Oenkenstein Audio ROADS MK1 User manual

Roads MK I Electric Piano Operation Manual
Oenkenstein Audio
ROADS MK1
Electric Piano
Operation Manual

Roads MK I Electric Piano Operation Manual
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Roads MK I Electric Piano Operation Manual
Content
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Description 1
1.2 Front and Back panels 2
2 Front of the device 3
2.1 Panels overview 3
3 Panel 1: Control Panel 4
3.1 Section 1: Patch Browser 4
3.2 Section 2: Note Indicator 4
3.3 Section 3: Spread 4
3.4 Section 4: Warm 5
3.5 Section 5: Hammer 5
3.6 Section 6: Bass Boost 5
3.7 Section 7: Volume 5
4 Back of the device 6
4.1 Panel 1: Control Panel 6
4.2 Section 1: Note Indicator 6
4.3 Section 2: Audio Out 6
4.4 Section 3: CV Out Velocity 6
4.5 Section 4: CV In Gate Note 7
4.6 Section 5: CV In Hammer 7
4.7 Section 6: CV In Boost 7
4.8 Section 7: CV In Volume 7
5 Patch List 8
6 Credits 9
7 Appendixes 9
8 MIDI Implementation Chart 9
9 Device Remote information 10

Roads MK I Electric Piano Operation Manual
1 Introduction
Roads MK1 Electric Piano is an emulation of a 73 keys Rhodes MK 1 Stage Piano from 1965.
This Rack Extension mimics the sound and the look of the original hardware.
Included are 18 patches.
1.1 Description
The Roads MK1 Electric Piano is build as a Rompler. A Rompler is an electronic music instrument that
plays prefabricated sounds based on audio samples. The term Rompler is a portmanteau of the terms
ROM and sampler.
This device is aimed for those who want to:
- Have an instrument for use in different genres (hip hop, soul, rock), but also wants to use a good
emulation of the classic sound from the original hardware Rhodes MK I Stage Piano.
- Have a small collection of instrument patches of the Roads MK1 Electric Piano.
Specifications
 Minimal requirements for the Rack Extension: Duo Core based computer with at least 2 GHz
processor, 4 GB of RAM and Propellerhead Reason 10.2 or higher running on Windows or Mac
OSX.
 Type of device: Rompler.
 Method of synthesis: Additive 24 bit wavetable synthesis.
 CV (Control Voltage) Velocity Out.
 CV In for Gate/Note, Hammer, Boost and Volume.
 Controllers:
1. Spread
2. Warm
3. Hammer
4. Bass Boost
5. Volume

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1.2 Front and Back Panels
Roads MK1 Electric Piano front panel:
Roads MK1 Electric Piano back panel:

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2 Front of the device
2.1 Panels overview
 Patch Browser
 Logo
 Device name
 MIDI Note indicator
 Controls Panel with:
o Spread
o Warm
o Hammer
o Bass Boost
o Volume

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3 Panel 1: Control Panel
The control panel has 7 sections:
Section 1: Patch Browser
With the Patch Browser you can load and save .repatch or .cmb patches.
Section 2: Note Indicator
Flashes when a gate/note is played.
Section 3: Spread
Spread is added to the Roads MK1 Electric Piano to provide a stereo panning based on the
position of the key played.
 Spread (Spread On Off): Determines whether Spread is added to the signal chain. When On,
each note is panned according to position of the keys on a MIDI keyboard or sequencer and
makes Roads stereo. When off, the output will be double mono. (Scale: On / Off. Default: Off).

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Section 4: Warm
Warm applies noise reduction and is used to damp the high frequencies, resulting in a more ‘warm’
sound.
 Warm (Warm): Determines the amount of the high frequency cut, applied by the filter (Scale: 0
/ 100. Default: 0).
Section 5: Hammer
Hammer adds the sound of the hammer action of the keyboard to the signal chain. As each key
has it own character, all the 73 keys were recorded.
 Hammer (Hammer): Determines whether the hammering is added to the signal chain (Scale: -
∞ / +12,0 dB. Default: ∞ dB).
Section 6: Bass Boost
The Bass Boost in Roads MK1 Electric Piano is an EQ boost or cut around 175 Hz. The original
hardware uses a filter just to cut around the same frequency and its slope depends on the volume.
The effect of the Bass Boost EQ is noticeable on the lower keys on the keyboard, ranging from note
E0 to note E2.
 Bass Boost (Bass Boost): Determines the amount of EQ (Scale: 0 / 100. Default: 50).
Section 7: Volume
 Volume (Volume): Determines the master volume (Scale: -∞ / +12,0 dB. Default: 0,0 dB).

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4 Back of the device
The top of the back panel of Roads MK1 Electric Piano shows the logo, the Note indicator and the Device
name.
Panel 1: Control Panel
The control panel has 7 sections:
Section 1: Note Indicator
Flashes when a gate/note is played.
Section 2: Audio Out
 Left Right (Left/Mono and Right Out): Master audio output.
Section 3: CV Out Velocity

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Velocity CV output sends unipolar CV (Control Voltage) information to devices in the rack.
Section 4: CV In Gate/Note
The CV inputs receive unipolar CV (Control Voltage) information from devices in the rack.
 CV Gate/Note (Gate CV Input and Note CV Input): CV Gate and Note input.
Section 5: CV In Hammer
 Hammer (Hammer CV Input): CV Hammer input. The trim knob is used to scale incoming CV.
Section 6: CV In Boost
 Boost (Boost CV Input): CV Boost input. The trim knob is used to scale incoming CV.
Section 7: CV In Volume
 Volume (Volume CV Input): CV Volume input. Connect a LFO to the Volume CV Input and
change the LFO Rate to mimic vibrato. The trim knob is used to scale incoming CV.

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5 Patch list
Included are 18 patches. The Roads MK1 Electric Piano comes with some special effects patches which
emulates a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier.
The amplifier components are:
 Chorus
 Phaser
 EQ (Paint)
 Spring Reverb (The Cold Hall)
 Compressor (Pressor)
Root folder:
 Boost Max.repatch
 Hammer Soft.repatch
 Hammer.repatch
 Noise Reduction.repatch
 On Stage.cmb
 On the Road.cmb
 Roads Chorus.cmb
 Roads Paint.cmb
 Roads Phaser & Chorus.cmb
 Roads Phaser.cmb
 Roads Pressor.cmb
 Roads.cmb
 Roads.repatch
 Saturated.repatch
 Spread.repatch
 The Cold Hall.cmb
 Warm Boost.repatch
 Warm Hammer.repatch

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6 Credits
 Andre van Velden providing his Rhodes Mk 1 for the recordings
 Reasontalk forum, beta test hosting
 All the beta testers
 Rob Kwakkelstein, demo song
7 Appendixes
Browsing patches
Changing .repatch files in the Patch Browser while notes are sustained may cause a sudden jump in
volume and will play the sound from the current patch with the settings of the new patch. The change
disappears when the instrument is included in a Combinator (.cmb).
8 MIDI Implementation Chart
In the table below, first the MIDI CC Number is mentioned and is followed by the name of the function in
the Roads MK1 Electric Piano:
[12] = Spread_On_Off
[13] = Warm
[14] = Hammer
[15] = Bass_Boost
[16] = Volume

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9 Device Remote information
Scope Oenkenstein Audio nl.oenkenstein.ROADS
Remotable Min Max Input type Output type
Spread On Off 0 1 Toggle ValueOutput
Warm 0 4194304 Value ValueOutput
Hammer 0 4194304 Value ValueOutput
Bass Boost 0 4194304 Value ValueOutput
Volume 0 4194304 Value ValueOutput
Mod Wheel 0 127 Value ValueOutput
Breath Control 0 127 Value ValueOutput
Expression 0 127 Value ValueOutput
Sustain Pedal 0 127 Value ValueOutput
Aftertouch 0 127 Value ValueOutput
Pitch Bend -8192 8191 Value ValueOutput
Device Name 0 0 - TextOutput
Patch Name 0 0 - TextOutput
Select Patch Delta 0 0 Delta TextOutput
Select Previous Patch 0 0 Trig TextOutput
Select Next Patch 0 0 Trig TextOutput