Sinfonion harmonic CV processor created by Mathias Kettner User manual for firmware version 1.0 Last edited August 6, 2019 - 1 - Table of Contents 1 Features....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................. 8 3 Installation............................................................................................................................................................... 10 Security Considerations and legal stuff.................................................................................................10 4 Quickstart................................................................................................................................................................. 11 4.1 Set All to Start............................................................................................................................................................. 11 4.2 Using the Quantizer................................................................................................................................................ 11 4.3 Playing Chords........................................................................................................................................................ 12 4.4 The Arpeggiator...................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.5 Chord Progression Sequencer........................................................................................................................ 14 4.6 Gates............................................................................................................................................................................ 16 5 General Features................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.1 The Menu.................................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.2 Reset To Defaults.................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 The Display................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Scale Tones.......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Scale Structure.................................................................................................................................................... 19 Chord Structure................................................................................................................................................. 20 Octave Switches............................................................................................................................................... 20 5.4 Tuning Mode............................................................................................................................................................. 21 5.5 Button Presets......................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.6 Slew.............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.7 Control Voltages.................................................................................................................................................... 23 ROOT....................................................................................................................................................................... 24 TRANS..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 CV 1-4: Transpose............................................................................................................................................ 25 CV 1-4: Chaotic Note Shuffle...................................................................................................................... 25 CV 1-4: Chaotic Detune................................................................................................................................. 25 CV 1-4: Harmonic Shift................................................................................................................................... 25 CV 1-4: Button Preset...................................................................................................................................... 26 CV 1-4: Slew Time............................................................................................................................................. 26 CV 1-4: Voltmeter............................................................................................................................................. 26 5.8 Assignable Potentiometers.............................................................................................................................. 26 5.9 Non-tempered Intonations..............................................................................................................................27 Just intonation................................................................................................................................................... 27 Quarter-comma meantone....................................................................................................................... 28 5.10 Factory Reset......................................................................................................................................................... 28 6 Octave Switches & Sections Options...........................................................................................................30 6.1 Octave Switches..................................................................................................................................................... 30 6.2 Input Follows Root.................................................................................................................................................. 31 - 2 - 6.3 Bypass......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 6.4 Input Scaling........................................................................................................................................................... 32 6.5 Slew Detection........................................................................................................................................................ 33 7 The Quantizer in Detail...................................................................................................................................... 34 7.1 Input Trigger (Sample & Hold)........................................................................................................................ 34 Sequencers with some latency.................................................................................................................35 IN 1/2 Function Quantize Ch1-3..................................................................................................................36 7.2 Autogates.................................................................................................................................................................. 36 7.3 The FILL Buttons...................................................................................................................................................... 36 7.4 Channel 1: A/B-Switch........................................................................................................................................ 37 7.5 Channel 2 Single Note Mode........................................................................................................................... 39 7.6 Channel 3 EQ-DIST: Equidistant Quantizing............................................................................................40 7.7 CV 1-4: Chan X Pre Trans.................................................................................................................................. 40 7.8 CV 1-4: Chan X Pitch Bend................................................................................................................................ 41 8 The Arpeggiator.................................................................................................................................................... 42 8.1 Note Selection.......................................................................................................................................................... 42 8.2 Input, Pitch and Range......................................................................................................................................