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Startup functions

Updating the CR Firmware

From time-to-time, Tiptop releases firmware updates to some of its modules including the CR. The-

se firmware updates include changes to the hardware that fix bugs as well as add new features or 

improve current features. Firmware updates are applied to the CR via a USB flash drive (memory 

stick) connected to the USB port on the module back.

The CR features a USB type A port that hosts USB 1.0 and 2.0 devices. Any flash memory device 

can be used, but the CR only recognizes a drive formatted in the MS-DOS FAT32 format. This is the 

default format of most USB flash drives and SD cards out of the box, so no need to reformat unless 

the drive was formatted to something like the Mac HFS or Windows NTFS format.

(Note: the power draw of an external IDE/SATA drive is too much for the CR to support, so don’t plug 

in an external USB hard drive of this type.)

To load the firmware on to your USB device:

• Download the firmware file from the Tiptop site

• Copy the file onto the root level of your USB drive. The downloaded firmware file is

called image.hex and the CR will only recognize files with this name.

Follow these remaining steps to update your CR:

• Power down the CR and unscrew from rack

• Insert the USB flash drive into USB port on the back side of the CR

• Hold down the Vertical button on the lower right

• While continuing to hold down the Vertical button, power on the CR

• Firmware update takes about 5 seconds and the Swing LED will light

• Once the firmware is updated the CR will boot normally

• Remove USB drive and reinstall the CR into rack

It is sometimes recommended to erase the internal memory after firmware upgrade. Here is how 

you do that:

Clearing the Internal memory

The internal memory that holds all data and settings while power is off can be reset if desired. Hold 

the Zoom button down on power up and the memory will be set to default values.

Checking Firmware Version

To display the current firmware version, Press the Global button while in Vertical View. Once the 

display changes to Global View, press the A button (seventh button in the Group Column) and the 3 

digit firmware version will display for a few seconds.

Summary of Contents for CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

Page 1: ...CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS User Manual...

Page 2: ...Circadian Rhythms for modular music composers...

Page 3: ...24 CR Tips and Programming Ideas p 31 Section 2 Functions in Detail p 32 Views p 33 Vertical View 8x8 View 4x16 View 2x32 View 1x64 View Zoom View Clock In p 37 SyncBus and Channel Expansion p 38 Swi...

Page 4: ...ill supply clock and reset signals for sync to all other sequencers clock dividers and such in your system trigger the envelopes of your patched synth sounds and all your drum sounds The CR gives you...

Page 5: ...isplays in the BPM by lighting up the buttons Pretty slick right The button in the lower righthand corner of the CR is called Vertical make sure it is illuminated in Blue Think of Vertical as your hom...

Page 6: ...04 v v v v v v Channel column and output v v Channel 1 steps and output...

Page 7: ...and the seventh buttons on the column which will output triggers to the HiHats in our example v v Finally let s add the snare Since we have connected a cable from the CR s output 3 to our snare trigg...

Page 8: ...correspond to Channels Steps are a collection of eight steps Steps output to Channels Channels have their associated Mute button on the same row in the column immediately to the right of the Channel W...

Page 9: ...al is the primary view for programming rhythms However the CR s views can be used in performance to program and or view your Steps on the fly For example let s select 8x8 the button right above Vertic...

Page 10: ...down buttons You can edit your step patterns here in the 8x8 view also Some users may prefer to start program ming rhythms here in this view The other three non Vertical views besides the 8x8 view ar...

Page 11: ...nel or Groups and Presets as we ll see shortly press the Clear button in Vertical view Nothing happens until you press the Channel you want to clear In this case press the Channel 1 button Now your ki...

Page 12: ...re set is empty because you haven t filled in this preset Press the button for Preset 1 and you should hear your original pattern We re going copy the pattern for Preset 1 and paste it into Preset 2 C...

Page 13: ...d Steps for Group 1 should now be copied and pasted into Group 2 Press and hold down the Start Stop button to the left of Vertical This stops the CR clock and simul taneously saves all of your Groups...

Page 14: ...n wikipedia org wiki Great_chain_of_being Going down the ladder A Group has eight Presets A Preset has eight sets of Steps and Channels A set eight Channels has eight Steps each Up the ladder Channels...

Page 15: ...you to loop through a set of selected presets or groups You can also think of looping as combining or really concatenating a set of presents or groups but that would make the concept less flexible tha...

Page 16: ...art of our Preset loop By default all of the Presets will be activated For our loop we only want Presets 1 and 2 Press the Preset buttons for Presets 3 through 8 This will deactivate all the presets i...

Page 17: ...3 in Vertical view Just because we chose consecutive Presets for this example doesn t mean you have to also If you want to loop say Presets 2 6 7 there s nothing stopping you as far as the CR is conc...

Page 18: ...he loop is red For our loop we only want to loop Groups 1 and 2 so deactivate the others That s it You just looped some Groups Step away Pour yourself a beer Let the compositional and improvisational...

Page 19: ...Steps For example say we have a HiHat pattern and we want a pattern denser than our 16th note 8 step pattern or we want to have sub steps that fall between our strict 16th note quantization Let s edi...

Page 20: ...d it makes creating many useful note lengths easy See the details in Section 2 of the manual covering Zoom for a chart of common notes and how to enter them For a musical example create an 8th note tr...

Page 21: ...column changes the Preset in the current Group Note to change Group return to Vertical View The eighth column changes the Channel The currently selected Preset and Channel are the Green LEDs The Red...

Page 22: ...are playing our standard techno house pattern and we have added another output on Channel 4 in this case Tiptop s 808 Cowbell module We want to use the Cowbell for fills To fire our fill we press the...

Page 23: ...d on the fly Some folks feel more comfortable with this approach to building up rhythmic patterns or sometimes when you have a good pattern going it s great to be able to add beats in real time Regard...

Page 24: ...of an 8 beat Pattern In this case instead of connecting the Output to a drum trigger input connect it to an envelope gene rator such as the the Tiptop Z4000 Connect the envelope generator to a VCA so...

Page 25: ...23 Gates can run or be created in any view not only Vertical as in our example Gates can be looped and manipulated for example copied and pasted just like triggers d d Gate Example in Vertical View...

Page 26: ...vices The clock inputs and outputs of the CR use analog voltage pulses where the rising edge of the pulse indicates the time to execute the next event A DAW can generate and record these pulses just l...

Page 27: ...at to advance the CR s clock In order to trigger reliably the level of the pulse signal from your DAW may need to exceed a few volts The peak will likely be close to or at 0 dBFS in your DAW Don t wor...

Page 28: ...ace to the Clock In input on the CR a 1 4 to mini adapter is likely needed Also connect channel 2 to Reset In on the CR and set the Run Output to Channel 2 Use the most ap propriate channels for your...

Page 29: ...s the DAW button to activate it Press the Vertical button to exit Global mode Start the timeline or clock of your DAW usually this means pressing the Play transport button If your connections working...

Page 30: ...re This method also works in reverse record the Clock and Reset outputs of the CR into the DAW as the sync track for all additional overdubs A Note About Latency and Sync All digital devices have to d...

Page 31: ...ompensation Unfortunately Ableton lacks the ability to use samples as a unit so this clip was sent to an external editor Adobe Audition to measure In this case the number of samples measured 446 The f...

Page 32: ...30...

Page 33: ...ess mechanical not that there s anything wrong with mechanical if that s what you re going for but groovier When used with restraint swing paired with Zoom programming can generate off kilter and unus...

Page 34: ...tally 2x32 32 Steps of 2 Channels simultaneously displayed horizontally 1x64 64 Steps of one Channel displayed horizontally Group the CR has 8 Groups which each hold 8 Presets Groups can be chained in...

Page 35: ...eset loop paste clock in ext tap sync boss trigger 2 5 8 Control 3 group loop clear swing reset global trigger 3 6 start stop Control 4 zoom up down 1x64 2x32 4x16 8x8 vertical Control 1 Column Preset...

Page 36: ...ted infinitely after a copy fills the buffer Clock in ext Selects internal or external clock source The format of the clock is set in global view see Global View below Tap Tap tempo button Tap the but...

Page 37: ...nnels 8x8 view 8x8 displays the 8 steps of all 8 channels in a given preset The step data is in rows with the first step on the left and step 8 on the right Channel 1 is the top row and channel 8 the...

Page 38: ...he next columns As an example to enter 8th note triplets place the first triplet on either step 1 or 5 in the left column then count 8 steps and place the next note there and count another 8 to place...

Page 39: ...Beat Clock so a device that converts the MIDI serial message to an analog clock pulse will sync the CR to MIDI SyncBus A parallel cable connection between Tiptop Audio modules that carries clock rese...

Page 40: ...to reconcile the CR Group Presets with the Riot As a starting point try CYCS 4 and CYCE 68 to follow a single Preset on the CR Below are the connection diagrams for the SyncBus parallel cable The top...

Page 41: ...e next 16th note step By default all channels are swung by the swing value you set However the CR also lets you apply swing on a per channel basis For example you can apply swing only to your hi hat a...

Page 42: ...the loop Included Groups are shown green and excluded are not lit 4 Press the Group Loop On Off button at the top of Control 1 column to start the group loop The Group Loop On Off button will turn gr...

Page 43: ...move each step of the Gate individually Gates can be edited for length or broken into several shorter gates by pressing but not holding any step The step pressed will turn off and two new Gates will a...

Page 44: ...a performance so Fills are not recorded into the steps in a pattern 3 Press the Fill button again to while Fills are active to enter the Fill UI view The Group Preset and Step columns are used to set...

Page 45: ...Copy the file onto the root level of your USB drive The downloaded firmware file is called image hex and the CR will only recognize files with this name Follow these remaining steps to update your CR...

Page 46: ...e on off at random while the Trigger button is held Fill Lengths Group Preset Step 32 Steps 1 4 1 4 triplet 16 Steps 1 8 1 8 triplet 8 Steps 1 16 1 16 triplet 1 32 1 32 triplet Turning Mode D ON Press...

Page 47: ...s Row 3 in the Group column and location 16 is Row 6 in the Channel column Saving to USB Enter Global view Press the B button lights Green Press any of the 16 locations row 3 6 column Group Channel Th...

Page 48: ...olts with no load approx 5V with load Reset Out 12 volts with no load approx 5V with load Clock In max 12 volts Clock In min 4V Reset In max 12 volts Reset In Min 4V Internal clock jitter 50 microseco...

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