Shakmat Bard Quartet User Manual Download Page 8

The Options menu is accessed by pressing the Edit 

[D]

 and μTune 

/ Options buttons 

[E]

 simultaneously. The Edit button is lit while the 

μTune / Options button is blinking. The Options menu features 

different options related to channel grouping and Interactions, 

these settings apply to the current slot as a whole. To exit the 

Memory menu press the Edit &  μTune / Options buttons.

Options

Inside the current memory slot, that is the 

current state of the module, it is possible to 

copy and paste all contents of a particular 

Harmony into another Harmony of another 

channel. When a certain Harmony and 

channel are selected, copy/paste action is 

performed by holding the Arpg button 

[F], 

select the target Harmony and/or channel, 

then release the Arpg button.

Intra slot manipulation

Slots can be saved and loaded by using the 

Keyboard buttons 

[A].

 The C# and D# 

buttons perform Load and Save operations, 

while the rest of the keyboard represents the 

10 slots. When starting up, the module 

always loads the first slot. In order to 

load/save, press the load/save button, then 

press the target slot, and finally confirm the 

action by pressing the blinking load/save 

button.

Loading & saving slots

slot

1

slot

2

slot

3

slot

4

slot

5

slot

6

slot

7

slot

8

Load

Save

slot

9

slot

10

Summary of Contents for Bard Quartet

Page 1: ...10HP Eurorack Module Built designed in E U www shakmat com Shakmat BardQuartet...

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Page 3: ...uartet can memorise up to 320 scales 4 channels 8 harmonies 10 memory slots Furthermore it includes highly customisable Microtuning and Arpeggiator options as well as three assignable inputs and outpu...

Page 4: ...providing a real time note monitoring The edited channel is selected using the Channel buttons C Harmony Once a scale has been set for each of the channels in use turning the Harmony potentiometer B a...

Page 5: ...press it again to exit the menu Edit Menu Transpose from 3 to 3 octaves Octave Channel assignment to the Trigger output 1 which delivers a trigger each time a note change is detected in an assigned ch...

Page 6: ...holding the Arpg button F Arpeggiator menu must be active An arpeggiated channel is indicated by a blinking channel button Turning a channel into an arpeggiator applies to all Harmony locations The A...

Page 7: ...rently played harmony To re synchronize the potentiometer pass by the current harmony value The Bard Quartet features microtuning and allows the user to detune each of the 12 equal temperament notes b...

Page 8: ...another Harmony of another channel When a certain Harmony and channel are selected copy paste action is performed by holding the Arpg button F select the target Harmony and or channel then release the...

Page 9: ...ls 2 3 and 4 when 0V is detected at the CV Input This option applies per channel There are 3 possible interactions F IS ON No channel interaction G IS ON Normalisation When 0V is detected at its CV in...

Page 10: ...harmony that is being played In that way the Harmony potentiometer can navigate freely across the harmonies to edit them When the Tune button is released the Harmony potentiometer is re associated to...

Page 11: ...ttings apply on every channel F Bank of ionian dorian phrygian lydian myxolydian olian locrian and super locrian scales G Bank of whole tone diminished blues minor pentatonic major pentatonic Arabic H...

Page 12: ...s Size 10 HP Depth 29 mm Current Draw 60 mA 12V 10 mA 12V Channel CV inputs 3 to 7V Harmony CV input 5 to 5V Transpose CV input 5 to 5V CV outputs 3 to 7V Gate Input 0 to 5V Trigger Output 0 to 5V www...

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