time and Pitch effects All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset Here you will find time and pitch based effects like reverb delay granulators and pitch manipulators The main effect will always be present on audio bus 1 A secondary effect will be present at audio bus 2 to 4 The freeze button freezes the audio signal and makes whatever audio that is held in the effect buffer repeat continiously Most of the parameters can be modulated by any of Little deFormers modulation sources This is done it the MODULATION section described later in this manual Effect Selects the Time and Pitch effect Choices are at this moment Delay 1 A delay effect with special granular parameters like Beam and Size and with a feedback that can go higher than infinite Can also be used as a one track loop recorder with an included metronome Secondary eff The same as primary Delay 2 A bright sounding 2 tap delay Secondary eff The same as primary Reverb 1 A FAT synthesized reverb with a very high resolution High end Secondary eff The same as primary Reverb 2 Like reverb 1 with a bit lower resolution but more parameters Secondary eff The same as primary PitchShp1 PitchShaper 1 A one input pitchshape
16. audio input that are assigned to the same bus will run through the FilterBank Running a sampling or an oscillator through a FilterBank with morphing settings gives some new and exciting sound possibilities An example of setting it up Switch Mode to bank Set the Trig parameter to Free Make sure to select an audio bus that has some samplings and or oscillators and or audio inputs assigned to it so you can audition the result Access frame 1 Adjust the parameters for the 4 filters of frame 1 while auditioning the result by triggering the samples oscillators manually or by the sequencer or by feeding an audio input with a signal Exit back to the FilterBank main page and set the frm parameter to 2 It will now morph or switch between the filtersettings of frame 1 and 2 For each frame it is possible to make it either morph to the next frame by setting the Smot parameter to On or to make it switch to the next frame by setting the Smot parameter to Off in the time set by the Time parameter Enter the filter settings of frame 2 and adjust these to your likings Repeat these steps for frame 3 and 4 if you need these You can at any time go back and re adjust the settings of any frame You can At any time hit the Freeze button to audition only the frame you are editing without any morphing or switching to other frames When Trig is set to Free all frame morphing and switcing is controlled by the Time paramet
17. build in speakers it just needs to be connected to something that can transfer its amazing sound to you It is also possible to connect a pair of stereo headphones directly to Little deFormer Use the 1 4 jack labelled Audio Out 2 hp for this If you plan to control LD from a MIDI device connect that to its MIDI input If you plan to trigger another MIDI device using LD2 s trigger step buttons and or sequencer Connect this to its MIDI output If you would like to effect some other gear through the Little deFormers effects connect this to Audio Input 1 and or 2 NOTE When nothing is connected to Audio Input 2 Audio Output 2 are internally connected to this The audio in 2 level parameter then acts as a feedback control It is also possible to syncronize Little deFormer to another device that transmits MIDI clock like it is possible to sync another device to Little deFormers MIDI clock via MIDI in and out If you have also puchased an expansion box please also connect this to the Expansion connector before turning your Little deFormer on Please refer to the specific expansion box manual for details about how to connect and use it together with Little deFormer Several expansion boxes are available and more are to come AnaX mkII banana eurorack and minijack models Makes it possible to use your Little deFormer together with analog gear SP Box Adds an extra Emu SP 1200 audio output stage to your Lit
18. chop point is now added If you intend to keep the chop points you have created remember to save them as described a few pages later in this manual Delete a chop point DEL CHOP POINT gt PUSH lt edit gt This function allows you to manually delete a chop point Select the chop point you wish to erase using the Chop parameter Go to this page Push Edit The display reads DONE For a short while Move a chop point MOVE CHOP POINT gt PUSH lt edit gt If a chop point is not added exactly where you want it it is possible to move it a bit using this function instead of erasing it and making a new one Select the chop point you would like to move using the Chop parameter Go to this page Push Edit This screen will appear Chop Offs 0 0 Chop 128 to 127 Moves the chop point Positive values moves it forwards negative values moves it backwards Offs 128 to 127 Move chop point fine adjust Positive values moves it forwards negative values moves it backwards When you are done push Exit Save the chop points SAVE CHOPs gt PUSH lt edit gt This function allows you to save the choppoints you have created for the sampling The chop points are saved together with the sampling so the next time you recall it they will immediately be available When saving a preset Little deFormer checks if there are any unsaved chop points and if there are it saves
19. computer or another MIDI device that is able to record sysex data to your Little deFormer s MIDI out and use this function to transmit the preset data for back up or for sharing with other LD s Notice that only the preset parameter data is sent NOT the sample data Push the Edit button to activate this function UPDATE OS For updating Little deFormers firmware Complete procedure is described later in this manual SRAM TEST For testing the SRAM used for the Time amp Pitch effect and when updating the firmware Push Edit to activate The display will read Testing for a while and thereafter return a result of the test If the result is anything else than SRAM OK something is damaged around the SRAM either the SRAM itself or a connection Of Samples A B 0 to 512 Shows the number of samplings present in the FLASH memory bank A and B Bank B is only present if your LD are expanded Avail A B 0 to 100 Shows the amount of available FLASH memory in percent for new sample recordings in bank A and B Since Little deFormer has 100 minutes of total sampling time in each bank 1 equals 1 minute FLASH ID This should show a hex number like ADDC109554 If this number is all zeros or all ones the Little deFormers internal FLASH memory might be damaged and it needs service Of Bad Blocks If this number is higher than 20 the FLASH memory might need to be replaced If it reads 255 it is r
20. filter output mEnv 128 to 127 Adjusts how much the sample envelope will affect filter mix Negative values will reverse the envelope Filter adjust 1 2 and 3 1 to 7 when shp is selected as Type 0 to 255 A little deFormer speciality With these 3 or 7 parameters you can adjust the filter response and create completely new filter types It s a bit hard to explain what exactly they do and it is also a bit unpredictable Tweak and listen pEnv 127 to 128 Adjusts how much the sample oscillator VCA envelope should affect the pitch of the sampling Dir Sample playback direction Fwd Plays back the sample normally in forward direction from start to end Bwd Plays back the sample in backwards direction from end to start When an oscillator are assigned to the selected sample slot Tune 128 to 127 Tunes the pitch of the oscillator up and down in quarter tone steps Fine 64 to 63 Fine tunes the the pitch of the oscillator Gain 128 to 127 Adjusts how loud the oscillator will go in to the filter Positive values will create overdive Dec 0 to 255 Oscillator VCA envelope decay Adjusts how long time it will take for the oscillator to fade out Besides controlling the output VCA level this envelope can also control the filter cutoff and mix and the pitch of the oscillator Mode poly mono Selects polyphonic or monophonic playback Wave Sine to Tria to Saw to Squr to Nois Selects the oscillator
21. for sample oscillator 3 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V14 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 4 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V14 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 4 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V15 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 5 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V15 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 5 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V16 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 6 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V16 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 6 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V17 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 7 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V17 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 7 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V18 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 8 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer VI8 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 8 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V19 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 9 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V19 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 9 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V10 The vel
22. is flashing LD will now record everything you play on the step buttons or a connected MIDI device in real time Hit the Freeze button one more time so its LED is unlit to exit realtime record mode You can enter exit realtime recording mode while the sequencer is running Pattern Link mode It is possible to link two patterns presets together for continious playback It is possible to adjust how many times it should play back each pattern and all edits you make in both patterns will be kept It is not possible to select which preset it should to link to It will always just increment the preset number with one when linking and play back the next selectable preset The preset you link to can be completely different with for instant different Time and Pitch effects so this can really get odd NOTICE When you save a preset that is linked to another preset Little deFormer will save both presets at one time so it will take up TWO preset locations Sequencer parameters Trak 1 to 32 Selects the step track you wish to edit Last 1 to 32 Selects the lengt of the sequence in number of steps Scal 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 1 Selects the time signature for the note step tracks Rndm to 4 Selects which one of the four Note Randomizers the selected track will run through Prob 0 to 255 Probability of the selected Note Randomizer When set to 255 all note on s will be played back when set
23. it will find more pitch tracking points which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Sns2 0 to 255 Pitch tracking sense for bus 2 the sound that will determine the pitch At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Smot 0 to 255 Output smoothing The more this is turned up the more it smoothen out the pitch changes in the signal CompX 0 to 255 Complexity The more this is turned up the less complex the sound output will be Mrph 0 to 255 Morphs between the re pitched signal of Bus and the pitch controlling signal of Bus 2 Oct 4 to 3 Makes it possible to octave shift the re pitched sound FM 0 to 255 Makes frequency Modulation of PitchShaper 2 pitch possible Source is the pitch controlling signal of Bus 2 Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 AbstructO RecT 0 to 255 Adjusts the record buffer size Determines for how long time it should record the input before it starts over again Ply1 Ply2 Ply3 Off 1 to 255 Adjusts for how long time each of the playback heads should play back until it jumps to a new random location Pit2 Pit3 128 to 127 Adjusts the pitch of the playback for playhead 2 a
24. locations to choose from It is only possible to enter this page when the sequencer is stopped If a location reads this out lt empty gt SAVE TO A02 No song has previously been saved on this location If you choose a song that already has a name this will be overwritten by the new song Push the Edit button to proceed This screen will appear Name 1 8 PUSH My Song 1 lt ine gt Use edit knob 1 8 to select the first 8 letters of the name in your song Push the Inc button to proceed Use edit knob 1 4 to select the last 4 letters of the name in your song Push the Inc button Your song is now stored in the selected location and it is automaticly selected MIDI Implementation Notes on off When pushing any of the Trigger and Step buttons which has their sequencer note track set to Internal mode and has a sampling or an oscillator assigned to it Little deFormer will transmit a note on when the button is pushed and a note off when the button is released The stepbuttons that has samples oscillator assigned to them can also be trigged from external MIDI gear connected to MIDI in on Little deFormer The velocity part of an incoming note message are received and used if it is assigned to anything in the MODULATION section This receiving and transmitting of notes is always done on the common midi channel set in the COMMON section Sequencer tracks that are in Internal mode d
25. menu Assign Trigger Step button 8 Jumps to the Save Preset menu Assign 1_8 9_16 button Jumps to the Expansion Box edit menu Only if an expansion box are connected Not marked on front Assign Edit button Jumps to the Flash section page where you can check out how many samplings has been recorded on sample memory banks A and B and how much sample memory that are available Not marked on front 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button When on the preset select screen use this button to select what you would like the Trigger and Step buttons to trigger Unlit The Trigger and Step buttons triggers sample oscillator 1 to 8 or if track 1 to 8 of the internal sequencer are in Ext mode these buttons will trigger external MIDI gear Lit The Trigger and Step buttons triggers sample oscillator 9 to 16 or if track 9 to 16 of the internal sequencer are in Ext mode these buttons will trigger external MIDI gear Flashing The Trigger and Step buttons triggers fragment 1 to 8 if Double Gran is selected as the Time and Pitch effect and it is in key mode or if track 17 to 24 of the internal sequencer are in Ext mode these buttons will trigger external MIDI gear Flashing fast The Trigger and Step buttons triggers fragment 9 to 16 if Double Gran is selected as the Time and Pitch effect and it is in key mode or if track 25 to 32 of the internal sequencer are in Ext mode these buttons will trigger external MIDI gear On
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27. or one of all those fancy new recorders Personally I have used both methods but found both of them really boring That was why I made the first deFormer After I made that I brought a Roland MC 909 or a SP 606 and connected their output to the deFormers audio input Because of the deFormers great granular effects it was now possible to really tweak the samplings and do something while standing on the stage and it was no longer boring In the Little deFormer I have added a sampler with a stunning audio quality ready to be boosted up on a big PA So now it is only nescessary to bring one piece of gear Because of the deFormers unique and high quality Gotharman made effects and the synthesizer section it is also usable as an add on for any studio or gear setup and for musicians who needs something that they can t get anywhere else at least not at this moment I hope you will deForm some great tracks with it Very special thanks to Kris Kunz Georg Osswald Kirk Marrison Rafael Marfil Gene Schwartz Halvard Djupvik Smedsrud David Kronemyer Egan Budd Steve Korn Pedro Figueredo Goeran Stangeland James Neville Robert Korizek For supporting this project from the beginning I really appreciate your trust Without you the Little deFormer might not have been Sothsarman May 202 weg olpny JaWwWJIOSep Sy 18S p 1 sng GFvVeuUwJeWjoOS Joyl4 zeyd 91 Sudweg zeyd azeyd IPS p 1 sng Ild S Suydues Jas p s
28. slot 9 is trigged Rn9 The output of trigged random generator 9 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 9 is trigged Rn10 The output of trigged random generator 10 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 10 is trigged Rn10 The output of trigged random generator 10 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 10 is trigged Rn11 The output of trigged random generator 11 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 11 is trigged Rn11 The output of trigged random generator 11 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 11 is trigged Rn12 The output of trigged random generator 12 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 12 is trigged Rn12 The output of trigged random generator 12 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 12 is trigged Rn13 The output of trigged random generator 13 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 13 is trigged Rn13 The output of trigged random generator 13 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 13 is trigged Rn14 The output of trigged random generator 14 This ch
29. the sampling What you hear it play back is what will be saved as a new sampling 3 Navigate to the re save screen 4 Push the Edit button That will take you to this page TO BANK PUSH A lt inc gt Use edit knob 1 to select the sample bank you want to re save copy the sampling to and push the Inc buttom to get you to this screen Name 1 8 PUSH dmTOM1 lt inc gt 5 Use edit knob 1 8 to adjust the first eight characters in the new samplings name 6 Push Ino 7 Use edit knob 1 4 to adjust the last 4 characters in the new samplings name 8 Push Inc again 9 The display will read Saving for a short while and then it will return to the Name 1 8 page 10 Your new sampling has now been saved at the next available location on the internal FLASH memory and can be recalled by assigning it to a step button Erase sampling ERASE SAMPLING gt PUSH lt edit gt Since there might be cases where you would like to delete a sampling that function is added too T ex when you have re saved a sampling with correct start and end points you might not need to keep the original Then you go to this page Push the Edit button to go to this page dmTOM1 460 lt frz gt The last selected sampling will show in the display If this is not the sampling you want to erase push the Inc and Dec buttons to select the right one Push the Freeze button This display will show
30. them just in case you should have forgotten to do it Push Edit The display reads DONE The chop points has now been saved For a short while Clear the chop points CLEAR CHOPs gt PUSH lt edit gt In case that you doesn t need the created chop points anyway this function allows you to clear them all for the selected sampling Push Edit The display reads DONE The chop points has now been cleared For a short while If you want these to dissapear permanently go back to the previous page and save the cleared chop points Sample Quick Recordin A fast way of entering re sample recording to make sure your great sound moments doesn t slip away In this recording mode it is possible to tweak all parameters while recording By locating the Qrec parameter in the COMMON section it is possible to select whether you would like your Little deFormer to perform int or ext recording when you enter the Quick recording mode Int Normal resampling The audio inputs will be blocked Everything you play or perform on your Little deFormer that is present on it s outputs including all parameter tweaks will be recorded Ext Any external audio signal present on Input 1 will be recorded with effects Since it is using its internal hardware feedback loop output 2 to input 2 nothing must be plugged in to Input 2 when using this mode The best result is obtained
31. this sample recording menu To proceed push the Edit button Source Auto Bank PUSH Input Off A lt dec gt Source Use edit knob 1 to select what you want to record Select Input to record an audio source connected to Little deFormers audio inputs select Output to re sample anything that is going on inside Little deFormer Auto Using edit knob 2 you can adjust an auto sample offset If this is not off but has a value sample recording will not start imeediately when you hit the Dec button It will not start until the level of the signal to be recorded has reached the adjusted auto offset level You can check the auto offset level by looking at the step LED s VU meter If there are no reaction on the LED s at all the level of the signal to be recorded are below the auto offset level Bank Use edit knob 3 to select whether you would like to record the new sampling to sample bank A or B Sample bank B are only available if your Little deFormer are memory expanded Activate the source If the source is Output play Little deFormers step buttons or start the sequencer The step LED s now acts as a VU meter Take care that step LED 8 the rightmost one does not light up If it does adjust the level of the source or push Exit and go to the COMMON section and adjust the input level Now push Dec to activate recording The display reads Records Stop lt inc gt Activate the sour
32. to select if the source for the Qrec sampling should be Little deFormers audio inputs or outputs The Freeze LED will flash when LD2 are in Qrec mode Push this same button combination again to exit Qrec mode This will take you to the sample name screen where it is possible to audition name and save the sampling you have just recorded Exit Inc Reload When you have edited the active selected preset this offers a fast way to get back to the original settings of the stored preset Dec and Inc buttons On the preset select screen these will select preset On the song select screen they will select song In the edit menu s they will select among the different edit pages In the Assign menu they will select samplings Holding one of these buttons down will cause LD to auto increment decrement Holding one of these buttons down while pushing the other will cause it to scroll fast through presets samplings pages Edit button Pushing this will enter the edit menu s It is also nescessary to push it to confirm a preset change When located on a sample oscillator page or the sample select page pushing the Edit button will make LD enter Select mode and the Edit LED will flash In this mode you can select a sample slot by pushing any of the Trigger and Step button without the sample oscillator making a sound Push the Exit button or the Edit button again to exit Select mode Assign button Push this one time so the
33. to sequence LD s internal samplers oscillators in semi tones you should go to the MODULATION section and set up a controller track to modulate the pitch of the sample oscillator you wold like to sequence using TunQ as the destination The controller tracks can modulate almost any parameter Routing of this is done on the MODULATION section It is also possible to modulate many of the sequencers parameters This is also done in the MODULATION section Each track can be independently routed to one of four Note Randomizers that can give the sequence a slight random feel og create complete random chaos This setting applies both to internal and external tracks It is at any time and at any page possible to start and stop the sequencer playback using the Start Stop pushbutton When the sequencer is running the Start Stop LED is lit It is possible to syncronize the sequencer to the MIDI clock of external MIDI gear To do so connect MIDI out of the sync master to MIDI in of Little deFormer and select ext as Clck in the COMMON section Little deFormer also does output MIDI clock to sync external MIDI gear to it If you would like to do this the Xmit parameter in the COMMON section must be set to On It is also possible to sync Little deFormers sequencer to analog gear and to sync analog gear to Little deFormer by connecting an AnaX expansion box to it and select
34. to the feedback connection of a reverb and modulate the cutoff frequency using an LFO can really bring some interesting results Most of the parameters can be modulated by any of Little deFormers modulation sources This is done it the MODULATION section described later in this manual Cut 0 to 255 This parameter adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter Reso 0 to 255 Adjusts the resonance of the filter Type The response type for the filter Choices are Lpf Lowpass Bpf 4 pole bandpass Bp8 8 pole bandpass Hpf Highpass Add This is actually not a filter since it doesn t filter out harmonics from the sound but adds some Bef Band reject filter Bass Enhances the low frequencies of the sound and passes the high frequencies through in a very poor way Lofi A destructive lowpass filter LPF2 A smoother version of the other LPF Shp WaveShaper This isn t really a filter By adjusting 7 values that each re shapes their part of the incoming audio signal it is possible to shape the sound into something completely different The output of this is rather complex and unpredictable and it is easy to make it distort NOTE Since this has 7 filter adjust parameters and does not use Cut and Reso the display readout will change when you select it NOTE This is not available when sample filters mode is set to FilterBank fMix 128 to 127 Filter mix Adjusts the mix b
35. to zero no note on s will be played back Velo 0 to 255 Adjusts how much the selected Note Randomizer will affect velocity Time 0 to 255 Determines how much the selected Note Randomizer will affect the timing of the tracks running through it At settings 1 to 3 it will give a slight natural unstability or feel to the rhythmic timing At higher settings the rhythmic timing will be unrecognizable Tempo 50 to 305 The tempo of the sequence in BPM Beats Per Minute This parameter has no function if sync in the Common section is set to ext or if an AnaX expansion box is connected and any of the trigger inputs is set to clk Outp Int Ext Selects whether the selected track will trigger the internal samplings grains or external MIDI gear Chan 1 to 16 The MIDI channel the selected track will output note on s to if Outp Ext Note C 2 to B7 Cttl to Ctt4 The note number that the selected track will output if Outp Ext If Ctt1 to 4 is selected controller track 1 to 4 will determine the note number to output This setting will also affect internal tracks Rst 32 to 1 Selects a step for the track on which it will reset to step 1 and start over again Adjust this if you would like the track to have a separate length If the value of this parameter is 32 or higher than the Last parameter the Last parameter will determine the last step of the track Link On Off S
36. when you are sure that there are no clipping of Input 1 To make sure Go to the gt COMMON edit section Set Inp1 Input 1 level to the value 0 On this page the step LED s acts as a VU meter Adjust the volume of the input source so step LED 8 the rightmost one is never lighting up Accessing Quick Recording mode From any screen push and hold the Exit button while pushing the Dec button The Freeze LED will now flash fast indicating that you are recording Perform whatever you would like to record Exitting Sample Quick Recording mode Push and hold the Exit button while pushing the Dec button again Little deFormer will now jump to the audition name sample page Here it is possible to audition your recording and name and save it as described in the Sample Rec section of the this manual if desired NOTE You will have to name and save the recording if you want it to be available for later use When sample Quick Recording is stopped all sample and sequencer playback is also stopped FilterBank All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset Instead of having one filter per sample oscillator it is by switching the FilterBank mode to bank possible to have all the filters of the 16 sampleslots forming a bank of 4x4 filters 4 active filters morphing through 4 frames The FilterBank can be assigned to any of the 4 audio busses and any sample oscillator
37. 1 Sq 2 Sq 4 Sq 8 S 16 S 32 Free it morphs from one frame to the next in the Time adjusted in the frame Key It morphs to the next frame every time all sample triggers has been released and a sample is trigged Sq 1 The filter frames shifts in sync with the sequencer steps Sq 2 The filter frames shifts for every 2 sequencer steps Sq 4 The filter frames shifts for every 4 sequencer steps Sq 8 The filter frames shifts for every 8 sequencer steps S 16 The filter frames shifts for every 16 sequencer steps S 32 The filter frames shifts for every 32 sequencer steps By pushing the Edit button again you will access this screen FRAME 1 On this page you select what frame you would like to edit Pushing the Inc and Dec buttons selects between frame to 4 The Freeze button on this page When pushing the Freeze button while on this page or the frame edit pages it will freeze the selected frame and not do any morphing Using this function it is possible to adjust and hear just one frame without any interfearrence from the morphing You can also use this function to manually select frames without any morphing By pushing the Edit button yet another time you will access this screen Time Smot 60 On Only if bank is selected as Mode If not it will just display SmpIFILTER MODE Time 0 to 255 Adjusts how long time it should take to morph from the selected
38. AP page Use the Freeze button to tap the delay time when you are on this page The delay time parameters are automaticly adjusted to fit the tap time so you can always go to the time page and fine adjust Delay 2 Grp1 0 to 15 Delay time group tap 1 This is a very coarse adjustment of the delay time Tim1 0 to 255 Delay time tap 1 Fin1 0 to 255 Delay time fine adjust tap 1 Fed1 0 to 255 Delay feedback tap 1 Size 0 to 255 A granular parameter The more this is turned up the less space of the delay box is used causing some echo s to repeat and others not to sound at all Grp2 0 to 15 Delay time group tap 2 This is a very coarse adjustment of the delay time Tim2 0 to 255 Delay time tap 2 Fin2 0 to 255 Delay time fine adjust tap 2 Fed2 0 to 255 Delay feedback tap 2 Deep 0 to 63 Simulates a delay box with adjustable depth Dir Delay playback direction Fwd Forwards Bwd Backwards Reverb 1 Time 0 to 255 Reverb time The total reverb time is a combination of time timeX feed and feedX Fine 0 to 255 Reverb time fine adjust TimX 0 to 255 Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in time Lower settings is good for a short reverb and higher settings for a long reverb Feed 0 to 255 Reverb feedback FedX 0 to 255 Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in feedback Lower settings gives a d
39. LF5 The output of LFOS LF5 The output of LFOS inversed LF6 The output of LFO6 LF6 The output of LFO6 inversed LF7 The output of LFO7 LF7 The output of LFO7 inversed LF8 The output of LFO8 LF8 The output of LFO8 inversed LF9 The output of LFO9 LF9 The output of LFO9 inversed L10 The output of LFO10 L10 The output of LFO10 inversed Rn1 The output of trigged random generator 1 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 1 is trigged Rn1 The output of trigged random generator inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 1 is trigged Rn2 The output of trigged random generator 2 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 2 is trigged Rn2 The output of trigged random generator 2 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 2 is trigged Rn3 The output of trigged random generator 3 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 3 is trigged Rn3 The output of trigged random generator 3 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 3 is trigged Rn4 The output of trigged random generator 4 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 4 is trigged Rn4 The output of tr
40. Sotharrmnan s Litte ge ormer 2 Granular Workstation LJAer friganval N S36 Contents Of This Manual Introduction 4 The Idea Behind 5 Very Special Thanks To 6 Audio Path 7 Getting Started 8 The User Interface 12 Well Now It s Time For Some Action 16 Assigning Samples And Oscillators To Sample Slots 17 The Mute Unmute Screen 18 Editing Parameters 19 Preset Parameters 22 Common 22 Sampler 24 Sampler Special Parameters 29 Record A Sampling 32 Sample Quick Recording 42 FilterBank 43 Compressor 47 Distortion 48 Common Filter 50 Time amp Pitch Effect 52 Delay 1 55 Delay 2 57 Reverb 1 58 Reverb 2 59 PitchShaper 1 60 GlitchShaper 1 and 2 6l Sample Pitch 62 Double Granulator 63 Variator 65 Time Stretcher 66 PitchShaper 2 67 Abstruct0 68 AnaGran 69 Chorus 70 Time Pitch Effect Copy And Randomize Sequencer Sequencer Swing Modulation Sequencer Clear Copy And Randomize LFO s Trigged Random Generators Modulation Knob CC s Save Preset FLASH Song Mode MIDI Implementation Transmit And Receive Presets Via MIDI Updating The Little deFormer Firmware List Of Included Samplings 71 72 77 78 79 80 81 90 91 93 95 98 101 102 108 Introduction Thank you very much for purchasing consider to purchase a Little deFormer 2 The Little deFormer are the result of a lot of ideas I have been writing down since I made the first deFormer in 2009 coming true It has more effects plus more to come
41. Sure lt dec gt yes Push the Dec button if you are sure that you would like to erase this sampling If you are not sure hit the Exit button If you decide to push the Dec button this display will show Erasing Sample 460 Since little deFormer records samplings to the FLASH memory in a linear fashion the hole that this sampling leaves will need to be filled out so it starts moving the above samplings Moving Sample 461 If there are many samplings after the one you erased this takes very long time so this system will most probably be changed in a future firmware When the erasing and moving is done it will return to the Select sample to be erased page If you need to erase more samplings repeat this procedure if not push Exit Record a sampling SAMPLE REC gt PUSH lt edit gt This lets you record your own samplings If the device you want to sample does not have a volume knob you should go to the gt COMMON edit group before you proceed with this and adjust the input level as decribed in that section Little deFormer can record 100 minutes 512 samples in each sample bank If your Little deFormer are unexpanded it will only have 1 bank Bank A if it is expanded it will have 2 Bank A and B The maximum length of a single sampling is 100 minutes HINT When you enter the sample parameters from the edit group menu you will only need to push Dec one time to enter
42. The sound present on bus 1 will get re pitched while the sound present on bus 2 will determine the pitch Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 Abstruct0 This effect constantly records the audio applied to its input BUS 1 in a time interval determined by a RecT parameter It uses 3 playback heads to play back the recorded audio Each of these playback heads can be swithed on and off and the playback length can be adjusted for each of them Every time a head has played back the adjusted amount of time it jumps to a new random location of the recorded piece and starts play back again The playback pitch of head 2 and 3 can be adjusted Since there are no feedback path in this effect when common filter connection is set to Feed playhead 2 will be individually filtered Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 AnaGran anAmoNo Granulator This granulator effect is much simpler than the DoubleGran and much easier to get results from This effect records the input signal and cuts it up into fragments which sizes depends on both the Time and the Frgm number of fragments parameter It is then possible to rearrange the order of these fragments and to re pitch or time stretch them using two 16 step granulator sequencers to get something completely new out of the input signal Fusion Compared to the original anAmoNo granulator to new play modes has been added Pitch Fusion and Stretch Fusion These two modes makes the Granu
43. ack 1 volume Feed 0 to 255 Granulator Feedback Play Granulator play mode Seq The granulator sequencer is controlling the grain playback order Key The grain playback order is controlled by the step buttons The 9 16 must be pushed so it is flashing to activate this In this mode a grain plays to its end before it shifts to the selected grain Keyl Key Immediate The grain playback order is controlled by the step buttons The 9 16 must be pushed so it is flashing to activate this In this mode it immediately shifts to the selected grain KeyO Key One Shot The grain playback order is controlled by the step buttons The 9 16 must be pushed so it is flashing to activate this In this mode it also immediately shifts to the selected grain but only plays it back one time Frm1 16 Granulator track 1 grain select for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Pit1 16 Granulator track 1 pitch for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Lvl1 16 Granulator track 1 level for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Dir1 16 Granulator track 1 playback direction for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a tim
44. anges to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 14 is trigged Rn14 The output of trigged random generator 14 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 14 is trigged Rn15 The output of trigged random generator 15 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 15 is trigged Rn15 The output of trigged random generator 15 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 15 is trigged Rn16 The output of trigged random generator 16 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 16 is trigged Rn16 The output of trigged random generator 16 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 16 is trigged Vl1 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 1 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer Vl1 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 1 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V12 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 2 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V12 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 2 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V13 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 3 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V13 The velocity value received
45. art point Lngt Sample length Phaz Phaze effect angle PhLv Phaze effect level Cut Sample filter cutoff frequency Reso Sample filter resonance Ftyp Sample filter type select Fenv Sample envelope to filter cutoff amount Fmix Sample filter mix Menv Sample envelope to filter mix amount Fad1 Sample filter adjust 1 Fad2 Sample filter adjust 2 Fad3 Sample filter adjust 3 Fad4 Filter adjust 4 Fad5 Filter adjust 5 Fad6 Filter adjust 6 Fad7 Filter adjust 3 Trig Sample trigger point when will it trigger another sampling Ssel Sample select Makes it possible to select the samples oscillators in the other sample slots Mute Sample mute If the source are below half of its max value the sample is muted if it is above half of its max value the sample is unmuted Play Sample playback Every time the source goes from a value below half of its max value to a value above half of its max value the sample is trigged TunQ Quantized tune modulation Quantizes the modulation source to semi tones Smp1 16 oscillator Modulation destinations will vary depending on what filter type is selected Tune Oscillator tune Gain Oscillator gain EnvD Oscillator envelope decay Wave Oscillator waveform Pw Oscillator pulse width Levl Oscillator filter output level Cut Oscillator filter cutoff frequency Reso Oscillator filter resonance Ftyp Oscillat
46. ce to record it When you are done recording push Inc to go to this screen Audition lt inc gt Name lt dec gt If you would like to audition you sampling push the Inc button If you would like to name it and save it push Dec If you would not like to keep this sampling push Exit When auditioning a sample it is played back on audio BUS4 If you choose to push Dec you will go to this screen Name 1 8 PUSH dmTOM1 lt inc gt Use edit knob 1 8 to select the first 8 characters of the new samplings name Push Inc Use edit knob 1 4 to adjust the last 4 characters in the new samplings name Push Inc again The display will read Saving for a short while and then it will return to the record source select screen Your new sampling has now been saved at the next available location on the internal FLASH memory and can be recalled by assigning it to a step button Auto chop AUTO CHOP gt PUSH lt edit gt If you have recorded a sampling that contains more than one sound t ex a beat or different variations of the same sound or just a lot of different sounds in one sampling you might want to trigger one sound at a time You can of course adjust the start point and length of each sound manually and re save them as described earlier in this manual but that is rather time consuming Instead you might want to use this auto chop function It detects the start point of each single sound
47. click per beat Is can produce clicks in 2 different pitches This parameter adjusts when the click will be higher pitched At a setting of 4 every 4 click will be higher than the other clicks This setting is useful for recording a usual 4 4 pattern This parameter is global and are automaticly globally stored when changed Output select Bus1 Bus2 Bus3 Bus4 Both Out1 Out2 Off Select for each of the 4 assignable audio busses which audio output s they should output to Please notice that the Time amp Pitch effects are always routed to BUS 1 These parameters are stored with each preset SAMPLER All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset Little deFormer has 16 sampleslots available for each of its 512 1024 presets To each of these sampleslots it is possible to assign a sampling or an oscillator as described in the Assigning samples and oscillators to the sample slots step buttons chapter earlier in this manual How to record your own samplings are described a little bit later In this section you can edit all the parameters for each of the 16 samples oscillators that you have assigned to Little deFormers 16 sample slots To select what sample slot you would like to edit just hit the step button it is assigned to If you would like to select a sample slot for editing without making the sample oscillator sound hit the Edit button one time so its LED is flashing This will bring you in Sele
48. clk for a trigger input or output Recording The sequencer of Little deFormer has 2 ways of inputting notes to be played back Step grid recording and realtime recording Step grid recording On all sequencer pages it is possible to turn the trigger for each step of the selected track on and off This is referres to as Step grid recording Since there are only 8 step buttons you can only edit 8 steps at a time The step are selected and monitored in the same fashion as the tracks on off page using the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button and LED Off step 1 8 On step 9 16 Slow flashing step 17 24 Fast flashing step 25 32 To select the track for recording you can either adjust the Trak parameter using an edit knob or you can push the Assign button one time use the step buttons to select the track and then push the Assign button 2 times to return to the sequencer menu s Realtime recording To enter realtime recording mode first you have to enter the SEQUENCER menu Make sure the sequencer is running Inside the sequencer menus hit the Freeze button one time so its LED is lit You are now in rehearsal mode and you can practice by playing the step buttons or an attached MIDI device If the metronome is in Rec mode you will now hear it The metronome settings can be adjusted in the COMMON section using the Metr parameter Hit the Freeze button one more time so its LED
49. ct mode and you can hit any step button without making its sample oscillator sound but still selecting it for editing To exit select mode hit the Edit button again or the Exit button In this section you can edit all the basic parameters of the samples oscillators like tune gain start length filters and the phaze effect More sample parameters are available in the MODULATION section There you can assign modulation to most of the parameters in this section PLUS to sample select sample play triggering sample mute unmute and to quantized pitching When a sampling are assigned to the selected sample slot Tune 128 to 127 Adjusts the pitch of the selected sampling Negative values will pitch the sampling down positive values will pitch the sampling up Fine 64 to 63 Fine tunes the pitch of the selected sampling Negative values will pitch the sampling down positive values will pitch the sampling up Gain 128 to 127 Adjusts the level of the selected sampling Negative values will damp the sampling output level positive values will gain it Env Off On Selects if the selected samplings level should be controlled by a decay envelope or not Dec 0 to 255 Sample envelope decay The decay will be relative to the length of the sampling Mode poly mono In poly mode 4 samplings can play back at the same time in mono mode only one sampling can play back at a time and samplings will cu
50. ct buffer to be cleared Effects parameters Delay 1 Grp 0 to 15 Delay time group This is a very coarse adjustment of the delay time Time 0 to 255 Delay time Fine 0 to 255 Delay time fine adjust Feed 0 to 255 Delay feedback At settings below 128 the feedback is decreasing At setting 128 middle position the feedback is 1 1 Use this setting if you want to use delay 1 as a loop recorder At settings above 128 the feedback is increasing and might cause distortion Size 0 to 255 A granular parameter The more this is turned up the less space of the delay box is used causing some echo s to repeat and others not to sound at all Xfad 0 to 255 Crossfade Makes the delay effect sound smoother by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other Mode Crossfade mode nrm Normal crossfade mode The repeats crossfades into ech other duck Ducked croosfade mode One repeat fades out before the next fades in Dir Delay playback direction Fwd Forwards Bwd Backwards Beam 0 to 255 A granular parameter that beams some of the delay sound grains to another place Deep 0 to 63 Simulates a delay box with adjustable depth Metr Off On Delay metronome on off Use this when you are using the delay as looprecorder Tics 0 to 32 Number of metronome ticks per delay time run Level 0 to 255 Metronome volume TAP PUSH lt freeze gt Delay T
51. d granulator sequencer pite The second granulator sequencer will re pitch the playback stre The second granulator sequencer will time stretch the playback FusP The second granulator sequencer will re pitch the playback and fusionate its output sound with the 2 effcect FusS The second granulator sequencer will time stretch the playback and fusionate its output sound with the 2 effcect Xfad Values 0 to 255 Adjusts how much ducking crossfade that will be added between the granulator sequencer steps Frm1 to Frm9 and Fr10 to Fr16 Values 1 to 128 Adjusts which fragment of the sound buffer that should be played back at each step of the granulator sequencer Push the 9 16 button to access steps 9 to 16 Piti to Pit9 and Pil0 to Pil6 Values 128 to 127 Adjusts how much the fragment of each granulator sequencer step should be re pitched or time stretched Push the 9 16 button to access steps 9 to 16 Chorus Timel Value 0 to 255 Adjusts the Chorus delay time for tap 1 Feed1 Value 128 to 127 Adjusts the Chorus feedback amount which can be negative or positive for tap 1 Time2 Value 0 to 255 Adjusts the Chorus delay time for tap 2 Feed2 Value 128 to 127 Adjusts the Chorus feedback amount which can be negative or positive for tap 2 Deep Value 0 to 255 Adjusts how deep the chorus box should be Time Pitch effect copy and randomize When on any Time amp Pitch effect edit
52. dates VIELA 16 57 15 A file browser will open Locate the syx files you downloaded from the deFormer site select one of them and click Open MIDI OX will now transfer the file to your computers MIDI out where you have hopefully connected your Little deFormer If you have its display will now read Receiving 0A The hex number in the buttom of the display will be constantly incrementing This indicates that it is receiving the MIDI data If this number stops incrementing there might be something wrong with your MIDI connection and you should turn off your Little deFormer and check it out If you are sure your connections are ok try to go back to step 5 and put a higher number in the Low level output buffers box for instance 40000 When all data is received successfully the display will change to Programming It will stay there for some seconds and then it will change to UPDATE SUCCESSFUL Pls turn me off 16 Turn off your Little deFormer and turn it on again Go back to step 13 and repeat the process for transmitting the other syx file When you have done that your Little deFormer is updated If your Little deFormer any where in the process reads CHECKSUM ERROR Something has went wrong somewhere If it does this repeatedly your MIDI cable might be bad or your MIDI interface might not be stable enough to perform an update List Of Included Samplings All sampli
53. dit groups than when in pattern mode COMMON is the same as in pattern mode ARRANGE Here you arranges your song by selecting in what order presets should play back and how many times each preset should play SAVE SONG Here you name and save your song Song Edit Pages ARRANGE Step Bank Ptn X 1 A 1 1 Step 1 to 120 Selects the song step number you would like to edit Song playback always starts at step 1 then it plays step 2 then step 3 and so on Use either the inc and dec buttons or edit knob 1 to select a step Bank A to H End Loop Here you select the bank number of the preset you would like to play back on the selected step or if you would like to end or loop your song you can select End or Loop here Ptrn to 64 Here you select the number of the preset you would like to play back on the selected step X to 64 Here you select how many times you want the selected preset to play back until it shifts to the next step If the tracks of a preset has different lengths this number indicates how many times track 1 will play back Naming and saving a song Select this edit group page using the Inc button SAVE SONG Push the Edit button to go to this page My Song 1 SAVE TO A02 Here it is possible to select the memory location in which you would like to save your song Push the Inc and Dec buttons to select The Edit LED will flash There are 512
54. e Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Move 0 to 15 If this is zero track 1 and 2 syncs to each other If this has any other value track 2 plays back a different step than track 1 Spr2 0 to 255 Adjusts how big an area of the RAM buffer track 2 should use for grain playback Fsz2 1 to 128 Adjusts how many grains track 2 should play back in a row Ofs2 0 to 127 Selects the location of the lowest possible grain track 2 will play back Lvl2 0 to 255 Granulator track 2 volume Frm1 16 Granulator track 2 grain select for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Pit1 16 Granulator track 2 pitch for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Lvl1 16 Granulator track 2 level for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Dir1 16 Granulator track 2 playback direction for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Powr in reverb section On Off When this is set to Off the reverb effect will no longer be available after the Double Gran effects or on Bus 2 to 4 Instead the Compressor Distortion and Filter will b
55. e available which was always disabled in Double Gran mode earlier Mode Auto Manu In earlier firmware versions the Double Gran was always in Auto mode using an audio detection algorhithm to detect and generate frames for granulator use For some reason this doesn t work on all kinds of audio signals so a manual Manw mode has now been added In this mode it will generate 256 equally sized frames regardless of the input signal tracking Effect2 Reverb See the parameters for this under Reverb 1 Variator Time 0 to 255 The size of the RAM buffer used for the variator Size 0 to 255 The size of one grain Gran 0 to 255 Determines the variation pattern Pite 128 to 127 Pitch Coarse Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 Time Stretcher Tune 128 to 127 Pitch Coarse Size 0 to 255 The size of the RAM buffer used for the TimeStretcher Stre 128 to 127 Time stretch A negative value will stretch the sound longer a positive value will compress the sound to apper shorter Trig Off On Determines if the time stretch effect should be trigged by the samplings or not Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 PitchShaper 2 Sns1 0 to 255 Pitch tracking sense for bus 1 the sound that will be pitched At lower settings
56. e step buttons now toggles the sequencer tracks on off When a track is on the LED representing it will be lit and give a short flash when the sequencer track triggers Only 8 tracks are shown on the step button LED s at a time because there are only 8 step buttons To access track 9 to 32 on off push the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button The 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 LED indicates what tracks your are monitoring in the following way Off track 1 8 On track 9 16 Slow flashing track 17 24 Fast flashing track 25 32 All 32 tracks can individually be set up to control either internal sample oscillator grain triggering or external MIDI gear When set to internal track 1 to 16 controls triggering of sampling 1 to 16 and track 17 to 32 controls triggering of grains if Double Granulator is selected as the Time amp Pitch effect and if it is in key mode When a tracks is set to external MIDI channel and note number can be selected separately for each track The MIDI channel and note number set here is the same that will be transmitted when pushing Trigger and Step button 17 to 32 on the pages where these function as trigger buttons It is also possible to directly link one of the four controller tracks to a step track to make pitched sequencing This setting applies both to internal and external tracks Please note that this setting is only quantized to semi tones when applied to and Ext track If you would like
57. eally not good Test Display 0000 0006 0020 0030 If you have more than 4 samplings stored this display MUST show 4 numbers The numbers might not be the same as shown but they MUST increase as shown If not there might be a loose connection between the DSP processor and the FLASH memory XMIT OS1 XMIT OS2 If you want to keep a backup of the Little deFormer firmware before you update it you can use these functions Connect a MIDI device that is capable of recording syx files Like a pe with MIDI OX installed and push Edit to activate FORMAT FLASH A Push lt edit gt If the power goes off while you are doing a recording it will create a mess in the internal FLASH memory Use this function to clean up sample bank A It will only clean up unused spaces of the FLASH memory so no samplings or presets will be erased FORMAT FLASH B Push lt edit gt If the power goes off while you are doing a recording it will create a mess in the internal FLASH memory Use this function to clean up sample bank B It will only clean up unused spaces of the FLASH memory so no samplings or presets will be erased This function will only work if your Little deFormer are expanded DELETE ALL SAMPLES BANK A Push lt edit gt This function will unconditionally delete all samplings in sample bank A Use it with care Push the Edit button to activate DELETE ALL SAMPLES BANK B Push lt edit gt This function will unco
58. ects filter 3 in the FilterBank Sample oscillator 4 it affects filter 4 in the FilterBank Comp Gain Compressor gain Floor Compressor floor Thrs Compressor Threshold level Gate Compressor gate time Atak Compressor attack time Rel Compressor release time Dist Modulation destinations will vary depending on what distortion effect is selected Obsc Obscemble Dly Delay Feed Feedback BitR Bit rate Rate Sample rate Driv Distortion drive Offs Distortion offset Damp Distortion damping Fltr Common filter Modulation destinations will vary depending on what filter type is selected Cut Filter cutoff frequency Reso Filter resonance Ftyp Filter type select Fmix Filter mix Folr Envelope follower rate Fenv Envelope follower to filter cutoff amount Menv Envelope follower to filter mix amount Fad1 Filter adjust 1 Fad2 Filter adjust 2 Fad3 Filter adjust 3 Fad4 Filter adjust 4 Fad5 Filter adjust 5 Fad6 Filter adjust 6 Fad7 Filter adjust 3 Time Time and pitch effect Modulation destionations will vary depending on what Time and Pitch effect is selected Mix1 Bus mix Mix 2 Bus 2 mix Mix3 Bus 3 mix Mix4 Bus 4 mix Time Tim1 Tim2 TimX Rtim Rtm2 RtmxX Effect time bases Feed Fed1 Fed2 Fed X Rfed Rfd2 RfdX Effects feedback amount Size Rsiz Effects size Xfad Effects crossfade amount Beam Effects gran
59. elay effect As this is turned up it goes over in a metallic reverb type and at higher settings it gives a more full reverb Size 0 to 255 A granular parameter The more this is turned up the less space of the reverb box is used causing some echo s to repeat and others not to sound at all Levl 0 to 255 Reverb level Dir Reverb playback direction Fwd Forwards Bwd Backwards Reverb 2 Time 0 to 255 Reverb time The total reverb time is a combination of time timeX feed and feedX Fine 0 to 255 Reverb time fine adjust TimX 0 to 255 Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in time Lower settings is good for a short reverb and higher settings for a long reverb Feed 0 to 255 Reverb feedback FedX 0 to 255 Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in feedback Lower settings gives a delay effect As this is turned up it goes over in a metallic reverb type and at higher settings it gives a more full reverb Xfad 0 to 255 Crossfade Makes the reverb effect sound smoother by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other Deep 0 to 63 Simulates a reverb box with adjustable depth Levl 0 to 255 Reverb level Dir Reverb playback direction Fwd Forwards Bwd Backwards PitchShaper 1 Sens 0 to 255 Pitch tracking sense At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points which will make the pitch higher
60. encer tracks will be muted regardless of the setting of the Mute parameter The mute settings is stored in a preset Mute Unmute Modulation In the MODULATION section it is possible for each sampling oscillator to select Mute as a modulation destination The mute modulation only affects the samples oscillators NOT the sequencer tracks so if the Mute parameter in the COMMON section is set to seq it is possible to use the Mute page just to mute the sequencer tracks while muting the samples oscillators by using another source Any modulation source except Common LFO 1 and 2 can mute unmute the samplings The modulation value parameter has no effect when mute is the destination When the selected modulation source is below half of its maximum value the sampling will mute when it is above half of its maximum value the sampling will unmute Editing parameters From the preset select screen AnaBeat Pattern Push the edit button one time to enter this screen COMMON PATTERN bold dec to change This is referred to as an Edit Group screen By pushing the Inc and Dec buttons you can select between various edit group screens SAMPLER 01 Number in brackets shows the sample slot pushbutton number FILTER BANK COMPRESSOR DISTORTION FILTER TIME amp PITCH SEQUENCER LFO s MODULATION KNOB CC s SAVE PRESET FLASH To go back to the
61. ers set for each frame It is also possible to make the morphing switching happening every time a sample oscillator is trigged by setting Trig to Key and it is possible to make LD s internal sequencer controlling the morphing switching by selecting any of the Sq x settings for Trig Most of the parameters can be modulated by any of Little deFormers modulation sources This is done it the MODULATION section sample 1 to 4 filters described later in this manual The filterbank parameters are unlike the other Little deFormer edit groups accessed through a tree of menu s FILTERBANK From the FilterBank edit group select screen push the Edit button to go to the first FilterBank screen Mode frm Bus Trig Smpl 4 1 free Mode smpl bank When smpl is selected each of the 16 samplings oscillators in a preset each has it own filter assigned to it So this is the normal mode When bank is selected each sampling no longer has its own filter Instead the 16 sample filters forms a bank of 4 filters with each 4 frames of settings that it can morph between frm 1 to 4 Selects how many frames you want it to morph between It is always starting at frame 1 and morphs through frame 2 3 and 4 If this setting is set to 1 it will not morph at all but only play back the settings of frame 1 Bus to 4 Selects what audio bus you would like the filterbank to process Trig free key Sq
62. etween the clean sound and the filter output At position zero you will only hear the output from the filter At positions 127 and 128 you will only hear the clean sound When turning this parameter from zero to 127 the pure sound will be added more and more to the filter output When turning it from zero to 128 the pure sound will be subbed more and more from the filter output Conn Selects where to place the filter Choices are Off The filter is shut off On The filter is placed on the input of the Time and Pitch effect Both the clean and the effected sound will be filtered Dly The filter is placed on the input of the Time and Pitch effect Only the effected sound will be filtered Feed The filter is placed in the feedback path of the Time and Pitch effect Post The filter is placed right after the feedback path of the Time and Pitch effect Outp The filter is placed on the output of the Time and Pitch effect folr 0 to 255 An envelope follower is added to this filter This parameter adjusts the speed of the envelope follower fEnv 128 to 127 Adjusts how much the envelope follower will affect the filter cutoff frequency Negative values will reverse the envelope mEnv 128 to 127 Adjusts how much the envelope follower will affect filter mix Negative values will reverse the envelope Filter adjust 1 2 and 3 0 to 255 A little deFormer speciality With these 3 parameters you can
63. frame to the next Smot Smooth on off If this is Off it will not morph to the next frame but just hold the settings of this frame in the Time amount of time and the hardshift to the settings of the next frame If this is On it will morph to the next frame By pushing the Inc and Dec buttons you can access the settings for the four filters of the selected frame Fl Levl Cut Reso Type Filter Adjust 255 22 222 bp 0 0 0 F1 F2 F3 and F4 indikates which of the four filters you are editing Levl 0 to 255 Adjusts the output level of the selected filter in the selected frame Cut 0 to 255 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the selected filter in the selected frame Reso 0 to 255 Adjusts the resonance of the selected filter in the selected frame Type Lpf Bpf Bpf8 Hpf Bef Add Bass LoFi LPF2 Selects the filter type of the selected filter in ALL FRAMES It does not morph between filter types so the type setting in any frame affects all frames Filter adjust 1 2 and 3 0 to 255 A little deFormer speciality With these 3 parameters you can adjust the filter response and create completely new filter types for the selected filter in the selected frame Compressor All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset Puh it takes long time to write this manual with all the features that LD has On top of all the other features LD also has a compressor This is espec
64. granular effects can be selected in this section and the common filter can either be placed before after or inside the Time amp Pitch effect Audio signals applied to the 2 external audio input can also be assigned to an audio bus and go through the FilterBank the compressor the distortion effect the common filter and the Time amp Pitch effect LD has a built in sequencer with 32 step tracks for recording notes and 4 controller tracks for controlling parameters The sequencer both receives and transmits MIDI clock for syncronization to other MIDI gear and it can also trigger MIDI notes on external gear A comprehensive modulation section is also found It is possible to make 32 modulation routings per preset 10 LFO s 16 random generators 4 sequencer controller tracks and MIDI controllers and velocity can be the sources and almost any parameter can be the destination LD can also be trigged and controlled via MIDI It is possible to connect various expansion boxes for analog control and new sound possibilities LD s sample engine is 4 note polyphonic A Poly Expansion will though soon be available to give it more polyphony and more filters The idea behind Being a budget musician you usually don t have the cash to bring out and set up all of your gear when you go out and play live The alternative is to sample phrases from your gear and just trigger those samplings live or to pre record everything on a dat recorder
65. he same time Sq1 Sequencer controller track 1 Sql Sequencer controller track 1 inversed Sq2 Sequencer controller track 2 Sq2 Sequencer controller track 2 inversed Sq3 Sequencer controller track 3 Sq3 Sequencer controller track 3 inversed Sq4 Sequencer controller track 4 Sq4 Sequencer controller track 4 inversed CV1 AnaX analog expander CV input 1 If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing CV1 AnaX analog expander CV input 1 inversed If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing CV2 AnaX analog expander CV input 2 If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing CV2 AnaX analog expander CV input 2 inversed If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing CV3 AnaX analog expander CV input 3 If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing CV3 AnaX analog expander CV input 3 inversed If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing CV4 AnaX analog expander CV input 4 If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing CV4 AnaX analog expander CV input 4 inversed If AnaX is not connected to LD this source puts out nothing LF1 The output of LFO1 LF1 The output of LFO1 inversed LF2 The output of LFO2 LF2 The output of LFO2 inversed LF3 The output of LFO3 LF3 The output of LFO3 inversed LF4 The output of LFO4 LF4 The output of LFO4 inversed
66. his before you save your preset NOTE If the preset is linked Link is ON you will need to stop the sequencer playback before you can save the preset From this edit group page SAVE PRESET Push the Edit button to go to this page HipHop 1 SAVE TO A02 Here it is possible to select the memory location on which you would like to save your preset Push the Inc and Dec buttons to select The Edit LED will flash There are 512 locations to choose from 1024 if your LD are expanded If a location reads this out lt empty gt SAVE TO A02 No preset has previously been saved on this location If you choose a preset that already has a name this will be overwritten by the new preset Push the Edit button to proceed This screen will appear Name 1 8 PUSH HipHop 1 lt inc gt Use edit knob 1 8 to select the first 8 letters of the name in your preset Push the Inc button to proceed Use edit knob 1 4 to select the last 4 letters of the name in your preset Push the Inc button Your preset is now stored in the selected location and it is automaticly selected FLASH pages In this parameter group there are no real parameters It is mostly for service purposes for updating Little deFormers firmware for backing up sharing your presets and for checking out on available sampling memory SEND PRESET Push lt edit gt Send preset as sysex data through MIDI out Connect a
67. ially made to give the sound a bit more kick not to allign uneven levels Someone has pointed out that this is more the function af an expander than a compressor So allright let s call it an Expanding Compressor The compressor can be assigned to any of the 4 audio busses Any sample oscillator audio input that is assigned to the same bus will go through the compressor when it is switched On Most of the parameters can be modulated by any of Little deFormers modulation sources This is done it the MODULATION section described later in this manual Please note The Compressor is not available when DoubleGran is selected as the Time amp Pitch effect Powr Off On Compressor power switch Bus to 4 Selects which of the 4 audio busses the compressor should be added to Gain 0 to 255 Compressor gain If this is zero no sound will go through the compressor Flor 0 to 255 Compressor floor Sets a minimum level for the sound that goes through the compressor If this is set to zero you will only hear the compressed sound itself If this is set to 255 you will hear no compression at all Thrs 0 to 255 Adjust the audio level point where the compression will start in a reverse manner If this is set to zero compression will never start if it is set to 255 the compressor will constantly be active Gate 0 to 255 Compressor gate time Sets a relax space for the compressor right afte
68. igged random generator 4 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 4 is trigged Rn5 The output of trigged random generator 5 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 5 is trigged Rn5 The output of trigged random generator 5 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 5 is trigged Rn6 The output of trigged random generator 6 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 6 is trigged Rn6 The output of trigged random generator 6 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 6 is trigged Rn7 The output of trigged random generator 7 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 7 is trigged Rn7 The output of trigged random generator 7 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 7 is trigged Rn8 The output of trigged random generator 8 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 8 is trigged Rn8 The output of trigged random generator 8 inversed This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample slot 8 is trigged Rn9 The output of trigged random generator 9 This changes to a new random value every time the sample oscillator of sample
69. izer V16 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 16 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer C12 MIDI controller 12 received from MIDI in C12 MIDI controller 12 received from MIDI in inversed C13 MIDI controller 13 received from MIDI in C13 MIDI controller 13 received from MIDI in inversed C14 MIDI controller 14 received from MIDI in C14 MIDI controller 14 received from MIDI in inversed C15 MIDI controller 15 received from MIDI in C15 MIDI controller 15 received from MIDI in inversed C16 MIDI controller 16 received from MIDI in C16 MIDI controller 16 received from MIDI in inversed C17 MIDI controller 17 received from MIDI in C17 MIDI controller 17 received from MIDI in inversed Grp Destination parameter group Choices are Off No modulation Comm Common section Smp1 16 Sampling 1 to 16 and the FilterBank if on Comp Compressor Dist Distortion Fltr Filter Time Time amp Pitch effect Sequ Sequencer LFO1 9 The LFO s Dest Destination parameter Choices are for each group Off No choices Comm Inp1 Audio input 1 level Inp2 Audio input 2 level Smp1 16 sampling Modulation destinations will vary depending on what filter type is selected Tune Sample tune Gain Sample gain EnvD Sample envelope decay Chop Chop select chp No of chops to play back Strt Sample st
70. lator fusion with the 2 effect which can be either a two tap delay or a reverb This can create some really interesting effects Notice Because of the complex nature of these new play modes the inputting sound might be a bit effected even if the Mix parameter are at zero when one of these new playmodes are selected Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 Chorus A simple two tap Chorus To obtain the classic chorus effect you must apply LFO modulation to the Time 1 amp 2 parameters This is possible in the MODULATION section Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 Mix1 0 to 255 The mix between the audio signal present on bus 1 and the primary effect Mix2 0 to 255 The mix between the audio signal present on bus 2 and the secondary effect Mix3 0 to 255 The mix between the audio signal present on bus 3 and the secondary effect Mix4 0 to 255 The mix between the audio signal present on bus 4 and the secondary effect EfxC Off On Effects buffer clear When this is set to On the memory buffer of the Time amp Pitch effect will be cleared every time you change preset change Time amp Pitch effect and every time you adjust the Time parameter in a Time amp Pitch effect When it is set to Off LD will keep its Time amp Pitch memory buffer at any time and sometimes it might play back fragments of a previously played back preset You will have to switch this on for every preset where you want the effe
71. n a short while The assign settings is stored in a preset The Mute Unmute screen If you from the preset select screen push the Assign button 2 times so its LED is flashing you are on the tracks samples mute screen Depending on the setting of the Mute parameter in the COMMON section described a little bit later it is on this screen possible to mute unmute the sequencer tracks and the samples oscillators The readout on the screen should now be something like this Tracks 1 8 Mute By pushing the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button you can make the screen change to Tracks 9 16 Mute Track 17 24 Mute and Track 25 32 Mute On this page each of the 8 trigger and step buttons represents a track If a step buttons LED is mostly lit and flashes lightly when the sample oscillator is trigged the track is unmuted If the LED is completely turned off the track is muted Use the trigger and step buttons to mute unmute a track If the Mute parameter in the COMMON section is set to seq the default value only the sequencer tracks will be muted If this parameter is set to all both the sequencer tracks and the sample oscillator assigned to it will be muted and it will not be possible to trigger this sample oscillator neither from the trigger buttons the internal sequencer or any external MIDI gear For track 17 to 32 which does not have any sample slots assigned to them only the sequ
72. ncer and cause it to only play back the selected filter frame Start stop button Pushing this button starts and stops the internal sequencer Notice If the sequencer Sync parameter in the COMMON section is set to Ext external and no clock are applied to the MIDI input it will not be possible to start stop the sequencer Neither will it be possible to start and stop it if the AnaX or SP box expansion boxes are connected and any of the trigger inputs is set to clk without any clocksource connected Volume knob Turns the output level of the Litte deFormer up or down depending on what direction you are turning it Clockwise movement will turn the volume up counterclockwise movement will turn the volume down The 8 Edit Knobs The 8 edit knobs placed right under the display edits up to 8 parameters at a time on the various edit pages When on the Preset select page or the edit group select page explained later these knobs sends out a selected MIDI CC number both to the MIDI OUT and internally Parameters assigned to be controlled by Kn1 8 will be affected when turning these These are REAL potmeters NOT jumpy rotary encoders The 8 Triggers and Steps Buttons Little deFormer has 16 sample slots that can each have a sampling or an oscillator assigned to them On most pages these buttons triggers the sampling oscillator assigned to them On the Mute Unmute page they toggle each sample sequencer t
73. nd 3 Psiz Off 1 to 255 This parameter adjusts the total playback buffer size independent of the record buffer size If this parameter is Off the RecT parameter determines the playback buffer size but if it is at any other value this parameter determines the playback buffer size It can be used as a fast way of adjusting the playback length of all 3 playback heads at the same time At low settings granular effects with very small grains can be obtained If the value of this is higher than the RecT parameter it will play back areas of the record buffer that is not being recorded and create a Freeze effect AnaGran Last Value 1 to 16 Sets how many steps the granulator sequencers should go through until they starts over again from step one Time Value 0 to 255 Adjust the total size of the Granulator record and play buffer How long time it will record the input signal until it starts over again Fine Value 0 to 255 Fine adjustment of the Time parameter FrGm Values 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 Adjusts how many fragments grains the recorded input signal should be cutted up in when played back Feed Value 0 to 255 Adjusts how much of the Granulator output signal should be fed back to its input Dir Values fwd bwd Sets the playback direction of the Granulator output which can either be forwards or backwards Mode Values pitc strc FusP FusS Sets the playback mode of the secon
74. nditionally delete all samplings in sample bank B Use it with care Push the Edit button to activate This function will only work if your Little deFormer are expanded Song mode It is possible to chain patterns presets together for automatic playback in up to 120 steps For each step you can select the preset number and how many times the preset should play back until it goes on to the next step Little deFormer holds 512 songs In song mode it is not possible to edit all the voice and effect parameters Only the COMMON parameters and the parameters assigned to the knobs and MIDI CC s can be edited but unlike Link mode your edits will not be kept The song mode is just a simple arranger How to switch between song and pattern mode On the first edit group page gt COMMON Little deFormer will now write PATTERN hold dec to change While on this page push and hold the Dec button for around one second and that text will change to SONG hold dec to change You are now in song mode Perform the same operation to switch back to pattern mode In song mode the preset select screen changes to song select screen It is possible to select any of 512 songs exactly the same way as you select a preset except you don t have to push Edit to confirm and it is not possible to select another song while the sequencer is running It must be stopped When Little deFormer are in song mode it has other e
75. ng IPs p 1 sng atd pI Sudweg ped yoeqp sy peura zmo opny I MO Olpny EI Suidwes sayy TI Surjdwueg 9S p sng J344 zed Surjdwues ay JOLY zeyd surydures zeyd PS p sng IPS p 1 sng IPS p 1 sng July 0I Sundues pape Arepunsas pudy aunty 6 suydues 1ta JAS p sng Jat zed g 3udweg INIA zeyd L duyjdures pay Aveuiud f pudy fi i awg 9S p sng IBS po mmg 9 Suljdwes Joy zed INJA zed Surjdwes PS p sng re DlA azeyd t surjdues IPS p sng Suryjdwes Jal zetjd IPS p 1 sng uomosiq i uons0 SI W i sosscuduio5 Isna uow z duljdwesg IPS p 1 sng ald duyjdwes Jail zeyd IPS p 1 sng JAY ajdweg wW3s s t sng PS 1 sng Z Uy orpny ai IPS 1 sng ug olpny Getting Started Well now you got your Little deFormer you probably can t wait to get it up and going so let s jump right to it Connecting p On the right end panel of your Little deFormer you will find the power switch and connections for power supply audio inputs and outputs MIDI in and out and for an expansion box Connect the audio out 1 or 2 or both to a mixer or an amplifier or anything else that ends out in a set of speakers a single speaker or even a pair of headphones if you are in a neighbour friendly mood Since it doesn t have
76. ngs starting with dm is from Gotharman s deMOON All samplings starting with an is from Gotharman s anAmono All samplings starting with mg is from Gotharman s microGOTHAR All samplings starting with mt is from Gotharman s microGOTHAR 2 All samplings starting with mv is from Gotharman s microVOTHAR All samplings starting with v8 is from Gotharman s Vothar 8 All samplings starting with cs is from Gotharman s rebuild Yamaha CS 20M All samplings starting with ge is from some special Gotharman circuits build for a special sound purpose 01 dmBass3 02 dmBpAdd 03 dmValve 04 dmValve 2 05 dmValve 3 06 dmValve 4 07 dmTalkinValv 08 dmDenver 09 dmChorus 10 dmFroggy 11 dmGran 12 dmBass0 13 dmUnisonBass 14 dmLeadSound 15 dmChorus2 16 dm1000bass 17 dmWhoi 18 dmWishstring 19 dmSteps 20 anSweep 21 anBass4 22 anFeedSound 23 anFeedSeq 24 anOyba 25 anFass 26 anDessSolo 27 anBass1 28 anSweep2 29 anBass3 30 anBass5 31 anGlitch 32 anGlitch2 33 anGlitchBass 34 anGlitchBas2 35 anMouthHarp 36 anUglyCan 37 anDriveBass 38 anDriveLead 39 anSoloSofia 40 anVintageDis 41 anVintageDs2 42 anDarkFeeD 43 anNoiseTalk 44 mgHpf Rezo 45 mgContraNoiz 46 mgHard 47 mgFunaral 48 mgExpBass 49 mgChorus 50 mgChorus 2 51 mgSineBazz 52 mgSineBazz 2 53 mgPolice 54 mgSomeTzhing 55 mgHumanLead 56 mgVoxman 57 mgLpf Rezo 58 mgConspiracy 59 mgHumanSynth 60
77. o 127 Adjusts how much the sample VCA envelope will affect filter mix Negative values will reverse the envelope Filter adjust 1 2 and 3 1 to 7 when shp is selected as Type 0 to 255 A little deFormer speciality With these 3 or 7 parameters you can adjust the filter response and create completely new filter types It s a bit hard to explain what exactly they do and it is also a bit unpredictable Tweak and listen pEnv 127 to 128 Adjusts how much the sample oscillator VCA envelope should affect the pitch of the sampling SAMPLER special parameter pages The functions described in this section only affects sample slots which has a sampling assigned to them Re save sampling and copy samplings between sample bank A and B RE SAVE gt PUSH lt edit gt When you have adjusted the startpoint and length of a sampling you might want to save it that way Called Truncate on many samplers Or when you have auto chopped a sampling you might want to save the chops as single samplings Or maybe you just want to re name a sampling or make a collection of samplings in one sample bank All these functions are accomplished with the Re Save function How to use it 1 Adjust the sample start and length to your likings or auto manual chop it and select the chop you want to save Or in case you just wants to copy a sample to the other bank just select the sampl you want to copy 2 Push the step button and listen to
78. o 255 Complexity The more this is turned up the less complex the sound output will be Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 Sample Pitch Sens 0 to 255 Pitch tracking sense At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Size 0 to 255 The size of the RAM buffer used for the pitchshifting Pite 128 to 127 Pitch Coarse Folr 0 to 255 Envelope follower speed Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 Double Granulator Sens 0 to 255 Pitch tracking sense At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Time 0 to 255 The time the granulator will sample the input until it starts over again Size 0 to 255 The size of one grain Stp1 1 to 16 Adjusts how many steps the granular sequence should consist of Spr1 0 to 255 Adjusts how big an area of the RAM buffer track 1 should use for grain playback Fsz1 1 to 128 Adjusts how many grains track 1 should play back in a row Ofs1 0 to 127 Selects the location of the lowest possible grain track 1 will play back Lvl1 0 to 255 Granulator tr
79. ocity value received for sample oscillator 10 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V10 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 10 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V11 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 11 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V11 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 11 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V12 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 12 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V12 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 12 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V13 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 13 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V13 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 13 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V14 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 14 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V14 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 14 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V15 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 15 either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V15 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 15 inversed either from MIDI in or from the Note Randomizer V16 The velocity value received for sample oscillator 16 either from MIDI in or from the Note Random
80. oes not transmit any MIDI note on s or off s from the sequencer playback MIDI notes are only transmitted when directly hitting a step button The internal assigned step buttons are assigned to these note numbers Step button Note Number 1 C 36 2 C 37 3 D 38 4 D 39 5 E 40 6 F 41 7 F 42 8 G 43 9 G 44 10 A 45 11 A 46 12 B 47 13 C 48 14 C 49 15 D 50 16 D 51 17 E 52 18 F 53 19 F 54 20 G 55 21 G 56 22 A 57 23 A 58 24 B 59 25 C 60 26 C 61 27 D 62 28 D 63 29 E 64 30 F 65 31 F 66 32 G 67 Trigger and step buttons in external mode Step buttons which has their sequencer track set up to external mode will transmit note on s and offs on the note number selected for the sequencer track on the midi channel selected for this Notes recorded on the sequencer will also be transmitted at sequencer playback These step buttons does not receive note on s and off s MIDI controllers MIDI CC s MIDI controllers assigned to edit knob 1 to 8 in the KNOB CC section are received and used if they are assigned to anything in the MODULATION section These cc s are also transmitted when turning edit knob 1 to 8 on the preset select screen the song select screen and the edit group select pages MIDI cc s 12 to 17 are always received and used if they are assigned to anything in the MODULATION section They are always tran
81. ogram is for sure the one that will work best 3 Install MIDI OX on your computer You shall be very welcome to skip this step if you have already done this 4 After installing MIDI OX open the program and click on Options gt Configure Buffers File View Actions Options Window Help SSB i tot eves moam Ysl eax e 7 2 ee Customize Port Names T MDL Fer Data Mapping Patch Mapping General Folders File Associations b 4 Select MIDI Player Data Display Monitor Font Colors Configure Bt Configure Status Customize Toolbar M Pass SysEx Adjust low level 5ysEx Buffers Aistart P3 Upload dn video YouTu BY Microsoft Word 5 miorox Ter de HG 50 5 Enter the number 20000 in the Bytes box under Low Level Output Buffers ziaz Low Level Input Buffers Size 256 Bytes Nmf A Low Level Ouiput Butlers Size 2000d Bytes Num 32 E Output Deve HMM start 73 Upload dn video Youu WY Microsoft word 5 moro E Input Device mar fi TET a HO iss 6 Click ORK 7 Go to Options gt MIDI devices and select the MIDI interface you intend to use for the updating as your output device 8 Connect MIDI out on the selected MIDI interface to MIDI in on your Little deFormer 9 Click on View gt Sysex
82. on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Pite 0 to 255 Pitch Coarse Fine 0 to 255 Pitch Fine Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Smot 0 to 255 Output smoothing The more this is turned up the more it smoothen out the pitch changes in the signal CompxX 0 to 255 Complexity The more this is turned up the less complex the sound output will be FM 0 to 255 Makes frequency Modulation of PitchShaper 1 pitch possible Sorc Self Bus2 Selects the source for the frequency modulation Self The signal on Bus1 that is re pitched by the PitchShaper is also the frequency modulation source Bus2 Any signal present on audio bus 2 will be the frequency modulation source Bus 2 itself will be muted when this is selected Vari 0 to 255 The more this parameter is turned up the more the PitchShaper will follow the pitch of the input sound Oct 4 to 3 Changes the output pitch of the PitchShaper in octaves Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 GlitchShifter 1 and 2 Sens 0 to 255 Pitch tracking sense At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Folr 0 to 255 Envelope follower speed Pite 128 to 127 Pitch Coarse Feed 0 to 255 Feedback CompX 0 t
83. or filter type select Fenv Oscillator envelope to filter cutoff amount Fmix Oscillator filter mix Meny Oscillator envelope to filter mix amount Fad1 Oscillator filter adjust 1 Fad2 Oscillator filter adjust 2 Fad3 Oscillator filter adjust 3 Fad4 Filter adjust 4 Fad5 Filter adjust 5 Fad6 Filter adjust 6 Fad7 Filter adjust 3 Trig Oscillator trigger point when will it trigger another sampling Ssel Sample select Makes it possible to select the samples oscillators in the other sample slots Mute Oscillator mute If the source are below half of its max value the sample is muted if it is above half of its max value the sample is unmuted Play Oscillator playback Every time the source goes from a value below half of its max value to a value above half of its max value the sample is trigged TunQ Quantized tune modulation Quantizes the modulation source to semi tones FilterBank Does not have its own modulation group since it is the sample oscillator filters that is used to form a bank When FilterBank is On modulating the filters of sample oscillator 1 to 4 will affect filters 1 to 4 of the bank Modulating the filters of sample oscillator 5 to 16 will have no effect at all in this mode When modulation the filter of Sample oscillator 1 it affects filter 1 in the FilterBank Sample oscillator 2 it affects filter 2 in the FilterBank Sample oscillator 3 it aff
84. point and start playing back again for as long as the step button is held Togl When the step button is pushed the sampling will play back like in loop mode and keep playing back until the step button is pushed again Trig Off 1 to 255 Selects a point in the selected samplings playback time where it shall trigger another sampling At a setting of 1 it will trigger the other sampling immediately after it is triggered at a setting of 128 it will trigger the other sampling when it has played back half of its time and at a setting of 255 it will trigger the other sampling when it has reached its end point This parameter is relative to the selected samplings length Smpl 1 to 16 Selects which sampling it should trigger Bus to 4 Selects which one of 4 busses the selected samplings audio output should be routed to Phaz 0 to 255 Phaze effect Each sampling on the Little deFormer has its own phaze effect This parameter adjusts the phaze angle If the next parameter Levl is set to zero this parameter will have no effect at all Levl 0 to 255 Phaze effect level Cut 0 to 255 Each sampling on the Little deFormer has its own filter This parameter adjusts the cutoff frequency of the selected samplings filter Reso 0 to 255 Adjusts the resonance of the selected samplings filter Type The response type for the selected samplings filter Choices are Lpf Lowpass Bpf 4 pole bandpass
85. preset select screen from the edit group screens just hit the Exit button To enter the parameters for the selected group hit the Edit button The first parameter screen of the SAMPLER group of parameters looks like this Tune Fine Gain Env Dec Mode Chop chp 0 0 0 Off 128 poly Off 1 Push a step button to select the sampling you want to edit Use the 8 edit knobs right below the display to edit the parameter values Push the Inc and Dec buttons to select various parameters Push the Exit button to go back to the edit group select screens In the SAMPLER and FLASH sections there are some special parameter pages that might look like this SAMPLE REC gt PUSH lt edit gt On these parameter pages you will have to push the Edit button either to enter a set of sub parameters or to make the little deFormer perform a certain function From the COMMON edit group screen COMMON PATTERN bold dec to change It is possible to switch between Pattern and Song mode by holding down the Dec button for a few seconds In pattern mode it is possible to edit all parameters regarding samples oscillators filters sequencer effects and modulation In song mode it is possible to arrange automatic playback of patterns in up to 120 steps The only preset parameters that can be edited in song mode are the parameters assigned to the 8 knobs And unexpanded Little deFormer
86. qu are unlinear high speed waveforms great for FM Trg1 to 10 Off 1 to 15 LFO reset trigger Selects a sample oscillator that when it is trigged will reset the LFO Lop to 10 On Off LFO loop on off When off the LFO will only run its cycle one time every time it is trigged and then stop With this function the LFO s can be used as a kind of envelopes Trigged Random Generators Each sampleslot on the Little deFormer has a trigged random generator assigned to it 16 in total Every time a sample oscillator is trigged either from the step buttons the internal sequencer or via MIDI in its random generator changes to a new random value The random generators does not have any parameters They can just be assigned as modulation sources in the MODULATION section and under LFO1 in that section the output level of the random generators can be modulated Modulation All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset The Little deFormer has 32 modulation routings per preset For each modulation routing you will have to select the source the destination and the modulation amount MOD to 32 The modulation routing number Push the Inc and Dec buttons to select Sorc Modulation source select Choices are Kn1 Edit knob 1 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time
87. r that re pitches the input signal to a new adjustable pitch All pitch variations in the sound will be removed but can be added again using the Vari parameter Has a very wide pitch range Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 GlitchShf GlitchShifter 1 This is not really a pitchshifter but then again It does some weird stuff Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 GlitchSh2 GlitchShifter 2 Almost the same as glitchshifter 1 but it sounds different Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 SamplePtec Sampling Pitch Shifter Changes the pitch of a sampling without changing the length It will also work on external signals but it needs to be triggered by a sampling Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 DoubIGran Double Step Granulator A 16 step granulator effect with 2 tracks and audio frame detection so it only splices grains together at zero points This takes up a lot of DSP power so the Compressor will be disabled when selecting this effect Secondary eff Reverb Variator A granular effect that creates new variations of the input sound in both pitch and time Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 TimeStrtc TimeStretch Able to change the length og the input signal without changing the pitch It is also possible to change the pitch if desired It is also possible to trigger it with a sampling for bigger precision Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 PitchShp2 PitchShaper 2 This pitchshaper needs 2 inputs
88. r it has been trigged In that space of time it will not re trigger Atak 0 to 255 Compressor curve attack time Rel 0 to 255 Compressor curve release time Trig Compressor trigger select Aud The compressor is trigged by the audio signal going through it sm1 to sm16 The compressor is trigged by sampling 1 to 16 trigger Distortion All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset LD has a distortion that can do anything from giving a sound a bit of grit to totally destroy it The distrotion can be assigned to any of the 4 audio busses Any sample oscillator audio input that is assigned to the same bus will go through the distortion The distortion effect does not have an Off or bypass setting but with Bit Manipulator chosen BitR set to 16 and all other parameters set to zero no distortion will occur Most of the parameters can be modulated by any of Little deFormers modulation sources This is done it the MODULATION section described later in this manual Effect Distortion effect select Choices are BitManipu Bit manipulator including bit and rate reduction and the special obscembler distortion Gain Gains the signal It is possible to gain it so much that it distorts Valve A digital simulation of a classic valve distortion Sine A noisy and warm sine shaping distortion Fuzz Simulates a classic fuzz distortion Xdis Complete destruction of the sound
89. rack between mute and unmute stage and on the sequencer pages they step grid program the sequencer tracks Well now it s time for some action If you have followed the previous steps your Little deFormer should now be turned on and connected When it is turned on it starts up on the preset select screen AnaBeat A01 0 0 Pattern Or the song select screen New Song A01 Song Listening to the pre programmed preset sequences Make sure that LD are on the Preset select screen in Pattern mode it writes Pattern right under the preset name If not push the Edit button one time to enter the edit group select screen hold the Dec button down for a few seconds to change to pattern mode and hit the Exit button to get back to the preset select screen Push the Start Stop button one time The sequencer will now start To stop it hit the Start Stop button again Listen to some other preset sequences Use the Inc and Dec buttons to select another preset The Edit LED will start to flash Push the Edit button to confirm the change to another preset If the sequencer is still running the Edit LED will now start to flash faster until it reaches the sequencer start step Then the Edit LED will go out and playback of the newly selected preset will start If the sequencer is stopped it will change to the new preset immediately when the Edit button is p
90. recorded with very little or no silence between them like in a beat this needs to be set to a high value If there s a good gap of silence between the sounds set it to a low value In case you need to erase a chop point this is also possible from this page Select the chop point you would like to erase Push Edit This screen appears Delete PUSH lt inc gt Push Inc to erase the selected chop point or Exit if you regret If you intend to keep the chop points you have created remember to save them as described a few pages later in this manual Add chop point ADD CHOP POINT gt PUSH lt edit gt This function allows you to manually place a chop point to be used with the chop parameter Adjust the start point of the sampling to where you want a chop point to appear Go to this page Push Edit The display reads DONE You have now manually added a chop point Go back to the start point parameter and set it to zero For a short while Play with the Chop parameter If you intend to keep the chop points you have created remember to save them as described a few pages later in this manual Add live chop point ADD CHOP LIVE gt PUSH lt edit gt This function allows you to manually place a chop point to be used with the chop parameter while the sampling is playing back Trigger the sampling When it plays back the point where you want to add a chop point hit Edit The
91. s Add This is actually not a filter since it doesn t filter out harmonics from the sample but adds some Bef Band reject filter Bass Enhances the low frequencies of the sampling and passes the high frequencies through in a very poor way Lofi A destructive lowpass filter LPF2 A smoother version of the other LPF Shp WaveShaper This isn t really a filter By adjusting 7 values that each re shapes their part of the incoming audio signal it is possible to shape the sound into something completely different The output of this is rather complex and unpredictable and it is easy to make it distort NOTE Since this has 7 filter adjust parameters and does not use Cut and Reso the display readout will change when you select it NOTE This is not available when sample filters mode is set to FilterBank fEnv 128 to 127 Adjusts how much the sample envelope will affect the filter cutoff frequency Negative values will reverse the envelope fMix 128 to 127 Filter mix Adjusts the mix between the clean oscillator output and the filter output At position zero you will only hear the output from the filter At positions 127 and 128 you will only hear the clean oscillator When turning this parameter from zero to 127 the pure oscillator will be added more and more to the filter output When turning it from zero to 128 the pure oscillator will be subbed more and more from the filter output mEnv 128 t
92. s at one time Parameters for the swing modulation can be found in the MODULATION section in the Seq Sequencer destination group Swil to Swi9 and Sw10 to Sw16 Selects sampler sytnh track 1 to 16 as the destination for Swing Modulation SwAI Selects all 16 sampler synth tracks as the destination for Swing Modulation Sequencer pattern clear copy and randomize When on any sequencer edit screen where you can edit the sequencer parameters push the Edit button to enter these sequencer functions Use the Dec and Inc buttons to select a function and push the Edit button to execute a function The sequencer functions are Clear This function will erase all 32 note tracks and leave you with an empty sequence to start over The controller tracks and time signature length tempo parameters are leaved unchanged If you regret having cleared a pattern you can always exit to the preset select screen select another preset and select this preset again or use the Reload function by pushing the Exit and Dec buttons at the same time Data in memory are not changed until you save the preset Copy By using this function you can copy the sequencer data from any other preset Use edit knob 1 and 2 to select the bank and number of the preset you want to copy from and push the Edit button to execute Rndm Note Randomizes one note track Select the track you wants to randomize using edit knob 1
93. screen where you can edit the effect parameters push the Edit button to enter the effect functions Use the Dec and Inc buttons to select a function and push the Edit button to execute a function The Time amp Pitch effect functions are Copy By using this function you can copy the Time amp Pitch effect from any other preset Use edit knob 1 and 2 to select the bank and number of the preset you want to copy from and push the Edit button The parameter settings of the common filter will also be copied since it is sometimes a part of the effect Rndm Randomizes the Time amp Pitch effect parameters Effect type will not be randomized Hit the Edit button to be surprised Sequencer All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset The Little deFormer s sequencer has 32 step tracks for sample oscillator note triggers and 4 modulation tracks that each can be up to 32 steps long A common last step can be set that is valid for all of the 36 tracks Each track has an Rst Reset Step parameter RsC1 to 4 for the controller tracks that can make it loop before the last step and make it possible for each track to have different lengths The time signature scaling Scal is global for the 32 note tracks The 4 controller tracks each has their own time signature parameter ScC1 to 4 To switch individual tracks on and off push the Assign button 2 times so it is flashing Th
94. sequencer step programming screens it toggles between step 1 8 9 16 17 24 and 25 32 When reaching step 17 24 its LED flashes slow when reaching step 25 32 it flashes fast On the mute unmute screen you select the samples tracks to mute unmute in the same way Freeze button Pushing this button so its LED is lit freezes the audio content of the time and pitch effect If a preset is stored with this button active the frozen audio content will be stored together with the preset as a sampling and re loaded the next time you select that preset Pushing this button one more time so its LED is unlit un freezes the Time amp Pitch effects audio buffer and it is working normally again On the Delay 1 TAP page this button work as the Tap button Tap in the delay tempo you would like The Freeze LED flashes to indicate the delay tempo On any of the SEQUENCER pages this works as a realtime record button Pushing it one time will make its LED lit and put the sequencer in rehearsal mode If the metronome in the COMMON menu is set to Rec you will now hear this and you can practise jamming on the step buttons Push it one more time to enter realtime record mode The Freeze LED will now be flashing and it will realtime record anything yoy play on the step buttons Push the Freeze button one more time to exit realtime record mode On any of the FilterBank pages the Freeze button will freeze the filterbank seque
95. smitted and received on the common midi channel set in the COMMON section MIDI clock start continue and stop Are received if the Clck parameter in the COMMON section is set to Ext and transmitted if the Xmit parameter is set to On Unlike many other MIDI devices Little deFormer will re transmit a clock coming from an external device if Xmit is on When receiving these messages the internal sequencer will sync to the clock and start or stop Transmit and receive presets via MIDI If you would like to share some of your presets with other deFormer users or your second deFormer or if you would like to back up your presets or try some of the new presets on the GotharMusic site that is possible Transmit preset Connect the MIDI out of your Little deFormer to MIDI in of a computer your second Little deFormer or any other device that can record MIDI sysex Select the preset you would like to transmit on the preset select screen Enter the gt FLASH section The first function in this section is Send Preset Push the Edit button and Little deFormer will transmit all the parameter settings and sequences from the selected preset Receive preset Connect the MIDI in of your Little deFormer to MIDI out of a computer your second Little deFormer or any other device that can transmit MIDI sysex syx files Select the preset location on Little deFormers preset select screen
96. t each other off The mono mode is very useful in conjunction with the sample trigger system mentioned later for creating a kind of wavesequencing Chop Off 1 63 Selects what chop frame should play back This can only be adjusted if a sampling is chopped using the auto chop or manual chop functions mentioned later If the sampling is not chopped this parameter will have no function chp 1 to 64 Adjusts how many chop frames should be played back in a row Like the Chop parameter this will have no function if the selected sampling is not chopped Strt 0 to 255 The selected samplings start point When triggering the sampling playback will start from the adjusted point This parameter is relative to the selected samplings length Fine 0 to 255 Fine adjustment of the selected samplings start point This parameter is relative to the selected samplings length Lngt 0 to 255 The selected samplings playback length When triggering the sampling it will play back for the adjusted amount of time This parameter is relative to the selected samplings length Fine 0 to 255 Fine adjustment of the selected samplings playback length This parameter is relative to the selected samplings length Loop Off On Tog Off When the sampling is triggered it will play back one time from the adjusted start point On When the sampling has played back one time after triggering it will loop back to the start
97. tle deFormer with 12 bit converter and analogue filter Anamono Box Adds an extra output stage derived from my anAmoNo synthesizer with 2 analogue filters analog distortion and a unique G Ray feedback circuit Tube Box Adds an extra output stage with a real tube bandpass filter with drive Connect the supplied power adaptor to the 9V DC input and to a 100V to 240V power source It s a 9V 660 mA type with a 2 1 mm DC plug with positive middle On the left side panel you will find an Audio Port At writing moment there are not anything available for connecting to this but I do have some audio expansion boxes planned that will be available in a near future Turn it on Toggle the power switch on the right end panel so its pin is pointing down Your Little deFormer 2 should now turn on The User Interface Exit button This will exit from any menu to the level above with the preset and song select screens being the highest possible level When held down while another button is pushed secondary button functions will be accessed Most of these secondary functions are marked on Little deFormer 2 s frontpanel Here are some short desciptions Exit any trigger and step button Stop sample playback Will stop the playback of the sampling assigned to that trigger button Exit Dee Qrec Quick recording Will immediately make Little deFormer start recording a sample In the COMMON menu it is possible
98. ular beam Deep Rdep Effect box depth Levl Lvl1 Lv12 Effect output level Sens Sns1 Sns2 Effect sensitivity Pitc Tune Pit2 Effect pitch shifting shaping Smot Effect smoothing ComX Effect complexity Rmix Reverb mix FM Effect frequency modulation amount Oct Effect octave pitch shifting shaping Vari Effect variation amount Folr Effect VCA envelope follower rate Step Last Granulator no of steps Spr1 Spr2 Granulator spread Fsz1 Fsz2 Granulator no of grains Ofs1 Ofs2 Granulator frame select offset Gran Variator granulizing amount Stre Effect time stretch Mrph Effect morphing amount RecT Abstruct0 recording time Ply1 Ply2 Ply3 Abstruct0 playback times Frez Effect freeze on off Sequ encer Last Sequencer global last step Scal Sequencer note tracks time signature Temp Sequencer tempo Trk1 4 Sequencer controller track 1 to 4 value Swil 9 Sw10 16 Sequencer note tracks separate swing SwAl Sequencer note tracks all swing AMc1 4 Sequencer controller tracks output level LFO1 Rate LFO rate Wave LFO waveform Levl LFO output level AMr1 9 Ar10 16 Trigged random generators output level LFO2 9 Rate LFO rate Wave LFO waveform Levl LFO output level Value 0 to 255 Modulation amount Knob CC s All parameteres in this section is stored with each preset Edit knob 1 to 8 MIDI CC assign The edit knobs will output the
99. ushed Listen to some samplings While still on the preset select screen push some of the Trigger and Step buttons You should now hear some samplings play back The step LED will light up as long as the sample is playing Push the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button to switch between samples 1 to 8 and 9 to 16 and the extra triggers 17 to 25 which will be explained later in this manual Assigning samples and oscillators to the sample slots step buttons Push the Assign button one time so its LED is lit Push a step trigger button The assigned samplings name and number are now displayed dmTom1 Bank Push Frz To Change 203 01 A Push the Inc and Dec buttons to assign another sampling to the step button Holding down the Inc or Dec button will make the sample number auto increment decrement Holding either the Inc or the Dec button while pushing the other will make it increment decrement fast Push the Freeze button to toggle between sample bank A and B if your Little deFormer 2 are expanded with double sample memory The number in the brackets shows the sample slot step button number 1 to 16 Decrementing to sample number zero will cause this screen to show Waveform 01 An oscillator waveform has now been selected as the soundsource for this sample slot stepbutton To edit parameters like sample start and filter settings you will have to go to the edit pages These will be described i
100. waveform The numbers inbetween the waveform names indicates that it is morphing between two waveforms Strt Off 1 to 255 By this parameter it is possible to make the waveform start at a fixed point every time the oscillator is trigged This can be very useful for creating percussive sound with a harder attack When this is off the waveform is completely free running Pw 0 to 255 Adjusts the pulse width of the waveform Unlike on much other gear this works on all waveforms in the Little deFormer Trig Off 1 to 255 When this parameter is set to any other value than Off it will trigger another sampling oscillator selected by the Smpl parameter when it reaches the selected point of playback When exactly it will trigger another voice is very dependent on the envelope decay setting Smpl to 16 Selects the sample oscillator that should be trigged by Trig Bus to 4 Selects the audio bus the output of the oscillator should be routed to Levl 0 to 255 Adjusts the output level of an oscillator voice after the filter Cut 0 to 255 Each sampling on the Little deFormer has its own filter This parameter adjusts the cutoff frequency of the selected samplings filter Reso 0 to 255 Adjusts the resonance of the selected samplings filter Type The response type for the selected samplings filter Choices are Lpf Lowpass Bpf 4 pole bandpass Bp8 8 pole bandpass Hpf Highpas
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102. witches the link function on or off Links the next preset pattern to this for continious playback of 2 patterns Using the following 2 parameters you can adjust how many times it should play back each pattern This 1 to 64 Adjusts how many times it should play back the currently selected preset until it shifts to the next preset if Link is On If the tracks of this preset has different lengths the number indicates how many times track 1 will play back Next to 64 Adjusts how many times it should play back the next preset until it shifts back to the currently selected preset if Link is On If the tracks of this preset has different lengths the number indicates how many times track 1 will play back Controller track 1 step 1 to 32 0 to 255 The value for each step in controller track 1 Step groups of 8 is selected using the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button as described earlier in this section Controller track 2 step 1 to 32 0 to 255 The value for each step in controller track 2 Step groups of 8 is selected using the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button as described earlier in this section Controller track 3 step 1 to 32 0 to 255 The value for each step in controller track 3 Step groups of 8 is selected using the 1 8 9 16 17 24 25 32 button as described earlier in this section Controller track 4 step 1 to 32 0 to 255 The value for each step in controller track 4 Step
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