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ALM035 ’ASQ-1’ Operation Manual

Version 0.1

July 26, 2022

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION

2 FEATURES

3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

4 OPERATION

4.1

Panel Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.2 Usage Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.3 Clocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.4 Sequence Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.5 Quantiser Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.6 Pattern Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.7 Saving & Loading Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 GLOBAL OPERATIONS

5.1

Global Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 KEY REFERENCE

7 LIMITED WARRANTY

8 SUPPORT

9 APPENDIX

9.1

I. Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

9.2 II. Firmware Update and Sequence Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

9.3 III. Sequence Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Summary of Contents for ALM035

Page 1: ...l Layout 3 4 2 Usage Overview 3 4 3 Clocking 3 4 4 Sequence Mode 5 4 5 Quantiser Mode 6 4 6 Pattern Mode 7 4 7 Saving Loading Patterns 7 5 GLOBAL OPERATIONS 8 5 1 Global Transpose 8 6 KEY REFERENCE 9 7 LIMITED WARRANTY 10 8 SUPPORT 11 9 APPENDIX 12 9 1 I Factory Reset 12 9 2 II Firmware Update and Sequence Backup 12 9 3 III Sequence Backup 12 1 ...

Page 2: ...y suited to quickly jamming out ideas or performing live It s intended to be fun the antithesis of all the over designed perfor mance sequencers out there Hands on Happy accident friendly 2 FEATURES 2x step time CV Gate sequencers 4x trigger sequencers External CV quantiser Internal and external clocking Pattern saving and loading Spacious performance oriented interface All settings remain between...

Page 3: ... associated LED indicating which mode is currently active When active a mode can be interacted with i e sequence event editing saving loading etc Pressing the Play button toggles playback of all the sequence modes 4 3 Clocking ASQ 1 features an internal clock which will be used if no external clock is patched You can change the speed of the internal clock whilst holding Play and clicking the octav...

Page 4: ...ger on stop output into reset With this patched stopping Pam will automatically reset the ASQ 1 to the beginning of the sequence otherwise you d need to press play twice to manually reset 4 ...

Page 5: ...te keys will indicate the current length of the inputted sequence Once the sequence is input press the Store button again to end input Pressing Play will now start playback of the input sequence note if you have an external clock patched make sure it is running During playback the current playback position within current 8 steps is shown via a white key s red LED A note key with the green led lit ...

Page 6: ... LEDs lit Anything played in live on the note keys will then be overdubbed onto the sequence Press Store again to exit overdub mode An inputted pattern can be saved by holding Store and pressing any note key to save the pat tern to any of 13 slots To recall hold Play and press the relevant note key The new sequence will play when the current finishes One set of 13 slots is shared between both step...

Page 7: ...the total pattern length with each octave LED representing 8 steps and the end LED representing 32 steps The maximum length of each trigger pattern is 64 steps Steps can be entered in real time with the sequence playing By default page changes follow playback The octave LEDs change to represent the current page Pressing an octave button once whilst playing disables pattern follow and you will then...

Page 8: ...LOBAL OPERATIONS 5 1 Global Transpose Both step time sequences and the quantiser can be transposed together by holding Mode and pressing any note key Note this is independent of any local transpositions 8 ...

Page 9: ...Length of zero clears Hold Note change pattern length non 8 lengths Hold Rest toggles muting the output of the currently active mode Rest Black Key change clock divider black key LED shows currently set Store Note save current pattern to selected note bank Play Note load a pattern from selected note bank Play Octave change tempo in BPM steps with no external clock patched 9 ...

Page 10: ...ly to Physical damage arising for mistreatment i e dropping submerging etc Damage caused by incorrect power connections Overexposure to heat or direct sunlight Damage caused by inappropriate or mis use including physical modding Use of incorrect or non official firmware No responsibility is implied or accepted for harm to person or apparatus caused through op eration of this product By using this ...

Page 11: ... For the latest news additional info downloads and firmware updates please visit the ALM website at http busycircuits com and follow busycircuits on twitter and instagram Questions email help busycircuits com 11 ...

Page 12: ...orage de vice Copy a valid firmware file to the root directory to update When complete ASQ 1 will automatically eject once the update completed and is ready to use powered normally any unmount errors from the computer can be safely ignored 9 3 III Sequence Backup To back up saved sequences connect the ASQ 1 to a computer the same as performing a firmware update Copy the ASQ1SEQ BAK file from the A...

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