Mono Machines SFX-60 MKII Bedienungsanleitung

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MONOMACHINE2THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MONOMACHINESynthesizers are available in many different types and forms. Nevertheless, for mos

GLOBAL SETTINGS92OFS LEN (offset and length) is where the playback start and range of a pattern can be adjusted. The OFS column can set a start point

GLOBAL SETTINGS93• PAT+KIT - Only the patterns and their associated kits, as selected in the RANGE tab, will be sent.• SONG+PAT+KITS - The songs speci

GLOBAL SETTINGS946. To perform the send, press [ENTER/YES]. You will see a sysex message counter on the bottom of the screen indicating how many sysex

GLOBAL SETTINGS95ing on the positions you specify. If you specify KIT 03 and receive four kits, positions 3 to 6 will be written over no matter where

GLOBAL SETTINGS964. Press [ENTER/YES] to start receiving data. A message displaying “WAITING...” shows up in the menu.5. Initiate the data send from t

GLOBAL SETTINGS97port section of the Elektron homepage. Supported formats are wav and aiff. Waveforms are sent and received via MIDI.1. Select FILE in

GLOBAL SETTINGS985. When all waveforms have been sent to the Monomachine, press [EXIT/NO]. “WRITING WAVEFORMS” will be displayed on the screen. The tr

GLOBAL SETTINGS99• Note that user waveforms previously stored at the positions you send new wave-forms to will be overwritten.• You can always exit th

GLOBAL SETTINGS1003. Put the receiving device into a waiting state, ready to receive data.4. Press [ENTER/YES] to make the Monomachine send the wavefo

GLOBAL SETTINGS1011. When in the DIGIPRO MGR, choose ERASE and then press the [RIGHT] arrow key to move the focus to the POS NAME column. Choose the w

USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS3USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORSFRONT / MAIN CONTROL PANELThe Monomachine SFX-60 MKII front panel / SFX-6 main control pane

GLOBAL SETTINGS102• Pressing the [FUNCTION] while in the WAVEFORM NAME window key gives access to the “high score” selection method, in which you see

EARLY STARTUP MENU103EARLY STARTUP MENUTo access this menu, hold the [FUNCTION] key while powering up the Monomachine. From here you can perform a var

EARLY STARTUP MENU104MIDI UPGRADEBy choosing this option, the Monomachine prepares itself to receive an OS upgrade via MIDI.1. Check that all MIDI cab

EARLY STARTUP MENU105• If you have installed OS 1.07 or above you will experience the speed of the Ele-ktron TurboCharge protocol. You will need to ha

TECHNICAL INFORMATION106TECHNICAL INFORMATIONSPECIFICATIONS SFX-60MKIISOUND CONTROL SEQUENCER6 internal sequencer tracks.6 exernal MIDI sequencer trac

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODELS107DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MKI AND MKII MODELSThere exist a number of hardware differences between the MKI

CREDITS108CREDITSPRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTAnders AnderssonMagnus ForsellAnders GärderDaniel HanssonDavid MöllerstedtDanjel RydénHenrik SallanderF

CONTACT INFORMATION109CONTACT INFORMATIONELEKTRON [email protected] WEBSITEhttp://www.elektron.sePOSTAL ADDRESSElektron Music Machine

CONTACT INFORMATION110

A-1Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCEIn this section all the Mono-synths of the Monomachine are introduced, including specifications for individual machine

USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS410.[TRIG] keys 1 to 16. Main functions of these keys are as keyboard for trigging notes, and for editing notes in GRID R

A-2 Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCESUBX controls a square wave suboscillator, located one octave below the base pitch.SUB1 controls a sine sub oscillat

Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE A-3 SIDThe Mono-synth SID is based on the synthe-sis of the legendary SID chip, found in the Commodore 64. The SID-chip

A-4 Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCEDIGIPRODigiPRO offers raw digital waveforms, which can be put into animated life. Apart from the fixed waveforms, use

Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE A-5 A total of 24 percussive sounds are available in the BeatBox. The sounds fill two octaves starting at C-3 and are re

A-6 Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCEFM+FM+ is 21st century FM synthesis. It imple-ments world class frequency modulation algorithms that address the comp

Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE A-7 TONE (tone) is a general controller for the FM frequencies generated in the system. High settings introduce more hig

A-8 Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCEVOVO is inspired by classic voice modelling methods using formant synthesis. The goal has not been to recreate any ex

Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE A-9 VO-6 TUTORIALGetting words out of the VO-6 is pretty straight forward once you get to know it. In this section we of

A-10 Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCEGND MACHINESThe GND synthesis consists of three machines with very basic functionality. They can be used for adding

Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE A-11 FX MACHINESThe FX machine group differs from the other machines of the Monomachine in that they do not generate any

USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS5KEYBOARD INTERFACE, SFX-61. Joystick, for real-time expression control. The joystick can individually control parame-ter

A-12 Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCECHORUSThe Chorus machine implements a 2 x 3 tap stereo chorus.DEL (delay) controls the delay time of the taps.DEP (d

Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE A-13 DYNAMIX TUTORIALThis is just a general overview of one way you can approach the Dynamix processor. No exact paramet

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B-1Appendix B: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCEAll Data Entry parameters of the Monomachine are accessible by both MIDI control change messages and NRPN MIDI me

B-2 Appendix B: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE+------+----------------+--------------+---------------------------+-----+-----+| NOTE | MIDI Channel | Mod

Appendix B: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE B-3 +---------+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+| 3d 61 | Track 1 - Amp Vol

B-4 Appendix B: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE+---------+--------------------------------------------------------+| | MIDI base channel + 1:

Appendix B: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE B-5 NRPN MAPPINGNRPN Received on MIDI base channel + 0:+---------+----+-----------+--------------------------------

B-6 Appendix B: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCEOTHER MIDI MESSAGESPITCH BEND MESSAGES------------------- MIDI base channel + 0:+---------+---------------------

C-1Appendix C: SYSEX REFERENCEThis appendix lists all Monomachine SFX-6/SFX-60/SFX-60 MKII SYSEX messages available for external control.Conventions:D

USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS6REAR CONNECTORS1. Power On/Off switch.2. Power in.• Caution! Use only an Elektron-approved power supply with your Monoma

C-2 Appendix C: SYSEX REFERENCESYSEX load pattern: MIDI Byte | Purpose------------+----------------------------(SYSEX init)| $57 | Load patter

Appendix C: SYSEX REFERENCE C-3 SYSEX unused: MIDI Byte | Purpose------------+----------------------------(SYSEX init)| $62 | None $f7

C-4 Appendix C: SYSEX REFERENCESYSEX set status: MIDI Byte | Purpose------------+----------------------------(SYSEX init)| $71 | Set status ID

Appendix C: SYSEX REFERENCE C-5 SYSEX turboMIDI speed test 2 (master)MIDI Byte | Purpose------------+----------------------------(SYSEX init)|

C-6 Appendix C: SYSEX REFERENCE

INDEX 1INDEXAARPEGGIATOR 60Envelope trigging 61Mode 60Octave jump 61Play 61Range 61Rhythm and offset 62Speed 60CCLEARArpeggiator 61Kit 20Machine 23Par

2 INDEXVelocity 38LLFO 34LIVE RECORDING 48LOADKit 18MMASTER TUNE 86MIDIAuto track channel 88Base channel 88Channel span 88Control in 90Control out 1 8

INDEX 3Tempo nudge 55Tempo sync 90TEMPO SYNC 90TEST MODE 103TRACK EFFECTS 25Amplifier envelope 25Basic filter controls 29Delay 32Distortion 26Eq 31Fil

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USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS76. Main/Individual Audio Outputs B/A7. Stereo Headphone Outputs (Amplified copy of output AB)ADDITIONAL REAR CONNECTORS,

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USER INTERFACE AND CONNECTORS84. Switch all units on.5. If you do not have any previous experience of the Monomachine we suggest that you fol-low the

THE LCD USER INTERFACE9THE LCD USER INTERFACEThe center of the Monomachine SFX-6/SFX-60MKII editing is the LCD graphical interface display. The interf

QUICK START10QUICK STARTThis quick start will guide you through some of the basic operations to get you started using the Monomachine. First connect y

QUICK START11PLAYING IN MULTI TRIG MODE1. Select a pattern, ranging from A01-D16. All the Monomachine presets are located in this range. Make sure the

The included switched-mode power supply is CEC Level IV compliant.The device contains a non rechargable lithium perchlorate battery cell that may need

QUICK START123. Choose to active a track using the [TRACK] keys. Below is a screen shot of how the SYNTHESIS page could look like after selecting a tr

QUICK START13In LIVE RECORDING mode, you can lock parameters by turning a knob while recording.Parameters can be locked for any parameter and track. T

MONOMACHINE OVERVIEW14MONOMACHINE OVERVIEWThe sound generating structure of the Monomachine differs in many ways from what is common for contemporary

MONOMACHINE OVERVIEW15FIGURE 1. Monomachine sound synthesis overview

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT16MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENTThe basic sound generating unit in the Monomachine is called a machine. Each machi

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT17MONOMACHINE KITSThe Monomachine does not arrange sounds in what is commonly referred to as “patches”. The Monomachi

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT18LOADING A KIT1. Open the KIT window by pressing the [KIT] key and select the LOAD icon using the [ARROW] keys.2. Pr

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT192. Use the arrow keys to move to the “SAVE” icon. Press [ENTER/YES] to open the KIT SAVE menu.3. The screen present

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT20You can load the “UNDO KIT” to restore your most recent unintentionally lost kit. This can be useful when accidenta

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT21• It is also possible to undo this operation. To undo the action, hold the function [FUNCTION] button and press the

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MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT22Press [RIGHT] once to move the focus to the MACHINE column. Select the machine using [UP] and [DOWN].Finally you ne

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT23• Once the machine is copied into the copy buffer, it can be pasted many times to several tracks or kits. It will s

MONOMACHINE SYNTHESIS ARRANGEMENT24PARAMETER EDITINGEach Monomachine track offers up to 56 parameters for the sound generation and effects. They are d

TRACK EFFECTS25TRACK EFFECTSThe track effects are independent effects systems, available to the six tracks as extensions to the machine synthesis. Thi

TRACK EFFECTS26AMP-trig can be controlled individually from the sequencer, see section “TRIG TRACKS”, on page 57 for more information.ATK (attack). Th

TRACK EFFECTS27audio level decline, and if the audio level would decrease when Q is raised, it would feel like a loss of bass and a weaker sound. Alwa

TRACK EFFECTS28PANHere the panning for the stereo output is controlled. It operates in stereo when needed (balance), for example when effecting FX Mac

TRACK EFFECTS29BASIC FILTER CONTROLSThe track effect system offers a resonant 24dB low/high/band-pass filter. The parameters are untraditional, giving

TRACK EFFECTS30FILTER ENVELOPEThe filter envelope is trigged every time a FILTER-trig is received. This normally happens when a key on the keyboard or

TRACK EFFECTS31EFFECTS PAGEIn the EFFECTS page you find the controls for the 1-band EQ, sample rate reduction, and the tempo-synchronised tape-style d

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TRACK EFFECTS32DELAYThe delay of the Monomachine is a single tap delay with real-time adjustable delay time. Some of its functionality can resemble ta

TRACK EFFECTS33FIGURE 5. The function of the delay• For using the delay for delay-line style sound sculpturing, try setting DTIM very low together wit

LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS34LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORSEach of the 6 tracks in the Monomachine offers 3 interlaced low frequency oscillators (LFO’s), whi

LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS35SPD (speed) is a linear controller that sets a base speed that is multiplied with the MULT parameter, always in relation to

LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS36• If you select the same destination for two different LFO tracks their outputs will be added, making advanced layered LFO’

ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS37ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGSThis chapter deals with all kit settings not covered in the previous chapters.ASSIGNThis menu allows t

ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS38• The copy, clear, paste and undo commands are available in the ASSIGN menu. Press [FUNCTION] + [REC], [PLAY] and [STOP] to c

ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS39KEY TRACKINGThe Key Tracking is connected to the note index from the last key pressed. For example, if C-1 was pressed, the k

ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS40PORTAMENTO (portamento has two options. ALWAYS means the portamento will always be active, gliding between all notes played.

ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS41ALL TRK (all track) makes the multi trig channel control all six tracks at once. Note events received on the multi trig chann

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ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS42SEQ TRNSP (sequencer transpose) makes a sequence start and transposes the sequence for the first note received on the multi t

ADDITIONAL KIT SETTINGS43PORT (portamento) sets the amount time it will take the for pitch of the sequence to slide between two different notes.• Soun

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER44THE PATTERN SEQUENCERThe pattern step sequencer is a central part of the Monomachine sound. It is designed to be an inspiration

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER45PATTERN CHAININGYou can use pattern chaining to cue up patterns to be played after one another in a loop, like a simple live se

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER463. The third parameter is the tempo multiplier. It allows a pattern to be played back at the double speed of the global tempo.

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER474. Press a [TRIG] key to set a note trig for the corresponding step. The <TRIG> LED’s indi-cates which steps contain note

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER48another pattern before you begin editing it. See section “PATTERN COPY”, on page 52 for more information on copying patterns.•

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER493. The pattern will start on the first step of the sequencer. From here the active position will automatically advance one step

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER50TRACK PAGE COPYIn GRID RECORDING mode you can copy one page of trig data and paste it to another page.1. Make sure you are in G

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER51• The clear track page operation can be undone by holding the [SCALE KEY] and pressing the [PLAY] key directly after the clear

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THE PATTERN SEQUENCER522. When you are on the track you wish to clear, press and hold [FUNCTION]. Then press [PLAY] to clear the track. The message “C

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER53• The paste pattern operation can be undone by holding the [FUNCTION] key and then pressing the [STOP] key. A message saying “U

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER54• Melody copy is a special copy function which copies all pitch data from the track, but excludes parameter locks and machine s

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER55THE TEMPO SCREENThe tempo screen is opened by pressing the [TEMPO] key.From here you can use the LEVEL knob to change the curre

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER56• The tempo is not stored in patterns or kits. However, songs can store tempo changes.PARAMETER LOCKSOne major advantage of the

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER57note copy. Then hold the [TRIG] key for the step you want to paste the trig to, and press [STOP] to perform the paste note oper

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER58Traditionally synthesizers retrig all envelopes when a NOTE ON event (a key pressed on the keyboard) occurs. In the Monomachine

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER59FIGURE 7. Trig track illustrations

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES60ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURESTHE ARPEGGIATOREach track of the Monomachine (including the MIDI sequencer tracks) offers

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES61added to the cycle by pressing and releasing keys while still at least one key is pressed. This way you can build up la

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ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES62• It can be useful to turn all envelope trigging off for fast arpeggiato speeds, and allow the envelopes to give the im

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES632. Select the track you want to edit the transpose settings for using the [TRACK] keys.TRACK (track transpose) sets the

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES64maximal value is 80%. The swing amount parameter is the same for all the tracks of the pattern. Each track however has

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES65SLIDEThe default behavior for parameter locks is that the value changes exactly when the step is played. By using the s

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES66FIGURE 9. Slide illustrationTHE MUTE MODETrack muting is normally performed by pressing the [TRACK] keys while holding

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES67In addition to the <TRIG> LED’s, the Mute-state is indicated in the MUTE window. Boxes means that the track is un

ADDITIONAL SEQUENCER FEATURES68POLY MODEIn normal operation the Monomachine offers six tracks of multitimbral monophonic sound synthesis. Ensemble mac

THE MIDI SEQUENCER69THE MIDI SEQUENCEREach of the six internal sequencer tracks of the Monomachine sequencer is teamed with a MIDI sequencer track for

THE MIDI SEQUENCER70THE MAIN MIDI SEQUENCER INTERFACELEN (note length) sets the maximum time the note will be played until a NOTE OFF is sent. Notes c

THE MIDI SEQUENCER71sequencer tracks. Read more about how to configure the MIDI output of the inter-nal sequencer in section “CONTROL OUT1”, on page 8

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THE SONG MODE72THE SONG MODEThe Monomachine song sequencer is a tool for setting up sequences of patterns. Each song row can have unique settings for

THE SONG MODE73SAVE SONG1. Open the SONG window by pressing the [KIT/SONG] key. Use the [LEFT] and [RIGHT] keys to move to the SAVE icon.2. Press [ENT

THE SONG MODE74• Accurate playback of a previous song depends on the patterns it uses being unchanged since saving. Otherwise, the song will sound dif

THE SONG MODE75SONG EDITINGThe song editor is where the song is built. Here patterns are assigned to the song. The behavior of the patterns is also se

THE SONG MODE76TRN (transpose) sets a pattern transpose for the song row. Use the LEVEL knob to control the value. By pressing [ENTER/YES] you enter t

THE SONG MODE77SONG LOOPSSong loops are a useful tool when creating a song. By using this command you can limit the number of rows and make the struct

THE SONG MODE78the song transport controls as described in “SONG EDIT TRANSPORT” on page 76 to select a new position to start from.SONG TRACK TRANSPOS

THE SONG MODE791. Reach it by pressing [ENTER/YES] in the SONG EXTRA column in the EDIT SONG window..From here you can set the mutes for the song row.

MONOMACHINE ROUTING80MONOMACHINE ROUTINGThe Monomachine offers a flexible routing system for addressing the audio outputs, as well as using the audio

MONOMACHINE ROUTING81USING THE AUDIO INPUTSAudio can be routed from the external inputs and be effected with both track effects and FX machines. The a

INTRODUCTION1INTRODUCTIONThank you for choosing the Monomachine SFX-6/SFX-60MKII as your companion in music creation. The SFX-6/SFX-60MKII is a powerf

MONOMACHINE ROUTING82• All track effects, the LFO’s and the sequencer are still at your hands when using the audio inputs! Set up six tracks with vari

MONOMACHINE ROUTING83machine in NEIBOR mode to the track after, and all the track effects of the second track will be applied after the first one. Jus

MONOMACHINE ROUTING84In the example above the two first tracks are sent on the AB bus, and are thus effected by the FX machine on track 3. Track 4 and

MONOMACHINE ROUTING85The example above visualises how a global routing configuration of 6xMONO configures the outputs.• Like all machines, the FX mach

GLOBAL SETTINGS86GLOBAL SETTINGSThe Monomachine offers 8 individual slots for storing global settings. The multiple global slots are useful for using

GLOBAL SETTINGS871. Select the AUDIO in the GLOBAL menu. Then select MASTER TUNE using the [ARROW] keys and press [ENTER/YES].Use [UP]/[DOWN] keys to

GLOBAL SETTINGS88clock, Start, Stop) and Song Pointer Position. It is also ready for a large number of control methods to fit in a wide range of envir

GLOBAL SETTINGS89external keyboard when changing track focus of the SFX-60MKII. No output data is gener-ated for the auto track channel.MORE ON THE MO

GLOBAL SETTINGS90The available selections for all the parameters are:• INT - Only internal control, no external MIDI data will be sent.• OUT - No inte

GLOBAL SETTINGS91main screen shows “EXT”. If no clock signal is received, the Monomachine will fall back to its internal tempo after a few seconds. Wh