Intellijel Tete, User Manual

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Tête + Tetrapad Manual
Assigning Notes to the Tetrapad ‘Keyboard’ Manually
The following steps discuss assigning note values to Tetrapad “keys” and outputs:
1. Select whether you want Tetrapad split into 4, 8, 12 or 16 virtual ‘keys’ using the Mode SETUP
Menu, as described in
​ Setting the Number of Virtual Keys ​ .
2. In the same Mode SETUP Menu, tell Tetrapad to assign notes ​ Manually ​ , as described in
Choosing a Note Assignment Method ​ .
3. Touch and release one of the 4, 8, 12 or 16 virtual ‘keys’ on the Tetrapad ‘keyboard’.
This selects the ‘keyboard key’ for which you will define note values. The LEDs beneath the
key you just touched (the ‘active’ key) are brighter than the other keys.
Notice that beneath the surface of each pad, there is also a single brightly lit LED, whose
vertical position indicates the note value that will be sent to the corresponding Output. That is,
the bright LED shown beneath Pad 1 represents the note that appears at Out 1; the bright LED
shown beneath Pad 2 represents the note that appears at Out 2; etc.
On Tête, the screen shows all four not assignments, both visually (on the miniature keyboard),
and by name/octave.
4. Turn Encoder 1 to change the pitch sent to Out 1. If desired, turn Encoders 2-4 to change pitch
assignments for outputs 2-4.
When you set a pitch that’s an octave higher than the default “zero” octave, Tetrapad’s Pad
Status LED will glow green. With each subsequent octave increase, the LED will brighten.
When the pitch is an octave lower than default, Tetrapad’s Pad Status LED will glow red. With
each subsequent octave decrease, the LED will brighten. Pitch can be set over a 10 octave
range.
On Tête, the octave is displayed by number for each of the four output notes.
TIP: You can reset any note to its default C0 (0 V) value by pressing the corresponding
encoder.
5. Push down and turn Encoder 1 to directly change the ​ octave ​ of the note sent to Out 1. If
desired, turn Encoders 2-4 to change their octaves.
6. Touch each of the remaining virtual ‘keys’ and repeat steps 4 and 5 to define up to four note
values (one note per output) for every key.
Using this technique, you can use the manual note assignment method to create custom
chords, if you use multiple oscillators.
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