Eventide Misha, User Manual

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Page 2: ...e Range Menu 13 Scales 15 Scale Selection 15 Factory Scales 15 User defined Scales 15 Modes 15 User Assignable Buttons 17 Tone Row 19 What is a Tone Row 19 Manual non automated 21 Automated 22 Interval button sequence 23 Play Options 26 Interval Button Option 27 Polyphony 30 Chords 30 Chord Menu 31 MIDI Out 32 CV Out 32 MIDI 33 MIDI In 33 MIDI Out 34 MIDI PassThru 34 2 ...

Page 3: ... 44 Audio Output 44 Presets 44 Scales 44 SD Card 46 System 47 About Misha 49 Online Help 49 Updating Firmware 50 Factory Reset 51 APPENDIX 52 Physical Electronic Specifications 52 Default Setup Parameters 52 Default MIDI Note Map 53 Default USB Keyboard map 54 MIDI Implementation Chart 57 MIDI adapter 5 pin DIN to stereo 3 5mm 59 LEGALESE 59 Safety and Warranty 59 3 ...

Page 4: ...vantage of this kind of approach Misha has a way of helping you discover new musical ideas even ones you didn t consciously create Another advantage is to make it easy for people with little or no musical training to create melodies on the fly How Keep reading and learn how easy this can be What s in the box Your Misha comes with the following Misha 28 HP Eurorack module Quick Reference Guide Micr...

Page 5: ...back of the module confirming that the red stripe on the power cable is connected to 12V next to the solid white line 4 Connect the 16 pin side of the IDC power cable to the 2x8 pin header on your Eurorack power supply confirming that the red stripe on the power cable is connected to 12V 5 Install Misha in your Eurorack case 6 Power your Eurorack synthesizer system on 5 ...

Page 6: ... audio out jack to a mixer amplifier or headphones to hear the unit s internal tone By default the unit will be in C major starting on middle C as displayed below Press these buttons to play the tune Mary Had a Little Lamb Now play the tune on any traditional keyboard by playing these notes piano keys 6 ...

Page 7: ...ess Misha s middle button labeled 0 and you ll hear the last note that you played If you played C last you ll hear C again Now return to the Misha keyboard If you press 1 you ll hear D If you press 1 again you ll hear E Try some other interval buttons maybe alternating 2 and 1 in order to hear a simple descending pattern Try different combinations of interval buttons to hear what comes out Take a ...

Page 8: ...u can just improvise something Play around now and see what you discover While you are exploring try out some other scales Misha also lets you do this easily Whatever pattern of intervals you learn to play in one scale applies equally well to other scales Try this Find a pattern of interval buttons you like and then turn the Scale Knob to select a new scale Now when you replay that same pattern th...

Page 9: ... in the opening menu Play Menu Key Knob Turn the Key Knob to set the key signature The key signature is displayed on the LCD above the solfege wheel on the left Scale Knob Turn the Scale Knob to select a scale The scale is displayed on the LCD above the solfege wheel on the right See Scales section below for more detail 9 ...

Page 10: ...right of the display indicate the key and scale we are currently in respectively Solfege Wheel Graphically displays notes of scale note position and name Octave Display Boxes below the solfege wheel indicate current octave and number of octaves in the current note range User Buttons These perform user defined functions See User Assignable Buttons section below Undo This is the undo key it returns ...

Page 11: ...kwards by three etc So one can imagine that the twelve notes are the numbers on the face of a clock and one is moving around the clock by jumping forwards and backwards from number to number Left Shift and Right Shift buttons These decrement increment through the 4 menus Press and hold each one or the other to bring up various screen options as well 11 ...

Page 12: ... to perform the intervals 4 to 4 The Key Knob scrolls through musical keys as you rotate it Press and hold the Key Knob while rotating it to load a new key signature on release The Scale Knob scrolls through the scales as you rotate it Misha contains 200 slots for scales 4 banks of 50 scales with 2 banks of factory scales and 2 banks of user scales Press the Scale Knob to cycle through these 4 ban...

Page 13: ... play from the beginning of the sequence If instead you press again you ll start recording a new Tone Row Pressing the button while the Tone Row is playing will pause the sequence Pressing it again will resume the sequence from where you left off Pressing the button will immediately play the sequence from the beginning Pressing User 3 4 will shorten lengthen the note length The note length is disp...

Page 14: ...onnecting an external clock source to the clock input automatically sets the clock to external Rotate the Scale Knob to adjust the BPM in increments of 1 Pressing turning the Scale Knob will adjust the BPM in increments of 5 Press the button repeatedly in time to set a tap tempo for the internal clock Note Range Menu The Note Range Menu allows you to optimize the note range for different sounds an...

Page 15: ...he Scale Knob sets highest note value Your note Ranges are saved within the preset and Pressing the Button will reset the note range Press to load min max values from last loaded preset see System Note Range Home for how this is defined 15 ...

Page 16: ... scale written by the user in Scala format See the section below called Setup Scales for more information on Scala By default U1 and U2 are pre loaded with the same scales in S1 and S2 factory scales but can be overwritten with either type of scale mentioned above To load a factory scale into a particular user scale slot use the menu item Setup Scales Bank Mapping User scales are loaded from the S...

Page 17: ... in C Major If your Scale Mode is set to Preserve Root then the display will read C Dorian and the notes of the scale will be C D Eb F G A Bb If instead you are set to Preserve Key then the display will read D Dorian and the notes of the scale will be D E F G A B C In either case to return to the root which is to say the top note of the solfege wheel one can press home either via MIDI or pressing ...

Page 18: ...pressed I e the sequence 3 SAME results in 3 3 whereas 2 SAME results in 2 2 Same Pitch like SAME but repeats the actual frequency ratio rather than the number of steps even if it results in a note not in the current scale As an example let s say one is in the key of C and let s say previously that one has started on the note D and pressed 1 to go to E SAME button will move the user to next note i...

Page 19: ...ic is selected on either of these two user buttons the other will also be assigned chromatic Chromatic buttons sound a note one step chromatically down user 3 or up user 4 from the previously sounded note For a diatonic scale chromatic is a half step but more generally chromatic is defined in the scale data E g in a microtonal scale typically it would be halfway from the first to second note of th...

Page 20: ...Row either manually by pressing interval buttons or sending in remote commands via MIDI USB keyboard or CV Inputs or automatically if there is an internal or external clock running Recording Pressing the button turns Tone Row on and off In Tone Row mode the LED lights RED while you fill up a Tone Row by pressing the interval buttons When the Tone Row is completely populated the LED turns off and t...

Page 21: ... the following examples it is assumed the clock whether internal and external is off Example 1 You are on middle C in the chromatic scale and press the button Note that in the following description each time you hear a note it will be added to the Tone Row You press 0 to start Adds C Then pressing 1 will move you to C Pressing 1 will move you to B Skipping over C as it has been used already Pressi...

Page 22: ...he order had been set to chromatic and the knob turned two clicks in the same direction In either case chromatic or circle of 5ths turning this knob a good number of rotations is one way to move a Tone Row up or down in register Scale Knob in Tone Row Mode Play Menu In Tone Row Mode when the Scale Knob is turned Misha will preserve the melodic contour the interval relationships of the original pat...

Page 23: ...matic same pitch 1 octaves moves entire Tone Row up down an octave 2 octaves moves entire Tone Row up down 2 octaves These work as if we are not currently in a Tone Row so they don t move through the sequence but instead they play a note the specified distance from the last note Automated The Tone Row will play automatically if the green light is on Playback Stage and it is receiving signal via Cl...

Page 24: ...ack portion of Tone Row then assuming an active clock is detected the Tone Row will automatically play back at the tempo of the incoming clock signal Interval button sequence Auto Play menu A newly recorded Tone Row will play back initially using the Prime play option and in the order in which it was recorded i e as if 1 were being repeatedly pressed in manual Tone Row mode However it is possible ...

Page 25: ...s in quick succession a ratcheting effect Random Step This can be added subtracted to the sequence by pressing and holding user 4 and pressing the Scale Knob Like random play mode above this randomly generates a step with the same parameters as above and then moves through the Tone Row using that step always resulting in a note in the Tone Row User 1 2 If user 4 is pressed and held and then user 1...

Page 26: ... say which will last the same number of incoming pulses but actually a different length of time Inversion If in the Auto Play Menu then pressing and holding the Key Knob and then pressing turns every interval in the Tone Row upside down INVERTED i e a positive movement becomes a negative and vice versa Repeating this toggles you back to NORMAL Play Once If we are not currently playing a Tone Row o...

Page 27: ...So for 1 the step can only be positive 0 1 2 and for 1 it can only be negative 0 1 2 So positive steps add positive randoms and negative steps add negative randoms The larger the step the more random numbers to choose from Pendulum Moves forward then backwards through the Tone Row Note that the following four play options move the Tone Row up or down over time so that at each cycle the Tone Row be...

Page 28: ... the choices for interval button mode Interval Interval buttons will temporarily insert an interval into the sequence time quantized to the current clock division of the sequence The user can press as many interval buttons as he or she wants when the notes are finished playing the sequence returns from the position of the sequence where it was interrupted Clock Div The speed of playback relative t...

Page 29: ...ess Translate Increment Decrements the entire Tone Row the specified scale steps The Tone Row is shifted based on the music scale it was recorded in Only 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 are functional 4 shifts Tone Row down 4 steps within scale 3 shifts Tone Row down 3 steps within scale 2 shifts Tone Row down 2 steps within scale 1 shifts Tone Row down 1 step within scale 0 resets to original translation 1 shift...

Page 30: ...val button option selected Interval Resets Tone Row Play Option Prime Inverted Normal and Interval Button Sequence 1 Clock Div Transpose original key Tone Row was recorded in Translate 0 Octave 0 Chord chord off Reset Sequence Play Option While in Auto Play navigating to the Play Menu pressing and holding the Scale Knob and then pressing will reset us to the original Tone Row settings though in cu...

Page 31: ...o playing a piano with the fingers fixed like the teeth of a rake Misha sends the three pitches simultaneously via MIDI and also one through each of the three CV Out s Below is the format for the 9 chords pre installed in Misha The first item in the list is the top lead note in relation to the button pressed always 0 here and then each subsequent number represents the interval relative move from t...

Page 32: ... user 4 is played each note of the chord will be lowered or raised respectively by a chromatic step as well Chord Menu There are three ways to select a chord In any menu select Chord 1 9 by pressing and holding the button then rotating the Scale Knob to browse among the chords then pressing it in to select Alternatively one can press hold and then press user 3 to decrement the chord user 4 to incr...

Page 33: ...e information and note offs will be sent when buttons are released CV Out No Chord If more than one button is pressed simultaneously the second button pressed will cut off the first note and the second CV value will be sent Optionally up to 3 notes can be sounded via CV Out2 and CV Out3 CV Out With Chord According to the chord selected two notes are always being sent out CV2 Out and CV3 Out 33 ...

Page 34: ...n be mapped to the same functions that MIDI notes can trigger in the following way a particular MIDI CC can be assigned to that function and when the CC is sent it will be triggered If it s a MOVE function it will be triggered ONLY if the value is 64 MIDI Notes and CC s which are not defined in MIDI Mapping are passed through to the MIDI Out jack Default MIDI Note Map Front panel buttons that play...

Page 35: ...and as a signal to the Misha to toggle between the two states PassThru Modes There are three modes Off PassThru and Active Off No MIDI data Notes CC Pitch Bend etc is passed through If a given note has an assignment the Misha function assigned to it will be performed and the appropriate MIDI note sent PassThru The data on the MIDI Out port mirrors the signal on the MIDI In port All MIDI data is pa...

Page 36: ... and Active handle held over notes gracefully For example if the player is holding down one or more keys when the state is changed from PassThru to Active the notes will continue to sound until the keys are released by the player Similarly if the player is holding down one or more keys when the state changes from Active to PassThru the notes will continue to sound until the keys are released by th...

Page 37: ...ed an adapter to convert from the standard USB A to Misha s micro USB jack There is a user definable map in which the keyboard keys are assigned Misha functions In Setup System see USB Kbd Mapping This turns Misha into a Samchillian Below is the default mapping There are also various keyboard shortcuts Ctrl M Setup Menu Ctrl S Chords Menu Ctrl K Transpose Menu Enter Okay Backspace Cancel Home Top ...

Page 38: ...de Last note played MIDI Range Min Max Key Signature Tone Row data sequence of intervals with corresponding MIDI velocities Chord user 1 2 assignment Note that user 3 4 are global and not saved with the preset Output Mono Poly Monophonic or Polyphonic MIDI Program Change Number Pitch Bend Range Play Clock Div Play Note Duration Play Option Play inverted Yes No interval button sequence interval but...

Page 39: ...preset the current Tone Row is preserved but played back with the key and scale stored in the preset It can be interesting to have a few presets saved without Tone Rows for the purpose of hearing a particular Tone Row performed with different keys scales sounds as one loads different presets The preset number is momentarily displayed on the top of the Play Menu At bottom is displayed preset inform...

Page 40: ...ut saving Press at any time to exit Setup altogether escape and return to performance In these last two cases the user will be prompted Discard changes if changes have been made Setup parameters default in bold Button Functions Note that the user buttons can also be reassigned by pressing holding the Key Knob and then pressing user 1 4 User Function Options Same Interval Same Pitch Random Interval...

Page 41: ...he T G In in this case it will be used as a trigger Typically you would then select Trigger Function Key Mapping and in the Trigger Mapping menu only the function assigned to Num 1 will be triggered by incoming triggers Num 2 11 will be ignored If instead Trigger Function is assigned the Interval Keys option an incoming trigger will trigger User 1 only Unlinked T CV Select this if you want two ind...

Page 42: ... the CV In range Follows the Setup System Key Sig Order Translate Translates moves up or down within the current key according to where the voltage falls within the CV In range Note this works only when there is a Tone Row playing automatedly Midi Velocity This chooses a velocity based on the incoming CV to replace the MIDI velocity of incoming MIDI notes whether from MIDI In or the front panel bu...

Page 43: ... 45 0 91 V Num 3 0 91 1 36 V Num 4 1 36 1 82 V Num 5 1 82 2 27 V Num 6 2 27 2 73 V Num 7 2 73 3 18 V Num 8 3 18 3 64 V Num 9 3 64 4 09 V Num 10 4 09 4 55 V Num 11 4 55 5 V There is a comprehensive list of functions of on off type functions available here including changes of scale key chord and sequencer operation CV IN Y Menu is the same as for CV In X Default relevant settings Linking Linked Gat...

Page 44: ...e user can choose mode as well Key Sig Add Flat 1 11 Add Sharp 1 11 Undo Step 1 1 Key C B Random Chords Step 1 1 Name Octaves Third Sixth Wide Random Special All Off Record Play Pause Play Once Mute All Off On Toggle Momentary Load Prst Step 1 1 Number 1 18 Random Play Clock Div Step 1 1 Value 4 1 3 1 5 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 7 8 1 2d 5 8 9 16 1 2 7 16 1 4d 1 2t 5 16 1 4 1 8d 1 4 t 1 8 1 16d 1 8t 1 16 1 16...

Page 45: ... the above MIDI note mappings MIDI PassThru Mode Off Active PassThru MIDI CC 0 127 default 88 MIDI CC Action Active Low Active High Toggle Octave Offset 2 1 0 1 2 Clocking Int Clock Enable Off On Turn internal clock on and off Int Clock BPM Set BPM beats per minute of internal clock Ext Clock PPQ 1 4 24 Set parts per quarter note PPQ The setting you choose depends on which device is sending the cl...

Page 46: ... well as some Xenharmonic microtonal scales just intonation international non standard equal tempered non octave repeating etc In addition the user can create or import his or her own scales utilizing the scala format These are loaded via the SD Card into the user banks U1 User Bank 1 U2 User Bank 2 The user banks come preloaded with a copy of the factory bank scales and are then overwritten as ne...

Page 47: ...away from it either by rotating or pressing and releasing the Scale Knob At that point you will be prompted to either assign it to a user slot or not or cancel If you answer yes then you will assign it to the user slot U1 or U2 and the slot number overwriting whatever was there prior If you answer no the scale will be removed from memory and you will be returned to the Play Menu You can also proac...

Page 48: ... xml All Settings Misha xml Saved appears after a successful save Load Menu Settings MenuSettings xml Presets Presets xml MIDI Note Map MidiNoteMap xml MIDI CC Map MidiCCMap xml Keyboard Map KbdMap xml All Maps KeyMaps xml All Settings Misha xml All Files Loaded appears after a successful load If you try to save over an existing file a digit will be added to the new filename to distinguish it Then...

Page 49: ...termines how modes change either when the Scale Knob is pressed and turned when viewing a mode capable scale or when the appropriate MIDI commands are sent remotely If preserve root then the root of the mode remains fixed as shown by the note name on top of the solfege wheel And the underlying key signature adjusts accordingly so the notes that appear around the wheel change to match If preserve k...

Page 50: ...nstructions This is a multi part process 1 Remove all patch cables Press Okay Key Knob Says Calibrating Step 1 2 Send 5V into CV In X Press Okay Says Calibrating Step 2 3 Send 5V into CV In Y Press Okay Says Calibrating Step 3 4 Send 5V into CV In Z Press Okay Says Calibrating Step 4 5 Connect all patch cables from CV Outputs to CV Inputs Press Okay Says Calibrating Step 5 If all is well will say ...

Page 51: ...dy running before the device was turned on you may have to click search for device before step 6 7 Select your device and press OK 8 At top select the most recent available update and click Install Update The firmware will be installed do not disconnect power during this procedure When finished the update will be verified Note this updates to the latest firmware You can update to any available upd...

Page 52: ...s is when a user Auditions a scale and then maps the scale 5 Scale Maps Banks a S1 S2 banks remain unchanged because these are the factory banks b U1 U2 banks are reset to a copy of the factory banks Method 1 Go to the Setup menu by pressing both the Key Knob and Scale Knob simultaneously Then go to System Factory Reset Press Key Knob to select It will ask Are you sure Press Key Knob a second time...

Page 53: ...5V 0V to 10V configurable Stereo audio out 2 channels stereo DC coupled Default Setup Parameters Button Functions usr 1 Functions Octave 1 usr 2 Functions Octave 1 CV Outputs CV Output 1 Range 5V 5V Tuning 60 0V CV Output 2 Range 5V 5V Tuning 60 0V CV Output 3 Range 5V 5V Tuning 60 0V Pitch Bend Range 2 CV Inputs CV Input X INTERVAL Range 0V 5V CV Input Y PITCH BEND Range 0V 5V 53 ...

Page 54: ...u Mode MIDI CC MIDI CC Action Octave Offset Active 88 Toggle 2 Presets Home Position Root System Note Range C2 36 B6 95 Note Range Home Capture Current Solfege Wrap On Solfege Display Note Names Tone Row Octaves Not Allowed Key Sig Order Circle of Fifths Output Mono Poly Polyphonic On Startup Load Last Preset Default MIDI Note Map 54 ...

Page 55: ... 84 C6 5 64 E4 5 85 C 6 Undo 65 F4 4 86 D6 6 66 F 4 Undo 1 87 D 6 Same 67 G4 3 88 E6 7 68 G 4 Chromatic 1 89 F6 8 69 A4 2 90 F 6 Home Silent 70 A 4 Random 91 G6 9 71 B4 1 92 G 6 Chr Sh 1 72 C5 0 93 A6 All Notes Off 73 C 5 Same 94 A 6 All Notes Off 74 D5 Home Sound 95 B6 All Notes Off 75 D 5 Same Pitch 96 C7 All Notes Off 76 E5 0 Default USB Keyboard map A Move Pitch 0 V Move Pitch 6 55 ...

Page 56: ...ig Add Flat 5 K Move Pitch 2 6 Key Sig Add Flat 6 L Move Chromati c 1 7 Key Sig Add Flat 7 M Move Pitch 6 8 Key Sig Add Flat 8 N Move Pitch 1 9 Key Sig Add Flat 9 O Mov Undo 0 0 Key Sig Add Flat 10 P Move Pitch 4 Return unassigned Q Special All Off Escape unassigned R Move Pitch 3 Backspace unassigned S Move Pitch 2 Tab unassigned T Move Undo 1 Space Move Same Interval U Move Chromati c 1 Key Sig ...

Page 57: ...unassigned Page Up Move Octave 2 Caps Lock unassigned Delete unassigned F1 Scale Name Ma jor Ionian End unassigned F2 Scale Name Chr oma Page Down Move Octave 2 F3 Scale Name Pe nta Right unassigned F4 Scale Name 10 Note Left unassigned F5 Scale Name 20 Note Down Move Octave 1 F6 Scale Name Ov ertone Up Move Octave 1 F7 Scale Name Blu es F8 Scale Name Shi ft Down F9 Scale Name Shi ft Up F10 Scale ...

Page 58: ...r 2 octaves Velocity Note On O 9nH v 0 127 O v 0 127 sending note on w 0 velocity for note off velocity values 0 127 are passed through with mapped interval note numbers Note Off X X v 1 127 if using midi mapping After Key s X O Touch Ch s X O Pitch Bend O O Used in traditional way as well as specific values sent before each note in the case of microtonal scales Control 0 O O any CC 0 127 can be m...

Page 59: ...Exclusive System Song pos X X Common Song sel X X Tune X X System Clock X X Real Time Commands X X Aux Local ON OFF X X Message All Note Off O O Active Sensing X X Reset X X Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY OFF Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY ON Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO O Yes X No 59 ...

Page 60: ...from the date of purchase as detailed below At our discretion within the warranty period we may elect to repair or replace the defective unit This means that if the unit fails under normal operation because of such defect we will repair the defective unit at no charge for parts or labor We also assume a limited responsibility for shipping charges as detailed below The warranty does not extend beyo...

Page 61: ...y under slightly different circumstances see below Units that are used or have been used as part of a rental program are not covered under any circumstances It is your responsibility to prove or to be able to prove that you have purchased the unit under circumstances which activate the warranty A copy of your purchase invoice is normally necessary and sufficient for this If you have any questions ...

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