Modor OS007, User Manual

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Page 3: ...rontpanel 7 1 8 3 quick reload 7 1 9 Saving patterns songs and drumsets 7 1 9 1 in the menu 7 1 9 2 quick save 8 1 10 Safety Mode 8 1 11 Initialisation 9 1 11 1 from the menu 9 1 11 2 shortcut for pat...

Page 4: ...10 After treatment 37 3 10 1 Attack envelope 37 3 10 2 Distortion 38 3 10 3 Tilt Filter 38 3 10 4 Compressor 39 3 10 5 Gain setting 40 3 11 Modulations 40 4 Drum sequencer 42 4 1 16 step 64 step or 12...

Page 5: ...63 6 1 Firmware upgrade 63 6 1 1 Why upgrading the firmware 63 6 1 2 Upgrade procedure 63 6 2 Bootloader upgrade 64 6 2 1 Why updating a bootloader 64 6 2 2 Installation 65 7 MIDI Implementation 66 7...

Page 6: ...iggering the internal drum synthesizer The synthesizer creates drum sounds using the sound parameters stored in DRUMSETS These are the 3 different kinds of data structures you ll meet working with the...

Page 7: ...ly be switched on after the connection has been made to prevent damage to the equipment You can also connect headphones to the L PHON audio connector with a 6mm TRS connector The signal is strong enou...

Page 8: ...ill be sufficient but there are many DC adaptors around providing unstable or even plain wrong electrical tensions Only use the DC adaptor delivered with the Modor DR 2 or refer to a specialised elect...

Page 9: ...ts can be programmed by keeping the SHIFT FLAM buttons pressed and hitting 1 16 Set the tuplet balance number and speed with SHIFT FLAM Y Z T variations Every instrument has two separate tracks to pro...

Page 10: ...inable knobs can be connected to one parameter per drum Double click DEF to remove this modulation Alpha Beta Press the button and turn one of a drum s parameter knobs Now you have a variation of this...

Page 11: ...f the DR 2 using Midi Sysex mes sages Next after entering a certain menu data can be selected and altered using the SE LECT BPM encoder and VALUE SWING control Sometimes you need to validate your choi...

Page 12: ...hat your current drumset gets immediately overwritten you can t use it to compare your work to a stored drumset in memory as you can when menu loading To load pattern song or drumset 1 16 you don t ne...

Page 13: ...as long as you aren t touching these control knobs or if you are on your own experimenting with the DR 2 in your home studio But of course this can be very annoying in certain cases for example when r...

Page 14: ...nitialised song will contain nothing but a list of patterns all set to pattern Pt00 For more details on initial ising check 5 4 1 11 2 shortcut for patterns You can also empty an instrument s pattern...

Page 15: ...6 32 1 16 Toggle Note Reverse BREAK 16 32 1 16 Toggle Note Break FLAM 16 32 1 16 Toggle Flam SHIFT FLAM 16 32 1 16 Toggle Tuplet 16 32 1 16 Toggle 32nd Notes SHIFT A F Mute Unmute Instrument SHIFT 1 1...

Page 16: ...Filter SHIFT Z Set Compressor Treshold SHIFT T Set Compressor Attack Time SHIFT PITCH Set Finetune on certain models DEF Slider Set Compressor Treshold DEF Def Knob Set Compressor Attack Time DEF A F...

Page 17: ...snaredrums cymbals claps These models can be chosen independently If you want a drumset with 6 different snaredrums just do it It s up to you to decide which instruments you want in your DR 2 drumset...

Page 18: ...mpress Tilt Filter Distortion Attack Gain Compress Tilt Filter Distortion Attack Gain Compress Tilt Filter Distortion Attack Gain Compress Tilt Filter Distortion Attack Gain Compress Tilt Filter Disto...

Page 19: ...n First care fully design your song s patterns before combining them into a song Or when chang ing things in a song s pattern save it first in pattern mode before moving on Every pattern has it s own...

Page 20: ...0 127 Y knob 0 127 Z knob 0 127 T knob 0 127 amp env DECAY knob 0 127 amp env CURVE knob 0 127 PAN knob 64 63 button to set 1 modulation per instrument VELOCITY button to set velocity or accent modul...

Page 21: ...OVERVIEW CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW 1 16 17 32 33 48 and 49 64 pattern bar selection buttons 16 step buttons BPM encoder doubling up as SELECT control in the menu SWING control doubling up as VALUE control i...

Page 22: ...se burst CLAPS a heavily filtered white noise burst with multiple triggering HIHAT short to medium long hits of cymbal noise and white noise RIDE CYMBAL a set of bandpass and hipass filters working on...

Page 23: ...to a low pitch So you don t need attack sustain or release settings Only a DECAY setting However there s another very important property of envelopes used in drum sound synthesis its curvature Does t...

Page 24: ...urve is the squared recip rocal y a x a 2 Reciprocal Full right 4 o clock setting The reciprocal curve also drops fast at the beginning even faster then an exponential curve but it slows down a lot ea...

Page 25: ...art In the drive and filter part the basic sinewave is overdriven and clipped using a quite hard saturation curve This creates a broad range of overtones on top of the basic sinewave frequency This cl...

Page 26: ...filtered by a bandpass filter and gets it s volume set by a noise envelope The wave and noise parts finally get mixed and sent to the output The noisy part can be used for example to create very short...

Page 27: ...cillator while you want to cut the disturbing frequencies somewhere in the middle range In that case a lowpass filter alone is not sufficient Therefore there s an extra notch filter It has a broad fre...

Page 28: ...us in general the asymmetry parameter controls the amount of even harmonics in the sound while the drive parameter controls the odd harmonics The string sound section creates a little tick every time...

Page 29: ...or part to create overtone harmonics Next to that there is a noise path that is split up in a middle and a high frequency filtering path The amp envelope controls the volume of the fundamental while t...

Page 30: ...tely controllable middle and high frequency noise X controls the middle frequency noise volume Y controls the high frequency noise volume Z controls the middle noise s frequency T controls the noise e...

Page 31: ...elope to get a more realistic analog snare sound X controls the snappy snare noise volume Y controls the snare noise envelope decay length Z controls the oscillators pitch separation T controls the se...

Page 32: ...noise Z controls the spectral content of the cymbal noise Tip It is possible to make closed and open hihats on a single instrument by using the and variations see 3 11 HIHAT AMP AMP OUT PITCH ENV Z A...

Page 33: ...are produced in the cymbal noise A second parallel 24dB oct highpass filter can produce a shorter bright ting sound in the attack phase of the ride cymbal X controls the frequency of the main filter Y...

Page 34: ...more non realistic sounding cymbal like sounds 3 5 3 Crash cymbal The crash cymbal is a set of 6 parallel filters working on white noise or a mix of white noise and 8 oscillator cymbal noise A first...

Page 35: ...he electronic music and can t be missing on an elec tronic drum machine The claps sound is made out of white noise that is filtered by a resonant bandpass filter sent through a drive stage and attenua...

Page 36: ...y attack phase to the tom sound The noise is filtered by a bandpass filter in the low to middle range Tip Add a little pitch envelope to get a more realistic tom sound X controls the noise volume Y co...

Page 37: ...pitched and their frequency separation can be controlled with the Z parameter There is also a notch filter that can be used to further control the spectral content controlled with the Y parameter Next...

Page 38: ...amental goes directly into the drive the upper two harmonic oscillators are attenuated by a harmonic envelope first and then go into the drive With the right settings this model can sound very much li...

Page 39: ...rate envelope curve setting Z So you can set the rattling amount length and character by experimenting with the amp DECAY Z and T knobs X controls the first filter s frequency Y controls the second fi...

Page 40: ...is model mimicks the sound of a glass bottle being hit with a stick By playing with the pitch and Z parameters a large range of sounds can be made going far beyond a realistic sound glass bottle sound...

Page 41: ...itched and their frequency separation can be altered with the Z parameter Y controls the second oscillator group s roll off Z controls the spectral content of the sound T controls the highpassed noise...

Page 42: ...locks see 4 9 you can easily create simple bass melodies using the tonal bassdrums 3 10 After treatment The sounds generated by the drum models are passed into an after treatment section of the drum s...

Page 43: ...n is produced 3 10 3 Tilt Filter The tilt filter is controlled by SHIFT Y and can be set from 64 to 63 At the central setting 0 the filter has no effect Left and right from the center position an incr...

Page 44: ...ime at zero the compression works instantly But a somewhat higher value of the attack time can induce a little uncompressed click transient at the beginning the sound which can be used as a dynamics e...

Page 45: ...tting allows you to balance the fine level adjustments right in your studio to let you use the full range of the sliders afterwards for example when playing live without the risk of setting one of the...

Page 46: ...instrument s slider can be used to vary this parameter Definable knobs can be connected to one parameter per drum Double click DEF to remove this modulation Alpha Beta keep the button pressed and turn...

Page 47: ...r example 4 bars of 4 beats of a classic four on the floor pattern Use SHIFT 1 16 17 32 33 48 49 64 to set the pattern length to 1 2 3 or 4 bars But the DR 2 s sequencer can also do the steps in betwe...

Page 48: ...is recording yet If you hit REC and then PLAY the sequencer starts recording Hitting the A F buttons now triggers the instrument and programs a new hit at the current playing step You can also hit REC...

Page 49: ...n Song Mode the Song BPM and Swing settings always override the pattern s settings 4 4 Pattern mode Press the PATTERN button to get into pattern mode In pattern mode patterns can be programmed and sto...

Page 50: ...ing or not 4 5 Song mode Press the SONG button to get into song mode In song mode songs can be programmed and stored A song is a list of patterns that can be played sequentially or in a loop When the...

Page 51: ...song properties such as the BPM speed setting and Swing settings of the new song are adopted So it s possible this results in an abrupt tempo switch 4 6 Pattern programming Basic pattern programming...

Page 52: ...ackwards Keep REV and 16 32 pressed if you want to program a reverse on a 32nd note step REV t ENV If you turn the SWING VALUE knob while holding REV down you can set a slight delay between the revers...

Page 53: ...6 32 pressed to program a flam on a 32nd note step 4 2 If you turn the SWING VALUE knob while keeping the FLAM button pressed you can set the FLAM time the time between the two almost simultaneous hit...

Page 54: ...to diminutive positive or growing negative SHIFT FLAM Z tuplet number the number of tuplet drum hits SHIFT FLAM T tuplet time or the time between tuplet drum hits The tuplet balance number and time p...

Page 55: ...each of the 6 instruments of the DR 2 They are a very easy and interesting way to bring a live and variation in a drum pattern Polymeters are programmed the same way as meters or pattern lengths above...

Page 56: ...SHIFT 17 32 you can switch between 2 variations 1 32 and 33 64 With a pattern length of 3 or 4 bars SHIFT 33 48 49 64 there is only one single variation 4 7 Synchronisation The DR 2 can be played in...

Page 57: ...ear to the DR 2 CLOCK OUT output check the Clock Output setting 4 8 Euclidean Generator Euclidean rhythms Euclidean rhythms are drum patterns characterized by a num ber of drum hits in a total number...

Page 58: ...umber of steps the pattern is shifted Below are two examples of 3 8 Euclidean rhythms with a different rotation 4 2 4 2 4 2 Euclidean rhythms can serve as a quick way to initialize drum patterns or as...

Page 59: ...directly from the frontpanel Keep the SHIFT and REV buttons down simultaneously while you Turn SELECT to set the total number of steps Turn VALUE to set the number of drum hits Turn AMOUNT to set the...

Page 60: ...two drum hits The current sounding drum will then get the parameter variation the moment the sequencer passes the parameter lock s step position The next drum hit returns again to the normal situation...

Page 61: ...TINGS To set some global system parameters 7 MIDI DUMP Dump patterns songs or drumsets or the complete memory using Midi Sysex messages Next after entering a certain menu data can be selected and alte...

Page 62: ...the save operation and exits the menu Pressing the MENU YES button writes the active pattern song or drumset into the synth s memory on the selected spot and exits the menu This memory spot is now pe...

Page 63: ...e about the Euclidean rhythm generator 5 5 Copy The copy menu offers you three possibilities of copying data between instruments and pattern parts Pattern bars Instrument patterns Instruments Pattern...

Page 64: ...des tination instrument Hit EXIT NO to exit the menu or continue with a second copy Note that you can also copy instruments by keeping the source button A F down while hitting RECORD and next keeping...

Page 65: ...F a parameter jumps to it s new value only at the next note after turning a knob ON OFF ClkOutput Select what you want to assign to the CLOCK OUT output drum triggers A F or a 24PPQN or a 48PPQN clock...

Page 66: ...n or Song dump this is not yet stored permanently in it s memory If you want to store the data you received you still have to store them This is of course different for a full memory dump where a very...

Page 67: ...5 8 MENU OVERVIEW CHAPTER 5 MENU REFERENCE 5 8 Menu overview 62...

Page 68: ...in a special sysex upgrade mode invoked by booting up while keeping SHIFT MODEL down The firmware sysex files can be found on our website along with some instruction videos Check http www modormusic...

Page 69: ...mall piece of software that checks if SHIFT MODEL is held down If so it handles the firmware upgrade procedure and if not it jumps to normal operation of the DR 2 The reason behind the upgrade is that...

Page 70: ...to launch the DR 2 with the SHIFT MODEL button combo the bootloader upgrade has to be done during normal operation Just check the SysexRx Sysex Receive option in the System Settings this should be ON...

Page 71: ...ping Drum triggers Next to the internal sequencer the DR 2 can also be played by exter nal keyboards sequencers DAWs using MIDI note messages You can also trigger reversing notes and note breaks using...

Page 72: ...5 Reverse drum B using D 5 or D 5 Reverse drum C using E 5 or F 5 Reverse drum D using F 5 or G 5 Reverse drum E using G 5 or A 5 Reverse drum F using A 5 or B 5 Flams and tuplets Flams and tuplets d...

Page 73: ...gage both NoteOffTx and NoteOffRx when recording and playing back from a DAW You ll only hear very short ticks and clicks 7 3 MIDI control changes In the controller list in 7 6 you can see the mapping...

Page 74: ...touch No Poly Key Aftertouch No Pitch Bend No Active Sensing No No System Reset No No Tune Request No No Universal System Exclusive Sample Dump Standard No No Device Inquiry No No File Dump No No MIDI...

Page 75: ...MIDI Clock Yes Yes Song Position Pointer No No Song Select No No Start Yes Yes Continue No Yes Stop Yes Yes MIDI Time Code No No MIDI Machine Control No No MIDI Show Control No No 3 Extensions Compati...

Page 76: ...9 Drum A Amp Decay Yes Yes 20 Drum A Amp Curve Yes Yes 21 Drum A Pan Yes Yes 22 Drum A X Yes Yes 23 Drum A Y Yes Yes 24 Drum A Z Yes Yes 25 Drum A T Yes Yes 26 Drum B Pitch Yes Yes 27 Drum B Pitch Env...

Page 77: ...Drum C Pan Yes Yes 60 Drum C X Yes Yes 61 Drum C Y Yes Yes 62 Drum C Z Yes Yes 63 Drum C T Yes Yes 64 No No 65 No No 66 No No 67 No No 68 No No 69 No No 70 Drum D Pitch Yes Yes 71 Drum D Pitch Env De...

Page 78: ...n Yes Yes 104 Drum E X Yes Yes 105 Drum E Y Yes Yes 106 Drum E Z Yes Yes 107 Drum E T Yes Yes 108 Drum F Pitch Yes Yes 109 Drum F Pitch Env Decay Yes Yes 110 Drum F Pitch Env Curve Yes Yes 111 Drum F...

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