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VARIGATE 8+ MANUAL V.2

SAVING AND RECALLING PRESETS AND HOW

TO USE BANKS

MALEKKOHEAVYINDUSTRY.COM

The GATE buttons also act as

PRESET

slots.

Press and

hold

the

SAVE

button while

you select one of the GATE or CV

buttons to save the different

patterns/sequences you have created

to a preset. All of the gate buttons will

light up to indicate you have saved

properly.

NOTE: The buttons labeled CV 1 and

CV 2 can also be used to save presets.

DIVIDE/MULTIPLY

SEQ LENGTH

SEQ MODE

KEY

ROOT

ROOT + 1

ROOT + 2

ROOT + 3

ROOT + 4

ROOT + 5

ROOT + 6

ROOT + 7

ROOT + 8

ROOT + 9

ROOT + 10

VARIGATE 8+

CLK IN

CLK OUT

TRACK

RESET

PROB

CLEAR

MUTE

RPT

DLY

GLIDE

SONG

FREEZE

RND

TEMPO

GATE 1

NOTE

END

SAVE

GATE 3

RECALL

GATE 2

GATE 5 GATE 6

GATE 4

GATE 8

GATE 7

CV 2

CV 1

BANK/ALL

ROOT + 11

The GATE buttons also act as

BANK

slots.

Each BANK holds up to 10 presets.

By default, BANK 1 is active. Different

banks can hold different tempo

information as well.

NOTE: MAKE SURE THAT YOU

SAVE ANY EXISTING PRESETS

BEFORE SWITCHING TO A NEW

BANK OR YOUR CHANGES WILL

BE LOST.

To enter a new

BANK

, press and

hold

the BANK button and then press the

GATE 2 button. Now you’re in BANK

2. You can now start creating a whole

new set of presets in BANK 2.

DIVIDE/MULTIPLY

SEQ LENGTH

SEQ MODE

KEY

ROOT

ROOT + 1

ROOT + 2

ROOT + 3

ROOT + 4

ROOT + 5

ROOT + 6

ROOT + 7

ROOT + 8

ROOT + 9

ROOT + 10

VARIGATE 8+

CLK IN

CLK OUT

TRACK

RESET

PROB

CLEAR

MUTE

RPT

DLY

GLIDE

SONG

FREEZE

RND

TEMPO

GATE 1

NOTE

END

SAVE

GATE 3

RECALL

GATE 2

GATE 5 GATE 6

GATE 4

GATE 8

GATE 7

CV 2

CV 1

BANK/ALL

ROOT + 11

DIVIDE/MULTIPLY

SEQ LENGTH

SEQ MODE

KEY

ROOT

ROOT + 1

ROOT + 2

ROOT + 3

ROOT + 4

ROOT + 5

ROOT + 6

ROOT + 7

ROOT + 8

ROOT + 9

ROOT + 10

VARIGATE 8+

CLK IN

CLK OUT

TRACK

RESET

PROB

CLEAR

MUTE

RPT

DLY

GLIDE

SONG

FREEZE

RND

TEMPO

GATE 1

NOTE

END

SAVE

GATE 3

RECALL

GATE 2

GATE 5 GATE 6

GATE 4

GATE 8

GATE 7

CV 2

CV 1

BANK/ALL

ROOT + 11

NOTE

: If you want to copy a preset,

simply

hold

SAVE and choose the

preset button you want to copy to.

If you want to clear an entire preset,

hold

CLEAR + BANK/ALL and then

select the preset you want cleared.

You then need to SAVE that blank

preset.

RECALL

your saved PRESET:

Once you’ve saved a few different

presets, you can now recall them

by holding the RECALL button

while selecting the saved

PRESET. The active preset will

flash quickly.

PG. 8

Summary of Contents for VARIGATE 8+

Page 1: ...ROOT 10 VARIGATE 8 CLK IN CLK OUT TRACK RESET PROB CLEAR MUTE RPT DLY PW GLIDE SONG FREEZE RND TEMPO GATE 1 NOTE END SAVE GATE 3 RECALL GATE 2 GATE 5 GATE 6 GATE 4 GATE 8 GATE 7 CV 2 CV 1 BANK ALL ROOT 11 B A G F E D C VARIGATE 8 MANUAL V 2 814 SE 14TH AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97214 USA www malekkoheavyindustry com ...

Page 2: ...TO USE BANKS 8 SONG MODE 9 TRACK MODE 10 QUANITIZED CV OUTPUTS KEY AND SCALE 11 RANDOMIZING 12 ADVANCED FEATURES 13 17 RANDOMIZING GATE REPEATS PER STEP RANDOMIZE GATE DELAY PER STEP FREEZE SONG SEQUENCE DIRECTION LIVE GATE RECORD MUTE PAGES COPY SEQUENCE GATE DELAY OCTAVE RESTRICT BOUNCING BALL LIVE CV RECORD SYNC RESET MODES SOLO CHANNEL MODE ALL STEPS ON USING VARIGATE 8 WITH VOLTAGE BLOCK VARI...

Page 3: ...SPECIFICATIONS MALEKKOHEAVYINDUSTRY COM VARIGATE 8 MANUAL V 2 FORMAT EURORACK DIMENSIONS 26HP 26mm deep INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SIGNALS 3 5mm jacks 0 5V Logic I O MAX CURRENT 12V 180mA 12V 39mA PG 1 ...

Page 4: ...ower connector and connect the other end to the power distribution bus in your EuroRack synthesizer case Match the red stripe of the cable to the solid white line on your Varigate 8 Position the module on the mounting rails in your EuroRack case and screw down mounting screws Power up If your case does not turn on properly then you have installed the module incorrectly Simply power down and make s...

Page 5: ...erent song banks programmable by choosing any sequence of presets Programmable scale per bank Note and Glide per step Forward Reverse Pendulum and Random directions per channel Probability Repeat Delay and Pulsewidth control per channel Individual clock multiplier divider and sequence length per channel Random gate input for applying variation to a pattern All per step parameters can be randomized...

Page 6: ...DUSTRY COM VARIGATE 8 MANUAL V 2 OVERVIEW CV 1 and CV 2 are quantized or unquantized CV outputs and also act as available PRESETS as well as available BANKS CLOCK IN External CLOCK INPUT RESET Gate input for resetting to step 1 CLOCK OUT CLOCK OUTPUT with LED indicator LED BAR GRAPH Displays various mode settings STEP SLIDERS Move to adjust various slider features GATE OUTPUTS with LED indicators ...

Page 7: ...u can increase the pulsewidth for that step after adjusting the delay but it quickly reaches the end of the pulse and will be sustained over into the next clock pulse PW PULSEWIDTH Select and then adjust a step slider to change the pulse width of a step GLIDE Select a CV channel then press GLIDE to add glide per step TRACK Select to enter TRACK MODE for adjusting all of the features listed in blac...

Page 8: ...ate a quick pattern sequence on the fly by inserting a gate signal into the RND RANDOM input Now add DELAY per step follow the same steps above but select the DELAY button and adjust the step slider you wish to add gate delay to Notice that each time that step plays it is now slightly delayed or shuffled The Variagate 8 defaults to GATE 1 A GATE button also acts as the active PRESET and will flash...

Page 9: ...t Key and Root invtervals or not For more info go to pg 11 Connect these output to modules with 1v oct inputs for pitch changes You can now change the NOTE of each step by pressing either CV 1 or CV 2 and then adjust each slider for every step for different notes voltages The NOTE button will light up automatically letting you know you are in NOTE EDIT mode To add GLIDE to a step select the gate y...

Page 10: ...w BANK press and hold the BANK button and then press the GATE 2 button Now you re in BANK 2 You can now start creating a whole new set of presets in BANK 2 DIVIDE MULTIPLY SEQ LENGTH SEQ MODE KEY ROOT ROOT 1 ROOT 2 ROOT 3 ROOT 4 ROOT 5 ROOT 6 ROOT 7 ROOT 8 ROOT 9 ROOT 10 VARIGATE 8 CLK IN CLK OUT TRACK RESET PROB CLEAR MUTE RPT DLY PW GLIDE SONG FREEZE RND TEMPO GATE 1 NOTE END SAVE GATE 3 RECALL ...

Page 11: ...eady playing Now that you ve programmed some presets to play automatically press the SONG button again so that it is lit To exit SONG MODE simply press the SONG button again so that it is no longer lit To overwrite an existing SONG simply follow the steps above with new preset selections COPY SONG MODE SETTINGS TO ANOTHER BANK While song mode is active choose another bank of presets Now the song i...

Page 12: ...e this slider slowly to the right The LED indicator will let you how many gates will play in pattern sequence Sequence length goes up to 16 steps per sequence NOTE The gate sequence set to the longest length will dictate the total length of that entire preset SEQUENCE MODE To change the direction of a sequence make sure the GATE output you want to divide is lit Now select the TRACK button and then...

Page 13: ...iders to the right thus creating scales While in TRACK MODE you can also change the CV CHANNEL PLAYBACK DIRECTION FORWARD REVERSE PENDULUM AND RANDOM Each of these modes is displayed on the LED bar graph 2 bars repre senting the different modes CV LINK MODE You can tie a CV channel to a corresponding gate channel To enter this mode Select TRACK a CV channel button and then move the SEQUENCE MODE s...

Page 14: ...randomizing your entire BANK of presets if you wish Or you can remove the external gate source to stop randomization If you want to leave your external gate connected but FREEZE randomization turn it on or off essentially you will need to connect an external gate source More info about FREEZE on PG 13 HINT To quickly take advantage of some under the hood logic we ve already built into this feature...

Page 15: ...ze Recall PB flashing unless sliders on individual steps parameters are re adjusted So freeze is effectively saved without being indicated that it is SONG SEQUENCE DIRECTION to adjust the song direction hold the SONG button while adjusting the SEQUENCE MODE slider FORWARD REVERSE PENDULUM AND RANDOM directions are available DIVIDE MULTIPLY SEQ LENGTH SEQ MODE KEY ROOT ROOT 1 ROOT 2 ROOT 3 ROOT 4 R...

Page 16: ...the channel isn t randomized PAGE 3 recall is is a rotate pattern mode which shifts gate outputs to the right and wraps around You will need to select the pattern button you want to start rotating once you ve entered this mode DIVIDE MULTIPLY SEQ LENGTH SEQ MODE KEY ROOT ROOT 1 ROOT 2 ROOT 3 ROOT 4 ROOT 5 ROOT 6 ROOT 7 ROOT 8 ROOT 9 ROOT 10 VARIGATE 8 CLK IN CLK OUT TRACK RESET PROB CLEAR MUTE RPT...

Page 17: ...T 10 VARIGATE 8 CLK IN CLK OUT TRACK RESET PROB CLEAR MUTE RPT DLY PW GLIDE SONG FREEZE RND TEMPO GATE 1 NOTE END SAVE GATE 3 RECALL GATE 2 GATE 5 GATE 6 GATE 4 GATE 8 GATE 7 CV 2 CV 1 BANK ALL ROOT 11 B A G F E D C DIVIDE MULTIPLY SEQ LENGTH SEQ MODE KEY ROOT ROOT 1 ROOT 2 ROOT 3 ROOT 4 ROOT 5 ROOT 6 ROOT 7 ROOT 8 ROOT 9 ROOT 10 VARIGATE 8 CLK IN CLK OUT TRACK RESET PROB CLEAR MUTE RPT DLY PW GLI...

Page 18: ...n CV button 2 up To exit this mode press RECALL and PROB again DIVIDE MULTIPLY SEQ LENGTH SEQ MODE KEY ROOT ROOT 1 ROOT 2 ROOT 3 ROOT 4 ROOT 5 ROOT 6 ROOT 7 ROOT 8 ROOT 9 ROOT 10 VARIGATE 8 CLK IN CLK OUT TRACK RESET PROB CLEAR MUTE RPT DLY PW GLIDE SONG FREEZE RND TEMPO GATE 1 NOTE END SAVE GATE 3 RECALL GATE 2 GATE 5 GATE 6 GATE 4 GATE 8 GATE 7 CV 2 CV 1 BANK ALL ROOT 11 B A G F E D C VARIGATE 8...

Page 19: ...SB PORT There is a USB port located on the back of your Varigate 8 for the purpose of future firmware updates which will be located on the product page VARIGATE 8 MANUAL V 2 PG 17 ALL STEPS ON If you want to turn on gates for all steps for a channel all gates on press PROB button then hold BANK ALL button and then move any slider of the sequencer all the way to the right This feature also applies ...

Page 20: ...as the Varigate 8 Malekko Varigate 4 Expands the available gate channels and all of the settings of the Varigate 4 can be saved up to 100 presets Malekko Quad LFO All 4 channels of the Quad LFO and their settings can be saved to up to 100 presets when on the same power bus as the Varigate 8 Malekko Quad Envelope All 4 channels of the Quad Envelope and their settings can be saved to up to 100 prese...

Page 21: ...product This warranty does not cover any damage or malfunction caused by incorrect use such as but not limited to power cables connected backwards excessive voltage levels or exposure to extreme temperature or moisture levels The warranty covers replacement or repair as decided by Malekko Heavy Industry Please visit our website malekkoheavyindustry com to obtain full warranty information and to re...

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