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UI Combinations

Quick Recalls

COBALT8X has 8 Quick Recall slots for quickly loading presets. Quick Recalls are controlled 
using the following button combos: 

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Hold ‘Patch’ + hold one of the eight buttons on bottom left of the panel to assign the 
currently loaded patch to a QR slot

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Hold ‘Patch’ + press one of the eight buttons on bottom left of the panel to load the 
patch in the QR slot

LFO 

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Turn the ‘Rate’ encoders into the negative range to access synced rates

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To access LFO3 parameters enter ‘Shift’ mode and press the LFO2/LFO3 button

Filter

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Hold the ‘Patch’ button and turn the ‘Cutoff’ encoder to control the Filter Type parameter

Envelopes

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Hold either the FILT-EG or AMP-EG button for one second and then turn the ADSR 
encoders to adjust all envelopes simultaneously

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Press the ‘MEG’ button when MEG is already selected to latch MEG assign

Sequencer

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Hold the ‘Mute’ button to clear the sequencer notes 

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Hold the Anim1 / Anim2 / Anim3 / Anim4 buttons to clear an animation lane 

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When the screen is displaying the ‘Linked Sequence’ parameter, hold the ‘Edit’ switch to 
set the value to be the currently loaded sequence. 

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Hold the ‘Patch’ button and press the ‘Record’ button to enter the Step Sequencer ‘Edit’ 
Mode, if the currently loaded sequence is in ‘Step’ mode

UI Combinations

Arp

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Hold the ‘Arp’ button and press keys on the internal or an external keyboard to add 
pattern notes or press the ‘Rest’ button to add a rest to the pattern

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Hold the ‘Patch’ button and turn the ‘Division’ encoder to control Arp Gate 

Keyboard/Voice

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Press ‘Unison’ repeatedly to cycle through the different unison modes; press ‘Stack’ 
repeatedly to cycle through the different stack modes 

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Press ‘Chord’ whilst holding a chord on the internal or an external keyboard to set the 
chord mode chord. 

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Hold ‘Transpose’ and press a key on the internal keyboard to transpose all notes, where 
the central C key is the root note. Press ’Transpose’ with no keyboard interaction to reset 
the transpose value back to 0. 

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Hold the ‘Sustain’ button for one second when turning on Sustain to enable Sustain 
‘Latch Mode’

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Hold the ‘Patch’ button and turn the ‘Drift’ encoder to control the Chord Invert 
parameter.

Modulation

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To assign a Mod Slot either hold (momentary) or latch the desired Mod source button - 
then set a depth by turning desired modulation destination parameter encoder

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When latched in a Mod Source assign mode pressing the flashing Mod Source button 
again will exit assign mode

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Mod source ‘Depth’ encoder - set global depth for that mod source

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Press ModSlot repeatedly to cycle through and view all mod slot settings on the screen

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When the screen is displaying a mod slot ‘Depth’ parameter (most easily accessed via 
assigning modulation using the panel or via the ModSlot button), hold the ‘Edit’ switch to 
clear the mod slot assignment.

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To assign a mod source to the global frequency destination, use either of the fine tune 
controls. ‘Tune1’ will assign to Osc1 tune, ‘Tune2’ will assign to Osc2 tune.

Summary of Contents for COBALT8X

Page 1: ...1 Modal COBALT8X 8 voice polyphonic extended virtual analogue synthesiser User Manual OS Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...spilt onto or come into contact with the apparatus In the event this should happen remove power from the unit immediately and seek expert assistance This apparatus produces sound that could cause per...

Page 3: ...Arpeggiator Sequencer FX Modulation Keyboard Voice Joystick Audio Input Audio Output Gain Settings 04 MIDI MIDI Implementation Chart MPE Polychain 05 Update 06 MODALapp Getting Started Main Editor Pre...

Page 4: ...ly on board COBALT8X also boasts a hugely powerful Mod Matrix with eight assignable slots and four additional fixed routes 12 mod sources and 55 destinations The 4 axis joystick can be assigned to a h...

Page 5: ...Sequencer and Arpeggiator Polyphonic Real time and Step sequencer with 512 notes and four recordable editable parameter animations Delay FX LFO s sequencer and arpeggiator can be either clocked intern...

Page 6: ...edal input Enclosure and Display Road ready steel and aluminium enclosure with economical stained bamboo end cheeks 1 54 inch large OLED display for instant visual feedback at all times of playing edi...

Page 7: ...g the two detented encoders These two switched encoders are located either side of the screen are used for screen navigation and control and can be clicked to either switch mode or trigger modify the...

Page 8: ...Preset To navigate through and load patches first press the Patch Seq button to return to the Patch page and use the Preset Edit encoder to scroll through presets Click this encoder if Preset Auto Lo...

Page 9: ...press the Rest button to add a rest to the pattern Hold the Patch button and turn the Division encoder to control Arp Gate Keyboard Voice Press Unison repeatedly to cycle through the different unison...

Page 10: ...w the confirm instructions to reset all global settings to the factory default settings Please note that this will also reset the Main Volume and Tempo parameter values but your presets will be unaffe...

Page 11: ...DIN Out Filters DIN Thru USB Thru Arp Seq Out MIDI in Oct Offset MIDI in Monitor Settings UI Screen Brightness Screen Switch Mode Screensaver Idle Time LEDs Brightness Keyboard Local Velocity Curve A...

Page 12: ...T8X to work adequately with your expression pedal you may need to use a TRS Polarity Adapter Please note that expression pedals with the TS polarity will not work with COBALT8X Audio In Audio Input on...

Page 13: ...24 25 03 Synthesis engine...

Page 14: ...orithms on COBALT8X include a variety of complex analogue synthesis techniques built in cross modulation SYNC RM and many more PWM smooth Morphing between VA waves bit crushing and filtered noise Each...

Page 15: ...the first Fractal Square Complex sync with un quantised control over ratio A and and an asymmetry control B that allows every second cycle of the wave to have a different sync ratio to the first Frac...

Page 16: ...n and turning the Cutoff encoder selects the current type of the filter The filter types available are Resonant Low Pass Morphs 4 pole lowpass through bandpass to 1 pole lowpass Balanced Low Pass Morp...

Page 17: ...rol of the amount of modulation the envelope has over its destination s Type There are 8 envelope types These types are stored per patch and each envelope type is independent so you can have a differe...

Page 18: ...each new keypress restarts the LFO and it the continues to run particularly useful for Unison Stack sounds Free In this mode the LFO is never reset so it could be at any phase when a note is pressed S...

Page 19: ...en the button is released the sequencer carries on from the location it should have been before the step was repeated so it will still be in time In real time mode a step is a 16th of the total sequen...

Page 20: ...the cursor is over an animator value parameter changes panel or MIDI will assign an animation lane and or set the highlighted value Sequencer Overdub While the sequencer is playing press Record to all...

Page 21: ...tedly will play back the sequence as programmed playing note 61 will play the sequence back 1 semitone higher than programmed Great when used in conjunction with the Arp Arp octave controls playing ba...

Page 22: ...FX slot for control with encoders A F with a single click With multiple clicks it will cycle through the effect type used in that slot Note You can hold FX1 2 or 3 when cycling through FX types to cle...

Page 23: ...lows you to activate or deactivate that slot Modulation Velo Pressing this button enters and exits the assign mode for velocity AftT Pressing this button enters and exits the assign mode for after tou...

Page 24: ...ttack X FEG Sustain X FEG Release X FEG Amount X AEG Attack X AEG Decay X AEG Sustain X AEG Release X AEG Amount X MEG Attack X MEG Decay X MEG Sustain X MEG Release X Parameter LFO1 LFO2 LFO3 EG NOTE...

Page 25: ...voice mode Cycle through to choose between Unison 2 Unison 4 or Unison 8 These are monophonic voice modes where multiple voices are stacked and detuned the number reflects the number of voices per no...

Page 26: ...while decreasing noise floor so adding gain from external sources won t introduce unwanted noise Because COBALT8X employs a limiter as the final stage before output in its audio signal path headroom...

Page 27: ...rnal non MPE MIDI controllers or software when MPE Mode is enabled please set their output MIDI channel to match this MPE Master Channel value to ensure correct behaviour Settings MPE Number of Channe...

Page 28: ...etting and therefore cannot be used to adjust previously recorded notes Transport Enables disables the sequencer transport to be controlled by MIDI Clock Start Continue Stop messages from USB MIDI You...

Page 29: ...modes here TRS and RTS where each mode has three sub modes 1 3 Select a TRS polarity mode if you are using a TRS expression pedal or an expression pedal with a polarity switch set to the TRS polarity...

Page 30: ...thesiser to a USB port and it will show up as a MIDI input and output device in any software that supports external MIDI devices On macOS COBALT8X will show up in Midi Studio found in Applications Uti...

Page 31: ...ock is detected the COBALT8X will continue to use whatever tempo it is internally configured to MIDI Soft Thru COBALT8X has two soft thru settings configurable from the app DIN Thru Forwards Midi rece...

Page 32: ...Osc1 Algorithm 63 Osc2 Algorithm MIDI CC Implemention Chart CC Function 64 Sustain Pedal 65 66 67 Seq Length 68 Seq Mute 69 Seq Clear 70 Seq Hold 71 Seq Loop 72 Seq Record 73 FX Amount 74 75 Transpos...

Page 33: ...e MPE instruments may not specify a Number of Channels in this case the most likely value to use here is 15 Please refer to the MPE instruments settings or documentation for more information 5 Set MPE...

Page 34: ...ttings General Polychain Master and turn this on The slave device should now be showing all voice mode LEDs lit and Polychain Slave on screen When In Polychain mode the slave COBALT panel is disabled...

Page 35: ...to the latest version each time an update is released You can update COBALT8X using the MODALapp MODALapp is available for macOS iOS Windows and Android To find the app on your platform visit www moda...

Page 36: ...t Modulation page to quickly view and edit the current patch modulation settings FX page for selecting and editing the 3 stereo FX engines on COBALT8X Sequence page for live sequence controls and edit...

Page 37: ...in Editor This is the main section for patch design editing You will find keyboard voice oscillator filter and envelopes here The currently selected preset is shown at the top There are also options f...

Page 38: ...the exporting or importing options Exporting will copy and send all of the selected presets to the selected folder Importing will overwrite all of the selected presets in the preset manager with the...

Page 39: ...zontal can be changed by clicking the controls on the top bar or scrolling left right Draw Mode To create some notes ensure the draw button on the top bar is highlighted this will be by default and cl...

Page 40: ...e controls In the Keyboard Tab there is a MIDI controller that can be used to play notes on COBALT8X from your device There are pitchbend and modwheels as well as 3 buttons to determine how many octav...

Page 41: ...e necessary to provide a copy of the original invoice or Dealer purchase receipt to the Distributor In the event that you are unable to provide proof of purchase directly then you should contact the D...

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