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USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS

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13.

[EXIT/NO]

 key. Used for exiting the current menu and for deselecting options.

14.

The arrow keys. Used for menu navigation. They are called 

[UP]

, 

[DOWN]

, 

[LEFT]

 and 

[RIGHT]

.

15.

LEVEL

 

knob. Sets the overall volume level of the track in focus.

16.

[TEMPO]

 key. Brings up the tempo menu. The current tempo is always indicated by the 

speed the <TEMPO> LED is flashing.

17.

DATA ENTRY

 knobs. Used for tweaking parameters for the machines and effects.

18.

[SYNTHESIS/EFFECTS/ROUTING] 

toggle key. Switches the editing focus for the 

DATA ENTRY

 knobs. The active page is indicated by the <SYNTHESIS>, <EFFECTS> 

and <ROUTING> LEDs. The secondary function is calling the LFO edit menu.

19.

[RECORD] 

key. Toggles grid edit mode on/off. Starts live recording if held while pressing 

[PLAY]

. In GRID RECORDING mode, the <RECORD> LED gives a steady light, while 

in live recording it flashes. The secondary function is COPY.

20.

[PLAY] 

key. Initiates playback of a pattern or song. Pressing 

[PLAY]

 a second time 

pauses playback. The secondary function is the CLEAR operation.

21.

[STOP] 

key. Stops the playback of a pattern or song. The secondary function is PASTE.

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The copy, clear and paste functions are tied to different data depending on the 

context where they are used. Their use will be described in their respective parts 
of this manual.

22.

[PATTERN/SONG] 

key. Switches between pattern and song sequencer mode. The cur-

rent sequencer mode is indicated by the <PATTERN> and <SONG> LEDs. The sec-
ondary function is calling the GLOBAL EDIT menu.

23.

[KIT] 

key. Opens the KIT menu. The secondary function is opening the SONG menu.

24.

[TRIG] 

keys 1 to 16. Used for direct trigging of machine per track, and for placing notes 

in th GRID RECORDING and LIVE RECORDING modes. Also used for choosing pat-
tern, if pressed while holding 

[A-H]

 keys. They are also used for selecting track when 

pressed while holding 

[FUNCTION]

. Above each 

[TRIG]

 key is a <TRIG> LED.

25.

[SCALE SETUP] 

key.

 

Switches the editing focus of the 

[TRIG]

 keys between the differ-

ent pattern pages, if the scale length is longer than 16 steps. Above the 

[SCALE 

SETUP]

 key the four <PATTERN PAGE> LEDs are placed. If for example 64 steps is 

used in a pattern, all four LEDs will be lit. The LEDs are used for indicating which page 
of the pattern currently being played or edited. Note that MKI units can have a maxi-
mum of 32 steps per pattern.

For scale lengths up to 16 steps, the <1:4> LED will stay lit and pressing 

[SCALE 

SETUP]

 will have no effect. The secondary function of the 

[SCALE SETUP] 

key is 

calling the SCALE SETUP menu. 

Summary of Contents for Machinedrum SPS-1

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Page 2: ... tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residentpial installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to ra...

Page 3: ...CORDING 1 11 SETTING THE ACCENT PATTERN 1 11 SETTING THE SWING PATTERN 1 11 PATTERN LIVE RECORDING 1 12 PARAMETER LOCKS 1 12 THE SOUND SYNTHESIS OF MACHINEDRUM 1 13 MACHINEDRUM KITS 1 14 LOADING A KIT 1 14 SAVING AND NAMING A KIT 1 15 UNDO KIT 1 16 COPY KIT 1 16 CLEAR KIT 1 17 KIT ASSEMBLY 1 17 SETTING MUTE AND TRIG RELATIONS OF A KIT 1 18 COPY MACHINE 1 19 CLEAR MACHINE 1 20 MACHINE PARAMETER EDI...

Page 4: ...1 40 CLEAR NOTE PARAMETER LOCKS 1 40 TRACK COPY 1 41 CLEAR TRACK 1 41 TRACK PAGE COPY 1 42 CLEAR TRACK PAGE 1 42 PATTERN COPY 1 43 CLEAR PATTERN 1 44 TRACK MUTING 1 44 THE TRACK MUTE WINDOW 1 44 MINIMISING THE MUTE WINDOW 1 45 ACCENT TRACK 1 45 SWING 1 46 THE SWING WINDOW 1 46 PARAMETER LOCKS 1 47 PARAMETER LOCKS IN GRID RECORDING MODE 1 47 PARAMETER LOCKS IN LIVE RECORDING MODE 1 48 PARAMETER LOC...

Page 5: ...ACE SAMPLE RECEIVE 1 69 ORIGINAL PLACE SAMPLE RECEIVE 1 70 SEND SAMPLES 1 70 ERASE SAMPLES 1 71 ROUTING 1 72 TRIG 1 73 SYNC 1 73 TEMPO IN 1 74 CTRL IN 1 74 TEMPO OUT 1 75 CTRL OUT 1 76 EARLY STARTUP MENU 1 77 TEST MODE 1 77 EMPTY RESET 1 77 FACTORY RESET 1 77 SOFT RESET 1 77 MIDI UPGRADE 1 77 SEND UPGRADE 1 79 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 1 80 SPECIFICATIONS 1 80 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODE...

Page 6: ...M CP A 4 RIMSHOT EFM RS A 4 COWBELL EFM CB A 4 HIHAT EFM HH A 5 CYMBAL EFM CY A 5 E12 A 6 BASS DRUM E12 BD A 6 SNARE DRUM E12 SD A 6 HIGH TOM E12 HT A 6 LOW TOM E12 LT A 6 CLAP E12 CP A 6 RIMSHOT E12 RS A 6 COW BELL E12 CB A 7 CLOSED HIHAT E12 CH A 7 OPEN HIHAT E12 OH A 7 RIDE CYMBAL E12 RC A 7 CRASH CYMBAL E12 CC A 7 BRUSHED SNARE E12 BR A 7 TAMBOURINE E12 TA A 8 TRIANGLE E12 TR A 8 SHAKER E12 SH...

Page 7: ...S CTR 8P A 13 CONTROL RHYTHM ECHO DELAY CTR RE A 13 CONTROL GATE BOX REVERB CTR GB A 14 CONTROL MASTER EQ CTR EQ A 14 CONTROL DYNAMIX PROCESSOR CTR DX A 14 ROM SPS 1UW ONLY A 15 ROM MACHINES ROM 1 ROM 48 A 15 RAM SPS 1UW MKII ONLY A 15 RAM RECORD RAM R1 RAM R4 A 15 RAM PLAY RAM P1 RAM P4 A 16 RAM MACHINES TUTORIAL A 16 APPENDIX B MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE DEFAULT MIDI MAPPINGS B 1 CTRL CHANGE MAPPING...

Page 8: ...VI of VI ...

Page 9: ...dels CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL In this manual we have used certain conventions to indicate input operations using knobs and buttons and output from the user interface These conventions are listed below Buttons are written in upper case with bold style and they are enclosed in brackets For instance the button function on the main panel is written FUNCTION Menu names certain modes and operations wi...

Page 10: ...types of percussion combined with new rhythm composing possibilities to make the SPS 1 MKII SPS 1UW MKII the state of the art drum synthesizer and sequencer For the sample enabled Machinedrum the Machinedrum SPS 1UW MKII where UW is short for UserWave inspiration was drawn from the 12 bit samplers of the 1980 s for example the EMU SP 1200 The sound from these instruments were often very character ...

Page 11: ...ontrolled by the sequencer Each track has its own track effect consisting of amplitude Modulation 1 band EQ resonant lo band hi pass filter sample rate reduction and distortion The sequencer has full control over the machines as well as the Track Effects The STEREO MASTER EFFECT system consists of the RHYTHM ECHO the GATE BOX REVERB the MASTER EQ and the DYNAMIX compressor Each track has separate ...

Page 12: ...one of the TRIG keys to select a pattern in either the A or the E bank depending on which bank group is selected The secondary function is track muting 8 B F key Hold this key while pressing one of the TRIG keys to select a pattern in either the B or the F bank depending on which bank group is selected The secondary function is accent pattern editing 9 C G key Hold this key while pressing one of t...

Page 13: ...ns are tied to different data depending on the context where they are used Their use will be described in their respective parts of this manual 22 PATTERN SONG key Switches between pattern and song sequencer mode The cur rent sequencer mode is indicated by the PATTERN and SONG LEDs The sec ondary function is calling the GLOBAL EDIT menu 23 KIT key Opens the KIT menu The secondary function is openi...

Page 14: ...age converters using an appropriate power cord Using the wrong type of adapter may damage your unit Damage caused by the use of incorrect power supply is not covered by warranty Please see TECHNICAL INFORMATION on page 80 for details about the MKII power supply Note that the MKI models require a different power supply compared to the MKII models Please see DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODE...

Page 15: ... the Machinedrum unit 2 Connect the main out L R from the Machinedrum to your mixer or amplifier 3 If MIDI control is desired connect MIDI OUT from the Machinedrum to the device that you wish to send data to Connect the MIDI IN to the device that you wish to receive data from The MIDI THRU port echoes the data arriving at the MIDI IN port so it can be used for chaining MIDI units together 4 Switch...

Page 16: ...USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS 8 needs replacement the BATTERY LOW message will appear in the display Con tact Elektron support or your nearest repair center Turn off the machine when it is not in use ...

Page 17: ... the current data entry values When two parameters depend on each other in some way they will have a small clip between them as shown below LAYER EDIT AND WINDOWS When a function which puts a window on top of the main interface screen is opened the function of certain buttons and or knobs will change The buttons that are not used or blocked can still be used to control the layer underneath For exa...

Page 18: ...NTRY knobs to tweak the corresponding bass drum machine specific parameter You can trigger the sound by pressing the first TRIG key while you are turning the DATA ENTRY knob A to hear the pitch change Instead of using the SOUND SELECTION wheel to choose the active track you can hold the FUNCTION key while pressing the corresponding TRIG key The DATA ENTRY knobs have accelerated editing when presse...

Page 19: ...ntly playing is indicated by the flashing of the PATTERN PAGE LED RECORDING A PATTERN USING GRID RECORDING 1 You can input notes into a pattern in the sequencer both while it is playing or while it is currently stopped Press the RECORD key to start grid recording The RECORD LED will be lit the whole time during the process 2 Select the active track using the SOUND SELECTION wheel 3 Press the TRIG ...

Page 20: ...e will be explained on page 35 2 Now it is possible to lock parameters to a specific note in the pattern In GRID RECORD ING mode hold a TRIG key and then tweak a parameter The parameter adjusted will be inverted on the LCD screen to indicate that it now is locked to the value you have set The corresponding TRIG LED will flash rapidly to indicate that a parameter is locked for that step 3 In LIVE R...

Page 21: ...al of 8 machines for bass drum snare drum closed hi hat etc Despite the fact that each machine is based on the family synthesis each machine has a unique synthesis parameter set The parameters have been carefully selected to give you the best sound shaping possibilities for that particular machine The MD synths and their machines are covered in Appendix A MACHINE REFER ENCE Each of the 16 tracks c...

Page 22: ...g possibilities of the Machinedrum Read more about the THE STEREO MASTER EFFECT SYSTEM on page 28 MACHINEDRUM KITS Machinedrum kits hold the information specified below The machine selected for each of the 16 tracks Parameter settings for the 16 machines Parameter settings for the TRACK EFFECT system Parameter settings for routings to the STEREO MASTER EFFECT system Parameter settings for the STER...

Page 23: ... associated with any pattern are distinguished by a little star after the kit name SAVING AND NAMING A KIT 1 Open the KIT window by pressing the KIT key 2 Use the arrow keys to move to the SAVE icon Press ENTER YES to open the SAVE KIT menu 3 The screen presents a list of the kits stored in memory Use the UP and DOWN keys to choose among the 64 kit slots Press ENTER YES to select the slot where yo...

Page 24: ...he kit list called the UNDO KIT When you have made unsaved changes to a kit and a new one is loaded the unsaved old kit will be stored in the UNDO KIT position When saving a kit over an occupied position in the kit list the overwritten kit will also be saved in the UNDO KIT You can load the UNDO KIT to restore your most recent unintentionally lost kit This can often be useful in EXTENDED mode wher...

Page 25: ...e action hold the function FUNCTION button and press the PLAY button The message saying UNDO KIT indicates that the clear operation has been undone KIT ASSEMBLY To assemble a kit you need to select and assign your machines for each track First open the KIT window by pressing the KIT key 1 Use the arrow keys to move to the EDIT icon Press ENTER YES to open the edit win dow 2 The EDIT KIT menu is us...

Page 26: ...hine with every value set to default If you want to load a machine and keep the previous settings of the TRACK EFFECT and ROUTING pages hold FUNCTION while pressing the ENTER YES key You can preview sounds without loading them While in the EDIT KIT menu make sure that the RECORD LED is not lit and that the focus is on the MACHINE col umn Then press the TRIG key corresponding to the active track Yo...

Page 27: ...IG POS position Use the UP and DOWN keys to select which track will be played in addition to the current when it is trigged Con firm the selection by pressing the ENTER YES key You can not use TRIG relations in a chain If the bass drum is set to trigger the snare and the snare is set to trigger the cymbal only the bassdrum and snare will be played when the bass drum is triggered Layering is a very...

Page 28: ...ge saying PASTE MACHINE appears Any previous machine settings will be overwritten when pasting Once the machine is copied into the copy buffer it can be pasted many times to several tracks or kits It will stay in the buffer until it is replaced by a new one The UNDO command is available for this operation Press the FUNCTION STOP once more to undo the paste operation CLEAR MACHINE It is possible to...

Page 29: ...TRY knobs Press the SYNTHESIS EFFECTS ROUTING key until the SYNTHESIS LED is lit The rightmost text of the machine information area at the bottom left will show SYNT for syn thesis The machine parameters are now controlled by the DATA ENTRY knobs Changes are not stored to the kit unless it is saved Please see section SAVING AND NAMING A KIT on page 15 for information about saving kits For more inf...

Page 30: ...The rightmost text of the machine information area at the bottom left will show TFX for effects The TRACK EFFECT parameters for the active track are now controlled by the DATA ENTRY knobs The TRACK EFFECT system is a very powerful sound shaping tool Use it to either dramatically alter or subtly change the sound of a machine AMPLITUDE MODULATOR The amplitude modulator is essentially a volume contro...

Page 31: ...rs a resonant 24dB lo hi band pass filter The parameters are untraditional giving the user control of both the low and high filter cutoffs as well as a variable gap bandpass filter FLTF controls the base filter cutoff frequency When the FLTW parameter is set to its high est value changing the FLTF parameter has the function of a high pass filter When the FLTF parameter is set to zero the highpass ...

Page 32: ...ass Q is disabled FLTQ controls the filter quality Q parameter The Q value controls how much the volume is boosted around the low pass and high pass filter cut off frequencies THE SAMPLE RATE REDUCER The sample rate reduction reduces the sample rate using sample and hold SRR controls the amount of sample rate reduction ...

Page 33: ... knobs DISTORTION The distortion is applied after the TRACK EFFECTS but before volume and pan The DIST parameter controls the signal overload distortion VOLUME This volume control is separate from the LEV overall gain control You can control track volume by parameter locks or by using the LFO system The ACCENT feature can also be used to affect volume of a track VOL controls the volume of the trac...

Page 34: ... field using the PAN parameter Note though that the normal placement of the bass drum is almost always in the center DELAY SEND This is a send to the RHYTHM ECHO DELAY of the STEREO MASTER EFFECT system When a track is assigned to an individual output no delay will be applied to the sound DEL controls the amount of signal that will be sent to the RHYTHM ECHO delay See page 29 for more information ...

Page 35: ...o those found in the LFO menu LFOS controls the speed of the LFO LFOD controls the modulation depth of the LFO LFOM controls the mix between the two selectable LFO waveforms See section LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS LFO s on page 32 for more informa tion about the LFO s ...

Page 36: ... part of the kit The MASTER EFFECTS is only available on the main outputs You can t use them on the individual outputs Even though you can t parameter lock the master effects you can still control them using CTRL machines For more info about this please see Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE To access the STEREO MASTER EFFECT menu follow the steps below 1 Press the KIT key to open the kit menu 2 Move to...

Page 37: ...tion FILTER on page 23 for a description of the functionality of the filter FILTW is the filter width parameter Please refer to section FILTER on page 23 for description of the function MONO is the feedback panning control parameter A low value gives ping pong style delay a high value preserves the stereo information and a central position brings the delay feed back into the central panning positi...

Page 38: ...output from the reverb LP is a low pass filter filtering the output from the reverb GATE sets the gate time The reverbated signal is gated after this time if the signal level is low The maximal value for this parameter gives infinite time in other words the gate is off LEV is the output level parameter of the GATE BOX reberb Sometimes a small amount of gated reverb can be used on snare drums to ma...

Page 39: ...time it takes the volume detector to react to the Attack part of the sound signal Long attack times let fast transients through the compres sor REL controls the release time This is the time it takes the volume detector to react to the Release part of the sound signal A long release time lifts the signal level as a sound decays flattening the dynamics TRHD sets the threshold level where the signal...

Page 40: ...ou wish the LFO to modulate All SYNTHESIS TRACK EFFECTS and ROUTING parameters are accessible by the LFO You can modulate another LFO by targeting the track it is assigned to and select either its SPEED DEPTH or SHMIX parameters with the PARAM control SHP1 selects which waveform shape that can be used by the LFO There are six types of available LFO waveforms Triangle Saw Square Linear decay Expone...

Page 41: ...w is an illustration showing the behaviour of the waveforms of the LFO s when set to the different UPDTE options As the LFO settings are stored in the kit it is important to save the kit if you wish to keep the changes The SPEED DEPTH and SHMIX parameters are also available from the ROUTING page As the parameters of the ROUTING page can be controlled by parameter locks and even by other LFO s this...

Page 42: ...an let a number LFO s control several parameters of a machine This allows for percussion sounds that are constantly changing Note that an LFO can modulate another LFO s parameters as well as long as the modulated LFO is on a higher track The LFO 03 can modulate the parameters of the LFO 04 but not vice versa Copy paste clear and undo functions are available for the LFO s ...

Page 43: ... and the adjacent LED indicates which mode is currently active CLASSIC EDITING In CLASSIC mode the SPS 1 MKII SPS 1UW MKII will behave much like a traditional drum machine In this mode patterns simply keep trig information and have no associated kits or parameter locks Changing patterns will not recall any kit EXTENDED EDITING In EXTENDED mode each pattern is associated with a certain kit which wi...

Page 44: ... tempo of the taps will be set as the new tempo and it will be showed in the TAP TEMPO window You can continue tapping the TEMPO key the tapped tempo average will continue updating EXTERNAL SYNCHRONIZATION The Machinedrum SPS 1 MKII SPS 1UW MKII can be set to either internal or external syn chronization When in internal clock mode the Machinedrum outputs a high quality MIDI clock on the MIDI OUT p...

Page 45: ...il 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 cue up patterns to be played after each other in a loop like a simple live sequencer for patterns In PATTERN mode hold a BANK button and then press the TRIG keys corresponding to the patterns you want to chain ...

Page 46: ...se decrease the number of steps The TRIG keys can also be used to set the end step The second value selects the total length of the scale This is either 16 32 48 or 64 steps If you use 17 steps or more in a pattern the SCALE SETUP key is used in GRID RECORDING mode to toggle the focus between the different pattern pages The third parameter is the tempo multiplier There are four possible settings 1...

Page 47: ...copy it to another pattern before you begin editing it See section PATTERN COPY on page 43 for more information on copying pattern data If you exit the recording mode you will not get the running LEDs above the TRIG keys during playback The copy clear paste and undo functions operate on a specific track when in GRID RECORDING mode See section TRACK COPY on page 41 The copy clear paste and undo fun...

Page 48: ...ings and paste it to a new location in the track 1 Make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode indicated by the RECORD LED giv ing off a steady light 2 Press and hold the note trig you want to copy and press the RECORD key A window saying COPY NOTE will appear 3 Hold the TRIG key correspondning to the location you want to paste the note to and press the STOP key to complete the paste operation A wind...

Page 49: ...g and holding FUNCTION and then pressing the STOP key A message saying PASTE TRACK will be shown in the display The track data that is pasted consists of notes the machine association LFO set tings and if in EXTENDED mode parameter locks If the LFO is set to affect a parameter on the same track it is remapped as it is pasted If the LFO is set to affect a parameter of another track the destination ...

Page 50: ...ing the SOUND SELECTION wheel 2 Go to the page you want to copy by pressing the SCALE SETUP key 3 Hold the SCALE SETUP key and press RECORD A message saying COPY PAGE page will appear 4 Go to the pattern page you want to paste the copied page into by pressing the SCALE SETUP key Paste the data by holding SCALE SETUP while pressing the STOP key A message saying PASTE PAGE will be shown in the displ...

Page 51: ...lit 2 Select the source pattern Hold FUNCTION while pressing RECORD A message COPY PATTERN will be shown in the display 3 Change pattern to the destination where you wish to paste your pattern data by using the BANK and TRIG keys 4 Paste the data by pressing and holding FUNCTION and then pressing the STOP key The message PASTE PATTERN will be shown in the display The pattern data that is copied co...

Page 52: ...E window This is useful in a live setting you can mute out sounds in a looping pattern thus creating variations 1 Hold FUNCTION while pressing A E to call forth the MUTE window 2 In this window there are 16 squares representing the 16 tracks Use the TRIG keys to toggle muting of the corresponding tracks A muted track will be displayed as a sign 3 While holding FUNCTION and pressing the TRIG keys t...

Page 53: ...continue to sound when muted but further trigs will be masked This allows the drums to fade out in a nat ural way ACCENT TRACK The Accent feature is used for quickly changing the accentuation for either a pattern as a whole or for individual tracks Accent raises the volume at selected positions within a pat tern or a track 1 Hold down the FUNCTION key while pressing the B F key This brings forth t...

Page 54: ...of course be made with other swing pattern setups but that is outside the scope of this manual To add swing to a pattern follow the steps below 1 Hold FUNCTION while pressing C G to open the SWING window 2 Use the SOUND SELECTION wheel to set the desired amount of swing The amount of swing is set in percent 50 is the default value meaning that no swing will be applied and the maximum value is 80 3...

Page 55: ... Experiment with using only a few swing trigs in a swing pattern This will create just a few notes that are slightly off beat which can add a great deal of movement to a pattern PARAMETER LOCKS A parameter lock is a parameter locked to a certain value for a specific step Parameter locks can be programmed in GRID RECORDING mode and recorded in LIVE RECORD ING mode For parameter locks to come into e...

Page 56: ...of a parameter setting It changes the parameter value from its original value stored in the kit but only for that note trig The parameter will change back to its default state on the next trig if no further parameter locks are made for that note and parameter A pattern can have a total of 64 individually locked parameters divided freely between all tracks and parameters When a parameter is locked ...

Page 57: ...of the slide is relative to the current tempo and the slide is completed when the next position with a drum trig is reached To set slide trigs follow the instructions below 1 Hold FUNCTION while pressing D H to open the SLIDE window 2 Use the TRIG keys to select the steps for which parameter locks will slide to their next locked value To set individual swing tracks just follow the instructions bel...

Page 58: ...s selected in the slide mode will slide to their destination Parameters that are unlocked will not slide You can copy paste and clear slide patterns and tracks Press FUNCTION either RECORD PLAY or STOP while the SLIDE window is open to perform these operations You can also copy paste and clear a slide track page by pressing SCALE SETUP either the RECORD PLAY or STOP keys The paste and clear action...

Page 59: ...irst need to open the SONG window by pressing FUNCTION and the KIT key 2 Move to the LOAD icon and press ENTER YES 3 Choose the song you wish to load from the list by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys and press ENTER YES to execute Loading a song will destroy any unsaved current song settings Make sure to store unsaved work you wish to keep before loading a song The song only holds the information ...

Page 60: ...blink they point in the direc tion of the song position pointer When repeating a row in a song the number of turns left is indicated to the right of the current pattern display In song mode STOP holds the position and another STOP moves the position pointer to the beginning of the song Songs are played until the end and will then stop Of course infinite loops can make songs that never end The curr...

Page 61: ...umn The SOUND SELECTION wheel is used for choosing between patterns and functions You can also select a pattern by hold ing the BANK A H key and pressing a TRIG key 5 The END mark indicates the end of the song When this point is reached the sequencer will stop You can also program loops in this column See section SONG LOOP on page 54 for more information on loops 6 The REP column controls how many...

Page 62: ...replay position move to the current row If the song is currently playing when you select another row you will first get two hollow arrows on each side of the current row The hollow arrows indicate which row will play next once the current row reaches its end SONG LOOP Song loops are a useful tool when creating a song By using this command you can limit the number of rows and make the structure of ...

Page 63: ...olumn will be available Use the RIGHT arrow key to move the focus to the column where you insert which song row you want the song position pointer to jump to SONG HALT If you set the loop to loop to the current row it will change to a HALT statement When the song pointer reaches a HALT statement it will pause the playback You then need to use the song transport controls as described on page 54 to ...

Page 64: ...R YES to select the slot where you want to save your song 4 A window opens where you can name the song Select characters using the SOUND SELECTION wheel The arrow LEFT and RIGHT keys move the cursor backwards and forwards on the line 5 Pressing the FUNCTION key gives access to the high score selection method in which you see all characters at the same time Keep the FUNCTION key held while navigati...

Page 65: ...tern song and kit data Sysex receive of pattern song and kit data Program change settings Sample manager Machinedrum UserWave only Output routings of tracks Trig in settings for external pads Sync settings To select a global setting and edit it 1 Press FUNCTION and then the PATTERN SONG key to open the GLOBAL SET TINGS menu 2 Go to the global setting slot you wish to use and press ENTER YES to sel...

Page 66: ... have avoided using non registered parameters NRPN which are usually hard to make good use of from keyboards and from many computer sequencers In appendix B and C we will look closer at how to control the Machinedrum externally If the MIDI base channel is turned below 1 4 it will display The Machine drum will the not send out or react to MIDI data System common and System real time MIDI messages s...

Page 67: ...e mapping and then send a NOTE ON message to the MIDI IN port i e playing the note on a connected keyboard 4 In the TRIG window you set how the Machinedrum should react when receiving a trig signal When set to GATE the Machinedrum pattern will start to play once receiving a MIDI NOTE ON command and stop when receiving a MIDI NOTE OFF command This basically means that a pattern will play for as lon...

Page 68: ...kits or songs Before sending make sure the connections are correct See the figure below for an exam ple of what the connections could look like when sending sysex data to a computer 1 Select the MIDI row in the GLOBAL EDIT menu Then select SYSEX SEND and press ENTER YES 2 Select the preferred data send method using the UP and DOWN arrow keys 3 If the selected send method has the option to select r...

Page 69: ...ages You can always cancel the SYSEX SEND operation by pressing the EXIT NO but ton ALL DATA SYSEX SEND Use this option when you need to back up the entire memory of your Machinedrum All pat terns songs kits and global settings will be transmitted No range can be selected for this send method Because of the large amount of data transmitted it may take several minutes to complete the operation On S...

Page 70: ...nds a pattern or several patterns If you are in EXTENDED mode you will also send the kits that are used in the patterns In CLASSIC mode you will only send patterns Although sent from CLASSIC mode existing parameter locks will be transmitted The range selects the span of consecutive patterns that you wish to send KIT SYSEX SEND Sends a kit or several kits The range selects the span of consecutive k...

Page 71: ...SIC and the EXTENDED edit modes If for instance patterns are saved with their kits in EXTENDED mode and you receive them back while in CLASSIC mode you will get the kits as well To ensure that your data was received and stored correctly please use the VER IFY option GENERAL SYSEX RECEIVE You can send sysex data at any time to the Machinedrum The playback of the sequencer will not even halt This ap...

Page 72: ...he ORIG receive method using the UP and DOWN arrow keys 4 Press ENTER YES to start receiving data A message displaying WAITING shows up in the menu 5 Now initiate the data send from the sending device 6 A counter will display how many messages have been received and if you have a bad connection how many erroneous messages have been received and ignored Received data will overwrite any previous dat...

Page 73: ...pattern start position The third SONG is the song start position and finally there is GLOB which is the global setting start slot You set the parameters with the UP and DOWN keys You can leave the other parameters blank and only specify the KIT parameter if for instance you only want to transfer kits Columns which are not specified are treated as they would be in ORIG mode 5 Press ENTER YES to sta...

Page 74: ...both transmit and receive MIDI Program change messages Here you decide how the Machinedrum should react to these messages 1 Select the MIDI row in the GLOBAL EDIT menu Then select PRG CHANGE and press ENTER YES 2 You will be presented with available alternatives for handling program changes When the program change setting is set to OFF the Machinedrum will neither transmit nor receive program chan...

Page 75: ...ottom of the screen In the MODE column you choose which action you want to perform You can RECEIVE SEND and ERASE samples In the POS SIZE column all loaded samples and their respec tive sizes are listed A slot that displays is empty To the right of the POS SIZE column you can see what percentage of the DSP memory remains unused All sample speeds from 4 kHz to 48 kHz are accepted and handled by the...

Page 76: ...peration you will be asked whether you want to perform the action or not Press ENTER YES if you want to proceed with the copy operation 3 A prompt will ask if you want to RELOAD SAMPLES NOW 4 If you press the ENTER YES button the content of all other RAM machines will be erased If you want to copy the other RAM machines as well it is very important that you instead press the EXIT NO key 5 When you...

Page 77: ...n the Machinedrum UserWave If you want to use the closed loop transfer method connect the MIDI OUT of the UserWave to the MIDI IN of the MIDI interface 2 Load the samples you want to send to the Machinedrum into a suitable program for example C6 3 Select the MIDI row in the GLOBAL EDIT menu Then select SAMPLE MGR and press ENTER YES 4 Select RECEIVE by using the UP and DOWN keys Once the RECEIVE o...

Page 78: ...bsequent samples will overwrite any samples that might be stored in these slots The MIDI Sample Dump Standard offers Sample Position to be included in the dump This is handy to use with the ORG method as you can select any ROM slot as the starting point for the sample transfer The SPS 1UW SPS 1UW MKII is always sysex device 0 when receiving data Typi cally you don t have to bother about this Use t...

Page 79: ... Scroll down in the POS SIZE window until you find the option that says ALL You can also transmit samples stored in the RAM machines Doing this you can sample sounds from the Machinedrum UserWave and store them externally ERASE SAMPLES Every sample loaded into the UserWave can also be erased Erasing samples frees up sample memory 1 Select MIDI row in the global edit row Then select SAMPLE MGR and ...

Page 80: ... spe cific output By default all tracks are routed to the main output The main output consists of the outputs A and B configured as a stereo pair Once you route a track to a single output A B C D E or F you bypass the STEREO MAS TER EFFECT system which is only available for sound leaving the main output You can route more than one track to an output if you want to To change the track routing to th...

Page 81: ...ng handled by the Machinedrum 1 Select the TRIG row in the GLOBAL EDIT menu Move the focus to IN A by pressing the ENTER YES key 2 Press ENTER YES This will open the trig setting menu for the external input A GATE sets the input gate sensitivity A low value makes the trig more sensitive SENS sets the sensitivity of the inputs The higher the sensitivity the higher the reaction to weak signals VMIN ...

Page 82: ...al for a couple of seconds it will revert back to following its own internal clock Note that the internal clock of the SPS 1 MKII SPS 1UW MKII is extremely precise If you are unsure about the timing of the incoming signal we recommend that you leave the TEMPO IN setting set to INTERNAL When the Machinedrum is synced to an external clock signal and no longer detects it the SPS 1 MKII SPS 1UW MKII w...

Page 83: ...I can have its tempo synchro nized to an external source without having to stop the pattern currently playing if stop is pressed on the external sequencer This is practical if you want to use the Machinedrum as a sound module and still have the LFO s and the Rhythm Echo tempo synchronized TEMPO OUT The Machinedrum can be set to send out tempo information 1 Select the SYNC row in the GLOBAL EDIT me...

Page 84: ...ENTER YES 2 If you want to control for example an external sequencer from your Machinedrum you will need to have CTRL OUT set to ON The SPS 1 MKII SPS 1UW MKII will then send out MIDI start stop and continue messages Pressing the PLAY key on the Machine drum will then start the external sequencer pressing the STOP key will stop the exter nal sequencer and so on ...

Page 85: ...MPTY RESET To perform this operation press the second TRIG key This reset will clear all kits pat terns songs and global settings If you have a Machinedrum UserWave an empty reset will still retain the ROM samples in memory FACTORY RESET To perform this operation press the third TRIG key This reset restores all patterns kits songs and globals to the factory presets that was preinstalled when the M...

Page 86: ... TRIG key The Machinedrum will wait for an OS to be transmitted to it and a message stating READY TO RECEIVE MIDI UPGRADEU will appear on the screen 4 Once the Machinedrum senses that an OS is being sent to it the SOUND SELEC TION and the TRIG LEDs will light up one after another Please note that this proce dure takes a while 5 When the transfer is finished the message PREPARING FLASH appears 6 PR...

Page 87: ...is supposed to be upgraded by pressing the fifth TRIG KEY Make sure you see the message READY TO RECEIVE MIDI UPGRADEU on the screen 3 Press the sixth TRIG key of the Machinedrum that is used to send the OS upgrade This will start the transmission of the OS to the other Machinedrum If you have installed OS 1 31 or above you can experience the speed of the Elek tron TurboCharge protocol You will ne...

Page 88: ...uts Main out level 15dBu Assignable outs level 10dBu Output impedance 100 unbalanced S N ratio 100dBFS 20 20 000Hz Unbalanced audio inputs Input level 7dBu maximum Audio input impedance 9 k SNR inputs 98dBFS 20 20 000Hz Unit power consumption 10W typical 18W maximum Recommended power supply 6V DC 3A HARDWARE 128x64 pixel backlit LCD MIDI In Out Thru 6 x 1 4 impedance balanced audio out jacks 2 x 1...

Page 89: ...eed of voltage converters The MKI models use an AC power supply The output specification of the MKI power supply is 6V AC 2 5A 50 60Hz The plug size of the MKI supply is the same as a MKII power supply S N RATIO AND OUTPUTS The S N ratio of the outputs on the Machinedrum MKII is 100dB The outputs of the MKII units are impedance balanced The S N ratio for a MKI unit outputs is 91dB and the outputs ...

Page 90: ... Finnberg Jesper Kouthoofd Erik Larsson Charlie Storm Fredrik Åhfeldt FACTORY DEFAULT SOUND DESIGN Daniel Troberg USER S MANUAL Thomas Ekelund Daniel Hansson Jon Mårtensson CONTACT INFORMATION ELEKTRON SUPPORT support elektron se ELEKTRON WEBSITE http www elektron se DELIVERY ADDRESS Elektron Music Machines MAV AB Erik Dahlbergsgatan 3 SE 411 26 Gothenburg Sweden ...

Page 91: ...kes the start harder NOIS Adds noise to the start of the sound HARM Adds extra harmonics CLIP A special type of distortion BASS DRUM TRX B2 PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the drum DEC Controls the decay time RAMP Ramps the pitch HOLD Controls the initial hold time for the volume TICK Adds a tick to make the start harder NOIS Adds noise to the start of the sound DIRT Controls a bit reduction func...

Page 92: ...TONE Changes tonal quality BUMP Adds a pitchshift at the start of the sound CLOSED HIHAT TRX CH GAP Changes the hi hat gap DEC Controls the decay time HPF High pass filters the sound LPF Low pass filters the sound MTAL Adds extra metal character to the sound OPEN HIHAT TRX OH GAP Changes the hi hat gap DEC Controls the decay time HPF High pass filters the sound LPF Low pass filters the sound MTAL ...

Page 93: ...uces a dual attack ENH Enhances the tone TUNE Detunes the sound CLIC Adds a click at the start CONGAS TRX XC PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the drum DEC Controls the decay time RAMP Ramps the pitch RDEC Speed of the pitch ramp DAMP Dampens the decay part of the sound DIST Distortion DTYP Hardness of the distortion ...

Page 94: ...ramp depth RDEC The pitch ramp decay time A higher value gives a longer decay MOD The frequency modulation depth MFRQ The modulation frequency MDEC The modulation decay time CLIC Adds a click to the start of the drum CLAP EFM CP PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the drum DEC Controls the decay time CLPS The number of claps CDEC The clap decay time A higher value gives a longer decay MOD The frequen...

Page 95: ...y of the tremolo MOD The frequency modulation depth MFRQ The modulation frequency MDEC The modulation decay time FB Feedback amount CYMBAL EFM CY PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the cymbal DEC Controls the decay time FB Feedback amount HPF High pass filter frequency MOD The frequency modulation depth MFRQ The modulation frequency MDEC The modulation decay time ...

Page 96: ...Q value STRT Moves the start point of the drum forward RTRG Number of drum retrigs RTIM The time between each retrig The time is relative to the tempo BEND Pitch bend depth Bends the pitch of the drum up or down into the basic pitch LOW TOM E12 LT PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the drum DEC Controls the decay time HP High pass filter frequency HPQ High pass filter Q value STRT Moves the start po...

Page 97: ...m forward RTRG Number of drum retrigs RTIM The time between each retrig The time is relative to the tempo BEND Pitch bend depth Bends the pitch of the drum up or down into the basic pitch RIDE CYMBAL E12 RC PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the cymbal DEC Controls the decay time HP High pass filter frequency BELL Introduces the sound from the inner bell of a ride cymbal STRT Moves the start point o...

Page 98: ...time between each retrig The time is relative to the tempo BEND Pitch bend depth Bends the pitch of the drum up or down into the basic pitch SHAKER E12 SH PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the shaker DEC Controls the decay time HP High pass filter frequency SLEW Controls the effect of shaking back and forth STRT Moves the start point of the drum forward RTRG Number of drum retrigs RTIM The time bet...

Page 99: ... Regulates the size of the drum body POS Moves the striking point from the center to the edge RIMSHOT PI RS PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the rim shot DEC Controls the decay time HARD A higher value gives a harder strike RING The drum s metallic ringing RVOL The volume of the snares rattling RDEC The decay time of the rattling METALLICA PI ML PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the sound DEC Contr...

Page 100: ...es of the sound GRAB Sets the time to grabbing the cymbal A value of 127 means that that the cymbal is never grabbed CRASH CYMBAL PI CC PTCH Controls the basic pitch of the crash DEC Sets the decay time of the crash HARD Adds the impression of a hard hit RING Controls the amount of ringing in the sound AG Enhances the high frequencies of the sound AU Decreases the high frequencies of the sound BR ...

Page 101: ...pe lowpass filter follower for the A and B inputs It is made for passing through external audio It does not react to trigs other than you need to trig it once for it to become active ALEV Controls the input volume GATE The input gate sensitivity A low value lets lower signals through the gate FATK The input filter attack time A high value makes the gate open more slowly FHLD The input filter gate ...

Page 102: ...4V Sets the value of the Control Change chosen in CC4D CC4D Selects the Control Change message to be con trolled by CC4V Routing window CC5D Selects the Control Change message to be con trolled by CC5V CC5V Sets the value of the Control Change chosen in CC5D PCHG Performs a Program Change message between 0 and 126 LFOS Controls the speed of LFO of the MIDI machine LFOD Controls the depth of the LF...

Page 103: ...R Chooses which parameter that will be affected by the P1 parameter on the SYNTHESIS page P2 P4 TRK The same function as P1 TRK P2 P4 PAR The same function as P1 PAR Routing window A continuation of the content in the EFFECTS menu The next 4 routings are made here CONTROL RHYTHM ECHO DELAY CTR RE Use this control machine to control the parameters of the RHYTHM ECHO delay The effects and routing pa...

Page 104: ...s control machine to control the parameters of the MASTER EQ equalizer The effect and routing pages function the same way as described for the RHYTHM EHCO delay Synthesis window This page shows the same parameters as found in the STEREO MASTER EFFECTS menu under the EQ tab LF is the cut boost frequency parameter of the low shelf fil ter LG is the low shelf gain parameter that controls how much the...

Page 105: ...ND Controls the end point of the sample The sample will be reversed if it is set to a lower value than the STRT parameter RTRG Sets the number of times a sample will retrig If set to 127 the sample will retrig infinitely RTIM Defines the time between two retrigs The time is relative to the tempo If the value is set to zero the RTRG parameter will not affect anything The ROM machines ROM 25 to ROM ...

Page 106: ...t the main out of Machinedrum UserWave is connected to your mixer or sound card You can also plug a pair of headphones into the phones output Com pose a 1 bar pattern consisting of a bass drum a snare drum and some hi hats The pattern should not contain any other machines 2 Assign the first RAM RECORD machine RAM R1 to track M1 This machine will be used to capture the beat 3 Assign the first RAM P...

Page 107: ...0b 11 Track 4 MT Level X X 0c 12 Track 1 BD Mute 0 mutes trk X X 0d 13 Track 2 SD Mute 0 mutes trk X X 0e 14 Track 3 HT Mute 0 mutes trk X X 0f 15 Track 4 MT Mute 0 mutes trk X X 10 16 Track 1 BD Machine parameter 1 X X 11 17 Track 1 BD Machine parameter 2 X X 12 18 Track 1 BD Machine parameter 3 X X 13 19 Track 1 BD Machine parameter 4 X X 14 20 Track 1 BD Machine parameter 5 X X 15 21 Track 1 BD...

Page 108: ...ck 12 CC Level X X 0c 12 Track 9 CH Mute 0 mutes trk X X 0d 13 Track 10 OH Mute 0 mutes trk X X 0e 14 Track 11 RC Mute 0 mutes trk X X 0f 15 Track 12 CC Mute 0 mutes trk X X 10 16 Track 9 CH Machine parameter 1 X X 27 39 28 40 Track 10 OH Machine parameter 1 X X 3f 63 48 72 Track 11 RC Machine parameter 1 X X 5f 95 60 96 Track 12 CC Machine parameter 1 X X 77 119 MIDI base channel 3 hex dec Parame...

Page 109: ... SYSEX init 50 Global settings dump ID Global setting data bytes f7 SYSEX end SYSEX global setting dump request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 51 Global setting dump request ID 0000aaaa Send global setting aaaa 0 to 7 by sysex f7 SYSEX end SYSEX kit sysex dump MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 52 Kit dump ID Kit data bytes f7 SYSEX end SYSEX kit request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 53 Kit dump request ID...

Page 110: ... RC 102 MID 07 71 P I CC 103 MID 08 72 P I HH 104 MID 09 120 CTR RE 105 MID 10 121 CTR GB 106 MID 11 122 CTR EQ 107 MID 12 123 CTR DX 108 MID 13 109 MID 14 110 MID 15 111 MID 16 If c 1 the numbers below apply 00 ROM 01 16 ROM 17 32 RAM R1 48 ROM 33 01 ROM 02 17 ROM 18 33 RAM R2 49 ROM 34 02 ROM 03 18 ROM 19 34 RAM P1 50 ROM 35 03 ROM 04 19 ROM 20 35 RAM P2 51 ROM 36 04 ROM 05 20 ROM 21 52 ROM 37 0...

Page 111: ...mp request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 68 Pattern request ID 0aaaaaaa Send pattern aaaaaaa f7 SYSEX end SYSEX song dump MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 69 Song dump ID Song data bytes see separate documentation f7 SYSEX end SYSEX song request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 6a Song request ID 000aaaaa send song aaaaa 0 to 31 f7 SYSEX end SYSEX set receive position for dump MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init ...

Page 112: ...ed request MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 10 Speed request ID f7 SYSEX end SYSEX turbomidi speed answer MIDI Byte Purpose SYSEX init 11 Speed answer ID aaaaaaaa bit 0 speed 2 bit 1 speed 3 3 00000bbb bit 0 speed 13 3x bit 1 speed 16x bit 2 speed 20x cccccccc contains certified speed bits 00000bbb contains certified speed bits f7 SYSEX end SYSEX turbomidi speed negotiation master MIDI Byte Purpose SY...

Page 113: ...11 20 Values within parentheses are not supported Active sensing Active sensing should be sent from any device supporting Turbo MIDI whenever a higher speed is used TM 1 approx 150ms between If a Turbo MIDI device receives active sensing and then active sensing is lost for more than 300ms the device will revert to normal MIDI speed Negotiation Timing Length of master timeouts 30 ms minimum Length ...

Page 114: ...C 6 Appendix C SYSEX REFERENCE ...

Page 115: ... D DELAY Delay send 26 Rhythm echo delay 29 DISTORTION 25 E EARLY START UP MENU 77 EDIT Kit 17 Lfo 32 Machine 21 Pattern 37 Song 52 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS 80 EMPTY RESET 77 EQ Master effect eq 30 Track eq 23 EXTENDED MODE 35 EXTERNAL CONTROL Control in 74 Sync 73 Tempo in 74 Trigging 73 F FACTORY RESET 77 FILTER 23 G GLOBAL SETTINGS 57 Midi 57 Routing 72 Sync 73 Trig 73 GRID COMPOSING Parameter...

Page 116: ...istortion 25 Lfo control 27 Pan 26 Reverb send 26 Volume 25 S SAMPLE MANAGER 67 Erase samples 71 Original place sample receival 70 Preview sample 67 Send samples 70 Specific place sample receival 69 SAMPLE RATE REDUCER 24 SAMPLE RECEIVE General sample receive 68 Original place 70 Specific place 69 SAVE Kit 15 Song 56 SCALE SETUP 38 SLIDES 49 SOFT RESET 77 SONG MODE 51 Jumps 55 Loops 54 Mutes 55 Of...

Page 117: ...ple rate reducer 24 TRIG 73 U UNDO Accent 46 Clear track 42 Clear track page 43 Kit 16 Lfo 34 Machine 21 Parameter locks 41 Pattern 43 Sample 67 Song 56 Song row 53 Swing 47 Track 42 Track copy 41 Track page 42 V VOLUME 25 ...

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