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Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide Trigger Ri ot...
  • Page 2 Thanks for joining the Riot: get ready to sequence in a whole new way. The Trigger Riot is a deep machine that combines a great deal of functionality with an intuitive interface. In this manual we begin with a few simple “quick start” patch examples to get you used to working with the Riot, followed by a deeper function by function explanation.
  • Page 3 Audio Audio A u d i o A u d i o Module used: Z3000 Z2040 Trigger Riot BD808 SD808 Z4000 Z3000 Z2040 MIXER Turn your Riot ON, patch OUT 1 to the BD808 Gate IN, Patch OUT 2 to the SD808 Gate IN Patch OUT 3 to the Z4000 Gate IN.
  • Page 4 SEL D Audio Audio A u d i o Module used: Trigger Riot BD808 SD808 MIXER Turn your Riot ON, patch OUT 1 to the BD808 Gate IN, Patch OUT 2 to the SD808. Use the master knob to set the BPM to 120. Press the BPM/CYCLE button, the display will show CYCE (it’s short for Cycle END), use the master...
  • Page 5 Riot patch 2: OK I like it, let’s go pro Continue... PRESETS SD808 BD808 T r i g g e r R i o t CLOCK TIME PULSE AND BANKS L E V E L L E V E L MODE DIVIDE STEPS...
  • Page 6 0, you will notice as you do that how the overlapping gets shorter and more triggers that were covered by the long pulse show up again. As you can see the Trigger Riot is both a Gate and a Trigger Sequencer combined and the interaction of the two can be creative.

  • Page 7: Clear All

    Riot Patch 3, OK this thing is really crazy, give me more Continued... MODE SELECT BUTTON MODES hats909 SD808 BD808 T r i g g e r R i o t CLOCK TIME PULSE T U N E L E V E L L E V E L L E V E L MODE...
  • Page 8 Trigger Riot. The top drawing shows how the triggers would look like if the pulse width was set to 0. In that...
  • Page 9 Tipt p A u d i o By default, the Trigger Riot turns on in Matrix mode. This patch will use Independent mode. Click the INDEPENDENT/MATRIX button once. Patch OUT 1 to BD808, OUT 2 to SD808, OUT A to Z4000. Set your BPM using the master knob.
  • Page 10 Trigger stream multiplication fractional clock extractor (speed) Pulse width modulator (pulse width) The Trigger Riot is a highly accurate clock source: it has 8 outputs, each can have up to 4 clock divisions and each of these divisions can be assigned a probability of triggering, clock shifting, time shifting, fractional clock multiplication, and pulse width.
  • Page 11 Controls: Endless rotary knobs: TEMPO: This knob is under the LED screen. It is used to adjust Tempo in BPM, internal counter cycle start and end points, and other utility functions like clock source, rate, and beat sync. 4x4 MATRIX: These 16 knobs are used to set the various parameters for each clock divider and effects.
  • Page 12 Loop (B2) - Loop On/Off (‘LOOP’) turns the looping on and off by holding this button and then using the Tempo knob. Loop Start (B3) - Loop Start (‘LPSt’). Select the Bank and Preset for the loop to begin. Loop End (B4) - Loop End (‘LPEn’). Select the Bank and Preset for the end of the loop.
  • Page 13 TAP TEMPO: Press the Tap Tempo button once and the display will show ‘tAP’ and enable tap tempo. Press the Tap Tempo button twice more in time to set the Tempo. The new tempo will show on the display. Tap Step: To enter Steps with the Mute/Sel buttons, hold the Tap Tempo button until 'tAPS' displays.
  • Page 14 Input/Output: CLOCK IN: Insert a 0-5V trigger or gate source to drive the Trigger Riot when the external clock is selected by holding the Start/Stop button. The rate for the incom- ing clock signal can be selected by the (‘DIN’) function. The two rates are 1/16th notes (‘16th’) or 24 PPQ DIN Sync (‘DIN’) based on the Roland specification.
  • Page 15 Use: The Trigger Riot boots up in Matrix Mode and Divide Mode as indicated by the LED on the left of the top LED row. In this mode the encoder knob in the upper left will set a clock division for both output 1 and A. The encoder knob to the right of it will set a value for outputs 1 and B, below it 2 and A and so on.

  • Page 16: Step Mode

    Setting a Cycle: Press the BPM button under the Tempo Knob until the Display reads ‘CYCE’ for Cycle End. A value of 0 turns off the reset and the internal counter runs for years before reset. Setting a value from 1 to 255 will return the count to 1 in that many clock ticks.
  • Page 17 Common speed settings are displayed as their notation value (t = triplet, d = dotted): 24 PPQN 64th 32nd 16th 4 PPQN 1 PPQN Clock Shift Mode: Clock Shift moves the trigger in time by whole clocks steps. The range is from 0 to Division-1 so a division of 4 can be shifted up to 3 clock ticks.
  • Page 18 Pulse Width: Pulse Width is the length of time the output pulse remains high (5V) and is a per- centage of the division. Pulse Width is calculated based on the Division plus Clock and Time Shift, so shifted divisions will have proportionally shorter pulse widths. Setting the pulse width to 0 will set the pulse width to a single internal clock cycle no matter what the division which is useful for drum triggering.

  • Page 19: Back View

    Set Loop End: - Press End/B4 until ‘LPEd’ displays - Press Bank and then Preset to select the loop end - Press Bank and then Preset to select the loop end Note: Loop End points can be before the Start point to reverse the direction of the loop.
  • Page 20 Boss. The Boss sends information on the SyncBus setting up the BPM, preset to be played and resets. Any Trigger Riot can take control and become the new Boss at any giving time, even while playing, by holding the BOSS button until ‘BOSS’...
  • Page 21 Synchronization of the Trigger Riot to a computer DAW: The Trigger Riot can sync to a DAW application like Pro Tools or Ableton Live using a standard audio interface and no specialized software. Process: Tiptop have created example files to help demonstrate this process. Download them here: http://www.tiptopaudio.com/manuals/crcode/pulses.zip...
  • Page 22 2. Plug the thumb drive into the USB socket on the back of the Trigger Riot, press and hold the lower right button MUTE/SEL D and turn the power on.