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9.  CHANGE THE KEY AND SCALE

 Set FUNCTION to any value from 1 to 4. Now turn the KEY 

knob slowly to the right while playing notes with your right hand. The display will move through 
the twelve root notes of the Western scale, with a decimal indicating Sharp: 

C  C.  D  D.  E  F  F.  G  G.  A  A.  B

Turn the SCALE knob slowly to the right while playing notes. The display will show 

1 - 12

. These 

numbers are keyed to the label on the bottom of your Altura. The Altura plays a wide variety of 
scales and modes. See the Reference Manual for more details.

Playing your scales was never so easy!

10.  TRANSPOSE THE OCTAVE

 Turn the OCTAvE NEAR knob just enough to cause the display to 

appear. You should see 

5  5

 . This means near the sensor, you are playing in Octave 5 (out of 

a range of 1 – 8), and far from the sensor, you are still playing in Octave 5 – a range of one 
octave, probably descending as you move from near to far.

a.  Turn the OCTAvE FAR knob left until the display shows 

5  4

. Now your hand covers two 

octaves descending: Octave 5 near the sensor, Octave 4 far from the sensor.

b.  Turn the OCTAvE FAR knob right until the display shows 

5  6

. Now your hand covers two 

octaves ascending: Octave 5 near the sensor, Octave 6 far from the sensor.

c.  Turn the OCTAvE FAR knob left until the display shows 

5  5

 again. Now this one-octave 

range is 

ascending! Remember it used to be descending? Whenever you set the Altura to 

cover one octave, that one octave will ascend if the previous range was ascending, and 
descend if the previous range was descending.

11.  ARTICULATION

 It is possible to adjust the minimum time between notes, somewhat similar to the 

Quantize function in a sequencer. This serves to strike a balance between responsiveness and 
stability. See the Reference Manual for details.

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Страница 2: ...but any derivatives must be shared using the same license 111717 QUICK START GUIDE 3 REFERENCE MANUAL 8 INTRODUCTION 8 BACKGROUND 8 HOW IT WORKS 9 FEATURE LIST 10 REAR PANEL 10 TOP PANEL 10 ON THE PCB...

Страница 3: ...MIDI OUT jack and connect it to the MIDI IN of your Macchiato Mini Synth or any other device or plug into a MIDI patch bay or other port device or use a MIDI to USB cable to plug into your computer 3...

Страница 4: ...de User Defined The DATA and OCTAVE knobs set the max and min values transmitted by left and right sensors KEY and SCALE set the left and right CC 7 Send Channel Select n a DATA FAR sets the MIDI Send...

Страница 5: ...um velocity around 30 will prevent you from accidentally silencing your Altura This affects the starting velocity of each new note Velocity usually impacts the volume of the note but your synth might...

Страница 6: ...ght Sensor MIDI Max and Min Since this mode does not trigger notes use it with a drone synth or a sequencer The Altura defaults to CC s 85 86 on startup which are undefined Consult the CC chart of you...

Страница 7: ...the sensor you are still playing in Octave 5 a range of one octave probably descending as you move from near to far a Turn the OCTAVE FAR knob left until the display shows 5 4 Now your hand covers two...

Страница 8: ...ention performing to large audiences and receiving mixed reactions His tour took him and his wife Katia to New York where he opened a laboratory and studio patented the Theremin licensed its manufactu...

Страница 9: ...eet packets of digital data that are read and interpreted by a separate synthesizer The Altura s right hand sensor ranges your hand and transmits a Note On message to start a specific note thus contro...

Страница 10: ...I Out TOP PANEL 1 Power On Indicator 2 3 Digit Display 3 Left Distance Sensor MIDI Control Functions 4 Right Sensor MIDI Pitch 5 DATA FAR Adjust 6 DATA NEAR Adjust 7 FUNCTION Select 8 KEY Root Note Se...

Страница 11: ...11 ON THE PCB 1 Battery Holder 2 ISP Header 3 Articulation Adjust...

Страница 12: ...to switch the Altura on The red LED on top lights up Push the button again to switch it off 3 MIDI Out The Altura transmits data along one pin of a standard MIDI cable We recommend you connect all you...

Страница 13: ...dynamic spinning symbol 0 0a sdf fghjk00 Indicates amount of pitch bend from f no bend to 0 maximum bend See PITCH BEND Dashes X Y mode Idle no data transmitting from either sensor This thing z x X Y...

Страница 14: ...ge 16 When using Pitch Bend removing your hand snaps the pitch back to No Bend just like when you release the Pitch Bend wheel on a conventional controller When using the other functions however remov...

Страница 15: ...sensor behaves much like the Data slider found on most MIDI controllers You use the DATA knobs to set the maximum and minimum values produced by the slider DATA NEAR sets the limiting value the Altur...

Страница 16: ...ected Send channel When you wave your hand in front of the left sensor in Pitch Bend mode the display shows a cute spinny thing to represent Pitch Bend Down and Pitch Bend Up At the neutral zone or No...

Страница 17: ...ises and you should hear note modulation usually a tremolo effect Move your hand far away the number falls and the effect diminishes You can reverse the effect by swapping the numbers The controller a...

Страница 18: ...lts and other Korgs that did not respond at all and could not easily be made to do so You may need to do some fiddling with your synth or your DAW software to get results with this feature When the FU...

Страница 19: ...sor CC On startup these default to CC 85 86 which are undefined Your synth may respond immediately to many of the standard MIDI defined controllers See your synthesizer s documentation for a table of...

Страница 20: ...s all twelve notes in the Western scale A scale is defined by the intervals between adjacent notes as you make your way up an octave from one root note to the next The following table describes the in...

Страница 21: ...grooving You can adjust octaves on the fly as you play If the OCTAVE FAR value is higher than OCTAVE NEAR then naturally the scale will ascend as you move your hand farther from the sensor and vice ve...

Страница 22: ...r is the top left pin The socket on your programmer will have some sort of indicator on one of the corners to indicate pin 1 Be sure to attach your programmer to the header correctly We used a USB Tin...

Страница 23: ...selection is essential Articulation is a set it forget it thing PROGRAMMING THE ALTURA THEREMIN MIDI CONTROLLER The Altura software was developed in the Arduino integrated development environment IDE...

Страница 24: ...odulation Near 60 0 0 Modulation Far 10 90 0 Modulation Set Value 30 15 0 Velocity Near 127 127 10 Velocity Far 127 127 127 Velocity Set Value 127 127 64 Channel Vol Near 0 127 10 Channel Vol Far 127...

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