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WARRANTY
-year warranty is guaranteed from the product's purchase date in case
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of any manufacturing errors or other functional deficiencies during
runtime.
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vigorous shaking, mishandling, etc.)
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lead-free manufacturing and WEEE disposal.
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GROUND CONTROL
🠚42hp eurorack modular polymetric and polyrhythmic
performance CV/MIDI/USB-MIDI sequencer / workstation
for drums and melodies
🠚4 tracks: drum track with 8 triggers and modulation and 3
melodic CV/Gate tracks. Velocity and CC is recorded from
external MIDI
🠚2 octave keyboard (no velocity or pressure action), play
sequences and grooves on the fly or use external USB/MIDI
gear or DAW integration or control external MIDI gear
🠚arbitrary, up to 64 steps per pattern, 24 patterns per track,
24 projects
🠚various record modes: 101-style step input with step editing,
live recording and step editor with x0x-style drum editing
🠚dedicated mute/solo bus with momentary mute or quantized
to pattern length action
🠚works also as a power supply for your modular system
(same as Shuttle Control) or can be powered by a buss
board like any other module
🠚arpeggiator, roller, patterns queue, slides, ties/rests,
ratchets, transpose
🠚music scales easily editable via highlighted keys: chromatic,
minor, major, pentatonic etc.
🠚external CV modulation matrix: control various sequencer
parameters under CV: pattern shift, semitone and octaves
offset, shuffle, ratchets, slide, gate length, CV to CC values
or pattern change
CONTENT
INTRO......................................................................................................................................6
CONNECTINGTHEPOWER....................................................................................................6
INTERFACE..............................................................................................................................8
TRIGGERS/CV/GATE/OUTPUTS.......................................................................................9
TRANSPORTBAR..................................................................................................................10
TRACKSD/1/2/3....................................................................................................................12
DISPLAY.................................................................................................................................13
THEALPHABET/DISPLAYTYPE-FACEFAMILY..................................................................13
PATTERNS.............................................................................................................................14
POLYMETRIC.........................................................................................................................15
PATTERNCHAIN....................................................................................................................15
PATTERNSLOCK...................................................................................................................16
2OCTAVE/24PIANOKEYS.................................................................................................16
PIANOKEYSUSE..................................................................................................................17
TRANSPOSE/VALUECHANGEBUTTONS..........................................................................18
SEMITONETRANSPOSE(MELODICTRACKS).....................................................................19
LOCKSEMITONETRANSPOSE............................................................................................19
MUTE/SOLOBUS..................................................................................................................20
SOLO......................................................................................................................................20
CLEARINGTHEPATTERN.....................................................................................................20
PATTERN/PAGEBUTTONS.................................................................................................21
TIMEDIVISION/ARPEGGIATOR/1/32...1/4........................................................................21
ARPEGGIATOR/ROLLER.....................................................................................................22
LATCH/SUPERLATCH/TRANSPOSE.................................................................................22
🞸(PROJ)BUTTON....................................................................................................23
PATTERNS/PROJECTSLOAD/SAVE...................................................................................24
LIVEPATTERNMODE............................................................................................................24
SAVINGTHEPATTERNSANDPROJECTS............................................................................25
TEMPOBUTTON...................................................................................................................26
RECORDING..........................................................................................................................27
STEPRECORDING................................................................................................................27
EXAMPLE#1OFSTEPRECORD..........................................................................................28
EXAMPLE#2OFSTEPRECORD..........................................................................................29
LIVERECORDING..................................................................................................................29
WAITFORRECORDING........................................................................................................30
EDITOR..................................................................................................................................30
MODULATIONEDITOR..........................................................................................................32
MODULATIONOUTJACKFWV.2.........................................................................................32
VELOCITYEDITOR................................................................................................................33
X0X-STYLEEDITOR(FORDRUMTRACKS)..........................................................................33
LIVEEDITOR..........................................................................................................................34
CLOCKI/O/RESETI/O.........................................................................................................35
MIDII/O..................................................................................................................................36
USB-MIDIHOST-DEVICEI/O.................................................................................................37
EXT.CVINPUTSFWV.2........................................................................................................38
MENU.....................................................................................................................................38
A/POLYRHYTHMICTIME-BASEFWV.2..............................................................................39
B/PATTERNSHIFT(NUDGE)EXT.CV..................................................................................40
C/METRONOME..................................................................................................................41
D/DIRECTIONOFTHEPATTERN........................................................................................42
E/EXT.CVFWV.2.................................................................................................................42
F/MODULATIONOUTPUTJACKFWV.2.............................................................................44
G/SHUFFLEEXT.CV...........................................................................................................45
H/PROBABILITYEXT.CV....................................................................................................46
I/RATCHETSEXT.CV...........................................................................................................46
J/SLIDETIMEEXT.CV.........................................................................................................47
K/SYNCHRONIZATION/DIVIDERS.....................................................................................48
L/GATELENGTHEXT.CV....................................................................................................50
M/MIDI.................................................................................................................................51
N/SCALES/DRUMMAPPINGFWV.2................................................................................53
SDCARD/SETTINGS...........................................................................................................55
PITCH/MOD.CVCALIBRATION..........................................................................................56
FIRMWAREUPDATE..............................................................................................................57
CREDITS................................................................................................................................59
GROUNDCONTROLSHORTCUTSCHEATSHEET(05-MAY-22).........................................60
INTRO
round Control is a powerful performance sequencer for CV/Gate
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signals, drum triggers as well as MIDI and USB-MIDI devices.
It features X0X, 101, step editing and live play approaches for
sequencing and recording. That empowers you to create grooves on the
fly with fast polymetric input so you can concentrate on the score
without menu diving.
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🠚 Loopop's full tutorial:https://youtu.be/XhriE0MKjp0
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🠚 Essential guide:https://youtu.be/gUsYx2ekUPg
CONNECTING THE POWER
he Ground Control can be powered in two different ways. It is very
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important to useonly oneof the powering options:
)AS A EURORACK MODULE:connect the moduledirectly into the
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power buss board with supplied 16-16ribbon cable like any other
eurorack module
)AS A STANDALONE DEVICE:Power the Ground Controlfrom the
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faceplate with a 12-20V DC power adapter(or supplied adapter in
case of standalone version). In that case the ribbon cable connector will
act as a power supply. For a single sequencer connection you would
need a 500mA adapter. For using the sequencer as a power supply -
the higher the amperage of the DC adapter the better, minimum
recommended rated as 3A or more. The DC jack accepts a universal 2.1
or 2.5mm / 5.5mm barrel. In that case the 16 pin cable can act as a
power source for your bus-board – that can be any passive or flying
bus-board. It will deliver identical current – up to 1A per +12V rail and
up to 700mA per -12V rail. Small +5V jumper (off by default) on the left
side will enable +5V source into the bus-board.
🠚 Hint: power consumption will increase, if devices are powered from
USB HOST
INITIAL PANEL DESIGN
NEW PANEL DESIGN
INTERFACE
TRIGGERS / CV / GATE / OUTPUTS
Ground Control has the following tracks:
🠚 DRUM TRACKthat consists of 8x drum triggers. Each drum trigger
also sends individual velocity values via MIDI or USB-MIDI, with
velocity editing via the step editor. By default, the drum track is
assigned to Rt/Tx MIDI channel 10 (seeMENU→M/MIDIsettings).
Trigger outputs are v-trigger outputs with increased 0...10V output
range to drive low pass gates more efficiently
🠚 3X MONOPHONIC MELODIC TRACKSwith physical 1v/octpitch
CV and gate outputs. Pitch CV outputs cover 10 octaves -5v to +5v
(similar as the Shuttle Control outputs. Gate outputs are 0 to 10V
🠚 MODULATION TRACKwith physical CV output. Can be assignedto
drum or melodic tracks with MIDI CC#01. Alternatively can be
assigned to any track’s note velocity.
he lowest recognizable MIDI note is C of -2nd octave(MIDI note
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number 0) — its output voltage corresponds to exactly -5V. The highest
note is C of 8th octave (MIDI note number 120) withthe corresponding
output voltage of +5V. C3 is the central note that returns exactly 0 volts.
It is important to notice that the range of output voltages for any CV
output is limited to -5V ... +5V.
TRANSPORT BAR
🠚 PLAY:playback start button:
▪ S
ingle press starts the playback when the sequencer is
stopped
▪ O
nce pressed during the playback, it resets all the tracks to
their first steps
ombination ofTRACK D/1/2/3 + PLAYduring the playback
▪ C
resets pressed track to the first step
▪ In some actions thePLAYbutton acts as Yes/confirmation of
the call to action (e.g. overwriting an empty project).
🠚 STOP:playback stop button:
▪ O
nce we are in the menus, single press acts as an exit from the
menu or cancel of call to action without stopping the playback
lso acts as aPANIC BUTTONwhen pressed and helda few
▪ A
times in case some MIDI devices have hanged notes
🠚 RECORD:that button enables record or edits the notesin
different combinations:
hen sequencer is not running, shortRECORDbuttonpress
▪ W
starts the step record input on the selected track (seeTRACK
D/1/2/3buttons)
ong press enters the editor (X0Xfor drums or stepeditor for
▪ L
melodic tracks)
▪ W
hen sequencer is running, then short press enables live
recording and long hold enters the live editor, so you can
preview all the changes on the fly
ombination🞸→RECORDenters the save Pattern/Project
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menu
ombination🞸→RECORD→RECORDsaves all the current
▪ C
project settings as well as all unsaved tracks
▪ Combination TEMPO+RECORD starts RECORD WAIT mode.
🠚 LAST STEP:sets the amount of steps per track but in other
menus acts as alternative key (e.g. alternating project / pattern) etc.:
ombinationLAST STEP + MUTE BUS→VALUE-/+(or
▪ C
PAGEor numeric keysP/0...Z/9)sets the amount ofsteps per
separate drum or melodic tracks. After choosing the track with
TRACK D/1/2/3buttons, we adjust its pattern length
▪ In melodic tracks editor that button acts as a flag for enabled
slide on the active step
▪ In the🞸menu acts as alternative selection of projector pattern
load/save
▪ TEMPO + LAST STEPlocks the BPM value on the screen
hen arpeggiator enabled with1/32…1/4buttons, shortpress
▪ W
latches the arpeggiator, and long hold enables arpeggiator’s
super-latch mode
▪ InF/MOD.OUTsettings, pressing that button enables smooth
CV values vs stepped modulation values.
TRACKS D/1/2/3
round Control features1 DRUM TRACK(consisting of8 TRIGGERS),
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3 MONOPHONIC MELODIC TRACKSand1 MODULATION TRACK
assignable to any of those tracks. Once we are going to record, play, or
edit one of the tracks, we activate it with appropriateTRACK D/1/2/3
buttons.
ach track has a special dot symbol, which is written in same
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combination on the track names as well as also duplicated with physical
bumps on the rubber keys to help navigate those main tracks with the
fingers when you are on the stage:
ou can only select one of the four tracks at a time and depending on
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which track is active you can configure different MENU settings.
🠚 In the menu settings of a specific track,TRACK D/1/2/3buttons
enter that track’s settings
🠚 Combination ofTRACK 1/2/3 + TRANSPOSE +/-buttons will shift
currently selected pattern by 1 octave up or down on each combo
press
🠚 Combination ofTRACK D/1/2/3 + 1/32...1/4buttonssets the time
division of the track. Same combination with the long hold sets the
same division but in triplets
🠚 Combination ofTRACK D/1/2/3 + PLAYduring the playbackresets
pressed track to the first step.
DISPLAY
4-symbol display shows various information:
🠚 By default or on time-out it always shows the currently selected
preset on each of the tracks: each of the 4 letters of the alphabet
shows one of the 24 (A to Z) patterns on each of theTRACKS
D/1/2/3. The dots pattern above the screen corresponds to same
bumps on the rubber buttons of the tracks
🠚 In the menus display shows numeric values, parameters of selected
menu items, hints etc.
- small dot near each track letter appears if thatpattern is altered
and is currentlyunsaved. That dot disappears if weswitch to another
not altered pattern. After returning back to the unsaved pattern the dot
will appear again. Once we save the pattern (orSAVE EVERYTHINGby
🞸(PROJ) →RECORD→RECORD), the dot disappears.
🠚 Once we turn off the module’s power, all unsaved patterns will be
lost.
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FAMILY
PATTERNS
Each of 24 A to Z projects of Ground Control has4TRACKS: D, 1, 2, 3.
Each of those four tracks consist of24 PATTERNS.
ach of 24 patterns correspond to twisted 24 Latin alphabet letters from
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AtoZ(with the same pattern sharing V/U letter andmissing X letter).
Each pattern consists of a maximum64 STEPS.
ombination ofLAST STEP +⯇P
C ATTERN/PATTERN⯈or
TRANSPOSE+/-sets amount of steps on each of thosetracks.
Drum track consists of8 DRUM TRIGGERS TRACKS.
ach of those 8 drum tracks can be of any length and up to64 STEPS
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LONG– i.e. fully polymetric.
ombinationLAST STEP + MUTE BUS buttons→TRANSPOSE +/-
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sets the length of each drum track. After choosing the track, we adjust
its amount of steps
🠚 Note: there are no patterns with the letters U and X.
ach track can have any of 24 available patterns, or you can lock them
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(with⯇PATTERN/PATTERN⯈buttons, so switching thepatterns on
one track will switch the same pattern’s names on other tracks.
🠚 Once the patterns are locked, both⯇P ATTERN/PATTERN⯈buttons
are lit and the patterns on all 4 tracks are switchedONCE THE
LONGEST PATTERN ON EITHER OF THOSE TRACKS HAS
FINISHED.
Selecting the patterns can be done in the various ways:
🠚 Selecting active track with TRACK D/1/2/3 buttons and then
switching the pattern on that track by incrementing up or down with
⯇PATTERN/PATTERN⯈buttons
🠚 We can change to exact pattern on the any track by pressingTRACK
D/1/2/3 + A...Zpiano keys buttons
🠚 Pressing🞸→A...Zpiano keys buttons in the livepattern mode.
POLYMETRIC
round Control’s power is in its freedom of workflow and pattern
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flexibility, where each track can run at its own speed and have
independent pattern length - polymetric sequencing.
polymeteris best described as the superimposition of one meter on
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top of another. It could also be described as the simultaneous
performance of two or more independent meters.
or example: by using theLAST STEPbutton we cansetTRACK 1to
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have pattern length of 16 steps andTRACK 2to havepattern length of
12 steps. This will create an interesting Polymetric relationship between
tracks 1 and 2 as they will no longer loop at the same points in time,
creating a phasing and hypnotic feel that always evolves in time. Each
of 8 drum triggers can also have an independent amount of their steps.
This can be extremely useful when creating more complex rhythmic
relationships between tracks.
ou can use additional reset inputs to control and reset the tracks in
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case you don’t want to hear constant sequence phasing with polymetric
configuration.
PATTERN CHAIN
y holdingTRACK D/1/2/3buttons + entering a sequenceof the letters
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A...Z(even repeating the same letters) will add thepatterns to the
PATTERN CHAIN– i.e. they will be played sequentially and in order
once the chain is entered. After we choose another pattern or its chains,
e lose the previous chain. Maximum number of patterns in the chain is
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24. There is no specified song mode in the Ground Control however you
can chain the patterns to switch one by one in the chain imitating that
mode.
nce recorded, pattern chains can also be saved withSAVE ALL
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combination: 🞸→RECORD→RECORDand restored onthe next
project or module power up.
PATTERNS LOCK
y pressing both⯇PATTERN + PATTERN⯈buttons, we lockthe
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patterns which means changing one pattern on one track will change to
the same pattern name on the other tracks:
atterns are not changed instantly to the next one, but after the current
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one is finished. The next step after current pattern has finished will be
the first step of the new selected pattern.
2 OCTAVE / 24 PIANO KEYS
equencer has 2 octaves or 24 piano keys buttons – they are
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momentary, silicone rubber keys for entering melodies, drums, steps,
selecting the patterns, accessing the menus, entering alphabetical and
numerical values etc.
🠚 Piano keys are not velocity or pressure sensitive
PIANO KEYS USE
🠚 Play/preview melodies or trigger the drums when we are in a normal,
non-recording mode:
nce we activate one of the melodyTRACKS 1/2/3, pressing
▪ O
those keys will generate the pitch CV and gate information on
appropriate 3,5 mm TRACK 1/2/3OUTPUT JACKSas wellas
generate MIDI notes information on MIDI and USB-MIDI outputs
on the channels set in theMENU TEMPO→M/MIDI. Keys cover
a range of two octaves F to E and we can shift (transpose) the
keyboard up or down to play the keys in higher or lower octaves.
When no octaves are shifted (TRANSPOSE +/- buttons not lit),
C-noteE/EXT.CVcorresponds toC3note or 0v on pitch CV
outputs.
nce we activate the drum track withTRACK Dbutton,we can
▪ O
preview/play/record drum triggers with the top row of keys
marked asP/1…Y/8. Each of those keys has a number,digits1to
8corresponds to appropriate 1 to 8 trigger outputsmarked with [
]:
nce we activate the arpeggiator/roller with1/32...1/4buttons,
▪ O
piano keys buttons activate the notes sequences once pressed in
a chord or activate the drum rolls once we press the drum triggers
🠚 Select the next pattern on active track in the combination of buttons:
🞸→A...Zbuttons. Once the new pattern is selected,it will be
launched once the current one has finished playing its last step (or its
full cycle in case of pendulum or random directions)
🠚 Enter the menu items using the lower row of keys A to N and
combination ofTEMPO + A...NorTEMPO→A...N. Smallhints are
written near each of A...N letters and correspond to various menu
item group settings, which are described in the MENU section below
🠚 Numerical input0...9with the upper row ofO/0...Z/9buttons to enter
the exact parameter value along with theVALUE-/+incremental
buttons
🠚 Save current pattern to another pattern (via combo🞸→RECORD
→A...Z) and also to load (open) or save one of 24projects (via
combo🞸→LAST STEP→A...Zto load another projectand🞸→
RECORD→LAST STEP→A...Zto save current project into
another project name cell).
TRANSPOSE / VALUE CHANGE BUTTONS
Initially-OCT / OCT+buttons are used to transposethe keyboard
playing or recording melodicTRACKS 1/2/3. GroundControl range is
10 OCTAVESper each melodic track so there are 4 octave shifts down
to the lower range with-OCTbutton and 4 octavesshifts up to the
higher range withOCT+button.
ombination withTRACK 1/2/3 + TRANSPOSE +/-buttons will shift
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the currently selected pattern by one octave up or down on each
combo press.
ALUE +/-buttons are also used to set values in various menu items
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(incrementing up or down), for example changing the track’s step
number via comboLAST STEP + MUTE BUSbuttons andadjusting
selected track length withVALUE +/-buttons. In contrary toVALUE +/-
buttons, which adjust incremental values by -/+ 1,
⯇PATTERN/PAGE/PATTERN⯈buttons increment values usuallyby
-/+ 10 or -/+16 depending on the context to speed up the values
adjustment.
🠚 Transpose buttons don’t work on the drum track.
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TRACKS)
y pressing both-OCT + OCT+buttons together once,we activate the
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semitone transpose mode. In that mode both-OCT/OCT+buttons will
be fully lit and you will see a‘SEMI’message on the display. That
means after pressingA...Zbuttons we can shift the notes on the track
by the amount of semitones up or down from the root C note (marked
withE/EXT.CV). In that mode you can press single-OCT + OCT+
buttons to shift the keyboard to transpose to higher octave intervals up
or down on the currently selected activeTRACKS 1/2/3.
LOCK SEMITONE TRANSPOSE
In semitone transpose that mode, short press theLASTSTEPactivates
theLOCKSEMITONE TRANSPOSEmode: you will see‘LOCK’
message on the display. That means that semitone transpose on the
current track, will be applied to all three melodicTRACKS 1/2/3at
once.
ou can exit transpose mode again by both-OCT + OCT+button press
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or singleSTOPbutton press without stopping the sequencer.
Remember to save your edited patterns after you shift them by
semitones up or down. Otherwise, you will lose those changes on the
next module’s power up.
MUTE/SOLO BUS
ute bus is a row of buttons, whose main function is to mute a certain
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track. In addition, each of those buttons blink each time the note
happens on that track which is useful to monitor activity on the tracks.
ALL DRUMSbuttons aren't blinking as we already have every drum
trigger blinking with its own drum trigger.
y default, the mutes haveNON-QUANTIZEDaction –i.e. they
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mute/unmute instantly. However if we hold the MUTE button for 1
second, it changes its mute action toQUANTIZED:i.e. that track will
stop or start its new cycle quantized to the track’s pattern length. Use it
on your musical choice – sometimes it is important to enable some
tracks instantly, however sometimes it is good to queue the mute for
one or multiple tracks so it will be enabled or disabled at a certain time.
LL DRUMSbutton will mute/unmute immediately all the 8 drum
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triggers. After ALL DRUMS unmute, manually muted before tracks will
be remembered. You can press any MUTE buttons at a time to mute
certain channels at once. Muted tracks are remembered once you save
the project (🞸→RECORD→RECORD).
SOLO
EMPO+MUTE BUSbuttons combo act as a momentarySOLOfor the
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tracks. This action works opposite to the mutes i.e. rest tracks will be
muted and only selected tracks will be enabled.
CLEARING THE PATTERN
ombination of singlePROJECT + ANY MUTE BUSbuttonspress will
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CLEARthe notes/triggers on the selected track butwill leave the
pattern length unchanged. SecondPROJECT + SAME MUTE BUS
press will clear the steps number of that track to default 16 steps.
inglePROJECT + ALL DRUMSpress will clear all 8 drum triggers at
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once. Second press will reset all 8 drum trigger tracks to 16 steps.
🠚 Maximum number of steps per track is 64
PATTERN / PAGE BUTTONS
he main functions of these buttons is to switch the patterns on the
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active track, incrementing up or down with⯇PATTERN/PATTERN⯈
buttons.
hese buttons have additional labels as⯇P
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they increment values by numbers of 10 or 16 depending on the context
to speed up the values adjustment in the menus.
IME DIVISION / ARPEGGIATOR /
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1/32...1/4
ombination withTRACK D/1/2/3 + 1/32...1/4buttonssets theTIME
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DIVISIONof the track. Same combination with the longhold (1.5
seconds) sets the same track’s division but inTRIPLETS.
/16is always the default and most used time division for any new
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projects therefore is marked with°symbol at 1/16° in the old design.
ARPEGGIATOR / ROLLER
nother function for those buttons is to enable/disableARPEGGIATOR
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on melodic TRACKS 1/2/3 and theROLLERfor the drumtrack.
ressing1/32...1/4buttons enables one of the4ARPEGGIATOR
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MODESavailable:UP / DOWN / RANDOM / ORDER(the button
selected will start to blink):
ressing1/32...1/4buttons on the drum TRACK D willenable the drum
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ROLLER:each drum trigger noteP/1...Y/8pressed willrepeat itself
following the selected time division1/32...1/4. Todisable the roller
press1/32...1/4button again.
he roller on the drum track follows the pressed 1/32...1/4 time division
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– however only the time division initially selected for the track will be
recorded if recording the roller in real-time (see section below).
hen we are on the active melodic TRACKS 1/2/3, combination
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1/32...1/4 + TRANSPOSE-/+set the arpeggiator’sOCTAVESRANGE
(0by default, possible options:-2, -1, 0, 1, 2)– that means how many
octaves the arpeggio pattern will sweep through.
🠚 Once the arpeggiator is running the notes, you can change the
modes on the fly. You can play and latch all arpeggiators and a roller
on all available tracks simultaneously
🠚 Arpeggiator and rolls can be recorded in the live recording mode,
however remember the rolls will always be recorded taking into the
account the current track’s time division settings
LATCH / SUPERLATCH / TRANSPOSE
ressing LAST STEP enablesARPEGGIATOR’S LATCH:itenables the
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arpeggiator to remember the last set of notes played on the keyboard.
hen Latch is activated, the Arpeggiator sequence will continue to play
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even after notes have been released. Arpeggiator’s notes are cleared
when playing the next chord.
o disable the arpeggiator, press1/32...1/4 or LASTSTEPagain. The
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arpeggiator will always have the track’s time division it is played on and
is set byTRACK D/1/2/3 + 1/32...1/4.
olding LAST STEP for longer than 1.5 seconds enables
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ARPEGGIATOR SUPER-LATCH:
🠚 Pressing keys, will add them to the arpeggiating cycles
🠚 Pressing keys that are already part of the arpeggio playing, will
remove them from the current arpeggio
🠚 Short press onSTEPwhile super-latch is active, deactivates
super-latch without clearing the note buffer to allow seamless
integration of modes
🠚 Maximum notes amount in arpeggiator is 24.
ressing both-OCT/OCT+buttons activates semitonetranspose mode
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for the arpeggiator. It works identically as a normal semitone transpose:
i.e. C is the root note, and pressing another note will transpose the
notes in the arpeggiator as many semitones as needed.
🠚 One can also lock the mode to transpose all tracks
🠚 PressingSTOPbutton exits the transpose mode (orlock status)
🞸(PROJ) BUTTON
🞸(P ROJ) andTEMPObuttons mainly work as ‘SHIFT’buttons.
🞸
(PROJ, asterisk symbol) button combinations are related to the
pattern/project saving/loading/clearing functions, which usually are
associated on the same level or upper the🞸button.
PATTERNS / PROJECTS LOAD/SAVE
LIVE PATTERN MODE
ingle press of the🞸(PROJ) button will enter theLIVE PATTERN MODE.
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In that mode you can change patterns with appropriate 24 piano keys.
That is essential live performance tool when you can choose the
patterns only with a single button press. When you enablePATTERN
LOCK, then you can select the same patterns on all 4 tracks at the
same time with a single key press.
Pressing🞸(PROJ) button during live pattern modewill exit that mode.
ressing the LASTSTEPbutton in live pattern mode will enter the
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PROJECT LOADmenu and you can load any other projectwithA…Z
uttons without stopping the sequencer. Loading a new project can be
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done smoothly on the fly when the current project is still running without
losing the sync. Once you press a new project load, after the longest
pattern of the current project will be finished, all new patterns from the
new project will be played on the next step.
🠚 Pressing theTEMPObutton during live pattern mode will act exactly
the same asLAST STEPbutton (i.e. selecting new project), however
after the new project will be loaded, the live pattern mode will be
enabled automatically.
SAVING THE PATTERNS AND PROJECTS
ressing🞸(PROJ) →RECORDor🞸(P ROJ) +RECORDbuttonswill enter
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the pattern save function.
Once you pressed🞸(P ROJ) →RECORD, you can further:
🠚 pressRECORDone more time toSAVE ALLsettings –means all
unsaved patterns on all the tracks will be saved. That also will save
all the settings you’ve made in the menus – e.g. MIDI channels, slide
amount, pattern direction, BPM etc. That is the fastest combination
to save anything you have just recorded or changed
🠚 press any of24 A...Zpiano keys to save current patternto another
pattern letter
🠚 pressTRACK 1/2/3→A...Zto save currently selectedpattern on
currently active track into ANOTHER track’s pattern letter
🠚 pressLAST STEP→A...Zto save the current project in one of 24
project letters A…Z. Unused (clean) projects will show as unlit
buttons and used projects will show as semi-lit ones. The project you
are currently in will blink. To confirm the saving you will see aSAVE
question on the screen and you can confirm overwrite (‘OUR?’
message) with either pressingRECORDorPLAYbuttonsif another
project destination letter you are trying to save is not empty. To
cancel the procedure and exit pressSTOPonce.
fter you save any pattern on a certain track (or save all fast via🞸(P ROJ)
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→RECORD→RECORD), those chosen patterns are restoredon next
modules power up. Last used project is also loaded on the next
module's power up.
🠚 Remember the logic: you can always only save the current
pattern/project to itself or other destination.
TEMPO BUTTON
TEMPOand🞸(PROJ) buttons mainly work asSHIFTbuttons.
EMPObutton functions are mostly related to the variousMENU
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settings in combination with the lower row ofA...Npiano keys (TEMPO
+ A...NorTEMPO→A...N).
ne particular feature of theTEMPObutton is settingthe tempo value
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in beats-per-minute(BMP):
🠚 when pressingTEMPObutton 3 or more times, it will act as aTAP
TEMPObutton (for security reasons to not accidentallychange - it
can be disabled viaSETTINGSmenu:TEMPO→M/MIDI→C)
🠚 when pressing theTEMPObutton once you will see the current
project tempo or tempo of the external clock if the sequencer is
engaged to external MIDI/USB or jack clock. Default project’s BPM
value is 120. Once you see that value on the display, you can adjust
it:
ithVALUE -/+buttons incrementing by 1 value ata press or
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long press to speed up the values changing
ith⯇P
▪ w AGE⯈buttons incrementing tempo values by values of
10 per single press
▪ entering new BPM value with numericO/0...Z/9pianokeys
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EMPO + LAST STEPcomboLATCHES THE BPMvalue
appearance on the display – that is useful if you need to
monitor the tempo
RECORDING
There are a few ways to record the notes on the tracks:
🠚 STEP RECORDING:sequencing 101-style
🠚 X0X-STYLE EDITORfor DRUMS: editing triggers with 16 steps per
page
🠚 usingLIVE RECORDINGusing internal 24-piano keysor external
MIDI controllers
🠚 manually entering/altering the notes/velocities/modulation in the
EDITOR
STEP RECORDING
TEP RECORDINGis a method of entering notes step-by-step
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(starting from first step) with enteringACTIVE NOTESandRESTS
(pauses) into existing time-division grid. It was introduced old ago in
synthesizers such as Roland® SH-101 but also inEndorphin.es–
Running Order.
nce the sequencer stopped, theRECORDbutton is pressed once.
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The existing sequence/pattern on the current track is cleared and
overwritten by a newly entered sequence of notes/pauses(rests). Exit
that mode by pressingRECORDorSTOPwithout anythingto record
and the previous sequence will not be cleared. This mode currently only
works when the sequencer is not running. To store the sequence of
notes/rests, just pressPLAY. The newly entered sequencewill run
through the CV/gate jacks or via MIDI.
In that record mode, theTEMPObutton acts as aREST- i.e. inputting
an empty step and engaging to the next one. Overlapping the keys (i.e.
holding one ofA...Zbuttons and pressing anotherA...Zbutton) will put
aSLIDEon that step's transition.
ressing1/4(TIE) orTEMPObuttons in record modein conjunction with
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one of theA...Zkeys will create aTIE- i.e. creatinga note that occupies
more than one step in the pattern and has a longer duration. Thus using
TIEs creates longer notes. After years of trial and error, we found that
this method is one of the most effective for entering patterns and
grooves fast, which are melodic, occasionally unpredictable and can
have a various metric (steps length) which is useful in various electronic
music styles
EXAMPLE #1 OF STEP RECORD
ressSTOPand switch to melodicTRACK 1. Select newpatternBby
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switchingPATTERN⯈button. Press theRECORDbutton and press a
notes sequence withA...Zkeys pairing with theTEMPObutton acting
as aREST. PressPLAYto start the currently entered sequence.
Alternatively, you can press anotherTRACK D/1/2/3to instantly
continue entering steps on another track. That is useful to quickly fill the
patterns on all the tracks.
EXAMPLE #2 OF STEP RECORD
ressSTOPand switch to drumTRACK D. Select thepattern you wish
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to record and then press a few times one of the1...8piano keys. In that
case, you will know exactly which drum trigger you are going to record
and you can switch to different drum triggers to preview the drums.
After you decide which drum you are going to record in step mode –
just pressRECORDand enter that drum sequence oftriggers pressing
the same1...8drum trigger keys andRESTbutton.After you have a
sequence ready, you can either: press play to start that sequence
playing or press another1...8button to immediatelystart to record
another drum trigger sequence. Once you press that button, the amount
of steps and all the triggers/rests on the previously recorded track will
be saved.
🠚 Selecting other1...8drum triggers on drum trackor choosing other
TRACKS D/1/2/3, will switch the step input or live recording on the
next track while keeping the recording enabled. In such a way you
can speed up the step input or live record of tracks one by one.
LIVE RECORDING
Live recording is another way to record the notes into the tracks.
irst of all you have to pressPLAYso the sequencer is running. Then
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press theRECORDbutton and enter the notes with the keyboard or
attached MIDI or USB-MIDI keyboard controller. The notes will be
recorded quantized to the currently selected grid.
If you don’t like what you recorded you can quicklyCLEANthat track
by pressing🞸(PROJ)+ MUTE BUSbutton once. Thatwill clean only the
notes on that track but will keep its length. Second🞸(P ROJ)+ MUTE BUS
button press will also clean the step number of that track to default 16
steps.
here is no way to adjust the amount of steps of the pattern during the
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live recording mode. You can do that only via the step record mode, or
manually set the amount of steps via LAST STEP+MUTE BUS button
t hat corresponds to that track + adjust the value withVALUE-/+or
⯇PAGE⯈buttons or using numerical0/O...Z/9keys.
emember to always save the pattern once you have entered the notes
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and you like it. The easiest way to do that is🞸(PROJ)→RECORD→
RECORDfrom anytime the sequencer is running or stopped.Last
saved project or selected patterns saved are restored on the next
module’s power up.
WAIT FOR RECORDING
Is a special live record mode in which the sequencer is stopped and
waits for the first note to be entered with the piano keys or via MIDI to
immediately start playback with the live recording enabled. That feature
is enabled byTEMPO + RECORDonce the sequencer isstopped.
Once pressed you will seeWAIT…R ECon the screen meaningyou
have to enter the notes or triggers for the live record to begin. That’s a
nice feature if you want to record some melody or arpeggiator faster,
but don’t want to wait for the next pattern cycle to properly start first
notes.
EDITOR
nce you want to edit already recorded notes, you can do that via the
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editor.
ress and holdRECORDbutton for more than 1 secondto enter the
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currently selected track editor. In the editor you can change the tracks
without quitting the editor by pressingTRACK D/1/2/3buttons.
In the editor, you can navigate thru the steps via⯇P AGE⯈buttons and
current step will be shown on the display. Once there is an active note
on that track you will see that key light up on the piano keys. Be aware
that piano keys show only the current middle view of the keyboard so if
y ou are sure the note is present on the current step but you don’t see it,
then you should navigate with theTRANSPOSE-/+buttonsto find that
note appeared on another octaves. Once you reach the last step on the
current track, it will be marked with two dots, i.e. if you are on the
pattern A with length of 16 steps, then reaching the 16th step you will
see: A_.16. Pressing🞸(PROJ) button anywhere in theeditor will add one
extra step in the end of the currently edited pattern. Pressing
REST/TEMPOanywhere in the editor will clear currentstep from any
notes and associated flags.
nce you navigating thru the steps, you can edit the notes and their
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features – so calledFLAGS. Flag is a binary additionalfeature (0 or 1)
which that step can have. You can turn the notes on or off in the editor
and then add or disable their flags. To clean the note you can either
press it again – i.e. press on the light up piano key or press theREST
button. Each note can have following flags:RATCHETS,TIEorSLIDE
orREST(empty step). Those are ON/OFF features, meaningthey are
either present or not.
🠚 TIE(1/4button) merges current note with the nextone creating a twice
longer one. If that next note will also be tied with the third one, then
the overall note’s duration will be triple longer than selected track’s
time division etc.
🠚 REST(TEMPObutton light up red) always cleans the current note and any
modulations/velocities that are on that current step.
🠚 RATCHET(1/8button) flag means the ratchet is enabledon the current
step. The amount of ratchets can be set via the MENU: TEMPO→
I/ratchets per track.
🠚 SLIDE(LAST STEPbutton) flag means that the notewill slide to another one
on the last step before the destination note. Slide time can be set via
MENU: TEMPO→J.
here are other additional features of the notes:MODULATIONand
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VELOCITY.
hile there is only one modulation track, which can be connected to
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any of 8 drum or 3 melodic tracks, each note or drum has a velocity.
oth can be recorded via MIDI or USB-MIDI controller, however also
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manually entered or adjusted per-step in the editor.
MODULATION EDITOR
o access theMODULATION EDITOR, switch to the trackit is assigned
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to and long pressRECORD. PressMOD.CC(1/32) buttonand you will get
into the modulation step editor for the current pattern with the display
showingC__1:meaning you are editing CC modulation#01 (always
CC#01) on the drum track (default Rx/Tx MIDI channel10).
avigating thru the steps with the⯇P
N AGE⯈buttonsyou select the step
on which you wish to adjust the modulation value and then either with
VALUE-/+buttons or lower row ofA...Nbuttons setthe value from 0 to
127. Those 128 values correspond to 7-bit CC#01 message sent thru
the MIDI and USB-MIDI outputs as well as converted into physical CV
from 0 to +5V or -5 to +5v range at the MOD. OUT jack output. In the
bipolar output mode to select exact 0v output, just press bothGandH
keys together that will correspond to CC or velocity value to 64:
MODULATION OUT JACKFW V.2
It is possible to assign modulation or velocity of a certain track to the
modulation output jack. If it is assigned to modulation of a certain track
or drum track, it automatically obtains the length of the steps on that or
other drum track.
odulation output jack settings are accessible in the menu viaTEMPO
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→F/MOD.OUTcombination: see theMENUsection belowfor all the
settings.
VELOCITY EDITOR
o access theVELOCITY EDITOR, switch to any of theTRACK
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D/1/2/3and long pressRECORD. PressVELOCITY(1/16) button and
you will get into the velocity step editor for the current pattern with the
display showingV__1:meaning you are editing velocityvalue on the
selected track or selected drum trigger with 1...8 buttons. Navigating
thru the steps with the⯇P AGE⯈buttons you selectthe step, the note’s
velocity on which you wish to adjust and then either withVALUE-/+
buttons or lower row ofA...Nbuttons you set thevalue from 0 to 127.
Those 128 values correspond to 7-bit note’s velocity message sent thru
the MIDI and USB-MIDI outputs on certain note appearance.
🠚 Velocity value 0 means the note isn’t fired
X0X-STYLE EDITOR (FOR DRUM TRACKS)
or editing the drum patterns, it is easier to useX0X-STYLEediting
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inspired by Roland® TR-606/808/909 etc. machines.That X0X editor is a
part of the standard editor and exists only for the drum track.
o enter the editor, long pressRECORDand then selectTRACK D. In
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that mode a lower row of 14-piano keys together withO/0andZ/9side
keys creates a 16-step grid. PressP/1...Y/8buttons to select the drum
trigger – that selection activates its steps on imaginary 16-step grid:
In that drum mode we see only 16 steps at once: from step 1 to 16
(page 1 is shown asP_ _1). PressVALUE-/+buttonsto navigate to
NEXT PAGES: page 2:17-32steps, page 3:33-48, page4:49-64
steps. You can access pages 2 to 4 only if a certain selected drum has
more than 16 steps (selected viaLAST STEP + MUTEBUS DRUM+
VALUE-/+or⯇PAGE⯈).
In the X0X editor you can switch between the drum notes to see each
drums’ grid by single press of those drums. Second press of the same
drum will preview it on the drums triggers and MIDI or USB-MIDI
outputs.
🠚 You can access the editor when the sequencer is stopped or when it
is running
LIVE EDITOR
It is possible to adjust notes and drums step-by-step on the go – i.e.
when the sequencer is running. Once the playback is running, long
press theRECORDbutton will enter into the live editormode. On the
drum track you will be shown the X0X editor where you can see steps
running in real-time and navigate thru the pages withVALUE-/+
buttons. On melodicTRACKS 1/2/3you will see thestep editor and the
notes will blink if they run on the current selected step.
CLOCK I/O / RESET I/O
lock and reset are analog logicINPUTandOUTPUTsignals made to
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synchronize Ground Control together with other Eurorack gear (typical
1/16th notes clock and reset). The trigger outputsare 0...+10V range10
mSec length to be able to clock various gear. Trigger inputs are typically
0...+5V expected with the threshold of 0.65V.
round Control sends one short trigger from itsRESETOUTjack on
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playback start when you press thePLAYbutton.
pplying a trigger into theRESET INjack (or manuallypressing PLAY
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while the sequencer is running) will reset all the sequences on all 4
TRACKS D/1/2/3to the first step.
here is a row of separate track’s reset inputs, meaning you can apply a
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trigger on a certain track to reset it independently from others to the first
step. You can also manually reset certain tracks to the first step by
TRACK D/1/2/3 + PLAYcombo. Each separate track’sreset is
synchronized to the grid of each track’s selected time division (1/16by
default):
LOCK OUT– is a master clock output sent by defaultin sixteenth
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notes (corresponds to PPQN/6 or 1/16th notes), thereforeis marked with
symbol. Refer toK / SYNCHRONIZATION / DIVIDERSbelowof the
ENUsection on how to set theMASTER CLOCKand itsOUTPUT
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DIVIDRS.
LOCK IN– is external clock input from another mastersequencer or
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clock generator (e.g. Running Order). By default the standard is typical
in eurorack in sixteenth notes (PPQN/6 or 1/16th)by default.
MIDI I/O
Those are 3,5 mm TRS type B MIDI jacks.
IDI pinout –TYPE B:standard of Arturia® BeatstepPro, 1010Music,
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ALM, Erica Synths, Polyend, VPME etc. (see more at
https://minimidi.world):
🠚 PIN 5–RING(current sink)
🠚 PIN 4–TIP(current source)
🠚 PIN 2–SLEEVE(shield)
ne adapter is included with the module and you can use any third
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party ones just ensure it is B-standard.
ll the MIDI related settings can be accessed via theMENU: TEMPO→
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M/MIDI(see MIDI settings below).
USB-MIDI HOST-DEVICE I/O
hose are similar asCLASS COMPLIANTUSB-MIDITYPEAandTYPE
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Bsockets.
If you are familiar withENDORPHIN.ES - SHUTTLE CONTROL, they are
similar in Ground Control. Moreover, Shuttle Control may and will work
as a perfect MIDI expander module for the sequencer where you can
assign all the velocities, internal generators etc.
You can plug any USB class-compliant USB-MIDI devices:
🠚 UsuallyDEVICEis connected to the computer or tablet.In that case
Ground Control works as a USB-MIDI to CV converter or you can use
Ground Control as MASTER clock for your DAW since USB-MIDI is
bidirectional.
🠚 usuallyHOSTis connected to various MIDI controllers:from
USB-MIDI keyboards, faderbanks etc.
y default, any MIDI input events are appearing into any MIDI outputs.
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However with the USB-MIDI sockets we can decide if we wish to pass
the MIDI flow from host to device or from device to host or have a host
loopback (a.k.a.MIDI THRU) in theMIDI MENUsettingsviaTEMPO→
M/MIDI.
ote for using the Ground Control with Arturia® BeastepPro/Keystep
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Pro devices via USB. Those devices mirror any MIDI notes that enter
that via USB-MIDI connection. That may cause issues and double notes
press or unwanted loops using the arpeggiator. For best work set TX
channels on BSP/KSP devices to unused MIDI channels (i.e. 4 or other).
EXT. CV INPUTSFW V.2
here are four, assignable,un-attenuatedCV INPUTS:D, 1, 2, 3. CV
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input range is -5v…+5v or 0…+5V depending on the destination it is
assigned.
odulation matrix is accessed viaMENU: TEMPO→E/EXT.CVand is
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available from firmware version 2 of higher.
In the CV modulation matrix, you can assign each of the 4 CV inputs (D,
1, 2, 3) to various parameters from the list: seeE/EXT.CVmenu list
below.
MENU
here is no obvious menu diving in the module exceptTEMPO→A...N
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orTEMPO + A...Nlower row of 14 piano buttons. Withthose keys
combinations we instantly access to various sequencer settings, which
are organized into 14 PAGES overA...Nbuttons. Someof the menu
items are picked with similar letters to remember their access but all
other coincidences are for technical purpose only. You can change
those settings whenever when sequencer is stopped or is running.
A / POLYRHYTHMIC TIME-BASEFW V.2
olyrhythms allow you to stretch and squeeze a given number of steps
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within a defined pattern length, in other words as "stretching a pulse
train".
he more technical definition of polyrhythms is as follows: polyrhythm is
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the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily
perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of
the same meter. The rhythmic layers may be the basis of an entire piece
of music (cross-rhythm), or a momentary section.
Some examples of the polyrhythmic patterns:
7:16- this means that the pattern length is 16 steps,but instead of
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having 16 16th notes within this pattern, we have 17 notes, which are
slightly shorter. This way we are squeezing 17 steps into 16, without
changing the pattern length.
7:32- this means that our pattern length is 32 steps,but instead of
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having 32 16th notes we only have 27, that still fill up all 32 steps with
extended note duration. In this case we are stretching 27 steps to fit the
32 steps.
s you can see, polyrhythms allow you to play around with the length of
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steps in the pattern, creating more complex rhythmic structures and
relationships both between steps in the sequence and between tracks.
Ground Control allows you to have polyrhythmic patterns up to 32:32,
which is not possible on any other sequencer currently available in
either eurorack or outboard hardware formats.
irst we need to select a track, any of the 4 tracks can have
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polyrhythmic behavior.
nce the track is selected, we can access the polyrhythmic setup using
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a combination ofTEMPO + Abuttons. The 2 numberslight up on the
screen, by default it is set to 4:4, which is the most basic time signature.
The first number sets the imaginary number of steps in a sequence and
t he second number sets over how many steps the previously selected
number of steps are stretched / squeezed.
ote: 4:4 / 8:8 / 16:16 / 32:32 will all give you the same time signature
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as in the end the ratio is always 1:1 and no steps are being stretched or
squeezed.
nce the numbers appear on the screen you can start changing them,
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the first nominator number can be incremented by +/-1 using thePAGE
buttons and the second denominator number is changed using the
VALUEbuttons.
et’s set the first number to be 5 and the second to be 4, resulting in a
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5:4 time signature. This means that now we can fit 5 steps into an
imaginary pattern of 4 steps long, which will shrink the duration of each
note in the sequence to accommodate one extra step.
he time signature numbers do not change the pattern length, as they
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only set the timing of steps in the sequence, so for example you can still
have a 16 step sequence, but the time signature will now be 5:4 instead
of 4:4. It is best to play around with this to get a better feel and
understand how the time is affected. Try setting the same time signature
for all tracks, create a beat on the Drum Track and a melody on the
TRACK 1/2/3 and you will hear the subtle differences that polyrhythms
introduce. Another interesting time signature to try out is 17:16, which
almost sounds like 4:4, but has a slight shift in the step duration.
🠚 If you want to experiment even more, we recommend trying to
combine Polymetric and Polyrhythmic sequences, where both the
time signature and pattern length are changed.
B / PATTERN SHIFT (NUDGE)EXT. CV
attern shift, nudge or pattern’s rotation is the same name for
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SHIFTING THE TRACKnotes on their pattern’s gridsforward and
backward.
n entering that menu, we select the track we want to shift withTRACK
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D/1/2/3buttons. On drumTRACK Dwe can select anyof the 8 drum
tracks which we want to shift withMUTE BUSbuttons.After selecting
the track we want to shift we pressTRANSPOSE+/-buttonsto adjust
the shift in steps (up to +/-64 steps range however limited to the
patterns’ length).
🠚 Note: that parameter can be modulated under external CV
C / METRONOME
round Control has a small piezo buzzer. When enabled it acts as a
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physical metronome so you can start recording grooves without
necessity to patch something and hear the clock first.
etronome settings are accessible with combinationTEMPO→C.
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With theVALUE -/+buttons we choose the followingoptions:CLC
(CLCmeansCLICK):
🠚 CLC.—(none),
🠚 CLC.D(drum track),
🠚 CLC.1/2/3(certain melodic tracks).
hen you choose any value other than ‘—‘, the metronomeis enabled
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and follows the selected track’s time division. If you choose ‘—‘, then
the metronome click sound is off.
🠚 Metronome is a small physical buzzer located on the rear side of the
module and its volume can be perceived differently depending how
close or open your case is
D / DIRECTION OF THE PATTERN
his menu item sets the direction of the currently active selected track.
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With theVALUE -/+buttons we choose the followingoptions:
🠚 FRWD: meansFORWARD– typical direction from firststep 1 to the
last step and then again returning to the first and so on.
🠚 REWD: meansREWIND– direction from the last stepto the first step
1 and then again returning to the last and so on.
🠚 PEND: meansPENDULUM– is a combination of first forwardand
then backward movement.
🠚 RAND: meansRANDOM– each next step the sequenceris selected
is random of track’s set steps.
🠚 RSTP: meansRANDOM STEP– on each step sequencer decidesif
it goes forward or backwards.
hatever direction you choose, keep in mind that once you choose
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another pattern, it will be switched once the current pattern will finish its
full cycle. InFORWARDmode that means once the patternwill reach its
last step, the next step will be the first step from new pattern. In
BACKWARDmode the pattern should reach its first stepand then will
be switched to the new pattern. InPENDULUMmode thepattern
should go forward and then backward and only then will be switched to
the next pattern – i.e. will pass twice more steps before the switch. In
RANDOMandRANDOM STEPmodes the logic is simple –the switch
to the new pattern will occur after initiated and once the pattern will
pass the full number of its set steps (by default 16).
E / EXT. CVFW V.2
In that menu with the buttonsTRACK D/1/2/3we selectthe CV jack
source.
hen with⯇PAGE⯈buttons you select the followingMODULATION
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DESTINATIONSwith additional parameters like tracks selected via
TRANSPOSE +/-buttons.
MODULATIO
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DESTINATIO SETTINGS N ON
ION EXPECTED CV RANGE
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SELECTED TRANSP+/- AY
WITHPAGE⯈
PATTERN .1...8,
D SHFT /-64
+ increasing voltage on 1v, shifts on
SHIFT T.1…3 steps 12 steps, or 0.833V per step
SEMITONE T 1…3 SEMI +/-5 voltage added from the jack
OFFSET octaves quantized to semitones and adds
to pitch CV outputs. Also those
influences on the MIDI notes
outputs
CTAVES
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+ same as above, just the CV inputs
OFFSET octaves applied to octaves: i.e. when CV
from 0 to +1V then no change,
when CV from +1 to +2v, then
shifts 1 octave up etc up to 5
octaves and similar in negative
range
HUFFLE
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D SHFL -50…+50 CV values -5 to +5v correspond
AMOUNT T.1…3 to -50 to +50 shuffle values
PROBABILITY D.1...8, PROB 0…100 Accepts only positive CV values:
T.1…3 0 to +5V which correspond to 0
(none) to 100% (max.) tracks
probability / notes skipped
RATCHETS .1...8,
D RATC 0...4 5 values: 0 to 4 scaled to 0 to 5v
T.1…3 sectors (0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5).
Value of 0 ratchets doesn't output
the note at all, value of 4 repeats
the note on its step 4 times)
SLIDE D all / T1…3 SLDE 0...100 Accepts only positive CV values:
0 to +5V which correspond to 0
(none) to 100% (max.) longest
portamento slide time
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D GATE 0…100 Defines the gate/trigger length of
LENGTH T.1…3 a certain drum drigger or melodic
track. Accepts only positive
values 0 to +5V which correspond
from 0 to 100% (max)
C VALUE
C CC#1…127 CC.UN 0…127 asically works as CV to MIDI
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UNIPOLAR CC# converter. Unipolar means
that CV accepts only 0 to +5V
range which converts from 0 to
127 defined CC# value. CV=0v
corresponds to CC value 0
C VALUE
C CC#1…127 CC.BI 0…127 Same as above, just CV accepts
BIPOLAR bipolar values -5…+5v converted
to 0…127 CC# values, CV=0v
corresponds to CC value 63.
MIDI channel corresponds to the
track’s name which that track is
assigned to. E.g. if CC assigned
to CV 1, then it follows Track 1
MIDI channel: 1 by default
🠚 Once we have assigned something to one CV input – the same
setting for exactly the same trigger is excluded with the list in other
CV sources. I.e. once we assigned CV1 to Shuffle of Track1, we
cannot assign CV2 to the Shuffle of the same Track1, but Track D, 2
and 3 only
🠚 Once we have assigned something to some CV input – same setting
for manual change in the MENU will be ignored
🠚 External CV inputs work from the Firmware version 2 and above
F / MODULATION OUTPUT JACKFW V.2
his menu item contains settings for what is assigned to the
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MODULATION OUTPUT CV JACK.
It is possible to assign modulation output to the modulation or velocity
of a certain track. If it is assigned to modulation of a certain track or
drum track, it automatically obtains the length of the steps that track or
certain drum track has.
odulation output jack settings are accessible in the menu viaTEMPO
M
→F/MOD.OUTcombination.
In that menu:
LL DRUMSbuttons define whether theMOD. OUTjack outputs
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CC#01 modulation or velocity by alteringD.1.VandD.1.Mletters.V
means velocity andMmeans modulation.
PAGE⯈buttons will change the polarity or the velocityor modulation
⯇
output: unipolar 0 to +5V (default) or bipolar -5v…+5v with D.1.Vbletter:
inally, pressing one of theMUTE BUSbuttons willassign that
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modulation output to a certain track or drum tracks.
ressing theLAST STEPin that menu settings willenableSLEWon the
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modulation output meaning all the modulation output will not be
stepped but interpolated and can be used as an envelope or LFO if
programmed properly.
y default theMODULATION OUTPUTJACKis assignedto a special
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modulation track which together with 8 trigger outputs is a part of the
drum track. Default modulation output range is 0...+5V and with the
further firmware updates it will be possible to reassign that modulation
output jack to other generators or CV destinations.
🠚 Assignable Modulation output jack works fully from the Firmware
version 2 and above
G / SHUFFLEEXT. CV
HUFFLE, groove or swing (shown at display asSF.50by default) – is
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settings per one of theTRACKS D/1/2/3inspired directlyfrom famous
KAI® MPC vintage machines by Roger Linn. It is set in values
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0-50-100, which is a ratio of time duration between the first and second
16th notes within each 8th note. At value 50% there is no swing. There is
a perfect triplet swing at value 66%. Most used (and secret) value in
electronic music producers used: 53-54%, which gives a light yet very
musical feeling.
🠚 Note: that parameter can be modulated under external CV
H / PROBABILITYEXT. CV
ROBABILITYor humanization means some of the noteson the track
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can be accidentally skipped, imitating the imperfection of human nature.
It is shown at display fromPR_0toPR99.
ero setting corresponds to zero imperfections (default values on all the
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tracks). The higher the values increase from 0 to 99, the more notes or
triggers will be skipped.
🠚 Note: that parameter can be modulated under external CV
I / RATCHETSEXT. CV
atchet means that trigger fires perITS OWN STEPnot once, but up to
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3 times more (4 in total with the original trigger).
atchet amounts are assigned per track (or a certain drum track) and
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then in the patterns can either be enabled or disabled or modulated via
external CV.
alue1means no ratchets (only original trigger), while the value of4
V
gives us 4 times note repeat on the step where RATCHET FLAG was
enabled.
With0value of ratchet the whole note will not be fired.
Additional possible settings are:
🠚 FWRDmeansFORWARD: ratchets amount increases by 1on every
pattern cycle
🠚 RANDmeansRANDOM: random ratchet amount is set every time
the note will ratchet on a certain track.
It is very interesting to modulate the amount of ratchets per track using
external CV viaMODULATION MATRIX.
You can assign only one global ratchet per track (or certain drum track)
🠚 With 0 value ratchets you can mute notes with CV
🠚 Note: that parameter can be modulated under external CV
J / SLIDE TIMEEXT. CV
LIDEoccurs when we record two consequent notes onmelodic tracks
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overlapped – means the initial note key is still held while the new one is
already pressed. Slide range per melodic track is 0 to 99 and its default
value is 50 – which corresponds to approximately 100 mSec of slide
from one note to the other. In case of having the long notes merged with
the TIEs which occupy a few steps, the slide occurs on the last step of
that TIE’d long note – before the upcoming note where the pitch slides
to. That type of slide is inspired by Roland® TB-303type of sliding with
fixed default slide time.
hen slide value is set to 0, the slide time is instant. With a maximum
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value of 99 the slide time is approximately 1 second.
🠚 Note: that parameter can be modulated under external CV
K / SYNCHRONIZATION / DIVIDERS
hat menu sets theMASTER CLOCKsynchronization source(JACK
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(INTERNAL/EXTERNAL), MIDI, USB HOST, USB DEVICE) and their
INPUT / OUTPUT DIVIDERS.
🠚 MASTER CLOCK SOURCE
electing the master clock is made viaMENU: TEMPO→K→VALUE
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-/+.The possible options are:
🠚 INT– means internal Ground Control clock generatorwhen no cable
is inserted intoCLOCK INjack.
🠚 JACK– When the cable is inserted intoCLOCK IN, thesequencer
automatically detects that and switches to the external clock no
matter which master clock we have chosen. Depending on if the
external clock jack is engaged, you can select eitherINTorJACK
from those two options.
🠚 USB.H– means Ground Control becomes a slave to theclock that
comes from the device connected intoUSB HOSTsocket
🠚 USB.D– means Ground Control becomes a slave to theclock that
comes from the device connected intoUSB DEVICEsocket
🠚 MIDI– means Ground Control becomes a slave to theclock that
comes fromMIDI IN 3,5 MM JACK(MIDI type B standardvia
adapter).
🠚 Please note: if you selected some master clock source, which is
actually not connected, the sequencer will not start with manually
pressing PLAY button, as it will expect to receive a START
command from external clock source
🠚 OUTPUT CLOCK DIVIDER
utput clock divisions are selected viaMENU: TEMPO→K→
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⯇PAGE⯈. Possible options are:
🠚 o. 1– original 24 PPQN output clock (typically usedfor DIN sync)
🠚 o. 2– 24PPQN/2 twice slower than original clock output
🠚 o. 4– output clock in 24PPQN/4
🠚 o. /32– output clock in 32nd notes (corresponds to24PPQN/3)
🠚 o. /16– output clock in 16th notes (corresponds to24PPQN/6)-
DEFAULT CLOCK OUTPUT SET FROM CLOCK OUT JACK
🠚 o. /8– output clock in 8th notes (corresponds to24PPQN/12)
🠚 o. /4– output clock in 4th notes (corresponds to24PPQN/24)
🠚 o. /2– output clock in 8th notes (corresponds to24PPQN/48)
🠚 o. 1br– output clock in 1/1 notes (corresponds to 1 tick per 1 bar,
24PPQN/96)
🠚 o. 2br– output clock in 2/1 notes (corresponds to2 bars,
24PPQN/192)
🠚 o. 4br– output clock in 4/1 notes (corresponds to4 bars,
24PPQN/384)
🠚 o. ¬2– twice faster than original output clock (correspondsto
24PPQN*2 = 48PPQN a.k.a. Korg® standard)
🠚 Hint:o.symbol in the beginning means we adjust outputclock
division
🠚 INPUT CLOCK DIVIDER
It is possible to adjust theINPUT CLOCK DIVIDERto make the
sequencer playing slower or faster than the incoming clock. It is done
only when the sequencer is in the slave mode(i.e. USB D/H or MIDI
chosen as master clock or there is a cable inserted into CLOCK IN jack)
v ia the following combination:TEMPO→VALUE-/+.The following
options are:
🠚 PQ.24– corresponds to the original24 PPQNtypical MIDI clock
standard. This is the default sync option when MIDI or USB-MIDI
master clock option is selected. Choose this option when you
synchronize (slave) Ground Control to another master MIDI device
with exact 1:1 tempo.
🠚 PQ.48– corresponds toPPQN48alternative a.k.a. Korg® MIDI clock
standard. Choose this option when you synchronize Ground Control
to another master MIDI device with a twice-faster 48PPQN clock.
🠚 PQ.12– corresponds toPPQN12. Choose this optionwhen you
synchronize Ground Control to another master MIDI device with
twice-slower 12PPQN clock. With PQ.28 and PQ.12 options you can
adjust your Ground Control to essentially be twice faster or twice
slower from your typical MIDI clock.
🠚 i. /32– input clock in 32nd notes (corresponds to24PPQN/3).
🠚 i. /16– input clock in 16th notes (corresponds to24PPQN/6) –
default value if JACK is chosen (external CLOCK IN jack) which
is eurorack clock ‘standard’. Use this option for example if your
input clock arrived into CLOCK IN jack is in 16th notes.
🠚 i. /8– input clock in 8th notes (corresponds to 24PPQN/12).
🠚 i. /4– input clock in 4th notes (corresponds to 24PPQN/24).
🠚 Hint:i.symbol in the beginning means we adjust inputclock
division
L / GATE LENGTHEXT. CV
urrently all the sequencer’s notes are hard tied to the grid. The track’s
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grid is set by time division buttons viaTRACK D/1/2/3+ 1/32...1/4
buttons combo (and long hold to obtain triplets values of those
ivisions).1/16is always the default and most used time division for
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any new projects therefore is marked with ° symbol at 1/16°.
ach note on a certain melodicTRACKS 1/2/3has a strict fixed gate
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duration (the gates we receive from melodicTRACK 1/2/3 GATEOUT
JACKS). Those values are variable from 1 to 99, measuredin % of the
step length. There is no 100% gate length otherwise that would mean
that the current note will be TIEd with the upcoming one. Default gate
length is 50% and is always constant for all the notes in the same track.
🠚 Note: that parameter can be modulated under external CV
M / MIDI
hat menu covers all theMIDIand some other devicespecific or global
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settings. New settings might be added with the further firmware
updates – please ensure you are running the latest firmware. Once we
pressTEMPO→M/MIDIcombination, we enter theSETTINGSmenu
and see the lower row of certain keys light up. Each of those lit up keys
defines the menu item we can select or adjust. By pressing on each of
those keys we see corresponding menu hint on the display and the
values which we can adjust withVALUE-/+buttons.Since some of the
settings are per-track settings, we can select those withTRACK
D/1/2/3buttons.
The settings items are the following:
🠚 A: CH.RX–meansCHANNEL RECEIVE–is a MIDI channel from
which a selected track will RECEIVE its information. It can be 1 to 16.
By default TRACKS D/1/2/3 are set to Ch.Rx. corresponding MIDI
channels: 10/1/2/3
🠚 B: CH.TX–meansCHANNEL SENT- is a MIDI channel onwhich the
track will SEND its information.CP.RXmeans‘COPY’-it is set to the
same MIDI channel as CH.RX. In current firmware all TRACKS
D/1/2/3 can only be sent on the same TX channel as RX
🠚 C: TAP.T–means to enable or disable theTEMPObutton acting as
a TAP tempo button (setting the tempo after 3 or more taps). That
s ettings is found to be useful to set to OFF so you can’t accidentally
change the BPM during performance
🠚 D: HS I- D–meansUSB HOST to DEVICEdata transfer. Available
options are: ON/OFF. With that feature enabled all the USB-MIDI
data (notes/CC from all 16 channels and MIDI clock) that appear
from USB HOST will be routed to USB DEVICE. Use this feature if for
example you use Beatstep Pro as a Master Clock source connected
to the USB HOST and you wish that clock to appear on the USB
DEVICE which is connected to the computer DAW. Default value is
ON
🠚 E: DE I- H–meansUSB DEVICE to HOSTdata transfer.Available
options are: ON/OFF. With that feature enabled all the USB-MIDI
data (notes/CC from all 16 channels and MIDI clock) that appear
from USB DEVICE will be routed to USB HOST. Use this feature if for
example you want to send the master clock and all the notes from
your computer DAW connected to DEVICE to be send also to
Beatstep Pro as a slave source connected to the USB HOST. Default
value is ON
🠚 F: H.LPB–meansUSB HOST LOOPBACKorMIDI THRU.
Everything that is routed into USB MIDI HOST IN will be duplicated
and routed thru same USB MIDI HOST OUT. That is useful to use any
USB-MIDI adapter’s MIDI OUT plug as a MIDI THRU one. Default
value is OFF
🠚 G: R.CLK–meansRUNNING CLOCK.Once the sequenceris
running, it sends the MIDI clock and once it is stopped, the MIDI
clock also stops. Available options are: ON/OFF and default value is
OFF
🠚 J:T.OUT–meansMENU TIMEOUTin seconds. Availableoptions
are: 5, 10, 15, 30 sec and NEVR (never or 24 hours).Sets the time
after which the menu returns back to the pattern view screen, default
value is 15 seconds.
🠚 K: KLED–meansKEYS LEDS.Available options are:ON/OFF. By
default is enabled and if enabled – you will see blinking PIANO KEYS
on the active track once active notes appear that correspond to
t hose keys. Note that if the notes are located in higher or lower
octaves they will not blink on the keys unless you switch the octaves
with–OCT/OCT+transpose buttons
🠚 M: SCAL–means what happens with the notes when they appear
out of our music scale:
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C.UP– means the out-of-scale note will be ‘routed’to the
nearest upper note
▪ S
C.DN– means the out-of-scale note will be ‘routed’to the
nearest lower note
▪ SC.IG– means the out-of-scale note will be ignored
🠚 N: VERS–shows current firmware version number onthe display
N / SCALES / DRUM MAPPINGFW V.2
usic scale is any set of musical notes ordered by a fundamental or
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root note.NOTE SCALESwork like filter on melodicTRACKS 1/2/3:
allowing which notes can be played and those notes that don't fit the
scale are either ignored or tuned to the nearest ones.
round Control offers a set of a few predefined music scales, any of
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which can be edited into the custom scale. There is only one custom
scale per each musical track and tracks 2 and 3 can follow the same
music scale as track 1:
🠚 CHRM–means chromatic music scale where all the 12keys are
active
🠚 MAJR– major
🠚 MINR– minor
🠚 MMIN– melodic minor
🠚 LYDN– Lydian
🠚 MAJP– pentatonic major scale.
🠚 CUST– any manually edited scale above becomes custom scale
cale menu is accessed viaTEMPO→N. It shows the current scale as
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keyboard LEDs: all 24 keys are either semi-lit or off: duplicating in 2
octaves. The keys which are semi lit show which keys are in the scale.
The keys which are full on show the root key of the scale.
⯇PAGE⯈buttons selects predefined scales from thelist above.
RANSPOSE +/-buttons select theROOTnote, whichis always
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FULLY ON.
efault scale on all melodic tracks 1/2/3 isCHROMATIC.When we
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change any of selected pre-defined scales in the list in automatically
becomesCUSTOM.
cales work only on melodic Tracks 1, 2 and 3. Once in scales menu we
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switch to the drumTRACK D, then we enter theDRUMMAPPING
menu: meaning we can set the custom MIDI notes mapping for each of
8 drum trigger notes.
DefaultDRUM MAPPINGis the following:
P/1–TRIGGER 1:C1
Q/2–TRIGGER 2:C1#
R/3– TRIGGER 3:D1
S/4– TRIGGER 4:D1#
T/5– TRIGGER 5:E1
V/6– TRIGGER 6:F1
W/7– TRIGGER 7:F1#
Y/8– TRIGGER 8:G1
ith drum buttonsP/1…Y/8we select the certain drum trigger we want
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to change and with⯇PAGE⯈buttons we select its assigned MIDI drum
note.
🠚 Note: you can’t assign the same MIDI note for two different drum
triggers. For example if you assigned Trigger 1 to C1, then you can’t
assign Trigger 2 to C1 anymore etc
🠚 Remember to save any changes of scale with🞸(PROJ)→RECORD
→RECORDcombination. Once you save the settings,then selected
music scales for Tracks 1/2/3 and drum mapping for Track D will be
saved and restored on the next modules’ power up. If you will not
save any of the settings by🞸→RECORD→RECORD,they will be
lost on the next power up
SD CARD / SETTINGS
verything: from track’s notes and modulations to all the settings and
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calibration data are saved on the SD card. That means if you have a few
Ground Control sequencers – you can simply duplicate or swap SD
card between them and you will get access to all the same projects and
already set settings, scales, MIDI channels etc. All the settings and
recorded scores are NOT erased during firmware updates.
ost of the settings from theTEMPO→A...Nkeys areglobal settings
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and are applied to all projects at once. Other settings are related to the
project only and certain channel.
ach of 24 PROJECTS are stored the SD card into separate folders,
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which correspond to that project’s name:‘A’to‘Z’.
he global settings are set for all the 24 projects inGlobalSettings.txt
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file (USB routing, last loaded project, buzzer, master clock source).
dditionally, extra 4x CV output calibration settings are stored in
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Calibration.txtfile if the calibration was made andsaved with the
editor.
ach project parameters are stored inProjectSettings.txtfile (BPM,
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MIDI channels, slide, shuffle, probability, gate length).
PITCH / MOD. CV CALIBRATION
ometimes pitch CV voltages may deviate a few cents from their proper
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values.
e recommend doing that when you change the power supply. By
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default Ground Control is not calibrated. For correcting the calibration
values, we use the same Shuttle Control calibrator to enable Ground
Control’s 4x DAC correction (modulation output and pitch CV on tracks
1/2/3).
CALIBRATION PROCEDUREexplained in the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHWN2ur-OGk&t=714s
ou will need a voltmeter to read the values from all SHUTTLE
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CONTROL's jacks in case you feel its output pitch CV isn’t precise
enough (all C notes should correspond to all whole integer voltage
amount: e.g., -3V, +4V, 0V etc).
lmost any consumer voltmeter that can measure two decimals (i.e.
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3.00V when putting the voltmeter in the 20V DC range) does the job.
The calibrator is accessible thru theCARGO 4webeditor:
https://cargo4.endorphin.es/calibration.php
A set of buttons is used to read, set, write and test every 4 CV outputs.
EAD:When you are using the calibration for the firsttime, there are no
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certain values to be read (literally default ones: -3000, 0000, +3000). If
you calibrate GC after you already calibrated it in the past, press
‘R
EAD’and all adjusted CV values are shown in the tables below the
button.
ow press‘SET ALL TO -3V/0V/+3V’one by one, andeach time
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measure the CV outputs value with the voltmeter and enter it into the
t able (each of melodic tracks into CV 1/2/3 and modulation in the drum
track on CV 10 , a total of 3 x 4 measurements).
ll values should be entered in millivolts (three decimals after integer but
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without decimal point).
🠚 at -3V if multimeter reads -2.99V, then enter ‘-2990’.
🠚 at 0V if multimeter reads -0.01V, then enter ‘-0010’ or if it shows
0.02V, then enter ‘0020’
🠚 at +3V if multimeter reads 3.01V, then enter ‘3010’,
fterwards press the‘W
A RITE’button to record theadjusted values and
all the calibrated values will be saved.
fterwards you may press the ‘TEST CALIBRATED -3V,0V, +3V’
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buttons to see if the calibrated values show exactly what you expect
(-3V, 0V, +3V) by checking them with the voltmeter.
If the desired values deviate only a bit from what you expect (e.g.,
+2.99V and not +3.00V), then you write a smaller value (decrease for
‘0001’) in the specific cell of the calibrator table, press ‘Write’ again, and
then press‘TEXT CALIBRATED +3V’again.
easure it again, and it should be your exact value. When every‘TEST
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CALIBRATED -3V, 0V, +3V’values match your measurementsexactly,
you can close the calibrator. Once the calibration is saved into the
device, it is stored on the SD cardCalibration.txtfile located in the root
directory. If the file is erased, then default calibration values are applied.
Calibration or any other settings are NOT erased during firmware
updates.
FIRMWARE UPDATE
irmware updates are essential for any digital modules. They bring new
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features or bug fixes.
eel free to write any bugs, features ideas or improvements to
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[email protected]
o update the firmware of your Ground Control sequencer first
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download the latest firmware file once available on Endorphin.es
website. Take the sequencer out of your rack and eject micro SD from it.
Insert that card into your computer using an SD adapter or card reader
(sold separately).
nzipGC-FIRMWARE_XXX.HEXfile from downloaded archiveand
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place it into the ROOT directory of your SD card. Eject the micro SD
card from the computer and insert it back into the Ground Control. Turn
on the power of the Ground Control: you will see a‘BURN’message on
the screen meaning the firmware is flashed and you will see the lower
row of A...N keys light up showing the upload process. After
approximately 15-25 seconds the module will reboot with the new
firmware and new features installed.
ote: the firmware updates doesn’t alter any of your recorded patterns
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information. However we strongly advise to occasionally back up your
micro SD card. Different memory cards have different amount of
read/write cycles. Don’t worry, even using your sequencer every day,
your SD card will serve you for years. However SD cards they are
considered as consumables and sometimes are good to backup.
CREDITS
ENDORPHIN.ES® – GROUND CONTROL
FIRMWARE VERSION 2.10
COLLECTION SPRING/SUMMER 2022
odule idea, hardware design, direction and manual by Andreas
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Zhukovsky
Core engine programming by BSVi
UI programming by Xavier Galai / Kouik03
SD card updater by Vitaly (a.k.a. embedder)
Rubber keys 3D design by Simone Fabbri
3D printed light frames for the rubber keys by Leonardo Cardinale
Video review and valuable feedback by Ziv Eliraz (Loopop)
Manual proofreading and demo videos by Wisdom Water
Endorphin.es are made in Barcelona, Spain
Follow, like, post and tag us at Instagram:@endorphin.es
ROUND CONTROL SHORTCUTS CHEAT SHEET
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(05-MAY-22)
▪ P
LAY:starts the playback on all patterns from theirfirst steps. Acts also as
confirmation yes in call to actions. During sequencer is running, pressingPLAY
resets current patterns on all TRACKS D/1/2/3 to first step
▪ S
TOP:stops the playback. When in the menu, a single press exits the menu
keeping the playback running. NextSTOPpress stops the sequencer.
▪ S
TOP:when sequencer stopped acts as a panic actionin case of hanging MIDI
notes. SecondSTOPpress sendsALL NOTES OFFon allMIDI channels in case
of hanging the MIDI notes on external MIDI devices
▪ TRACK D/1/2/3:selecting the active track
▪ TRACK D/1/2/3 + 1/32...1/4sets the time divisionof the track
▪ T
RACK D/1/2/3 + PLAYduring the playback resets certaintrack to the first step
(quantized to each track’s time division)
RACK D/1/2/3 +⯇P
▪ T ATTERN/PATTERN⯈, TRACK D/1/2/3 +A...Zpiano
keys,🞸→A...Z:selecting the pattern on activetrack
▪ TRACK D/1/2/3 + A...Zsequence of letters: enteringthe patterns chain
▪ T
RACK 1/2/3 + TRANSPOSE +/-:shift currently selectedpattern by 1 octave
up or down
▪ RECORDon sequencer stop: starts step record mode
▪ RECORDon sequencer start: starts live recording mode
▪ R
ECORDlong hold: enters the editor (X0X on drum trackor step editor on
melodic tracks 1/2/3)
▪ TEMPO + RECORDstarts RECORD WAIT mode
▪ TEMPO + LAST STEPlocks the BPM value on the screen
AST STEP + MUTE BUS + VALUE-/+(or⯇P
▪ L AGE⯈orO/0...Z/9)setting the
amount of steps per track
▪ L
AST STEPin arpeggiator/roller mode acts as arpeggiator’slatch (long hold
acts as super-latch)
▪ L
AST STEPin the F/MOD menu enables smoothing modulationtrack values
instead of stepped values
- TRANSPOSE + TRANSPOSE +both buttons press→A...Z buttons:
semitone transpose current pattern from root C key
▪ B
OTH TRANSPOSE -/+→LAST STEPactivates transpose lock and semitone
shifts apply to all TRACKS 1/2/3 at once
▪ ⯇PATTERN + PATTERN⯈both press:activates the patternsLOCK
▪ A…Z:playing / entering the notes/drum triggers onactive track
▪ 1/32...1/4:activating the arpeggiator/roller on theactive track
▪ 1
/32...1/4 + TRANSPOSE-/+in the arpeggiator modesets the arpeggiator
octave swing
▪ M
UTE BUSlong press: selecting quantized (one blink)or momentary (default,
double blink) mute buttons action
▪ 🞸(PROJ):‘SHIFT’function button related primarilyto saving patterns/projects
▪ 🞸single press enters or quits live pattern selectmode
▪ 🞸
+ MUTE BUS:1) first press clears the notes/triggerson the selected track but
leaves the same number of steps. 2) second press clears the steps number of
that track to default 16 steps
▪ 🞸→RECORDor🞸+ RECORDbuttons will enter thepattern save function
▪ 🞸
→RECORD→RECORDsaves all project’s settingsand all unsaved
patterns
▪ 🞸
→RECORD→A...Z:saves current pattern on anyof 24 patterns cells in the
current track
▪ 🞸
→RECORD→TRACK 1/2/3→A...Z:saves current patternon any of 24
patterns cells in the other selected TRACK 1/2/3.
▪ 🞸
→RECORD→LAST STEP→A...Z:saves current projectinto any of 24
project cells. Keys with already non-empty projects will lit.
▪ ⯇PAGE⯈in the editor navigates thru the steps on theactive track/pattern
▪ 🞸(PROJ)in the editor adds extra step in the endof the pattern
▪ TEMPO/restin the editor cleans current step
IE(1/4) in the editor TRACKS 1/2/3 merges note oncurrent step (ties it) to the
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next one.
▪ RATCHET(1/8) in the editor enables ratchet flag oncurrent step
LIDE(LAST STEP) in the editor on TRACKS 1/2/3 enablesslide flag on the current
▪ S
step so it slides to the next note
OD.CC(1/32)in the editor on TRACK D enters the modulation CV output step
▪ M
editor
ELOCITY(1/16) in the editor on TRACKS D/1/23 entersthe notes velocity step
▪ V
editor
▪ T
EMPO:‘SHIFT’button function button related primarilyto entering the menu
settings viaTEMPO→A...Nbuttons
▪ TEMPO + A...N or TEMPO→A...N:selecting the menusettings items
▪ T
EMPO3xor more times press acts as a tap tempo actionwhen the sequencer
acts as a master clock (if enabled via MENU→M→C)
EMPO→VALUE-/+or⯇P
▪ T AGE⯈orP/0...Z/9– settingthe tempo manually
incrementing in values by 1 or by 10
▪ TEMPO + MUTE BUSdoes the solo action for the pressedtrack
EMPO→A→⯇P
▪ T AGE⯈,VALUE-/+active track polyrhythmictime-base (time
signature) settings
