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User Manual for BEFACO models including: CV Thing, CV, Thing
CV Thing Assembled Module
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DocumentDocumentCV Thing USER MANUAL Firmware v1.4 CV THING USER MANUAL FUNCTION INDEX Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 2 POWER & INTRODUCTION 3 FIRST STEPS 4 CV CONFIGURATION 5 DIGITAL FUNCTIONS 6 CV CONFIGURATION PT.2 7 GLOBAL CONFIG 8 CHORD MODE 9 SYSE X & FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 10 EXTRAS .1 CV THING USER MANUAL CHANGELOG User Manual Rev 16 Feb. 2021 CHANGELOG 1.4 - Added Strum mode. 1.3.1 - Fixed Velocity bug. 1.3 - Channel Pressure message added. - Chord mode added. - Bug Fix: Fader attenuation is now set to multiply between 0 and 1. - Improved compatibility with iConnectivity devices. 1.2 -New Polyphonic mode added. -Changed save structure. Now there are four save spaces available. -14 bit CC implemented. -Web configurer available here. 1.1 -Velocity now applies to notes sent via Gates. -Gate functions can be mapped to CV and AUX inputs. -Changed clock handling. -Changed Sysex structure to improve compatibility with MACOS. -Panic can be mapped to gates. -Default mapping fixed to match manual and Bitwig script. -Gates are no longer visualized in the screen as redundant. -Some minor visual tweaks on menus. -Improved stability on menus. Now configuring during performance is not disturbing usability. -Calibration ranges change depending in input range. -Calibration is not reseted when changing Input range. -In Note mode now you can choose the time for the Note OFF. -Fader readings are smoother now. -NRPNs values can be set now in decimal format. -Improved screen compatibility. .1 CV THING USER MANUAL POWER & INTRO POWERING THE THANKS FOR PURCHASING A MODULE FROM BEFACO! MODULE BEFORE YOU PLUG THIS MODULE IN... 1. Disconnect your cabinet from the mains. 2. Triple check the power cord polarity. The coloured line on the cable (pin number one) is the -12V rail. 3. If you plug the module backwards or in EXP connector you might burn it out and unfortunately this is not covered by the warranty. 4. If you have any questions about this product please send them to CV THING USER MANUAL FIRST STEPS STARTING WITH CV THING CONNECTING THE UNIT TO EXTERNAL GEAR There are two main MIDI connections in CV Thing .3 CV THING USER MANUAL SETTING CV THING CV CONFIGURATION C O N F I G U R AT I O N Each CV Thing input its own configuration menu where you can configure its behaviour. From the Performance Screen, select the input and press the encoder to enter into CV EDIT Screen. CV Config Screen FUNCTION Selects the MIDI message that will be mapped to this input. By pressing on it you will have access to the MIDI Mapping screen. 1. CC This will send CC messages. When selected you will be prompted to choose which CC number will be sent. 2. V/Oct to Note In this mode two inputs will be linked so we can convert CV + Gate messages to MIDI notes. This mode is available at Odd inputs, then the next one will be automaticvally mapped as gate. (ex. If you set Port 1 in this mode, port 2 will be your gate). When Gate goes high, a NOTE ON message will be sent with value proportional to the CV input. When Gate goes down a Note OFF message will be sent. Keep that in mind, in order to keep V/Oct range, only 120 MIDI notes will be sent for the whole range. 1 Octave=12 semitones, so 10 Octaves, 120 notes. FOR EVERY NOTE REPRESENTATION IN CV Thing WE ARE ASSUMING THAT MIDI NOTE 0 IS C-2 When a note mode is selected new scale and chord options are available. Please refer to page 11 for further information about this mode. 3. V/Oct Poly With this mode you can send several notes with one gate. On selection, Gate 8 will be automatically set as the gate to send a note per channel configured like this. No need to manually configure this gate. If you send several CVs as V/Oc Poly, gate 8 will send a midi note per CV configured. When a note mode is selected new scale and chord options are available. Please refer to page 11 for further information about this mode. 4. Notes On this mode the module will generate MIDI notes at the selected MIDI Channel following the V/Oct ratio regardless of the presence of a Gate. The Note duration is set right after selecting the mode, so you can set a few fixed durations, edit yours or select that the Note off is sent just before sending a new note .4 CV THING USER MANUAL C O N F I G U R AT I O N MIDI CHANNEL Selects MIDI Channel for this CV Input. CV DEL AY Set a delay on the CV reading. Specially useful on V/Oct mode. As some sequencers have some delay between setting the gate high and sending the CV, with this feature you will avoid sending old messages. RANGES On this screen we will be able to set the functional ranges of the CV Input and the MIDI Output. Here you will be able to calibrate the CV Input as well. Let's take a look .5 2. Out Range MIDI RANGE 4. CC Latch Similar functionality as CC Gate but the CC value 0 won't be sent till a second Gate goes up. 5. Clock Clock messages will be sent. Keep in mind it will consider a Clock IN when the level is higher than 2 Volts. By pressing the encoder you will access the Clock Set Screen. There you will be able to Divide and Multiply the incoming clock signal as well as check the BPM. 6. ST/SP This will enter into the menu to set messages Start, Stop and Continue. A few combinations are available to match your sequencer. Options are SETTING THE MODULE GLOBAL SETTINGS In Performance Screen, hold the encoder for 5 seconds to access the Global Settings. On this screen you will be able to save and load presets between other things. Let's take a look deeply. PANIC Sends a Note OFF message in all the channels. Press it if you experience that some messages gets stuck or held. FACTORY RESET Restarts the module to initial factory settings (see Out of the Box Configuration) SAVE CONFIGURATION Saves the current configuration of the module in one of the two banks available. At the same time the module saves the setting on its internal memory, a SYSEX message is sent via MIDI Outputs (see SYSEX paragraph below) LOAD CONFIGURATION You can choose either one of the settings saved in one of the settings saved in one of the two user banks or a factory preset (Go to Apendix 1 for further details) GLOBAL CV CAL Calibrates all CV Inputs at the same time. Quite useful when you have a multichannel CV Source (like a sequencer) OUT OF THE BOX CONFIGURATION BY default, CV Thing comes with an initial setting that allows you to quickly test some of the features of the module. In this configuration CV Inputs are assigned to CC's from 14 to 21. CV THING USER MANUAL SETTING THE MODULE CHORD MODE C O N F I G U R AT I O N When you select a mode that involve sending MIDI notes using a Gate, you will get new options in the first level of bank config Menu. These will allow you to send chords instead of single notes. With this new Chord mode you can select the scale you will use, the ROOT note of this scale and the type of chord you want to send. Keep in mind that modes NOTES and Digital functions in CVs will not be affected by Chords options. SCALE MODE With this option you can select the scale you want your CV to be quantized to. If the CV does not match a note from selected scale it will send the previous lowest note that is present in that scale. Available scales are CV THING USER MANUAL MANAGING PRESETS SYSEX FUNCTIONING CONFIGURING CV THING In CV Thing you can save and load configuration presets externally via SYSEX (System Exclusive Messages). This process can be done with a lot of applications (like DAWs or specific MIDI apps) and if you have vintage digital gear for sure those terms won't be new for you. If this is not the case, don't worry, we're gonna explain a very easy and fast way using MIDI OX. SAVING PRESETS MIDI OX is a free program for Windows (and Linux through Wine-HQ) that is able to play *mid/*syx files and upload them into CV Thing. First connect your module to your PC via USB connector (Type B to Type A USB cable). Launch MIDI OX and in the top bar press "Options >> MIDI Devices..." Select CV Thing on MIDI Inputs and press OK. Now go to "View >> SysEx..." On the new window (SysEx View & Scratchpad) press "SysEx >> Receive Manual Dump..." The program will start to wait for SysEx messages. Once done, go to the Global Settings Screen on your CV Thing (hold the encoder for 2 seconds on Performance Screen) and selects Save Conf. selects the bank and now check MIDI OX again. If all is fine you will have a message on MIDI OX with the size of the file received, press Done. Now go to "Display Window >> Save As..." Put a name to your file, save it in your preferred folder and that's all. LOADING PRESETS Launch MIDI OX and in the top bar press "Options >> MIDI Devices..." Select CV Thing on MIDI Outputs and press OK. Now go to "View >> SysEx..." On tihe new window (SysEx View & .10 Scratchpad) press "File >> Send SysEx File..." status bar finishes, you will have a prompted Select screen your SysEx file and press Open. As on your module. Press Load SysEx, soon as the select the bank, press Discard and you are done. FIRMWARE UPDATE CV Thing code is based in our VCMC module, so code will be found at the same repository as VCMC. 1 .9 MISCELLANEA SPECS & CREDITS * Size .10