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10.8

User Interface

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SPECIFICATIONS

10.8 User Interface

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4 encoders

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14 tactile switches

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Dual digit 7-segment hexadecimal display

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12 leds

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1 power switch

10.9 Dimensions & Weight

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160mm x 100mm x 60mm (unit)

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350 grams (unit)

10.10 Mechanics

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Aluminum industrial enclosure

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4 rubber feet

10.11 Accessories

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Quickstart guide

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USB cable 1m

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Summary of Contents for TOORO

Page 1: ...TO O RO module User and service Manual Revision 1 0 EN 24 03 2021 for Firmware V1 20 08 03 2021 Fre de ric Meslin Fred s Lab March 29 2021 1...

Page 2: ...t best effort to ensure the information provided here is useful and accurate Fred s Lab extends no liabilities in regard to this manual other than those required by the local laws Fre de ric Meslin Au...

Page 3: ...ex Theakston Factory sounds Espen Kraft Quality insurance Benoit Ruelle Rene Schmidt Pierre Studievic Mathieu Meslin Thomas Billiou Oliver Rockstedt User manual Oliver Rockstedt Fanny Homberger DE Aud...

Page 4: ...conjunction with headphones and speaker systems can produce very loud sounds in a wide range of frequencies Human hearing is very sensitive and can be damaged quickly So watch out your hears and those...

Page 5: ...15 5 3 Selecting a Preset 15 5 4 Saving a Preset 16 5 4 1 Overwriting the Current Preset 16 5 4 2 Saving a Preset to a Different Memory Location 16 5 5 Copying Presets 16 5 6 Initializing a Preset 16...

Page 6: ...opes 30 6 8 1 Attack Time 30 6 8 2 Decay Time 30 6 8 3 Sustain Level 30 6 8 4 Release Time 31 6 8 5 Velocity Amount 31 6 8 6 Hold Time 31 6 8 7 Aftertouch Amount 31 6 8 8 Trigger Mode 31 6 9 Amplifier...

Page 7: ...1 General 42 10 1 2 Oscillators 42 10 1 3 Filter 42 10 1 4 Shaper 42 10 1 5 Envelopes 42 10 1 6 LFOs 42 10 1 7 Arpeggiator 42 10 1 8 DCA 43 10 1 9 Multi FX 43 10 2 Memory 43 10 3 Line Outputs 43 10 4...

Page 8: ...11 2 5 Active Sensing 47 11 3 MIDI CC Assignments 48 12 Sysex Implementation 50 12 1 Requests 50 12 1 1 Multi Request 50 12 1 2 Preset Request 50 12 2 Dumps 50 12 2 1 Multi Dump 50 12 2 2 Preset Dump...

Page 9: ...uration data The To o ro is a hybrid instrument It initially computes the sounds using mathematical models and algorithms executed by a powerful ARM micro processor which are then converted into analo...

Page 10: ...heap USB chargers that can be very noisy 2 4 Remarks on USB noise If you keep hearing irritating hum and noise when the To o ro is connected via USB you may experience a USB ground loop problem Fortun...

Page 11: ...MIDI compatible controller or sequencer computer using a MIDI DIN cable or Connect the USB port USB 5V to your computer laptop tablet or smartphone Step 3 Power If not already done in the previous st...

Page 12: ...MIDI compatible controller or sequencer It should be attached to a MIDI DIN output connector of an other device C MIDI OUT This is the MIDI DIN output connector to be connected to a sequencer computer...

Page 13: ...esis parameters labelled in inverse printing Pressing this button toggles between normal and alternate mode Alternate mode is indicated with the LED lit 5 VOL BAL Button Holding this button while turn...

Page 14: ...se the 4 encoders at the bottom row of the To o ro Which parameters are currently edited depends on the selection of the module via the module buttons if alternate mode is enabled via the ALT button o...

Page 15: ...ke sure that the ALT LED is lit 5 1 Selecting a Part Before selecting or editing a preset it is important to select the part currently edited By default part 1 is selected Press and hold the SYSTEM bu...

Page 16: ...a temporary buffer Select the destination preset to be overwritten as described above under Selecting a Preset Press and hold the SYSTEM button Then press the Module button labelled ENV This button a...

Page 17: ...ng the Current Multi To save a multi onto the current memory location press and hold down the PRESET button until the display starts to blink When the button is released the multi will be saved replac...

Page 18: ...eset 02 on MIDI channel 3 Part 4 will be set to preset 03 on MIDI channel 4 Volume is set to maximum for all parts Balance is set to center for all parts The FX mix level is set to minimum disabled 5...

Page 19: ...or polyphonic mode To toggle the mode double click the VOL BAL button If polyphonic mode is selected the POLY LED is lit In monophonic mode each part is played by a single dedicated voice The voice n...

Page 20: ...de the Wave Coarse Tune FM Amount and Level parameters can be edited via the first and second encoder To edit the Table Fine Tune FM Rate and Sync parameters alternate mode has to be enabled via the A...

Page 21: ...rated on each played note Random per Chord Random combination generated on each played chord Each oscillator has its own user table It is initialized with the content of Basic for Osc 1 and Bright for...

Page 22: ...the modulator sine wave for the phase modulation The frequency is based on note pitch using the following ratios For negative values freq 1 rate 16 For positive values freq rate 4 6 3 7 Level Sets th...

Page 23: ...s parameters are accessible in both cases In normal mode the Noise Level can be edited via the fourth encoder To edit the Ringmodulator Level alternate mode has to be enabled via the ALT button 6 4 1...

Page 24: ...ouch Amount and LFO 1 Amount parameters alternate mode has to be enabled via the ALT button 6 5 1 Cutoff The cutoff frequency sets the point at which the signal is split into two bands Frequen cies be...

Page 25: ...ut also includes any modulation via the pitch wheel The reference note number where modulation is unaffected is 36 The range of this parameter reaches from 200 to 200 A setting of 10 in the display co...

Page 26: ...ate mode has to be enabled via the ALT button 6 6 1 Cutoff Frequency Sets the frequency at which the separation between pass band and attenuation band takes place In low pass mode all frequencies abov...

Page 27: ...but also includes any modulation via the pitch wheel The reference note number where modulation is unaffected is 36 The range of this parameter reaches from 200 to 200 A setting of 10 in the display c...

Page 28: ...ond encoder To edit the Rise and Phase parameters alternate mode has to be enabled via the ALT button 6 7 1 Shape This parameter sets the waveform generated by the LFO Triangle Ramp up rising sawtooth...

Page 29: ...8 seconds 6 7 4 Phase The LFO can either be free running or starting at a certain phase position after a note is played A free running LFO is very interesting in mono mode and when using arppegio as i...

Page 30: ...nce the selection will cycle between filter envelope Env F and amplifier envelope Env A The LED color indicates which envelope is selected Env F Env A In addition the display will show the selected en...

Page 31: ...s kept at maximum before the decay stage is entered 6 8 7 Aftertouch Amount To offer more control over the sustain stage its level can be modulated via aftertouch This parameter defines how much the s...

Page 32: ...access the parameters of the amplifier The display will show the selected module briefly Amplifier In normal mode the Level can be edited via the first encoder To edit the Pan alternate mode has to b...

Page 33: ...parameter enables the arpeggiator and sets the order and the range of the generated notes The following table shows the possible modes as well as an example of generated notes when a C major chord C3...

Page 34: ...everts back to the free running mode when no other clock source is available The display always shows the last two digits of the BPM value If the tempo is set above 100 BPM a dot is shown after the fi...

Page 35: ...rces The display will now indicate the selected modulation source Select the module that should be modulated via the Module buttons In order to program a modulation for a parameter that is accessible...

Page 36: ...scillators Wave Pitch FM Amount FM Rate Sync Level Extra Noise Ring Modulation Filter Cutoff Resonance Shaper Cutoff Resonance LFO Speed Amplifier Level Pan 6 11 8 Default Assignments After initializi...

Page 37: ...n red and the display shows O1 briefly Turn the second encoder to set the modulation amount for the Coarse parameter Press the EXIT button in the sources section or wait a few seconds to exit the prog...

Page 38: ...me and balance of all parts The four encoders correspond to the part number Make sure that alternate mode is disabled to set the volumes or enable it to set the balances via the ALT button Press and h...

Page 39: ...the amount of repetitions that are generated When set to maximum infinite repetitions are generated allowing drones and lush ambient sounds 7 3 3 Mix This parameter sets the level of the effect signa...

Page 40: ...7 MULTI PARAMETERS 7 3 5 Speed Sets the speed of the modulation that is applied to the delay time It covers a range from 16s to 6Hz 7 3 6 Depth Sets the amount of modulation that is applied to the de...

Page 41: ...TUNE left to it The tune procedure is now started and will take about 2 minutes to proceed While running the display will show some screens that represent the individual steps After the tuning is done...

Page 42: ...r for linear through zero phase modulation Auto sync feature hardsync Additional sources White noise Ring modulation of both oscillators 10 1 3 Filter FL A847 optocoupler based 12dB octave low pass fi...

Page 43: ...0dBu single voice 0 25VRMS 0 7Vpkpk 20dBu full scale 7 7VRMS 20Vpkpk Impedance DC 1k AC 0 f 30kHz 10 4 Audio Resolution 44kHz 12Bit 10 5 Master Clocks MCU 80MHz USB 48MHz OSCs 792kHz 10 6 Power USB bu...

Page 44: ...ders 14 tactile switches Dual digit 7 segment hexadecimal display 12 leds 1 power switch 10 9 Dimensions Weight 160mm x 100mm x 60mm unit 350 grams unit 10 10 Mechanics Aluminum industrial enclosure 4...

Page 45: ...te On Starts the playback of a note Byte 0 1 2 Data 0x9c note velo c MIDI channel 0 15 note MIDI note 0 127 velo note velocity 1 127 Note a velocity of 0 corresponds to a Note off event 11 1 3 Polypho...

Page 46: ...0 15 value Pressure value 0 127 11 1 7 Pitch Bend Increases or decreases the pitch of the given channel part notes Byte 0 1 2 Data 0xEc least most c MIDI channel 0 15 least least significant 7bit of 1...

Page 47: ...the sound module A tick corresponds to 1 24th of a quarter note Byte 0 Data 0xF8 11 2 5 Active Sensing Ensure the MIDI connection is working Once first sent active sensing messages must be sent to the...

Page 48: ...en terminated by the control value byte Here s the list of supported messages Section Parameter CC Number General Modwheel 1 Preset Osc 1 Wave 70 Osc 1 Coarse 21 Osc 1 FM Amount 22 Osc 1 Level 23 Osc...

Page 49: ...ase 105 LFO 2 Shape 106 LFO 2 Speed 107 LFO 2 Rise 108 LFO 2 Phase 109 Arp Mode 110 Arp Grid 111 Arp Tempo 112 Arp Hold 113 Amp Level 80 Amp Pan 81 Modulation Env F 17 Modulation Env A 18 Modulation L...

Page 50: ...ration 12 1 Requests 12 1 1 Multi Request Request a specific multi from the memory Byte 0 1 2 3 Data 0xF0 0x01 0xMM 0xF7 0xF0 Sysex start 0x01 Service 1 Multi request 0xMI Multi id 0 9 memory slot 0x7...

Page 51: ...ume Part 4 24 2 Balance Part 1 26 2 Balance Part 2 28 2 Balance Part 3 30 2 Balance Part 4 32 2 FX Length 34 2 FX Feedback 36 2 FX Mix 38 2 FX Mode 40 2 FX Speed 42 2 FX Depth 44 2 Reserved 46 2 Flags...

Page 52: ...4 2 Extra Ring 36 2 Shaper Cutoff 38 2 Shaper Resonance 40 2 Shaper Env A Amount 42 2 Shaper Track 44 2 Shaper Mode 46 2 Shaper LFO 2 Amount 48 2 Filter Cutoff 50 2 Filter Resonance 52 2 Filter Env F...

Page 53: ...Hold 116 2 Amp Level 118 2 Amp Pan 120 2 Env F Amount 122 2 Env F Target 124 2 Env A Amount 126 2 Env A Target 128 2 LFO 1 Amount 130 2 LFO 1 Target 132 2 LFO 2 Amount 134 2 LFO 2 Target 136 2 Wheel...

Page 54: ...te 7 lowest 7 bits 9 tops top 7th bits of the 4 preceeding bytes Packing algorithm int length 3 int size sizeof content for int i 0 i size 4 i int tops 0 sysex length data 0x7F tops data 0x80 7 sysex...

Page 55: ...stays available for the maintenance of your instruments Do not hesitate to contact the support service for a free quote Spare parts can directly be ordered from us Intellectual property The following...

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Page 65: ...ation This equipment conforms to the following requirements EN 55032 2015 emission EN 55035 2017 immunity EN 61000 4 2 2009 ESD EN 61000 4 3 2006 A1 2008 A2 2010 immunity EN 61000 4 8 2010 immunity EN...

Page 66: ...thout the approval of the manufacturer can void your authority to operate this equipment Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant t...

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