Jomox XBASE 999 Bedienungsanleitung
M
J
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XBASE 999
ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER
Operating Manual
OS 1.3x
2 XBASE 999 Operating Manual
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................8
A
BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE
XBASE
999 .......................................8
M
ANUA CONVENTIONS
.................................................................9
C
ONNECTION
.............................................................................9
P
OWER
S
UPP Y
..........................................................................9
A
UDIO CONNECTIONS
................................................................. 10
MIDI
C
ONNECTIONS
.................................................................. 10
MIDI
OUT............................................................................. 10
MIDI
T
HRU
............................................................................ 11
Q
UICK
S
TART
.......................................................................... 11
THE USER INTERFACE .............................................................. 16
I
NPUT
G
AIN
............................................................................ 17
P
HONES
................................................................................. 17
M
ASTER
................................................................................. 17
D
ATA
/T
EMPO
.......................................................................... 17
EFT
/R
IGHT
............................................................................ 18
M
ASTER
................................................................................. 18
E
DIT
..................................................................................... 18
M
IDI
.................................................................................... 18
B
ANK
.................................................................................... 18
A/B ..................................................................................... 18
S
CA E
................................................................................... 18
P
ERF
.................................................................................... 19
P
ATT
.................................................................................... 19
S
ONG
................................................................................... 19
W
RITE
.................................................................................. 19
D
OWN
/U
P
.............................................................................. 19
S
TART
................................................................................... 19
S
TOP
.................................................................................... 19
E
NTER
................................................................................... 20
S
HIFT
/C
ANCE
......................................................................... 20
S
CA E
B
ARS
........................................................................... 20
S
TEP
1...16
BUTTONS AND
ED
S
.................................................. 20
I
NSTRUMENT
K
EYS
.................................................................... 20
MASTER MODE ........................................................................ 21
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K
IT
S
E ECTION
........................................................................ 21
N
AMING OF A KIT
...................................................................... 22
D
ISP AY
C
ONTRAST
................................................................... 22
M
EMORY
P
ROTECT
..................................................................... 23
I
NITIA ISATION OF THE CURRENT KIT
............................................... 23
EDIT MODE ............................................................................. 24
S
E ECTION OF A DRUM KIT
........................................................... 24
S
E ECTION OF AN INSTRUMENT
...................................................... 24
ANA OGUE SOUND ENGINE ...................................................... 25
B
ASS
D
RUM
............................................................................ 25
Tune................................................................................. 25
Pitch................................................................................. 25
Attack............................................................................... 25
Decay ............................................................................... 26
Gate ................................................................................. 26
Harmonics......................................................................... 26
Pulse ................................................................................ 26
Noise ................................................................................ 27
EQ.................................................................................... 27
Compress.......................................................................... 27
evel ................................................................................ 27
Velocity............................................................................. 28
Scale ................................................................................ 28
Initialize............................................................................ 28
S
NAREDRUM
............................................................................ 29
Tune................................................................................. 29
Snappy ............................................................................. 29
Decay ............................................................................... 29
Detune ............................................................................. 29
Noise Tune ........................................................................ 30
evel ................................................................................ 30
Velocity............................................................................. 30
OW
T
OM
............................................................................... 31
Tune................................................................................. 31
Decay ............................................................................... 31
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evel ................................................................................ 31
Velocity............................................................................. 31
H
IGH
T
OM
.............................................................................. 32
Tune................................................................................. 32
Decay ............................................................................... 32
evel ................................................................................ 32
Velocity............................................................................. 32
SAMP E BASED INSTRUMENTS .................................................. 33
T
HE
VCA
ENVE OPE
................................................................... 33
H
I
H
AT
.................................................................................. 34
Tune................................................................................. 34
Closed Hi Hat Attack ........................................................... 34
Closed Hi Hat 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
ow Pass Filter Cutoff ......................................................... 37
High Pass Filter Cutoff......................................................... 38
Filter Resonance ................................................................ 38
evel ................................................................................ 38
Velocity............................................................................. 39
Initialization ...................................................................... 39
C
AP
,
R
IM
,
C
RASH AND
R
IDE
....................................................... 39
Tune................................................................................. 39
Attack............................................................................... 40
Decay ............................................................................... 40
Peaktime........................................................................... 40
Reverse Play...................................................................... 41
Sample Selection ............................................................... 41
evel ................................................................................ 41
Velocity............................................................................. 42
Initialize............................................................................ 42
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T
HE
FO
S
.............................................................................. 43
FO1 Waveform ................................................................. 43
FO1 Destination................................................................ 43
FO1 Intensity ................................................................... 44
FO1 Rate ......................................................................... 44
FO2 Waveform ................................................................. 44
FO2 Destination................................................................ 45
FO2 Intensity ................................................................... 45
FO2 Rate ......................................................................... 45
Syncronization of FO1 ....................................................... 46
Syncronization of FO2 ....................................................... 46
THE FI TER ............................................................................. 47
C
UTOFF
EFT
........................................................................... 48
C
UTOFF
R
IGHT
......................................................................... 48
Q
EFT
.................................................................................. 48
Q
R
IGHT
................................................................................ 49
R
ESONANCE
EFT
...................................................................... 49
R
ESONANCE
R
IGHT
.................................................................... 49
F
I TER
M
ODE
EFT
.................................................................... 49
F
I TER
M
ODE
R
IGHT
.................................................................. 50
F
I TER
G
AIN
........................................................................... 50
F
ITER
VCA
O
UT
....................................................................... 50
MIDI MODE ............................................................................. 51
R
ECEIVE
C
HANNE
.................................................................... 51
T
RANSMIT
C
HANNE
.................................................................. 51
B
U K
D
UMP
............................................................................ 51
B
U K
OAD
............................................................................. 52
T
RANSMIT
P
ROGRAM
C
HANGE
....................................................... 52
T
RANSMIT
MIDI
C
ONTRO ERS
..................................................... 53
T
RANSMIT
MIDI
N
OTE
T
RIGGERS
.................................................. 53
T
RANSMIT
MIDI
C
OCK
.............................................................. 54
THE SEQUENCER ..................................................................... 55
P
ERFORM
M
ODE
....................................................................... 55
Selection of Drum Kits ........................................................ 55
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Perform Play Mode ............................................................. 55
A/B Pattern ....................................................................... 56
Perform Write Mode............................................................ 57
Programming of Patterns in Perform Write Mode .................... 57
Scale ................................................................................ 57
Selecting Instruments......................................................... 58
Setting or Clearing Steps – Programming Beats ..................... 59
Editing of Instrument Parameters......................................... 59
Usage of Drum Kits ............................................................ 60
Muting Instruments ............................................................ 61
P
ATTERN
M
ODE
........................................................................ 62
Pattern Play Mode .............................................................. 62
Pattern Write Mode............................................................. 62
Individual Step Edit ............................................................ 63
Track Record Mode ............................................................. 64
The Filter in Pattern Mode ................................................... 65
S
ONG
M
ODE
........................................................................... 67
Song Mode Manual Programming ......................................... 69
Song Mode Realtime Programming ....................................... 71
Defining oops ................................................................... 73
2ND FUNCTIONS .................................................................... 74
S
TORE
K
IT
(1) ........................................................................ 74
C
EAR
P
ATTERN
(2) .................................................................. 75
S
TORE
P
ATTERN
(3) .................................................................. 75
A/B
P
AYMODE
(4)................................................................... 76
AST
S
TEP
(5) ........................................................................ 76
S
HUFF E
(6)........................................................................... 77
R
EA TIME
W
RITE
(7)................................................................. 78
F
I TER
R
OUTING
(8) ................................................................. 79
S
TEREO
P
ANNING
(9) ................................................................ 80
S
P IT
M
ODE
(10)..................................................................... 81
C
OCK
S
E ECT
(11).................................................................. 81
M
ETRONOME
(12) .................................................................... 82
S
AMP E
S
E ECT
(13)................................................................. 82
R
EVERSE
(14)......................................................................... 83
FO
P
AGE
(15) ....................................................................... 83
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M
IDI
T
RACKS
(16) ................................................................... 84
APPENDIX............................................................................... 87
MIDI
I
MP EMENTATION
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 command ................................................. 94
Dump request command ..................................................... 94
S
PECIFICATIONS
....................................................................... 95
8 XBASE 999 Operating Manual
Introduction
Thank you for using the JoMoX XBASE 999!
We are pretty confident that that you’ll have lots of joy and
entertainment with this incredible sounding analog drum synthesizer!
A brief introduction to the XBASE 999
The XBASE 999 is a drum machine with 9 instruments. Four of them
are completely made up of advanced analog discrete circuitries and
combine true analog sound with the advantage of full digital control
of all parameters. The other 5 instruments are based on short 8 bit
samples which are processed by an analog VCA envelope. They are
of course also controllable in the digital domain. Thus they can be
stored in memory and be remotely controlled by Midi.
In order to affect the analog sound production as 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 delay – which makes
the neccessary technical efforts in the XBASE 999 quite big.
Additionally, the XBASE 999 has a great sounding stereo filter that
allows for independent control of cutoff, Q and resonance. It is also
controllable by Midi CC and can be sequenced by the internal
sequencer with every of its parameters.
By using encoders instead of potentiometers annoying jumps of
parameters belong to the past. Basically the editing of all instrument
parameters is possible by the 16 encoders or by using the left / right
cursor buttons and the data wheel.
The heart of a drum machine is of course the sequencer. The XBASE
999 has a classic step sequencer with step EDs which also lets you
edit various quantizes for each track and step with midi clock sync
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and shuffle mode options. Furthermore, 4 additional programmable
midi tracks can trigger external instruments.
In Pattern Mode, the XBASE 999 can control all the sound settings
for each step to obtain melodies and really freaky grooves. So, for
instance, you can “abuse” the kick drum with long decay for creating
a bass line due to it’s extremely flexible sound programming.
On the sample based instruments each step can trigger a different
sample if you want to.
Each sample based instrument contains 31 different samples. With
XBASE 999 it is possible now to reload them into the internal flash
memory by midi sample dump. A PC/MAC tool for a convenient
download can be downloaded at www.jomox.com.
Manual convention
In order to make this manual better understandabe, in the following
text passage all user interface descriptions of the XBASE 999 are set
into round brackets and printed bold.
i.E.
Press the (Ma ter) button.
Display contents and values are printed like this: <Perf000>
Connection
Please use the XBASE 999 only in dry rooms not warmer than 35° C
(95° F).
On the back panel of the enclosure you will find following connections:
Power Supply
Please connect the provided wall wart adapter to the line and hook it
up to the supply jack 10.5V~ AC IN on the XBASE 999. If, for any
reason, you are not able to use the orginal power supply, please use
an alternate current AC/AC adapter with at least 10.5 Volts and 2
amps. Some common halogen transformers like 12V~ AC 2 amps
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with the appropriate plug connected could work.
Please never use an AC/DC adapter as the XBASE 999 might get
damadged!
Audio connection
Please turn off the XBASE 999 and the mixer.
The XBASE 999 has a stereo main output that mixes all instruments
and the filter. If you plug a cable into an individual output, this
instrument is spared out from the stereo mix. All audio outputs are
unbalanced.
In the stereo main output the pure filter signal is lead out on the ring
of the stereo ¼” jack. So if you use an insert cable, you have access
to the mix signal and the pure filter signal without final VCA.
Please connect the audio outputs by ¼ ” audio cables with the audio
inputs of your mixer.
MIDI Connection
The MIDI in jack of the XBASE 999 is used for remote playing,
controlling and syncronization by other MIDI capable devices like
master keyboards and computers.
» Note: please only send as much Midi data as neccessary. The more Midi
data has to pass the MIDI cable the worse the timing gets. Use different Midi
ports for different machines as the Midi protocol is serial and consumes time
and performance.
Please look into the Midi Implementation in the appendix which Midi data is
received and processed by the XBASE 999.
Connect the MIDI In jack of the XBASE 999 with the MIDI Out jack of
the master by use of a midi cable.
MIDI OUT
By MIDI out the XBASE 999 transmits midi data to other devices as
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