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BURST- COUNT:
Select this page for the current track by pressing
the “COUNT” page select key. When selected, the slider
LEDs will light if an active BURST trigger is programmed
onto that step. Note that bursts will not repeat unless you
have programmed a value into the “SPEED” page.
The BURST function causes the GATE OUTPUT
for a track to repeat itself when its step is triggered, also
known as “retriggering” or “ratcheting". You can choose
the amount of repetitions, as well as enable the BURST
from this page.
To assign a BURST to a step, move the slider
upwards. If a slider is at the bottom of its travel, the
BURST for that step will be inactive. Watch the display
to see the exact number of repeat events that you are
programming.
For ease of editing, press the encoder button to
reveal which steps have active GATEs on the slider LEDs.
BURST - SPEED:
This page controls the delay before a BURST
event repeats. If you program this page, its data will only
be useful for steps with active GATE and BURST. The
speed setting will not be updated if a BURST is currently
running. You must activate a new BURST from the COUNT
page to change the repeat rate.
For ease of editing, press the encoder button to
reveal which steps have active BURST triggers on the
slider LEDs.
DELAY:
Use the sliders to program the time offset for each
step’s GATE. This is expressed as a division of one step
length. A slider set to the minimum position will give no
DELAY to the GATE. If the delayed GATE event overruns
the step’s length, it will be reset at the end of the step
unless the corresponding GATE length on the original step
is set to Tie.
For ease of editing, press the encoder button to
reveal which steps have active GATEs on the slider LEDs.
MODIFIER BUTTONS:
INIT
The INIT key initializes sequence parameters. You
must hold it down while pushing other buttons. You may
do this with any of the PAGE SELECT keys, or you may
initialize entire tracks by holding it down and pressing any
of the TRACK SELECT keys.
SHIFT
The SHIFT key adds alternate functionality to other
buttons or sliders.
Hold SHIFT and press the CLOCK button to
disable the operation of the large clock rate knob, for live
performance convenience.
Hold SHIFT + ENCODER buttons while pressing
a RANGE key to increment or decrement the currently
playing preset. Unless in Random transport mode, the
preset will change when the sequence reaches Track 1’s
reset point.
Hold SHIFT + ENCODER buttons while moving
a slider on any page to set all steps on that page to that
slider value, as if you were moving all 16 of them at once.
RANDOM
Hold RANDOM and press any PAGE key to
randomize its slider values. The same can be done with a
TRACK SELECT button to randomize an entire TRACK’s
basic parameters. When RANDOMizing a track, hold down
the SHIFT key as well, to cause a deeper randomization
across all pages (including CV destinations)
Hold RANDOM and press the LOAD key to load a
random sequence from the MEMORY.
CV A/B - ASSIGNABLE CONTROLLERS
The two external A/B inputs combine with the
action of the large manual controls to modify selected
parameters of the sequence. The Stillson Hammer expects
voltages in the range of 0 to +5V. Voltages outside of this
range should not damage the unit, but will have no effect
on the sequence.
The two external A/B channels must be
programmed by holding down either of the two buttons.
While holding down the buttons, move the sliders to
program the value for each step. Think of the sliders in
this mode as “attenuators per step”, where the incoming
CV (or manual control value) will be multiplied by the slider
value before being sent out to the selected destinations.
Each track can have very different CV programs all sharing
the same two control sources, so a single preset can
provide hours of performance variation if appropriately