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Operation Manual Re-Tron™ Operation manual THIS MANUAL IS COPYRIGHT GFORCE SOFTWARE LTD 2017. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION. ALL TRADEMARKS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS GForce Re-Tron ..................................................................... 3 Amplitude Envelope .......................................................... 11 Amplitude Attack ................................................................. 11 The Library .......................................................................... 4 Amplitude Decay ................................................................. 11 Expansion Tape Banks ........................................................... 5 Amplitude Sustain ............................................................... 11 Amplitude Release .............................................................. 11 Re-Tron Operation Manual Velocity .............................................................................. 11 Patch Management Overview ............................................. 6 Volume ................................................................................ 11 Patch Loading ....................................................................... 6 Filter ................................................................................... 11 Patch Saving ......................................................................... 6 Master Volume .................................................................... 11 Layer A ................................................................................. 7 Layer B ................................................................................. 7 Delay .................................................................................. 12 Mute button .......................................................................... 7 Left Delay Length knob ....................................................... 12 Tape Reverse button ............................................................. 7 Left Delay Feedback knob ................................................... 12 Half Speed button ................................................................. 7 Delay Crossfeedback (CF) button ......................................... 12 Attack Start knob .................................................................. 8 Host Sync button ................................................................. 12 Detune knob ......................................................................... 8 Right Delay Length knob ..................................................... 12 Pan knob ............................................................................... 8 Right Delay Feedback knob ................................................. 12 Level knob ............................................................................ 8 Delay Dry/Wet Mix knob ...................................................... 12 LFO ....................................................................................... 8 Ensemble ........................................................................... 13 LFO Mode ............................................................................. 8 Ensemble Dry/Wet Mix knob ............................................... 13 LFO Amount .......................................................................... 9 Ensemble Voice Detune knob .............................................. 13 LFO Speed ............................................................................ 9 Ensemble Voice Selection Switch ........................................ 13 LFO Sync .............................................................................. 9 Keyboard Controls ............................................................... 13 Master Tune knob................................................................ 13 Filter .................................................................................... 9 Pitchbend Range knob ........................................................ 13 Resonance ............................................................................ 9 Modulation .......................................................................... 13 Cut off ................................................................................. 10 Filter Mode .......................................................................... 10 Re-Tron Rear Panel ........................................................... 14 Lowpass ............................................................................. 10 Sequencer Control............................................................... 14 Highpass ............................................................................. 10 Layer A Modulation Input ..................................................... 14 Bandpass ............................................................................ 10 Layer B Modulation Input .................................................... 15 Layer A Modulation Output .................................................. 15 Filter Envelope ................................................................... 10 Layer B Modulation Output .................................................. 15 Filter Amount ....................................................................... 10 Filter Attack ......................................................................... 10 Trontastic Links ................................................................. 16 Filter Decay ......................................................................... 10 Credit and Thanks ............................................................. 17 Filter Sustain ....................................................................... 10 Filter Release ...................................................................... 10 Legal notices ..................................................................... 17 2 GFORCE RE-TRON elcome to the GForce Re-Tron. This The 8 second note duration, although a 3) The introduction of the world’s first ‘Tron Rack Extension for Propellerhead’s limitation, forced the musician to develop a plug-in instrument, M-Tron. Reason is based on our M-Tron Pro, particular style when playing chords, which W Proof if ever it were needed that you can never itself inspired by the legendary Mellotron® was often described as a spider crawling up tape replay keyboard. the keyboard. However, this limitation allowed keep a good sound down was evident when the music to breathe and remains a vital part the M-Tron went on to become one of the The chances are you’ll need no introduction to of the Mellotron character. If anyone ever tells world’s biggest selling plug-in instruments, the sounds of the Mellotron because this iconic you a looped Mellotron sound is acceptable, while its successor, M-Tron Pro, continues the instrument brought the world such delights question their sanity until they acknowledge tradition of marrying a vast library of Mellotron as the flutes on Strawberry Fields Forever, the error of their ways. sounds (sourced over a ten year period) with a the choirs on Nights In White Satin, the brass highly intuitive workflow and comprehensive on Cirkus, the violins on... well, on countless Because the Mellotron was mechanical and feature set. tracks throughout the 1960s and 1970s via tape-based there were inherent problems. artists including The Beatles, The Rolling Despite a succession of models, each The recently released Streetly Tapes - Vol 1 - Stones, The Moody Blues, Genesis, Yes, Barclay attempting to improve on the portability and for M-Tron Pro marked the instrument’s true James Harvest, Gentle Giant, David Bowie, King reliability issues of the previous, many of the coming of age as this was the first time the Crimson and many, many more. problems were never cured. The 35-note original EMI tapes had been made available M400 model, on which the Re-Tron is loosely for a plug-in instrument. In its 40+ year reign it has unquestionably based, probably remains the most robust but helped shape the face of music and for a Likewise, Re-Tron is something truly special. even with this Rick Wakeman tells a story Based entirely on the sublime Streetly library, moment in the 1970s you weren’t considered a whereby his frustration boiled over to the proper prog rock band unless you owned one. and including many previously unreleased point where he deliberately set his alight at tape banks, Re-Tron sets a new standard for What made this instrument so special was the end of a tour. a ‘Tron instrument in the virtual world. that its sounds were real recordings of real They were expensive too. A standard M400 All of the sounds included with Re-Tron players re-played via the medium of magnetic came with 3 sounds that played across 35 tape – long before the advent of samplers. were recorded via the original EMI tapes and notes and cost around £800 in 1971 (about through a specially prepared Skelletron - an Under each note was a piece of tape £9500 at 2012 prices) and with the advent exoskeletal M400 that allows easy alignment containing a recording of an instrument. When of string machines and polyphonic synthesis and azimuth adjustments to each of the 35 a note was pressed a motor pulled this tape in the mid to late 70s, sales declined to the tape-heads – to give you the very best ‘Tron across a tape-head for up to 8 seconds and point where the original manufacturer Streetly sounds available. duly replayed the recording. After 8 seconds
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