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6 MUSICAL INTERFACE

7 NOTE-BANKS

USE THE 

“CTRL”

 ENCODER TO ROTATE

 KEYS IN THE ACTIVE NOTE-BANK. 

THE KEYPAD IS SPLIT INTO FOUR 

SEPARATE 

NOTE-BANKS

, AND YOU CAN 

ALWAYS MOVE BETWEEN THEM BY: 

PRESSING ALT +      BUTTONS

 

BY DEFAULT THE 

NOTE-BANKS

 ARE SET 

UP AS OCTAVES, BUT YOU CAN CON-

FIGURE THEM TO FIT YOUR PLAYING 

STYLE, OR FOR SPECIFIC SONGS.

EACH TIME THE MOTOR SYNTH IS 

SWITCHED ON, 

NOTE-BANKS

 FROM THE 

LAST SESSION WILL BE RECALLED.

YOU CAN ALSO SAVE AND LOAD 

NOTE- 

BANKS

 JUST LIKE WITH 

PRESETS

.

THE MOTOR SYNTH'S BUILT-IN MUSICAL INTERFACE CONSISTS OF EIGHT KEYS AND FOUR ROTARY ENCODERS.

EACH KEY’S NOTE VALUES ARE INDICATED ON THE 

MAIN PLAY SCREEN

, AND YOU CAN RAISE OR LOWER THE PITCH OF 

THE KEYS BY TURNING THE ENCODER IN THE KEY’S RESPECTIVE COLUMN.

PRESS THE 

ENCODER

 TO RETURN THE KEY TO THE PREVIOUS NOTE PLAYED. 

DOUBLE-PRESS THE 

ENCODER

 TO RETURN THE KEY TO THE LAST SAVED STATE (SCALE, NOTEBANK).

WITH THE 

“LATCH”

 ON - ALL NEW 

NOTES WILL STICK. WHEN POLYPHONY

SLOTS ARE FULL, NEW NOTES WILL 

STEAL LAST NOTE PLAYED.
TO REPLACE ALL LATCHED KEYS - 

HOLD ALT + PLAY NEW NOTES

 

ON THE KEYPAD.

PRESS ALT + LATCH 

TO 

GENERATE A RANDOM PATCH.

USE THE 

“SAVE”

 BUTTON TO SAVE 

PRESETS AND NOTE-BANKS - 

TYPE PRESET NAMES WITH THE 

KEYPAD AND      BUTTONS.

USE THE 

“DEL”

 BUTTON TO ERASE 

VALUES IN VARIOUS SCREENS, 

FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOD MENU.

PRESS ALT + TAP

 TO FLIP LINKED

KEYS. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE

A KEY'S PITCH WITHOUT AUDIBLY

PLAYING IT.

ALT + ENCODERS 3 AND 4

 - SET UP 

THE TYPE OF SCALE AND THE

SCALE'S ROOT. 

ALT + ENCODER 2

 - ADJUST 

PITCH-SHIFT FROM SMOOTH TO

QUANTIZED STEPS.

ALT + ENCODER 1

 - PITCH-SHIFT 

ALL NOTES ON THE KEYPAD AT ONCE.

 LINKED TO 

ENCODER

CURRENTLY

PLAYING

RED 

KEYS

WHITE KEYS

DARK KEYS

CURRENTLY

INACTIVE

Summary of Contents for Motor Synth

Page 1: ...CAN GENERATE ENOUGH TORQUE TO REACH A TOP SPEED OF 300 REVOLUTIONS PER SECOND ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY WITH SO MUCH POWER AT HAND HAVING PRECISE CONTROL OVER THE MOTORS IS THE MOST CRUCIAL ELEMENT TO MA...

Page 2: ...MOTOR SYTNH QUICK GUIDE 16 MOTOR SYNTH MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 17 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 14...

Page 3: ......

Page 4: ...NY AND UNISON SETTINGS CAN BE ADJUSTED INDIVIDUALLY FOR VOICE 1 AND VOICE 2 THE MOTOR SYNTH CAN ALSO BE USED AS AN 8 VOICE POLYPHONIC INSTRUMENT WITH 1 VOICE PER KEY WHEN VOICE 2 IS DISABLED 1 POLYPHO...

Page 5: ...TER ON OFF BUTTON V1 AND V2 SO YOU CAN SELECT WHICH VOICES GO INTO THE MOTOR SYNTH S FILTER SECTION ACCESS ADDITIONAL FILTER RETRIG AND KEYTRACK SETTINGS IN MAIN MENU 3 FILTER SECTION THE MOTOR SYNTH...

Page 6: ...TIVE COLUMN IN THE MOD MENU ALT SHAPE KNOB WILL CHANGE MOD SHAPES FOR ALL COLUMNS AT ONCE USE ALT SHAPE CTRL ENCODER TO MORPH THE MODULATION SHAPES MODULATION SPEED CAN BE FREELY ADJUSTED WITH THE RAT...

Page 7: ...VE COLUMN PRESS THE ENCODER TO RETURN THE KEY TO THE PREVIOUS NOTE PLAYED DOUBLE PRESS THE ENCODER TO RETURN THE KEY TO THE LAST SAVED STATE SCALE NOTEBANK WITH THE LATCH ON ALL NEW NOTES WILL STICK W...

Page 8: ...ALL TRACKS WILL HAVE THE SAME LOOP LENGTH USE DEL TO ERASE INDIVIDUAL TRACKS OR ALT DEL TO ERASE ALL THE MOTOR SYNTH CAN RECORD AND PLAY BACK NOTE SEQUENCES PERFORMED IN REAL TIME NOTE SEQUENCES MAY B...

Page 9: ...OM AND OTHER MODES SETS THE ARP S SUBDIVISION AGAINST THE MAIN BPM SETS HOW MANY TIMES EACH NOTE IS REPEATED REPEATED NOTES CAN BE SHIFTED BY AN INTERVAL SETS HOW MANY TIMES EACH PATTERN IS REPEATED R...

Page 10: ...ISTING MAIN HEX FILE 5 DRAG AND DROP THE NEW MAIN HEX FIRMWARE FILE INTO THE MOTOR SYNTH S MEMORY CARD NOTE THE MOTOR SYNTH WILL NOT RECOGNIZE RENAMED FIRMWARE FILES IT MUST BE MAIN HEX 6 EXIT USB MOD...

Page 11: ...D CV INFORMATION AS MIDI OUT ENABLE DISABLE MIDI THRU VIA DIN 5 PIN MIDI OUTPUT ENABLE DISABLE MIDI CLOCK SEND 7 CLOCK SYNC SOURCE INTERNAL MIDI IN TRIG OR MOST RECENT SOURCE AUTO 8 ASSIGN CV INPUT DE...

Page 12: ...ST YES NO THRU ONLY NO NRPNS YES NO THRU ONLY NO MIDI CLOCK YES NO YES YES SONG POSITION POINTER YES NO THRU ONLY YES SONG SELECT YES NO THRU ONLY NO MIDI TIME CODE YES NO THRU ONLY NO MIDI MACHINE CO...

Page 13: ...NANCE FILTER ENV AMOUNT CUTOFF FREQ DRIVE 21 V1 ACCEL 23 V1 TONE 20 V1 VOLUME 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 22 53 55 52 54 25 27 24 26 57 59 56 58 V1 BRAKE V2 VOLUME...

Page 14: ...VIDES A FULL 2 YEAR SERVICE WARRANTY FOR THE MOTOR SYNTH IN CASE OF TECHNICAL FAILURE THE DEVICE MUST BE SERVICED ONLY BY GAMECHANGER LTD AUDIO OR A THIRD PARTY TECHNICIAN CERTIFIED BY GAMECHANGER AUD...

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