Erica Synths BASSLINE DB-01, User Manual

Page 1: ...U S E R M A N U A L...

Page 2: ...sline to the power outlet Use a cable with 6 3mm jacks to connect the main output to the mixer and start designing a sequence The Bassline DB 01 can be played as a regular synthesizer as well Connect...

Page 3: ...ndent amplitude filter cutoff and pitch envelopes BBD based detune for massive swarm sound Syncable LFO with multiple waveforms for FM and VCF modulation Noise source Intuitive easy to use sequencer f...

Page 4: ...our taste Connectthepowersupplyhere Useonlythe PSU supplied with the unit The slider switch turnstheunitonoroff CLK IN receives the external clock signal You need to select a clock source in order to...

Page 5: ...e sequence from that step The STOP button stops the sequencer and resets it to the first step The RECORD button has various features from saving patterns to recording automations refer to the manual b...

Page 6: ...ntoresetthesequencerto thefirststepwithoutstoppingit Inordertoalterthepitchandgatelength pushandholdtherelevant stepbuttonandrotatetheNOTEencodertoalterthepitchandtheGATE encodertoalterthegatelength T...

Page 7: ...encoderforthelastone Toreturntothemainmenupushthe BACK NOTEencoder PushandholdtheSHIFTbuttonandpushthePLAYMODEbutton Nowyoucan rotatetheNOTEencoderandselecttheplaydirection Theavailablechoicesare FORW...

Page 8: ...d 1OCTbuttonstotransposethekeyboard Takenotethat thekeyboardschangeaccordingtothesetscaleonthescalemenu RotatetheSELECT GATEencodertosetmasterglideamount PushandholdtheSHIFTbuttonandpushtheACC accent...

Page 9: ...ain amountofCVtothetheVCFcutoffknobsetting soyoucanaddmoredynamicstoyour sequence Therearetwowaystoprogramthemodulationtrack perstepandliverecord Toprogramthemodulationsperstep pushandholdtherelevants...

Page 10: ...oceedtothenext step etc Toclearpitchenvelopesettingsfromthestepsgototheclear screen Toreturntothestepentermenu pushtheBACK NOTEencoder Whilethesequenceisrunning youcantransposeitforsemitonesoroctaves...

Page 11: ...Theuser definedscalesare savedafterthefactorypresetscales andyoucanrecallthoseinthesamewayasthe factorypresetones Todesignthemicrotonalscales pushandholdoneofthestepbuttonsonthe keyboard androtatethe...

Page 12: ...EencodertoaltertheBPM RotatetheSELECT GATEencodertoselecttheDIRmenuandrotatetheBACK NOTEencoder tosetthearppegiatorplaydirection AvailableoptionsareUP DOWN UP DOWNandRANDOM RotatetheSELECT GATEencoder...

Page 13: ...y want note randomization limited to certain amount of octaves To set randomization range for each parameter make sure you are in the RND mode and all randomizable parameters appear lit Now push and h...

Page 14: ...orksas divider multiplierandpop upmessagewillbedisplayedontheindicator withtheactualsettingwhiletheknobwillbeturned LFOreset WiththissettingONLFOwillberesetoneverynewgate thiswayyoucancreateinterestin...

Page 15: ...pbuttonrelevanttothepatternyouwanttocopyandpushthe BARbutton Then pushthestepbuttonofthepatternpastedestinationandpushtheBAR button Thepatternis nowcopiedtothenewdestination Eventhoughtheeasiestwaytoc...

Page 16: ...iontrack for example andthenpushandholdtheSHIFTbuttonandpushthePASTEbutton Now simplypush thefirststepofthesequenceyouareabouttopasteandthemodulationsettingsofthesteps copiedbeforewillbepasted Toretur...

Page 17: ...ns representingthepatternslots willappear70 dimmed butslotswithalreadysavedpatterns willbefullylit Nowpushtheregardingstepbuttonforthepatternyouwanttoloadandpatternwillbeloaded If thesequencerisrunnin...

Page 18: ...ages RotatingtheencodercounterclockwiseselectsbetweenMIDI OUTorMIDITHRU whilerotatingitclockwiseallowsyoutoselectaMIDIchannel MIDIclockoutsettings RotatetheSELECT GATEencoderuntilMCKappearsintheindica...

Page 19: ...oftheDB 01totheinputofanaudiointerface youmayneedanadaptercable from3 5mmCVOUTjacktotheinputoftheaudiointerface opentherecordingsoftwareonyour computer recorderandstartrecording DONOTconnectCVOUTdirec...

Page 20: ...rletitdroporfallover TheWarrantydoesnotapplytoinstrumentswithvisualdamage BasslineDB 01mustbeshippedintheoriginalpackagingonly Anyinstrumentshippedtousforreturn exchangeand or warrantyrepairmustbeinit...