Monomachine SFX-6, User Manual

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QUICK START
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QUICK START
This quick start will guide you through some of the basic operations to get you started using
the Monomachine. First connect your unit as described in section “CONNECTING THE
UNIT”, on page 8.
• The DATA ENTRY knobs have accelerated editing when being pressed. By default,
the knobs increase/decrease the parameter value in steps of +1/-1. When pressed,
the step length is higher, allowing quicker adjustments.
This guide assumes you have a Monomachine SFX-6 or a Monomachine tabletop with a
MIDI keyboard connected to it. You need to take care to set the MIDI keyboard to play on
the correct MIDI channel. When we refer to play a sound in MULTI TRIG mode, a MIDI key-
board should be sending on the multi trig channel. By default this is set to MIDI channel 7.
When playing on a specific track we recommend using the auto track channel which will
switch focus depending on which track is selected with the
[TRACK] keys. By default the
auto channel is assigned to MIDI channel 9. Please refer to section “MIDI CHANNELS”, on
page 89 for more information on the MIDI channel assignment of the Monomachine.
SELECTING AND PLAYING A PATTERN
1.
Verify that the <PATTERN> LED is lit and the <SONG LED> is not. If this isn’t the case,
press the
[PATTERN/SONG] .
2.
Check the <BANK GROUP> LED to see if bank group A-D or E-H is active. If needed
press
[BANK GROUP] key to toggle the active bank group. For this demonstration use
group A-D.
3.
To select pattern A01, press and hold the pattern selection key [A/E] and then press the
[TRIG] key 1. You can see the index of the currently selected pattern in the lower left
corner of the display. Each pattern automatically loads the kit it is linked with. The name
of the kit is also shown in the display.
4.
To listen to the pattern, press the [PLAY] key. The pattern starts playing and loops back
to the beginning again when it has reached its end. Pressing [PLAY] while playing
pauses the playback.
5.
To change patterns during playback, simply select a pattern the same way as in step 3.
The display will show the selected pattern next to the current one, but with an arrow
pointing between them. This indicates that once the current pattern has played to its
end, the new selected pattern will start playing.
6.
To stop the playback of the pattern, press the [STOP] key.