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General Overview

1. Trig

Triggers a new voice, depending on the number of active voices and the Voices setting this

will take over the oldest voice.

The LED for this will be indicated by the color of the active model.

2. Choke

Silence all voices by damping them.

The LED for this will be indicated by the color of the active model.

3. Frequency

Sets the pitch of the Root note of the active voice.

3a. Coarse

Quantized to semitones (5 octaves)

3b. Fine

Unquantized fine tune (+/- a perfect fourth from center.)

3c. V/Oct

1 volt per octave input for musical pitch tracking. Responds to +/-5V

Summary of Contents for Surface

Page 1: ...Surface 1...

Page 2: ...e 5 3 Frequency 5 4 Model 6 5 Strike 8 6 T one 8 7 Decay 8 8 Voices 10 9 Outputs 10 Edit Functions 10 Stereo Output Modes 11 Dark Mode 11 Example Patches 12 Getting Started 12 Strummed Guitar 13 Keybo...

Page 3: ...Creating a sense of space is easy with the true stereo outputs and their configurable spatialization modes Surface provides a unique take on physical modeling which blurs the line between emulation an...

Page 4: ...Marked Diagram 4...

Page 5: ...the color of the active model 2 Choke Silence all voices by damping them The LED for this will be indicated by the color of the active model 3 Frequency Sets the pitch of the Root note of the active...

Page 6: ...models are mapped evenly across the knob from left to right Pluck Bell E Piano 1 E Piano 2 Kick Snare Prepared Piano CV responds to 5V Pluck Plucked String Model Tone Brightness Filter Quality and Cu...

Page 7: ...1 Rhodes like Electric Piano Model Tone Blend between two FM sources Strike FM Index control for the secondary sound source No effect when tone is all the way down LED Color Cyan Split Model Output R...

Page 8: ...ed Piano Prepared Piano Model Tone Detune Space Amount Strike Semirandom Rattle Restrike Amount LED Color Red Split Model Output Routing Right 5 Strike Unique parameter for each model that affects the...

Page 9: ...Generally in the range of 500 microseconds to 5 or 10 seconds Pluck and Kick are on the longer side CV responds to 5V 9...

Page 10: ...ts See Stereo Settings below for details on how these can be configured Average 10Vpp depending on settings Edit Functions Accessing the Extra Settings Menu is as easy as holding down the voices butto...

Page 11: ...he right Random Red Each trigger will pan the new voices in a particular direction Regarding split model mode the Model table in the section above includes which output will be used for each model Dar...

Page 12: ...h Bloom s OUT 1 to V OCT on Surface Then patch the CLOCK out or GATE 1 from Bloom to Surface s TRIG CV input Make sure to send LEFT and RIGHT audio outputs to a stereo mixer to hear Surface s unique s...

Page 13: ...face Settings Model Plucked String Strike 100 T one Subjective Decay 60 Voices 8 Bloom Settings Channel 1 Blue Steps 32 Div Mult x8 Branches 0 Path 0 Rate 40 Sequence your chord using the first 3 to 6...

Page 14: ...CHOKE can help emulate palm mutes and varying picking styles T o play a fixed chord progression patch OUT 2 to the ROOT CV On Channel 2 Green sequence your root notes for as many steps as you like Set...

Page 15: ...T as well as the TONE CV input on the Surface Your sequence will now keyboard track across the tone knob applying higher CV levels in proportion to higher V Oct notes in your sequence You can also sen...

Page 16: ...nd tap voices again The LED will begin blinking purple 3 Insert 3V from a reliable source and tap voices again The module is now calibrated If for some reason the module is accidentally calibrated inc...

Page 17: ...g Firmware Version On boot up the module indicates the firmware with the following colors indicating numbers This will get updated as more versions become available Off 0 Blue 1 Green 2 Cyan 3 Purple...