Dark Time
Owners Manual
DOEPFER MUSIKELEKTRONIK GmbH
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Page 3: ...1 1 Step Input 10 3 1 2 CV Gate Ouput sockets 11 3 1 3 Sequence Control 12 3 1 4 Tempo Timing 13 3 1 5 Individual Gate Length 15 3 1 6 Transport Buttons 15 3 2 Synchronization and remote control 16 3...
Page 4: ...irect sunlight Do not install the instrument near heat sources like heaters open fire places central heating etc Keep the top of the instrument clear in order to allow proper ventilation otherwise the...
Page 5: ...erfaces the digital world of MIDI with the analog world of control voltages Dark Time is housed in a rugged black sheet metal case with wooden side panels Sturdy high quality potentiometers often refe...
Page 6: ...Don t say we didn t warn you 1 2 2 Connections You do not necessarily need all its built in sockets to get Dark Time going For a simple setup you will need just the ones pictured below Make use of th...
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Page 8: ...output makes synchronization with external analog gear easy Thanks to the built in MIDI interface Dark Time can easily be tied into a MIDI setup via DIN sockets or USB port Step Input 16 Steps in two...
Page 9: ...ange is divided into descrete half tone steps Dark Times tempo is internally controlled resp controlled by the clock knob Step length is equal for all steps You may use this setting as a starting poin...
Page 10: ...atus switches determine the behaviour of a sequence stage as soon as it is active Switch On Off Skip On The step is part of the sequence and generates a trigger signal i e it is active Off The step is...
Page 11: ...1 2 Out Gate 1 Out delivers gate signals of steps 1 8 5V Gate 2 Out delivers gate signals of steps 9 16 5V CV 1 Out CV 2 Out CV 1 Out delivers control voltage of steps 1 8 CV 2 Out delivers control vo...
Page 12: ...r of chromatic steps i e semitones that are covered by one entire turn of a step control is again determined by the setting of the Range switch When set to 1V the step controls are quantized into 13 d...
Page 13: ...USB port The Clock control of Dark Time will not be active in this case The Pulsewidth control will remain active and allow to set the gate time as well as the shuffle amount see below The Transport...
Page 14: ...sive sound even at high gate length settings In contrast a sustained sound with long decay and release settings will not be interrupted by a short gate length or a low pulse width value respectively I...
Page 15: ...5V On Down Down 1 8 Combi Midi USB 1 On On On On Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont Cont 1 Cont Cont Cont Pulsewidth Clock Transpose Range Quantize Direction Link Sync Cont DARK TI...
Page 16: ...a controller to Dark Time s MIDI In socket or USB port and transpose the sequence on the fly while it is chugging away Tune Res ADSR Range Shape Shape Shape Range Range LFO1 LFO2 LFO1 LFO2 up half lo...
Page 17: ...rk Time s tempo via MIDI clock it has to be set up as master with Dark Time acting as slave Set Dark Time s Sync switch to MIDI USB Dark Time will now obey to incoming MIDI clock data and respond to e...
Page 18: ...it a gate signal again for each register individually Active sequencer positions put out a signal of 5V at these sockets The duration of a gate signal depends on the setting of the Pulsewidth control...
Page 19: ...Set the Sync switch to position Internal You will not need any additional settings Now set up the external device as a slave as described in its manual Dark Time as slave You can also synchronize Dar...
Page 20: ...dules of the Doepfer A 100 modular system just in case we haven t mentioned this one yet 3 2 4 Dark Time as a simple MIDI Clock to Sync interface You may use Dark Time as a simple MIDI Clock to Sync i...
Page 21: ...al Clk Out Start Stop Reset Signal St St Reset Out Clock Signal Clk In Start Stop Reset Signal St St Reset In 3 3 Firmware Update Dark Times firmware can easily be updated via USB In case a new firmwa...
Page 22: ...led in a relatively easy way by a handful of low voltages and a bunch of cables knobs and switches The dream of the automated musical instrument that had been around for centu ries suddenly was within...
Page 23: ...gives you direct hands on access to each step of the pattern A device like Dark Time enables the artist to interact with musical patterns in many ways by just hitting one or two controls or flicking...
Page 24: ...obs work continuously the programming of the pitch is not restricted to semitones You can also obtain all sorts of pitches in between So it is very easy to create atonal patterns or microtonal changes...
Page 25: ...he 1V and 2V settings Dark Time s transpose switches can be used to transpose both step registers up or down by one octave You may also use an external control voltage connected to the CV1 In and CV2...
Page 26: ...sal This device complies to the EU guidelines and is manufactured RoHS conform without the use of led mercury cadmium and chrome Still this device is special waste and disposal in household waste is n...
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