CARBON UserManual-firmwarever.1.11 DownloadaPDFversionofthemanualhere:carbon-manual.pdf NotethatPDFmanualsareautomaticallygeneratedfromwebpages.Linksandembeddedmediawillnotbeaccessible.Forthefullexperiencevisit ourwebsite:www.kilpatrickaudio.com ManualSections Introduction Precautions GettingStarted Settings SelectingThings RearPanelConnections PoweringUp UserInterface Buttons Encoders NavigatingMenus GUIDisplays Sequencer SongData Patterns StartandLength Recording StepEditing Scenes SongMode Buttons Buttons Arpeggiator LoadingandSavingSongs UnderstandingtheCV/GateOutputs PairingModes CVOutputModes CVScaling/SpanCalibrate MIDIMenu TrackSettings SongSettings SystemMenu ClockMenu SwingMenu TonalityMenu TrackTypes ScaleQuantizing BiasTracks TonalitySettings MIDIRemoteControl MIDIChannels NoteControl InterfaceMode CCControl InterfaceMode TipsandTricks USBHostPortDetails Introduction ThankyouforbuyingCARBON,auniqueandpowerfulsequencer.ThismanualwillhelpgetyoustartedwiththemanyfeaturesbuiltintoCARBON. Keepinmindthatthisisalivingdocumentandwillbeupdatedasnewfeaturesareadded,ortomakecorrections,clarificationsortoaddmore detailedinformation. Precautions PleasehandleyourCARBONsequencerwithcare.Itismadetobeused,butpleasedon'tspillyourcoffeeintoitordropitonthefloor.Treatitwith careanditwilllastalongtime.Weofferserviceonallourproductsregardlessofwhethertheyareinsidethewarrantyperiodornot,soifyouhave troubleatanytimepleaseaskusandwewilldowhatwecantohelpyou. CARBONcomeswitha24Vpowersupplythathasbeenspeciallyselectedforhighquality.Pleasedonotuseanyotherpowersupplywithyourunit. ToreplacealostpowersupplyortoupgradeaUSmodeltoonewithinterchangableplugsformanycountries,pleasevisitouronlinestore. FirmwareBugs Everypieceofsoftwarehasbugs,andCARBONisnoexception.Wedoourbesttoberesponsivetocustomers,butyourrequestswillgoalongway ifyouarepoliteandgiveusalltheinfoweneedtoreproduceyourproblem.Hardwareissuesshouldbedealtwithviaoursupportpage. CABONisanopensourceproject,thereforebugreportsarehandledexclusivelythroughGithub:https://github.com/kilpatrickaudioSendingclear andconcisereportsdirectlyonGitHubisthebestwaytoreceiveatimelyresponse.EmailrequestswillbeaddedtotheGitHubsystem,butwewill unfortunatelynotbeabletorespondtoallindividualissuesthisway. Note:Makesureyouarerunningthelatestfirmwarebeforereportingabug.Theproblemyouareexperiencingmighthavebeenfixed. USBCompatibilityPolicy WehavebuiltCARBONfromthegrounduptoactasbothaclass-compliantUSBhostanddevice.Bothhostanddevicecodehasbeendeveloped throughuseoftheofficialUSBMIDIspecificationaswellasbytestinganddebuggingwithvariousUSBdevicesandcomputerswithdifferent operatingsystems. TheUSBimplementationworkswellforus,butitmightnotworkforyou.Ifnot,pleasefileabugreportanddescribewhichdevice,computertype oroperatingsystemisnotworkingforyou.Notethatnotallclass-compliantdevicesarereally100%compliantandmaynotworkwithCARBON. Formoreinformationandspecificdetails,seethe GettingStarted Settings CARBONisdesignedtohavemostfunctionsonlyasinglebuttonpressaway.Nomenushavesubmenus,andthemostcommonfunctionsare designedtobemosteasilyaccessible.Menuoptionsaregroupedbytheirtype:MIDIfunctions,clockfunctions,tonalityfunctions,andsoon.Some settingsareglobaltoasongandsomearespecifictoascene/trackcombination. SelectingThings Thebuttonslabeled1through6areusedforselectingtracksandscenes.Youcanusetheminthefollowingways: selectingatrack-presstoselectatrack selectingmultipletracks-pressandholdtoselectatrack,thenpressothertrackstoselectmultiple muting/unmutingatrack-holdSHIFTandpressaselectbuttontomuteorunmuteatrack changingscenes-holdSCENEandselecttochangescenes resetplaybackonlyonasingletrack-holdaselectbutton,holdSHIFTandpressRESETtoresettheplaybackononlyonetrack Wheneverasettingaffectsasceneand/ortrack,thecurrenttracksettingswillbedisplayedintheareaatthebottomofthescreen.Youcanquickly checkthesettingofeachtrackbychoosingadifferenttrack.Youcanalsoperformthesameoperationonmultipletracksatthesametimebymultiselectingtracksandthenperformingtheoperation.Notalloperationsmakesenselikethis,butmosttrackparameterscanbeeditedonmultiple tracksatthesametime. Note:Whenmultipletracksareselectedatthesametimeonlythefirstselectedtrackisdisplayed.Changesmadetomultipletracks,parameters willtakethevalueofthefirst(displayed)trackwhenbeingchanegd. RearPanelConnections CARBONsupportsanalogCV/gate,MIDIandUSBMIDIconnectionssothatyoucanmakethemostofyourexistinggear.Allconnectionscanbeused atthesametime.Thefunctionoftherearpaneljacksandcontrolsareasfollows: RESETOUT-Sends5Vpulseswhenthesongorsequenceisreset.Canalsobeusedtosendthemetronometoanexternaldevice.Output voltageiseither0V(off)or5V.(on) CLOCKOUT-Sends5VpulsestosynchronizeotherequipmentwithCARBON.Theoutputratecanbeconfiguredoroutputdisabledinthe CLOCKmenu.Outputvoltageiseither0V(off)or5V.(on) GATEOUT-TherearefourGATEOUTchannelwhichproduce5VgatesignalsaccordingtotheCV/gatepairingmodeselected.Normallyused togetherwiththeCVOUTofthesamenumber.Outputvoltageiseither0V(off)or5V.(on) CVOUT-TherearefourCVOUTchannelswhichproduceanalogcontrolvoltages.(CVs)Canbeusedtosendpitchorcontrolvoltages dependingontheCV/gatepairingmodeselected.NormallyusedtogetherwiththeGATEOUTofthesamenumber.Outputvoltagecanrange from-5Vto+5Vandcanbesettotrackineither1V/octaveor1.2V/octavemodeforpitch. MIDIOUT-TherearetwoMIDIOUTjackswhichproducedifferentsignals.CanbeusedtocontrolexternalMIDIequipmentlikekeyboards, synthsanddrummachines. MIDIIN-ThereisoneMIDIINjackwhichacceptsMIDIsignals.CanbeusedtoreceiveMIDIfromanexternalkeyboardorotherinstrument,to syncCARBONtoanexternaldrummachineandsoon. USBHOST-TheUSBHOSTportcanpowerandhostmanyclasscompliantUSBMIDIdevicessuchaskeyboardsandMIDIcontrollersto controlCARBON.Theportislimitedto500mAandcannotbeusedwithhubsordeviceswhichhaveinternalhubs.Duetothewidevarietyof USBdevices,andquirksofUSB,notalldeviceswillworkwithCARBON. USBDEVICE-TheUSBDEVICEport(labeledUSBTOPC)canbeusedtoconnectCARBONtoacomputer.CARBONwillactasaclass compliantUSBMIDIdeviceandhasbeentestedwithWindows,OSXandLinux.YoucansendandreceiveMIDIdata.Thisportisalsousedfor upgradingthefactoryfirmwaretoanewerversion. POWER-ThepowerbuttonisusedtoturnonandoffCARBONandsetitintoalternatemodes. DCIN-TheDCINjacktakes24Vfromthepowersupply.Itisacentre-positive2.1mmconnector.Pleasedonotuseapowersupplyotherthan theonesuppliedwithCARBON.Othersuppliescoulddamagetheunit. PoweringUp CARBONhasthreepowermodes:off,onandinterfacemode.WhenyoupluginCARBONitwillbeoff.Presstherearpowerbuttontoturniton.This isthenormalmodeforoperatingCARBONasastand-alonesequencer.Bypressingthepowerbuttonagainthescreenwillshutoffandtheencoders willlightuppurple.Thisiscalledinterfacemode.InthismodeyoucanuseCARBONasaCV/gateandMIDIinterfaceforyourcomputer.Allfunctions arecontrolledviaMIDIovertheUSBdeviceportfromthecomputer. WhenyouturnonCARBONitwillloadthelastsongthatyouwereusing,orablanksongifyouareusingCARBONforthefirsttime.Beforeyoucan hearanythingyouneedtosetupsomeMIDIorCV/gatedevices.UsetheMIDImenutoconfigureMIDIorCV/gateoutputsettingsfortracks.Once youhaveasynthconnectedyoushouldbeabletohearsoundwhenplayingbackatrackk.ToplaylivenotesfromakeyboardpresstheLIVEbutton andselectatrackortrackstoechotheMIDIinputstothesetracks. UserInterface SincemostcontrolsonCARBONdirectlyaccessinternalfunctions,it'sbesttostartbydescribingeachofthecontrolsandwhattheydoinvarious modes.Ifabuttonhasashiftedfunctionthisnamewillbedisplayedinsideroundbrackets()underneaththemainfunctionname. Buttons Belowisalistofbuttonfunctionsthatworkinthenormal(mainscreen)mode.Incertainsituationssuchasloadingorsavingasong,someofthese functionsmaybedisabled.Also,inthestepeditandsongeditmodessomebuttonsaredisabledorusedforotherfunctionsasdocumented elsewhereinthismanual. Control NormalFunction ShiftedFunction SCENE (SONG) holdandpressbuttons1-6tochangescenes,or, hold,thenpressSHIFTandpressbuttons1-6tocopycurrentscene view/editsonglist ARP turnonandoffARPmodeonatrack enterARPmenuwithoutchangingarpstate LIVE toggleLIVEmodeonandoffonatrack togglekeyboardtransposemode Select1-6 selectoneormoretracks/selectscenes mute/unmuteatrack MIDI (SYS) accessMIDIfunctionsforsong/tracks accesssystemmenuforglobalsystemsettings CLOCK (TAP) accessclockmenuforadjustingtrack,clockandmetronome taptempo DIR (MAGIC) flipthedirectionofplaybackonatrack seedtheactiveregionofatrackwithrandomnotes TONALITY (SWING) adjusttonality/scale/note-relatedsettings adjustclockswing LOAD (SAVE) loadorclearasong saveasong RUN/STOP (RESET) startorstopthesequencer resettheplaybackpositiononalltracks RECORD (CLEAR) enablerecordingonatrack cleartheactiveregiononatrack STEPEDIT editnotesonatrack editnotesonatrack SHIFT double-taptoexitamenuormode SONGMODE enableordisablesongmode enableordisablesongmode Encoders Encodersareusedinthenormalmode(mainscreen)andarealsousedinthestepeditandsongeditmode.Thefunctionsineachofthesemodes inshownbelow. Control Normal StepEditMode SongEditMode SPEED coarseadjusttempo fineadjusttempo(SHIFT) adjuststartdelayofnote coarseadjusttempo fineadjusttempo(SHIFT) GATETIME adjustgatetimeoverrideontrack adjustgatetimeofnote [noaction] START [SELECT] adjusttrackstartpos adjustmenuselection(menus) adjuststeprecordpos(steprecord) adjuststepeditpos adjustsongmodecursorpos LENGTH [VALUE] adjusttracklength adjustmenuvalue(menus)adjusttracksteplength(SHIFT) adjuststepeditnotevelocity/CCvalue adjustsongmodeplaybacklength PATTERN adjustgatepatternontrack adjustratchetmode adjustscene adjustnote/CC adjustKBtrans TRANSPOSE adjusttracktranspose NavigatingMenus Inmostmenusthereareonlytwocontrolsthatyouneedtoknowabout:[SELECT]and[VALUE]Thesearethelowertwoencoderswhicharealso labeledSTARTandLENGTH.Whenamenuisactiveinthebottompartofthescreen,thesetwocontrolsareusedtonavigateoptionsandadjust values. Navigate-Turnthe[SELECT]knobtochoosebetweendifferentparametersinamenu EditValue-Turnthe[VALUE]knobtoeditthevalueofthedisplayedparameter GUIDisplay ThedisplayonCARBONfollowsauniformandconsistentlayout.Thescreenareaisdividedintofoursections: TopBar-showssonginformationandsequencerstatus TrackDisplay-showsthecurrenttrack,orfirstofmultipleselectedtracks TrackPreviewDisplays-showssmallpreviewsofalltracks TrackStatus/MenuDisplay-showsinformationaboutthecurrenttrack,orfirstofmultipleselectedtracks-alsoshowsmenudisplays whenamenuisactive TopBar Thetopbarshowsthefollowinginformation.Ifanitemisdrawninadimcolourthismeansthatthefunctionisdisabled. currentlyloadedsongnumber songtempoinBPM currentscenenumber runstateofthesequencer recordstateofthesequencer clockstatus-internalorexternalsynth currentkeyboardtransposeoffsetforvoicetracks liveplaystatus songmodeplaybackstatus MainTrackDisplay Themaintrackdisplayshowsthecurrenttrack,orthefirstofmultipleselectedtracks.Thisincludestheselectedactiveregion,whetherthereare eventsoneachstep,andthecurrentlyselectedpattern. Severaltypesofinformationcanbeviewedonthisdisplay: startandlength-theregionofstepsselectedforplaybackisshowninabrightredcolourorlightgreycolourifastephasnonoteonit currentstep-thecurrentsteponatrackisshowninauniquecolourandmovedwhenplaybackisrunning-eachtrackusesauniquecolour stepdatastatus-ifastepcontainsdataitwillbeshowninalighter/brightercolourthanifitisblank steprecord/stepeditposition-duringsteprecordorstepeditingastepwilllightupyellowtoindicatethecurrentsteprecordorstep editposition patterngatestatus-themajorfeatureofCARBONisthegatepatternswhichcanbeusedtomodifyasequence-thegatepatternwilllight upactivestepsinred,otherwiseadarkergreycolourwillbeused TrackPreviewDisplays Thetrackpreviewdisplaysshowthesameinformationasthemaintrackdisplayinaminiatureform.Belowthesedisplaysaretwosolidbars.The topbarindicateswhetheratrackisselected.ThismirrorstheLEDindicatorsonthefrontpanel.Thebottombarindicateswhetheranarpeggiatoris enabledonatrack. TrackStatus/MenuDisplay Thetrackstatusisnormallyshowninthisportion.Thisincludesmostcommonlyneededparametersofatrackandinclude: tracknumber whetherabiastrackiscontrollingthistrack-shownas<Xontheabovedisplay,indicatingthatnobiastrackisenabled thecurrenttrackmutestate(eitherMUTEorON) thetracktranspositioninsemitones theactiveregionstartandlength theplaybackdirection(eitherFWDorREV) thesteplengthasitrelatestothemasterclock-showninstandadnotevalues thegatelengthmasteroverride-howthemastergatesettingscalesnotesonthistrack thetonalityscalesetting thetracktype-eitherVOICEorDRUM Sequencer ThesequenceristheheartofCARBON.AtthecoreoftheCARBONsequencerisastableandaccurateMIDIclock,andastepsequencerarchitecture withspaceforuptosixMIDIeventspersteponsixtracks.Sequencescanberecordedinstep-recordmode,inreal-timerecordmode,ordirectly enteredoreditedthroughtheSTEPEDITfunction.Editingcanoccurevenwhenthesequencerisrunning. ThereareafewkeypointsabouttheCARBONsequencer: allsequencesareessentiallystepsequences sequencesareloop-based real-timerecordingsarequantizedtotheneareststepposition eachtrackcanbeofadifferentlength WhenthinkingabouthowCARBONcanbeusedforyourmusicexplorations,imaginehavingsixpowerfulstepsequencers,eachwithanoutput optionallyconnectedtoanarpeggiator.Thesesequencerscanbeprogrammedandmanipulatedeasily,andareallrunfromthesamemasterclock. AdditionallybyusingtheBIAStracksettings,onetrackcanaffecttheplaybackofanother,justliketheclassicstepsequencercompositionaltricks usedbackinthe1970s. SongData CARBONcanstore64songsinitsinternalflashmemory.Eachsongisthesamesizeandhasspacepre-allocatedforthemaximumnumberof events,songlistitemsandsettings.Eachsongconsistsofsixtrackseachwith64steps.AstepcanstoreuptosixMIDIevents(notesorCCs)and severalotherparameters.Eachtrackstoresanumberofotherparameterssuchasthesteplength,transposition,startposition,lengthofplayback, andmore.Mostoftheseparametersmakeupascene.Therearesixscenesineachsong,allowingquickchangesofmosttrackparameterswhilea songisplaying.Thisenablesquickchangesbetweensectionsofasong.Thenotesoneachsteparecommontoallscenes. Inadditiontothetrackparameterstherearealsoanumberofsong-wideparameterssuchasMIDIandclocksettings.Thesearestoredper-songso youcanhavemaximumflexibilitytosetupCARBONdifferentlyindifferentsituations. WhenyoupowerupCARBONtheprevioussongthatwasusedwillbeloadedautomatically.Becausesongscanonlybesavedwhilethesequenceris stopped,thereisnoauto-savefunction.Youmustmanuallysavetothesongoryourchangeswillbelostifyouturnofforunplugtheunit. Patterns OneofthekeyconceptsofCARBONisthatofpatterns.ThisconceptisdrawnfromtheoriginalK4815PatternGeneratormodulewhichmakes extensiveuseofpatternsbothasavisualaswellasrhythmicelement.Thisvisualcomponentoffersaninnovativewayofcreatingmusic. Imagineasequenceasaseriesofnotesthathavebeenrecordedorsomehowenteredintoatrack.Normallyeachofthenotesinthesequencewill playasthesequenceradvances.Butthroughtheuseofpatterns,somestepscanbemutedasthesequencerplays.Patternsquicklyenableand disabledifferentstepsinasequencetocreatequick,non-destructivemelodicandrhythmicvariations.Theyaredesignedtobebothvisually interestingandmusicallyuseful.Itisnotpossibletoedittheinternalpatterns. Patternsarenon-destructivemeaningthatunderneathallstepsstillexist.Apatternsimplytemporarilymutessomestepssotheireventswon'tbe generated.Toreturntotheoriginalsequence,dialinthehighestnumberedpattern.Thisiscalledtheasrecordedpatternanditwillactivateall stepsaspertheoriginalsequence. StartandLength Eachtrackoperatesindependentlyoftheotherswithregardstotheregionofstepsplayedback.Thisenablescomplexpolyrhythmsorother interestingeffectssincealltrackscanrunatdifferentspeedsandwithdifferentlengths.Thispermitseachtracktoloopatadifferentpointfromthe others. START-thestartingsteponatrackwhenplaybackisstartedorreset LENGTH-thenumberofstepstoplayonatrackbeforeitislooped Recording RecordingwillstorenoteandCCinformationintothestepsofatrack.Beforerecordingchoosewhichregionyouwishtorecordbysettingthe STARTandLENGTHcontrols.Ifyouwishtoaddnotestotheexistingrecording,simplyrecordnormally.Ifyouwishtorecordneweventstoa region,makesureyouclearitfirstbyholdingdownSHIFTandpressingRECORDtocleartheregion. StepRecording Steprecordingworkswhenthesequencerisstopped.WhenyoupressRECORDtherecordLEDwillblinkindicatingthatthesystemisarmedand readytorecord.Pressinganoteonyourkeyboardwillstarttherecordingprocess.Youcanrecordmultiplenotesonastepbypressingandholding multiplenotes.Onceallnotesarereleasedthesequencerwilladvancetothenextstep.Thecurrentrecordpositionisshownwithayellowboxon thecurrentstep.YoucanchangetherecordpositionduringrecordingbyusingtheSTARTcontrol. Toinsertrests,justmovetheSTARTcontroltoadjusttherecordpositionorpressthedamperpedalonyourMIDIkeyboard. Real-timeRecording Real-timerecordingmodeworkswhenthesequencerisrunning.InthismoderecordednotesandCCswillbequantizedtotheneareststep.Lengths ofnotescanberecordedandcanbeanylength.Tostartreal-timerecordingmodepressRECORDwhilethesequencerisrunning.TheRECORDLED willblinkuntilthenextrepeatoftheselectedregion.AssoonasthesequencerloopsaroundtheRECORDLEDwillbesolidlylitandrecordingwillbe inprogress.Oncetheregionendstherecordingwillbestoppedautomatically.Ifarecordingiscancelledbyturningoffrecordingbeforetheregionis endedorbystoppingthesequencerthepartiallyrecordedsectionwillbediscardedandthepreviousstepdatamaintained. StepEditing StepeditingallowsyoutomanuallyeditorenternotesandCCsintosteps.Youcanclearindividualstepsormodifythecontentsofanexistingstep. BypressingtheSTEPEDITbuttonthecurrenteditstepispreviewed.YoucantaptheSTEPEDITbuttonmultipletimestoauditionthecurrent note. Note:Thestepwillnotbeauditionedifthesequencerisrunning. ThefollowingcontrolsandactionsarepartofEDITmode: SHIFT+CLEAR-clearsthecurrentstep SPEED-adjuststhestartdelayofnotesonastep GATETIME-adjuststhelengthofnotesonastep [SELECT]-selectsthesteptoedit SHIFT+[SELECT]-adjuststhecursortoeditindividualeventsonastepinsteadoftheentirestep [VALUE]-adjuststhevelocityofnotesorthevalueofCCs-holdSHIFTtoenteraCCinsteadofanote PATTERN-adjuststheratchetrepeatfornotes(1-8times) TRANSPOSE-adjuststhenoteorCCforeventsonastep EditingIndividualEventsonaStep ByholdingSHIFTandadjustingthe[SELECT]controlitispossibletoindividuallyselectasingleeventonastep.Doingthismovesacursoronto thescreenwhichallowsthesixstepeventstobeindividuallyedited. HoldingSHIFTandturning[SELECT]allthewaytotheleftthecursorwilldisappearandanychangesyoumakewillaffectalleventsonastep. EnteringNotesonaStep YoucanenternotesonastepbysimplyturningtheTRANSPOSEcontrol.Thiswilleditexistingnotesoraddanewnoteifthestepisunused.By movingthecursorasshownabove,uptosixindividualnotescanbeentered. EnteringCCsonaStep ACCcanbeenteredonastep.ThisworkslikeenteringnotesexceptthatyoumustholddownSHIFTwhileturningtheTRANSPOSEcontrol.Inthis modeTRANSPOSEchangestheactualCCnumber,whilethe[VALUE]controlchangestheCCvalue. EditingwithaKeyboard Youcanentereventsquicklyfromakeyboardwheninstepeditmode.Simplypressakeyorachordwheneditingasteptoreplacethecontentsof thestepwithnewdata.ThisisthefastestwaytomanuallyenternotesandCCs. Scenes Scenesenablemosttracksettingstobequicklyaltered.Byusinguptosixscenesitispossibletoquicklychangebetweensectionsofyoursong,or variationsusingdifferentparameters.Moststtingsofatrackarepartofthescene.ExceptionsareMIDIportsettings,keyboardsplitsettingsand tracktype. Thefollowingparametersarestoredinasceneforeachtrack: steplength tonality tracktranspose biastracksettings trackplaybackstartposition trackplaybacklength gatetime patterntype direction mutesetting arptype arpspeed arpgatetime arpenablestate ChangingScenes TochangescenesholddowntheSCENEbuttonanduseoftheselector(1-6)buttons.Thescenewillbechangedeitherimmediately(whenthe sequencerisstopped)oratthenextbeattime.(whenthesequencerisrunning)Scenechangesaresynchronizedtomusicaltimetomakeit possibletosmoothlytransitionbetweendifferentsettings. CopyingScenes Onceyouhaveascenegoingthewayyoulike,youmightwanttocopyitsoyoucanmakechangestosomeofthesettings.Tocopythecurrent scenetoanewscenesimplyholddowntheSCENEbutton.Insteadofjustpressingaselectbutton(1-6)tochangescenes,holddownSHIFTand thenpressaselectbuttontocopythecurrentscenetotheselectedscene.Allscene-specificsettingswillbeduplicatedtothenewscene. SongMode Songmodeenablesyoutosceduleanumberofscenechangestobemadeautomaticallyinsteadofbyhand.Youcanstoreupto64entriesinthe list.Ifasongcontainsavalidsonglist,thesongmodewillbeactivatedautomaticallywhenyouloadthesong. Asonglistismadeupofentries,eachcontaining: scenetoplay-whichofscene1-6willbeplayed numberofbeatstoplayscene-howmanybeatstoplaythescene keyboardtranspositiontoapply-whattranspositiontoaddtovoicetracks EditingtheSongList ToeditthesonglistpressSHIFT+SONGtoaccessthelist.Thelistcanbeeditedatanytime,evenwhenthesongmodeisdisabled.Editingis performedasfollows: START-adjustthecursorpositioninthelist SHIFT+START-insertablankentryinthelist LENGTH-adjusttheplaybacklengthforthescene PATTERNTYPE-adjustscenetoplay TRANSPOSE-adjustkeyboardtransposeforthescene SHIFT+RECORD-removethecurrententry UsingSongMode SongmodeisenabledanddisabledbypressingtheSONGMODEbutton.Whenenabledthesongmodewillbesettoplayfromthebeginningof thesonglist.Asthesongplaysthecurrentstatusandnumberofbeatswillbeshowninthetopbar. WhenplaybackofthesonglistfinishestheSONGMODELEDwillgooutandthesequencerwillcontinuetoplaythesettingsfromthelastentryin thesonglist. Arpeggiator TherearesixarpeggiatorsinCARBON,oneforeachtrack.Thesecanbeusedaspartofliveperformance,orduringplaybackofnotesfromthe tracks.WhenplayingmultipletracksatthesametimeinLIVEmode,eacharpeggiatorrunsindependentlyevenifitisreceivingthesamekeyboard notesasothertracks. WhenplaybackonCARBONisstopped,arpeggiatorscanbeusedinLIVEmode.Thearpswillfree-runbasedonthecurrentsongtempo.Noteswill startplayingassoonaskeysarepresseddownonthekeyboard.WhenCARBONisrunning,thearpeggiatorswillbesynchronizedtotheinternal clock.Noteswillstartatthecorrecttimebasedonthearpspeedsettingandcurrentclockposition. Toturnonoroffthearponatrack,presstheARPbutton.Thearpmenuwillbedisplayedwhenthearpisenabled.Toaccessthemenuafterthearp isstartedwithoutchangingthearpenablestate,holddownSHIFTwhilepressingARPtocallupthemenuagain. ThearpeggiatorshavethefollowingsettingswhichcanbeadjustedfromtheARPmenu: ArpType-Selectsthearptype.Choicesincludevariousprogramchoicesanddifferentnumbersofoctaves. ArpSpeed-Selectsthearpstepspeed.Thespeedisbasedonthesongtempo. ArpGateLength-Selectsthelengthofthenotegate. LoadingandSavingSongs Thereisinternalspacefor64songstobestoredinCARBON.Songscanonlybeloadedandsavedwhenthesequencerisstopped.Toloadasong, presstheLOADbuttonandselectthesongtoload.ToconfirmpressLOADagainandthesongwillbeloaded. TosaveasongholdSHIFTandpressSAVE.Selectthesongnumbertosaveto.ToconfirmholdSHIFTandpressSAVEagain. ToclearthecurrentlyloadedsongbacktodefaultspressLOADandadjusttheSELECTencoderuntilClearCurrentSongisdisplayed.PressLOAD againtoconfirm. UnderstandingCV/GateOutputs TheCV/gateoutputsaredesignedtobesuperflexible.Thismeansthatthereareafewextrasettingsthatyouneedtoadjustforthingstoworkthe wayyouwant. CV/gateoutputsarealwaysassignedandusedtogether.Thatis,CV1andgate1alwayshavethesamefunction.ThinkofCARBONashavingfour CV/gateoutputs:CV/gate1-4 PairingModes ItispossibletomapCV/gateoutputsintodifferentpairingarrangements.Thisallowsthemtoworktogetherforduophonicorpolyphonicplaying.To distinguishbetweentheactualCV/gateoutputsandthevariouslogicalpairs,CV/gateoutputsarenumbered1-4,andthepairsarenamedA-D. BydefaultthepairingmodeisABCD,meaningthateachoftheCV/gateoutputsisindependentoftheothers.OtherpossibilitiesareAABC,AABB, andAAAA.ThetablebelowexplainswhathappenswitheachofCV/gateoutputsineachofthemodes,butit'sactuallyprettysimpletofigureitout asyougoalong.ControlofthepairingmodesissetupintheSYSmenu. PairingMode Function CV/Gate1 CV/Gate2 CV/Gate3 CV/Gate4 ABCD(default) Eachoutputindependent Apair Bpair Cpair Dpair AABC Duophonic+twoindependent Apair(firstvoice) Apair(secondvoice) Bpair Cpair AABB Twoduophonic Apair(firstvoice) Apair(secondvoice) Bpair(firstvoice) Bpair(secondvoice) AAAA Polyphonic Apair(firstvoice) Apair(secondvoice) Apair(thirdvoice) Apair(fourthvoice) WhenassigningtheoutputmappingsforCV/gateoutputsfromtracks,thepairletternamesareused.It'simportanttocheckthattheparticularpair youwanttouseisactuallyassigned.Forinstance,inallbuttheABCDmode,thereisnothingconnectedtotheDpair,soifatrackselectsit, nothingwouldhappen. CVOutputModes Inadditiontopairing,it'salsopossibletoselectwhatkindofeventissenttoeachpair.IntheSYSmenuit'spossibletoassignanoutputpairto: note,velocityorCC.Thetablebelowexplainshoweachoutputmodeworks. CVOutput Mode Velocity Description CVFunction GateFunction Keyvelocityisoutput. Velocityasaproportionalvoltage. Notegate. Note Pitchvoltageisoutput. Note(pitch)asaproportional voltage. Notegate. CC Acontinuouscontroller(CC)valueis output CCvalueasaproportionalvoltage. CCvalueasathresholdvoltage.(0-63=off,64-127= on) CVScaling/SpanCalibrate Whennotes(pitch)valuesareoutputfromaCVjack,avoltageischosenbasedonaparticularvoltagerepresentationofthenote.Thetwochoices are1V/octaveand1.2V/octave.The1V/octavestandardisthemostcommontypeusedonmostanalogmonosynths,Euroracksystems,Kilpatrick Formatsystemsandsoon.The1.2V/octavestandardisusedonBuchlasystems. Byselectingthecorrectscaling,thepitchesshouldsoundcorrectwithproperlycalibratedoscillatorsonthesystem.Toaccountforsmalldifferences betweenCARBONandaparticularoscillator,itispossibletoindependentlyadjustthescalespanusingtheCVSpanCalibratefunctionintheSYS menu.Increasingthenumberwillmaketheoutputscalelarger,andviceversa. MIDIMenu TheMIDImenuallowsyoutoadjustMIDIsettingsrelatedtoeachtrackaswellasseveraloptionswhichaffecttheentiresong. TrackSetting Whendisplayingtrack-specificMIDIsettings,changetrackswiththeselectorbuttonstoviewandeditsettingsforeachtrack. CARBONcansendMIDItotwodifferentdestinationssimultaneouslyfromeachtrack.Thisenablesyoutosendtomultipleinstrumentsondifferent MIDIchannelsorportsatthesametime.Thetwooutputsfromeachtrackarelabeled:AandB ProgramA-SelectstheMIDIprogramchangetobesenttotheAoutputonthetrack. ProgramB-SelectstheMIDIprogramchangetobesenttotheBoutputonthetrack. OutPortA-SelectsthedestinationMIDIportfortrackoutputA. OutPortB-SelectsthedestinationMIDIportfortrackoutputB. OutChanA-SelectstheMIDIchannel/CVpairfortrackoutputA. OutChanB-SelectstheMIDIchannel/CVpairfortrackoutputB. KeySplit-AffectshowthistrackwillbecontrolledinLIVEmodewhenmultipletracksareselected.ThetrackcanbesettoLeftHand,Right HandorOFF.Thesplitpointisfactorysettomiddle-C.Themiddle-Cnotewillbeassignedtotherighthandwhenthesplitmodeisenabled. SongSettings Thefollowingsettingsaffecttheentiresong: KeyVelScale-Velocityscalingforthekeyboardinput.Thisisappliedtoliveplayingorrecordingtoatrack. MIDIRmtCtrl-EnablesordisablesMIDIremotecontrol. SystemMenu Thesystemmenuisusedtoadjustsettingsrelatedtotheentiresong,ortoaccesssystem-widesettings. FirmwareRelease-Thecurrentfirmwareversionisshown. CV/GatePairs-AllowsthepairingmodeoftheCV/gateoutputstobeadjusted.ThisaffectswhetherCV/gateoutputsoperateinmonophonic orpolyphonicmode. CVBendRange-AdjuststhenumberofsemitonesofpitchbendontheCVoutputs. CVOutputModeA-D-AdjuststheoutputmodeusedforCV/gateoutputsoneachpair. CVOutputScalingA-D-AdjuststheoutputtypeforCVoutputs.(1V/octave,1.2V/octave) CVSpanCalibrateA-D-AdjuststhescalingoftheCVoutputs.Thiscanbeusedtoadjustthescalespanwhenusedwithanalogoscillators. MenuTimeout-Adjustshowlongmenusareheldonthescreenbeforethemainstatusdisplayreturns.Settingsfrom1sto59sarepossible, orSHIFTEXIT.TappingSHIFTtwicewillcanceloutofamenuregardlessofthetimeoutsetting. ClockMenu Theclockmenuisusedtoadjustthesteplengthonatrackaswellassong-widesettingssuchasmetronomesettingsandclockoutputsettingson thevariousports.ClockoutputsonMIDIandtheCVclockoutputportcanbesettoanumberofpulse-per-quarter.(PPQ)ThestandardMIDIclock rateis24PPQ. StepLength-Adjuststhesteplengthofatrack.ThiscanalsobeadjustedwhenthemenuisnotdisplayedbyholdingSHIFTandturningthe LENGTHknob. Metronome-Selectstheoutputforthemetronome.Themetronomeisusedduringrecordingandhasthefollowingsettings: OFF-Themetronomeisnotused. INTERNAL-Theinternalspeakerisused. CVReset-TheRESETjackoutputspulseswhenthemetronomeshouldsound. Track6-Aspecificnoteissentontrack6whenthemetronomeshouldsound. MetronomeLen-Setsthelengthofthemetronomesound.Thiscanbeusedtoaffecttheperceivedvolumeofinternalspeakeror externally-controlledsynth. MIDIClockOUTSettings MIDIDIN1-AdjuststheclockratetobesentontheMIDIDIN1port. MIDIDIN2-AdjuststheclockratetobesentontheMIDIDIN2port. CV/GATE-AdjuststheclockratetobesentontheCVclockoutputport. MIDIUSBHOST-AdjuststheclockratetobesentontheUSBhostport. MIDIUSBDEV-AdjuststheclockratetobesentontheUSBdeviceport. MIDIClockSource-SelectstheclocksourceforMIDIclockinput. INT-Usetheinternalclock. DININ-UsetheDININjack. USBHOST-UsetheUSBhostport. USBDEV-UsetheUSBdeviceport. NotesaboutSyncingCARBONtootherMIDIClocks BeforetryingtosyncCARBONtoanotherdevice,firstaskyourselfwhetherthisisreallywhatyouwanttodo.It'sprobablyeasiertosyncother devicestoCARBON.TheonlymajorusecasewhereyoumightwanttohaveCARBONfollowanotherclockisforsyncingwithcomputermusic software,whichoftenhaspoor/noexternalclocksyncingcapaibility. Also,pleasemakesureyouunderstandhowMIDIclockworksandhowtosetitupinyourdeviceorprogramofchoice.Mostquestionsaboutsync problemsturnouttobeawrongsoftwaresetting.SendingMIDIclockisalmostalwaysanoptionthatdefaultstooff. ImportantpointsaboutMIDIsyncing: Youmustenableclockreceivingontheportthatyouwishtouse.UsetheMIDIClockSourceoptionintheCLOCKmenu. ManycomputerprogramsgeneratepoorqualityMIDIclock,especiallyatstartup.Ifatallpossible,enabletheclocktosendcontinuouslyeven whentheplaybackintheclockmasterisstopped.Thiswillenablesmootherstartofplayback. MIDIusesaclockrateof24pulsesperquarternote.CARBONinternallyuses96pulsesperquarternoteforimprovedaccuracy.Thusyou cannotuseindividualclocktickstoadvancethesequencerlikeyoumightbeabletodoonanalogstepsequencers. Arapidlychangingclockrateormissing/extraclockticksmaycauseunpredictablebehaviour. SongPositionPointer(SPP)receptionisnotandcannotbesupportedduetothenon-linearnatureofCARBON.Startfromthebeginningofa songtoensurebothdevicesareinsync. Thetempodisplayisdimandshowsabestguessaverageofthereceivedtempo.Thedisplayedvaluemayvary,butisnotaproblemwith CARBONoryourmasterdevice. Whensyncislost,CARBONcontinuesrunningitsinternalclockatthemostrecentlyreceivedtempo. HowtoKnowifExternalClockisbeingReceived Whenanexternalclockisbeingreceived,thetopbarwilldisplayEXTinagreencolour.Normallyitisshowninadarkgreycolour. SwingMenu Theswingmenuallowstheclockswingtobeadjusted.Whenswingissettoavalueotherthan50%,playbackwillhaveabouncyfeel.Thisaffects anynotesthatareonoff-beatswithrespecttoa1/16thnotecount.Theclockisautomaticallyswungsothatdifferentstepssizesfortracksand arpeggiatorswillswingproperlyeveniftheyarenotsetto1/16thnotes. Swing-Theswingpercentagefrom50%=noswing,to80%=maximumswing. TonalityMenu Thetonalitymenuallowsyoutoadjustsettingsthataffectthetonalityandtranspositionoftracks. TrackTypes Atrackcanbeoneoftwotypes:VOICEorDRUM.ThissettingaffectshowCARBONwilltreateachtrack.Specificallyitaffectsthefollowing: KeyboardTranspose-Affectshowthetrackrespondstokeyboardtransposing. Invoicemodeatrackwillbetransposedbasedonthekeyboardtransposesettingcurrentlyapplied. Indrummodeatrackwillnotbeaffectedbythekeyboardtransposesetting. Recording/LiveMode-Affectshowthetrackwillbehaveduringrecordingorlivemode. Invoicemode,whenrecording,newnoteswillbeaddedtotheexistingrecordingwithoutchange.Whenlivemodeisenabledthetrack playbackwillbemuted. Indrummode,whenrecording,newnoteswillreplaceanyofthesameexistingnotesintherecording.Whenlivemodeisenabledthe trackplaybackwillnotbemuted. ScaleQuantizing Scalequantizingallowstheoutputnotestobefittedtoaspecificscaleormode.Quantizingisappliedafterkeyboardtranspositionbutbeforetrack transposition. BiasTracks Biastracksareusedtoenableonetracktobetransposedbyanother.Thiscanbeusedinsteadofsongmodetocausetrackstobetransposedup anddownandisequivalenttousingthekeyboardtransposingfunction.Touseabiastrack,thetrackdoingthebiasingshouldberunningatastep lengthlongerthanthetracktobebiased. Notethatbiastrackoutputvaluesarecomputedbeforeanytracksareplayedbacksoitisnotpossibletohaveabiasedtrackaffectanothertrack. TonalitySettings Scale-Selectsthescaleormodetouseforquantizing. Transpose-Allowsthetracktobetransposedupordown.Notethatthissettingcanbecontrolledwhennomenusareactivebyturningthe TRANSPOSEencoder. BiasTrack-Selectswhichtrackwillbiasthecurrenttrack,ordisablesbiasing. TrackType-SetsthetracktobeeitherVOICEorDRUMtype. HowTonalityandTransposingisAppliedtoaTrack TofullyunderstandthetonalityoptionsofCARBON,itisimportanttounderstandhowthevariousoptionsareappliedtonotesastheypassthrough atrack.Somecombinationsofusagemightnotmakesenseforyourparticularmusic-makingstyle,butunderstandinghowtheyfittogethershould helpyoutodecidehowtobestusethem. TrackscanbeusedineitherLIVEmode,whereakeyboardcanbeplayedthroughatrackwiththetrackoutputmuted,oritcanbeusedinregular modewheretrackdataisplayedback.Theorderinwhichvarioustransposeandtonalityisappliedisasfollows: BiasTrack-Thebiastrackisapplied.ThisdoesnotaffectLIVEmode. KBtrans-Thekeyboard(KB)transposeisappliedtoVOICEtracksonly.ThisdoesnotaffectLIVEmode. Tonality-Thetonality(scale)quantizeisappliednext.ThisaffectstrackplaybackandLIVEmode. TrackTranspose-Thetracktransposesettingisappliedlast.ThisaffectstrackplaybackandLIVEmode. MIDIRemoteControlofCARBON ManyparametersofCARBONcanbecontrolledviaMIDIinreal-time.ThisallowsyoutomapyourMIDIcontrollertovariousfunctionsforconvenient use,ortocontrolCARBONfromMIDIsoftwareonacomputer. TousetheMIDIcontrolfunctionsyoumustenabletheMIDIRmtCtrlfunctionintheSystemmenu.Withthismodeenabledyoucanuseyour keyboardorcomputertocontrolvariousreal-timefunctionsofthesequencer. MIDIChannels MIDIchannels10-16areforusewiththeMIDIremotecontrolfunctions.Yourkeyboardorcomputermustbesettooneofthesechannels.Many keyboardsdefaulttoMIDIchannel1,whichcanonlybeusedtocontroltheliveandtransposingfunctionsofCARBON,nottheremotecontrol functions.Refertothemanualforyourkeyboardonwaysofadjustingthechannel. scene Channel RemoteControlFunction 10 controlthecurrentlyselectedtrack(s) 11 track1control 12 track2control 13 track3control 14 track4control 15 track5control 16 track6control NoteControl Noteonmessagesarereceivedomniandcanbesentonanychannelfrom10-16.Thesemessagesareusedtocontroltherunningstateofthe sequencer. NoteNumber NoteName Function 24 C1 triggerscene1 26 D1 triggerscene2 28 E1 triggerscene3 29 F1 triggerscene4 31 G1 triggerscene5 33 A1 triggerscene6 36 C2 resettrack1 37 C#2 run 38 D2 resettrack2 39 D#2 stop 40 E2 resettrack3 41 F2 resettrack4 42 F#2 reset 43 G2 resettrack5 45 A2 resettrack6 46 A#2 record 48-72 C3-C5 keyboardtranspose-12to+12semitones CCControl AllCCcontrolmessagesarespecifictoachannelandthusitmatterstowhichchannelthemessagesaresent.Whensenttochannel10,all currentlyselectedtrackswillbeadjusted.Whensenttotracks11-16,track1-6(respectively)willbeadjusted. CCNumber Function ValueRange 16 steplength 17 tracktranspose 0-127=-24to+24(0atval64) 18 trackmute 0-63=off,64-127=on 19 start 0-127=position1-64 20 length 0-127=length1-64 21 playbackdir 0-63=off,64-127=on 22 gatetime 0-127=0-200% 23 patterntype 0-127=type1-32 24 arpenable 0-63=off,64-127=on 25 arptype 0-127=type1-16 26 arpspeed 0-127=32ndtowhole 27 arpgatetime 0-127=mintomax 80 run/stop val:0-63=stop,64-127=run InterfaceMode 0-127=32ndtowhole CARBONsupportsdifferenttypesofconfigurationswithitsbuilt-inUSB,MIDIandanalogports.Nomatterwhatyoursetuplookslikeweare confidentyouwillbeabletoconnectyourgeareasilywithCARBON. TherearetwomodesthatyoucanusewithCARBON:sequencermodeandinterfacemode.Insequencermodeallthebuilt-infunctionsofCARBON canbeused.Youcanusethesequencer,routeliveMIDIfromyourkeyboardtoyourinstruments,usethearpeggiatorsandsoon.Inthismodemost oftheUSBportspresentedarenotused. IninterfacemodeyoucanuseCARBONasaUSBinterfaceforyourcomputer.YoucanroutesignalsbetweentheUSBdeviceconnectionandthe MIDIports,theanalogCV/gateandclockports,andtheUSBhostport.ThismeansyoucanleaveCARBONconnectedwhenyouwanttouseMIDI devicesfromyourcomputer. InbothcasestheUSBdeviceshowsupasanumberofMIDIportswhenconnectedtoacomputer.Becausenotalloperatingsystemscandisplay uniqueportnamesfromaclass-compliantMIDIdevice,wepresenttheportsintheordertheyappearonthedevice.Theseshouldmatchthelistof devicespresentedonyourcomputer. USBDeviceMIDIPortMapping MIDIPort SequencerFunction performancecontrol(note,CC,etc.) clockinput SYSEXinput(song,configI/O) USBOUT1(fromPC) InterfaceFunction CV/gatecontrol USBOUT2(fromPC) unused outtoUSBhostport USBOUT3(fromPC) unused outtoDINMIDIOUT1 USBOUT4(fromPC) unused outtoDINMIDIOUT2 trackoutput clockoutput SYSEXoutput(song,configI/O) USBIN1(toPC) panelcontrols USBIN2(toPC) unused infromUSBhostport USBIN3(toPC) unused infromDINMIDIIN InterfaceMode TheinterfacemodeisaspecialmodethatallowsyoutosendandreceivedatabetweenacomputerandconnectedMIDIinstrumentswhileCARBON isnotinuse.ToenterthismodepressthepowerbuttononcewhileCARBONison.Thescreenwillturnoffandtheencoderswillshowapurple colourindicatingthatinterfacemodeisactive. ByusingthetableaboveyoucanselectwhichportstousetosendandreceiveMIDImessagesthroughCARBONtoyourvariousdevices.Youcan evenusethecontrolpanelandLEDsonCARBONwithyourownsoftware.ButtonsandencoderssendCCmessages.LEDsincludingtheencoder backlightrespondtoCCmessagessothatyoucansetthemviaMIDIfromyourcomputer UsingtheCV/GateOutputsinInterfaceMode WhenusingtheCVandgateoutputsininterfacemode,theoutputmodesandchannelassignmentsarecompletelyunrelatedtoanysettingsfrom songswithintheCARBONsequencer.ThisenablesyoutousetheCVandgateoutputscompletelyindependentlywhenusingthemfromacomputer. Programchangemessagescanbeusedtoselectdifferentmodecombinations.SeveralCCmessagesarealsosupportedwhichallowtheclockrate andpitchbendrangetobeadjusted.Allofthesesettingsarestoredintheinternalmemoryandrecalledautomaticallyeachtimetheunitenters interfacemode. USBOUT1fromthecomputerisusedtocontroltheCV/Gateoutputs.MessageswhichaffecttheCV/gatesettingscanbesenttochannels1-4. WhensendingoutputmessageslikenotesorCCs,MIDIchannels1-4correspondtooutputpairsA-Drespectively.Usethetablebelowtodetermine whichoutputconfigurationmatchesyourneedsandsendthecorrespondingprogramchangemessagetoactivatethissetting. Thepairingmodes(ABCD,AABC,etc.)areusedtogroupoutputstogethertoofferdifferenteffectslikeduophonicorpolyphonicperformance.When usingABCDmodeeachoutputisindependent.WhenusingamodewithtwoormorelettersthesamesuchasAABC,AABBorAAAA,notesand velocityoutputsareassignedaccordingtoapolyphonicvoiceassignmentscheme. ActualCVandgateoutputsarecountedfrom1-4dependingontheoutputmode.Eachoutputpairingmode(i.e.ABCDorAABC)hasfouroutput assignmentswhichcorrespondtothephysicalCV/gateoutputs1-4ineachconfiguration.ForinstanceifyouareusingAABCmode,thephysical CV/gateoutputswouldbeassignedasfollows: CV/gate1=A(firstchannel) CV/gate2=A(secondchannel) CV/gate3=B CV/gate4=C CVandgateoutputsarealwaysassignedtogether.Fornotesandvelocityoutputsthegatewillalwaysactasthenotegatecontrol.ForCCsthegate actsasanon/offoutputdependingonthevalueoftheCC.Valuesof64orhigherwillturnthegateoutputon,otherwiseitwillbeoff. AnalogOutputSettingsAdjustableviaCC ThefollowingfunctionsoftheanalogoutputscanbeadjustedviaCCmessages: CCNumber 20 Function CVbendrange ValueRange 0-11=bendrangeof1-12semitons 0=off 21 1=1PPQ 2=2PPQ 3=3PPQ 4=4PPQ 5=6PPQ 6=8PPQ 7=12PPQ 8=24PPQ clockoutput/divider CV/gateOutputPairingAssignmentsviaProgramChange Program OutputPairing OutputAssignments Program1 ABDC A=NOTE B=NOTE C=NOTE D=NOTE Program2 ABDC A=NOTE B=VELO C=NOTE D=NOTE Program3 ABDC A=NOTE B=VELO C=NOTE D=VELO Program4 ABDC A=VELO B=VELO C=VELO D=VELO Program5 ABDC A=NOTE B=NOTE C=CC1 D=CC16 Program6 ABDC A=NOTE B=VELO C=CC1 D=CC16 Program7 ABDC A=NOTE B=CC16 C=CC17 D=CC18 Program8 ABDC A=CC1 B=CC16 C=CC17 D=CC18 Program9 AABC AA=NOTE B=NOTE C=NOTE Program10 AABC AA=NOTE B=NOTE C=VELO Program11 AABC AA=VELO B=NOTE C=NOTE Program12 AABC AA=VELO B=VELO C=VELO Program13 AABC AA=NOTE B=NOTE C=CC1 Program14 AABC AA=NOTE B=VELO C=CC1 Program15 AABC AA=NOTE B=CC1 C=CC16 Program16 AABC AA=VELO B=CC1 C=CC16 Program17 AABB AA=NOTE BB=NOTE Program18 AABB AA=NOTE BB=VELO Program19 AABB AA=VELO BB=VELO Program20 AAAA AAAA=NOTE Program21 AAAA AAAA=VELO MIDIButton,EncodersandLEDControl PressingbuttonsandturningencodersonCARBONwhileininterfacemodewillsendMIDItotheconnectedcomputeronUSBIN1.SendingCC outputsonUSBOUT1(theCV/gateoutputport)canbeusedtocontrolLEDsonthepanel. PanelControlDataFormat: ButtonsEncoders-sendsCCvalueonchannel16-value:1=up,127=down SingleLEDs-receivesCCvalueonchannel16-value:0=off,127=on EncoderRGBBacklight-receivesCCvalueonchannel16-value:bits2:0=RGBstate Control CC# Buttons Control CC# LEDs SCENE CC0 ARP CC1 ARP CC1 LIVE CC2 LIVE CC2 1 CC3 1 CC3 2 CC4 2 CC4 3 CC5 3 CC5 4 CC6 4 CC6 5 CC7 5 CC7 6 CC8 6 CC8 CLOCK CC10 MIDI CC9 DIR CC11 CLOCK CC10 RUNSTOP CC14 DIR CC11 RECORD CC15 TONALITY CC12 SONGMODE CC18 LOAD CC13 ENCODERSLEFT CC19 RUNSTOP CC14 ENCODERSRIGHT CC24 RECORD CC15 STEPEDIT CC16 SHIFT CC17 SONGMODE CC18 Encoders SPEED CC19 GATETIME CC20 START CC21 LENGTH CC22 PATTERNTYPE CC23 TRANSPOSE CC24 TipsandTricks HerearesomeideasfromKilpatrickAudioandgeneroususerswhohaveemailedus.TrysomeofthesetogetmoreoutofCARBON. HowtousetheArpeggiatorsEfficiently ThebestwaytosetupanarpistouseLIVEmodetotryitfirst.Setthespeedandtypethewayyouwantit.Tosavealotofnotesonyourtrack,use thesloweststeplengthpossibleforatrack.Tryusingwholenotes.RecordoreditachordoneachstepandmakesuretheARPisenabledwhenyou playback. QuicklyMuteandUnmuteTracks RememberthatyoucanholdSHIFTandpresstheselectbuttonstomuteandunmutetracks. UseaSecondTrackforAnalogAccents Wanttoaddmorespicetoyourperformance?Useasecondtrackfullofnotestoaddaccents.ChoseaninterestingpatterntypeandpatchtheGATE OUTtotheVCAorfilterinyourmodular.Theadded5Vpulsescanbeusedtoadjustthevolumeorcutofffrequencyofapartplayingonanother track. UseSplitKeyboardModewithaMonosynth SetupLIVEontwotracks.Setthekeyboardsplitsoeachhandoutputsonadifferenttrack.Routeonetracktocontrolpitchandgate,andanother trackusingtheCVOUTtocontrolanotherparameteronyoursynth.Useanarpeggiatorononeorbothtrackstoaddmorecolourtoyour performance. USBHostPortDetails Westrivetomakesolidandreliableproductsthatarecompatiblewithotherdevices.UnfortunatelyUSBisanannoyingandcomplexprotocolthatis hardtogetright.Indeedafter20yearsincommonuse,USBstillcontinuestocauseproblemsevenonthemostmatureoperatingsystems. CARBONwasbuiltfromthegroundup,andthisincludesboththeUSBdeviceandhostdrivers.Werelyonspecifichardwarefeaturesandcode providedbytheCPUvendor,aswellasourowncustomclass-compliantUSBMIDIcodethatsitsontopanddoesMIDIthings.TheUSBhost hardwareandcodesuppliedbyourCPUvendorhasturnedouttobeasourceoffrustrationforus.Wemanagedtogetitworkingfairlywell,butit stillhassomeissueswhicharebeingaddressed. Thecurrentsituationisdetailedbelow: CARBONhasbeentestedandknowntoworkwithdevicesfromKorg,RolandandM-Audio.Thesedeviceswereusedduringdevelopmentand havesuitableperformance.Weexpectthatmostdevicesfromthesemanufacturerswillprobablyusesimilarimplementationsandwork acceptably. Theonlyissuethatwehavebeenabletoreproducesofarinourlabinvolvesdeviceenumeration.Thatis,detectionduringplugginginofa device.Sometimesthedevicefailstobesetupcorrectly.RarelythiscancauseCARBONtoappearunresponsive,astheUSBhostsystem takestoomuchCPUandbotherstherestofthesystem.Thegoodnewsisthatoncethedeviceispluggedin,itcontinuesworking. Wehavehadreportsofcertaindevicesworkingerraticallyornotatall.SomedevicesfromDSIdonotseemtoworkproperlywithCARBON. WehavehadreportsofuserswhoapparentlyhaveUSB3MIDIdevices.CARBONonlysupportsfull-speedUSBdeviceswhichfollowingtheUSB 1.1MIDIclassspec. Asmentionedatthebeginningofthisdocument,deviceswhichhaveinternalUSBhubsand/orshowupasmultipledevicesatoncecannotbe usedwithCARBON. Formoreinformation,pleaseseeourGithub:https://github.com/kilpatrickaudioPleaseonlycommentorreportnewissues.Wedonotannounce ETAsforfirmwareupdates,butyoucansignuponGithubandbenotifiedwhenthereareupdatestotheCARBONproject. NeedHelp? 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