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13. Tracks

13.1. Overview

The 16 tracks of a project hold 8 patterns each. They also have a type (POLY, by
default) and several parameters which deﬁne their input and output channels,
runmodes, ...

Each project contains 16 tracks.

Press

one of the 1..16

track

buttons to select a track.

Hold

track

to enter the track settings menu : midi output, midi input, active pattern

parameters (PC, length, run mode, trig) :

Hold

2ND

Press

track

to enter the secondary settings menu:

The active track is indicated by a bright steady white light on the corresponding pad.

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Страница 2: ...s something confusing or wrong Please contact us at squarp net contact This manual was updated on May 23 2022 Latest firmware at the time of writing hapaxOS 1 04 released on May 2 2022 Copyright Squarp Instruments 2022 ...

Страница 3: ...er Tweak parameters Routing midi inputs outputs Quick tour of the 4 modes Step mode essentials Main modes Live recording Step mode basics Upper lower bars Setting the length of a pattern Play stop Mute tracks Track types Quantize Project scale Undo redo Snapshot Assign Project tempo Connectivity MIDI Cv inputs Connectivity MIDI Cv outputs Data architecture Overview Record your performance Quantize...

Страница 4: ... generator Left hand voicing Auto inversion Overview Overview Piano roll overview Basic operations Note parameters Note selection Track zoom pattern length and navigation Loop points Project scale pScale Note learn Math conditional trigs Overview Recording and editing Overview Select Rename a lane Drum lane MIDI routing Velocity view Overview Creating an automation lane Editing an automation lane ...

Страница 5: ...d pattern changes Mute unmute Editing pattern parameters Copy paste delete Sections Creating launching sections Editing a section Songs Creating a song Playing a song Editing a song Overview Track settings Advanced track settings Rearranging tracks Overview Saving loading or creating a project Project transitions Setting a project scale pScale Time signatures Transpose pTRSP Overview Adding an eff...

Страница 6: ...10 ModMatrix Arpeggiator Chance Euclid Filter Harmonizer LFO Randomizer Scaler Swing Project LFOs Quantizer Overview Generatr Curves Symmetry Every N Overview Sync input Sync output Misc CV Gate pedal Midi input Midi thru Color palette Midi monitor How to calibrate the 4 CV outputs ...

Страница 7: ...er workflow Projects Hapax can load and play two projects proA proB simultaneously Each project has 16 tracks Tracks Each track has its own inputs outputs its own FX rack and a set of 8 patterns Patterns A pattern is a loop that contains polyphonic or monophonic notes and or automation Each Pattern has its own events length runmode effect parameter values ...

Страница 8: ...a project on proB while proA is running for never ending live sets Press proA or proB to select a project Hold proA or proB to enter project settings left screen and also enter the save load menu right screen 1 4 Selecting and configuring a Track Each project contains 16 tracks Press one of the 1 16 track buttons to select a track Hold track to enter the track settings menu midi output midi input ...

Страница 9: ...nect a MIDI cable between the input of your favorite hardware synth and one of Hapax s output Hold the active track to enter Track settings menu Select the output port and the output channel factory settings MIDI A Channel 1 Press live Mode and Play with the 128 pad matrix Press step Mode and enter some steps in the piano roll and Press play your synth is now playing a sequence ...

Страница 10: ...s Hold track to enter track settings TRACK OUTPUT Every note of the track whether coming from the built in pad matrix the sequencer or an external keyboard will be outputed on this port and channel TRACK INPUT Input port sets up which port the track is listening to Input channel sets up which channel the track is listening to depending on the choosen port the track isn t receiving notes from any p...

Страница 11: ...use the 128 pads as a scale keyboard or as a chord generator to change the livemode hold live and rotate the menu encoder step mode use the 128 pads to add or fine tune notes or drum events with surgical precision automation mode use the 128 pads to create midi or fx automation pattern mode perform in sync by using the 128 pads to set the playing pattern of each track Create sections group of patt...

Страница 12: ...ly added note will inherit those values The upper left parameter is the note displayed on the pad matrix s bottom row By rotating the corresponding encoder you can scroll up and down in the piano roll view A viewport on the screen frames the notes displayed on the matrix pads Selection Hold a Step already filled with a note to finetune any parameter You can also select multiple notes at the same t...

Страница 13: ...ion Draw some automation lanes to control CC messages effect parameters or CV outputs pattern Select arrange and play your patterns 2 2 Live recording Press REC while playing to capture your live performance coming either from the live mode 128 keypads an external MIDI instrument or controller a modular system sending Cv Gate a computer You can only record on the currently selected track Hold 2ND ...

Страница 14: ...ny newly added note will inherit those values The upper left parameter is the note displayed on the pad matrix s bottom row By rotating the corresponding encoder you can scroll up and down in the piano roll view Selection Hold a Step already filled with a note to finetune any parameter You can also select multiple notes at the same time 2 4 Upper lower bars ...

Страница 15: ...age 2 6 Play stop From stop state pressing will start the project playback If you are in a playing state pressing will restart all tracks from the beginning One press on stops and resets the playback A second press will send a midi All Note Off message to your instruments A third press will send a midi All Sound Off message to instantly silence midi synthesizers A fourth press will send all patter...

Страница 16: ...otate the main encoder to choose the type of the active track which can either be a Poly track a Drum track or an MPE track Poly tracks Best suited to polyphonic or monophonic synthesizers live mode can either be an isomorphic keyboard to play notes directly on the pad matrix or a chord generator step mode is a fully featured step sequencer Drum tracks Designed for grooveboxes and samplers drum tr...

Страница 17: ...Poly tracks live mode step mode offers the same functions as in Poly tracks but gives you the possibility to edit each expression parameter of any recorded MPE note 2 9 Quantize Hold 2ND track to enter the secondary settings of a track Configure the real time quantization amount strength of the track with encoders and in order to soften the timing imperfections your recording from quantize disable...

Страница 18: ... 11 Undo redo To undo your last actions such as parameter changes new notes or a recent recording simply Press the undo button Hold 2ND Press undo to redo changes You can use undo redo multiple times until you are back in the desired state 2 12 Snapshot Snapshot is both a performance and a studio tool Hold snapshot to capture the current version of your pattern notes automation parameters Then pla...

Страница 19: ...fect for using Hapax as a midi controller or doing automation knob recording with midi messages Tip If you assign to a MIDI message it will be interpreted as though it came from an external controller meaning you can do knob recording 2 14 Project tempo BPM Press bpm to open the BPM popup and Rotate the menu encoder to change the BPM value Press the menu encoder to select the after decimal digits ...

Страница 20: ...alue you can also fine tune the last digits For example if the global BPM is set to 120 00 and you are working on track 01 set elasticity to 50 track 01 playback is two times slower 60 BPM set elasticity to 200 track 01 is two times faster 240 BPM set elasticicity to 100 50 track 01 is slightly faster and will slowly drift out of phase with the other tracks Phasing is the main concept used in Stev...

Страница 21: ...nel To sync Hapax with an external source make Hapax follow the BPM and play stop press settings enter sync in and set the clock source 2 16 Connectivity MIDI Cv outputs Hapax can simultaneously send MIDI to all 16 channels of each of its 6 outputs A B C D usb host usually a controller usb device usually a computer This allows for a total of 96 MIDI out channels plus the 4 pairs of Cv gate outputs...

Страница 22: ...22 2 17 Data architecture ...

Страница 23: ... scale to quantize their pitch Hold live Rotate the main encoder to switch to livemode scale Livemode chord On poly or MPE Tracks effortlessly build and play some colorful chords Hold live Rotate the main encoder to switch to livemode chord Livemode drum On drum tracks play your drum kit with the pads divided in 8 zones of 16th velocities A simple Press on the live button will lead you to the live...

Страница 24: ...rd recording is selected the previously recorded notes will be erased upon a new recording Overdub allows to merge incoming notes with the existing ones COUNTDOWN ON OFF When enabled Hapax will play a countdown before the recording starts The track must be armed beforehand with a Press on rec METRONOME ON OFF Enabling Metronome will output a quarter note when the sequencer is playing The output ro...

Страница 25: ...F If enabled this parameter will allow the recoring to stop automatically when the sequencer reaches the end of the pattern 3 3 Quantize your performance The real time quantizer is very useful for correcting the timing of a live played recording or for applying rhythmical variations on a pattern Each track quantize parameters can be set independently Hold 2ND Press track to enter the track seconda...

Страница 26: ...de Moreover all notes and chords played on an external controller or using the live mode keypads are captured in step mode and displayed on the left screen under LEARN Those learned notes can be added with a single press of a pad in step mode Click encoder to enable the LEARN edit To exit the LEARN edit click encoder or Tip Press 2ND settings and Rotate encoder to completely disable midi LEARN ...

Страница 27: ...hape when transposed to another key Wikipedia By default this isomorphic keyboard is chromatic with a row jump of 3 semitones for any given pad the pad to its right plays 1 semitone up and the pad above it plays 3 semitones up When applying a scale the keyboard will no longer add 1 or 3 semitones but will move up by 1 or 3 degrees of the scale For example in chromatic mode a pad up would translate...

Страница 28: ... the scale color Rotate encoder to change the scale type 4 3 Scales COLORS Hapax comes with 72 factory scales sorted by families called colors Scales of the same color are sharing the same third and or seventh degree so that you can replace a scale by another of the same color without radically changing the feel of you track The different colors are listed below None Chromatic Major Minor Dominant...

Страница 29: ...5 Diminished Diminished Half Tone Romanian Ultralocrian Blues Heptatonic Messian 2nd mode T 3rd mode 4th mode 4th I mode 5th mode 5th I mode 6th mode 6th I mode Intervals minor thirds major thirds fourths fifth octave octave 4 4 Hold and relatch Hold and Relatch options are accessible through the PLAY parameter on the left screen All held or relatched notes will remain highlighted on the pad matri...

Страница 30: ...screen The number between brackets is the inversion index of this chord For example when you play C E G Hapax recognizes a Cmaj as well as a second chord name Em6 in second inversion Here are the conventions used for chord naming Major Chords Minor Chords Half Diminished Chords Diminished Chords Suspended Chords Polychords ...

Страница 31: ...s meant to be played with both hands The left side is focused on inversion spread drop alter and general enrichments The right side is where the basic degrees of the chord are played Although it is based on musical theory no particular knowledge is required for using this mode It has been designed to quickly try and listen chords until you find something you like The pad matrix is divided into two...

Страница 32: ... Rotate the scale encoder to change the selected scale If pScale in enabled pScale will be used in this mode Each chord pad represents a scale degree if the pentatonic scale is set five chords will be available on the pads as this particular scale contains five degrees Scales when used as basis for chords entails vast possibilities which are yours to discover Major scale example Harmonizing a scal...

Страница 33: ...add remove it from the list The different modifier descriptions are listed below Octave Octave 1 Every note is raised lowered by one octave Octave 2 Every note is raised lowered by two octave Spread Spreads the chord notes across octaves Spreaded chords have a very pleasant sound especially if they are complex chords Spread up raises one chord tone out of two Spread up to raise it more Spread down...

Страница 34: ...root fifth only sus2 3rd is replaced by a 2nd sus4 5th is replaced by 4th add 6th 7th is replaced by 6th add 6 9 7th is replaced by 6th and 9th added Kenny Barron 11 add 9th 11th Mostly used on minor chords Bass Drop Lowers one octave one of the chord tones bass root drop the root note bass third drop the third bass fifth drop the fifth bass seventh drop the seventh Transpose Transpose by semitone...

Страница 35: ... Auto inversion It s purpose is to enable a well known pianist skill From one chord to another move as few fingers as possible Auto inversion is listed as a modifier enable it by pressing the red modifier pad ...

Страница 36: ... to switch the track type to drum Then Press live to enter the livemode drum Pressing a pad will trigger a sound mapped to the corresponding lane The velocity values are indicated by the brightness of each pad Rotate one of the eight encoders to change the lane note number Hold Rotate an encoder to change the lane output channel gate number Tip for a more in depth configuration of drum lanes you c...

Страница 37: ...u are free to extend the length of your track up to 32 bars In conjunction with extreme zooms conditional trigs chance loop points selection scale folding run modes possibilities are endless The step mode also allows you to edit a previously recorded live performance using the piano roll view The step mode like the live mode always displays events of the active track and selected pattern Each patt...

Страница 38: ... 7 3 Basic operations Press a pad of the matrix to add a note Rotate encoder to set the lower left note of the pad matrix You can also use the main encoder or Hold 2ND or Rotate encoder to set the octave You can also Press or Rotate the other encoders to change their corresponding parameters param Hold track to enter the track settings Press to zoom in Press to zoom out Press or to navigate betwee...

Страница 39: ...a selection of pads Hold the pad or the zone PITCH OCTAVE C0 0 G10 127 Sets the midi note pitch octave VELOCIT Y 0 127 Sets the midi note velocity NOTE LENGTH 1 16 INFINIT Y Sets the length of the note in steps A step corresponds to a 16th note when using the default zoom Infinite notes won t stop or be retriggered until the button is pressed uTIME 50 50 Time offset slightly moves the note around ...

Страница 40: ...gh the Math parameter RGB leds are dimmed to highlight events with the same Math parameter This visual feature also works for Roll and Chance parameters Tip Hold an encoder to reset a parameter to its default value For example Hold all to select all notes and Hold the uTime encoder to quantize all notes to their closest time position 7 5 Note selection You can select one or a group of notes to edi...

Страница 41: ... default a multiple selection will select all notes on the vertical axis inside your selection Hold 2ND while making your selection to constrain your selection to the selected notes Tip Press 2ND during an all or row selection to toggle between single page and all pages selection 7 6 Track zoom pattern length and navigation LENGTH Each of the 8 patterns of each track can have a different lengths T...

Страница 42: ... to previous or next page 7 7 Loop points Loop points allow you to set up in real time where your pattern begins and ends Only the pattern inside your loop points will be played You can set different loop points for every pattern within every track When composing it is a great way to loop a small part you want to focus on When performing you can play with track positions and create interesting eff...

Страница 43: ...ows will always show the same note For example if the key note of the scale is F the bottom row will always display the F note of the selected octave Once pScale is enabled only in scale notes can be added with the matrix pads The vertical navigation in the pianoroll is now octave by octave This simpler interface garantees that no out of scale note can be added anymore Tip After setting the projec...

Страница 44: ...own as Conditional Trigs in the sequencing vocabulary the math operations are conditions that you can add to individual events to modify their behavior A before a condition means NOT For example FILL has the opposite behavior of FILL FILL FILL note plays only when fill is held FILL note plays only when fill is not held CONDITIONAL 1st note plays on first pattern playback 1st note does not play on ...

Страница 45: ...tes LS 3 note plays if last step played less than 3 notes LS 4 note plays if last step played less than 4 notes LS 5 note plays if last step played less than 5 notes LB 0 note plays if last beat played zero notes LB 2 note plays if last beat played less than 2 notes LB 3 note plays if last beat played less than 3 notes LB 4 note plays if last beat played less than 4 notes LB 5 note plays if last b...

Страница 46: ...s are very similar 8 2 Recording and editing Recording a track using an MPE controler is the same process as described in the Record your performance Live section of this manual To edit an MPE track you can use the same basic operations parameter editing and note selection techniques that are described on this page The MPE per note expression controls can t yet be visualized and edited but they ar...

Страница 47: ...Hold step and Rotate the menu encoder to set the track type to drum and enter the drum step mode In drum step mode each percussive element along with its events corresponds to a drum lane There are 8 lanes in total This step mode shares basic operations selection editing copy paste mute and loop points with the poly and MPE step modes ...

Страница 48: ...ther Rotate the main encoder Press the row button corresponding to the lane To rename a lane start by selecting it then Press the menu encoder Tip To quickly mute an entire lane Hold a row button and press mute You can repeat this operation to unmute the lane 9 3 Drum lane MIDI routing A lane is characterized by its corresponding note This means that events in a drum lane will always trig the same...

Страница 49: ...be trigged and will output note 48 channel 1 16 Gate 1 Gate 4 Cv 1 Cv 4 Cv Gate 1 Cv Gate 4 Sets the channel of the lane each lane can have a different MIDI channel A lane can also trig its drum events on a selected Gate output or a Cv output a Cv output will act like a gate with 0 5V trig levels You can even use the Cv Gate output to perform with drum accents the gate will trig the event the Cv w...

Страница 50: ...e Hold 2ND and Press a row to select the lane you want to edit In this submode of DRUM the matrix pads show the note velocities of the selected drum lane Press a pad to change the velocity of an existing note To exit velocity view simply press step ...

Страница 51: ...of automation lanes and each pattern of a track can have different automation events 10 2 Creating an automation lane The automation screen is divided in lanes Scroll to the bottom of the list and click on ADD You will be prompted to choose a destination which represents what you wish to automate Available destinations are CC messages Pitchbend Aftertouch Program changes NRPN messages Non Register...

Страница 52: ...s are created on the current track cc8 has events cc14 is locked aftertouch is muted CV out 2 has no events Pitchbend has a default value NRPN has events Tip You can create a curve before selecting a destination Simply Press some pads when ADD is selected This will create a void lane with no destination You can click the lane and assign its destination later This helps sketching out ideas quickly ...

Страница 53: ...alue e g 0 to 127 for a midi CC message When performing a multiple selection you will have access to the minimum and maximum values as well as a parameter called centroid which moves the central value of the curve 10 4 Muting an automation lane Simply scroll to the desired automation in the list and press mute to mute this automation lane Note Mutes are per pattern based Tip When a lane is muted i...

Страница 54: ... this parameter the sequencing becomes stepped meaning that values will be held until the next change Interpolation ON Interpolation OFF The default status is always ON for automation lanes created manually However recorded automation are not interpolated by default to keep the recording faithful to the original Tip Thanks to interpolation which is active by default you can draw a ramp using only ...

Страница 55: ...er upon a pattern change Example setting a default value of 0 on the pitchbend automation can be smart to make sure that the pitchbend is reset upon switching to a pattern that does not automate pitchbend Tip If the default value is active on the current pattern the lane will show the following status icon 10 7 Automation lane context menu Click on an automation lane to access additional features ...

Страница 56: ...or example at 24ppqn an automation lane can send a message at most 24 times per quarter note Tip While this is primarily intended as a safety feature to not overload a MIDI device s bandwidth it can have musical applications as well Limiting the max rate to 4ppqn for instance will send a message once every sixteenth note at most which can create very rhythmical parameter changes This is akin to a ...

Страница 57: ...utomation lane When REC is active you can record incoming data as an automation for the active track For MIDI messages recording such as CC pitchbend or aftertouch the lanes are created automatically as soon as a event is received with interpolation set to OFF For CV in recording lanes must be created before recording Note Recording of program changes and NRPN messages is not supported Tip To prev...

Страница 58: ...ttern is a loop that contains polyphonic or monophonics notes and automation Patterns hold their own events lengths runmodes effect parameter values Unlike most sequencers each track is independant from the others you can play track 01 pattern 3 and at the same time track 02 pattern 4 On the matrix pads each columns represent the eight patterns of the 16 tracks ...

Страница 59: ...ression may be different leading to polymetric effects This screen also displays the content of your tracks In the upper example Track 1 2 3 4 contain only notes Track 5 contains notes and automation Track 6 contains only automation Track 9 contains only drum events Track 13 contains only MPE notes Other tracks are empty no events in any patterns 11 3 Launching patterns There are 2 ways to launch ...

Страница 60: ...olding mute and pressing one or several track buttons A muted track will never output midi events either coming from an external controller the live mode the step mode or midi effects Tip Selecting an empty pattern is an other easy way to cut a certain track Please note that this method does not mute incoming messages or messages generated by effects 11 6 Editing pattern parameters Like step and a...

Страница 61: ...not jump Multiple pattern selections are only possible within a given track so the selection cannot span across multiple columns Tip Press 2ND while making a selection to restrain it to the selected area Note These are the same pattern parameters accessible from Hold track 11 7 Copy paste delete Patterns can be copied pasted and deleted even from track to track To copy a pattern Hold copy Press a ...

Страница 62: ...en sections A section is a precise arrangement of patterns Let s see some examples We need a section called Intro with track 1 to track 4 playing pattern 2 and other tracks playing pattern 1 On the grid it would look like Now we need a section called Verse with track 1 to track 3 playing pattern 1 and the other tracks playing pattern 2 On the grid it would look like ...

Страница 63: ...coder and scroll to SAVE SECTION You will be prompted to choose a name for the section Once saved the section is added in your pool of available sections Note By default sections are named section A section B and so on Launching a section To launch a section recall all pattern states for the 16 tracks Rotate the main encoder to select the section then Press the main encoder Note Similarly to manua...

Страница 64: ...e song DELETE Removes this section from the song 12 4 Songs A Song is an arrangement of previously created sections This makes it very easy to create complex songs using sections as building blocks for example intro x1 verse x2 chorus x1 verse x4 When the pattern mode is in song mode the song will automatically play sections in order and schedule the next sections in advance Any manual change perf...

Страница 65: ...desired duration at this point in the song Tip When selecting the duration you can Hold and Rotate the menu encoder for more resolution enabling very short sections and polymeters Tip You can use the same section multiple times 12 6 Playing a song On the left screen instead of using PERF option select one of the 2 song modes SONG PLAY The song will stop playback when reaching its end SONG LOOP The...

Страница 66: ... Then you can go back to SONG PLAY or SONG LOOP to continue the song playback 12 7 Editing a song Press the main encoder on a section to open a context menu LAUNCH Schedules this section in the song list SET TIME Sets the duration of the section in the song MOVE Allows to rearrange this section position within the song DELETE Deletes this section from the song ...

Страница 67: ...tput channels runmodes Each project contains 16 tracks Press one of the 1 16 track buttons to select a track Hold track to enter the track settings menu midi output midi input active pattern parameters PC length run mode trig Hold 2ND Press track to enter the secondary settings menu The active track is indicated by a bright steady white light on the corresponding pad ...

Страница 68: ...s channels are tied to specific drum lanes Input Sets the MIDI port for the track input No input All Active Listens to all incoming events on any port and channel but only when the track is currently selected Midi A B USB Device USB Host Cv Gate Listens to the specified port Input Channel Sets the MIDI channel for the track input 1 16 Listens to the specified channel All 1 16 Listens to any channe...

Страница 69: ...3 Advanced track settings Hold 2ND Press a track button to enter advanced settings Quantz 1 64 1 32 1 24 1 16 Sets the quantization time division Please note that this parameter will be overriden by the project quantization if set Strength 0 100 Sets the track quantize strength At 100 note positions will be shifted to land precisely on the quantization time divisions At 0 note positions won t be a...

Страница 70: ...d Track Name Allows renaming your track 13 4 Rearranging tracks Hold a track button then Press either or to swap existing tracks The transpose channel is originally track 16 changing its position will not change its role The role of the transpose track is tied to its channel not to its position ...

Страница 71: ...re of Hapax proA and proB are directly accessible through their dedicated buttons Each of them contains 16 tracks and can be played at the same time You can seemlessly load a project on proA while proB is running for never ending live sets 14 2 Saving loading or creating a project Hold proA or proB to access the Save load menu displayed on the right screen ...

Страница 72: ... mixing projects won t get you out of sync perfect for live performances After loading a new project while another one is already running the loaded project will be muted Then while being on the freshly loaded project B you are free to mute unmute tracks and organize your patterns in order to prepare your transition Tip You can also select project A and mute some tracks or change patterns in order...

Страница 73: ...14 4 Setting a project scale pScale One major feature of Hapax is the ability to set a global scale for each project which will constrain all notes to the selected pScale It provides a simpler interface without wrong notes You can set a new scale anytime and in real time itʼs a great studio tool to color your song Hold proA or proB to display the selected project settings on the left screen If you...

Страница 74: ...ve increments 14 5 Time signatures Each project can hold its own time signature By default the TS is 4 4 common time but you can easily and drastically change your songs grooves by using other signatures Hold proA or proB to enter project settings Rotate encoder pSignature to set the upper numeral number of beats in one bar ...

Страница 75: ...p with 2 bars of 7 4 which is 56 steps long at default zoom level 2 x 28 By default each beginning of a bar is displayed on a new page This allows for easier navigation when using uncommon time signatures Note This option can be disabled under SETTINGS MISC SPLIT BARS OFF Lower numeral A common 4 4 TS means 4 beats per bar each beat representing a quarter note A 4 8 TS means 4 beats per bar each b...

Страница 76: ...ed in track 16 be used as reference for transposing all other tracks 1 to 15 if their pTRSP option is activated Track 16 can be used the same way as any track You can play notes in live mode or with an external controller write notes in step mode or use MIDI effects Note By default transpose is applied instantly To switch to in sync transposition please go to SETTINGS MISC TRANSPOSE SYNC INSTANT B...

Страница 77: ...nizer placed after an Arpeggiator will not sound like an Arpeggiator placed after an Harmonizer Experiment with the order of effects to generate eccentric melodies It s also possible to add multiple effects of the same engine on the same track e g chaining two arpeggiators Finally every effect parameter can be edited in real time via CC message and CV inputs thanks to the modMatrix 15 2 Adding an ...

Страница 78: ... ON OFF to lock the effect mute unmute on the selected pattern ON or OFF if the effect is muted will appears on the top of the context menu when it s locked 15 4 Locking effect parameters to patterns While effect parameters are per track by default a pattern may lock an effect parameter to a specific value Changing the parameterʼs value on another pattern will not change the value on the pattern o...

Страница 79: ...odMatrix parameters Depth amplify attenuate or invert the input signal Offset Set the modulation central value Polarity modulate value around or after the offset Consume drop the input signal 15 6 Arpeggiator ST YLE UP DOWN UP DOWN ASSIGN RANDOM Direction of the arpeggiated pattern UP plays the pattern from the lowest note to hightest RANDOM will play notes in a random order ASSIGN will play notes...

Страница 80: ...ame pattern two octaves lower CHORD 2 2 Plays the incoming notes as a chord on top of the arpeggio either up to two octaves down or two octaves up RE TRIG NOTE 8BAR 1BAR 1 2 1 16 When active the ARP will restart its sequence at the desired interval or every added note REPEAT x1 x16 If enabled do not play the pattern in a loop but a defined amount of cycles 15 7 Chance This effect plays or does not...

Страница 81: ...note will have a different probability of being played If sync 1 16 all sixteenth notes will have a different chance to be played SYNC CHANCE 0 100 The probability of a synced note to be played For example if sync 1 4 and sync chance 100 all beat notes will be played 15 8 Euclid Easily generate euclidian rhythms with this effect NOTE IN C0 0 G10 127 When set to IN Euclid will use the incoming note...

Страница 82: ... notes 15 9 Filter NOTE LO NOTE HI C0 0 G10 127 When NOTE LO NOTE HI this sets the range of notes that can be let through the Filter When NOTE LO NOTE HI however this sets a range of notes to ignore CC LO CC HI 0 127 Similarly to notes CC messages falling in certain ranges can be accepted or dropped When CC LO CC HI this sets the range of CCs that can be let through the Filter When CC LO CC HI how...

Страница 83: ...OFF When ON will let incoming MIDI notes through and output harmonized version of these notes When OFF will drop the incoming notes and only output harmonized notes NOTE 2 8 36 36 Choose up to 7 intervals with which to harmonize incoming notes to generate complex chords 15 11 LFO WAVEFORM SINE TRI RAMP SQUARE RAND Choose the waveform of the LFO ...

Страница 84: ... 1 128 Synchronized rate of the LFO PHASE 180 180 Phase shift the starting point of the LFO DEPTH 0 100 Scales the LFO OFFSET 0 100 Offsets the LFO central value MODE LOOP RLOOP ONCE 2x 16x LOOP Regular free running LFO RLOOP Retriggers on every note ONCE 2x 16x Plays once or multiple times through the waveform then stops like an envelope DEST CC PITCHBEND CV OUT FX PARAMETER Destination of the LF...

Страница 85: ...e downwards and upwards respectively When active notes will randomly be scaled up or down several octaves within the selected range VELO VELO 0 63 Increase the random velocity range downwards and upwards respectively LENGTH 0 100 Randomly increase the length of incoming notes by delaying their NOTE OFF messages At 100 notes can be increased up to a whole note 4x 1 4 notes a bar in 4 4 CHANCE 0 100...

Страница 86: ...se the root note of the scale STICK Down Up Filter When an incoming note is out of scale the algorithm can quantize this note down up or filter it For example if selected scale is C Maj an incoming out of scale note C will be processed like Down C scaled to C Up C scaled to D Filter C is ignored not played TRSP 36 36 Transpose notes before applying selected scale ...

Страница 87: ...isation grid 1 16 is the classic value ACCENT 0 100 Amount of swing velocity accent This parameters affect all notes HUMAN 0 100 Slightly randomize the position of swung notes humanizer 15 15 Project LFOs Press 2ND effect to enter the Project LFOs submode Each project has two global LFOs that can be used across multiple tracks They are available as sources in each track s modmatrix ...

Страница 88: ...improve timing precision Press 2ND track to enter secondary tracks settings QUANTZ 1 64 1 32 1 24 1 16 Quantizer time division usually 1 16 STRENGTH 0 100 Amount of quantization As a 100 strength value will apply maximum quantization to the notes lower values will allow the notes to be slightly off grid ...

Страница 89: ...rithm parameters Some parameters have a secondary value that you can set by holding the associated encoder and scrolling it Tip When you apply an algo while performing a selection the algo will process only the selection 16 2 Generatr Availability step poly step drum Clear notes and generate a randomized pattern Generated notes are quantized to a grid that you define and you can set the min max no...

Страница 90: ...otate encoder to set minimum note length 96 ppqn 1 8 note 24 ppqn 1 32 note Velocity min max 0 127 Rotate encoder to set maximum note velocity Hold Rotate encoder to set minimum note velocity 16 3 Curves Availability step poly step drum Modify parameters of existing notes following a curve You can set the LFO wave sine triangle its amplitude min max its rate The default parameter to be processed i...

Страница 91: ...oll Roll Math Math conditional trigs Chan Chance uTime uTime groove 16 4 Symmetry Availability step poly step drum Reorganize your existing pattern with symmetry Events can be flipped horizontally time or vertically pitch Symmetry Time Pitch Choose whether you want an horizontal Time or vertical pitch symmetry Duplicate Off Existing events will erased On Events will be generated on top of your pre...

Страница 92: ...otes with accentuation based on the N parameter This algorithm is very powerfull for Drum sequencing Grid 1 1 1 64 Grid used for generation N 1 16 Accentuation each N For example N 2 every second note will be accentuated Accent V 0 127 Accent Velocity Ghost V 0 127 Ghost Velocity ...

Страница 93: ...lock input USB HOST Hapax will follow the usb host clock input USB DEVICE Hapax will follow the usb device clock input CV IN 1 Hapax will follow an analog gate input if connected on the CV input 1 CV IN 2 Hapax will follows an analog gate input if connected on the CV input 2 Tip When using CV IN 1 or CV IN 2 Hapax is synchronized in a step advance trigger style The setting CV CLOCK DIV let you cho...

Страница 94: ...ayback position CV run CV IN 1 Use an analog gate on CV input 1 to start the playback A high state will run the sequencer a low state will stop reset the playback CV IN 2 Use an analog gate on CV input 2 to start the playback A high state will run the sequencer a low state will stop reset the playback CV clock div 1 96 24ppqn 1 4 1ppqn When CLOCK SOURCE CV IN sets the speed of the expected incomin...

Страница 95: ...ted gate output will be set to high level when Hapax is stopped and low level when Hapax is playing Gate clock Gate 1 Gate 4 Selected gate will output a synchronisation clock with a 50 duty cycle Gate clock div 1 96 24ppqn 1 1 1 bar When GATE CLOCK is enable sets the speed resolution of the clock 17 4 Misc Metronome MIDI If metronome enabled in the rec settings the metronome will be send thanks to...

Страница 96: ... the center note defining TRSP 0 no transposition Transpose sync INSTANT BEAT 1 BAR 4 BARS Choose the time interval on which transposition should be synced to Mute group OFF Instant track mute ON When muting tracks enables group selection all tracks mute states will be toggled after the mute pad release Led brightness 0 100 Adjust leds brightness level to best match your environment Screen contras...

Страница 97: ...r palette mode to customize RGB leds colors thanks to encoders read section Color palette Info Display HapaxOs version and real time CPU usage Debug Enabled Off On Enable debug shortcuts for debugging purposes 17 5 CV Gate pedal CV IN range 5 0v 5 0v 0 0v 5 0v Set the input voltage range Hapax can process for the 2x CV inputs CV OUT range 5 0v 5 0v 0 0v 5 0v Set the voltage range Hapax can output ...

Страница 98: ...RE Ignore Ignore incoming midi notes CC Messages IGNORE Ignore Ignore incoming midi CC messages Pitchbend IGNORE Ignore Ignore incoming midi pitchbend events Pressure IGNORE Ignore Ignore incoming midi aftertouch events Program change IGNORE Ignore Ignore incoming midi PC program change events 17 7 Midi thru When Midi thru is enabled between an input and an output it forwards instantly any Midi ev...

Страница 99: ...t USB device ON Configure MIDI thru from the USB host input to USB device output 17 8 Color palette Under Palette you will be able to finetune custom RGB led colors This is very usefull if you already have strong synestetic habits Toggle settings button and enter Settings MISC Palette You will see the colour chart on the matrix pads a RGB color is made of 3 elements red green and blue Palette Note...

Страница 100: ...egular automation regular events DEFA default automation default values Red Green Blue 0 100 Rotate encoders to add or remove this color compound in the mix 17 9 Midi monitor Hold 2ND Toggle live to display the midi monitor showing midi in events left screen and midi out events right screen 17 10 How to calibrate the 4 CV outputs You can fine tune Hapax s 4 analog outputs in order to get a very pr...

Страница 101: ...ted all the voltages for CV1 output the next CV output CV2 CV3 and finally CV4 will be automatically selected Ajust each voltages of this selected output always with the help of your voltmeter and by rotating the menu encoder At the very end of this procedure this calibration will be saved in the SD card Then you can reboot Hapax and start playing with your CV outputs Tip Hapax outputs 5 00V for a...

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