Sonic Charge Microtonic User Manual
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The
Rate at which the patterns run is set globally for all patterns in a preset and is
relative to the tempo of your host sequencer. The setting goes from 1/8, meaning
that each step is one-eighth note in length, up to 1/32.
Each step of a pattern also has a
Fill option that is used to create rapid drum rolls at
a rate of your choice. Finally, a
Swing parameter gives your rhythm a looser, more
human feel by delaying the sixteenth notes that fall between the eights
(this feature
also goes by the name of “shuffle” in some products)
. The fill rate and the swing pa-
rameter are also set globally for the entire preset.
Pattern Changes usually do not occur in the middle of a pattern
. The patterns play
to their full length before switching. You can automate and arrange pattern changes
in a number of different ways. First, you have the chaining option where you create
Chains of patterns that play after each other in series. As you only have 12 patterns
to chain, this technique is somewhat inadequate for longer arrangements. One way
to solve this is to automate pattern changes as parameter changes, provided your
host supports this.
(The current pattern selection is a parameter just as any other.)
Another technique is to use MIDI notes to trigger patterns and record these notes in
a MIDI sequencer track
(see
.
Notice that if you have
odd pattern lengths, such as 7 or 13 steps, the pattern en-
gine will synchronize its play position to the song position of your host sequencer in
a manner that give consistent and predictable results regardless of where you start
the sequencer. This can have the effect that the current step indicator jumps in pe-
culiar ways if you switch between patterns of different lengths.
Similar to the synchronization of pattern changes, starting and stopping patterns is
synchronized to the length of the currently selected pattern. However, unlike pattern
changes, you can force the pattern engine to start and stop immediately by clicking
twice on the
Play and Stop Buttons.
(Starting and stopping patterns may be auto-
mated as parameter changes, just like pattern changes.)
The pattern engine of
Microtonic
can also transmit MIDI notes. Thus, to the extent
that your host preset supports it, you can use
Microtonic
to trigger other MIDI de-
vices. The MIDI keys / note-numbers are the same as for reception
(normally C1 to
G1)
. The MIDI velocities depend on the accent settings
(64 or 128)
.
Presets
The drum patch settings for all eight channels, all the 12 patterns and the global pa-
rameters together constitutes a
Preset. In
Microtonic
, you will find several functions
that operate on the entire preset, including functions to load and save presets to
“
.mtpreset” files.
Morph
Version 3.0 of
Microtonic
adds a creative feature called
Morph. Morph lets you in-
terpolate all drum patch parameters
(for all eight channels)
between two end-points
using a single slider. Patterns and global parameters
(like
Swing
)
are not affected.
While you morph, the drum patch knobs and faders will turn and move along. You
can leave the morph slider at any position and edit the preset there
(including copy-
ing, pasting, loading etc)
and it will affect the two end-points according to where the
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MIDI notes can be used to switch patterns immediately depending on the chosen Pattern Launch Mode in
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