System Mode
To enter System Mode, hold down six buttons: both
PLAY
buttons, both
Reverse
buttons,
REC
, and
REC Bank
for 4 seconds. The lights will change and you can release the buttons.
There are several features you can change here by tapping some buttons:
Rec
button = blue: Recording at 24bits (44.1kHz stereo)
Rec
button = orange: Recording at 16bits (44.1kHz stereo)
Left side
PLAY
button = blue:
PLAY
buttons act as start/re-start sample
Left side
PLAY
button = red:
PLAY
buttons act as start/re-start unless
Length
is at 100%, then
they act as start/stop
Right side
PLAY
button = green: changing to a new sample stops playback (unless looping)
Right side
PLAY
button = red: changing to a new sample does not stop playback
To save your changes, hold down
Edit
and
Save
(left side
PLAY
) for half a second.
To revert back to how it was before you entered System Mode, hold down
Edit
and
Revert
(right side
Reverse
). To exit without saving, hold down the same buttons you used to enter system mode, but
only for a moment. If you hold them for 4 seconds or more, it will save your changes and exit.
1V/OCT Tracking Compensation
This
1V/OCT
jacks on the STS follow the standard 1 Volt = 1 Octave standard, however there is much
variation in Eurorack due to impedance differences, un- or poorly-calibrated modules, passive mults/
splitters, buffered mults with non-unity gain, etc. To stay in tune despite all these issues, the STS can
be calibrated on the fly to match or tune to any other device. Doing this is easy and can even be done
while performing. Each
1V/OCT
jack can be calibrated separately or together: whichever channel(s)
are currently playing will be adjusted when you do the following button presses:
Edit
+
REC
decreases
the tracking factor by -0.001V/oct
(whichever channel(s) are currently playing will be calibrated)
Edit
+
REC
Bank
increases
the tracking factor by +0.001V/oct
(whichever channel(s) are currently playing will be adjusted)
To calibrate a channel’s
1V/OCT
jack to a particular CV (from a sequencer, perhaps), patch the CV
signal into the
1V/OCT
jack and loop a sample on that channel. While the channel is playing, hold
down
Edit
and repeatedly tap the
REC
button. With each tap, the tracking will drop. If that’s making it
go more out of tune then keep holding down
Edit
and start tapping the
REC Bank
button instead. Keep
tapping the
REC
and/or
Rec Bank
buttons until it’s in tune. You can repeat for the other channel, just
make sure to stop playback on the first channel or else you’ll end up re-calibrating it!
The
1V/OCT
tracking compensation values will be active as long as the STS stays powered on. This is
perfect if you just want to tune to a friend’s old analog synth that seems to never stay in tune for more
than an hour… but you don’t want your STS to keep tracking like that when you’re back in your studio.
If you
do
want to save the tracking, just hold
Edit
+
Save
for half a second, and the tracking info will be
saved to your unit after you power down. Tracking info is saved to the module, not the microSD card.
Rebuilding the Index File
The STS keeps track of the loop/trim points, gain, and name of the sample file assigned to each bank/
slot in a file called sample_index.dat (aka “the index file”), located in the _STS.system folder. If you
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Sample
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REC
+
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Edit
Sample
Edit
Sample
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