Doboz XIIO User manual
SWITCH #1 PLATE
SWITCH #2 PLATE
NOTE PLATE #7
NOTE PLATE #8
NOTE PLATE #3
NOTE PLATE #4
OCTAVE UP PLATE
OCTAVE DOWN PLATE
NOTE PLATE #6
NOTE PLATE #5
NOTE PLATE #2
NOTE PLATE #1
OPERATION
ENCODER:
ROTATE TO EDIT NOTES PER PLATE
PUSH TO ENTER SETTINGS
LET’S BEGIN...
TUNE & PLAY
HOLD A NOTE PLATE AND ROTATE THE ENCODER TO TUNE ITS CORRESPONDING CV.
TUNING IS QUANTISED TO SEMITONES, ALTERS CV OUTPUT OVER 3 OCTAVES.
USE OCTAVE PLATES TO TRANSPOSED CV FROM -2 to +2 OCTAVES.
SWITCH OUTPUTS
USE THEM TO TRIGGER ENVELOPES OR MANIPULATE CV CONTROLLABLE PARAMETERS.
ALTHOUGH XIIO HAS NO PRESSURE CONTROLLED CV OUTPUT THIS SWITCHES CAN BRING
SOME ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT TO YOUR COMPOSITION.
PRESETS
XIIO CAN SAVE 15 PRESETS,
WHICH INCLUDES NOTE LAYOUT
AND ALL THE PARAMETERS
UNDER SETTINGS.
AT STARTUP XIIO LOADS
THE LAST RECALLED PRESET.
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SWITCH #1 BEHAVIOR
SWITCH #2 BEHAVIOR
LOAD PRESET
SAVE PRESET
FREEZE ON/OFF
ARP & SEQ OFF: BRIGHTNESS
ARP: RANDOM OCTAVE
SEQ: SCOPE
OCTAVE PLATES*: ACTION
OCTAVE PLATES*: MODE
GLIDE: ACTION
GLIDE: TIME
ARP / SEQ: DIRECTION
ARP / SEQ: ON/OFF
SETTINGS
ENCODER:
ROTATE TO EDIT PARAMETERS
PUSH TO EXIT SETTINGS
HOLD THE PLATE TO EDIT ITS CORRESPONDING PARAMETER
LATCHING (FROM -2 TO +2 OCTAVE)
MOMENTARY +/- 1 OCTAVE
MOMENTARY +/- 2 OCTAVE
OCTAVE PLATES: MODE
BEHAVIOR OF OCTAVE +/- KEYS
TRANSPOSITION AT NEXT NOTE
IMMEDIATE TRANSPOSITION
IMMEDIATE TRANSPOSITION ”T” OUTPUT TRIGGERS WHEN OCTAVE PLATE IS TOUCHED
IMMEDIATE TRANSPOSITION ”T” OUTPUT TRIGGERS WHEN OCTAVE PLATE IS TOUCHED OR RELEASED
OCTAVE PLATES: ACTION
RESPONSE OF OCTAVE +/- KEYS
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* IN SETTINGS OCTAVE PLATES CAN BE USED ALSO TO INCREASE/DECREASE PARAMETER VALUES (EXCEPT OCTAVE MODE AND ACTION)
UP
DOWN
UP-DOWN
RANDOM
FREEZE DISABLED
FREEZE ENABLED
ARPEGGIATOR
ARPEGGIATOR CREATES A SEQUENCE OF NOTES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY TOUCHED. WHEN XIIO RECOGNIZES A NEW ARRAY
OF NOTES, THE SEQUENCE RESTARTS.
SEQUENCER
IN THIS MODE XIIO STEPS THROUGH NOTE PLATES
IN THE SELECTED DIRECTION, WITHIN THE ADJUSTED SCOPE.
THE TOUCHED PLATE DETERMINES THE FIRST STEP.
DIRECTION
SETS IN WHICH ORDER THE SEQUENCED
NOTES WILL BE PLAYED.
FREEZE ON/OFF
WHEN FREEZE IS ENABLED
“SWITCH 1” PLATE ACTIVATES FREZZING
AND ACTS AS A LATCHING SWITCH
MOMENTARY OUTPUTS 5V WHILE SWITCH PLATE IS TOUCHED
TRIGGER OUTPUTS A SHORT PULSE WHEN SWITCH PLATE IS TOUCHED
LATCHING OUTPUTS IS TOGGLED BETWEEN +5V AND 0V WHEN SWITCH PLATE IS TOUCHED
SWITCH BEHAVIOR
OPERATION MODE OF SWITCH PLATES
(IMPORTANT! WHEN FREEZE IS ENABLED
SWITCH #1 ACTS AS A LATCHING SWITCH)
GLIDE OFF
MINIMUM GLIDE SPEED
MAXIMUM GLIDE SPEED
GLIDE: TIME
TURNS ON/OFF AND SETS THE SPEED OF GLIDING
ALWAYS
ONLY WHEN TWO OR MORE NOTE PLATES ARE TOUCHED AT THE SAME TIME
WHEN ARP/SEQ IS ENABLED GLIDING WILL HAPPEN WHEN
SWITCH #2 PLATE IS TOUCHED (IN THIS CASE SWITCH #2 ACTS
AS A MOMENTARY SWITCH)
GLIDE: ACTION
DETERMINES WHEN GLIDING HAPPENS
WHILE HOLDING PRESET PLATES:
> ROTATE ENCODER TO SCROLL THROUGH PRESETS (1-15)
> LEDS DISPLAY THE NUMBER OF SELECTED PRESET IN BINARY**
> IF CURRENTLY LOADED PRESET IS SELECTED LEDS LIT RED
> LOADING OR SAVING A PRESET WILL CANCEL THE SETTINGS MODE
AND RETURN TO BASIC OPERATION
PRESET PLATES
PRESS AND HOLD ENCODER (FOR 1 SEC) WHILE HOLDING:
“LOAD” PLATE TO LOAD SELECTED PRESET FROM MEMORY
“SAVE” PLATE TO SAVE SELECTED PRESET TO MEMORY
ARPEGGIATOR RANDOM OCTAVE
WHEN ENABLED, ARPEGGIATED SEQUENCE
IS RANDOMLY TRANSPOSED.
ROTATE ENCODER TO SELECT THE SCOPE AND BEHAVIOR.
SEQUENCER SCOPE
SETS THE LENGHT OF THE SEQUENCE
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OFF
ARPEGGIATOR ENABLED
SEQUENCER ENABLED
OFF
+1 OCTAVE
+2 OCTAVE
-1/+2 OCTAVE
+1 OCTAVE
+2 OCTAVE
-1/+2 OCTAVE
RANOMIZATION MAY HAPPEN ONLY WHEN
ARPEGGIATING SEQUENCE RETURNS TO ITS FIRST STEP
RANOMIZATION MAY HAPPEN AT ANY STEP
SEQ SCOPE MINUS 1 (1-15) IN BINARY**
BRIGHTNESS
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
**
#1 #2 #3 #4
#5 #6 #7 #8
CLARIFICATION
- ARPEGGIATOR -
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ARPEGGIATOR WILL STEP THROUGH TOUCHED PLATES IN ORDER OF THEIR NUMBER (SHOWN BELOW).
THIS MEANS THAT ARPEGGIATION WON’T NECESSARY HAPPEN IN THE CLASSIC WAY, SINCE NOTE PLATES
CAN BE CONFIGURED TO ANY NOTE.
- SEQUENCER -
SEQUENCER WILL STEP THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF NOTE PLATES, WHICH IS GENERATED FROM THE
TOUCHED NOTE PLATE TILL THE SELECTED SEQ SCOPE. ABOVE #8 THE SEQUENCE GENERATOR OVERFLOWS
BACK TO #1 AND INCREASES OCTAVE BY ONE.
FOR EXAMPLE: IF YOU TOUCH NOTE PLATE NUMBER #3 AND SET SEQ SCOPE = 7,
THE GENERATED SEQENCE WILL LOOK LIKE: #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #1 OCTAVE ABOVE, #2 OCTAVE ABOVE
- CALIBRATION METHOD -
1.) TURN ON YOUR SYSTEM AND LET IT WARM UP FOR 20 MINUTES.
2.) SET OCTAVE MODE TO LATCHING AND OCTAVE ACTION TO IMMEDIATE (PAGE 2)
3.) EXIT SETTINGS, HIT A NOTE PLATE, TUNE IT TO MINIMUM, STEP DOWN TO THE LOWEST OCTAVE
4.) PLUG YOUR MULTIMETER INTO THE CV OUTPUT AND TUNE THE ZERO TRIMMER
SO THAT THE VOLTAGE READS AS CLOSE TO 0.000V AS POSSIBLE.
5.) NOW TUNE THE CV OUTPUTS FOR V/OCT SCALING BY
STEPPING UP AND DOWN OCTAVES WITH OCTAVE UP/DOWN PLATES.
- CHANGE ENCODER ROTATION -
PRESS & HOLD ENCODER WHEN POWERING UP THE MODULE TO SWAP THE ENCODER ROTATION DIRECTION.
WHEN TUNING A NOTE PLATE, TURNING THE ENCODER CLOCKWISE SHOULD INCREASE OUTPUT VOLTAGE.
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