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We would like to thank all of our backers that helped make BopPad a reality!

Alan Nguyen,Alexander von Schlinke, 

Andrew Traverse, Ben Kamen, Ben 

Woodruff, Brian K Cannon, Casey Neiditch, 

Chara Peisach, Daniel Silberstein, Dave 

Muhich, Dennis Talavera, Douglas Shagam, 

Elliot K. Goldman, Graham Hunter, Graham 

Jones, Grey Burkart, Harry Harcrow 

,Joel Sampson, John Holland, John 

Lee, Jonathan El-Bizri, Jonathan Newell, 

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Zemelman, Nicholas Sylvester, Nick Yulman, 

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Stokes, James Tetrick, Jamie Lowry, Jayant 

Menon, Jeff Sorbo, Jeffery L Moore, 

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John Hanes, Jon Harnum, Jonathan Bovey, 

Joseph Trent, Joshua Dilley, Juan Pablo 

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Hyyppä, Jeremy Etienne, Jeremy Tadman, 

Joachim Ackermann, John Peacock, Jon 

Spokes, Jos Heutmekers, Joseph Allen, 

Josh Freeland, Juergen Bunse, Kim Jinah, 

Laurent Zimmermann, Lu Ya-Ping, Luca 

de Marinis, Matthew Hutton, Mick Birch, 

Nathan Smith, Per Kiilstofte, Pieter Laroy, 

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Kuenlin, Vincent Wai Yin Wong, Warren 

Henry Johnson, Wataru Sato, Yukio Hirata, 

Zhenghong Liu, Aaron, Adrian Gutierrez, 

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Hartley, Anne Warren, Anthony Porrazza, 

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Huster, Daniel Chon, David Flaherty, 

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Abendschan, James Long, James Stamatis, 

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Lamb, John J Amon, Jonathan Rothman, 

Joseph Janiga, Joshua Fenn, Joshua J 

Wright, Kazu Akitomo, Kevin Gomez, Laura 

G. Spence, Mark Boudreau, Mark DiStefano, 

Mark Fezza, Mark Wieder, Markus Fueger, 

Marques A. Ivey, Matt Bronleewe, Michael 

Page, Michael Penketh, Mikayla Gluskin, 

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Hunt, Peter Teichman, Ralph Edwards, 

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B. Gillespie, Robert DeVere, Ryan Hair, 

Shalom Woodrow, Sky A Cole, Soren Rose, 

Steven Horii, Tim White, Timo Frazier, Wade 

Winningham, Adam Jonathan Sales, Allan 

Bennett, Andrea Guell, Andrii Nikitenko, 

Anthony Bowyer-Lowe, Belinda Kwan, 

Ben Marrel, Brad Hankewich, Brett Sosich, 

Carsten Hauck, Chris Danvers, Chris Ulliott, 

Craig Armstrong, Daisuke Funayama, David 

Jessop, Felix-Fedor Duhrmann, Flavio 

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Zillmann, Jungho Kim, Kijjasak Triyanond, 

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Joppich, Lee Skeldon, Martignier Philippe, 

Max Pagel, Michael Smith, Minji-Chae, 

Natasha Bickley, Nelli Bubujanca, Nick 

Sales, Peter Stubbs, Rinaldo Bomba, Robbet 

Naranjo, Roi Leshem, Sebastian Halder, 

Sebastien Prat, Sergio Perez, Siegfried 

Kuhlbrodt, Silke Schuerrer, Simon Lewin, 

Steven Bouma, Sulaiman Alrubaie, Tan 

Hongjun, Tim O’Hara, Tore Brede, Wen Ping 

Chen, Wolfgang Wetzer, Keith Tong, Aaron 

Levitz, Amit Shoham, Barry Sharp, Blake 

Althen, Bradford Reed, Brian Keigher, Brian 

Nevins, Charlie and Andy Gullion, Crystal 

Collins, Dave Friant, Devn Frandsen, Eddie 

Balzer, Gary R. Spring, Gregory Hackney, 

Ian Jones, Jack Chia, Jim Balabuszko-Reay, 

Jim Lubbe, Joanne Factor, Jody King, 

John Atkinson, Jun Jackson, Keith Miller, 

Kevin Millstead, Larry Hattery, Lewis Childs 

Pollard, Lisa Tesler, Marke Mattson, Matthew 

Randall, Melody Carruthers, Michael 

Strocchio, Michael VanLandingham, Mike 

Ferroni, Ravi Gadad, Samuel D Allen, Sasha 

Leitman, Shaun Kelly, Stephen Clifford, 

Steven Tuckey, Timothy Burkhead, Todd 

Achtner, Todd Shafer, Tom Johnson, Wally 

Schnalle, Wilton Merritt, Adam Tindale, 

Alessandro Petri, Alexei Lavrenkov, 

Andreas Muehlemann, Andrew Hart, 

Aviad Zinemanas, Ben Ihle, Bora Eresici, 

Calvert Marshall, Chatpimuk Rujithamkul, 

Christof Pütz, Daniel Skotarczyk, Darren 

foreman, David Joris, Doug Clinton, Dr. 

Norbert Ludwig, Eugenio Casalini, Florian 

Becker, Florian Dobler, Gerhard Zelenka, 

Gregor McNish, Guenter Adolf Uhl, Hugh 

Williams Jean-Jacques Girardot, Kari 

Helenius, Lars Kraume-Flügel, Lawrence 

Staden, Leopold Peneder, Leroy Kung, Marc 

Bjorknas, Marc Mergen, Marcel Bricman, 

Masahiro Kono, Mathias Prachensky, 

Matthew Brant, Matthew Fargher, Milan 

Janosik, Naofumi Hasuike, Paul Searles, 

Peter Ljungstrand, Peter Sambros, Renga 

Raja Prabu Subramaniam, Roland Bucher, 

Ruth Chen, Sergei Nikulin, Simon Caton, 

Steve Pratt, Thomas Simon, Ty Unwin, 

Victor Borg, Daniel M Conroy, Magnus 

Sveinbjoernsson, Michael Elliott, Tony Tran, 

Ahmad Bouholaigah, Alexander O. Smith, 

Dave Hertig, Marc Piñol, Richard Schneider, 

Saul Zur-Szpiro, John Bisgrove, William R. 

Dutcher Jr., Tarren Greenacre, Chris Labbe

Summary of Contents for BopPad

Page 1: ...BopPad User Manual...

Page 2: ...e inability to use this product or its documentation even if the possibility of such damage is known No part of this publication may be copied reproduced edited or otherwise transmitted or recorded fo...

Page 3: ...ting Started 6 2 1 The BopPad Hardware 6 2 2 The BopPad Software 6 3 FEATURES OVERVIEW 7 3 Features Overview 8 3 1 Multi Dimensional Control 8 3 2 Connectivity 8 4 BOPPAD HARDWARE 9 4 BopPad Hardware...

Page 4: ...and it is assumed that you have at least basic experience working with MIDI devices MIDI software and MIDI hardware Questions Feedback Contact Us Any questions or feedback that may come up regarding B...

Page 5: ...Before You Begin...

Page 6: ...USB Power Supply Converter Blades 5V DC 500 mA Includes power converter blades for non United States AC sockets USB Cable For connecting the Expander to the USB power supply Mini USB Cable For connect...

Page 7: ...ort 1 3 2 Software Mac OS Mac OS 10 7 or later Intel Core 2 Duo or greater USB 2 0 or greater port 100 MB free hard disk space Windows Windows 7 8 10 64 bit 2 5 GHz processor or greater 4 GB RAM or gr...

Page 8: ...Getting Started...

Page 9: ...plication is listening to the BopPad and start triggering drums playing synths or sending dynamic control data to go into more unexplored territory More information can be found in the BopPad Hardware...

Page 10: ...Features Overview...

Page 11: ...s from each quadrant along with Notes which can be controlled by multiple types of sensor data Continuous control poly aftertouch channel pressure and pitch bend are all available More information on...

Page 12: ...BopPad Hardware...

Page 13: ...the optional MIDI Expander The USB Guard The red USB guard is there to protect the micro USB cable and the micro USB port These connections are small and do not respond well to direct impact or other...

Page 14: ...BopPad Editor...

Page 15: ...n be selected by sending Program Change Messages to the BopPad from Software or Hardware Simply send a program change message 0 3 to select one of the 4 onboard presets You select a preset with the me...

Page 16: ...d Bank Select Boxes You can control the sensitivity of each quadrant individually and the overall gain of the quadrant with the Sensitivity and Gain boxes Gain will be applied to all data related to p...

Page 17: ...nd 127 at the edge Invert Source Inverts the data from the source Gain Applies a gain coefficient to scale the data from the source up or down Offset Offset the data by a fixed amount Curve Apply one...

Page 18: ...s section contains settings that influence the overall behavior of your BopPad Unison Mode Makes BopPad function as one quadrant all four quadrants use the settings for the selected Unison Quadrant An...

Page 19: ...be displayed in the lower left There will be an auto update feature for the Editor as well as new firmware notifications 5 2 The Desktop Editor The Desktop Editor will run on Mac OSX 10 6 10 12 The De...

Page 20: ...n fine tuning the response of velocity and pressure They can also be used to do more specialized data shapes such as stair stepped or quantized data If you try to load a preset with a user table to a...

Page 21: ...Tom All Quadrants on MIDI channel 1 All Quadrants have sensitivity of 10 All Quadrants have a gain of 1 0 Radius sends CC1 mod wheel Global sensitivity is set to 16 Multitouch is set to ON Strike Dens...

Page 22: ...sends CC 2 Crosstalk cancellation is set to ON Global sensitivity is set to 16 Multitouch is set to ON Strike Density is set to High Preset 4 Hands This preset is tuned for use with hands Quadrants o...

Page 23: ...Troubleshooting...

Page 24: ...ed While it is indeed possible the BopPad may be the source of issues sometimes the cause is actually due to the operating system itself Always be aware of these issues like the Mac OS CoreMIDI bug or...

Page 25: ...F A Q...

Page 26: ...means it doesn t actually make sound on its own Instead it sends MIDI messages which are used to control other sound generating software hardware A seemingly minor distinction but is actually quite i...

Page 27: ...Safety Precautions...

Page 28: ...ysician prior to using BopPad Explosive Atmospheres Do not use BopPad in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere such as a fueling area or in areas where the air contains chemicals or particl...

Page 29: ...Kickstarter Backers...

Page 30: ...ohnson Wataru Sato Yukio Hirata Zhenghong Liu Aaron Adrian Gutierrez Andres Ysordia Andrew Piepenbrink Ann Hartley Anne Warren Anthony Porrazza Ben Marx Brian Vaughan Bryan Stafford Caleb Shafer Carl...

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