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Summary of Contents for PERKONS HD-01

Page 1: ...U S E R M A N U A L...

Page 2: ...ybrid voices digital sound engine analogue multimode filter with overdrive and a sequencer with simultaneous control over all four percussion tracks Each voice has 6 sound engine modes a HP BP LP filt...

Page 3: ...nal memory on the SD card Built in bucket brigade delay digital emulation Modulation LFO with morphing waveforms and 8 destinations 4 track sequencer 4 time divisions and 4 time multiplications per tr...

Page 4: ...E USER INTERFACE OF THE P RKONS HD 01 CONSISTS OF 5 MAIN PARTS 4 VOICES THE MASTER SECTION THE TEMPO AND MAIN CONTROLS THE STEP SEQUENCER THE MODULATION AND CONFIGURATION SECTION VCF DRIVE 3 2 4 3 MOD...

Page 5: ...fer to the MIDI implementation chart in the manual The MIDI OUT port outputs trigger and MIDI clock messages Each voice has a dedicated trigger input line level audio output and FX send and return jac...

Page 6: ...different decay time settings Once set all the way clockwise 10 the voice turns into a drone oscillator in the maximum decay setting the voice oscillates even if the sequencer is stopped The PARAM1 a...

Page 7: ...2 pulse transient fold amount wavetable 3 wavetable surf fm mod amount MODE1 MODE2 MODE3 PARAMETER1 pitch envelope amount pitch envelope amount tone PARAMETER2 As mentioned above each voice of the P R...

Page 8: ...no transient noise transient wavetable 1 wavetable 2 waveform 1 waveform 2 pulse transient fold amount wavetable 3 wavetable surf waveform 3 mod osc frequency MODE1 MODE2 MODE3 PARAMETER1 pitch envelo...

Page 9: ...ALGO MODE 3 2 1 VCF LP BP HP NAME RESONANT SNARE SLAP RESONANT BD TOM retrig mode 1 retrig mode 2 noise tone retrig mode 3 fm mod amount MODE1 MODE2 MODE3 PARAMETER1 noise decay tone PARAMETER2 ALGORI...

Page 10: ...NGINES ALGO MODE 3 2 1 VCF LP BP HP NAME NOISE HAT SAMPLE HATS white noise pulse stack sample 1 sample 2 reverb sample 3 start point MODE1 MODE2 MODE3 PARAMETER1 attack attack PARAMETER2 ALGORITHM1 AL...

Page 11: ...of the sequencer rows each light on the top row represents 100 BPM each light on the middle row represents 10 BPM and each light on the lowest row 1 BPM Example to the left shows 128 BPM The maximum c...

Page 12: ...e REC button allows for the the recording of voice parameter settings This button can either be latched by pressing once to engage disengage or held while adjusting voice parameters and released to st...

Page 13: ...e will enter the tempo fine tuning menu the rows of steps represent 100 10 and 1 BPM per step and tapping it two more times or even more when following a tempo by listening will set the tempo based on...

Page 14: ...um value An example to the left shows 30 shuffle on the first voice 10 shuffle on the second voice no shuffle on the third voice and 50 shuffle on the fourth voice The LAST button is for setting the l...

Page 15: ...EAR button is for clearing the sequence for each voice as well as the recorded parameter settings By pressing CLEAR the corresponding tap key per voice the entire sequence recorded parameter automatio...

Page 16: ...four voices While the sequencer is running push the step buttons to activate triggers on each voice STEP PROGRAMMING You can also do tap programming While the sequencer is running push and hold the RE...

Page 17: ...y sensitive Rhythm can be recorded via the TRIGGER IN for each voice The steps will also be quantized but they will also record the velocity amount if entered via external devices such as velocity sen...

Page 18: ...oice 4 is playing triplets divided by 4 3 Push and hold the SHIFT button and push one of the MULTIPLY buttons buttons 5 8 for master clock multiplication on the relevant voice The LED of the relevant...

Page 19: ...th voice GROOVE SETTINGS VCF DRIVE 3 2 4 3 MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE DIVIDE MODULATION DESTINATION MODULATION DEPTH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 A B C RND FWD BWD PP RND VCF DRIVE 3 2 4 3 MULTIPLY GROOVE P...

Page 20: ...he left shows 4 repeats programmed on step 5 of the second voice Push and hold a step button and press the RATCHET ODDS1 ODDS2 and PROBABILITY buttons to inspect which of these per step settings have...

Page 21: ...o the left shows a PROBABILITY of 25 programmed on step 4 of the fourth voice Push and hold a step button and press the RATCHET ODDS1 ODDS2 and PROBABILITY buttons to inspect which of these per step s...

Page 22: ...ton will flash upon each successful save PATTERN SAVING Both patterns and kits can be saved and recalled A kit entails the voice parameter settings for all four voices while a pattern entails the sequ...

Page 23: ...ed kit whilethelessilluminatedstepsrepresentslotswith kitssavedinthem Tosaveakit pushandholdtheREC buttonandpressoneofthestepbuttonsrepresentinga kitslot youwishtosave TheLEDwillflashontheREC button i...

Page 24: ...ON MODULATION DEPTH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 A B C RND FWD BWD PP RND PROB RATCHET ODDS1 ODDS2 SYNC KIT PATTERN MOD VCF DRIVE 3 2 4 3 MOD L VL MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE DIVIDE MODULATION DESTINATION MO...

Page 25: ...be played back in consecutive order Please note that in order to play back patterns correctly you need to set a MASTER PATTERN LENGTH refer to page xx of this manual An example to the left shows patte...

Page 26: ...lluminated step LED in each row indicates the currently selected assignment destination while less illuminated steps indicate other destinations within the same voice the LFO has been assigned to Sele...

Page 27: ...k this is done via the SYNC button the LED on indicates it synchronized The minimum rate of the freely oscillating LFO is 0 1Hz while the maximum rate is 20Hz When synced the large knob acts as a cloc...

Page 28: ...0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 A B C RND FWD BWD PP RND PROB RATCHET ODDS1 ODDS2 SYNC KIT PATTERN MOD CONFIGURATION SETTINGS Press and hold the SHIFT button and press SYNC and MOD buttons simultaneously to ac...

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