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Hardware Overview

Along the top of the module you will find the inputs (2) and outputs (1) for the clock and reset,
and channel trigger inputs (5) and channel signal outputs (4) .  Each channel also has an LED
indicating the signal at it’s output (6) and Maestro’s clock and reset are shown on LEDs (3).
Maestro uses a micro SD card (7) to store channel data for saving and loading, as well as
firmware updates and other settings.

Button Overview

- Channel (19) and mute (18) buttons

- Timing (15) buttons and triplet (16) and slow (17) modifier buttons

- Waveform (8) buttons and smooth (12) and bipolar (13) modifier buttons

- Save (9) and load (10) buttons

- Chain menu button (14)

- Clock menu button (11)

Maestro Firmware V1.1

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Summary of Contents for Maestro

Page 1: ...Maestro Firmware V1 1 Updated March 19 2021 ...

Page 2: ...hat turns any channel of Maestro into a complex CV generator following the rhythm of an external gate or trigger Instantly recallable save and load slots from the uSD card cached in internal memory You can save and recall entire module state or individual channel settings to perform dramatic changes to Maestro s output without missing a beat Module Installation Maestro requires 20hp of space in a ...

Page 3: ...and Maestro s clock and reset are shown on LEDs 3 Maestro uses a micro SD card 7 to store channel data for saving and loading as well as firmware updates and other settings Button Overview Channel 19 and mute 18 buttons Timing 15 buttons and triplet 16 and slow 17 modifier buttons Waveform 8 buttons and smooth 12 and bipolar 13 modifier buttons Save 9 and load 10 buttons Chain menu button 14 Clock...

Page 4: ...Timing and Modifier Buttons The timing buttons determine the multiplication or division of the clock tempo for a given channel A timing can be applied to a channel by selecting the timing button before or after the channel button or changed on the fly by holding down the channel button and jamming through different timings The tempo is displayed on the clock LED The timing buttons range from note ...

Page 5: ...ixed 0V signal 5V with bipolar applied Square is a 50 duty cycle square wave with an amplitude of 5V 10V with bipolar applied Random is a stepped random voltage between 0V and 5V 5V to 5V with bipolar applied Ramp up is a rising sawtooth wave with an amplitude of 5V 10V with bipolar applied Ramp down is a falling sawtooth wave with an amplitude of 5V 10V with bipolar applied Triangle is a triangle...

Page 6: ... here Holding smooth while manually increasing or decreasing the internal clock will move in increments of 1 bpm Ramp up is simple tap tempo where the bpm determined by space between last 2 taps on the ramp up button Random sets a random internal clock tempo between 60 and 180 bpm Mute stops the internal clock when no external clock is patched into Maestro Clock PPQN Setting In the clock menu the ...

Page 7: ... that slot Any settings for other channels in that save slot will remain untouched Pressing the clock button inside the save menu will allow you to save the internal clock tempo to a save slot in addition to any selected channel s data Pressing save again without selecting a save slot will exit the save menu without saving Load Menu Pressing load brings you into the load menu where you can recall ...

Page 8: ...ly the chain and pressing chain a final time without selecting a channel button will simply exit the chain menu without applying the chain Holding down the random button before pressing chain will generate a random chain and illuminate the channel buttons to prompt you to apply the chain A chain may be a maximum of 32 waveforms long Channel Inputs One Shot Mode Each channel has an input jack locat...

Page 9: ...tion options for that channel Each timing button name refers to the fraction of the default 0V to 5V 5V to 5V bipolar range according to the following table 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 of range 50 25 12 5 6 25 3 125 Unipolar 0 to 2 5V 0 to 1 25V 0 to 0 625V 0 to 0 313V 0 to 0 156V Bipolar 2 5V to 2 5V 1 25V to 1 25V 0 625V to 0 625V 0 313V to 0 313V 0 156V to 0 156V The attenuated output state of a chan...

Page 10: ...t back into the Maestro with the your case power off Power up your case and watch Maestro run through the firmware update animation buttons will slowly illuminate in rows from the bottom left to top right Once the animation is complete your maestro is updated and ready for use Firmware Update Changelog V1 1 March 15 2021 ADDED PPQN Settings in clock menu ADDED Internal attenuation menu ADDED Inter...

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