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FIRST BLOCK
3. First block: MIDI notes manipulation and light settings
By default the Pocket Garden Listener will detect any conductivity variation and
convert it into a note of the chromatic scale with an octave range varying from C-1 to C8:
the higher the change in conductivity with respect to a certain threshold, the higher in tone
the note. This behavior can be modified in many different ways through the Action section
which allows you to enter the main menu of the device.
Press the
Action Potentiometer
to enter the menu: depending on its position, one of the
five colored LEDs will light up, indicating you in which page of the menu you are about to
enter (remember that the menu has a shout-down time of 5 seconds: when entered the
menu, if no further action is taken within 5 seconds, the Pocket Garden Listener will close
the menu by itself). You can use the Action Potentiometer to scroll through the four different
pages of the menu:
Once you are on the desired page,
press the Action Potentiometer again to
enter the page, the corresponding LED
will now light faster, indicating you just
entered that page. You’re now able to
modify the corresponding parameter by
moving the Action Potentiometer.
More specifically:
Page one, probes sensitivity
:
move the Action Potentiometer to
modify the probes sensitivity; the LED’s
brightness will be proportionate to the
new sensitivity amount.
By moving the potentiometer counterclockwise, probes sensitivity decreases
and thus threshold increases; the device will now be less sensitive to small
changes in conductivity. Move the Action Potentiometer clockwise to increase
probes sensitivity and thus decrease the threshold; the device will now be more
sensitive to small changes in conductivity;
Page three, orange LED:
set MIDI channel;
Page two, turquoise LED:
set notes’ scale;
Page one, pink LED:
set probes sensitivity;
Page four, purple LED:
set LEDs’ brightness;