Doepfer Dark Energy II - Manual (Page 24)

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Dark EnerGy II DOEPFER Functions
(The pattern will be transposed up to 7 octaves, until it starts again with note „one“.)
Since Dark Energy II‘s note range covers a maximum of 5 octaves, higher notes will be ignored and
produce „pauses“ within the pattern. This effect can be used in a creative way to create musical
phrases.
Example: With the setting „octave 1“, the played chord A3-C4-F4-G4 will produce exactly the same
pattern. Using „octave 2“ instead results in the pattern A3, C4, F4, G4, A4, F5, G5 and so on.
Please note: If the arpeggiator might get ”out of control” resp. cannot be startet or stopped or behave in
other strange ways, please simply do a reset on Dark Energy II. Please refer to the following section 3.3.4.
on this page.
(10) MIDI controller for CV4
If Dark Energy II receives a MIDI controller message (except bank controller # 0 and # 32) while in „learn
mode“, the controller number of this message will define the controller number for CV4, for instance, the
CV4 output of Dark Energy II will correspond to this controller number from now on. The controller message
must be sent on Dark Energy II‘s MIDI channel (see section „MIDI channel / Learn mode“ on page 17).
Controller # 0 and # 32 (Bank Change) will be ignored and cannot be „learned“.
Whenever Dark Energy II receives one of the MIDI messages listed in the table above, the parameter in
question will be changed and Dark Energy II will return to normal play mode, i.e. the LED will stop flashing.
Make sure that no accidental MIDI messages appear while in learn mode (e.g. from a sequencer) as you
alter the settings of Dark Energy II by such MIDI messages. All parameter changes made while in learn
mode are stored in Dark Energy II´s non-volatile parameter memory. When Dark Energy II is turned on next
time, the parameter settings will be loaded from this memory.
3.3.4. Resetting Dark Energy II
In order to return to the factory settings of all parameters, you have to reset the device. This might be useful
if, for instance, you do not remember the last parameter settings (e.g. MIDI channel, reference note, cont-
roller # for CV4, key assign mode) or if they are out of alignment. If your Dark Energy II seems to behave in
strange ways and you do not know how to solve the problem, resetting the device may help as the values
of all parameters will be restored after the reset.
To reset the device, depress and hold the learn button while the power supply is plugged in. The LED will
light up and you have to keep the button depressed for a few seconds until the LED starts flashing. Pres-
sing the button again gets you back into normal operation mode and the LED will turn on.
After resetting, Dark Energy II‘s parameters are set to the following default values:
- MIDI channel 1
- Reference note 36 (i.e. the lowest „C“ on a standard 5-octave keyboard)
- Retrigger: on
- CV3: volume (controller #7)
- CV4: modulation (controller #1)
- Key assign mode: highest note
- Internal Arp-Tempo: approx. 120 BPM
- Gate length: 6
- Octave: 1
- Arppeggiator Sync: internal
These values are identical with the factory default settings.