Silver labels are active when holding the SHIFT button. Well met, adventurer! By this very guide we shall awaken the song of the WAVE BARD! Art thou ready ...
TURN TURN Well met, adventurer! By this very guide we shall awaken the song of the WAVE BARD! Art thou ready? 1. POWER SOURCE Plug in a USB-C cable or insert 3x AA batteries. or USB-C 3xAA * 5. SELECT A SAMPLE Hit SHIFT to tri er the current sample. SHIFT HIT Turn the SAMPLE knob to select one of the 8 samples. SAMPLE Press BANK to switch between banks of samples. PRESS BANK * 6. MAKE A BEAT Connect GATE to TRIG. Adjust the envelope with LENGTH. PATTERN GRC TURN 7. ADD SOME MELODY Connect CV to PITCH MOD. -+ ENV PITCH MOD CV Turn the PITCH MOD knob to attenuvert the input CV amount. Try the FREE or NOTE inputs. Sets pitch immediately and unquantized FREE PITCH MOD NOTE Pitch tuned to a scale and updated only with a tri er 2. CONNECT OUTPUT Connect your headphones, mixer, or speakers to AUDIO . 3. POWER UP Flip the POWER switch to the right. POWER GATE TRIG TURN LENGTH Hold SHIFT and turn LFO MOD to select a different RHYTHM . Connect CV to SAMPLE MOD. CUE ENV 8. TEMPO To set the tempo, hold SHIFT and turn the TEMPO knob. To tap the tempo, hold SHIFT and press TAP a few times. If using SYNC in, the TEMPO knob sets the tempo multiplier/divider. 4. OUTPUT VOLUME Hold SHIFT and turn the PITCH knob to adjust the output VOLUME . SHIFT HOLD PITCH VOLUME ! Silver labels are active when holding the SHIFT button. TURN SAMPLE MOD CV Attenuate the CV amount with the SAMPLE MOD knob and explore play modes. Check the diagram on the back page. CUE MODE: CUE SAMPLES WAIT FOR A TRIGGER ATTENUATE PLAY MODE: SAMPLES TRIGGERED ON CV CHANGE ATTENUATE 9. CLOCK SYNC Use SYNC to synchronize with an external clock. The WAVE BARD will follow. To be the leader, use the SYNC out. SYNC LENGTH / PLAYBACK DIRECTION Turn LENGTH to the right to play samples forward, or to the left to reverse them. REVERSE FORWARD Full manual AUDIO OUT ORIGINAL SAMPLE START POINT PATTERN GENERATOR PATTERN generates GATE (rhythm) and CV (stepped sequence) output signals. They are both always driven by TEMPO . Turn the RHYTHM knob ( SHIFT + LFO MOD) to select a pattern on the GATE output. To modify a pattern, use the PATTERN inputs G-GATE, R-RESET and C-CV. Connect the + patch point to randomize the existing sequence. Unplug, once you have something fun. Plug the - patch point to variate the sequence. You can use modulation too! Patch the LFO pulse output into PATTERN R-RESET input to alter the sequence length. BASTL KASTLE 2 WAVE BARD ENVELOPE ENV outputs the amplitude envelope set via the LENGTH knob and applied to samples. SYNC IN OUT L L R R GATE IN CV IN LFO PATTERN GRC ENV RESETS BOTH CV AND GATE GATE CV - CONNECTED = INVERTS PSEUDO 32 STEP LOOP CV UNCONNECTED = 16 STEP LOOP + CONNECTED = RANDOM GATE LFO To trully master the ways of the WAVE BARD, learn the ways of modulation! DIVISIONS OF TEMPO SYNC FREE LFO TEMPO LFO generates cycling triangle and pulse waveforms. Adjust the LFO speed with the LFO knob: to the right for free running, to the left in sync with the tempo. MODULATION MAGIC LFO This knob says how much this input affects this knob MODULATION EFFECT PITCH MOD PITCH LFO Turn PITCH MOD to adjust the amount and polarity of PITCH modulation. The same goes for LFO MOD. Use MOD for LENGTH modulation amount. TIP: Use CV to switch between sample banks! Press BANK and turn LENGTH to adjust the amount of BANK modulation. Connect outputs to inputs. This is what they look like: Most sets of 3 points in a row are connected. Use any of them. INPUTS OUTPUTS Feel free to experiment: NOTHING CAN BREAK! FILTER & FX LP HP Use FILTER to spice up your sound: brighter HP (highpass) cuts bass, darker LP (lowpass) cuts treble. Use FX to add even more flavour: delay/echo to the left, distorting chorus/flanger to the right. * SAMPLES AND PLAY MODES CUE MODE: SAMPLE MOD PLAY MODE: aims at a sample and waits for a tri er CUE tri ers a sample as soon as CV changes 8 4 3 2 7 5 6 6 75 1 84 SAMPLE 3 2 1 TRIG IN AUDIO OUT 44 2 5 3 6 22 1 32 3 11 1 2 1 2 11 1 1 1 1 11 1 2 1 2 3 2 221 13 2 4 3 4412 5 3 7 8 6 ATTENUATED INPUT SAMPLE MOD INPUT CV CHANGE TRIGGERING A SAMPLE SCALES AND TRANSPOSITION Patch the NOTE input to work within scales. ORIGINAL PITCH -1 +1 -2 +2 OCTAVE BANK + PITCH changes octave F F# E G D# G# D A C# A# C B ROOT BANK + SAMPLE MOD root note / transpose MINOR DIATONIC CHROMATIC MAJOR DIATONIC MINOR PENTATONIC MAJOR PENTATONIC MINOR CHORD MAJOR CHORD SCALE BANK + PITCH MOD = selects scale BANK + LFO MOD = fine tune BUTTON COMBOS SHIFT + knob = secondary function in silver SHIFT + BANK = TAP the tempo BANK = next BANK BANK + SHIFT = previous BANK BANK + LENGTH = mod. attenuation for the BANK input SHIFT + BANK >2s = adv. settings (input behavior etc.) Trouble with the Bard? Visit our FAQs! Load your own samples, edit scales and rhythms at: apps.bastl-instruments.comAdobe Illustrator 29.4 (Windows) Adobe PDF library 17.00