Nanoloop 1.2, Manual

Page 1: ...Nanoloop 1 2 manual...

Page 2: ...louder than GB color pocket and therefore it has a much better bass sound and the lowest noise level of all models So the good old grey one is the recommended platform Nanoloop sounds best when plugg...

Page 3: ...ns can be stored in file slots for each instrument separately After the save space is filled with patterns one can start playing around DJ like with thousands of possible loop recombinations Finally p...

Page 4: ...sound chips are analogoue oscillators with digital control registers for volume pitch etc The softsynth is based on the writable harware wavetable and uses the possibility of quick frequency changes f...

Page 5: ...he lower part one can choose which sound parameter to edit in the sequencer UP DOWN changes the instrument to edit displayed as character S R or N in the lower left corner S stands for software synthe...

Page 6: ...elope and panning events can be activated with A To edit a step s parameter use A JOYPAD B deactivates an event except on pitch envelope and panning All parameters remain the same when muted and the e...

Page 7: ...opied event will always be pasted again as soon as you press A On copy mode muting an event resets it s pitch envelope attack This may be useful when pitch envelopes influence the sound of previous ev...

Page 8: ...mple Patterns Each parameter is illustrated by an example stored in the first patterns of all banks Some more musical loops are located in the last 4 slots See file for instructions how to load patter...

Page 9: ...other sound When the decay value of R or N exceeds a certain length the envelope becomes ascending The longer the decay the slower volume increases Unfortunately the attack value marks the start volum...

Page 10: ...Example S 1 R 1 N 1 2 pulse...

Page 11: ...Pitch A UP DOWN octaves A LEFT RIGHT semitones The octave point on the left is resolved in 1 2 octave steps S and R only Example S 2 R 2...

Page 12: ...change in depth or frequency may cause a totally different sound Changes of the basic pitch also modify the sound characteristics For typical FM sounds both points should not go to far out of the lowe...

Page 13: ...a light detune which results in flange like wave form overlapping effects From the fourth step on detune goes on with semitone steps up to one octave A LEFT RIGHT pulse width Not every move takes eff...

Page 14: ...just two parameters of the noise generator called dividing ratio of frequencies and shift clock frequency Both have similar filter like effects Some combinations may cause only a little bubbling sound...

Page 15: ...he pitch so that the original pitch won t change B resets attack but doesn t mute the step If CUT PASTE is activated the decay value will be copied If pitch envelopes are set in an empty R pattern noi...

Page 16: ...rm 0 is a sine wave all others can be edited in the wave form editor A LEFT resets wave form to sine wave 0 A RIGHT switches to wave form F All values which are not set to 0 or F can be controlled dir...

Page 17: ...A UP DOWN adjusts delay of the second oscillator A LEFT sets it to zero A RIGHT sets it to maximum length Example R 5 N 3 pulse...

Page 18: ...Panning A LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT channel B center R A UP DOWN plays first oscillator left right and second right left Example S 6 R 6 N 4...

Page 19: ...loaded or saved patterns A UP loads a pattern from cursor position A DOWN saves the current pattern To start a pattern exactly on the first step you can alternatively load it with B UP To move a patte...

Page 20: ...the main menu the number of the current part is shown in the upper left corner To edit a certain part wait till it is played and then enter the pattern editor The number of the pattern to edit now app...

Page 21: ...To use the same pattern in the next last step press A RIGHT LEFT B RIGHT plays the song from cursor position playback is shown by an icon in the upper left corner The whole song structure includes fou...

Page 22: ...e current bank and a playing song is stopped On very high playback speed and depending on the number of events set in a pattern loading the patterns may take longer than playing them This results in e...

Page 23: ...view a wave form press LEFT RIGHT Left to the wave form there is a slider to select a partial which is controlled via UP DOWN To mix the selected partial into the current wave form press B START sets...

Page 24: ...form After selecting an other wave form with LEFT RIGHT it can be pasted with A DOWN Wave forms are automatically saved to bank 0 when leaving the editor SELECT Example S 5 Load this pattern and then...

Page 25: ...ern Operations These functions are executed directly from the menu A UP inverse pattern A LEFT RIGHT shift pattern stepwise B activates a swing factor shown by a dotted note icon in the lower right co...

Page 26: ...rmat which has a higher resolution than BPM on low speed On higher speed Nanoloop skips BPM steps because of a lower internal resolution Values greater than 255 are not shown correctly but work fine u...

Page 27: ...ress A LEFT RIGHT Default is 1 8 On master speed changes Nanoloop or the master may skip single MIDI sync signals To correct this A UP DOWN adds subtracts sync steps 1 6 step Anyway in most situations...

Page 28: ...irst After that time base can be stretched again if desired Once the time base was reset to 1 1 it is no more MIDI based but Nanolop to Nanoloop there is no way back to MIDI mode This is necessary bec...

Page 29: ...On the other hand there are for example only three possible pulse width values corresponding with 16 slider positions Of course the sound hardware has numerous limitations Every time playing an S eve...

Page 30: ...void such artifacts delete all pitch envelopes you don t need Pitch envelope and detune may point to undefined values and cause undesired sound On menu changes some graphic parts of the previous menu...

Page 31: ...cause on load and save process memory is unprotected nanoloop shouldn t be shut down during file operation If the program restarts after an accidental reset by loose power restart it again manually be...

Page 32: ...and replace it by the same type A battery change of course means data loss and replacement with demo patterns for all banks If the program crashes permanently without reason shows strange behavior or...

Page 33: ...or visit the online discussion forum at www nanoloop com...

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