User manual ELEKTRON SPS1

[. . . ] Machinedrum SPS-1 USER'S MANUAL for Machinedrum SPS-1 OS 1. 12. This manual is copyright (C) 2001-2002 Elektron ESI AB. All reproduction without written authorization is strictly prohibited. The information in this manual may change without notice. [. . . ] To select a pattern, press and hold the bank name key while pressing the [DRUM] key. For selecting pattern A05, first make sure the bank leds indicate that banks A to D are selected, then press and hold key [A/E] while pressing [DRUM] key 5. While the [BANK] keys are pressed you can tell which patterns are unitialised by the 16 <TRIG LEDS>. LEDs that are lit indicate that the corresponding pattern contains data. The [BANK] keys are "sticky", which means that if you let them go without pressing any [DRUM] key you still have around two seconds for selecting your pattern. This is for simplify one hand operation of the Machinedrum. A message on screen will indicate that the [BANK] key still is active, and show a graphic represantation on how much time is left for selecting your pattern. If pattern selection is done while the sequencer is playing, the selected pattern will not be active until the current pattern has played to its end. You will see the change in the display as described in section "THE LCD USER INTERFACE", on page 9. PATTERN CHAINING You can use pattern chaining to que up patterns to be played after each others in a loop, like a simple live sequencer for patterns. In pattern mode, hold a [BANK] button and then press the [DRUM] keys corresponding to the patterns you want to chain in desired order. It is only possible to chain patterns from one bank, and each pattern may only be chained once. Chaining is indicated by a double arrow between the current and the next pattern. [STOP] changes pattern if a pattern was previously selected as next pattern. That means that if pattern A01 is started an A02 is queued to play, pressing [STOP] and then [PLAY] will start replaying at A02. SCALE SETUP It is possible to change the length of a pattern and note length. By default a pattern is 4/4 bars (16 steps) of length. 32 Machinedrum SPS-1 USER'S MANUAL THE SEQUENCER 1. By pressing the [FUNCTION] key and then the [SCALE] key, you can set the scale length and replay speed mode. 2. There are three values that can be changed in the "Scale Setup" screen. The focus is moved with the [LEFT] and [RIGHT] keys. 3. The leftmost number selects the number of steps in the pattern. The max- imal number of steps is determined by the total length. Use [UP] and [DOWN] to increase/decrease the number of steps. The [DRUM] keys can also be used to set the end step. 4. The second value selects the total length of the scale. [. . . ] 60 | Track 4 MT - Machine parameter 1 . . 77 | . . . | X | X | | X | X | B-1 MIDI base channel + 1: CTRL| Parameter | Trn | Rec | ----+-------------------------------------+-----+-----+ 08 | Track 5 LT - Level |X|X| 09 | Track 6 CP - Level |X|X| 0a | Track 7 RS - Level |X|X| 0b | Track 8 CB - Level |X|X| 10 | Track 5 LT - Machine parameter 1 . . 28 | Track 6 CP - Machine parameter 1 . . 48 | Track 7 RS - Machine parameter 1 . . [. . . ]