Jomox XBASE 999, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...M J X XBASE 999 ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER Operating Manual OS 1 3x...

Page 2: ...DI CONNECTIONS 10 MIDI OUT 10 MIDI THRU 11 QUICK START 11 THE USER INTERFACE 16 INPUT GAIN 17 PHONES 17 MASTER 17 DATA TEMPO 17 LEFT RIGHT 18 MASTER 18 EDIT 18 MIDI 18 BANK 18 A B 18 SCALE 18 PERF 19...

Page 3: ...24 SELECTION OF A DRUM KIT 24 SELECTION OF AN INSTRUMENT 24 ANALOGUE SOUND ENGINE 25 BASS DRUM 25 Tune 25 Pitch 25 Attack 25 Decay 26 Gate 26 Harmonics 26 Pulse 26 Noise 27 EQ 27 Compress 27 Level 27...

Page 4: ...Decay 35 Closed Hi Hat Peak Time 35 Open Hi Hat Attack 35 Open Hi Hat Decay 35 Open Hi Hat Peak Time 36 Hi Hat Sample Select 36 Reverse Play 36 Source 37 Low Pass Filter Cutoff 37 High Pass Filter Cu...

Page 5: ...46 THE FILTER 47 CUTOFF LEFT 48 CUTOFF RIGHT 48 Q LEFT 48 Q RIGHT 49 RESONANCE LEFT 49 RESONANCE RIGHT 49 FILTER MODE LEFT 49 FILTER MODE RIGHT 50 FILTER GAIN 50 FITER VCA OUT 50 MIDI MODE 51 RECEIVE...

Page 6: ...RN MODE 62 Pattern Play Mode 62 Pattern Write Mode 62 Individual Step Edit 63 Track Record Mode 64 The Filter in Pattern Mode 65 SONG MODE 67 Song Mode Manual Programming 69 Song Mode Realtime Program...

Page 7: ...DIX 87 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION XBASE 999 87 1 Sound Parameter Continuous Controllers 87 2 Note Commands 93 3 Sysex Commands 93 Preset bulk dump 93 OS bulk dump 93 Flash bank bulk dump 94 Flash bank erase...

Page 8: ...little as possible all D A converters are specially adapted to the parameters and being integrated into the circuitry By doing so the parameter control is provided for each trigger almost without any...

Page 9: ...A PC MAC tool for a convenient download can be downloaded at www jomox com Manual conventions In order to make this manual better understandabe in the following text passage all user interface descri...

Page 10: ...out final VCA Please connect the audio outputs by audio cables with the audio inputs of your mixer MIDI Connections The MIDI in jack of the XBASE 999 is used for remote playing controlling and syncron...

Page 11: ...Start button to start the sequencer Now you can adjust the Master or the Phones knob to a convenient volume Note the Master volume knob is only working in the digital domain by multiplying controls to...

Page 12: ...lso lights up indicating the currently selected instrument If you don t want to edit an instrument with running sequencer press again Write button to leave the Perform Write Mode and trigger the instr...

Page 13: ...the XBASE 999 Actually the programming in Pattern Mode works very similar to the Perform Mode only that each step has an own sound buffer so that you can store completely different sounds for one ins...

Page 14: ...he desired instruments that are to be processed by the filter The display shows the following i e Filter Routing PerfOO1 x x xx Stereo ShifOO8 Now go to Pattern Write Mode and select the filter track...

Page 15: ...ty Bandwith R Resonance V Volume VCA For each of them you can program a sequence that changes with every selected step If you like the pattern you should store it to memory Unless you don t store it a...

Page 16: ...ol CLP Mute Vol LT Mut e Vol RIM Mute Vol HT Mute Vol CRH Mut e Vol 9 13 2 6 10 14 3 7 11 15 4 8 12 16 1 16 Encoders and LEDs Depending on the selected mode the 16 encoders are assigned to different f...

Page 17: ...an be adjusted Phones This knob controls the phones volume of the front headphone jack Master Note that the master volume is only a soft control and works only on the internal CVs and instrument level...

Page 18: ...Ma Edit This button switches to Edit Mode and in the display right down this symbol appears Ed Midi This button switches to Midi Mode and in the display the midi menu appears BANK A B SCALE 16 A B C...

Page 19: ...ton activates the Performance Mode of the sequencer Patt This button activates the Pattern Mode of the sequencer Song This button activates the Song Mode Write This button activates corresponding to t...

Page 20: ...p buttons patterns are programmed and selected Furthermore in junction with the Shift Cancel button they provide 2nd functions as the orange indicated printing shows 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 21: ...u can mute or unmute the instruments by pressing the Edit Encoders When an instrument is muted the corresponding LED flashes red By the Left and Right encoders you can edit the following parameters If...

Page 22: ...er with the Data Tempo Encoder With the Left and Right buttons you can move the cursor to the other letters Mnit Kit O12 Kick PerfOO1 BPM 123Name OK Ma B123 Finally press the enter button and the disp...

Page 23: ...ick PerfOO1 Init GO Ma B123 The display shows MyOldKit 123 Kick PerfOO1 Are you sure NO Ma B123 Now change this entry to YES by scrolling the DATA Tempo knob Init Kit 123 Kick PerfOO1 Are you sure YES...

Page 24: ...a Tempo knob you can select 256 different drum kits One drum kit contains a set of all sound parameters of all instruments including the filter Hello999 OOOKick PerfOO1 Tune 113PitchO3O Ed B123 Select...

Page 25: ...hat might appear not very similar to a bass drum any more Hello999 OOOKick PerfOO1 Tune 113PitchO56 Ed B123 Note Please do not mistake tune and pitch of the bass drum Because in the historical predece...

Page 26: ...pe more intense Hello999 OOOKick PerfOO1 Gate OO1HarmoOO7 Ed B123 Note this parameter is assigned to the encoder with printing Peaktime Q Harmonics Harmo 000 127 Harmonics controls the harmonic overto...

Page 27: ...00 127 Controls the compression of the bass drum VCA envelope This only affects the decaying part of the loudness envelope So the effect is rather an expansion of dynamics Very useful for short and cl...

Page 28: ...OOKick PerfOO1 ScaleLINInitOFF Ed B123 Note the bass drum oscillator has little tolerances and is not a dedicated analog synthesizer and therefore the tuning may differ a bit from pure musical scaling...

Page 29: ...Ed B123 Snappy Snapp 000 127 Controls the noise part of the snare drum signal Hello999 OOOSnar PerfOO1 TuneO5OSnapp122 Ed B123 Decay Decay 000 127 Controls the length of noise decay Hello999 OOOSnar P...

Page 30: ...drum Hello999 OOOSnar PerfOO1 NoiTu022Level127 Ed B123 Note This is the individual volume of the instrument stored along with the current kit not the global instrument volume which is also controlled...

Page 31: ...vel 000 127 Controls the volume of the Low Tom Hello999 OOOLoTo PerfOO1 Level127VelocOFF Ed B123 Note This is the individual volume of the instrument stored along with the current kit not the global i...

Page 32: ...y126 Ed B123 Level Level 000 127 Controls the volume of the High Tom Hello999 OOOHiTo PerfOO1 Level127VelocOFF Ed B123 Note This is the individual volume of the instrument stored along with the curren...

Page 33: ...ack intensity of the envelope The lower the attack level is the quicker the sound rises in level Please note that you need to set Peak Time to a value greater than 0 when the Attack level is greater t...

Page 34: ...Controls the speed of sample play back This adjustment affects either the closed as the open Hi Hat Hello999 OOOHiHa PerfOO1 Tune O5OCHAtt000 Ed B123 Note Inital value is 50 which plays the sample bac...

Page 35: ...change on decay time might then be only recognizeable very little because the sample may be played back already when decay phase sets in This is also dependend on the playback speed Tune Hello999 OOO...

Page 36: ...d hi hat Hello999 OOOHiHa PerfOO1 OHPkt000SmpleCR7 Ed B123 Note The first four samples are fixed and the rest of them can be reloaded by the user by MIDI download For this purpose Jomox provides a sam...

Page 37: ...he HH filter and then into the VCA NOI Noise Instead of samples white noise is led into the filter and then goes into the VCA Low Pass Filter Cutoff CutLP 000 127 On a value of 127 the low pass filter...

Page 38: ...st bandwidth This filter however is optimized for hi hat sounds and has therefore a limited bandwidth that cuts about above 1khz even with maximum adjustment Filter Resonance Reson 000 127 This parame...

Page 39: ...l parameters are initialized Hello999 OOOHiHa PerfOO1 VelocOFF Init ON Ed B123 Clap Rim Crash and Ride The parameter sets of Clap Rim Crash and Ride are equal For this reason the parameters are descri...

Page 40: ...Decay 000 127 Controls the length of the decay phase Hello999 OOOClap PerfOO1 Decay050PeakT000 Ed B123 Peaktime PeakT 000 127 Controls how long the Clap Rim Crash Ride envelope remains open before st...

Page 41: ...omox provides a sample editor tool that can be downloaded free of charge at www jomox com Please find the fixed samples in the following table Level Level 000 127 Controls the volume of the sample Hel...

Page 42: ...t to ON the volume of the Clap Rim Crash Ride is controlled by the received note on velocity Hello999 OOOClap PerfOO1 Level127VelocON Ed B123 Initialize Init ON OFF If this item is set to ON immediatl...

Page 43: ...the global stereo filter LFO1 Waveform L1Wav Sup Sdo TRI RCT This parameter selects the waveform for LFO1 Hello999 OOOLFOs PerfOO1 L1WavTRIL1DesFCL Ed B123 Following waveforms are available Sup Rising...

Page 44: ...the speed of LFO1 The absolute speed is also dependent from the BPM parameter in Master Mode because the LFO is driven by the main sequencer Hello999 OOOLFOs PerfOO1 L1IntOOOL1RatO24 Ed B123 LFO2 Wav...

Page 45: ...m Tune FCL Global Filter Cutoff left FCR Global Filter Cutoff right LFO2 Intensity L2Int 000 127 Controls the modulation intensity of LFO2 If L2Int is set to 000 LFO2 is shut off Hello999 OOOLFOs Perf...

Page 46: ...as modulation destination If set to OFF no syncronization occurs Hello999 OOOLFOs PerfOO1 L1SynON L2SynOFF Ed B123 Syncronization of LFO2 L2Syn ON OFF If this parameter is set to ON LFO2 s wave is re...

Page 47: ...of the audio engine and is always present at the stereo mix see picture Either external signals or the internal instruments can be fed into the filter by means of the programmable router There are als...

Page 48: ...t Step 8 More about the filter in Pattern Mode with its own sequencer you can learn at Pattern Mode The Filter in Pattern Mode Cutoff Left CutL 000 127 Controls the cutoff frequency of the left filter...

Page 49: ...te The filter only starts to self oscillate if Q was adjusted to a value equal or greater than about 060 depending on some analog tolerances If Resonance is high the Q value will also control the dept...

Page 50: ...Ed B123 Note The filter R L output signal is also split out at the ring of the stereo jacks but before the VCA out which is adjusted here means always with full level So if you want to process the pur...

Page 51: ...lk Dump Bdump GO With this function you can transmit all patterns and drumkits into an external midi device by a Sysex bulk dump RcvCh001TxmCh001 BdumpGO BloadGO _ Note Samples are not sent This can b...

Page 52: ...Midi dump The display shows RDY and the XBASE 999 waits until it receives the correct bulk dump RcvCh001TxmCh001 BdumpGO BloadRDY _ Note Now you can start the Sysex dump on your external device e g c...

Page 53: ...triggers RcvCh001TxmCh001 TxTrgOFFTxClkOFF _ Note This adjustment has no effect to the programmable Midi Tracks as described in Chapter 2nd Function 16 Midi Tracks Below here is the list of the fixed...

Page 54: ...999 Operating Manual Transmit MIDI Clock TxClk ON OFF If this parameter is set to ON MIDI clock gets sent at the MIDI out to syncronize hooked up Midi devices in slave mode RcvCh001TxmCh001 TxTrgOFFT...

Page 55: ...n to let the cursor jump to the drum kit selection or press and hold until autorepeat the Left cursor button to move the cursor all to the left There are 256 drum kits 000 255 Perform Play Mode A maxi...

Page 56: ...by the A B LEDs There is also an alternating play mode to let you create a two bar pattern see A B Playmode In this mode the currently played LED is lit up steadily while the LED selected for editing...

Page 57: ...2 different ways The first choice is to use the step sequencer where each 16th is assigned to a step button When the sequencer is running a green LED shows the currently played position The second ch...

Page 58: ...otes Tip If you have selected scale B 32th the A B Playmode is automatically set to alternating see P You have now 32 steps total in a playtime of a regular 16th pattern and the higher and lower 16 st...

Page 59: ...ke e g are also possible you have to change the number of steps to 12 in this case see Last Step Editing of Instrument Parameters First make sure that you are in Edit Mode This is displayed by an Ed i...

Page 60: ...t you only change a temporary memory the so called edit buffer In this memory block all sound parameters are managed In order not to to have to make your effortfull edited instruments from scratch aga...

Page 61: ...r runs aside of the audio engine and is mixed into the stereo bus Thus it may occur on some filter setups that the filtered instruments are still in the mix bus apparent although they are muted Now th...

Page 62: ...eter can be stored and played back for each step individually You can think of the pattern mode like a chained row of 16 drum kits that are selected and played back in realtime Pattern Play Mode Works...

Page 63: ...until the Write Mode is left which automatically resets the Individual Step Edit steps Now you can edit or select drum kits in the selected steps by the Edit Encoders until you are satisfied All steps...

Page 64: ...ate this function hold the Instrument key and press the Write button at the same time which is indicated by a flashing write LED WRITE Hold instr and press step for ind step edit HIGH TOM LOW TOM SNAR...

Page 65: ...racks are split up into Filter In Gain upper and VCA Out lower and process both filters equally A letter right next to the track bars indicates which parameter is currently selected C Cutoff Q Quality...

Page 66: ...FOs which can only be programmed in Perform Mode So you should first make the filter configuration and eventual LFO modulations in Perform Mode store them as a drum kit and then switch to Pattern Mode...

Page 67: ...so called Song Steps that are similar to a script which is calling high order functions In a Song Step the following information can be stored Name XXX The selection of the currently played Perform K...

Page 68: ...a full pattern that means 2 bars if it is A B alternating programmed or one single bar if it is wether on A or B programmed The maximum number of Song Steps is limited to 255 You can program up to 20...

Page 69: ...e write LED is always flashing in order to indicate that you are in Song Mode The Pattern Write Mode is not affected by this and can even be used in parallel with some limitiations for instance to edi...

Page 70: ...you edit the desired parameter Init Kit OO2Kick SongOO1 Pa001 Te128 RpOO4 StpOO1 As next Song Step you program the end Increase Stp to 2 and program Rp to 0 The number of 0 repetitions defines the so...

Page 71: ...are stored in Song Step 0 and the repetitions Rp000 are reset to 0 internally If you now watch the value of repetitions RpXXX you will find that it counts up instead of down after every played patter...

Page 72: ...put of kit selection pattern selection and tempo change creates a new Song Step while in Realtime Song Write Mode So you can use this function to easily create complex songs When you are finished with...

Page 73: ...nt Song Step Init Kit O92Kick SongOO1 Pa002 Te123 RpLOP StpO19 Now press the Write button to enter the Song Write Mode Now you move the cursor right to the step selection and adjust the desired loop p...

Page 74: ...aborted After about 2 seconds the LEDs stop to flash and the menu returns to the leftmost cursor position Store Kit 1 With this function you store the current drum kit to a memory location In Performa...

Page 75: ...storing the pattern edit buffer to memory locations Press Shift Cancel and then Step 3 Now the display shows Init Kit OOOKick PerfOO1 Store pattern Ed B120 With the UP and DOWN buttons you have now t...

Page 76: ...back alternately forming them into an actual 32 step pattern To be able to edit them while the sequencer is running you can choose with the A B button which part pattern is to be edited by Step button...

Page 77: ...lagged The number shows the intensity of deviation of normal time If you scroll the Data Tempo knob you can alter all even steps 2 4 6 a s o at once similar like a swing factor in order to create a t...

Page 78: ...ith Shift Step 7 The display shows Init Kit OOOKick PerfOO1 Real Time Write ShifOO7 Start the sequencer and record your drum pattern by playing the instrument keys During the realtime recording a metr...

Page 79: ...irst passes the left and then goes into the right filter Fedback Feedback The outputs of each filter are cross feedbacked into the input of the other filter but the outputs are stereo not mixed Hear t...

Page 80: ...See also The Filter p 47 Stereo Panning 9 The keys Shift Cancel Step 9 activate the Stereo Panning function which controls the stereo pan position of the instruments in the main mix except for the ba...

Page 81: ...endix Confirm your selection with Enter or quit with Shift Cancel Note To play the bass drum in musical semitones the Scale parameter must be set to SEM See p Clock Select 11 With Shift Cancel Step 11...

Page 82: ...e you can turn on or off the metronome for Real Time Write mode With the Data Tempo encoder you can select ON or OFF Confirm your selection with ENTER or quit with Shift Cancel Sample Select 13 With S...

Page 83: ...e the reverse function to ON or OFF by means of the Data Tempo Encoder When all editings have been made leave the function with ENTER Note this is only a hotkey to enter the edit menu You could also r...

Page 84: ...Write Mode on track 1 Press the desired steps on which a midi note is to be played The step LED and the corresponding LED at the edit encoders 1 16 lights up Also in the LCD display the steps are disp...

Page 85: ...steps pointed 8th 3 steps quarters 4 steps a s o in your midi track All editings on the midi tracks can be made whilst the sequencer is running So you can instantly hear how the melody or the effect...

Page 86: ...encoders 10 13 On muted midi tracks the corresponding LED blinks red The mute function is independently of other menu levels available at any time Resonance Detune Sample Pulse Noise MI D I 1 Mute MI...

Page 87: ...104 0 127 0 127 Noise 105 0 127 0 127 Attack 106 0 127 0 127 EQ 107 0 7 0 7 Gate time 99 0 127 0 15 Compression 98 0 127 0 127 BD Level 117 0 127 0 127 SNARE DRUM CONTROLLER NO VALUE RANGE INTERNAL RA...

Page 88: ...7 OH Attack 22 0 127 0 127 OH Peaktime 23 0 127 0 127 OH Decay 24 0 127 0 127 HH Level 25 0 127 0 127 HHF Cutoff HP 59 0 127 0 127 HHF Cutoff LP 60 0 127 0 127 HHF Resonance 61 0 127 0 127 HH Source 6...

Page 89: ...4 909 S31 CRASH CONTROLLER NO VALUE RANGE INTERNAL RANGE Tune 49 0 127 0 127 Attack 50 0 127 0 127 Peaktime 51 0 127 0 127 Decay 52 0 127 0 127 CRH Level 53 0 127 0 127 Reverse 62 26 27 Off On Sample...

Page 90: ...9 0 127 0 127 Resonance 90 0 127 0 127 Filter Mode 93 4 7 LP HP BP NT FILTER GLOBAL CONTROLLER NO VALUE RANGE INTERNAL RANGE Gain 91 0 127 0 127 VCA Out 92 0 127 0 127 Routing 93 8 12 Ste Par Ser Fb F...

Page 91: ...ff On Clap 93 41 42 Off On Rim 93 43 44 Off On Crash 93 45 46 Off On Ride 93 47 48 Off On STEREO PAN CONTROLLER NO VALUE RANGE INTERNAL RANGE Snare 33 0 127 0 127 64 Center LoTom 34 0 127 0 127 64 Cen...

Page 92: ...NAL RANGE Wave Free 79 0 3 Sup Sdo Tri Rct Wave Sync 79 4 7 Sup Sdo Tri Rct Destination 80 0 5 BDt SDt LTt HTt FCR FCL Intensity 81 0 127 0 127 Speed 82 0 127 0 127 Store Instruments via Midi Controll...

Page 93: ...at 44 G 1 Open Hi Hat Open Hi Hat 46 A 1 Clap Clap 39 D 1 Rim Shot Rim Shot 37 C 2 Crash Crash 49 50 D2 C 2 Ride Ride 52 53 E2 F2 3 Sysex Commands The unit channel equals to the midi channel Preset bu...

Page 94: ...bank 7 61 59 Product code 2X Unit Channel XX Data0 XX Data1 F7 End of SysEx Flash bank erase command must come before a flash bulk dump F0 SysEx begin 31 JoMoX manufact code 0D 79 B00xx xxxx Flash ba...

Page 95: ...instrument 155 total HH Filter In the hihat section an extra analog filter may be inserted Signal source can be wether sample or noise HP LP cutoff are adjustable resonant capable LFOs 2 of which are...

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