Spectral Multiband Resonator
Firmware version 5 New Features Summary
December 5, 2016:
Firmware version 5 is announced for the Spectral Multiband Resonator. Many new features and improvements have
been included, and all users are encouraged to update their SMR for free!
To download the new firmware
Go to http://4mscompany.com/smr.php
Click on “Manuals/Firmware”
Download/Save the .wav file for firmware version 5 (we do not recommend playing it from your browser)
To load the firmware into your SMR
Follow the instructions at the end of this document
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New Features in version 5:
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1V/Octave outputs
: Control up to 6 external VCOs with 1V/oct CV, for sequences, chords, and melodies
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Holding down ROTATE while flipping to “Fast” enables 1V/octave outputs on Env Out jacks
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Glissando (glide) can be enabled with the Pre/Post switch
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In System Mode, adjust the 1V/oct tracking for 1V/oct outputs, in order to compensate for external VCOs that may
track slightly more or less than 1.00V/octave
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User Manual pages 18 and 20
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Transposition and fine tuning
allows the SMR to be quickly tuned to external equipment
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Each channel can be transposed from -6 to +6 semitones
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Each channel can be fine-tuned up to 120 cents (a little over a half-step)
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New light display features show the transposition and fine tuning
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User Manual page 12
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Forbidden Notes
- select notes that will be skipped when rotating or spreading
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Forbidden Notes can be saved into Settings Slots for use after power-down
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User Manual page 16
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Two-pass resonant filter
- lusher tones and tighter filtering of the input signal
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New algorithm filters out all background bleed-through by acting like two SMRs in series
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RES (Q) knob fades in the second resonator for a much wider range of resonance values
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Two-pass resonance has a slower attack and decay when “struck” with a trigger, so backwards strike effects can be
obtained
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Original one-pass resonant filter available by turning Q knob down, or by selecting it System Mode
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User Manual page 13 and 21
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New major and minor scale banks
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Major and Minor scales
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Major chords: Pentatonic, Major 6
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and 7
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chords, Augmented and Diminished 7
th
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Minor chords: Blues Scales, Minor Pentatonic, Minor 6
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/7
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chords, Half Dim 7
th
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All scales and chords can be transposed to any key
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User Manual, back page
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New intuitive organization and display of scales and banks
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Banks are now arranged into Color Groups (blue, pink orange, green, white)
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Each Color Group has a theme: for example Blue is Equal Temperament and Green is Modern
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The six Env Out lights show the Color Group, and the current bank selection within the group
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Env Out Trigger threshold level can be saved independently of channel audio level
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Flip switch to “Pre” to cache the threshold levels set by the sliders. Then you can adjust the audio mix with the sliders
without changing the trigger thresholds
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User Manual page 18, and “Beat-syncing: Advanced Re-mixing” example patch, page 7
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To adjust 1V/oct input (Freq jack) tracking, press Lock button 5 in Custom Scale mode
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To adjust 1V/oct output (Env Out jack) tracking, press Lock button 6 in Custom Scale mode
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Reduced noise in controls, cleaned up some scales
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