Endorphines TWO OF CUPS User manual

TWO OF CUPS
FIRMWARE V.2.R

CONTENT
WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................................. 3
VISIT US .................................................................................................................................................. 3
INTRO ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
CONNECTING THE POWER ...................................................................................................................... 4
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 4
INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................................. 5
MODES FW V2 ............................................................................................................................................. 7
CREATING REVERSE SAMPLES FW V2 ....................................................................................................... 7
PREPARING THE SAMPLES ..................................................................................................................... 7
PARAMETERS SAVE ................................................................................................................................ 8
SAMPLE BANKS ...................................................................................................................................... 8
SD CARD / SETTINGS FW V2 ....................................................................................................................... 8
SAMPLES – LICENSE AGREEMENT ......................................................................................................... 9
FACTORY SOUND BANK ........................................................................................................................ 10
SAMPLE LIBRARY ................................................................................................................................. 11
FIRMWARE UPDATE .............................................................................................................................. 12
CREDITS ................................................................................................................................................ 12
COMPLIANCE......................................................................................................................................... 13

WARRANTY
1yearwarrantyguaranteedfromtheproduct'spurchasedateincaseofany
manufacturingerrorsorotherfunctionaldeficienciesduringruntime.
Thewarrantydoesnotapplyincaseof:
damagecausedbymisuse
mechanicaldamagearisingfromcarelesstreatment(dropping,vigorousshaking,
mishandling,etc.)
damagecausedbyliquidsorpowderspenetratingthedevice
heatdamagecausedbyoverexposuretosunlightorheating
electricdamagecausedbyimproperconnecting
Thewarrantycoversreplacementorrepair,asdecidedbyus.Pleasecontactusvia
emailforareturnauthorizationbeforesendinganything.Shippingcostsofsending
amodulebackforservicingispaidbythecustomer.DevicecomplieswithallEU
regulationsconcerningRoHSleadfreemanufacturingandWEEEdisposal.
VISIT US
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INTRO
TwoofCupsis6HPintuitiveeuroracksampleplayerwith8banksofsamples.It
consistsof2identicalsampleplayervoiceswithzerolatencyplayback,eachhaving
CVcontroloverPitch,GateandMetasamplesscan.Additionallyeachchannel
featuresaParameterknobthatcansettheDecayoftheinternalASREnvelope
(min.10mSec.,max.10Sec.),Samplevolume,PitchOffsetwith+/2octaves,
SampleSelectover24samples,enable/disableLoopingandReverseplayback.
ModulesplaysWAVfilesofarbitrarysamplerate:8and16and24bitsampleswith
12bitoutputbitrate.
FactorysoundbankbyJuliaBondar.
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Firmwarev2Rvideomanual:https://youtu.be/69CwM8faryY
Initialfirmwarev1quickstartguide:https://youtu.be/rdacPSxF4n4
CONNECTING THE POWER
Beforeinstallinganewmoduleinyourcase,ensureyourpowersupplyhasafree
powerheaderandsufficientavailablecapacitytopowerthemodule.
Connectthemoduledirectlytothepowerbusboardwithsupplied1016ribbon
cablelikeanyothereurorackmodule.PairofRED/BROWNpinsonthemulticolor
ribboncablecorrespondstoNEGATIVE12VOLTS.
Makesuretoalignthepowercablewiththe‘RED/BROWNSTRIPE’labelonthe
modulethatcorrespondsto12V,tothe10pinconnectorandwithtypicallyawhite
lineforthe16pinconnectoronthebusboard.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Width:6HP/TE,depth:25cm/1”withinsertedribboncable
Currentdraw:+12V:125mA,12V:20mA
CVrange:0…+5Vtypicallywithupto5…+5Vcompensatedwithoffsetknobs.
Audiooutput:typical+/5Veurorackstandard

INTERFACE

1.1V/OCTPITCHCVinputsisforthePitchofthevoices1and2,which
follows1v/octscalinginrange3...+3V(6octaves),pitchvoltagevalueisaddedto
themanualpitchoffsetselectionknob(REDmode).Thisletsyouplaythesamples
melodicallyusingasequencerorakeyboard.Youcanadjustthev/octscaleinthe
sd/settings/pitch_1(2).txtfileontheSDcard.
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2.VOICE1/2PARAMETERKNOBsetthevaluesoftheparametersin
eachofsixmodespervoice(seeMODESbelow).
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3.VOICE1/2TRIGaretrigger/gateinputsforvoice1and2usedtotriggerthe
samples,andsincetheinternalenvelopeisanASRenvelope,youcanvarythe
lengthofthesamplebyadjustingthelengthoftheGate.
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4.SAMPLE1/2CVareMETACVinputsfortheVoices1and2.Theyaccept
controlvoltagesignalsintherangeof5V...+5V.IfnoCVisappliedandnomanual
sampleoffsetselectedusingtheParameterknob,thefirstsampleofeachvoice’s
folderischosen.Sampleselectvoltagevalueisaddedtothemanualsampleoffset
selectionknob(FUCHSIAmode).
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5.VOICE1/2OUTare1and2audiooutputsoverwhichsamplesareplayed.If
nocableispluggedintotheVoice2audiooutput,bothvoiceswillbesummedto
theoutputofVoice1.Whenusingstereosamples,onlytheleftchannelisplayed.
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6.MODE/BANKBUTTON.Shortbuttonpressswitchesthrusixvarious
modes(seebelow)tobeadjustedbyVOICE1/2parameterknobs.Longpress
switchestothenextbankbyblinkingcertaintimeswithblueorredSTATUSLED
(7).Superlongpress(around5seconds)willinitiatenodule’sresetandfolders
rescan.
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7.STATUSLEDshowscurrentlyselectedmodeandblinksshowingcurrently
selectedbank.
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8.VOICE1/2BUTTONSaremanualbuttonstotriggerthesamplesineach
voiceaswellasplaywiththefills*whentheCLOCKIN*JACK(9)hasaclock.
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9.CLOCKIN*isaclockinputonthefrontpanelthataddsLiveFill/Rolls
functionality.WhenthereisaclocksignalappliedtotheCLOCKIN*jack,the
buttonstriggerrollsfollowingtheclock.Thinkofitasanalternativepatternthatis
enabledbymanuallyholdingthetriggerbuttonsforeachchannel.

MODES FW V2
ToswitchthefunctionalityoftheVOICE1/2PARAMETERknobs(2),shortlypress
theMODE/BANKbutton(6)toscanthroughsixavailablemodesshownbythe
STATUSLED(7).
●BLUE—Sampledecay,onlymanualcontrol
●DIMBLUE—Samplevolume,onlymanualcontrol
●RED—Samplepitch,summedwith1V/OCTJACK(1)values
●DIMRED—SampleLooping,disablebysettingParameterknobCCWbefore
noonandtoenable–setitCWpastthenoonposition
●FUCHSIA—SampleSelectionoveravailablesamples,upto24samples.
SummedwithSAMPLE1/2CVJACK(4)(META)values
●DIMFUCHSIA—Samplereverse,disablebysettingParameterknobCCW
beforenoonandtoenable–setitCWpastthenoonposition.
CREATING REVERSE SAMPLES FW V2
Thefirsttimeyoupowerupthemodulewiththenewfirmwareandnewsamples,
youwillseeablinkingFUCHSIALEDforafewminutes.Duringthatprocedurethe
moduleisscanningallthesamplesontheSDcardandcreatestheirreversecopies
underthesamenameand.revextensioninsteadof.wav.
Thisprocessisonlydoneonce,unlessyouhaveaddednewfiles.Onthenext
powerupwillquicklyscanthefoldersandonlywillcreatethereversefilesforthe
newlyaddedsamples.
Important:inordertoswitchtoanormalwork,TwoofCupshastocreatereverse
filesfirst.Thatprocesscan’tbeskippedandwithbigamountorsamplesandtheir
highsampleratecantakelongerasexpected.Trytograduallyaddnewfiles.We
recommendsavingallyoursamplesas44.1or48kHz16bitWAVfiles.
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PREPARING THE SAMPLES
TwoofCupswillplayanyWAVfileswithbitrate:8,16and24bits,any(arbitrary)
samplerateupto96kHz.Eachsampledurationisonlylimitedbyitsfilesize:upto
4GbasperFATfilesystem.SimplyplacetheWAVsamplesinthe/voice1/or
/voice2/oracertain/bank1…8/folderandmodulewillplaythem.Besuretofillno

morethan24samplespervoiceasonlyfirst24samplesfromalphabeticallysorted
listoffileswillbeplayed.Allthesamplesincluding25thinthelistwillbe ignored.
PARAMETERS SAVE
TOSAVEthepositionoftheParameterknobinanymode,quicklyrunthroughthe
modesbyshortpressingtheMODE/BANKbuttonTHREETIMES.Thenexttimeyou
powerupthemodulethoseeditsyoumadewillberestoredindependentlyforeach
bankandvoice.
SAMPLE BANKS
TwoofCupshas8banksofsamples,eachbankholds24samplespervoice.To
switchtothenextbank,pressandholdtheMODE/BANKbuttonfor1second.
Audiofilesneedtobe8or16bitPCMWAVEfilesandcanbeofany(arbitrary)
samplerateupto96kHz.ThesamplesaresortedineachfolderofSDcardbythe
modulealphabeticallyandifwehavemorethan24samplesinthevoicefolder,only
first24willbeplayed.
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YoucanseewhichbankisselectedbythecolorandnumberofblinksoftheLED.
●BANK1●●BANK2●●●BANK3●●●●BANK4
●BANK5●●BANK6●●●BANK7●●●●BANK8
Forexample,BANK1willbeshownby1blinkofLEDwithBLUEcolor,BANK2will
blinkBLUEtwiceandBANK4willblinkBLUE4times.BANKS58willblinkRED1
4timescorrespondingly.
SD CARD / SETTINGS FW V2
Apartfromthesamples,theSDcardcontainsconfigurationfilesinthesd/settings/
folderfor1v/octPitchCVscaling,OffsetandTriggerdelay,whichareapplied
globallyforeverybank.Thesesettingsfilesarecreatedautomaticallyuponnew
firmwareupdateandcanbechangedinthetexteditor.Afteryoudeletethem,the
modulewillcreatethemagainwithdefaultvalues.Ifyoucan’tfindthosefiles,
simplyupdatethelatestfirmwareforyourTwoofCupsandthemodulewillcreate
themonthenextpowerup.
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 /settings/pitch_1.txtandpitch_2.txtsetthetuningstretchincaseyouwishto
calibrateeachofthe1v/octPitchCVinputs.Defaultvalueis0.27.Values
range:+/0.5
 /settings/pitch_offset1.txtandpitch_offset2.txtsetthepitchoffsetvaluefor
eachvoice,providingadditionalcontrolfor1v/octcalibration.Thisvalue
needstomakethesampleplaybackat100%speedwhennoPitchCVis
appliedandthePitchParameterknobissettonoonposition.Thisvalueis
createdafteranupdateorafterdeletingthesefilesfromtheSDcard.Make
surenocableispatchedtothe1v/octinputduringtheupdatesothatthe
modulecandetectandapplythoseoffsetscorrectly.Valuesrange:+/0.5
 /settings/delay_1.txtanddelay_2.txtvalueinthefilessetsthetriggerdelay
amountinmilliseconds.ThisdelayisneededsoTwoofCupswillbeableto
changetheSampleundertheCVatthesametimeasthenewsamplelaunch
triggerarrivesattheinput.Withoutthatdelaytheprevioussamplewillbe
fired.Averagedelayneededtosyncthesamplesstartinthetimewithyour
sequencerisaround20mSec.
Defaultvalueis0whichcorrespondsto0mSec.Max.valueis1000mSec(1
second).
SAMPLES – LICENSE AGREEMENT
AllthefactorysamplesincludedintheSDcardthatcomewiththemodulesaswell
assamplesfromtheEndorphin.esSampleLibrary
(https://www.endorphin.es/samplelibrary)arethepropertyofEndorphin.esandare
licensedtotheenduseronanonexclusive,notimelimited,worldwidebasisas
follows:
 Youareallowedtouseanyofthosesamplesinanyofcommercialartist
activitiessuchaspublicperformance,musicrecording,films,video
production,streaming,radio/TVbroadcasting.
 Youareallowedtomodifythesounds,useitinyourtracksandreleaseit
anywherewithoutpermissionandnoneedtogivecreditstotheauthors.
 Youarenotallowedtotransferthatlicensetoanythirdpartyaswellascopy,
duplicateandresellthosefiles.
 Uponusing/downloadingoursamples,youaccepttheaboveterms,
violationofwhichissubjecttoliabilityunderlaw.

FACTORY SOUND BANK
JULIABONDARFactorySampleBank:

BANK NAME
VOICE 1 VOICE 2
SUPREME jb_drop1.wav jb_drop2.wav
jb_horn.wav
PSYCHE jb_bass_growl.wav
jb_siren1.wav jb_atmo5.wav jb_brass5.wav
jb_fx_crackles.wav

HOURGLASS jb_bass1.wav
jb_bass2.wav
jb_atmo3.wav
jb_atmo4.wav
jb_brass4.wav
jb_fx_impact1.wav
PRELUDE jb_bass_sub.wav jb_piano1.wav
jb_piano2.wav
jb_piano3.wav
SCANDAL jb_atmo2.wav
jb_atmo6.wav

jb_bang2.wav
jb_bang3.wav
jb_fx_impact2.wav
jb_fx_impact3.wav
jb_fx_impact4.wav
VOGUE jb_loop1.wav
jb_loop2.wav
jb_loop3.wav
jb_vox.wav
METEORITE jb_atmo1.wav jb_siren2.wav
jb_snare.wav
HESPERIDES jb_bang1.wav jb_brass1.wav
jb_brass2.wav
jb_brass3.wav

SAMPLE LIBRARY
BesuretocheckmoresoundsavailablefromourSampleLibrary:
https://www.endorphin.es/samplelibrary

OVERMONOSampleBank:

1. 808MS20BD.wav
2. 808MS20BD2.wav
3. 808MS20Clave.wav
4. 808MS20CH.wav
5. 808MS20Cowbell.wav
6. 808MS20HighTom.wav
7. 808MS20Maracas.wav
8. 808MS20MidTom.wav
9. 808MS20OH.wav
10. 808MS20Ride.wav
11. 808MS20Snare.wav
12. VermonaBD.wav
13. DrumBreak.wav
14. VermonaDrone1.wav
15. VermonaDrone2.wav
16. VermonaFX.wav
17. VermonaFXLoop.wav
18. VermonaPad.wav
19. VermonaPerc1.wav
20. VermonaPerc2.wav
21. Ride.wav
22. VermonaStab1.wav
23. VermonaStab2.wav
24. VermonaStab3.wav


FIRMWARE UPDATE
DownloadlatestfirmwareforTWOOFCUPShere:
https://www.endorphin.es/modules/p/twoofcups

 PowerOFFyourmodularsystem.
 EjectthemicroSDcardfromthemodule.Insertitintothecomputer.
 Unpackthedownloadedarchiveandplacethetocfirmware.hexfileintothe
rootfolderofthemicroSDcard.Don'trenamethefiletoanyothername.Put
thecardbackintothemoduleandturnONthepowerofyourmodular
system.
 TheLEDwilllightupinfuchsiacolorandyouwillhearanascendingtone
fromVOICE1OUT.Afterapproximately10secondsthemodulewillreboot
withthenewfirmwareinstalledandifneededwillrescanfoldersandcreate
reversefiles
 Enjoythenewfeatures.
CREDITS
ENDORPHIN.ES® – TWO OF CUPS
FIRMWARE VERSION V.2.R
COLLECTION SPRING/SUMMER 2022

Moduleidea,hardwaredesign,directionandmanualbyAndreasZhukovsky
CoreengineprogrammingandSDcardupdaterbyVitaly(a.k.a.embedder)
Manualproofreading,betatestinganddemovideosbyWisdomWater
Endorphin.esaremadeinBarcelona,Spain
Follow,like,postandtagusatInstagram:@endorphin.es
 

COMPLIANCE
FCC
ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothe
followingtwoconditions:(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and(2)
thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmay
causeundesiredoperation.
Changes/modificationsnotapprovedbyENDORPHIN.ES(doingbusinessasFurth
Barcelona,S.L.)couldvoidtheuser’sauthoritytooperatetheequipment.
ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassA
digitaldevice,pursuanttopart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedto
providereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferencewhentheequipmentis
operatedinacommercialenvironment.Thisequipmentgenerates,uses,andcan
radiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththe
instructionmanual,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.

CE
Thisdevicemeetstherequirementsofthefollowingstandards:
EMC:2014/30/EU
EN55032:2015;EN551032:2009(EN55024);EN6100032;
EN6100033
LowVoltage:2014/35/EU
EN60065:2002+A1:2006+A11:2008+A2:2010+A12:2011
RoHS2:2011/65/EU
WEEE:2012/19/EU