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”Jump” within the previously selected range, they will not affect the sequence in any way.
Please note: in”1-16” mode, no jumps ps between both registers can be performed.
Confusing, eh? Not really, go ahead, and with a little practice you will see how useful this little feature is:
Using these pretty simple settings, you may create quite interesting and ever-changing complex musical
patterns. You may completely ”reprogram” the sequence by just the flick of a switch or two. Give it a try and
you will get an idea why analog sequencers enjoy great popularity, especially within live electronic music
contexts. Once you have got the hang of it, you will get great results and endless hours of sequencing
excitement.
Oops – here‘s a hidden function: Setting both step status switches of steps 1 and 9 on ” Jump ” resp.
” Skip ” will entirely disable their corresponding row.
• LED
The status LED will light up when the corresponding step has been reached and
show the current position of the sequence.
• Step-knob
– This control determines the pitch of the respective step. The behavior of this pot
(and all other step controls) depends on the settings of the ” Range ” and
” Quantize ” switches. More about this in chapter 3.1.3., ”Sequence Control” on
page 11.
– Depending on the operation mode, the lower eight step controls determine several
parameters for the corresponding upper eight steps. This can be gate lenght,
velocity, a MIDI-controller or pitch bend. You will find a description in
chapter 3.2. on page 15.
3.1.2. CV/Gate output sockets
Each step set to ”on” will generate several signals at a time when active. These can be tapped from the
sockets on the rear interface panel of Dark Time. They can be used to control other sound sources
connected.
• Gate 1 / 2 Out
– Gate 1 Out delivers gate signals of steps 1 – 8 (+5V / +12V).
– Gate 2 Out delivers gate signals of steps 9 – 16 (+5V / +12V).
(An internal jumper-setting determines a gate signal voltage of +5V or +12V.
Please refer to page 21, section 3.4.) Polarity is inverted by a sub-function (page 22).
• CV 1 Out / CV 2 Out
– CV 1 Out delivers control voltage of steps 1 – 8.
– CV 2 Out delivers control voltage of steps 9 – 16.
3.1.3. Sequence Control
The sequence control functions allow control over the previously programmed sequence. They determine
or alter pitch and / or the playback order of the step registers.
• Transpose
With these switches you can transpose both registers of the sequence up or down by one octave.
The switch on the left addresses steps 1 – 8, the switch on the right addresses steps 9 – 16.
• Range
This switch determines the control voltage range and thus the pitch range that is covered by one
entire turn of a step control. You may select between 1 Volt, 2 Volts and 5 Volts. If the synthesizer
connected works with a control scaling of 1V/octave, these voltages are equivalent to a range of
one, two, or five octaves.
• Quantize
When this switch is set to ”Off” , the step controls will be almost continuously variable within the
range determined by the ”Range” switch. We use the term ’almost’ since it is still stepped digitally,
but into 1024 very small increments which are – in effect – continuous and barely noticeable.
Set to ”On” , the control voltage range gets scaled. That means, it is sliced into discrete steps that
are equivalents of musical semitones. The number of chromatic steps, i. e. semitones that are
covered by one entire turn of a step control is again determined by the setting of the ”Range” switch.
When set to ”1V”, the step controls are quantized into 13 discrete semitones (one octave, or – to be
more precise – a ”ninth” interval; e.g. ”c” to ”C”). ”2V” means 25 semitones (two octaves) and ”5V”
means 61 semitones (five octaves).
”Scale” allows the programming of any desired scaling. In other words: So the sequencer is forced
to play only selected notes that fit into a certain musical scale. This is how to program these
”selected notes” – we will need a ”sub menu“ to do this::
• First, please set the Quantize switch to position ”Scale”. This enables the Scale function.
• Hold down the Function key at least 5 sec until it starts flashing. The key-LEDs ”Start/Stop”,
”Reset” and ”Step” will light up.
• Press ”Reset” to enter the Scale programming function. The Reset-LED lights up, the
Function-LED still flashes.
• The first 12 Step switches ” On/Off/Skip ” will now switch on/off the 12 semitones of an octave.
Please refer to the chart on the following page.
Depending on the selected notes, you may create certain musical scales. The chart shows the
settings for C-majer and C-minor as examples.
Shuffle Divide
Off
Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump
Off Off Off Off Off Off Off
Off
Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump
Off Off Off
0 0
2V
Scale
Random Random
1-16
Off Off Off Off
Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop
Stop Stop Stop Stop
+1
6 1 - 9 6 1 - 9
Stop Stop Stop Stop
Skip Skip Skip Skip Skip Skip Skip Skip
Skip Skip Skip Skip
1V OffUp Up 2x(1-8) Internal
External
+1
8 - 1 8 - 1
Skip Skip Skip
Start/Stop Reset Step Function
Skip
On On On On On On On On
On On On On
5V On Down Down 1-8
Combi
Midi/USB -1
On On On On
Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont.
Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont.
-1
Cont. Cont. Cont.
Pulsewidth Clock Transpose Range Quantize Direction Link Sync
Cont.
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4
4
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
6 6 6 6 6 6 6
6
5
6
6
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2
2 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
8 8
8
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
10 10
10
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
9 9 9 9 9 9 9
9 9
9
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
7 7 7 7 7 7 7
7 7
7
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
The sequence is running from step 2 to step 6 (first and last steps on ”Jump”-position). Step 5 will
not generate a trigger-signal (”Skip"). Step 4 (also on ”Jump”-position) does not affect the sequence.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8
Note:
Operation Steps:
Functions:
Sub-Functions for Steps 1-11
Step 1: MIDI-Contr. Box (sends/receives MIDI-Contr.-data)
Step 2: Gate-Out Polarity
Step 3: CV-Out Value hold on/off
Step 4: Gate-Lenght normal/legato
Step 5: Merge MIDI-In and internal MIDI data
Step 6: Send MIDI-Realtime-data (DIN socket)
Step 7: Send MIDI-Realtime-data (USB-Port)
Step 8: MIDI-Transpose/Loop function
Step 9: Auto Save function
Step 10: Step-switch position ”Stop” disabled
Step 11: Input clock-divider disabled for MIDI-Clock
Scale-Function
Step-Schalter 1-13 enable/disable Noten ”C” bis ”C1” (ON/OFF)
Step-Switches ON/OFF
hold down (> 5 Sec.)
=> LED flashes
Shuffle Divide
Start/Stop Reset Step Function Pulsewidth Clock
0 0
4 4 6
5
6
1 1
3 3
2 2 8 8
10 10
9 9
7 7
press
hold down (> 5 Sec.)
=> LED flashes
press
Shuffle Divide
Start/Stop Reset Step Function Pulsewidth Clock
0 0
4 4 6
5
6
1 1
3 3
2 2 8 8
10 10
9 9
7 7
enable
Scale-Ftcn
Quantize
Scale
6.
6.
Off
Jump Jump Jump
Off Off Off
Stop Stop Stop Skip Skip Skip Skip
On On On On Cont. Cont. Cont.
Off
Jump Jump Jump
Off Off Off
Stop Stop Stop Skip Skip Skip Skip
On On On On Cont. Cont. Cont.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Off
Jump
Stop Stop Stop
On On On On Cont. Cont. Cont.
8
Skip Skip Skip Skip
1.
2.
1.
2.
Off
Jump Jump Jump
Off Off Off
Stop Stop Stop Skip Skip Skip Skip
On On On On Cont. Cont. Cont.
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