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Page 2: ...but any derivatives must be shared using the same license 111717 QUICK START GUIDE 3 REFERENCE MANUAL 8 INTRODUCTION 8 BACKGROUND 8 HOW IT WORKS 9 FEATURE LIST 10 REAR PANEL 10 TOP PANEL 10 ON THE PCB...

Page 3: ...MIDI OUT jack and connect it to the MIDI IN of your Macchiato Mini Synth or any other device or plug into a MIDI patch bay or other port device or use a MIDI to USB cable to plug into your computer 3...

Page 4: ...de User Defined The DATA and OCTAVE knobs set the max and min values transmitted by left and right sensors KEY and SCALE set the left and right CC 7 Send Channel Select n a DATA FAR sets the MIDI Send...

Page 5: ...um velocity around 30 will prevent you from accidentally silencing your Altura This affects the starting velocity of each new note Velocity usually impacts the volume of the note but your synth might...

Page 6: ...ght Sensor MIDI Max and Min Since this mode does not trigger notes use it with a drone synth or a sequencer The Altura defaults to CC s 85 86 on startup which are undefined Consult the CC chart of you...

Page 7: ...the sensor you are still playing in Octave 5 a range of one octave probably descending as you move from near to far a Turn the OCTAVE FAR knob left until the display shows 5 4 Now your hand covers two...

Page 8: ...ention performing to large audiences and receiving mixed reactions His tour took him and his wife Katia to New York where he opened a laboratory and studio patented the Theremin licensed its manufactu...

Page 9: ...eet packets of digital data that are read and interpreted by a separate synthesizer The Altura s right hand sensor ranges your hand and transmits a Note On message to start a specific note thus contro...

Page 10: ...I Out TOP PANEL 1 Power On Indicator 2 3 Digit Display 3 Left Distance Sensor MIDI Control Functions 4 Right Sensor MIDI Pitch 5 DATA FAR Adjust 6 DATA NEAR Adjust 7 FUNCTION Select 8 KEY Root Note Se...

Page 11: ...11 ON THE PCB 1 Battery Holder 2 ISP Header 3 Articulation Adjust...

Page 12: ...to switch the Altura on The red LED on top lights up Push the button again to switch it off 3 MIDI Out The Altura transmits data along one pin of a standard MIDI cable We recommend you connect all you...

Page 13: ...dynamic spinning symbol 0 0a sdf fghjk00 Indicates amount of pitch bend from f no bend to 0 maximum bend See PITCH BEND Dashes X Y mode Idle no data transmitting from either sensor This thing z x X Y...

Page 14: ...ge 16 When using Pitch Bend removing your hand snaps the pitch back to No Bend just like when you release the Pitch Bend wheel on a conventional controller When using the other functions however remov...

Page 15: ...sensor behaves much like the Data slider found on most MIDI controllers You use the DATA knobs to set the maximum and minimum values produced by the slider DATA NEAR sets the limiting value the Altur...

Page 16: ...ected Send channel When you wave your hand in front of the left sensor in Pitch Bend mode the display shows a cute spinny thing to represent Pitch Bend Down and Pitch Bend Up At the neutral zone or No...

Page 17: ...ises and you should hear note modulation usually a tremolo effect Move your hand far away the number falls and the effect diminishes You can reverse the effect by swapping the numbers The controller a...

Page 18: ...lts and other Korgs that did not respond at all and could not easily be made to do so You may need to do some fiddling with your synth or your DAW software to get results with this feature When the FU...

Page 19: ...sor CC On startup these default to CC 85 86 which are undefined Your synth may respond immediately to many of the standard MIDI defined controllers See your synthesizer s documentation for a table of...

Page 20: ...s all twelve notes in the Western scale A scale is defined by the intervals between adjacent notes as you make your way up an octave from one root note to the next The following table describes the in...

Page 21: ...grooving You can adjust octaves on the fly as you play If the OCTAVE FAR value is higher than OCTAVE NEAR then naturally the scale will ascend as you move your hand farther from the sensor and vice ve...

Page 22: ...r is the top left pin The socket on your programmer will have some sort of indicator on one of the corners to indicate pin 1 Be sure to attach your programmer to the header correctly We used a USB Tin...

Page 23: ...selection is essential Articulation is a set it forget it thing PROGRAMMING THE ALTURA THEREMIN MIDI CONTROLLER The Altura software was developed in the Arduino integrated development environment IDE...

Page 24: ...odulation Near 60 0 0 Modulation Far 10 90 0 Modulation Set Value 30 15 0 Velocity Near 127 127 10 Velocity Far 127 127 127 Velocity Set Value 127 127 64 Channel Vol Near 0 127 10 Channel Vol Far 127...

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