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Seq19:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 19

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The output of Sequencer Controller Track 19 Inverted

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The output of Sequencer Controller Track 20

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The output of Sequencer Controller Track 20 Inverted

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The output of Sequencer Controller Track 21

Seq21-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 21 Inverted

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The output of Sequencer Controller Track 22

Seq22-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 22 Inverted

Seq23:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 23

Seq23-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 23 Inverted

Seq24:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 24

Seq24-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 24 Inverted

Seq25:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 25

Seq25-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 25 Inverted

Seq26:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 26

Seq26-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 26 Inverted

Seq27:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 27

Seq27-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 27 Inverted

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The output of Sequencer Controller Track 28

Seq28-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 28 Inverted

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The output of Sequencer Controller Track 29

Seq29-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 29 Inverted

Seq30:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 30

Seq30-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 30 Inverted

Seq31:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 31

Seq31-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 31 Inverted

Seq32:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 32

Seq32-:

The output of Sequencer Controller Track 32 Inverted

Kybd:

The last note number value received for the part

Kybd-:

The last note number value received for the part Inverted

Velo:

The last note velocity value received for the part

Velo-:

The last note velocity value received for the part Inverted

Maft:

The last mono aftertouch value received for the part

Maft-:

The last mono aftertouch value received for the part Inverted

Bnd:

The last pitch bend value received for the part

Bnd-:

The last pitch bend value received for the part Inverted

Knb1:

Edit knob 1 value or the last MIDI CC 4 value received

Knb1-:

Edit knob 1 value or the last MIDI CC 4 value received Inverted

Knb2:

Edit knob 2 value or the last MIDI CC 5 value received

Knb2-:

Edit knob 2 value or the last MIDI CC 5 value received Inverted

Summary of Contents for Little deFormer 3

Page 1: ...1 Gotharman s Little deFormer 3 Granular Workstation User Manual V10 26 ...

Page 2: ...27 Selecting a Part 28 Selecting Effects Processors 28 Note Tracks Steps view edit 29 Selecting Note Track Steps 30 Setting Note Track Last Step 31 Mute Unmute Note Tracks 32 Copy Morph Layer A to B 33 Selecting the next Preset 33 Selecting the previous Preset 34 Selecting Presets using step buttons 35 Preset Reload 36 Panic 36 Compare Preset 37 Shortcuts to Edit Pages 38 Audio Bus System 40 LD3 S...

Page 3: ... VCA 88 Envelope 1 and 2 92 LFO 1 to 16 96 Audio Inputs Setup 99 Analog FilterBoards 100 SPAZEboard 2 114 Effects Processors 136 Insert Effects 1 to 8 138 List of Insert Effects 139 Insert Effects Select Page 141 Mix Modulation and Backwards 143 Chorus 145 Distortion 147 Bit Crush 149 Pitch Shifter 151 Resonator 154 Stretcher 156 FM 158 Glitch Shifter 1 2 and 3 160 Pitch Shaper 162 FAT 164 Filters...

Page 4: ...ffects 1 and 2 186 List of Output Effects 187 Output Effects Select Page 189 Mix Pan Modulation and Backwards 192 Delays 194 Granulator SQ 197 Variator 200 Reverb 202 Granulator unsynced 204 Xfade Granulator 207 Abstruct0 210 Time Stretch 213 Sample Pitch 215 ...

Page 5: ...e Track 248 Realtime Recording of Notes 249 Step Recording of Notes 251 Track Part Internal External Operation 254 Audio Track Recording 257 Controller tracks 267 Controller Track templates 271 Controller Tracks CC page 273 Clear Controller Track 275 Double Controller Track 276 Adjusting The CV Scale 277 Controller Tracks Realtime recording 278 Recording Parameter Tweaks 281 CV Inputs Recording 28...

Page 6: ...11 Preset Song Mode 312 Display Update Rate 313 Save Preset 314 Song Mode 318 Accessing Song Mode 319 Song Edit page 323 Song Select page 325 Song Realtime Recording 327 Save Song 331 Initialize Song 335 Copy Paste 337 Sample Record and Edit 340 Recording a Sampling 341 Edit a Sampling 349 Adjusting Start End Points 351 Sample Chops 352 Wave Chop System 356 Deleting Last Recorded Sampling 364 Dele...

Page 7: ...a New Directory 395 Delete File From USB Drive 396 Export Samples Presets and Songs 397 Updating LD3 Firmware 399 MIDI Specs 406 Parameters CC Control 408 List Of Parameter CC Numbers 410 Effects Parameters 1 and 2 413 Controlling Parameters From Controller Tracks 414 Safe Boot Mode 415 Installing Exchanging Analog FilterBoards 416 Installing The Analog Board 434 ...

Page 8: ...8 I hope that you will deform some great tracks ...

Page 9: ...mes Each part can be send to up to two of 8 audio busses at the same time Pan modulation can control the send level to each of the 2 busses On the audio busses up to 8 insert effects and 4 analog filters can be placed for processing the sounds from the parts and from its audio inputs Up to 4 audio inputs are available 2 of them optional The output from the audio busses can be sent to any of up to ...

Page 10: ...ly adjusted and morphed between using the Morph and Seq Morph knobs All the parameter settings can be stored in any of 1024 rewritable preset locations and recalled at any time 1024 song locations are available for programmed playback of presets and for tracks mute automation I hope that you will enjoy your LD3 for a long time and deform a lot of great tracks ...

Page 11: ...urtis Michael Dunkley Weinglas Don Linder Nick Nimick Franck Superbaby Alban Loisil Laurent Stehly El Kartoff Cameron Scott Cairney Ole Jacob Sand Michal Lichy For supporting this project from the start I sincerely appreciate your help ...

Page 12: ...12 In The Box In the LD3 box should be LD3 itself A power supply Multi plug Works in most countries If any of these items are missing please get in touch with Gotharman s ...

Page 13: ...uilt in speakers it just needs to be connected to something that can transfer its amazing sound to you These should be connected using mono jack cables The left audio output marked AUDIO OUT L hp doubles as a stereo headphone connector Please make sure that nothing is connected to the right audio output when plugging headphones into this connector If the LD3 touch screen keyboard and step buttons ...

Page 14: ...2 GB FAT formatted With a USB drive connected you can Import export and back up samples as wav files Import deFormer lds samples Import export and back up LD3 presets and songs Update LD3 PLEASE NOTICE The included factory samples CANNOT be exported So if you want to keep these you should take care not to delete them A USB stick with the factory samplings might be available in the future To import...

Page 15: ... rightmost 1 4 jack connectors marked AUDIO IN R L are always the stereo audio inputs Connect any line stereo mono audio sources to the audio input for sampling and or processing through LD3 s effects and optional analog filters When 2 extra audio inputs and 2 extra audio outputs were ordered AUDIO IN OUT 3 4 are the additional audio inputs 3 and 4 and AUDIO IN OUT 5 6 are the additional audio out...

Page 16: ...up to match the voltage range of any CV source up to 15 volts The CV inputs can be set up to modulate many parameters and they can be set up to act as trigger sources They also accepts clocks start stop and reset pulses for the sequencer Via the CV outputs it is possible to control analog gear Each CV output outputs both an adjustable static voltage plus an LD3 modulation source so it is possible ...

Page 17: ...g with positive middle The power supply on the picture is only for reference The actual one might look different Some LD3 s might have been shipped out with a power adaptor that has multiple tips If you have received one of these you should use the tip with the blue ring and make sure that the 2 parts are alligned to the text Tip Please look at the picture on the next page ...

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Page 19: ...19 Turn it on Push the I on the power switch Your LD3 should now turn on ...

Page 20: ... Mute and Steps Part unlit will trigger the respective LD3 part Each trigger button will send a settable note number Settable in the Synth Trig section When a trigger is trigged the button will light up The Start Stop button will start and stop Sequencer playback When the sequencer is playing back the Start Stop button will light up The Morph Set button will toggle the parameters on any Synth and ...

Page 21: ... modulation sources that controls any parameters that has knob1 to 8 set as modulator and transmits MIDI CC s Any Edit Knob that has not been assigned as a modulator to any parameter acts as a Quick Edit Knob The Quick Edit Knobs controls Edit Knob 1 Digital filter 1 cutoff MIDI CC 4 Edit Knob 2 Digital filter 1 resonance MIDI CC 5 Edit Knob 3 Digital filter 1 mix MIDI CC 8 Edit Knob 4 VCA envelop...

Page 22: ... by placing your finger on different positions between the top and the bottom of the keyboard This is referred to as Keyboard Y modulation On any other pages the keyboard only plays notes The touch keyboard is always controlling the selected part It is possible to select the keyboard octave by touching any of the 8 squares just above the keyboard By touching the and buttons just above the keyboard...

Page 23: ...red the sequencer are in record mode Touching the REC indicator will switch the sequencer in and out of recording mode Touching the tempo indicator will make LD3 jump to the sequencer main page where you can set the tempo The tempo indicator will read EXT if LD3 is set to external MIDI sync Below the bar beat indicator it says Preset if LD3 is currently in preset mode or Song if it is currently in...

Page 24: ...ying back the Start Stop LED will now start to flash and the text NEXT will show right above the new presets name awaiting track 1 to reach its start end step As soon as this happens LD3 will switch to the newly selected preset the Start Stop LED will stop flashing and NEXT will dissapear If the sequencer is not playing back LD3 will immediately switch to the new preset when you touch the preset n...

Page 25: ...e PreView mode by touching the PreView field so it turns black with white text you can preview the presets without LD3 jumping back to the main Preset Select screen If the sequencer is running it will still wait for track 1 to reach step 1 until it jumps to the next preset This is indicated by the Start Stop LED flashing ...

Page 26: ...and the edits has not been stored a will appear right between the preset number and the preset name When this appears you will need to save your preset in order to keep your edits Please see how to do this in the Save Preset section later in this manual ...

Page 27: ...Steps part buttons are not lighting up every time a part is trigged to play back the corresponding step button will light up shortly To stop the sequencer simply hit the Start Stop button again so that it is no longer lighting up To trigger the 16 parts manually make sure that neither the Func Mute button or the Steps Part button is lighting up and then push any of the 16 step buttons to trigger t...

Page 28: ...cting a part also selects the equally numbered Sequencer Note Track When entering the Sequencer Controller tracks 1 to 16 track 1 to 16 is selected in the same way When entering the Sequencer Controller tracks 17 to 32 1 will equal 17 2 will equal 18 and so on The Sequencer Controller tracks are selected separately from the parts Selecting Effects Processors The 8 insert effects processors and the...

Page 29: ...ggle its state When the sequencer are in recording mode the Start Stop button is flashing pushing any of the step buttons will set record mode to step mode and select this step for recording The step button will now flash When using the LD3 sequencer as a usual step sequencer the steps will play back from left to right In this case step 1 plays back at position 1 step 2 plays back at position 2 an...

Page 30: ...2 to 5 will select bar 1 to 4 of the currently selected track The button of the bar that is selected will light up The other 3 bar select buttons will flash Controller tracks When you are located on any of the controller track pages bar is selected to be viewed for the currently selected controller track The selected bar is the bar that is shown on the controller track pages Hit Bar Sel so that it...

Page 31: ...done via the pushbuttons Push and hold the Morph Set button If the last step of the selected note track are inside the selected step range this will now be shown as a step button that lights up Push any step button while still holding down the Morph Set button to set the last step of the selected Note Track ...

Page 32: ... a step button that is lighting up and shortly flashes off every time the track is triggering Muted tracks are shown by a step button that is unlit and that lights up shortly every time the track would have triggered something if it weren t muted To mute or unmute a track simply hit the corresponding step button while still holding down the Func Mute button ...

Page 33: ...u should now hear the same sound sequence no matter what position the knobs are in Selecting the next preset Push and hold the Steps Part button while pressing the Start Stop button LD3 will now select the next preset If the sequencer is playing back the Start Stop LED will now start to flash and the text NEXT will show right above the new presets name awaiting track 1 to reach its start end step ...

Page 34: ...ing back the Start Stop LED will now start to flash and the text NEXT will show right above the new presets name awaiting track 1 to reach its start end step As soon as this happens LD3 will switch to the newly selected preset the Start Stop LED will stop flashing and NEXT will dissapear If the sequencer is not playing back LD3 will immediately switch to the new preset ...

Page 35: ...nk using the step buttons Step button 1 to 8 selects the lower digit of the preset number and step button 9 16 selects the higher digit When pushing the same button combination again the Steps Part button will still light up while the Func Mute button will start to flash It is now possible to select preset bank A to P using step buttons 1 to 16 Pushing the same button combination yet another time ...

Page 36: ...the next song step This is useful for recording track mutes of the same preset into the song Panic Push and release the Func Mute button so that it lights up to enter the function buttons Now push and release step button 13 Copy so that this also lights up Instructions for copy and panic will now be shown on the screen Push and release step button 16 Exit Now all notes both internally and on any M...

Page 37: ...button so that it lights up Push and release step button 13 Copy Push and release step button 15 Save You can now play with the previously saved preset To de active the Compare function and jump back to the edited preset Hit step button 15 Save again To de activate the Compare function and discard your edits Hit step button 13 Copy The display will now show If you are absolutely sure that you woul...

Page 38: ... Mod Ctrl Trk Ctrl Track 1 16 step values Ctrl Track 1 16 CC Ctrl Track 17 32 step values Ctrl Track 17 32 CC Freeze Freezes any effects that has Freeze modulation set to Buton Osc Osc Mod Sel Smp Filter Digital filter 1 Analog Filter 1 Analog Filter 2 Analog Filter 3 Analog Filter 4 VCA VCA Mod Env Envelope Mod LFO LFO Mod EFX EFX Select EFX Mod Sample Qrec Sample Rec Starts Quick recording Stops...

Page 39: ...39 Exit Exits from any page ...

Page 40: ...two audio busses the output signal from the part will be a stereo signal and one of the two digital filters will be placed on the left channel and the other on the right channel The default settings is that all parts are mono routed to Bus 1 Bus 1 is set to output on the main Left and Right audio jack connectors On each of the 8 busses it is possible to place any of the 8 insert effect processors ...

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Page 42: ... and one decay envelope 4 Random Generators Always key trigged 2 Granular Modulators A random one and a sequenced one Both are trigged when a synth waveform or a sampling starts over Shared between the 16 parts 16 LFO s with morphable waveforms Audio busses The audio output of the parts can be sent to any of 8 audio busses Each part can output to 2 audio busses at a time On the audio busses effect...

Page 43: ... output of LFO4 Inverted LFO5 The output of LFO5 LFO5 The output of LFO5 Inverted LFO6 The output of LFO6 LFO6 The output of LFO6 Inverted LFO7 The output of LFO7 LFO7 The output of LFO7 Inverted LFO8 The output of LFO8 LFO8 The output of LFO8 Inverted LFO9 The output of LFO9 LFO9 The output of LFO9 Inverted LFO10 The output of LFO10 LFO10 The output of LFO10 Inverted LFO11 The output of LFO11 LFO...

Page 44: ... Seq8 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 8 Inverted Seq9 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 9 Seq9 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 9 Inverted Seq10 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 10 Seq10 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 10 Inverted Seq11 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 11 Seq11 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 11 Inverted Seq12 The output of...

Page 45: ... 28 Seq28 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 28 Inverted Seq29 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 29 Seq29 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 29 Inverted Seq30 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 30 Seq30 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 30 Inverted Seq31 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 31 Seq31 The output of Sequencer Controller Track 31 Inverted Seq32 The ...

Page 46: ...Envelope Follower Flw1 The Audio Bus 1 Envelope Follower Inverted Flw2 The Audio Bus 2 Envelope Follower Flw2 The Audio Bus 2 Envelope Follower Inverted Flw3 The Audio Bus 3 Envelope Follower Flw3 The Audio Bus 3 Envelope Follower Inverted Flw4 The Audio Bus 4 Envelope Follower Flw4 The Audio Bus 4 Envelope Follower Inverted Flw5 The Audio Bus 5 Envelope Follower Flw5 The Audio Bus 5 Envelope Foll...

Page 47: ...ast MIDI CC 20 value received Inverted CC21 The last MIDI CC 21 value received CC21 The last MIDI CC 21 value received Inverted CC22 The last MIDI CC 22 value received CC22 The last MIDI CC 22 value received Inverted CC23 The last MIDI CC 23 value received CC23 The last MIDI CC 23 value received Inverted CC24 The last MIDI CC 24 value received CC24 The last MIDI CC 24 value received Inverted CC25 ...

Page 48: ...ived Inverted CC42 The last MIDI CC 42 value received CC42 The last MIDI CC 42 value received Inverted CC43 The last MIDI CC 43 value received CC43 The last MIDI CC 43 value received Inverted CC44 The last MIDI CC 44 value received CC44 The last MIDI CC 44 value received Inverted CC45 The last MIDI CC 45 value received CC45 The last MIDI CC 45 value received Inverted CC46 The last MIDI CC 46 value...

Page 49: ...received CC56 The last MIDI CC 56 value received Inverted CC57 The last MIDI CC 57 value received CC57 The last MIDI CC 57 value received Inverted CC58 The last MIDI CC 58 value received CC58 The last MIDI CC 58 value received Inverted CC59 The last MIDI CC 59 value received CC59 The last MIDI CC 59 value received Inverted CC60 The last MIDI CC 60 value received CC60 The last MIDI CC 60 value rece...

Page 50: ...50 Accessing The Synth Part Pages From the Preset Song Select screen Touch the EDIT field ...

Page 51: ...yellow while the buttons of the other groups are green The group of touch buttons will be referred to as the group select bar Below the group select bar you will find the synth blocks Touch any block to access the parameters of it and edit these Part 1 to 16 is selected using the Steps Part button in combination with the step buttons In the bottom of this page the touch keyboard is located The Syn...

Page 52: ...ear a change in the sound if the block is active Right below the parameters you will find the subpage select touch buttons Touch any of these to access the desired parameter sub page The touch button that is black with white text shows that this is the currently selected sub page The grey touch buttons are the sub pages that you can select In the top of the display it is on the part edit pages pos...

Page 53: ...he LFO s the effects processors and the BUS system The Synth Part Parameters Randomizer If you should ever need some new inspiration for sounds or if you just want to surprise yourself with some sounds that you never even imagined the LD3 parameter randomizer might be exactly what you need To enter this from the synth parts main page touch RNDM ...

Page 54: ...t exit the randomizer page and save the preset If you don t like the result hit DO again and keep hitting it until something comes up that you like Try with different percentage settings and try to switch different blocks on and off When the Randomizer page is entered all parameters are stored into a temporary buffer that are used for the randomization So if you for instance first randomizes with ...

Page 55: ...ck monophonically and only uses the one voice that it is assigned to Other parts that are in poly mode does not use this voice It can only be cutted off by another part that is set to mono to the same voice Use this mode when playing back long samples and audio tracks without chops and if you got some parts that should cut each other off like parts that are playing back closed and open hihats Vc1L...

Page 56: ...e the list in the start of this section Mod 0 to 512 Trigger Note Modulation amount Bend Range 0 to 12 notes The global pitch bend range for all parts Chan 1 to 16 The part output MIDI channel This will also affect the part Sequencer Note Track When the part is set to external this is the MIDI channel that note data played by the trigger button the touchscreen keyboard on an attached MIDI device a...

Page 57: ...et LD3 in multi timbral mode are explained later in this manual in the MOR Common section From the synth parts main page touch ZONE to enter this page LowK1 C 1 to G9 The lowest key of the part zone HiK1 C 1 to G9 The highest key of the part zone Trps1 64 to 63 The incoming MIDI notes inside the key zone are transposed up or down by the selected value Chan1 1 to 16 The MIDI channel that will contr...

Page 58: ...ft audio output R The output of the Bus is sent to the right audio output L R The output of the Bus is sent to the left and the right audio outputs EFX1 The output of the Bus is sent to Output effect 1 EFX2 The output of the Bus is sent to Output effect 2 3 The output of the Bus is sent to the optional audio output 3 4 The output of the Bus is sent to the optional audio output 4 5 The output of th...

Page 59: ... The output of the Bus is not sent anywhere PLEASE NOTE Audio busses that are assigned to be placed inside an output effect feedback loop will ignore this setting and only output to the effect feedback input ...

Page 60: ...t levels of these Each of the 8 audio busses has their own Envelope Follower When this is set to 511 the follower will never decay When set to lower values the follower will gradually decay in accordance with the levels of the audio signal sent to it from the synth parts The envelope followers are sent to the modulation system Flw1 to Flw8 and can be selected as modulation sources for many paramet...

Page 61: ...dio Bus page where it is possible to gain or attenuate the level of the audio signal sent to the Bus envelope follower At 0 there are no gaining or attenuation At positive values the signal to the follower is gained at negative values they are attenuated ...

Page 62: ... Touch the Flv touch button to enter this fourth audio Bus page where it is possible to adjust the total output level of each Bus Positive values will gain the output signal negative values will attenuate ...

Page 63: ...e BUS output level Each audio bus has their own Envelope Follower 8 Envelope Followers in total The possible settings are Flr The BUS Envelope Follower will control the output level of the BUS 1 to 16 The Part Envelope of the part that has the number you select here will control the output level of the BUS Fx2 The BUS Envelope Follower will control the output level of the BUS and the signal of thi...

Page 64: ... set to act as an oscillator a sample player a chopped keyboard sample player or a noise generator In oscillator mode it generates a waveform that is morphable between sine triangle saw pulse and feedback waves Pulse width are adjustable for all waveform types FM frequency modulation is possible with any audio bus as the modulation source Pitch PW wave and FM amount can be modulated The pitch rang...

Page 65: ...le sampling will play back ignoring any chop points It is possible to create chop points in the LD3 sample editor and use these Chops can be detected by level peaks by single wavecycles and by dividing the sample length with a settable number Chop points will also be imported from wav files containing these as cue points In chopped keyboard sample mode the chops of the selected sampling will be sp...

Page 66: ...h step button 6 Osc to toggle between these pages Tune Adjust the basic pitch in semitones Range 64 to 63 Fine Fine tuning of the pitch Range 256 to 255 Wave This parameter lets you morph between sine triange saw pulse and feedback waves PW Adjusts the pulse width of the waveform Unlike many other oscillator designs the pulse width can be adjusted on all of LD3 s waveforms not just the pulse wave ...

Page 67: ...67 Porta Portamento The more this is turned up the slower the oscillator pitch will slide from one note to another Range 0 to 511 ...

Page 68: ...ow the waveform will show the current playback point Tune Adjust the basic pitch in semitones Range 64 to 63 Fine Fine tuning of the pitch Range 256 to 255 Start The sample start point Selects at what point the sample will start to play back when it is triggered Range 0 to 511 stretching over the whole sampling Length Sets how much of the sampling should be played back Range 0 to 511 stretching ov...

Page 69: ... play back one time from the adjusted start to end and then stop Chop points will be ignored OnUc On unchopped The sample will play back from the adjusted start point when triggered When it reaches the adjusted end point it will loop back to the start point and play back the sample over and over again Chop points will be ignored Chop If chop points has been generated for the selected sampling a ch...

Page 70: ...an be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The parameters on this page Pitc Modulates the oscillato...

Page 71: ... the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The parameters on this page Pitc Modulates the sampler pitch Chop Modulat...

Page 72: ...oment that a sampling loops the transition from the loop end to the loop start will be smoothed out to minimize clicks FmBus Sets the FM source audio bus for the oscillator sampler frequency modulation FM amount is set on the OSC page Audio bus 1 to 8 can be selected Porta Sampler Portamento The more this is turned up the slower the sampler pitch will slide from one note to another Range 0 to 511 ...

Page 73: ...uble trigger The TrLen parameter must be higher than 0 to trigger TrDly 0 to 511 Trigger delay Will add a delay before it triggers the other part if set to any other values than zero TrLen 0 to 511 Trigger length Sets how long the extra trigger gate should be If set to zero it might not trigger ...

Page 74: ...e button so that it lights up and push step button 6 Osc 4 times Here you can select 4 samplings for the part The number of these samplings that are used is set by the Smp parameter on the SEL page The 4 samples can be selected to play back setting the Chop parameter and by chop select modulation ...

Page 75: ... memory Bank A B C or D Touch A B C and D to select the sample bank touch PREV and NEXT to view the previous or next 16 samplings To select a sampling touch the sample name A small red square is shown near the sample name of the sampling that are the last one that was added to the bank When you have found the right sampling touch OK to return to the Synth Part Sample Select page ...

Page 76: ...andom value If you have a wave chopped sampling and set this parameter up to modulate the chop select parameter granular random sample chaos will be obtained Of course this can also modulate any other parameter for infinite possibilities GrSq Granular Sequence Modulator This works in conjunction with the part oscillator sampler or noise generator and a Sequencer Controller track It does not use th...

Page 77: ...ator gets the next value from the associated controller track If you have a wave chopped sampling and set this parameter up to modulate the chop select parameter it is possible to program wave sequences Of course this can also modulate any other parameter for infinite possibilities ...

Page 78: ...s Each synth part of LD3 has 4 random generators that takes in a new random value every time the part is trigged There are no settings to be made for these They are found as modulation sources named Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 and Rnd4 ...

Page 79: ...ktion and Fat They can be connected in serial or parallel to each other work as one stereo filter and their parameters can be linked to each other for easier tweaking in stereo mode When different filter types are selected for Morph Layer A and B LD3 will morph between the filter types For extra filtering the same filters are available as insert effects The filters in the effect processors does th...

Page 80: ...p Bandpass filter with self oscillating resonance HPF1 Sharp Highpass filter with self oscillating resonance HPF2 High gained Highpass filter with self oscillating resonance Distorts at higher input levels HPF3 Sharp Highpass filter with self oscillating resonance A bit weaker than HPF1 Dstr Destruktion A rather defective filter Self oscillates at some points distorts at others FAT1 Slightly disto...

Page 81: ...nance applied to the filter Inp 0 to 511 Sets the audio signal input level to the filter Different characteristics can be obtained by adjusting this Mix 256 to 255 Sets the mix between the audio input signal and the filter output signal At 0 the input signal is passed through At positive values the the filter output is added to the input signal At negative values an inverted version of the filter ...

Page 82: ...quency response of the filter more and more narrow Low 0 to 511 Sets the lowest frequency offset point of the filter Turning this up will in many filter types make the bass bottom more present or distorted Boost 0 to 511 Gains the filter output level ...

Page 83: ...o select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section Cut1 Cut2 Will modulate the filter cutoff frequency Reso Will modulate the amount of resonance applied to...

Page 84: ...g this Mix 256 to 255 Sets the mix between the audio input signal and the filter output signal At 0 the input signal is passed through At positive values the the filter output is added to the input signal At negative values an inverted version of the filter output is added to the input signal At 255 and 256 only the output of the filter is heard Type Sets the filter type See the list of filter typ...

Page 85: ...85 Low 0 to 511 Sets the lowest frequency offset point of the filter Turning this up will in many filter types make the bass bottom more present or distorted Boost 0 to 511 Gains the filter output level ...

Page 86: ...o select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section Cut1 Cut2 Will modulate the filter cutoff frequency Reso Will modulate the amount of resonance applied to...

Page 87: ...ive when stereo samplings are played back are mixed to one mono signal that goes through both filters When on filter 1 affects only the left channel of the audio signal and filter 2 affects only the right Conn Filters connection parallel Par or serial Ser Link Off On When on any setting made on filter 1 is automatically performed on filter 2 too Can be useful for stereo performance ...

Page 88: ... is panning the audio signal between the 2 audio busses For a stereo panned output one of these busses must be set to the right audio output and the other to the left It is also possible to send one bus to output effect 1 and the other to output effect 2 Then the pan control modulation will mix between the 2 effects Of course filters and insert effects can also be placed on these busses for more s...

Page 89: ... take the VCA envelope to rise from zero to its maximum value when a note event is received and held down D 0 to 511 VCA envelope decay time When the VCA envelope has reached its maximum value in the time set by the attack parameter it will decay until it reaches the sustain level and stay there as long as the note that trigged it is held S 0 to 511 VCA envelope sustain level Explained under the D...

Page 90: ...ic Log smooth linear LinSM or smooth logarithmic LogSM The logarithmic curve gives the sound a softer and less clicky attack The smooth modes produces no clicking at all Drone 0 to 511 VCA envelope drone offset level When this is turned up the VCA envelope will never reach an output value lower than what this is adjusted to It will release to this adjusted value instead of zero Use this to keep th...

Page 91: ...ulated it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section A Modulates the VCA Envelope attack time R Modulates the VCA Envelope release time...

Page 92: ...rt of LD3 has 2 modulation envelopes One ADSR type and one decay only envelope Envelope 1 the ADSR envelope can have linear or logarithmic charateristics and it also has an offset control Envelope 2 the decay envelope is always linear ...

Page 93: ...The time it will take the envelope to rise from zero to its maximum value when a note event is received and held down D 0 to 511 Envelope 1 decay time When the envelope has reached its maximum value in the time set by the attack parameter it will decay until it reaches the sustain level and stay there as long as the note that trigged it is held S 0 to 511 Envelope 1 sustain level Explained under t...

Page 94: ...ed The envelope will only work above the zero point and will only add to the values of the parameters affected by it Mode Selects if the envelope curve should be linear Lin or logarithmic Log The logarithmic curve gives the envelope a softer and less clicky attack D2 0 to 511 Envelope 2 decay time The time it will take the decay envelope to decay after it has been trigged ...

Page 95: ... modulation sources For each parameter that can be modulated it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section A Modulates the Envelope 1 a...

Page 96: ...n be modulated The output level of the LFO s can also be modulated and they can be key synced One LFO are shown at a time on the LFO pages LFO 1 to 16 are selected in the same way as synth parts are by pushing and holding the Steps Part button while pressing a step button The LFO s are though selected separately from the parts So LFO 5 can for instance be selected while part 3 is selected ...

Page 97: ...d of the LFO Wave 0 to 511 LFO output waveform Morphs between triangle sawtooth square pulse and FM waveforms The FM waveforms are high frequency waves that can be used for FM synthesis AM Selects the modulation source that will control the LFO output level If Off is selected no output level control will be applied to the LFO Any modulation source can be selected Please see list of modulation sour...

Page 98: ...it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters La...

Page 99: ...o bus The setup of this is done in this section From the synth parts main page touch INP to enter this page InpL InpR Inp3 Inp4 Inp5 Inp6 Off 1 to 8 Sets the audio bus that the corresponding audio input is sent to When set to off the audio input is not sent to any bus ...

Page 100: ...will add room for 2 analog filterboards The SPAZEboards will add up to 4 analog filters to LD3 The analog filters can be placed on audio busses to process the signals applied to these They will be placed before any insert effects on the same bus Modulation can be applied from any of the 16 synth parts ...

Page 101: ...of the parameters of the analog filters can be adjusted and modulated The analog options of LD3 also adds a G Ray digital analog feedback circuit to the filters This creates a kind of intermodulated feedback signal and makes it possible to create sounds similar to FM plus new and never heard before sounds To make sure that the parameters on the pages fits the installed filterboards some filters ne...

Page 102: ...n slot 1 and 2 VCF1 2 3 4 and 9 should be set to 1 Most Filters The MiniProhet filter should be set to 5 MiniProphet The SP Filter should be set to 6 SP Filter The Tubaz filter should be set to 7 Tubaz The Dual Band SSI filter should be set to 8 Dual Band SSI Parameters Brd2 and Brd3 will be present in the right side of this page These are only used if SPAZEboard2 are installed and will be explain...

Page 103: ...uttons Touch the VCF touch button to enter this page The VU meter at the right of the screen shows the filter output activity Cut 0 to 511 Adjust the filter cutoff frequency Peaks 0 to 511 On single filters If the filter has more than one filter block this will adjust the cutoff frequency offset of block 2 or block 3 4 If the filter has only one block see the documentation for the filter this will...

Page 104: ...ingle filters Switches on and off the low pass band pass and high pass outputs on the filter At least one of these must be on to get a sound out of the filter On dual filters Switches on and off the low pass band pass and high pass outputs of filter 2 Filter 1 which is a band pass filter on VCF2 is always on On trippple filters Switches on and off the low pass band pass and high pass outputs of fi...

Page 105: ...teepness 18dB Switches the 18dB lowpass block on filter output 2 on or off The phase of this is inverted compared to the phase of the 12 and 24 dB outputs on output 1 so when mixing with these different filter modes can be obtained 6dB Switches the 6dB lowpass block on filter output 2 on or off The phase of this is inverted compared to the phase of the 12 and 24 dB outputs on output 1 so when mixi...

Page 106: ...this page The VU meter at the right of the screen shows the filter output activity Cut 0 to 511 Adjust the filter cutoff frequency Reso 0 to 511 Adjusts the resonance of the filter Rate Sample Rate 0 to 60 KHz Bits Bit depth 12 or 6 bit Out1 2 Adds an analog Fuzz effect when turned up ...

Page 107: ...eter at the right of the screen shows the filter output activity Cut 0 to 511 Adjust the filter cutoff frequency Reso 0 to 511 Adjusts the resonance of the filter Cut3 Feed 256 to 255 Negative feedback Out1 BPF or LPF select Out2 Always HPF Out1 2 Mix between filter output 1 BPF LPF and filter output 2 HPF ...

Page 108: ...n be adjusted with Space LpCut LPF 1 and 2 filter cutoff frequency Space between the 2 filters can be adjusted with Space Reso Filter resonance of all 4 filters Space Space between the cutoff frequencies of the two filter chains HPF2 HPF2 filter mode HPF or LPF HPF1 HPF1 filter mode HPF or LPF Conn Connection of the 2 filter chains Ser serial or Par parallel Out1 2 Mix between filter output 1 HPF ...

Page 109: ...Boosted feedback with the signal inverted a 180 degree phase shift Feed 0 to 511 G Ray feedback level FmBus 1 to 8 The audio bus that will apply the audio signal for FM Peaks Selects how the Peaks parameter should interact with the Cutoff frequency parameter Add The value of the Peaks parameter is added to the Cutoff value Sub The value of the Peaks parameter is subbed from the Cutoff value Alig T...

Page 110: ... The value of the Feed Cut3 parameter is added to the Cutoff value Sub The value of the Feed Cut3 parameter is subbed from the Cutoff value Alig The value of the Feed Cut3 parameter are alligned around the Cutoff value Out2 Selects whether output 2 of the analog filter should be normal Nrm or inverted Inv Sometimes it can get some great effects when inverting output 2 of the filter and adjust the ...

Page 111: ...unt Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 Cut1 Cut2 Will...

Page 112: ...nobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 Reso Will modulate the amount of resonance applied to all filters Feed Will modulate...

Page 113: ...r output activity Bus 1 to 8 The audio Bus that the filter will be placed on Inp 0 to 511 The audio input level for the filters Outp 128 to 383 The output level of the filters Conn Ser Par Only on VCF2 Places this filter in either serial or parallel to VCF1 ModPrt 1 to 16 The part from which the filter modulation sources will be added ...

Page 114: ...her Most of the parameters of the Spazeboard filters can be adjusted and modulated Each filter chain includes a G Ray digital analog feedback circuit This creates a kind of intermodulated feedback signal and makes it possible to create sounds similar to FM plus new and never heard before sounds When the CV and audio ins outs expansion are installed together with SPAZEboard2 these have different fu...

Page 115: ...arameters should be set to the Filterboard numbers of the 2 Filterboards that are installed on your Spazeboard2 Unlike the VCF1 and VCF2 parameters the Spazeboard2 filterboards has an individual setup for each of the currently 9 available filterboards So if you have filterboard 5 and 3 installed you must select VCF5 and VCF3 as shown on the picture The setting of VCF2 is ignored when VCF1 is set t...

Page 116: ...oing into a 24 dB analog lowpass filter Filter chains 1 2 3 and 4 are selected by touching the square fields in the upper left corner of the screen marked 1 2 3 and 4 NOT by the part select buttons Touch the VCF touch button to enter this page The VU meter at the right of the screen shows the filter output activity HpCut 0 to 511 The cutoff frequency of the highpass filters in both filter lines Lp...

Page 117: ...dio input level for the filters Outp 128 to 383 The output level of the filters FM 0 to 511 The amount of frequency modulation audio range that are applied to all of the filter cutoff frequencies from the audio Bus selected by the FmBus parameter FmBus 1 to 8 The audio bus that will apply the audio signal for FM ...

Page 118: ...put activity G Ray Adjusts the amount of g RAY intermodulation 0 no g RAY 3 max g RAY Range 0 to 3 Mode G Ray mode Norm Normal 1 1 feedback Neg 1 1 feedback with the signal inverted a 180 degree phase shift Ultr Boosted feedback Uneg Boosted feedback with the signal inverted a 180 degree phase shift Feed G Ray feedback level Range 0 to 511 ...

Page 119: ...tion sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 HCut1 HCut2 Will modulate the Cutoff Frequ...

Page 120: ... touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 Reso Will modulate the amount of resonance applied to all filters Spaze Will modulate the difference between the cutoff frequ...

Page 121: ...Bus 1 to 8 The audio Bus that the filter will be placed on Inp 0 to 511 The audio input level for the filters Outp 128 to 383 The output level of the filters Conn Ser Par Only on VCF2 3 and 4 Places this filter in either serial or parallel connection to the lower numbered filter ModPrt 1 to 16 The part from which the filter modulation sources will be added ...

Page 122: ...uare field in the upper left corner of the screen marked 2 and 3 Touch the VCF touch button to enter this page The VU meter at the right of the screen shows the filter output activity Cut 0 to 511 Adjust the filter cutoff frequency Peaks 0 to 511 On single filters If the filter has more than one filter block this will adjust the cutoff frequency offset of block 2 On dual filters This will adjust t...

Page 123: ...ack of the filter 256 means no feedback 255 means full negative feedback LPF BPF HPF On Off On single filters Switches on and off the low pass band pass and high pass outputs on the filter At least one of these must be on to get a sound out of the filter On dual filters Switches on and off the low pass band pass and high pass outputs of filter 2 Filter 1 which is a band pass filter on VCF2 is alwa...

Page 124: ...utoff frequency for the LPF or BPF1 when mixed to 2xBPF BpCut 0 to 511 Adjust the cutoff frequency for the BPF or BPF2 when mixed to 2xBPF Reso Adjusts the resonance of all the 3 filters HpCut 0 to 511 Adjust the cutoff frequency for the HPF or BPF3 when mixed to 2xBPF LPF BPF HPF Separately switches on and off the low pass band pass and high pass outputs of filter 1 2 and 3 The outputs of the 2 b...

Page 125: ...125 3xBPF Mix between LPF BPF HPF and 3x BPF ...

Page 126: ...es filter output 1 between 24dB and 12dB steepness 18dB Switches the 18dB lowpass block on filter output 2 on or off The phase of this is inverted compared to the phase of the 12 and 24 dB outputs on output 1 so when mixing with these different filter modes can be obtained 6dB Switches the 6dB lowpass block on filter output 2 on or off The phase of this is inverted compared to the phase of the 12 ...

Page 127: ...d 2 and 3 Touch the VCF touch button to enter this page The VU meter at the right of the screen shows the filter output activity Cut 0 to 511 Adjust the filter cutoff frequency Reso 0 to 511 Adjusts the resonance of the filter Rate Sample Rate 0 to 60 KHz Bits Bit depth 12 or 6 bit Fuzz Adds an analog Fuzz effect when turned up ...

Page 128: ... touch button to enter this page The VU meter at the right of the screen shows the filter output activity Cut 0 to 511 Adjust the filter cutoff frequency Reso 0 to 511 Adjusts the resonance of the filter Cut3 Feed 256 to 255 Negative feedback Out1 BPF or LPF select Out2 Always HPF Out1 2 Mix between filter output 1 BPF LPF and filter output 2 HPF ...

Page 129: ...t activity HpCut HPF LPF 1 and 2 filter cutoff frequency Space between the 2 filters can be adjusted with Space LpCut LPF 1 and 2 filter cutoff frequency Space between the 2 filters can be adjusted with Space Reso Filter resonance of all 4 filters Space Space between the cutoff frequencies of the two filter chains HPF2 HPF2 filter mode HPF or LPF HPF1 HPF1 filter mode HPF or LPF Conn Connection of...

Page 130: ...130 Out1 2 Mix between filter output 1 HPF LPF LPF chain 1 and filter output 2 HPF LPF LPF chain 2 ...

Page 131: ...rm Normal 1 1 feedback Neg 1 1 feedback with the signal inverted a 180 degree phase shift Ultr Boosted feedback Uneg Boosted feedback with the signal inverted a 180 degree phase shift Feed 0 to 511 G Ray feedback level FM 0 to 511 The amount of frequency modulation audio range that are applied to all of the filter cutoff frequencies from the audio Bus selected by the FmBus parameter FmBus 1 to 8 T...

Page 132: ...32 Out2 0 to 511 Selects whether output 2 of the analog filter should be normal Nrm or inverted Inv Sometimes it can get some great effects when inverting output 2 of the filter and adjust the Out1 2 mix ...

Page 133: ...mount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 Cut1 Cut2 Wi...

Page 134: ... Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources The lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 Reso Will modulate the amount of resonance applied to all filters Feed Will modula...

Page 135: ...vity Bus 1 to 8 The audio Bus that the filter will be placed on Inp 0 to 511 The audio input level for the filters Outp 128 to 383 The output level of the filters Conn Ser Par Only on VCF2 3 and 4 Places this filter in either serial or parallel to the lower numbered filter Mod Part 1 to 16 The part from which the filter modulation sources will be added ...

Page 136: ...dio bus for processing the parts and input assigned to the bus The audio busses can be sent to the output effects The output effects outputs to the main L and R outputs Selecting the effect processors From the synth parts main page touch EFX to enter an effect page OR Push and release the Func Mute button so that it lights up and push step button 11 EFX 1 time ...

Page 137: ...step button 1 to 10 Part 1 is insert effect 1 Part 2 is insert effect 2 Part 3 is insert effect 3 Part 8 is insert effect 8 Part 9 is output effect 1 Part 10 is output effect 2 The effects are selected separately from the parts So Output Effect 2 can for instance be selected at the same time as part 4 is selected ...

Page 138: ...s a bypass switch Freeze modulation and a mix parameter 2 effects can be linked together for true stereo processing When an effect is linked to another effect any parameter tweaks on the source effect will be mirrored to the linked effect When switching link off the parameter settings of the linked effect is kept so it is possible to make some adjustments if you don t want the 2 effects to be exac...

Page 139: ...itch shifter Glitch Shifter 2 Imperfect pitch shifter with a slightly different sound than the first one Glitch Shifter 3 Imperfect pitch shifter with a slightly different sound than the first two Pitch Shaper 1 input version of Gotharman s special Pitch Shaper that forces an audio signal to play back at a specific pitch determined by an adjustable frequency FAT Adds up to 3 layers of the sound to...

Page 140: ...he delay The Xfade control on this delay creates valleys between the delay taps The more it is turned up the more time the valleys takes up Roto Delay This is a 2 tap delay that is constantly crossfading between the 2 taps When the Xfade control is turned down the crossfading is rough the more it is turned up the more smooth the crossfading gets Other controls are the same as the first delay Brigh...

Page 141: ...n 11 EFX 1 time Push and hold the Steps Part button while pushing step button 1 to 10 Part 1 is insert effect 1 Part 2 is insert effect 2 Part 3 is insert effect 3 Part 8 is insert effect 8 Part 9 is output effect 1 Part 10 is output effect 2 The effects are selected separately from the parts So Output Effect 2 can for instance be selected at the same time as part 4 is selected ...

Page 142: ...lects the synth part from which the insert effect will get the modulation sources selected on the modulation page Freez Freeze modulation Can be set to off Freeze button Buton or to any modulation source When set to any other value than off the effect will freeze when the modulation source are in its upper range When an effect freezes it no longer samples its audio input signal but only outputs wh...

Page 143: ...meter that can be modulated it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources th...

Page 144: ...144 Bkwd This is only visible when a delay effect is selected Turning this on will make the delay effect play back backwards ...

Page 145: ...x Off on When the effect is off it is bypassed Mix The mix between the un effected signal on the effect input and the effected signal on the effect output Feed Chorus feedback amount Time Chorus Time This should be modulated by an LFO to get the traditional chorus effect Deep Adjusts how deep the chorus box should be A Gotharman special ...

Page 146: ...the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to ...

Page 147: ...ted signal on the effect output Drive The higher the value the more the sound will distort If this is set to zero no sound will pass through the distortion Offs Distortion offset The more this is turned up the more asymmetric the distortion will get Type Distortion type Choices are Valve A digital simulation of a classic valve distortion Sine A noisy and warm sine shaping distortion Fuzz Simulates...

Page 148: ...rce and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount ...

Page 149: ...ected signal on the effect input and the effected signal on the effect output Rate Sample Rate Reduction The more this is turned up the lower the sample rate will be From 44 1 KHz to 1 KHz Feed Feedback Turning this up will slightly overdrive the sound BitR Bit Reduction The more this is turned up the lower the bit resolution will get When it is turned fully down resolution is 16 bit when turned f...

Page 150: ...lation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The ...

Page 151: ...ve Sense Pitch detection sense On a pure waveform turn this fully down to make sure that it detects all the waves of it and pitch shifts correctly On more complex sounds turn this up until the desired effect are obtained At higher settings only portions of the sound will be pitch shifted and when it doesn t detect any pitch it will repeat the portion it detected making the sound granulate Size 1 t...

Page 152: ...152 Oct The octave range of the pitch shifter From 1 to 4 octaves Feed Pitch shifter feedback Adjusts the portion of the output signal that is fed back to the input ...

Page 153: ...the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to ...

Page 154: ...output Efx Off on When the effect is off it is bypassed Mix The mix between the un effected signal on the effect input and the effected signal on the effect output Feed Resonator feedback The more this is turned up the more it will resonate Size The size of the resonator box Different sizes will give different resonance frequencies ...

Page 155: ...urce and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount...

Page 156: ...effected signal on the effect input and the effected signal on the effect output Strc The degree of time stretch Sens Stretch detection sense At lower settings the sound will wobble at higher settings it will granulate Adjust this to obtain different effects Oct The octave range of the stretch effect From 1 to 4 octaves Feed Stretcher feedback Adjusts the portion of the output signal that is fed b...

Page 157: ...the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to ...

Page 158: ...s Sense FM pitch detection sense On a pure waveform turn this fully down to make sure that it detects all the waves of it and pitch shifts correctly On more complex sounds turn this up until the desired effect are obtained At higher settings only portions of the sound will be pitch shifted and when it doesn t detect any pitch it will repeat the portion it detected making the sound granulate Oct Th...

Page 159: ... the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to...

Page 160: ...w the original pitch to 4 octaves above Sense Pitch detection sense On a pure waveform turn this fully down to make sure that it detects all the waves of it and pitch shifts correctly On more complex sounds turn this up until the desired effect are obtained At higher settings only portions of the sound will be pitch shifted and when it doesn t detect any pitch it will repeat the portion it detecte...

Page 161: ...ce and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount i...

Page 162: ...m turn this fully down to make sure that it detects all the waves of it and pitch shifts correctly On more complex sounds turn this up until the desired effect are obtained At higher settings only portions of the sound will be pitch shifted and when it doesn t detect any pitch it will repeat the portion it detected making the sound granulate Vari Pitch variation The more this is turned up the more...

Page 163: ...st the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 ...

Page 164: ...Phase Adjusts the phase difference of the FAT layers When turned fully down all layers are in phase The more it is turned up the more the layers goes out of phase to each other Useful for creating comb filter type sounds FAT Adds 0 to 3 layers of the input sound to itself Boost When this is on the FAT layers are sonically added to each other which will make the sound louder and might cause it to s...

Page 165: ... modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the mod...

Page 166: ...Bandpass filter with self oscillating resonance HPF1 Sharp Highpass filter with self oscillating resonance HPF2 High gained Highpass filter with self oscillating resonance Distorts at higher input levels HPF3 Sharp Highpass filter with self oscillating resonance A bit weaker than HPF1 Dstr Destruktion A rather defective filter Self oscillates at some points distorts at others FAT1 Slightly distort...

Page 167: ...s the amount of resonance applied to the filter Type Sets the filter type See the list of filter types Nrw 0 to 511 Turning this up will make the frequency response of the filter more and more narrow Low 0 to 511 Sets the lowest frequency offset point of the filter Turning this up will in many filter types make the bass bottom more present or distorted Boost 0 to 511 Gains the filter output level ...

Page 168: ...y the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The parameters on thi...

Page 169: ...llable resonance LPF1 Low pass filter with extra bass bottom and uncontrollable resonance BPF1 Band pass filter with extra bass bottom and uncontrollable resonance HPF2 High pass filter with a thinner and more resonant sound LPF2 Low pass filter with a thinner and more resonant sound BPF2 Band pass filter with a thinner and more resonant sound Growl Adds unsymmetric distortion to the filter Boost ...

Page 170: ...ulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The...

Page 171: ...be damped Offs 0 to 511 Sets the level point where the compression will kick in The more this is turned up the higher the input signal will need to be before it starts to compress Gain 0 to 511 Sets the output gain of the compressor Time 0 to 511 The more this is turned up the longer time it will take for the compression to kick in Rate 0 to 511 This sets how fast the compressor will react to leve...

Page 172: ...e modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The parameters on this page Comp1 ...

Page 173: ...will be gained Offs 0 to 511 Sets the level point where the expansion will kick in The more this is turned up the higher the input signal will need to be before it starts to gain Gain 0 to 511 Sets the output gain of the expandor Time 0 to 511 The more this is turned up the longer time it will take for the expansion to kick in Rate 0 to 511 This sets how fast the expandor will react to level chang...

Page 174: ...ive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The parameters on this page Comp...

Page 175: ...ctly On more complex sounds turn this up until the desired effect are obtained At higher settings only portions of the sound will be pitch shifted and when it doesn t detect any pitch it will repeat the portion it detected making the sound granulate Sens2 Pitch detection sense input 2 On a pure waveform turn this fully down to make sure that it detects all the waves of it and pitch shifts correctl...

Page 176: ... up the more the changes in pitch are smoothened Vari Pitch variation The more this is turned up the more the pitch variations on the input 1 signal affects the pitch shaper frequency Feed Pitch shaper feedback Adjusts the portion of the output signal that is fed back to the input ...

Page 177: ...e and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in...

Page 178: ...ix The mix between the un effected signal on the effect input and the effected signal on the effect output Deep Simulates a delay box with adjustable physical depth Time Delay time Xfade Crossfade Makes the delay effect sound smoother by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other Feed Delay feedback amount At values over middle the feedback signal will be gained and create infinite feedback ...

Page 179: ...ource and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amoun...

Page 180: ... The sound that the effect holds will just keep playing back on and on again NOT ALL EFFECTS ARE AFFECTED BY FREEZE Mix The mix between the un effected signal on the effect input and the effected signal on the effect output that is sent to the audio bus Gran Determines the variation pattern Range 0 to 511 Time The size of the RAM buffer used for the variator Size The size of one grain Feed Adjusts...

Page 181: ...ion amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The par...

Page 182: ...ct input and the effected signal on the effect output Size 0 to 511 The size of the RAM buffer used for the TimeStretcher Strtch 0 to 511 Time stretch A value below 256 will stretch the sound longer a value above 256 will compress the sound to become shorter Trig Off 1 to 16 Determines if the time stretch effect should be trigged by a part or not Tune Pitch Coarse A value below 256 will pitch the ...

Page 183: ... modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511...

Page 184: ...h of the effect output signal should be fed back to its input Size 0 to 511 The number of wave frames used for each pitch grain Trig Off 1 to 16 OffM 1M to 16M Determines if the sample pitch effect should be trigged by all parts or a single part The M suffix indicates that the playback pointer will be moving in another pattern that will give slightly different results Folr The sample pitch effect ...

Page 185: ...ation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The p...

Page 186: ...ilter to make the feedback sound get more and more dark Add a pitch shifter in a delay loop for a pitch shifting delay effect There are really many possibilities with this Busses that are assigned to an output effect feedback loop will no longer output to the audio outputs that they were assigned to The 2 effects can be linked together for true stereo processing When an effect is linked to another...

Page 187: ...lar Size parameter Granulator unsynced Cuts the input signal up in grains that can be re arranged using the step values of a selectable controller sequencer track This is the granulator that was named AnaGran in earlier Gotharman instruments Unlike the Granulator SQ this is not synced to the sequencer It plays back one grain and then it immediately advances to the next grain The values for the gra...

Page 188: ...e the pitch if desired and it is possible to trigger this effect for bigger precision Sample Pitch Changes the pitch of a sampling without changing the length using granular technology It is possible to set the size of each pitch grain to generate great granular effects This effect has to be triggered from any of the parts in order to function properly It will work on external signals but it still...

Page 189: ...n 11 EFX 1 time Push and hold the Steps Part button while pushing step button 1 to 10 Part 1 is insert effect 1 Part 2 is insert effect 2 Part 3 is insert effect 3 Part 8 is insert effect 8 Part 9 is output effect 1 Part 10 is output effect 2 The effects are selected separately from the parts So Output Effect 2 can for instance be selected at the same time as part 4 is selected ...

Page 190: ...ter to make the feedback sound get more and more dark Add a pitch shifter in a delay loop for a pitch shifting delay effect There are really many possibilities with this ModP 1 to 16 Modulation source part Selects the synth part from which the output effect will get the modulation sources selected on the modulation page Freez Freeze modulation Can be set to off Freeze button Buton or to any modula...

Page 191: ... replaced by an Outp parameter By this parameter it is possible to send the audio output of Output Effect 1 to either the left and right audio outputs by setting it to L R or to Output Effect 2 by setting it to EFX2 for serial connection of the 2 Output Effects ...

Page 192: ... For each parameter that can be modulated it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulat...

Page 193: ...193 Pan Modulates the effect output panning Bkwd This is only visible when a delay effect is selected When turned on the delay effect will play back backwards ...

Page 194: ...he effect input and the effected signal on the effect output Deep Simulates a delay box with adjustable physical depth Time Delay time Size A granular parameter The more this is turned up the less space of the delay box is used causing some echo s to repeat and others not to sound at all Beam A granular parameter that beams some of the delay sound grains to another place Xfade Crossfade Makes the ...

Page 195: ...195 Feed Delay feedback amount At values over middle the feedback signal will be gained and create infinite feedback This might cause some saturation ...

Page 196: ...ource and to adjust the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amoun...

Page 197: ...r sequencers should go through until they starts over again from step one Range 1 to 16 Feed Adjusts how much of the Granulator output signal should be fed back to its input Resolution Adjusts the resolution of the sequencer track that controls the granulator The granulator only uses the controller values of the sequencer steps so the controller track and the granulator can run in different resolu...

Page 198: ...of the 16 sequencer controller tracks the granulator should get it step values from Each value selects a different portion of the granulator input to be played back X X intermodulation of the sound Another Gotharman special ...

Page 199: ... the modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to...

Page 200: ... The sound that the effect holds will just keep playing back on and on again NOT ALL EFFECTS ARE AFFECTED BY FREEZE Mix The mix between the un effected signal on the effect input and the effected signal on the effect output that is sent to the audio bus Gran Determines the variation pattern Range 0 to 511 Time The size of the RAM buffer used for the variator Size The size of one grain Feed Adjusts...

Page 201: ...ion amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The par...

Page 202: ...ed X Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in feedback Lower settings gives a delay effect As this is turned up it goes over in a metallic reverb type and at higher settings it gives a more full reverb X X intermodulation of the sound Another Gotharman special Time Reverb time The total reverb time is a combination of time timeX feed and feedX Time X Adjusts how much the followi...

Page 203: ...odulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 T...

Page 204: ...ld go through until they starts over again from step one Range 1 to 16 Feed Adjusts how much of the Granulator output signal should be fed back to its input Fragm Sets how many fragments or grains the input signal should be cutted up in Possible values are 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 or 128 Time Sets the size of the input recording buffer The higher the size the bigger each grain will be Seq Selects which of...

Page 205: ...205 Fade When this parameter is turned up each grain will fade in and out to minimize clicks ...

Page 206: ...ulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The...

Page 207: ... go through until they starts over again from step one Range 1 to 16 Feed Adjusts how much of the Granulator output signal should be fed back to its input Fragm Sets how many fragments or grains the input signal should be cutted up in Possible values are 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 or 128 Time Sets the size of the input recording buffer The higher the size the bigger each grain will be Seq Selects which of t...

Page 208: ...208 Pitch Sets the playback pitch of the granular sequence A value below 256 will pitch the signal down a value above 256 will pitch it up ...

Page 209: ...ation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The p...

Page 210: ...dom location Rec 0 to 511 Sets the record buffer size Determines for how long time it should record the input before it starts over again Psize 0 Off 1 to 255 This parameter sets the total playback buffer size independent of the record buffer size If this parameter is 0 the Rec parameter determines the playback buffer size but if it is at any other value this parameter determines the playback buff...

Page 211: ...play back areas of the record buffer that is not being recorded and create a Freeze effect Pitc2 0 to 511 Sets the pitch of the playback for playhead 2 A value below 256 will pitch the signal down a value above 256 will pitch it up ...

Page 212: ...lation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The ...

Page 213: ...ct input and the effected signal on the effect output Size 0 to 511 The size of the RAM buffer used for the TimeStretcher Strtch 0 to 511 Time stretch A value below 256 will stretch the sound longer a value above 256 will compress the sound to become shorter Trig Off 1 to 16 Determines if the time stretch effect should be trigged by a part or not Tune Pitch Coarse A value below 256 will pitch the ...

Page 214: ... modulation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511...

Page 215: ...h of the effect output signal should be fed back to its input Size 0 to 511 The number of wave frames used for each pitch grain Trig Off 1 to 16 OffM 1M to 16M Determines if the sample pitch effect should be trigged by all parts or a single part The M suffix indicates that the playback pointer will be moving in another pattern that will give slightly different results Folr The sample pitch effect ...

Page 216: ...ation amount Only the positive modulation sources can be selected by the Edit Knobs To make a modulation source negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of this section The upper row of parameters selects the modulation sources the lower row of parameters Labelled Amt adjusts the modulation amount in the range 0 to 511 The p...

Page 217: ... to 128 steps long and resolution can be set from 1 64 to 1 2 A smooth parameter are available that when on will make a controller track slide from one step to the next Templates are available like ramp up ramp down and randomize The percentage of how much the template should affect the track is settable The position track has special templates for forwards backwards alternating random 2 note and ...

Page 218: ...part buttons are not lighting up every time a part is trigged to play back the corresponding step button will light up shortly To stop the sequencer simply hit the Start Stop button again so that it is no longer lighting up If you hit the play button to start the sequencer and it doesn t start please check in the MOR COMMON section described later in this manual that it is not set up to external M...

Page 219: ...ly selected To select another track while still holding down the Steps Part button push any of the 16 step buttons The selected track is the track which parameters will be shown on the display when entering the edit pages When entering the Sequencer Controller tracks 17 to 32 1 will equal 17 2 will equal 18 and so on Note tracks are selected together with the part while Controller tracks are selec...

Page 220: ...button at it will toggle its state When the sequencer are in recording mode the Start Stop button is flashing pushing any of the step buttons will set record mode to step mode and select this step for recording The step button will now flash When using the LD3 sequencer as a usual step sequencer the steps will play back from left to right In this case step 1 plays back at position 1 step 2 plays b...

Page 221: ...2 to 5 will select bar 1 to 4 of the currently selected track The button of the bar that is selected will light up The other 3 bar select buttons will flash Controller tracks When you are located on any of the controller track pages bar is selected to be viewed for the currently selected controller track The selected bar is the bar that is shown on the controller track pages Hit Bar Sel so that it...

Page 222: ... done via the pushbuttons Push and hold the Morph Set button If the last step of the selected note track are inside the selected step range this will now be shown as a step button that lights up Push any step button while still holding down the Morph Set button to set the last step of the selected Note Track ...

Page 223: ... a step button that is lighting up and shortly flashes off every time the track is triggering Muted tracks are shown by a step button that is unlit and that lights up shortly every time the track would have triggered something if it weren t muted To mute or unmute a track simply hit the corresponding step button while still holding down the Func Mute button ...

Page 224: ...224 Entering the Sequencer From the Preset Select Screen touch the EDIT field ...

Page 225: ...225 Touch SEQ on the navigation bar in the top of the screen ...

Page 226: ...cks simply touch the text showing the name of the group that you would like to enter To exit to the Preset Select page touch ESC OR Push and release the Func Mute button so that it lights up and push step button 2 Seq Main to access the Sequencer Main page Push step button 3 Note Trk to access the note track pages Push step button 4 Ctrl Trk to access the Controller Track pages Push 3 times to acc...

Page 227: ...mmed every time a note is received If more notes are played at the same time or at the same position in time more steps will have the same position Only steps that are off can be recorded Each step gets positioned at the moment that it is recorded Step 1 is recorded first and positioned to the position in time of the recorded note Then step 2 is recorded and positioned And so on Audio When sequenc...

Page 228: ...teps Track lengths can be set individually for each track in the separate track menu s Notes Sets if the notes of the Note tracks should be shown in a note grid setting Grid or as value bars setting Value This can also be switched on the note track pages StAdv Step Advance on off When step recording a sequence it will automatically advance to the next step of the selected track is this is set to o...

Page 229: ... Clear Seq Touching this button will make LD3 jump to this page If you touch the Yes button here you will clear all tracks of the current preset and reset all values If you do not wish to do that touch No ...

Page 230: ... At most of this screen you will see the note grid Right above this to the left and to the right the first and last step numbers of the steps that is currently shown in the note grid are indicated Between these numbers a few settable parameters is shown In the top left side a small VU meter is shown that will indicate every time a note is played back Here when neither KNOBS1 8 or KNOBS9 16 is blac...

Page 231: ...s Lst The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page Edit Knob 4 Sets the track resolution Values 1 64 1 48 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 6 Value is shown as Res The note values for each step is shown right below the note grid If a black underscore is shown below the number it means that it is a note Note values for each step can be changed simply by touching the note grid Value...

Page 232: ...e NtG square in the upper left corner of the screen or go to the sequencer main page and change the Notes parameter to Value The note values page will now look like this The knob functions are the same on this page as on the note grid page Note values can still be entered by touching the value bars or by the edit knobs Steps that are on has a green value bar steps that are off has a yellow red val...

Page 233: ...anged simply by touching the value grid Values can also be changed using edit knob 1 to 8 In the bottom of the page touch the field named Knobs 1 8 to edit the first 8 steps using the edit knobs or touch the field named Knobs 9 16 to edit the last 8 steps using edit knob 1 to 8 When neither KNOBS1 8 or KNOBS9 16 are black Edit Knob 1 Has no function Edit Knob 2 Selects the bar to be viewed 4 bars ...

Page 234: ...nd plays the track again Range 1 to 64 steps Value is shown as Lst The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page Edit Knob 4 Sets the track resolution Values 1 64 1 48 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 6 Value is shown as Res Touching ESC will exit you to the Sequencer access page ...

Page 235: ... simply by touching the value grid Values can also be changed using edit knob 1 to 8 In the bottom of the page touch the field named Knobs 1 8 to edit the first 8 steps using the edit knobs or touch the field named Knobs 9 16 to edit the last 8 steps using edit knob 1 to 8 When neither KNOBS1 8 or KNOBS9 16 are black Edit Knob 1 Has no function Edit Knob 2 Selects the bar to be viewed 4 bars can b...

Page 236: ...nd plays the track again Range 1 to 64 steps Value is shown as Lst The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page Edit Knob 4 Sets the track resolution Values 1 64 1 48 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 6 Value is shown as Res Touching ESC will exit you to the Sequencer Modules page ...

Page 237: ...or more steps can be set to play back at the same position for polyphonic sequencing Templates explained in the next section are available to force the position to make the track play forwards backwards random alternating and in many other patterns if you do not like to set this up yourself The position for each step is shown as bars in the value grid and as number right below the value grid Posit...

Page 238: ...t step number viewed is shown just above the values field to the right and the left Edit Knob 3 Sets the last step that will be played back on this track before it loops back and plays the track again Range 1 to 64 steps Value is shown as Lst The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page Edit Knob 4 Sets the track resolution Values 1 64 1 48 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 6 Valu...

Page 239: ...alue grid Values can also be changed using edit knob 1 to 8 In the bottom of the page touch the field named Knobs 1 8 to edit the first 8 steps using the edit knobs or touch the field named Knobs 9 16 to edit the last 8 steps using edit knob 1 to 8 When neither KNOBS1 8 or KNOBS9 16 are black Edit Knob 1 Has no function Edit Knob 2 Selects the bar to be viewed 4 bars can be viewed showing each 16 ...

Page 240: ...nd plays the track again Range 1 to 64 steps Value is shown as Lst The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page Edit Knob 4 Sets the track resolution Values 1 64 1 48 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 6 Value is shown as Res Touching ESC will exit you to the Sequencer Modules page ...

Page 241: ...ther the Note Gate Velo or position subtracks touch TMP on the top navigation bar to enter the templates note scales page If you enter the templates pages from the note gate or velocity page it will look like this First turn Edit Knob 1 to set the range This will set how much the template routine will affect the values that are already on the selected subtrack When this is set to 100 the template ...

Page 242: ... Cmaj Forces all notes outputted from the track to the Cmajor scale Dmaj Forces all notes outputted from the track to the Dmajor scale Emaj Forces all notes outputted from the track to the Emajor scale Fmaj Forces all notes outputted from the track to the Fmajor scale Gmaj Forces all notes outputted from the track to the Gmajor scale Amaj Forces all notes outputted from the track to the Amajor sca...

Page 243: ...tep that is set Values after the last step are not affected Available templates Fwd Forwards The more the Range parameter is turned up when touching this the more the track will be forced to play back forwards Bwd Backwards The more the Range parameter is turned up when touching this the more the track will be forced to play back backwards Random Will randomize all steps between step 1 and last st...

Page 244: ...rced to play back 2 note polyphonic 4note 4 Note Poly The more the Range parameter is turned up when touching this the more the track will be forced to play back 4 note polyphonic Random Steps Will randomize the note steps on s off s The more that the Range parameter is turned up the more notes it will set to on ...

Page 245: ...et up note track modulation the track Note Randomizer the start step make the track strum and transpose the track It is also possible to clear or double the track The parameters of this page Mod Note Track modulation source Any LD3 modulation source can be selected to modulate the track For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of the synth part section in this manual ...

Page 246: ...is preset from another preset while the sequencer is running When selecting another preset while the sequencer is running the preset change will happen when Note track 1 are at the step before the start step Step 1 to 64 can be selected The Start step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page Trps Track transpose Will transpose the note numbers of the whole track up to 64 semitones u...

Page 247: ...Clear Track button to enter this page Touching Yes from here will initialize all step values and parameters of the currently selected note track except for the Last Step parameter If you would not wish to do this touch No to exit to the track Mod page ...

Page 248: ...uble touch button to double the length of the track All events from the original track is copied to the new half Useful if you need some extra variation in a track PLEASE NOTE The track lengths cannot exceed 64 steps for the note tracks ...

Page 249: ...shing LD3 has two different note realtime recording modes Mono and poly In mono recording mode it records the notes in a linear time fashion like a traditional step sequencer One note per step The notes you play are placed at the position where the sequencer was playing back at the moment that you played the note If you play more than one note on the same position only the last note you play are r...

Page 250: ... Monophonic recording Poly Polyphonic recording Audio Audio track recording Explained a little bit later in this manual AudCH Chopped audio track recording Explained a little bit later in this manual On the Sequencer Main page it is also possible to switch realtime recording on and off by touching the Rec touchbutton ...

Page 251: ...251 Step Recording of Notes On top of the xox style and realtime recording methods step recording of notes and controllers are also possible ...

Page 252: ...sired Step recording is possible no matter if the sequencer is running or not Push and release the Steps Part button so that it lights up and puts the 16 step buttons in step mode Push the step button that has the position for the step that you would like to record This will now flash Play a note or more in poly rec mode on an attached MIDI device or on the touch screen keyboard This will now be r...

Page 253: ...253 If the sequencer is running while step recording the time you hold down a note will be recorded If the sequencer is stopped resolution will determine the note length ...

Page 254: ... LD3 note tracks can control either the internal part that they are hard assigned to or external MIDI gear When a part track is set up to external MIDI control the internal part can not make any sound From the Preset Select page touch the EDIT field to enter the main synth page ...

Page 255: ...255 On this page touch TRIG ...

Page 256: ...ing down the Steps part button while pushing the step button that has the desired part number Set the Int Ext parameter to Int Internal or Ext External If you set the part to external set the Chan parameter to a MIDI channel that matches the MIDI gear that you would like to control Set other track up if desired ...

Page 257: ... follow the resolution set on the note track So if you plan to rearrange the track afterwards it will probably be best to set it to as low a resolution as possible while still getting the desired length When you just wants to record one whole piece it is best to set the resolution as high as possible so that you will get a longer recording up to 32 bars when resolution is set to When recording a c...

Page 258: ...258 Audio track setup From the Preset select page touch the EDIT field to enter the synth main page Touch SMP on the top navigation bar ...

Page 259: ...259 You should now enter this page Touch the REC touch button ...

Page 260: ...udio inputs and can t hear it now switch the Moni parameter to On If you only want to listen to the record source while it is recording and get the source signal switched off at the moment recording stops and the tracks starts to play back set the Moni parameter to Rec Select the record source by setting the Sorc parameter Choices are InpL Left audio input mono InpR Right audio input mono InpST Le...

Page 261: ... would like to record to setting the Bank parameter to bank A B C or D When choosing a bank the Smp parameter will show how many sampling that the selected bank already holds and the Used parameter will show how many percent of the sample bank that are already in use For optimal results set the level parameter to 0 and adjust the level of the record source so that the 2 VU meters in the bottom of ...

Page 262: ...262 Now go to the sequencer note track page either by Exit the Sample Rec page by touching EXIT in the upper right corner to go back to the Sample Edit page Touch SEQ on the top navigation bar ...

Page 263: ...263 You should now have entered this page Touch NOTE TRACK 1 16 to enter the note track page ...

Page 264: ... release the Func Mute button so it is lighting up Push step button 3 marked Note Trk Now select the note track that you would like to record Set the desired length and resolution Go to the sequencer main page by touching ESC on the top navigation bar to go back to the Seq overview page ...

Page 265: ...265 Touch MAIN ...

Page 266: ...ike your recording chopped up To start recording either touch the Rec touch button or hold down the Func Mute button while pushing the Start Stop button If the sequencer is already running it will start recording the audio track the next time the track starts over from step 1 If the sequencer is not already running push the Start Stop button to start it LD3 will now count in for 2 bars with the me...

Page 267: ... the steps from one step value to another for smooth transitions between them Each controller track both creates an internal modulation source and a MIDI CC or Pitch Bend source The MIDI CC s and Pitch Bend sources can be sent both to external MIDI gear and internally Via the controller tracks it is possible to realtime record MIDI CC s pitch bends and knob movements Templates are available for qu...

Page 268: ...ng one of the step buttons This will be the first page you will enter showing the controller values that will be outputted for each sequencer step when the sequencer is playing back At most of this screen you will see the value grid Right above this to the left and to the right the first and last step numbers of the steps that is currently shown in the value grid are indicated Between these number...

Page 269: ...ly for all tracks at the Seq Main page Edit Knob 4 Sets the track resolution Values 1 64 1 48 1 32 1 24 1 16 1 12 1 8 1 6 Value is shown as Res Touching ESC will exit you to the Sequencer Access page The controller values for each step is shown right below the value grid If a black underscore is shown below the number it means that the value are above 100 Controller values for each step can be cha...

Page 270: ...this page will toggle between the value bars and a key grid The key grid mode will make it easier to program sequences for CV synths In order to make the key scaling fit this should only be used in conjunction with the CV stepped quantized modes explained under Controller Tracks CC page a few pages later ...

Page 271: ...o 100 the template function will be absolute Then touch any of the template boxes in the right side of the screen The templates work from step 1 to the last step that is set Values after the last step are not affected Available templates RampUp Ramp Up Will lower values on steps that are placed before last step divided by 2 and raise values on steps placed after last step divided by 2 RampDw Ramp ...

Page 272: ...272 Middle Will move any values closer to the middle value Zero Will lower any values Full Will raise any values ...

Page 273: ...this to any other value than Off will make the selected controller track output MIDI CC values or pitch bend values to MIDI out or internally as set on the CCout parameter When a number is set this is the CC number that will be outputted If any LD3 Edit Knob are assigned to this CC the knob name will be written in parenthesis If set to Pitch Bend this is what will be outputted The CC Pitch Bend se...

Page 274: ... the controller track output represents one CV note at 1 2v per octave when assigned as a source for the CV outputs PLEASE NOTICE The scaling of the CV quantization can be adjusted Please see Adjusting the CV scale a few pages later Start 1 to 128 Sets the track start step This will be the step the track starts at when hitting the Start Stop button or when entering this preset from another preset ...

Page 275: ...m the track CC page touch the Clear Track button to enter this page Touching Yes from here will clear all step on s of the currently selected controller track If you would not wish to do this touch No to exit to the track main page ...

Page 276: ... the Double touch button to double the length of the track All events from the original track is copied to the new half Useful if you need some extra variation in a track PLEASE NOTE The controller track lengths cannot exceed 128 steps ...

Page 277: ... it is on the controller track TMP page possible to adjust the scaling by tweaking the QaScl parameter Negative values will give a scaling less than 1v 1 2v oct positive values will give a scaling more than 1v 1 2v oct This setting is adjusted per preset and affects all controller tracks at the same time ...

Page 278: ... event type that you would like to record using the CC parameter The CC parameter can be set to any MIDI CC between 1 and 122 In the top position you will find CV In 1 to 4 and Pitch Bend and at position 16 CC16 you will find the touch screen keyboard Y position The MIDI CC used for knob movement recording are named like this 1 Morph 2 SeqMrp 4 Knob1 5 Knob2 7 Knob8 8 Knob3 9 Knob4 10 Knob5 11 Kno...

Page 279: ...I channel using the Chan parameter If the track is set to internal operation the channel number is the part number that the track will output to Set CCout to Int internal or Ext external depending on if you like the controller track to control LD3 itself or some external MIDI gear Touch REC on the top navigation bar to enter this page Select the controller track s that you would like to realtime r...

Page 280: ...cord until the track reaches the last step and starts over again Then recording will switch off As soon as the controller tracks are recording the squares of the recording tracks will turn red If the sequencer was running when you switched the controller tracks into recording mode they will stay armed yellow until the controller track passes step 1 Then they will switch to recording mode and the s...

Page 281: ... track length Now go to the Synth section page and select the part where the parameter is located Put LD3 in realtime recording mode by holding down the Part Mute button while pressing the Start Stop button Press the Start Stop button to start the sequencer It will now count in for 2 bars and the start to record Tweak the parameter When the controller track reaches its end step recording will stop...

Page 282: ...racks just like MIDI CC s and knob movements To do this simply select CV In 1 to 4 to be the CC on a controller track and follow the procedure for controller track realtime recording You will most probably like to switch the Smooth parameter On to get smooth transitions between the recorded CV values ...

Page 283: ... to make the tracks match Note track 1 will set up controller track 1 for pitch bend recording and controller track 17 for CC recording Note track 2 will set up controller track 2 for pitch bend recording and controller track 18 for CC recording Note track 16 will set up controller track 16 for pitch bend recording and controller track 32 for CC recording The CC number to be recorded will be the C...

Page 284: ...dy running recording will start when the controller track passes step 1 The Bend Rec touch button will then turn red to indicate that recording is active Pitch Bend messages will only be recorded the first time the controller track is running When the controller track passes its last step recording will be switched off and the Bend Rec touch button will turn grey Follow the same procedure to recor...

Page 285: ...ng is possible no matter if the sequencer is running or not Push and release the Steps Part button so that it lights up and puts the 16 step buttons in step mode Push the step button that has the position for the step that you would like to record This will now flash An armed controller track rec indicator yellow will now switch to recording mode red Set the Knob MIDI Controller to the value you w...

Page 286: ...ters of the second layers on any synth and sequencer page hit the Morph Set button so it lights up Now the parameters of layer B will be shown on the screen and you can edit these using Edit Knob 1 to 8 just like the layer A parameters All continously adjustable parameters can be morphed Switches are not morphed except for the note tracks steps on offs In the MOR section under MORPH it is possible...

Page 287: ...287 More preset parameters Setup From the Preset Select page touch the Edit field ...

Page 288: ...288 On the navigation bar at the top of the screen touch MOR ...

Page 289: ...n set up all the basic LD3 things like global MIDI channel morphing and CV in s out s setup FilterBoard types check and erase the LD3 memory initialize the preset and change to song mode On the following pages each section of the More page is described ...

Page 290: ...annel if the Mode parameter is set to Sel Explained in a moment MIDI CC s from the Edit Quick Edit Knobs and the Morph knob will be transmitted on this channel if the Mode parameter is set to Sel This setting is automatically saved and will be remembered after a power off Sync Sequencer syncronization This setting is automatically saved and will be remembered after a power off Settings Int LD3 s s...

Page 291: ...DI channel OmTh Omni Thru The selected synth part is controlled on any MIDI channel MIDI events are channelized to MIDI out on the MIDI channel selected on the Synth Part TRIG page Mult Multi timbral All 16 parts works in multi timbral mode and is controlled by the MIDI channel key range set on each parts ZONE page MuTh Multi timbral Thru All 16 parts works in multi timbral mode and is controlled ...

Page 292: ...ited number of modulation sources including a morph LFO From More page touch MORPH to enter this page This is the settings for the Morph knob that affect the Synth Parts LFO s and effect processors Touch the Syn touch button to access this page Parameters on this page Perm Morph knob permanent value Will override the value of the Morph knob and keep morph on the permanent value plus modulation Ran...

Page 293: ...ote number value received Velo The last note velocity value received TouY Touch screen keyboard Y position Rate Morph LFO rate Sets the tempo of the morph section LFO that can only modulate the morph parameter Wave Morph LFO output waveform Morphs between triangle sawtooth square pulse and FM waveforms The FM waveforms are high frequency waves that can be used for FM synthesis ...

Page 294: ...lue of the Seq Morph knob and keep morph on the permanent value plus modulation Range Off 1 to 511 Mod Seq Morph knob modulation amount 0 to 511 Src Seq Morph modulation source Sources are LFO The morph section LFO Described below Seq1 to Seq8 Sequencer controller tracks 1 to 8 CV1 to CV4 CV inputs 1 to 4 Kybd The last note number value received Velo The last note velocity value received TouY Touc...

Page 295: ...o of the morph section LFO that can only modulate the morph parameter Wave Seq Morph LFO output waveform Morphs between triangle sawtooth square pulse and FM waveforms The FM waveforms are high frequency waves that can be used for FM synthesis ...

Page 296: ...It is still possible to select and mute parts by holding any of these buttons PccIN Off On Parameter CC Input If this parameter is set to On many of the LD3 parameters will be hard assigned to MIDI CC numbers This also makes it possible to control the same parameters directly from the sequencer controller tracks and to realtime record parameters tweaks on the controller tracks For a complete list ...

Page 297: ...number of different configurations It is also possible to set up each CV input as a trigger for any of the 16 synth parts of LD3 and to set them up as clock sources start stop and reset control for the sequencer By setting a CV input up to trigger a part and using another CV input to modulate the Part Trigger Note CV Gate to MIDI is possible Remember to save all edits you do to the CV Inputs Else ...

Page 298: ... the 12 volts range 1 32 For each pulse it receives the sequencer will increment 1 32 step The internal sequencer clock and any MIDI clock will be ignored MIDI clock will still be transmitted if the ClkOut parameter in the COMMON menu is set to on 1 24 For each pulse it receives the sequencer will increment 1 24 step The internal sequencer clock and any MIDI clock will be ignored MIDI clock will s...

Page 299: ...lkOut parameter in the COMMON menu is set to on 1 6 For each pulse it receives the sequencer will increment 1 6 step The internal sequencer clock and any MIDI clock will be ignored MIDI clock will still be transmitted if the ClkOut parameter in the COMMON menu is set to on s s Will make the sequencer start or stop every time it receives a pulse or a gate on that input Rst Will make all tracks of t...

Page 300: ...og VCF3 parameters Please see the SPAZEboard2 section of this manual regarding this From each of these it is possible to control external analog gear with both a static voltage and a modulation source at the same time The setup of these are stored within each LD3 preset so it is possible to give the external analog gear memory Remember to save all edits you do to the CV Inputs Else they will be lo...

Page 301: ...t Knob 1 to 4 sets a static voltage to each CV output This is useful if you for instance are controlling cutoff or resonance of an external filter or tune of an external oscillator On the lower row of parameters Edit Knob 5 to 8 you can set the part that should apply the modulation sources for each of the CV outputs ...

Page 302: ...ource negative touch the modulation source parameter For a complete list of modulation sources see the list in the start of the synth part section in this manual To generate an analog trigger on a CV output select Trig as the modulation source To generate a 1v oct or 1 2v oct oscillator CV select a sequencer controller track as the modulation source and set this up to quantize its output By lower ...

Page 303: ...overwritten until you save the new preset so even though you have initialized it it can still be recalled if you should regret by selecting another preset and then select this one again or by using the reload function From More page touch INIT to enter this page LD3 will now ask you to confirm Press Yes to initialize the currently selected preset and return to the previous page or press No just to...

Page 304: ...nap mode are available When this is set to On any synth parameter value will not be changed when turning a knob until it passes the original value that the parameter was set to This will avoid jumps in the sound On the MOR page touch the SNAP OFF text ...

Page 305: ...305 Parameter snap mode will now be turned on To turn it off touch it again ...

Page 306: ...tly so you should only need to go here when you swap the filter boards From More page touch VCF TYPES to enter this page Turn Edit Knob 1 to select FilterBoard1 VCF1 and Edit Knob 5 to select FilterBoard 2 VCF2 Explanation of the possible types Further explanation of each filter type in the Synth Parts section 1 Most filters VCF1 2 3 4 and 9 2 VCF5 MiniProphet filter 3 VCF6 SP filter 4 VCF7 Tubaz ...

Page 307: ...lecting the Filterboards attached to your Spazeboard2 Unlike the VCF1 and VCF2 parameters the Spazeboard2 filterboards has an individual setup for each of the currently 9 available filterboards So if you have filterboard 5 and 3 installed you must select VCF5 and VCF3 as shown on the picture Please read more about these settings in the Spazeboard2 section of this manual ...

Page 308: ...odel this page should look exactly like on the picture On the un Xpanded model the numbers will slightly differ and it will say Type 3 in the bottom If you should ever experience any issues with missing samples or presets please take a picture of this screen and email it to Gotharman s ...

Page 309: ...m More page touch DEL SmpA to erase sample bank A or touch any of the 3 other choices to erase the respective sample bank LD3 will now ask If you are really sure that you absolutely have to do this touch Yes to start the erase The sample bank will now be completely wiped out While it is being erased LD3 s 16 step buttons will run a sequence When the step buttons shuts off the erase has been done a...

Page 310: ...anual since if you don t have a backup it will not be possible to recover your presets again LD3 will now ask If you are really sure that you absolutely have to do this touch Yes to start the erase All presets and songs will now be completely wiped out While these are being erased LD3 s 16 step buttons will run a sequence When the step buttons shuts off the erase has been done and LD3 will return ...

Page 311: ...311 C P From More page touch C P to enter this page By turning Edit Knob 1 to 4 you can here make the 2 rectangles produce different colours This does however not have any practical function at all ...

Page 312: ...312 Preset Song Mode Touch this to toggle between preset mode and song mode Song mode is described later in this manual ...

Page 313: ... testing this as much as possible and did not discover any display freezes If you should discover any display freezes go to the MOR page Touch the text DISP FAST It will now change to DISP SLOW and go back to the slower display mode as before Please report any display freezes to info gotharman dk ...

Page 314: ...t that is saved on LD3 contains all the data previously described in this manual All sequencer data All synthesizer parts settings All effects settings All audio bus settings All CV in out settings From the Preset Select screen touch the EDIT field to enter the Main Synth page On the navigation bar at the top of this page touch SAV OR Hit the Func mute button so it lights up and hit step button 15...

Page 315: ... are already saved If you save your new preset on such a location the old preset will be overwritten On preset locations where a preset has not yet been saved the name will be shown as empty It is also possible to select the destination preset using the buttons This is done in exactly the same way as when selecting a preset using buttons Please see the Operating LD3 section in the beginning of thi...

Page 316: ...you touch the preset location that you would like to save your preset to you will enter this page Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select the first 8 letters of the name for your new preset Touch NEXT when you are done ...

Page 317: ...317 Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select letters 9 to 16 of the name for your new preset Touch SAVE when you are done Your preset will now be saved and LD3 will exit from the save pages ...

Page 318: ...last step of a Song is set to Loop it will jump back to step 1 and continue playback after the last preset has played Songs can be realtime recorded simply by hitting the Rec button on the song main page then the Play button and then play back the presets that you want in your song Songs can also be recorded edited by putting the Preset numbers and number of times to play back into a list Any pres...

Page 319: ...he first song step from the preset select page before you enters song mode This is not something you have to do I have just experienced when testing this that it makes things a bit easier When you select a non recorded empty song the last selected preset will automatically be placed on song step 1 From the Preset Select page hit the EDIT field ...

Page 320: ...320 On the navigation bar at the top of the screen touch MOR ...

Page 321: ...321 In the far right row you will find the text PRS Please touch this after making sure that the sequencer is stopped ...

Page 322: ...322 Now PRS turns into SONG and LD3 are in song mode If you would like to go back to preset mode just touch SONG ...

Page 323: ...For each song step the song step number is shown the preset number and name and the number of times track 1 will play back under the X To edit a song step turn edit knob 1 to select End preset bank A to P or Loop End will make song playback stop when it reaches that step Loop will make it jump back to song step 1 and start all over again Turn edit knob 2 to select the preset number and edit knob 3...

Page 324: ...t a time Touch the arrows to select the previous or next 8 song steps The total number of song steps is 128 Touch EXIT to exit from the Song Edit page and touch REC to start song realtime recording This will be explained very soon ...

Page 325: ...st digit of this now shows the song step number that is currently being played back The 2 other digits is still showing the bar and the beat of the preset that is currently playing back Other changes to this compared to the Preset Select page are that the field in the upper left corner that was used to select preset with now has been renamed to SONG and is used to select song with It is only possi...

Page 326: ...s and finally touch the song name of the song you would like to select 1024 songs can be selected from A01 to P64 LD3 will now jump back to the main Song Select screen and show the name of the newly selected song When LD3 is turned off it will remember which song was selected and start up with this when turned on again It will also remember if it was in preset or song mode and start up in the same...

Page 327: ...327 Song Realtime Recording On the Song Select page select the song you would like to record 1024 songs are available from A00 to P64 Now go to the song edit page ...

Page 328: ...328 Make sure that the sequencer is stopped and push the REC button so it turns red Now exit to the Preset Song select screen ...

Page 329: ...song by pressing the Start Stop button If you would like another preset on step 1 of your song please select this using the preset select field and then push the Start Stop button to start the recording of the song The preset you selected will now start to play back From here you can now select other presets at the time you want these to play back in your song Preset changes will only be registrer...

Page 330: ... hit the Start Stop button to stop song recording Go back to the song edit page and touch the REC button so it turns grey again to exit from song realtime recording or simply exit to the preset song select page and touch the REC indicator To listen to the song you have just created just hit the Start Stop button If there are anything you would like to edit go to the Song Edit page as described ear...

Page 331: ...31 Save Song LD3 songs are not saved within the presets so they must be saved separately To do so when in song mode from the song select page touch the EDIT field to enter the Synth parts page Touch SAV ...

Page 332: ...r new song to If it is not shown touch PREV and NEXT to reach it Song number and name is shown for songs that are already saved If you save your new song on such a location the old song will be overwritten On song locations where a song has not yet been saved the name will be shown as empty ...

Page 333: ...333 Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select the first 8 letters of the name for your new song Touch NEXT when you are done ...

Page 334: ...334 Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select letters 9 to 16 of the name for your new song Touch SAVE when you are done Your song will now be saved and LD3 will exit from the save pages ...

Page 335: ...335 Initializing a Song If you would just like to start all over with an empty song it is possible to initialize it To do so in song mode access the MOR page From here hit INIT ...

Page 336: ... initializing Please notice that when initializing a song this is only done in LD3 s temporary song RAM NOT on the FLASH memory so if you did this by mistake or you regretted doing it you can always recall the song by selecting another song and select this again Then nothing will be lost It is not until you save the song that permanent changes is done ...

Page 337: ...r two layers of the whole preset Synth part page LD3 will copy one or two layers of the selected part Included in this are the oscillator the digital filters VCA and Envelope settings BUS page LD3 will copy all the BUS settings Oscillator page LD3 will copy one or two layers of the oscillator settings of the currently selected part Digital Filter page LD3 will copy one or two layers of the Digital...

Page 338: ...from the preset select page and LD3 tells you that it will copy the whole preset If you had entered the copy page from a filter page it would have said COPY FILTER pt 1 instead Now select deselect the desired layers by touching the A B and Morph touch buttons If a layer button is black it means that this layer will be copied if it is grey the layer will not be copied It is only possible to copy ei...

Page 339: ...gain Now when the function buttons are active the Func Mute button lights up every time you enter a page where the copy buffer holds something that can be pasted step button 14 Paste will light up To paste something navigate to the desired page where you would like to paste the settings Make sure that step button 14 Paste lights up Hit step button 14 Paste Your settings has now been pasted ...

Page 340: ...es of mono samplings 43 minutes in the Xpanded model maximum 2048 samplings Bank B C and D each holds up to 25 minutes of mono samplings 50 minutes in the Xpanded model maximum 2048 samplings A total of 8192 samplings 93 minutes or 193 minutes One sampling can maximum be 50 minutes long Sample times in stereo are half of the mono sample times All samples that are imported or recorded stays in LD3 ...

Page 341: ...341 Recording a sampling From the Preset Select screen touch the EDIT field to enter the Main Synth page Touch SMP at the top navigation bar ...

Page 342: ...342 You will now enter the Sample Edit page Touch the REC touch button to enter the Sample Rec page ...

Page 343: ...to any of LD3 s audio inputs and can t hear it now switch the Moni parameter to On Select the record source by setting the Sorc parameter Choices are InpL Left audio input mono InpR Right audio input mono InpST Left and right audio inputs stereo OutpL Left audio output mono OutpR Right audio output mono OutST Left and right audio outputs stereo Inp 3 Audio input 3 mono Inp 4 Audio input 4 mono In3...

Page 344: ...e sample bank that are already in use For optimal results set the level parameter to 0 and adjust the level of the record source so that the 2 VU meters in the bottom of the screen does not get red You should only adjust the level parameter to other values than 0 if it is not possible to adjust the level directly on the source When you are ready to record the sampling touch the REC button in the l...

Page 345: ...345 When you are finished recording your sample touch the STOP button ...

Page 346: ...p to this screen To audition the sample you have just recorded touch the Audition button To name and save the sample touch the Save button If you decide not to keep this sample touch EXIT and the new sample will be erased ...

Page 347: ...347 If you touch the Save button LD3 will jump to this page Here you can turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select the first 8 characters of the new sample s name Touch NEXT to go on ...

Page 348: ...348 Turn Edit Knob 1 to 8 to select character 9 to 16 of the sample name Touch SAVE to save the new sample and return to the Sample Rec page ...

Page 349: ...top navigation bar to enter this page OR Hit the Func Mute button so it lights up hit step button 12 Sample Qrec and hit step button 16 Exit On this page you can audition samples from the FLASH memory adjust the samples start and end points and create sample chops ...

Page 350: ...s To select a sampling touch the sample name To audition it touch the Play touchbar in the bottom of this page When you have found the right sampling touch OK to return to the Sample Edit page The Play touchbar on the sample select page re triggers the sampling every time it is touched If you should wish to start and stop sample playback every time you hit play exit to the Sample Edit page and tou...

Page 351: ...ke to adjust Adjust the start point by turning edit knob 1 fine adjust by turning edit knob 2 Adjust the end point by turning edit knob 3 fine adjust by turning edit knob 4 Audition by touching the PLAY button When you are satisfied with the result touch the SAVE button LD3 will now show Instead of searching manually for the sample start point it is possible to use the Chop function for this This ...

Page 352: ...se wave cycles loop them and switch between other wave cycles of the sampling This can also be used as a super easy way for looping a sampling All chop points are non destructive to the sampling Only the positions of the chop points are stored nothing is changed on the sampling itself Chop points can at any time be moved deleted and inserted Up to 64 chop points can be created for each sampling An...

Page 353: ...ower the decay If the sounds is recorded with very little or no silence between them like in a beat this needs to be set to a high value If there s a good gap of silence between the sounds set it to a low value Pre If there are loud clicks in the start of many of the chop points especially on low frequency sounds turning up this parameter will make LD3 set the chop points a little bit earlier than...

Page 354: ...er of chops Especially usefull when using the wave chop function for making sample loop points Generating Sample Chop Points On the Sample Chops page adjust the Sens Dec Pre and xChp parameters as desired and switch wave mode on if desired Touch the Chop button LD3 will now look for chop points in the selected sampling ...

Page 355: ... chop point using the Adjust parameters To add chop points first touch the Play button to make the sample chop point play back While the sampling is playing back hit the Add button when it is playing back the point where you would like to add a chop point In the bottom of the screen it shows the position of the selected chop in the values that the Sample Start parameters would have to be adjusted ...

Page 356: ...sampling with wave chops When you have a sampling with the wavechops added it is possible in real time to select which single cycle should play back in the samplers in the synth section using the Chop parameter It is also possible to select single cycle waves using any modulation source This gives some really cool possibilities like wave sequencing wave tables and time stretch How to wave chop a s...

Page 357: ...ens to 128 If the wave chops gets too long very few chop points try first to adjust Sens down If this makes things worse adjust it up On simple waveforrms Sens should in most cases have a low value On more complex waveforms Sens should have a higher value If you wish your wavechops to be larger than single cycles you can either turn Dec or xChp up The Pre parameter should be kept at zero When you ...

Page 358: ...358 LD3 will now show When it has found some chop points it will return to the Chop page ...

Page 359: ...ns and hit Chop again When you have found a result that you are satisfied with please remember to touch the Save button To use the wave chops for something now exit Sample Edit and go to a part Osc page Set Osc1 in sampler mode and touch the SMP touch button to select the sampling that you just wave chopped or any other sampling that you have wave chopped ...

Page 360: ...360 Touch the sample slot 1 name to open the sample select page ...

Page 361: ...361 Select the sampling touch OK and touch the OSC touchbutton ...

Page 362: ...362 Set Loop mode to On and adjust the Chop parameter to select the single cycle waves If you would like more single cycle waves to play back inside the loop turn the Chp parameter up ...

Page 363: ...late the Chop parameter and turn the modulation amount up You can obtain different effects with different values of the modulation amount Adjust the Envelope decay to make the playback of the sampling faster low decay values or slower high decay values Adjust the attack parameter to obtain a reverse playback effect in the start of the sample playback Modulate the envelope parameters to have dynami...

Page 364: ...rded sampling On the Sample Delete page it is possible to delete the last recorded sampling in sample Bank A B C or D On the sample select page select the sample bank from which you would like to delete a sampling Touch DEL ...

Page 365: ...365 To delete the sample touch Yes If you regret touch No to return to the Sample Edit page ...

Page 366: ...import some samplings from it to the LD3 USB port Create a new directory Export all your samplings of the bank where the sampling s you want to delete is located to the USB drive inside the new directory Enter the directory on the USB drive and select the sampling s that you want to delete Push MD del on the USB page Push Del Confirm Leave the USB pages go to the More section and delete the whole ...

Page 367: ...this will enter the graphical sample edit pages On the graphical sample edit pages you can add and remove chop loop points and select a portion of a sampling to be saved as a new sampling It has also been made easier to set loop points in long samplings by making it possible to save the selected end point as a chop loop point ...

Page 368: ...touch Grap to enter the graphical edit page On this page you will see a graphical presentation of the selected sampling Chop points are indicated as vertical blue lines and the sample zero point is indicated as a horizontal red line ...

Page 369: ...369 By touching anywhere on the screen or by rotating Edit Knob 1 you can select a start point This is indicated by a vertical green line By rotating Edit Knob 4 you can zoom in and out ...

Page 370: ...ossible to change the end point by rotating Edit Knob 1 If you touch the Play touch button the sample will play back from the start point to the endpoint and then stop If you touch the Loop button so that it turns black and then touch the Play button the sample will play back from the start point to the end point and then loop back to the start point and play back the selected piece again until Pl...

Page 371: ...ay back from the selected chop point to the next chop point and then stop If you touch the Loop button so that it turns black and then touch the Play button the sample will play back from the selected chop point to the next chop point and then loop back to the selected chop point and play back the selected piece again until Play or Loop is touched again so that any of these turns grey By touching ...

Page 372: ...Adding a chop point Make sure that the Chop touch button is grey Set the start point where you want the chop point to be either by touching the screen or by rotating Edit Knob 1 Touch the Func touch button ...

Page 373: ...373 Now you will enter the graphical function page Touch Add Chop LD3 will now jump back to the graphical edit page and a chop point will be added at the selected start point ...

Page 374: ...l the loop sounds as intended Then you will save the start point as a chop point In order to make the loop work you will though also need to save the selected end point as a chop point To do this you must enter the graphical function page again Touch Add Chop At Endpoint LD3 will now jump back to the graphical edit page and a chop point will be added at the selected end point ...

Page 375: ...375 Delete a chop point Make sure that the Chop touch button is black and that you have selected the chop point that you want to delete Touch the Func touch button to enter the graphical functions page ...

Page 376: ...3 will now jump back to the graphical edit page and the previously selected chop point will have been removed To delete the next chop point follow the same procedure but touch Delete Chop At Endpoint on the functions page instead ...

Page 377: ...ave edited added and deleted chop points you must save these changes in order to keep them This is also done from the graphical functions page Simply touch Save Chop Points LD3 will now save your edits and return to the graphical edit page ...

Page 378: ...tions of a sampling use a portion of the sampling for a loop or just wants to copy the whole sampling to another sample bank you can use this function First set the start and the end points of the portion of the sampling that you would like to copy OR select a chop it this is what you would like to copy Go to the functions page ...

Page 379: ...ge will now open Select the sample bank that you would like to copy the sampling portion of the sampling to by touching the A B C or D touch button LD3 will write Saving Sample for some time and then it will jump back to the functions page ...

Page 380: ...nserted at the start point of each of the 8 waves for easy selection of each partial using the chop parameter WaveBuilder also lets you copy a sampling from one sample bank to another Just select the sampling in WaveBuilder set start to 0 and length to 511 and save it to the new bank The WaveBuilder always outputs to audio bus 1 so any filters and effects assigned to this bus will affect the sound...

Page 381: ... sampling to be included in the wave sequence if the selected sampling holds any chops Chp 1 to 64 Selects the number of chops to play back from the selected chop Start 0 to 511 Sets the start point of the sampling of the range that should be included in the wave sequence If the selected sampling holds chop points the start point will be inside the selected chop range Length 0 to 511 Sets the leng...

Page 382: ...e switched off or has their length set to zero will be skipped from the wave sequence Save touch button As soon as you have selected samplings and chops and adjusted the start and lengths and you are satisfied with the result you should touch this button to save the new wave sequence This will get you to this page Now touch A B C or D to save the wave sequence to the corresponding sample bank ...

Page 383: ...mport and export samples as wav files import and export presets and songs update the ld3 firmware and make new directories USB drives used with ld3 should be Maximum 32 GB FAT formatted From the Preset Select screen touch the EDIT field to enter the Main Synth page Touch USB on the navigation bar at the top of the screen ...

Page 384: ...y of the drive make sure that it is connected properly and that it is has the right specs as described in the start of this section The names you see on the screen are the names of the files and directories on the drive File names are in black and directory names are in purple The currently selected file has a blue box around it To select a file simply touch it LD3 will show 7 files directories at...

Page 385: ...previewed directly from a USB drive Select the sampling that you would like to preview by touching the sample name and touch the PREW touch button This will first show LOAD then PREW again while playing back the first 6 seconds of the sampling ...

Page 386: ...port single files or sub directories simply select the directory you would like to open by touching it and then touch the Open button LD3 will now open the directory and show the first 7 files in it The D in the top of the screen will now be replaced by the opened directory s name ...

Page 387: ...that are shown but can t be imported directly are Update files with the ending HEX Files with any other ending will not be shown on LD3 s screen regardless of if they are present on the drive To import a single sampling or preset song select the WAV LDS XDP XDO file you would like to import by touching it Samples are imported to the sample bank selected on the Sample Edit page When importing a sin...

Page 388: ...388 Touch the Import button LD3 will now import the selected file and show the progress on a progress bar ...

Page 389: ... holds It will though not import files from any sub directories Samples are imported to the sample bank selected by Edit Knob 1 that is shown in the top of the screen Presets are imported to the selected preset and forwards so make sure that you have not selected a preset that you planned to keep before using this function Songs are also imported to the selected song and forwards so make sure that...

Page 390: ...eload will also import samples to the exact same location as they were placed when exporting This will make sure that samples used in your presets will always be placed in the right locations Sample locations that are already occupied will be skipped by Reload so make sure to erase sample bank A and B if you want a complete reload To Reload multiple files select a directory by touching it Touch th...

Page 391: ...f or on a computer and reload all the samples Samples that are erased will just be left blank If you would like to import a number of wav files in a specific order or in a specific sample bank you can rename the samples on a computer to A0001 WAV A0002 WAV A0220 WAV B0001 WAV B0002 WAV B0256 WAV and then import them using Reload If you would like to rearrange the order of samples and or presets yo...

Page 392: ...t splicing samples on a computer On your computer Make a directory or folder on an LD3 compatible USB drive Name the directory with the name that you want the sampling to have Copy any single samplings you would like this sampling to contain into the directory Max 64 samplings Create multiple such directories if desired Unmount the USB drive from your computer and insert it in the LD3 USB port ...

Page 393: ...ple edit page select the sampling you just imported named from the directory name and enter the Chop edit page You will now be able to hear each of the samplings by selecting chops On the synth sampler pages the procedure is the same Select the sampling and select the chop point Modulate the chop point selection to create great variation I have found this function especially useful when working wi...

Page 394: ...394 selection with velocity random or any other modulation source to make some great dynamic acoustic drum beats ...

Page 395: ...irectory To do this touch the MD Del button Turn the 8 edit knobs to select the 8 characters of the name for the new directory When you are done with this touch the Make button The new directory will now be created You can of course also just touch Exit if you do not want to make a directory anyway ...

Page 396: ...lete file from USB drive It is possible to delete a file from the attached USB drive directly from LD3 To do this select the file you would like to delete and touch the MD Del button Now touch the Del button ...

Page 397: ... its own xdp xdo format so these can at writing moment only be used by LD3 The factory sample bank can t be exported To enter the export page touch the Export button All exports are done to the currently open directory There are 4 different possibilities for exporting 1Prs Export 1 preset song Touching this button will export the currently selected preset If LD3 are in song mode it will export the...

Page 398: ...the 100 s of the sample number and Edit Knob 3 to select the 10 s and 1 s If you have selected any of the factory samplings this will do nothing AlSm Export All Samples Touching this button will export all samples of the selected sample bank The Sample Bank can be selected by turning Edit Knob 1 If the selected sample bank contains any factory samplings these will not be exported ...

Page 399: ...SB drive to your computer 3 Make sure that the USB drive is FAT formatted 4 Create a directory in the root directory of this USB drive that is named UPDATE If the USB drive already contains a directory called UPDATE please delete all files inside this 5 Copy the update file from your computer to the USB drive UPDATE directory Make sure that no other files are present in this folder and please don ...

Page 400: ...400 11 Touch the UPD button ...

Page 401: ...401 12 LD3 will now search for the UPDATE folder and a valid update file If it finds both it will ask Update Firmware 13 Touch Yes to proceed with updating or No if you regret ...

Page 402: ...o get the update file and program its processor When it starts to program the processor it will look like it halts for a couple of minutes This is because it does halt when erasing the program memory of a processor Erasing the program memory of the processor ...

Page 403: ...403 Programming processor counter in the bottom counts up ...

Page 404: ...404 15 When programming is done LD3 will ask you to restart it Please turn LD3 off and then on again ...

Page 405: ...rmally and are ready to use While it is finalizing the update an initial text will show on the display If something goes wrong If the power should go off while LD3 is getting the update from the USB drive and programming the processors simply start over again from step 7 If the power should go off while LD3 is finalizing the update 3 LED s turn on and off simply turn LD3 on again and it will now f...

Page 406: ...t Knob 1 CC4 Edit Knob 2 CC5 Edit Knob 3 CC8 Edit Knob 4 CC9 Edit Knob 5 CC10 Edit Knob 6 CC11 Edit Knob 7 CC12 Edit Knob 8 CC7 CC16 touch screen keyboard Y position on the part zone midi channel regardless of if LD3 are in multi timbral mode or not MIDI CC s 17 to 61 as modulation sources MIDI CC 64 MIDI Sustain Pedal Values above 64 Hold notes values below 64 Release notes Pitch Bend messages on...

Page 407: ...t bank O and P Any other bank change messages will be ignored Transmits MIDI CC 1 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 and 12 on the LD3 global MIDI channel or on the part MIDI channel from the knobs on the Preset Song Select screen and on any other pages that has no other Edit Knob functions CC16 touch screen keyboard Y position on the global midi channel Note on off s on any MIDI channels from the sequencer part s...

Page 408: ...sequencer controller tracks and movements of these can be realtime recorded to the controller tracks For part parameters MIDI channel are equal to part number To activate the CC control first enter the MOR COMMON page Here you must set the Mode parameter MIDI In Mode to either Omni OmTh Omni Thru Mult Multi Timbral or MuTh Multi Timbral Thru The CC control will not work properly in Sel Selected mo...

Page 409: ...l if you would only like to control the selected Morph layer or to Both if you would like to control both Morph layers A and B at the same time Now you will be able to control many of the Spazeboard6 parameters from an external MIDI device and from the Sequencer Controller Tracks On the following pages you will find a list of the controllable parameters ...

Page 410: ...nnel 1 16 Digi Filter 1 Low 30 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 1 Boost 31 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Cut 33 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Reso 34 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Input Level 35 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Type 36 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Mix 37 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Narrow 38 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Low 39 MIDI channel 1 16 Digi Filter 2 Boost 40 M...

Page 411: ... LpCut 65 VCF2 Reso 66 VCF2 Feed Hpf Cut Spaze 67 VCF2 Out 68 VCF2 Input Level 69 VCF2 Output Level 70 VCF2 FM 71 VCF2 G RAY Feed 72 VCF3 Cut HpCut 73 VCF3 Peaks LpCut 74 VCF3 Reso 75 VCF3 Feed Hpf Cut Spaze 76 VCF3 Out 77 VCF3 Input Level 78 VCF3 Output Level 79 VCF3 FM 80 VCF3 G RAY Feed 81 VCF4 HpCut 82 VCF4 LpCut 83 VCF4 Reso 84 VCF4 Spaze 85 VCF4 Input Level 87 VCF4 Output Level 88 VCF4 FM 89...

Page 412: ...01 Insert EFX 4 Parameter 2 102 Insert EFX 5 Mix 103 Insert EFX 5 Parameter 1 104 Insert EFX 5 Parameter 2 105 Insert EFX 6 Mix 106 Insert EFX 6 Parameter 1 107 Insert EFX 6 Parameter 2 108 Insert EFX 7 Mix 109 Insert EFX 7 Parameter 1 110 Insert EFX 7 Parameter 2 111 Insert EFX 8 Mix 112 Insert EFX 8 Parameter 1 113 Insert EFX 8 Parameter 2 114 Output EFX 1 Mix 115 Output EFX 1 Parameter 1 116 Ou...

Page 413: ...413 Effects Parameters 1 and 2 The effects parameters 1 and 2 are the 2 parameters located to the right of the Mix parameter on the effects main pages ...

Page 414: ...ameter name will be written in parenthesis Then set the Chan parameter to the part number that you would like to control if it is a part related parameter At last set the CCout to internal It is important to set the parameters up using this sequence If you set the CCout parameter to internal first and then set the CC parameter all the parameters that you pass will be affected by the controller tra...

Page 415: ...e In safe mode all audio are disabled It is possible to switch preset and to update your LD3 Switch to the preset below the currently selected one Turn your LD3 off and on again and see if it now boots up If this does help Please boot up in safe mode again select the preset that caused the problem export this to a USB drive zip it and send it via an email to info gotharman dk Then I will inspect i...

Page 416: ...stall or exchange analog filterboards PLEASE NOTICE It is only possible to install exchange filterboards when the Analog Board are installed in your LD3 This is NOT possible with SPAZEboard2 installed You will need the following tools A Phillips screwdriver A 2 5mm Allen screwdriver ...

Page 417: ...417 Before you open your LD3 insert the power supply in a wall socket and touch the metal on the connector This will unload you from any static electricity that might damage the electronics ...

Page 418: ...418 Remove the 4 screws in the corners of the left end panel using the Phillips screwdriver ...

Page 419: ...419 Take the left end panel a bit out ...

Page 420: ...420 Turn your LD3 around and remove the 4 screws in the corners of the right end panel again using the Phillips screwdriver ...

Page 421: ...421 Take the right end panel a bit out ...

Page 422: ...422 Remove the plastic frame from the left end panel ...

Page 423: ... slide the front panel towards the right while navigating the left end panel to stay inside the box in order not to scratch the top of the box Slide the front panel all the way to the right so that it is free of the box ...

Page 424: ...424 Put the box somewhere else so you have the front panel and the two end panels for themselves ...

Page 425: ...425 Flip LD3 around so that the front panel is facing downwards If your LD3 already has filterboards installed you will now see the two filterboards attached to the analog board ...

Page 426: ...ilterboard in place on one or both of the filterboards using the 2 5mm Allen screwdriver If your LD3 does not yet have any filterboards installed just remove the screw and the 3 washers Take care of not losing the screw and the washers ...

Page 427: ...ilterboard on the sides as shown Holding only on the sides of it will minimize the risk of applying static electricity to the board and damage it DO NOT TOUCH THE ELECTRONICS Gently tweak the board out of its socket ...

Page 428: ...428 The screw and the washers that is holding the filterboard in place ...

Page 429: ...t installing the new filterboard you should assemble the screw and the washers like this First place the shakeproof washer on the screw The place one of the nylon washers on the screw Leave the other nylon washer for now ...

Page 430: ...430 Now take the new filterboard Again touch it only on the sides Place it so the connector on the filterboard goes into the middle of the connector on the analog board Push it all the way in ...

Page 431: ...431 Place a nylon washer between the filterboard and the PCB spacer that is holding it Put the screw with nylon and shakeproof washer mounted back and tighten it It should now look like this ...

Page 432: ...432 You have now successfully installed a filterboard Now it is time to put your LD3 back together again Turn it over so the front panel is facing upwards again ...

Page 433: ...e left end panel Put the right end panel in place Take care that none of the cables attached to it are squeezed between the panel and the box Put the 4 screws back and tighten them Put the left end panel in place Take care that none of the cables attached to it are squeezed between the panel and the box or the panel and the filterboards Put the 4 screws back and tighten them Turn your LD3 on and e...

Page 434: ...434 Installing the Analog Board This chapter will describe how to install the analog board You will need the following tools A Phillips screwdriver A 2 5mm Allen screwdriver ...

Page 435: ...435 Before you open your LD3 insert the power supply in a wall socket and touch the metal on the connector This will unload you from any static electricity that might damage the electronics ...

Page 436: ...436 Remove the 4 screws in the corners of the left end panel using the Phillips screwdriver ...

Page 437: ...437 Take the left end panel a bit out ...

Page 438: ...438 Turn your LD3 around and remove the 4 screws in the corners of the right end panel again using the Phillips screwdriver ...

Page 439: ...439 Take the right end panel a bit out ...

Page 440: ...440 Remove the plastic frame from the left end panel ...

Page 441: ... slide the front panel towards the right while navigating the left end panel to stay inside the box in order not to scratch the top of the box Slide the front panel all the way to the right so that it is free of the box ...

Page 442: ...442 Put the box somewhere else so you have the front panel and the two end panels for themselves ...

Page 443: ...443 Flip LD3 around so that the front panel is facing downwards ...

Page 444: ...rew is located on the spacer on the main board remove this so that the spacer looks like on the picture Please notice the connector near the spacer This is one of the connectors that is needed for the analog board ...

Page 445: ...445 Near the cable connected to the main audio outputs are another connector needed for the analog board ...

Page 446: ...446 Near the connector to the knob board are the third connector needed for the analog board ...

Page 447: ...447 The analog board itself ...

Page 448: ...448 When turned upside down the 3 connectors that needs to connect to the LD3 mainboard shows ...

Page 449: ...carefully attach the analog board to the LD3 main board Make sure that the connectors on the analog board goes perfectly into the connectors on the main board and that the filterboard connectors are to the left ...

Page 450: ...450 After making sure that the connectors fits each other perfectly press the analog board into these ...

Page 451: ...451 Check an extra time that the connectors fits THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT ...

Page 452: ...452 It should now look like this ...

Page 453: ...453 Now mount the screw and the washer that you removed from the main board spacer to the spacer again ...

Page 454: ...454 Tighten the screw using the Allen screwdriver ...

Page 455: ...455 Locate the cable on the left end panel that is connected to audio in out 3 4 ...

Page 456: ...456 Connect this to the angled connector on the analog board as shown on the picture ...

Page 457: ...457 Connect the cable from the CV output minijacks to the straight connector near the edge of the analog board as shown on the picture ...

Page 458: ...ect the cable from the CV input minijacks to the connector on the knob board as shown on the picture If you need any filterboards installed please see the previous chapter regarding installing the filterboards ...

Page 459: ...459 Turn LD3 over so the front panel is facing upwards again ...

Page 460: ...e left end panel Put the right end panel in place Take care that none of the cables attached to it are squeezed between the panel and the box Put the 4 screws back and tighten them Put the left end panel in place Take care that none of the cables attached to it are squeezed between the panel and the box or the panel and the filterboards Put the 4 screws back and tighten them Turn your LD3 on and e...

Page 461: ...461 Written by Flemming Christensen Gotharman 2019 ...

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