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Norand Mono Manual
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be calculated. By continuing tapping, the average tempo will keep on
updating.
Hold [TEMPO] and rotate the X-MOD [AMOUNT] potentiometer to speed
up/slow down tempo by +/-16%, the pot center being 0. Similar to a
turntable pitch fader.
Play modes
You can change the behaviour of the sequencer when a pattern switch
occurs with the play mode setting. There are 3 play modes, if you are
familiar with Elektron gear, they are equivalent (no need to reinvent what’s
already great right ?).
Sequential (default) : The pattern switch occurs at the end of the currently
playing pattern
Direct Jump : The pattern switch occurs immediately, the new pattern will
start from the position where the previous pattern left o .
Direct Start : The pattern switch occurs immediately, the new pattern will
start playing from the beginning.
Loop mode
Loop mode is a live oriented feature that allows you to play a small part of a
pattern temporarily. It is especially useful in live situations to create
movement on-the- y. To enable it, hold [FUNC] and select your start point
byt hitting a [SEQ] key, then the end point with another [SEQ] key. The loop
will start at the next step after releasing the [FUNC] key. To leave the loop,
hit [FUNC] again. The full pattern will resume playback as if it was running in
the background. Loop mode only works on a single page, selecting a start
point located after the end point plays the loop backward.
Song mode
It is possible to chain up to 8 patterns to create a song. When a song is
playing, it will play the selected pattern sequentially, and loop back to the
rst one at the end. To create a song, you need to be in pattern mode, press
[PATTERN], the LED should be on. Once in pattern mode, hold [PATTERN]
and hit the [SEQ] key of the pattern you want to add to your song in the
correct order (you can add the same pattern several times). Once you
release [PATTERN], your song will start playing. To leave song mode, press
a [SEQ] key.
Patchless pattern
When playing a song with normal patterns, the patch of the patterns will be
called at each jump, so if you have the same patch on several patterns, it
will be recalled as it was on each jump. If you are modulating a parameter
live, this is not the behaviour you expect from the synth.
To remedy this issue, you can set a pattern in “patchless mode”. A
patchless pattern won’t call it’s associated patch when it starts, it will keep
the previous pattern patch. This way you can create a song with the same
patch by setting each pattern in patchless mode (not the rst one
obviously).
To set a pattern in patchless mode, hold [PATTERN] and hit [RECORD], the
blinking [PATTERN] LED indicates that the current pattern is patchless.
Hold [PATTERN] and press [RECORD] to disable patchless mode.
Editing a pattern
There are two ways of adding notes and automations with Mono : either by
inputting it manually, or by recording it live while the sequencer is running in
record mode. Each step contains information that dictates the behaviour of
the synthesis engine at said step. A step can trigger a note with a note trig,
but can also contain only parameter o sets which alters the timbre.
