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Getting Started

Well, now you got your Little deFormer, you probably can’t wait to get it up and going, so let’s
jump right to it.

Connecting:

Connect the audio out 1 or 2 or both to a mixer or an amplifier, or anything else that ends out in a
set of speakers, a single speaker, or even a pair of headphones, if you are in a neighbour friendly
mood. Since it doesn’t have build in speakers, it just needs to be connected to something, that can
transfer its amazing sound to you.

If you plan to control it from a MIDI device, connect that to its MIDI input.

Summary of Contents for Little deFormer

Page 1: ...Gotharman s Little deFormer Quick Manual ...

Page 2: ...t s Time For Some Action 10 Editing Parameters 11 List Of Parameters 13 Common 13 Sampler 13 Record A Sampling 18 Compressor 28 Distortion 29 Filter 30 Time Pitch Effect 32 Sequencer 46 Modulation 48 Knob CC s 50 Save Preset 51 FLASH 53 Updating The Little deFormer Firmware 55 List Of Included Samplings 60 ...

Page 3: ...r or one of all those fancy new recorders Personally I have used both methods but found both of them really boring That was why I made the first deFormer After I made that I brought a Roland MC 909 or a SP 606 and connected their output to the deFormers audio input Because of the deFormers great granular effects it was now possible to really tweak the samplings and do something while standing on t...

Page 4: ...upvik Smedsrud David Kronemyer Egan Budd Steve Korn Pedro Figueredo Goeran Stangeland James Neville Robert Korizek For supporting this project I really appreciate your trust Without you the Little deFormer might not have been Gotharman May 2012 Gotharman May 2012 Gotharman May 2012 Gotharman May 2012 ...

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Page 6: ...both to a mixer or an amplifier or anything else that ends out in a set of speakers a single speaker or even a pair of headphones if you are in a neighbour friendly mood Since it doesn t have build in speakers it just needs to be connected to something that can transfer its amazing sound to you If you plan to control it from a MIDI device connect that to its MIDI input ...

Page 7: ...Output 2 are internally connected to this The audio in 2 level parameter then acts as a feedback control Connect the supplied power adaptor to the Power DC input and to a 100V to 240V power source It s a 9V 660 mA type with a 2 1 mm DC plug with positive middle Turn it on Toggle the power switch on the back so its pin is pointing down Your Little deFormer should now turn on ...

Page 8: ... Edit button Pushing this will access the edit menu s It is also nescessary to push it to confirm a preset change Exit button This will exit from any menu to the preset select screen Dec and Inc buttons These will select preset In the edit menu s they will select among the different edit pages In the Assign menu they will select samplings Holding one of these buttons down will cause it to scroll t...

Page 9: ...zes the audio content of the time and pitch effect If a preset is stored with this button active the frozen audio content will be stored together with the preset as a sampling and re loaded the next time you select that preset The Freeze LED is Flashing to visualize the delay time of the selected time pitch effect When the Assign LED is lit or flashing or when a sequencer edit page is selected thi...

Page 10: ...eset If the sequencer is still running the Edit LED will now start to flash faster until it reaches the sequencer start step Then the Edit LED will go out and playback of the newly selected preset will start If the sequencer is stopped it will change to the new preset immediately when the Edit button is pushed Listen to some samplings While still on the preset select screen push some of the step b...

Page 11: ...his screen This is referred to as an Edit Group screen By pushing the Inc and Dec buttons you can select between various edit group screens AnaBeat A01 0 0 Kn1 Kn2 Kn3 Kn4 Kn5 Kn6 Kn7 Kn8 COMMON SAMPLER COMPRESSOR DISTORTION FILTER TIME PITCH SEQUENCER MODULATION KNOB CC s SAVE PRESET FLASH ...

Page 12: ... edit Use the 8 edit knobs to edit the parameter values Push the Inc and Dec buttons to select various parameters Push the Exit button to go back to the edit group select screens In the SAMPLER and FLASH sections there are some special parameter pages that might look like this On these parameter pages you will have to push the Edit button either to enter a set of sub parameters or to make the litt...

Page 13: ...ng up Bus 1 to 4 Selects which one of 4 busses Audio input 2 should be routed to Chan 1 to 16 Common MIDI channel select The Little deFormer will receive and transmit note on s and off s and controllers on the channel selected here Clck Int Ext Clock select Selects whether Little deFormer s sequencer should sync to its own internal clock source or to an external MIDI clock source If ext is selecte...

Page 14: ...elected samplings length Lngt 0 to 255 The selected samplings playback length When triggering the sampling it will play back for the adjusted amount of time This parameter is relative to the selected samplings length Fine 0 to 255 Fine adjustment of the selected samplings playback length This parameter is relative to the selected samplings length Loop Off On Togl Off When the sampling is triggered...

Page 15: ...rough in a very poor way Lofi A destructive lowpass filter fEnv 128 to 127 Adjusts how much the sample envelope will affect the filter cutoff frequency Negative values will reverse the envelope fMix 128 to 127 Filter mix Adjusts the mix between the clean sample output and the filter output At position zero you will only hear the output from the filter At positions 127 and 128 you will only hear th...

Page 16: ... want to save 2 Push the step button and listen to the sampling What you hear it play back is what will be saved as a new sampling 3 Navigate to the re save screen 4 Push the Edit button That will take you to this page 5 Use edit knob 1 8 to adjust the first eight characters in the new samplings name 6 Push Inc 7 Use edit knob 1 4 to adjust the last 4 characters in the new samplings name 8 Push In...

Page 17: ...that you would like to erase this sampling If you are not sure hit the Exit button If you decide to push the Dec button this display will show Since little deFormer records samplings to the FLASH memory in a linear fashion the hole that this sampling leaves will need to be filled out so it starts moving the above samplings If there are many samplings after the one you erased this takes very long t...

Page 18: ...f the source is Output play Little deFormers step buttons or start the sequencer The step LED s now acts as a VU meter Take care that step LED 8 the rightmost one does not light up If it does adjust the level of the source or push Exit and go to the COMMON section and adjust the input level Now push Dec to activate recording The display reads Activate the source to record it When you are done reco...

Page 19: ...ame Push Inc again The display will read Saving for a short while and then it will return to the record source select screen Your new sampling has now been saved at the next available location on the internal FLASH memory and can be recalled by assigning it to a step button ...

Page 20: ... sampling you want to auto chop was the last sample that you triggered using the step buttons If you are not sure please trigger it using the step button Push the Edit button The display will read After a short while this screen will appear It is now possible to test the chop points Push the step button the chopped sampling is assigned to to audition Push inc and Dec buttons to select the chop to ...

Page 21: ... be set to a high value If there s a good gap of silence between the sounds set it to a low value In case you need to erase a chop point this is also possible from this page Select the chop point you would like to erase Push Edit This screen appears Push Inc to erase the selected chop point or Exit if you regret If you intend to keep the chop points you have created remember to save them as descri...

Page 22: ... a chop point to appear Go to this page Push Edit The display reads For a short while You have now manually added a chop point Go back to the start point parameter and set it to zero Play with the Chop parameter If you intend to keep the chop points you have created remember to save them as described a few pages later in this manual ADD CHOP POINT PUSH edit DONE ...

Page 23: ...eter while the sampling is playing back Trigger the sampling When it plays back the point where you want to add a chop point hit Edit The chop point is now added If you intend to keep the chop points you have created remember to save them as described a few pages later in this manual ADD CHOP LIVE PUSH edit ...

Page 24: ...int This function allows you to manually delete a chop point Select the chop point you wish to erase using the Chop parameter Go to this page Push Edit The display reads For a short while DEL CHOP POINT PUSH edit DONE ...

Page 25: ...int you would like to move using the Chop parameter Go to this page Push Edit This screen will appear Chop 128 to 127 Moves the chop point Positive values moves it forwards negative values moves it backwards Offs 128 to 127 Move chop point fine adjust Positive values moves it forwards negative values moves it backwards When you are done push Exit MOVE CHOP POINT PUSH edit Chop Offs 0 0 ...

Page 26: ...the sampling so the next time you recall it they will immediately be available When saving a preset Little deFormer checks if there are any unsaved chop points and if there are it saves them just in case you should have forgotten to do it Push Edit The display reads For a short while The chop points has now been saved SAVE CHOPs PUSH edit DONE ...

Page 27: ... this function allows you to clear them all for the selected sampling Push Edit The display reads For a short while The chop points has now been cleared If you want these to dissapear permanently go back to the previous page and save the cleared chop points CLEAR CHOPs PUSH edit DONE ...

Page 28: ... no compression at all Thrs 0 to 255 Adjust the audio level point where the compression will start in a reverse manner If this is set to zero compression will never start if it is set to 255 the compressor will constantly be active Gate 0 to 255 Compressor gate time Sets a relax space for the compressor right after it has been trigged In that space of time it will not re trigger Atak 0 to 255 Comp...

Page 29: ...e reduction The higher the value the more the sample rate will be reduced Obsc 0 to 255 Obscemble This parameter will manipulate the audio bits to extremes and make it sound weird Dly 0 to 255 Obscembler feedback delay Creates a delay in the Obscembler feedback path Feed 0 to 255 Obscembler feedback When Obscemble and delay is both set to zero this creates a warm overdrive sound If any of the othe...

Page 30: ...d more and more to the filter output When turning it from zero to 128 the pure sound will be subbed more and more from the filter output Conn Selects where to place the filter Choices are Off The filter is shut off On The filter is placed on the input of the Time and Pitch effect Both the clean and the effected sound will be filtered Dly The filter is placed on the input of the Time and Pitch effe...

Page 31: ...255 A little deFormer speciality With these 3 parameters you can adjust the filter response and create completely new filter types It s a bit hard to explain what exactly they do and it is also a bit unpredictable Tweak and listen ...

Page 32: ...as primary PitchShp1 PitchShaper 1 A one input pitchshaper the re pitches the input signal to a new adjustable pitch All pitch variations in the sound will be removed Has a very wide pitch range Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 GlitchShf GlitchShifter 1 This is not really a pitchshifter but then again It does some weird stuff Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 GlitchSh2 GlitchShifter 2 Almost the same...

Page 33: ... inputs The sound present on bus 1 will get re pitched while the sound present on bus 2 will determine the pitch Secondary eff Reverb or delay 2 Mix1 0 to 255 The mix between the audio signal present on bus 1 and the primary effect Mix2 0 to 255 The mix between the audio signal present on bus 2 and the secondary effect Mix3 0 to 255 The mix between the audio signal present on bus 3 and the seconda...

Page 34: ...nd smoother by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other Mode Crossfade mode nrm Normal crossfade mode The repeats crossfades into ech other duck Ducked croosfade mode One repeat fades out before the next fades in Dir Delay playback direction Fwd Forwards Bwd Backwards Beam 0 to 255 A granular parameter that beams some of the delay sound grains to another place Deep 0 to 63 Simulates a dela...

Page 35: ...r 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 Grp2 0 to 15 Delay time group tap 2 This is a very coarse adjustment of the delay time Tim2 0 to 255 Delay time tap 2 Fin2 0 to 255 Delay time fine adjust tap 2 Fed2 0 to 255 Delay feedback tap 2 Deep 0 to 63 Simulates a delay box with adjustable depth Dir Delay playbac...

Page 36: ...d 0 to 255 Reverb feedback FedX 0 to 255 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 Size 0 to 255 A granular parameter The more this is turned up the less space of the reverb box is used causing some echo s to repeat and others...

Page 37: ...to 255 Reverb feedback FedX 0 to 255 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 Xfad 0 to 255 Crossfade Makes the reverb effect sound smoother by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other Deep 0 to 63 Simulates a reverb ...

Page 38: ...nd less pitchtracking points Pitc 0 to 255 Pitch Coarse Fine 0 to 255 Pitch Fine Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Smot 0 to 255 Output smoothing The more this is turned up the more it smoothen out the pitch changes in the signal CompX 0 to 255 Complexity The more this is turned up the less complex the sound output will be Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 ...

Page 39: ... on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Folr 0 to 255 Envelope follower speed Pitc 128 to 127 Pitch Coarse Feed 0 to 255 Feedback CompX 0 to 255 Complexity The more this is turned up the less complex the sound output will be Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 ...

Page 40: ...ch higher on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Size 0 to 255 The size of the RAM buffer used for the pitchshifting Pitc 128 to 127 Pitch Coarse Folr 0 to 255 Envelope follower speed Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 ...

Page 41: ...s controlled by the step buttons The 9 16 must be pushed so it is flashing to activate this In this mode a grain plays to its end before it shifts to the selected grain KeyI Key Immediate The grain playback order is controlled by the step buttons The 9 16 must be pushed so it is flashing to activate this In this mode it immediately shifts to the selected grain KeyO Key One Shot The grain playback ...

Page 42: ...back Lvl2 0 to 255 Granulator track 2 volume Frm1 16 Granulator track 2 grain select for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Pit1 16 Granulator track 2 pitch for sequencer step 1 16 Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time Push the 9 16 button to toggle between steps 1 8 and steps 9 16 Lvl1 16 Granulator track 2 l...

Page 43: ...buffer used for the variator Size 0 to 255 The size of one grain Gran 0 to 255 Determines the variation pattern Pitc 128 to 127 Pitch Coarse Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 ...

Page 44: ...er Strc 128 to 127 Time stretch A negative value will stretch the sound longer a positive value will compress the sound to apper shorter Trig Off On Determines if the time stretch effect should be trigged by the samplings or not Effect2 Reverb or Delay 2 See the parameters for these under Reverb 1 and Delay 2 ...

Page 45: ... that will determine the pitch At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points Feed 0 to 255 Feedback Smot 0 to 255 Output smoothing The more this is turned up the more it smoothen out the pitch changes in the signal CompX 0 to 255 Complexity The more this is turned up the l...

Page 46: ... since there are only 8 step buttons you can only edit 8 steps at a time The step are selected and monitored in the same fashion as the tracks on off page using the 9 16 button and LED Off step 1 8 On step 9 16 Slow flashing step 17 24 Fast flashing step 25 32 All 32 tracks can individually be set up to control either internal sample grain triggering or external MIDI gear When set to internal trac...

Page 47: ...ameter has no function if sync in the Common section is set to ext Outp Int Ext Selects whether the selected track will trigger the internal samplings grains or external MIDI gear Chan 1 to 16 The MIDI channel the selected track will output note on s to if Outp Ext Note C 2 to B7 Ctt1 to Ctt4 The note number the selected track will output if Outp Ext If Ctt1 to 4 is selected controller track 1 to ...

Page 48: ...set select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn5 Edit knob 1 on the preset select screen and the edit group select screens The MIDI CC number assigned to this knob in the Knob CC s section will be a source at the same time Kn5 Edit knob 1 inversed on the preset select screen and the edit grou...

Page 49: ... Destination parameter group Choices are Comm Common section Smp1 16 Sampling 1 to 16 Comp Compressor Dist Distortion Fltr Filter Time Time Pitch effect Sequ Sequencer Dest Destination parameter Almost any parameters in the above mentioned groups Value 0 to 255 Modulation amount ...

Page 50: ...obal MIDI channel as selected in the Common section on the preset select page and on the parameter group select pages Incoming MIDI conrollers from MIDI IN will also be directed to the parameters that are assigned to be controlled by the edit knobs in the Modulation section cc1 cc8 0 to 64 The MIDI CC number assigned to the edit knob ...

Page 51: ...effected by the selected Time Pitch effect then you can be sure that freeze is off NOTE All unsaved sample chop tables will also be saved when you save the preset So if you have either automaticly or manually added some chop points you do not wish to keep make sure to go to the SAMPLE edit group Clear Chops and activate this before you save your preset From this edit group page Push the Edit butto...

Page 52: ...ct the first 8 letters of the name in your preset Push the Inc button to proceed Use edit knob 1 4 to select the last 4 letters of the name in your preset Push the Inc button Your preset is now stored in the selected location and it is automaticly selected Name 1 8 PUSH HipHop 1 inc ...

Page 53: ...5 it is really not good FORMAT FLASH Push edit If the power goes off while you are doing a recording it will create a mess in the internal FLASH memory Use this function to clean up It will only clean up unused spaces of the FLASH memory so no samplings or presets will be erased Test Display If you have more than 4 samplings stored this display MUST show 4 numbers The numbers might not be the same...

Page 54: ...ime Pitch effect Push Edit to activate The display will read Testing for some while and thereafter return a result of the test If the result is anything else than SRAM OK something is damaged around the SRAM either the SRAM itself or a connection ...

Page 55: ...Little deFormer A computer with internet connection A MIDI interface connected to your computer A MIDI cable 1 Go to the abovementioned deFormer website and download the latest firmware to your computer The firmware will usually consist of 2 files named t ex ldefd1_268 syx and ldefd2_135 syx 2 If you haven t done it already go to http www midiox com and download the free MIDI utility program MIDI ...

Page 56: ...4 After installing MIDI OX open the program and click on Options Configure Buffers 5 Enter the number 20000 in the Bytes box under Low Level Output Buffers 6 Click OK ...

Page 57: ...es and select the MIDI interface you intend to use for the updating as your output device 8 Connect MIDI out on the selected MIDI interface to MIDI in on your Little deFormer 9 Click on View Sysex 12 It now should look like this ...

Page 58: ...until the display reads Push the Edit button one time Push the Inc button until the display reads Push the Edit button one time and the display will read 14 On MIDI OX in the Sysex view Click File Send sysex file AnaBeat A01 0 0 Kn1 Kn2 Kn3 Kn4 Kn5 Kn6 Kn7 Kn8 FLASH UPDATE OS Push edit Waiting for MIDI data ...

Page 59: ...ut If you are sure your connections are ok try to go back to step 5 and put a higher number in the Low level output buffers box for instance 40000 When all data is received successfully the display will change to It will stay there for some seconds and then it will change to 16 Turn off your Little deFormer and turn it on again Go back to step 13 and repeat the process for transmitting the other s...

Page 60: ...ar 8 All samplings starting with cs is from Gotharman s rebuild Yamaha CS 20M All samplings starting with gc is from some special Gotharman circuits build for a special sound purpose 01 dmBass3 02 dmBpAdd 03 dmValve 04 dmValve 2 05 dmValve 3 06 dmValve 4 07 dmTalkinValv 08 dmDenver 09 dmChorus 10 dmFroggy 11 dmGran 12 dmBass0 13 dmUnisonBass 14 dmLeadSound 15 dmChorus2 16 dm1000bass 17 dmWhoi 18 d...

Page 61: ...horus 2 51 mgSineBazz 52 mgSineBazz 2 53 mgPolice 54 mgSomeTzhing 55 mgHumanLead 56 mgVoxman 57 mgLpf Rezo 58 mgConspiracy 59 mgHumanSynth 60 mgMetalClavi 61 mgVoiceCkav2 62 mgFMclav 63 mgOverVoxBas 64 mgNoiseBox 65 mgSizzBass 66 mgLayerBass 67 mgPveerBass 68 mgVibraTone 69 mgBlackNight 70 mgBirdMare 71 mgTolkar 72 mgGothBabe 73 mgGothBabe 2 74 mgRobot 75 mgWhipBass 76 mgAcid 77 mgHpf Reso 2 78 mg...

Page 62: ...TalkMetal 98 mvBass 99 mtBeaj 100 mtWalkBass 101 mtThim 102 mtMaiden 103 mtUnison 104 mtUnivox 105 mtWind 106 mtMetalLine 107 mtClickLine 108 mtFeedAtmo 109 mtMad Alien 110 mtMad Alien2 111 mtNoise 112 mtRainBow 113 mtScaryMan 114 mtScaryMan2 115 mtHellKids 116 mtFormahhnt 117 mtTalkBox 118 mtWideBass 119 mtWideBanc 120 mtBlowOrch 121 mtFormahhnt0 122 mtWastePeak 123 mtDistortion 124 mtFlt Choir 1...

Page 63: ...142 mtScary Man4 143 csSpazeChoir 144 csTied 145 csAllpLp 146 csAllpLp2 147 csAllpLp3 148 csMedievChor 149 csMedievChr2 150 csTrueChoir 151 csSplatBass 152 csStrings 153 csSweep 154 csSyncChoir 155 csSyncChoir2 156 csSyncFMlead 157 csRumbling 158 csMonoLead 159 csItoldYOU 160 csVintageVox 161 csMaskChoir 162 csUgne 163 csHorror 164 csMental 165 csDrillinh 166 csTbass 167 csVoltage 168 csOnAcid 169...

Page 64: ...184 anKick3 185 mgCrowdKick 186 mgKick 187 mtKick 188 gcCemKick 1 189 gcCemKick 2 190 gcCemKick 3 191 gcCemKick 4 192 gcKick 193 gcKick2 194 gcKick3 195 gcKick4 196 gcKick5 197 gcKick6 198 gcKick7 199 gcKick8 200 gcKick9 201 dmSnare1 202 dmSnare2 203 anFeedSnare 204 anFeedSnare2 205 anFeedSnare3 206 anFeedSnare4 207 anRipApart 208 anSnare1 209 anSnare2 210 anSnare3 211 mgSnare 212 mgSnare 2 ...

Page 65: ...Clap 219 gcNoise 220 mgNoiseDrum 221 mgNoiseDrum2 222 dmBlok 223 dmTom1 224 dmTom2 225 gcCemTom 226 gcClosed Hat 227 gcOpen Hat 228 gcCymbal 229 dmHihat 230 anCymbal 231 anCymbal 2 232 anCymbal 3 233 anCymbal 4 234 anFeedDrum1 235 anFeedDrum2 236 anFeedDrum3 237 anFeedDrum4 238 anFeedDrum5 ...

Page 66: ...Written by Flemming Christensen Gotharman 2012 www gotharman dk ...

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