ARTinoise re.corder User manual

re.corder owner’s manual
re.corder
Owner’s Manual
1.0beta February 2021

re.corder owner’s manual
Table of Contents
…description
…good handling habits
…quick start with the app
…app advanced use
…windows re.corder router
…care and troubleshooting
…regulatory and certification
…warranty

re.corder owner’s manual
Description
Congratulations for your new instrument! Artinoise re.corder is a
traditional, acoustic soprano recorder which contains a cutting
edge streamlined and connected electronic that can open up
endless possibilities of playing and composing. You can play it
many different modes, starting from the traditional one (acoustic)
exactly like a standard soprano (descant) recorder, up to a endless
possibilities digital musical instrument when you connect to our
app. You can also use the re.corder to play virtual instruments on
any BLE-MIDI compatible platform (MAC, PC, Linux). The following
pictures describes the most important part of the instrument.
1 Mouthpiece, windway and lip sensor: The mouthpiece, also called
embouchure, allows the player to breath into the instrument, generating
notes and giving expression to the sound. The windway shapes the air flow
to focus on the labium edge. The re.corder electronics detect the presence
of your lips to allow continuous calibration and enabling its output. Inside

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the windway there is also the heart of your musical expression, the sensor
which detects your breath force.
2 Window and Labium: The window and the labium are the heart of the
acoustic instrument, here the air starts to vibrate and create sounds which
are then tuned by the player’s fingers closing the tone holes.
3 Mute with strap ring: When the player wants to use the digital features
and/or stopping emitting acoustic sounds, can put the mute into the
window to divert the air flow outside of the recorder, making it silent.
Obviously you can also play the acoustic and digital tones together! Feel
free to experiment!
4 Red Led: Red led indicates the status of the recorder and the charging
state of the battery: When the USB cable is connected to a power source
(wall plug dc adapter, power bank or any USB port) the led stays ON until
the battery is fully charged. In normal use the LED is turned off and starts
to blink when the battery is close to exhaustion and it’s time to charge it
again.
5 Green Led: The green led has different functions depending on the
mode of use of the recorder. In general every command that you input with
the three buttons will be acknowledged/confirmed by a fast blink of the
Green Led.
6 Blue Led: The blue led indicates the status of the wireless connection.
When a mobile device or a computer is connected, this led remain solid.
Otherwise the LED will blink when the re.corder is turned ON.
7 Circle button: Circle button has the main function of turning on and off
the recorder, pair with the device/host and other minor functions, like
arming/recording a track in the looper section of the app. To turn on
(exiting from stand-by) the re.corder press the CIRCLE button for at least
two seconds. The BLUE led will start blinking to indicate that the re.corder
is ready for a connection. IMPORTANT NOTE: After 2 minutes of blinking

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without connection the re.corder will re-enter the standby state to save
power. To let the re.corder turn itself off you have to close the application
or disconnect the re.corder from inside the CONFIGURATION/DEVICES
page (see relevant chapter).
8 Square button: Square button works (when pushed while holding the
CIRCLE button) as an OCTAVE UP button, a STOP button for the upcoming
looper function and a few other mode-specific functions.
9 Triangle button: Triangle button works (when pushed while holding
the CIRCLE one) as OCTAVE DOWN, PLAY looper tracks and other minor
functions when in selected modes.
10 USB recharge port: This is where you plug the recharge cable to
recharge the battery. This USB port does not support any communication.
11 Strap ring: You can put a strap to support your instrument and avoid
falls, bumps and shocks.
12 Note holes: The classic baroque fingering tone holes. Please keep in
mind that, differently from an acoustic recorder, when in digital mode you
should avoid to rest your finger in the immediate vicinity of the hole. The
sensors could detect the finger even if the hole is not intended to be close.
Please see the “Good handling habits” chapter for more information.
13 Thumb hole: The hole which allows to change register/octave. This
hole have two sensors to detect the half hole position to change
register/octave.
The re.corder uses state of the art sensors and algorithms to
understand the player action and react precisely and quickly to any
pressure or touch operations. The re.corder also includes a 3D

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accelerometer that is used to add expression and nuances to the
sound.
The pressure sensor subsystem is capable of continuous self
calibration, avoiding problems when sudden barometric pressure
(due to weather or air conditioning, for example) changes could
lead to modified response.

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Good handling habits:
With respect to a standard acoustic recorder, the user should be
aware of a couple of differences and observing some (very simple)
rules to reach a full experience and create a successful physical
bond with this musical instrument. The re.corder interprets the
position of the fingers, the lips of the player, and the pressure
inside the windway to decide when and which note to play. This
happens hundreds of times per second and there are some ways
to ease this interpretation and obtaining the maximum
performance.
The first difference with an acoustic recorder is that the tone holes
sensors are very sensitive and will detect your finger even when
you don’t fully close the corresponding hole. So, differently from a
standard acoustic recorder, you cannot rest your fingers in the
immediate vicinity of an open hole. This become an automatic
gesture pretty soon and in the first hours of practice you will gain
this habit. A distance of few millimeters will allow the instrument
to consider the hole ‘open’.
The second key point in good handling is that the player should be
aware that, everytime she/he retracts her or his mouth/lips from
the mouthpiece, the re.corder will recalibrate in exactly one
second.
When the execution allows this very short pause, and/or when
you feel a change in breath responsivity, just move away your lips
from the mouthpiece. Again, try to make this become an
automatic gesture so you will be sure that the response of the
recorder will be always at its maximum capability!

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One last point, the re.corder is a sophisticated electronic musical
instrument and while sufficiently robust, it cannot be washed with
water, handled roughly, used as a stick, and launched around (like
some time a plastic recorder happens to be!). So treat it with care
and avoid letting it fall, beating it on hard surfaces or using it as a
saber…..
There are no user serviceable parts inside, the opening or tentative
to open the re.corder will immediately void any warranty.

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Quickstart
Congratulations! You are now the owner of an Artinoise
re.corder, the revolutionary wind instrument that will change
the way music is played and composed on the go. The following
instructions will let you start enjoying the re.corder:
Important notice:
The re.corder is an electronic musical instrument, in no occasion
you have to put it under water or heavy rain, leave it in high-
temperature areas (i.e. car dashboard) or wash it with water or
any other liquid. If your playing produces a lot of condensation or
saliva, please avoid that spreading on the surface of the recorder.
You can clean the surface (ABS plastic) with a soft cloth. For no
reason you should insert any blunt object in the windway (there is
the very sensitive pressure sensor), window, or any other aperture
in the body. Avoid the proximity of strong magnets. Use the
supplied lanyard to avoid the re.corder fall to the ground!
No water No poking Avoid falls! No strong Soft Cloth
Inside magnets
STEP1. Charge the re.corder: connect the supplied USB cable with
a PC/MAC or a USB wall adapter. Depending on the status of the
battery, the re.corder will take a maximum of two hours to get

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fully charged. The RED led will light up shortly after inserting the
supplied USB cable. The LED will indicate that the battery is
charging. When the LED turns off, the battery is fully charged.
STEP2.While re.corder is recharging, insert the lanyard loops in the
back ring (near the thumb hole) and the mute plug. This is
important to avoid re.corder fall and loosing the mute plug. Check
out the following picture to understand how to use the cord loop.
STEP3. Connection:
Start your app and register your data within the first few screens.

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Consider that, in the current version, the registration is LOCAL to
the smartphone/tablet so you have to repeat it on any of the
devices you intend to use with the app.
Now, by pressing and holding the ROUND button for at least TWO
seconds, you turn the re.corder on and ready for connection
(BLUE led blinking). Press the connect button on the app and then
START. You will see your recorder on the right of the screen:
Now press and hold the ROUND button and then touch the
recorder name on the list.
The BLUE led will stop blinking and turn solid. Now you can release
your finger from the ROUND button.
Congratulations! Now you can login and your recorder is ready to
be played within the Artinoise APP!

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To start from scratch, try the Learn mode.
When you select the Learn mode, you are presented with the
choice of instrument and then the song to start with.

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Keep in mind that to access all the songs, you have to rise your
ranking by earning points!
Follow closely the notes on the score and check you score go up
and unlock the next song! You can try several instruments!

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While you are playing you can also change the base octave of the
re.corder and hear what a very low cello note can feel! (press
together for a brief moment the CIRCLE and SQUARE buttons to
go up an octave and CIRCLE and TRIANGLE buttons to go down.
With the most part of the instruments, tilting the re.corder UP
will impress a vibrato on the sound. Try this cool effect!

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Using the re.corder with the app
§ Checking and configuring the smart device
§ Application startup and registration
§ Main application screen
§ The LEARN mode
§ The PLAY mode
§ The DUO mode
§ configuration pages
Checking and Configuring the Smart Device
The recorder app is compatible with devices which have at least
the following OSes installed:
-Android (smartphones, tablets): OREO (8.0) on Arm platform. It
is possible to start and connect to the re.corder with a prior
version but audio optimizations are implemented starting from
this OS version.
-iOS (iPhone and iPad): iOS 10.0 and iOS devices with BLE support
(starting from iPhone 6S and up and iPad 4th generations and iPad
minis)
To connect with the re.corder, your device should have BLE
(Bluetooth low energy, or Bluetooth Smart) capability. This is
almost a default feature on devices manufactured later than
2016/2017.
You should turn Bluetooth communications ON on your device
(please check the relevant user’s manual). Some operating

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systems asks also for positioning devices (i.e. GPS) to be turned
ON to make the BLE work. Our app doesn’t use positioning data
but to have it working you probably have to turn ON this
parameter. In some cases the app will try several time to
download the soundbank a nd it won’t complete the download.
In those cases is necessary to allow the use of internal storage
from the Android SETTINGS/CONFIGURATION panel.
Avoid using Bluetooth headphones or speakers with the
re.corder app. The Bluetooth Audio transmission standard
doesn’t allow low latency audio. You will experience long delays
between the production of a note and the audio that you hear!
Use only wired connections to your headset or speaker. Many BT
speakers comes with a standard 3,5mm jack audio input.
TECH: Performance Notes:
While under iOS the performance of the app (which needs
realtime audio generation and processing, and low latency
communication) is quite consistent through the entire range of
Apple devices, Android presents a wider variations due to
different hardware and driver implementations on different
manufacturers and models.
In general, a newer device will perform better, but the optimal
performance with relation to delay, sound quality and
responsiveness of the instrument is not related to the price range
of the device.
Check out this webpage to see how your device scores in the audio
department:
https://ntrack.com/android-latency/devices

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Application Start Up
After the first execution, the app will download the sound bank
from our website. This will take up to a couple of minutes on very
slow connections so check out the percentage counter on the top
left corner of the screen. During this time the app will work but
no sounds will be generated, so we ask you to wait for the
download to end and then restart the application again. This
double passage will be eliminated in following releases of the
app!
After the splash and welcome screens, the first time you open the
re.corder app, you will be presented with the connection page,
asking you to bind the instrument with the app.
As already described in the QuickStart chapter, after having
turned on the recorder, press the ROUND button and click on the
name of the recorder that appears in the right part of the screen
(see pic below)

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Now the app prompts you with the registration. This is
mandatory for the warranty to take place and for having a user
account on the app that will track your points, badges and
advancements.
See the picture below for an example. Please input a valid email.
We suggest to check both ‘Remember Me’ and ‘Stay logged in’
boxes to jump directly to the app main screen the next time you
start.
Now, after pressing the LOGIN button, you will be prompted with
the main application screen. From here you can choose the
activity, but before, let’s see how to customize your profile. Click
on the Player Icon on the upper right.

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In your profile section, you can see a summary of your
information and status. In the main PROFILE screen you see your
email, you points and badges and, if you click on your picture, you
can jump to a screen that allows you to take a picture of you,
select a character or choose from your photo album.
The operating system will ask for permission to use your camera
or photo album, confirm this if you want to use this
personalization function.

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Main application screen:
This is the main operating window of the application, from here
you can choose which way you want to play and, described in
following chapters, how to customize your re.corder.
The LEARN mode:
Here you can start learning to play the recorder by approaching
a series of increasing complexity musical scores that you need to
learn to unlock the following one. The progresses you make rises
your points and lets you earn some badges! This will also allow,
in future versions, to compete with your friends or schoolmates
in re.corder competitions all over the world!
The first thing you will see after clicking the Learn button is the
instrument choice screen. Here you have a scrolling list of musical
instruments to choose from. The default instrument sound is a
mellow tenor recorder. You can choose not only between wind
instrumenta, but also keyboard and even percussive ones! It’s up
to you to decide how to experiment with those!