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Version OS 2.07

ModBase 09 MkII

Euro-Rack Analog Kick Drum Synthesizer Module

Operating Manual

ModBase 09 MkII Operating Manual

Summary of Contents for ModBase 09 MkII

Page 1: ...Version OS 2 07 ModBase 09 MkII Euro Rack Analog Kick Drum Synthesizer Module Operating Manual ModBase 09 MkII Operating Manual 1...

Page 2: ...control 12 3 3 1 Note trigger 12 3 3 2 Parameter control via Midi controllers 13 3 4 Triggering via CV GATE 13 3 5 Triggering via ACC input 13 4 Sound parameters potentiometers 14 4 1 Tune 000 252 15...

Page 3: ...ge orange 22 5 6 CV 1 4 Amount page red 128 127 23 6 Master parameters menu green 24 6 1 Midi Ch annel 001 016 24 6 2 Split Mode SM1 SM2 24 6 3 Acc Sens ivity t01 t99 24 6 3 1 Acc Dynamics d01 d63 25...

Page 4: ...er to explore the manyfold musical possibilities of the ModBase 09 MkII as quickly as possible Before we start just some important safety instructions Please use the ModBase 09 MkII only in dry rooms...

Page 5: ...Version OS 2 07 1 Installation Please turn off the euro rack prior to the wiring On the backside of the ModBase 09 MkII module you can find these connections ModBase 09 MkII Operating Manual 5...

Page 6: ...ion for the position of the voltages and the ground pins There are protection diodes inside the modules but please take extra care to protect the rack and the module A 100 Doepfer bus The Doepfer GmbH...

Page 7: ...but connect it as shown on the picture Then please mount the module on the rack rails with the supplied metric M3 screws In case you want to connect a midi cable please do this beforehand of mounting...

Page 8: ...omox Please use a standard midi cable that is as short as possible 1 3 Akasha Module Bus This is an internal Jomox bus which can be connected to future experimental sound modules The bus carries power...

Page 9: ...The modulation amount can be controlled by software either positively as negatively More information you can find in chapter 5 5 CV control These CV inputs can process 0 5Volts Higher or negative volt...

Page 10: ...to zero each time The settings around accent dynamics and the accent threshold can be found in chapter 6 3 Acc Sens ivity 2 4 GATE The gate input of a typical modular environment is the input which i...

Page 11: ...2 Menu control The ModBase 09 MkII has an up down menu with 8 rows and 3 pages which are shown by multi colored LEDs Please use the arrow buttons to enter the menu and to select the desired menu item...

Page 12: ...Summary of menus Green Orange Red Red blinks Midi Ch LFO 1 LFO 2 Split Mode Gate Time Preset Init Acc Sens Acc Dynamic Compression Gate Mode Metal Noise 1 Metal Noise 2 Bit Mask 2 Volume CV 1 Dest CV...

Page 13: ...a little below 1 volts If the module is triggered the second decimal dot next to the second digit of the display flashes up The gate input triggers with the simultanously applied accent CV and corresp...

Page 14: ...r the change of sound If you don t want sound paramers to be changed by unwanted knob movements press Edit Enter again to leave the edit mode The ModBase 09 MkII has a dedicated potentiometer knob for...

Page 15: ...tune we called it pitch The pitch is the base frequency which the VCO reaches when the tune envelope has decayed 4 3 Decay 000 252 Controls the decay time length of the kick drum 4 4 Harmonics 000 252...

Page 16: ...4 7 Attack 000 252 Important for the understanding of the bass drum attack section is the following Pulse and noise are mixed together and the mix signal is controlled by attack intensity If attack is...

Page 17: ...e Page button so that the display shows LM1 As long as you are in preset selection mode no menu you can just press the page button and you will enter the LFO 1 menu directly This was made in order to...

Page 18: ...se width 88 on 12 off PL5 Pulse width 40 on 60 off PL6 Pulse width 30 on 70 off PL7 Pulse width 20 on 80 off PL8 Pulse width 12 on 88 off 5 1 2 LFO 1 Speed 000 252 Turn Potentiometer 6 2_1 Coupl Speed...

Page 19: ...as described for LFO 1 LFO 2 works on the pitch of the kick drum too 5 2 Gate T ime page orange 000 255 If you are in one of the following menus please dial in the value with the wheel alpha dial Gate...

Page 20: ...urned off noi yields a static random noise white noise On values above that 2 499 a complex signal formed from digital multitones and bit patterns is produced Each value represents a unique sound patt...

Page 21: ...or 2 Small values produce very high frequencies in combination with the metallic noise 2 parameter high values produce longer periodic signals To hear changes on this parameter please check that metal...

Page 22: ...mod tun Tune Envelope no Pit Bass Drum Pitch yes dEC Decay no HAr Harmonics yes PuL Pulse no noi Noise no Att Attack no Equ EQ Filter yes CoM Compression yes 1ME Metallic Noise 1 no 2ME Metallic Noise...

Page 23: ...are spots the value only in the very moment of triggering and can t change it after that because the sound just decays in the circuitry With those parameters it makes only sense to change the value ri...

Page 24: ...f the kick drum SM5 Note range C1 C6 The kickdrum is played across the entire keyboard and the note gets added to the pitch of the kickdrum Please note that due to the used analog circuitry it is not...

Page 25: ...to low occurs and can only retrigger if the gate signal has safely risen above 1 volts again S Trigger Some older sequencers only provide a so called s trigger switch trigger this is useful with posi...

Page 26: ...V for fine tuning of the kick drum oscillator The value gets stored along with the preset 6 8 Store If you want to save a well sounding preset go on Store In case you are not in a menu yet preset mode...

Page 27: ...MkII Now press record at the connected midi device we strongly recommend the newest Jomox SysEx Dumper tool Then press the Play button on the ModBase 09 MkII The whole memory contents is sent via Sys...

Page 28: ...256 Harmonics 103 0 127 256 Pulse 104 0 127 256 Noise 105 0 127 256 Attack 106 0 127 256 EQ 107 0 127 256 Compression 113 0 127 256 Gate Time 114 0 127 256 Metal Noise I 115 0 127 499 Metal Noise II...

Page 29: ...5e Product Code XX Preset No XX Data0 XX Data1 F7 End of SysEx 32 bytes bit7 bit0 0 255 of data per preset are transferred They are split into two 7 bit midi bytes MSB bit7 in Data0 and LSB bit6 bit0...

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