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  • Page 1 Gotharman’s FuZioN Music WorkStation User Manual V 11.80...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Of This Manual Introduction Very special thanks to Getting Started Structure User Interface Preset Select Screen Selecting a preset Synth Triggers Setting the triggers MIDI receive channel Realtime recording of the Triggers Setting the MIDI CC’s transmitted by the Edit Knobs 28 Sequencer Sequencer/track main page Setting up the sequencer to control the internal synth’s 33...
  • Page 3 Using imported samples for Audio Tracks The 8 Synthesizer’s List of synthesizer modulation sources Synth pages structure Selecting Synth 1 to 8 Oscillator (Osc) parameters Instrument Effects Selecting a sample for the oscillator Sample Remix Setting up a Synth to play back a stereo sample Filter’s parameters Amp and LFO’s parameters Modulation envelope’s parameters...
  • Page 4 Importing files Importing multiple files Open a directory Make a new directory Export samples and presets to a USB drive Rename a file Delete a file Updating Fuzion’s firmware...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Furthermore a "Sound Finder" was engineered, that makes it easy to audition and import sounds from any other preset, to the one you are working on now. A Fuzion oscillator can be a...
  • Page 6 The oscillator can be processed by 2 filters with each 18 filter types, including 2 parametric EQ types, an amp, an instrument effect, 2 LFO's and 3 envelopes. Fuzion has 8 synthesizers built in, and all sounds, except for audio inputs, can be played back chromatically from a connected MIDI keyboard over the full 10 octave MIDI note range, triggered from the built-in touch screen keyboard, triggered from an assignable button, or played by the sequencer.

  • Page 7: Very Special Thanks To

    Very special thanks to: Christopher Curtis Timo Reichert Gene Schwartz Rashad Becker Perfect Circuit Audio For supporting this project from the beginning. I really appreciate your trust. Without you, Fuzion might not have been… Gotharman July 2015...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Getting Started Connecting: On the right end panel of your Fuzion, you will find the power switch, connections for power supply, and 2 audio inputs and 4 outputs. The outputs are stereo paired. Output 1 and 3 are right channels and output 2 and 4 are left channels.
  • Page 9 Any line level audio gear can be connected to Fuzion’s 2 audio inputs. It is possible to sample and to process any audio presented on these, using Fuzion’s filters and effects. On the left end panel of your Fuzion, you will find the USB connector and two sets of MIDI in and out.
  • Page 10 -Import, export and back up Fuzion presets -Update Fuzion To import a .wav file from another device, it must be: -Mono or stereo -44.1 KHz sample rate –Fuzion will import other sample rates, but they will play back in a wrong speed -16 bit native PCM...
  • Page 11 It’s a 9V, minimum 1A type with a 2.1 mm DC plug, with positive middle. Some Fuzion’s has been shipped out with a power adaptor, that has multiple tips. If you have received one of these, you should use the tip with the blue ring, and make sure that the 2 parts are alligned to the text “Tip”:...
  • Page 13 Turn it on Toggle the power switch on the right end panel, so its pin is pointing down. Your Fuzion should now turn on.

  • Page 14: Structure

    Fuzion Structure...
  • Page 15 The sequencer is the ”heart” of Fuzion. When you want to play the internal synthesizer’s or control MIDI gear through Fuzion, you must go to the sequencer, and channelize the MIDI input and the Touch Keyboard first. The Touch Keyboard and the 2 MIDI inputs are connected directly to the sequencer’s input. All...

  • Page 16: User Interface

    The User Interface Fuzion has a row of 6 pushbuttons on the left side of its screen, and another row on the right. It has 8 Edit Knobs for editing parameters and a volume knob below the screen. The pushbuttons has different functions for each menu page, but on most pages, you will find Exit in the lower left corner, sequencer Play and Rec in the upper right corner, and Lowr and Trig in the lower right corner.
  • Page 17 Lowr will give you access to edit the parameters on the lower half of the screen, on pages that has more than 8 parameters. Every time you enter a new page, the Lowr button will be switched off, and the 8 edit pots will edit the upper 8 parameters, on pages with more than 8 parameters.
  • Page 18 All editing is done with knobs. It is though always, on any page, active as a touch keyboard. Fuzion’s touch keyboard has a range of 12 notes. It is possible to adjust what note each ”key” should play back, and the notes doesn’t have to be in any specific order.

  • Page 19: Preset Select Screen

    This is the first screen you will see, right after Fuzion’s start-up screen, unless you left your Fuzion in Song mode, the last time it was turned off. Here you can change preset and jump to Fuzion’s edit and settings pages.
  • Page 20 Preset button. If the sequencer is playing back, the Enter LED will now start to flash faster, awaiting track 1 to reach its end. As soon as this happens, Fuzion will reload the selected preset, and the Enter led will stop flashing.

  • Page 21: Synth Triggers

    It is possible to record the triggers actions into a sequencer track, and it is possible to control the triggers from MIDI gear connected to any of Fuzion’s MIDI inputs. To exit from Triggers mode, simply hit the ”Triggers” button again.
  • Page 22 To set up what the 8 triggers should trig, first, from the Preset Select page, push the ”More..” button:...
  • Page 23 Push the ”Triggers Setup” button, to enter the triggers setup page: On this page, use the buttons ”1_2”, ”3_4”, ”5_6” and ”7_8” to select which 2 triggers, you will adjust. Use the buttons ”Trig1” and ”Trig2” to audition the triggers. By edit knob 1 to 8, you can adjust the settings for 2 triggers at a time.

  • Page 24: Setting The Triggers Midi Receive Channel

    On the triggers setup page, it is also possible to adjust the triggers MIDI receive channel, that the triggers would be trigged from, and which MIDI CC’s that will be transmitted, when turning the Edit Knobs on the Preset Select and the Song Select pages. Setting the triggers MIDI receive channel This is only the MIDI channel that is used to trigger the triggers.
  • Page 25 Now you can adjust the Triggers Receive MIDI channel, using Edit Knob 1. This setting is stored within each preset.

  • Page 26: Realtime Recording Of The Triggers

    Realtime recording of the Triggers Assuming that you already have the Triggers set up to trigger the internal Synths/external MIDI gear you want, as described on the previous pages, go to the Sequencer Main page: The Sequencer Main page will be further explained in the next section of this manual – The Sequencer.
  • Page 27 Hit the ”Rec” button, so its LED is lit, and if the sequencer is not already playing back, hit the ”Play” button too, and start jamming. When you are done recording, hit the ”Rec” button to turn off the Rec LED, and listen to the result. Every time a Trigger is trigged, either by its button, the sequencer or a connected MIDI keyboard, its corresponding LED will light up.

  • Page 28: Setting The Midi Cc's Transmitted By The Edit Knobs

    These are transmitted an channelized via the currently selected sequencer track, or by a specific track, so it is possible to control both the internal Synths and external MIDI gear, connected to Fuzion’s MIDI outputs. From the Triggers Setup page, push the ”Knob CC” button: Use Edit Knob 1 to 8 to set a CC number for each knob to transmit.

  • Page 29: Sequencer

    The Sequencer The sequencer is the main reason why I made Fuzion. I wanted a sequencer with which it was possible to combine long realtime recorded sequences with TR-like/step/pattern sequences, so that is what I have been working towards. Fuzion’s sequencer has 16 tracks. Each of these tracks can have their start position and length set separately, up to 128 bars, have its quantize setting changed on the fly, even while the sequencer is running, and control either Fuzion’s internal synths or any MIDI gear connected to Fuzion’s MIDI...
  • Page 30 To enter Fuzion’s sequencer, from the preset select screen, push the ”Sequencer” button. You will now enter the sequencer main page: On this page you can select any of the 16 tracks, adjust the basic settings for the selected track, and access the sequencer edit functions.
  • Page 31 1 to 16, and synth 1 to 8 or Trigs (Synth direct). MIDI channel: 1-16, output: 1 or 2, synth: 1-8 or Trigs. Int/Ext: Set the track up to control either Fuzion’s internal synth’s (Int), or external MIDI gear (Ext).
  • Page 32 Swing: Sets the last step for the Global swing sequencer, which will be described later in this manual. On track 9 to 16, and extra parameter called ”AuTrkx”, where x indicates a number between 1 and 8, will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. When this parameter is On, the track functions as an ”Audio Track”.

  • Page 33: Setting Up The Sequencer To Control The Internal Synth's

    Setting up the sequencer to control the internal synth’s and triggers: Before I go on with describing the rest of the sequencer pages, I will here describe the steps for setting up the sequencer to control the internal synths and triggers, and external MIDI gear, for those of you who just can’t wait.
  • Page 34 From the Preset Select screen, push the ”Synth” button, to enter the synth pages: Notice, that in the upper left corner of this page, you can see which of Fuzion’s 8 synth’s, that are selected right now. By pushing the buttons to the left of the screen, you can select the different modules of the synth, to edit the sound.
  • Page 35 Now push the ”Select” button, to enter the Synth select page: By pushing any of the 4 upper buttons, on each side of the screen, you can select what synth you would like to edit. When you push one of these, you are immediately taken back to the synth edit pages.
  • Page 36 So now you can select any of the 8 synths, and use edit knob 1 to 3, to adjust the low and the high key of the key range and the MIDI channel. You can without any problems layer and overlap the synths. Fuzion can handle it! There’s a few other function here: If you push the ”Chan”...
  • Page 37 Now, from the Preset Select page, push the ”Sequencer” button, to enter the sequencer main page: Here, set the ”Int/Ext” parameter to Int, and select the MIDI channel the fits the synth you want to control. You should now be able to play this from a connected MIDI keyboard. As default, the sequencer tracks are set up like this: -Track 1: Internal, channel 1.
  • Page 38 -Track 16: External, channel 8.

  • Page 39: Setting Up The Sequencer To Control External Midi Gear

    Setting up the sequencer to control external MIDI gear: From the Preset Select screen, push the ”Sequencer” button, to enter the sequencer main screen: Set the ”Int/Ext” parameter to Ext, and adjust the MIDI channel to match the MIDI device you would like to control, and the MIDI output it is connected to.

  • Page 40: Setting The Start Position Of A Track

    Setting the start position of a track When in Preset mode, from the Sequencer Main page, hit the ”Loop” button. This button does not appear when in Song mode.
  • Page 41 On the Loop page you can adjust the start bar/step and the end bar/step of each sequencer track, to make the sequencer play back and loop only a portion of a track, and to make the track start playing back from another point than bar 1 step 0. This feature works both on MIDI tracks, internal Synth tracks and Audio Tracks, and the settings are stored within each preset.

  • Page 42: Realtime Recording

    Realtime recording Now you are ready to record something. Only realtime recording will be explained in this section. Step pointer (or ”Insert”) recording and grid recording will be explained later in the ”Note Edit” section. First you should adjust the length of the track. This setting can be changed at any time, so it is not important to get it right.

  • Page 43: Note Edit

    Note Edit From the sequencer main screen, push the ”Note” button, to enter the note edit page: On this page you can view, grid record and edit note events, and step pointer record any MIDI events. The first note edit page you will enter, shows the note grid. All recorded note events will be shown at this as green bars.
  • Page 44 Other settings that can be done on this page: -Edit knob 4 : Sequencer tempo -Edit knob 5 : Track last bar -Edit knob 6 : Track last step -Edit knob 7 : MIDI channel -Edit knob 8 : Track quantize setting If you play back notes on a connected MIDI keyboard, that are inside the selected range, these will be shown as squares to the left of the note grid: When the sequencer is playing back, a pointer will roll over the note grid, showing the position that...

  • Page 45: Grid Recording

    Inputting note events There are 3 ways of inputting new note events to Fuzion’s sequencer. Realtime recording as explained earlier in this manual, grid recording and step recording. First I will have a look at: Grid recording Before you can start to grid record, you must turn track quantize on. If you attempt to switch on grid recording, when track quantize is off, Fuzion will tell you to turn quantize on first.
  • Page 46 If you navigate the 8 squares outside the limits of the note grid window, the view will be changed to show the next or the previous 2 bars, or the 2 octaves above or below the previous view. If the grid squares are placed at a position, where note events already exists, their velocity value will be shown with red colour, inside the squares.

  • Page 47: Step ("Ins") Recording

    Step or ”Insert” recording This recording mode lets you input MIDI events (not only note events), and note events from the touch keyboard and trigger button, to the track, at a specific point of time, and lets you do traditional step recording. On the note grid page push the ”Ins”...

  • Page 48: Edit Note Events

    I did many experiments, trying to find a way to edit the note events in the note grid, that would work great on the Fuzion hardware. I didn’t find any. Marking 8 notes in the note grid at a time for editing, and using arrows to select these, was a confusing experience, especially if the notes were close to each other.
  • Page 49 When a note is being played back by the sequencer, Fuzion will indicate this, by inverting the colours for this/these note(s): Only notes inside the 2 bars, that are selected on the note grid page, can be selected on the note edit pages.

  • Page 50: Velocity Edit

    The same system is used for editing velocity, note length and note position. Here are a short description of these pages: Velocity edit Enter and exit this, using the ”Velo” button. If a note velocity value are adjusted down to zero, this note will be erased.

  • Page 51: Note Length Edit

    Note length edit Enter and exit this, using the ”Length” button. The minimum adjustable length for each note, are half of the original length. The maximum adjustable length for each note, are double the original length. On this page, the length are shown in bars/beats/tics, along with the bar.

  • Page 52: Note Position Edit

    Note position edit Enter and exit this, using the ”Pos” button. When adjusting the position of a note event, it is moved in 1/32 steps, or in steps selected by quantize. On this page, the note event position are shown in bars/beats/tics, along with the bar.

  • Page 53: Erasing A Sequencer Track

    Erasing a sequencer track On all pages, that has the ”Reset” button, this is changed to ”Erase”, when the Rec button is activated. Pushing the ”Erase” button, will erase the entire content of the currently selected sequencer track. Making Quantize permanent On the Note Grid page, ”Grid”...

  • Page 54: Doubling The Length Of A Track

    Doubling the length of a track Sometimes, maybe if you have recorded a one-bar beat, you would like to add the same beat to the next bar, for creating some variations. Here the “Doubl” button becomes handy. A push on this button, will copy all events from the selected track, that is located between the selected start and end points, to the selected end point and forward.

  • Page 55: Cc's, Pitch Bend And Aftertouch Edit

    CC’s, Pitch Bend and aftertouch edit From the sequencer main page:...
  • Page 56 Push the ”Ctrl” button, to enter the controller events edit page: On this first page, the controller edit main page, you will see a list of the controller events present on the selected track. Use the arrows on the left, to select an event type for editing.
  • Page 57 If you would like to add other types of controller events, push the ”Add” button, to go to this page: Here you can use Edit Knob 1 to select the position for the new event. The position can be from 0 to 95, and is showed in ticks.
  • Page 58 If you push the ”Edit” button on the controller edit main page, you will enter the edit page for the selected event: Eight events can be adjusted at a time, using the eight edit knobs. Use the arrow buttons to select which eight events, you would like to adjust. The values of the 8 selected events is shown as numeric values in the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 59 On the controller edit page, it is also possible to add an extra event, of the same type as the one you are editing. Push the ”Add” button to go to this page: Use Edit Knob 2 to set the position for the new event in ticks, inside the selected bar. Position can be 0 to 95.

  • Page 60: Sequencer Functions

    Sequencer functions Fuzion’s sequencer also has a number of digital functions, like copy, delete, transpose and move. To access these, from the sequencer main page, push the ”Func” button, to enter this page: From this page, you can access all the functions explained on the next pages, by pushing their...

  • Page 61: Copy

    Copy The selected track will always be the destination track, of a copy. The source track and preset can be selected on this page. The parameters on this page: Event: Select the event type, you would like to copy: -All – Copy all events from the selected bar range. -Note –...
  • Page 62 To bar: The first bar of the destination track, that the events will be copied to. Events that already exists in the range of the destination track, that is copied to, will be overwritten. X: How many times the events should be repeated on the destination track. If this is 1, events will be copied 1 time.

  • Page 63: Erase

    Erase This function will erase the selected events, inside the specified bar range. The parameters on this page: Event: Select the event type, you would like to erase: -All – Erase all events from the selected bar range. -Note – Erase note events from the selected bar range. -CC’s - Erase CC events from the selected bar range.
  • Page 64 When you have adjusted all the settings, push the ”Do!” button to execute, or the ”Exit” button, if you regret.

  • Page 65: Transpose

    Transpose This function will transpose note events inside the specified bar range up or down. The parameters on this page: Transpose: Adjust how many semitones you would like to transpose the note events up or down. Value: -32 to +31. From: The first bar of the selected track, that will be transposed To: The last bar of the selected track, that will be transposed.

  • Page 66: Delete

    Delete This function will delete all events, inside the specified bar range. The difference between this and erase, are that with delete all events are removed, and if there are any events above the specified bar range, these will be moved down to replace the deleted events. The parameters on this page: From: The first bar of the selected track, that will be deleted.

  • Page 67: Move

    Move This function will move all events on the selected track forwards or backwards. The parameters on this page: Move: Adjust how many ticks, you would like to move the tracks events forwards or bakwards. A negative value moves the events backwards, a positive value moves the events forwards. A value of zero will not move the events at all.

  • Page 68: All Notes Off

    All Notes Off Pushing this will stop all active notes on Fuzion’s internal Synth’s, and send ”All Notes Off” messages on all MIDI channels, on both MIDI outputs.

  • Page 69: Clear Sequence

    Clear Seq This function will delete all events on all 16 tracks of the sequencer. If you are sure you would like to do this, push the ”Do!” button. Else Push ”Exit” to regret.

  • Page 70: Swing

    Swing Fuzion’s sequencer has a fully programable swing generator. The ”Swing” parameter on the sequencer main page, adjust how may steps the swing generator should have, from 1 to 16.
  • Page 71 From the sequencer main page, push the ”Swing” button to enter the swing generator page: On this page, swing can be switched on and off for each of the 16 sequencer tracks, by pushing the corresponding button. If a track LED lights up, swing will be applied to that track. To switch between track 1 to 8 and track 9 to 16, push the ”1-8”...
  • Page 72 At writing moment, the swing generator are always set to 1/16 resolution. This might be changed in a future update. Use the 8 edit knobs to adjust the delay in ticks for each step of the swing generator. The steps are played back sequentially with a 1/16 resolution.

  • Page 73: Audio Tracks

    Audio Tracks Sequencer track 9 to 16 can be switched to ”Audio Track” mode. When a track are in audio track mode, it does not record MIDI notes. Instead, when you start realtime recording, it will record an audio sample from the source selected on the Sample Rec page (audio inputs or outputs, mono or stereo), to the sample bank selected on the Sample Rec page.
  • Page 74 13 to 16, these will be recorded in mono, and will replace the right channels of the track 9 to 12 Audio Tracks. Fuzion’s Audio Track feature allows for up to 8 tracks of pattern based harddisk recording. The start position and the length of the audio tracks can be adjusted separately, even after recording, and presets can be switched without any pauses, no matter if they contains audio tracks or not.
  • Page 75 All audio track samples can be selected and exported, just like any other samples. When a track are in Audio Track mode, the track VU-meters no longer shows the trigger event, but the actual audio output.

  • Page 76: Using Imported Samples For Audio Tracks

    Using imported samples for Audio Tracks It is also possible to use an imported .wav file sample as an audio track. If you already know the tempo of the sample, you would like to use, you must first adjust this. After you have imported the sample via USB, go to the Sample Rec page: Select the sample, using the ”Select”...
  • Page 77 Now go to the sequencer main screen: Select the track (between 9 and 16), that you would like to use for the audio track, and switch audio track mode on, as explained in the previous section. Adjust the track length.
  • Page 78 Push the ”Note” button, to enter the note edit page: On this page, hit the ”Ins” button. An audio track note event will now be inserted, that eqauls the track length.
  • Page 79 Go to the synth pages: Select the synth used for the audio track. AuTrk1 = Synth1, AuTrk2 = Synth2 and so on….
  • Page 80 Hit the ”Sample” button: Select the imported sample, using the select buttons. Push ”Play” to audition. If you did not knew the sample tempo, now go back to the Sequencer Main screen, and adjust the sequencer tempo, until the audio track loops as it should. When this is done, go to the Sample Rec page, adjust the sample tempo to the same as the sequencer tempo, and save it.

  • Page 81: The 8 Synthesizer's

    You can create your own sounds from scratch, or just tweak any of the preset sounds to your likings, or just use the preset sounds as they are. To get a start point for a sound, Fuzion’s synth section has a sound finder, that lets you audition and import the sounds from any other preset.
  • Page 82 Modulation sources includes 3 ADSHRR envelopes, 2 LFO’s and one random generator per synth, plus MIDI sources. Remember to save all edits you do in the synthesizers. Else they will be lost when you change preset, or turn Fuzion off. See how to in the ”Save Preset” section.

  • Page 83: List Of Synthesizer Modulation Sources

    List of synthesizer modulation sources Env1+ : ADSHRR envelope 1 Env1- : ADSHRR envelope 1 inverted Env2+ : ADSHRR envelope 2 Env2- : ADSHRR envelope 2 inverted Aen+ : ADSHRR amp envelope Aen- : ADSHRR amp envelope inverted Velo+ : The velocity value of the last received note event on the synth’s MIDI channel Velo- : The velocity value of the last received note event on the synth’s MIDI channel inverted Kyb+ : The note number value of the last received note event on the synth’s MIDI channel Kyb- : The note number value of the last received note event on the synth’s MIDI channel inverted...
  • Page 84 Cc15+ : MIDI CC 15 received on the synth’s MIDI channel Cc15- : MIDI CC 15 received on the synth’s MIDI channel inverted Cc16+ : MIDI CC 16 received on the synth’s MIDI channel Cc16- : MIDI CC 16 received on the synth’s MIDI channel inverted Cc17+ : MIDI CC 17 received on the synth’s MIDI channel Cc17- : MIDI CC 17 received on the synth’s MIDI channel inverted Cc18+ : MIDI CC 18 received on the synth’s MIDI channel...

  • Page 85: Synth Pages Structure

    From the Preset Select page, push the ”Synth” button to enter the first synth page: Here you can select the different synth building blocks by pushing the respective buttons to the left, adjust the parameters using the 8 edit knobs, select what synth to edit, by pushing the ”Select” button, and assign a sampling to the synth by pushing the ”Sample”...
  • Page 86 Most synth pages has more than 8 parameters to adjust. The ”Lowr” button is used to select whether the 8 edit knobs, edits the parameters on the upper half of the screen or those on the lower half of the screen. When the Lowr button LED is turned off, the edit knobs adjusts the parameters on the upper half of the screen.
  • Page 87 Many of the synth parameters can be modulated. To access the modulation setup page for Osc, Filter, Amp_Lfo and Mod Env, simply push the ”Mod” button, when you are on any of these pages. When you do that, it’s blue LED will light, and a new page will pop up, with the modulation parameters.
  • Page 88 ”Select” button, to enter this page: To select a synth for editing, simply push the respective button, for that synth number, and Fuzion will take you back to the synth edit pages, for the synth that you selected.
  • Page 89 There’s a few other function here: If you push the ”Chan” button, the selected synth will be set to the same MIDI channel as the selected sequencer track. It you push the ”Key Hi” or ”Key Lo” buttons, you can select the upper and lower keys of the synths key range, by playing these notes on a connected MIDI keyboard.

  • Page 90: Oscillator (Osc) Parameters

    Oscillator (Osc) parameters Tune: Adjust the basic pitch in semitones. When an audio input is selected as the oscillator, this parameter has no function. Range: -64 to + 63. Fine: Fine tuning of the pitch. When an audio input is selected as the oscillator, this parameter has no function.
  • Page 91 -Ain1, Ain2: Audio in 1 and 2. By selecting an audio input as an oscillator, you can run external gear through Fuzion’s filters and effects. It is possible to select an audio input as the oscillator on multiple synths, if you would like to run a signal through many filters at the same time.
  • Page 92 -AuTrk: Audio Track sample, used by an Audio Track. -St1 to St4: Only for Synth 5 to 8. Selects the right channel of a stereo sampling or Audio Track as the Synth oscillator. The following 2 parameters will show different names, depending on the oscillator type selected. -When oscillator type is ”Wave”: Sub: Sub Oscillator Level / Resonator harmonics.

  • Page 93: Instrument Effects

    The following 4 parameters are for the instrument effects. iEFX: Selects the instument effect for the selected Synth. Choices are: FAT - FAT Cho1 - Chorus1 Cho2 - Chorus2 Cho3 - Chorus3 Cho4 - Chorus4 Valv - Valve Distortion Sine - Sine Distortion Fuzz - Fuzz Distortion Xdis - Xdis Distortion Bit - Bit Reduction...
  • Page 94 List of the instrument effects and their parameters All parameters with an * can be modulated by Fuzion’s Synth modulation sources. FAT: Adds up to 4 layers of the sound to itself, and it is possible to adjust the phase of these, and to select whether the effect sound should be boosted or just layered.
  • Page 95 Feed: Chorus feedback amount. Time*: Chorus Time. This should be modulated by an LFO, to get the traditional chorus effect. Deep*: Adjusts how deep the chorus box should be. A Gotharman special. Chorus4: A two tap chorus with Deep parameter, 100% mix.
  • Page 96 Fuzz Distortion: Simulates a classic fuzz distortion. Parameters: Mix: The mix between the clean sound, and the sound with added distortion. Drive*: The higher the value, the more the sound will distort. If this is set to zero, no sound will pass through the distortion.
  • Page 97 Pitch Shifter 1: Changes the pitch of the sound up to 1 octave up or down, without changing the time resolution or “tempo” of the sound. Parameters: Mix: The mix between the original sound and the pitch shifted sound. Sense*: Pitch detection sense. On a pure waveform, turn this fully down to make sure, that it detects all the waves of it, and pitch shifts correctly.
  • Page 98 Resonator 1: Simulates the resonances that comes, if a sound goes through a small box. Fuzions resonators are synthetic, with more focus on making sounds, than on simulating actual boxes. Parameters: Mix: The mix between the original sound and the resonated sound. Feed*: Resonator feedback.
  • Page 99 Stretcher: Tries to time stretch the input sound, while at the same time following it. Does this sound impossible? –It indeed is… Parameters: Mix: The mix between the original sound and the stretched sound. Sense*: Stretch detection sense. At lower settings the sound will “wobble”, at higher settings it will “granulate”.
  • Page 100 Synth parameters continued… Poly: When this parameter is turned on, the selected synth poly-chains to the synth one number below it. It is possible to polychain more than 2 synths, simply by turning poly on for the next synths in the row. All 8 synths can be poly chained, for 8 notes of polyphony. This parameter is only present on Synth 2 to 8.

  • Page 101: Selecting A Sample For The Oscillator

    Selecting a sample for the oscillator If oscillator type is set to ”Sample”, you might want to select which sample, it should play back. To do this, push the ”Sample” button on the oscillator page: Use the 2 ”Select” buttons to select a sampling. Hold any of them down for fast scroll, and hold both down for really fast scroll.

  • Page 102: Sample Remix

    A sample, that has no tempo assigned to it, will be set to 120 BPM. When a Fuzion sample are exported as a .wav file via USB, the sample tempo are also exported, so if you import it again, the tempo will be restored.
  • Page 103 On the sample select page in the Synth section, 3 parameters are used for the Remix function: Quantized Start: Values Off, 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, ¼ . When this parameter are at any other setting than Off, the PW/Start parameter will only jump to sample start points, that fits the selected rhythmical value.
  • Page 104 To remix a sample recording Make sure that Sample is selected as the synth oscillator. Select the sample, you would like to remix. Set the Quantized start parameter to t.ex. 1/16. Set the PW/Start parameter in the middle position. Set ”Velo” to modulate the PW/Start parameter, turn the amount fully up. Program a series of 1/16 notes in the sequencer, on note C4 to get the original sample pitch.

  • Page 105: Setting Up A Synth To Play Back A Stereo Sample

    Setting up a Synth to play back a stereo sample On the Synth Osc page: Select Synth 1, 2, 3 or 4. Set Type to ”Smpl” (sample). Push the Sample button.
  • Page 106 Select the stereo sample, you would like the synth to play back. Exit to the Synth Osc page.
  • Page 107 Now when this synth is trigged, it will play back the left audio channel of the stereo sample in both speakers. Synth 1, 2, 3 and 4 needs Synth 5, 6, 7 and 8 to play back the right audio channel of a stereo sampling.
  • Page 108 Oscillator modulation At the Osc page, push the ”Mod” button, to enter the modulation page: For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the list in the start of this section.
  • Page 109 PW Mod: Modulates the pulse width of the Wave oscillator, the intensity of the Noise oscillator, the start point of the sample oscillator or the sinewave detune of the Perc oscillator. When ”Wave” is selected as the oscillator type, and the harmonic resonator is on, PW Mod is replaced by Harm Mod, and this parameter will modulate the resonator frequencies.

  • Page 110: Filter's Parameters

    Filter’s parameters The parameters on the upper half of the screen are for filter 1. The parameters on the lower half of the screen (selected using the ”Lowr” button), are for filter 2. Parameters that are the same for both filters are only explained one time. Type: Filter 1 / 2 type.
  • Page 111 -ADD2: Reverse filter 2, with a slightly different response than the first variant -BEF2: Band eliminate filter 2, with a slightly different response than the first variant -BAS2: Bass filter 2, with a slightly different response than the first variant -LOFI2: Agressive low pass filter 2, with a slightly different response than the first variant -Peq1: Parametric EQ -Peq2: Steeper parametric EQ...
  • Page 112 Filter’s modulation For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the list in the start of this section. The parameters on this page: Cut1 Mod 1, Cut1 Mod 2: Modulates the cutoff frequency of filter 1.

  • Page 113: Amp And Lfo's Parameters

    Amp and LFO’s parameters Atk: Amp envelope attack time. The time it will take the amp envelope to rise from zero to its maximum value, when a note event is received and held down. Dec: Amp envelope decay time. When the amp envelope has reached its maximum value, in the time set by the attack parameter, it will decay, until it reaches the sustain level, and stay there, as long as the note that trigged it is held.
  • Page 114 Rept: Amp envelope attack/decay repeats. Adjusts the number of times, the attack/decay sequence should be repeated. From 1 to 8 times. If you put attack to zero, set a very short decay time, and set this parameter at a middle value (4 to 5 repeats), you got yourself a handclap envelope. Rel lvl: Amp envelope release level.
  • Page 115 Amp and LFO’s modulation For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the list in the start of this section.
  • Page 116 Gain Mod: Modulates the amp output level. Rate1 Mod: Modulates the rate of LFO1.

  • Page 117: Modulation Envelope's Parameters

    Modulation envelope’s parameters Since the parameters are the same for modulation envelope 1 and 2, each are only explained one time. The parameters on the upper half of the screen are for modulation envelope 1, and the parameters on the lower half of the screen (Lowr selected), is for modulation envelope 2. Atk: Mod envelope attack time.
  • Page 118 Repeats) is turned up, the hold function will run the attack and decay sequence, for the number of times adjusted by rept. The hold parameter can be really useful for t.ex. drum sounds, where you want the sound to have the exact same length, every time it is trigged. Rept: Mod envelope attack/decay repeats.
  • Page 119 Modulation envelope’s modulation For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the list in the start of this section. The parameters on this page: Atk1 Mod, Atk2 Mod: Modulates the mod envelope 1 / 2 attack time.

  • Page 120: Sound Finder

    The Sound Finder When creating a new preset, you might not want to create all the sounds from scratch. Therefore a Sound Finder was implemented. Using this, you can scrool through and audiotion all the sounds in any preset, and quick edit the sounds right away. To enter the Sound Finder, from any other synth page than the oscillator page, push the ”Sound”...
  • Page 121 To audition the sound, push the ”Trig” button, or simply play it by the touch keyboard or a connected MIDI keyboard. If a sequence is programmed for this synth, this will immediately play back with the sound you have found. Experiment immediately by quick editing the sound, using the 8 edit knobs.

  • Page 122: Global Effects Processor's

    The 2 Global Effects Processor’s Fuzion has 2 global effects processors, that the signals from the 8 synths can be sent through. Each synth has separately adjustable sends for effect 1 and 2. At writing moment, only 3 different effect types can be selected for these, but more will be added in future updates.

  • Page 123: Effects Select

    The effects select page: The parameters on this page (use the edit knobs to adjust): 1: Effects processor 1 effect select. Choices are at the moment: -Delay 1 -Reverb 1 -Granulator -Reso Reverb 1 -Reso Reverb 2 2: Effects processor 2 effect select. Choices are at the moment: -Delay 1 -Granulator Conn: Effects connection:...
  • Page 124 Fusion: Effects fusion. When this is off, the 2 effects will run completely independent of each other, using their own separate memory. When this is on, the 2 processors will use the same memory space, fusioning together. This can create some really odd effects. To exit the effect select page, push the ”EFX1”...

  • Page 125: Effect 1 Parameters

    Effect 1 parameters Delay 1 Delay 1 are a single tap delay with granular parameters (size and beam), and with adjustable crossfade, direction and depth of the delay box. The maximum delay time is 45 seconds. Parameters: Level: The output level of the effect. TimeGr: Delay time group, which is the largest unit in adjusting the delay time.
  • Page 126 With ”Lowr” selected: Size: A granular parameter. The more this is turned up, the less space of the delay box is used, causing some echo’s to repeat, and others not to sound at all. Xfade: Crossfade. Makes the delay effect sound smoother, by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other.
  • Page 127 Reverb 1 A FAT high resolution synthesized reverb with granular Size parameter. Parameters: Level: The output level of the effect. With ”Lowr” selected: Time: Reverb time. The total reverb time is a combination of time, timeX, feed and feedX. Fine: Reverb time fine adjust. Time X: Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in time.
  • Page 128 Feed X: Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in feedback. Lower settings gives a delay effect. As this is turned up, it goes over in a metallic reverb type, and at higher settings it gives a more full reverb. Dir: Reverb playback direction: -Fwd : Forwards.
  • Page 129 Granulator This effect records the input signal to a buffer and cuts this up into fragments, which sizes depends on both the Time and the Fragments (number of fragments) parameters. It is then possible to rearrange the order of these fragments, and to re-pitch or time-stretch them, using two 16-step granulator sequencers, to get something completely new out of the input signal.
  • Page 130 With ”Lowr” selected: TimeGr: Granulator time group, which is the largest unit in adjusting the granulator time. Time: This parameter plus TimeGr adjust the total size of the Granulator record and play buffer – How long time it will record the input signal, until it starts over again. Fine: Fine adjustment of the Time parameter.
  • Page 131 To edit the order in which the granulator fragments are played back, push the ”Steps” button to enter the step edit page: Use edit knob 1 to 8, to adjust which fragment of the sound buffer, that should be played back at each step of the granulator sequencer.
  • Page 132 To edit the pitch change or timestretch amount for each step of the granulator sequencer, push the ”Pitch” button to enter the pitch edit page: Use edit knob 1 to 8, to adjust the pitch change or timestretch amount for each step of the granulator sequencer.
  • Page 133 ResoReverb 1 A reverb effect built on resonators. Has a character, that are a bit more deep than reverb 1. Parameters: Level: The output level of the effect. With ”Lowr” selected: Time: Reverb time. The total reverb time is a combination of time, timeX, feed and feedX. Fine: Reverb time fine adjust.
  • Page 134 Feed X: Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in feedback. Lower settings gives a delay effect. As this is turned up, it goes over in a metallic reverb type, and at higher settings it gives a more full reverb. Dir: Reverb playback direction: -Fwd : Forwards.
  • Page 135 ResoReverb 2 A reverb effect built on resonators. Has a deep and heavy character. Parameters: Level: The output level of the effect. With ”Lowr” selected: Time: Reverb time. The total reverb time is a combination of time, timeX, feed and feedX. Fine: Reverb time fine adjust.
  • Page 136 Feed X: Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in feedback. Lower settings gives a delay effect. As this is turned up, it goes over in a metallic reverb type, and at higher settings it gives a more full reverb. Dir: Reverb playback direction: -Fwd : Forwards.

  • Page 137: Effect 2 Parameters

    Effect 2 parameters Delay 1 Delay 1 are a single tap delay with granular parameters (size and beam), and with adjustable crossfade and direction. The maximum delay time is 45 seconds. Parameters: Level: The output level of the effect. TimeGr: Delay time group, which is the largest unit in adjusting the delay time. Time: Delay time.
  • Page 138 With ”Lowr” selected: Size: A granular parameter. The more this is turned up, the less space of the delay box is used, causing some echo’s to repeat, and others not to sound at all. Xfade: Ducked Crossfade. Makes the delay effect sound smoother, by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other.
  • Page 139 Granulator This effect records the input signal to a buffer and cuts this up into fragments, which sizes depends on both the Time and the Fragments (number of fragments) parameters. It is then possible to rearrange the order of these fragments, and to re-pitch or time-stretch them, using two 16-step granulator sequencers, to get something completely new out of the input signal.
  • Page 140 With ”Lowr” selected: TimeGr: Granulator time group, which is the largest unit in adjusting the granulator time. Time: This parameter plus TimeGr adjust the total size of the Granulator record and play buffer – How long time it will record the input signal, until it starts over again. Fine: Fine adjustment of the Time parameter.
  • Page 141 To edit the order in which the granulator fragments are played back, push the ”Steps” button to enter the step edit page: Use edit knob 1 to 8, to adjust which fragment of the sound buffer, that should be played back at each step of the granulator sequencer.
  • Page 142 To edit the pitch change or timestretch amount for each step of the granulator sequencer, push the ”Pitch” button to enter the pitch edit page: Use edit knob 1 to 8, to adjust the pitch change or timestretch amount for each step of the granulator sequencer.

  • Page 143: Save Preset

    When you have created a new preset, it should be saved for later recall. If you do not save your presets, they will be lost forever, as soon as you select another preset, or turn off your Fuzion. A preset that is saved on Fuzion contains all the data previously described in this manual:...
  • Page 144 You should now enter this page: Use the ”Prs u” and ”Prs d” buttons, to select the preset location, on which you would like to save your new preset. Holding one of these buttons down, will scroll through the preset locations. Holding both down, will scroll fast through the locations.
  • Page 145 Use edit knob 1 to 8 to select the first 8 letters of the name for your new preset. Press ”Next” when you are done.
  • Page 146 Use edit knob 1 to 8 to select the last 8 letters of the name for your new preset. Press ”Save” when you are done. Your preset will now be saved, and Fuzion will exit from the save pages.

  • Page 147: Initialize Preset

    Initialize Preset If you would like to start out from scratch, with a completely clean preset, this is the function to use. Please notice that the preset on the selected location are not immediately wiped out. It will not be overwritten until you save the new preset, so even though you have initialized it, it can still be recalled, if you should regret, by selecting another preset, and then select this one again.
  • Page 148 Fuzion will now ask you to confirm. Press ”Yes” to initialize the currently selected preset and return to the previous page, or press ”No” just to exit, without initializing.

  • Page 149: Song Mode

    If you , for some reason, maybe in a live situation, needs a preset to play back more or less times than it is programmed to, the Fuzion song mode has a ”Halt” button, which will stop the song sequencer from incrementing to the next song step, and keep playing back the currently playing preset, until Halt is switched off again.

  • Page 150: Accessing Song Mode

    Accessing Song Mode If you would like to make a new song from scratch, it can be a good idea to select the preset you would like to have on the first song step, from the preset select page, before you enters song mode. This is not something you have to do, I have just experienced, when testing this, that it makes things a bit easier.
  • Page 151 Here you will, in the right row, find a button that says ”Preset Mode”. Please hit this, after making sure, that the sequencer is stopped.
  • Page 152 Now, the button that you pushed, will change its name to ”Song Mode”. As you might have noticed, ”Init Preset” and ”Save Preset” also has changed their names to ”Init Song” and ”Save Song”. We will get back to these functions later. For now, just hit the Exit button, to go to the Song Select page.
  • Page 153 On the Song Select page, it reads out ”Song” in the upper part of the display, instead of the ”Preset” that it reads out on the Preset Select page, to make sure that you know where you are. On the top of the Song Select page, you might have noticed, that the sequencer position ruler has gained an extra digit.

  • Page 154: Song Edit

    When in song mode, an extra button called ”Song” will show on the Sequencer Main page. Hitting this, will get you to the Song Edit page.
  • Page 155 On the Song Edit page, you have an overview of the programmed song steps, and the possibility of editing these. By hitting the 2 arrow buttons, you can select a song step for editing. The selected step is shown, by a black marking around it.
  • Page 156 The button LED’s will show for each track, if the track is unmuted (LED is lit) or muted (LED is unlit). Hit the respective track buttons to mute/unmute a track. Hit the 1-8 button, to go to the settings for track 9 to 16.
  • Page 157 1 loops. The number of times a preset is played back, using the Halt button, is not remembered by Fuzion. This is only a live feature. If you would like to permanently make a preset play back a different number of times, than it is programmed to, you should edit it.

  • Page 158: Song Realtime Recording

    Song Realtime Recording On the Song Select page, push any of the 2 Song buttons, to select the song you would like to record. 1024 songs are available, from A00 to P64. Now push the Sequencer button, and then the Song button (on the Sequencer Main page), to go to the song edit page.
  • Page 159 Use the 2 arrow buttons, to select the step, from which you want the song realtime recording to start. If you start with an empty song, you should select step 1. Now push the Exit button 2 times, to return to the Song Select page.
  • Page 160 Now push the Rec button.
  • Page 161 Fuzion will now jump to the Preset select page, with the Rec LED lit. If you selected an empty song, the last preset you selected, before you jumped to song mode, will be shown. If you selected a song that was already recorded, the preset on the selected step of this song will be shown.
  • Page 162 From the Sequencer Main page, hit the Mute button, to enter the track mute page.
  • Page 163 Push the respective buttons, for the tracks that you would like to mute, so their LED’s are unlit. Hit the Exit button, to return to the Sequencer Main page.
  • Page 164 Push the Play button, to start the song realtime recording. The preset you have selected will now start to play back, with the tracks that you have muted, being muted. From here you can now either go back to the mute page, if you would like to switch tracks on and off in your song, or you can exit back to the Preset select screen, to select other presets.
  • Page 165 To listen to the song you have just created, first hit the Reset button and then the Play button. If there are anything you would like to edit, go to the Song Step Edit page, as described earlier. If you would like to keep your work, you should save your new song.

  • Page 166: Save Song

    Save Song Fuzion songs are not saved within the presets, so they must be saved separately. To do so, when in song mode, from the song select page, push the More.. button to enter this page: From the More.. page, push the Save Song button.
  • Page 167 Push the Song u/Song d buttons to select the song location, on which you would like to save your song. If a song is previously saved on the locations you choose, its name will be shown. If no song is previously saved, <empty> will be shown. Push the next button to continue.
  • Page 168 Select the first 8 characters of the name for your song, using edit knob 1 to 8. Push the next button to continue.
  • Page 169 Select the last 8 characters of the name for your song, using edit knob 1 to 8. Push the save button to save your song. After your song has been saved, Fuzion will return to the ”More..” page.

  • Page 170: Initializing A Song

    Initializing a Song If you would just like to start all over with an empty song, it is possible to initialize it. To do so, access the More.. page: From here, hit the Init Song button.
  • Page 171 Fuzion will now ask, if you really would like to initialize this song. If that is so, hit the ”Yes” button to confirm. If you are not really sure, hit the ”No” button to exit. After you have either initialized the song or not, Fuzion will return to the More.. page.

  • Page 172: Regarding Usb Import And Export Of Songs

    Access the USB pages, select the preset that has the song number you would like to import, and import this. When you exit the USB pages, the song will be loaded, and you can save it to Fuzion’s internal memory.

  • Page 173: Sample Record

    USB section of this manual. Fuzion has 2 banks of FLASH memory for storing samples, Bank A and Bank B. Bank A holds up to 100 minutes of samples (50 minutes stereo), maximum 2048, and Bank B holds up to 200 minutes of samples (100 minutes stereo), maximum 4096 –...
  • Page 174 To audition the samples that your Fuzion holds, use the ”Select” buttons to select the sample you would like to audition. Hold one of these down for fast scroll, and hold both for really fast scroll.
  • Page 175 2 on and off. When monitoring are on for any of the inputs, the audio signals applied to these, are sent directly to Fuzion’s audio outputs 1 and 2. When you record a sample, you will probably need to have monitoring on, unless you need to avoid some feedback in your audio chain. When using the audio inputs as oscillators in the synth section, you should switch monitoring off, in order to avoid having both the clean and the sythesized inputs at the same time.

  • Page 176: Selecting Source For Sampling And Audio Track

    (if possible), so the VU-meters are not standing too much in the upper (right) region of them. You will get the best results, by having Fuzion’s input level controls set in the middle position, and adjust the level of the sample source, on the source itself. You should only adjust Fuzion’s input level parameters, if it is the only possibility you have, or if the source is too weak.
  • Page 177 When you are finished recording your sample, push the ”Stop Record” button.
  • Page 178 Fuzion will now jump to this screen: To audition the sample you have just recorded, push the ”Audition” button. To name and save the sample, push the ”Name” button. If you would not like to keep this sample, push the ”Exit” button, and the new sample will be...
  • Page 179 When pushing the ”Name” button, Fuzion will jump to this page: Here you can use edit knob 1 to 8, to select the first 8 characters of the new sample’s name. When you have done that, push the ”Next” button, to enter the last 8 characters of the sample name.
  • Page 180 Use edit knob 1 to 8, to select the last 8 characters of the new sample’s name. When you have done that, push the ”Save” button, to save the new sample, and return to the Sample Rec page.

  • Page 181: Deleting A Sample

    Deleting a sample On the Sample Rec page, select the sample, you would like to delete. Push the ”Delete” button. Fuzion will now ask, if you are sure: To delete the sample, push ”Yes”. If you regret, push ”No”, to return to the Sample Rec page.
  • Page 182 If you pushed ”Yes”, it will now delete the selected sample. If this was not the highest numbered sample in a bank, it will copy all higher numbered samples one place down. It will also modify the sample numbers used in the presets, so it might take some time.

  • Page 183: Adjusting The Start And End Points Of A Sample

    Adjusting the start and end points of a sample If a sample has silence at the start and/or end of it, or if there are parts of a sample you do not intend to use, it might be nescessary to adjust the start and end points of it. To do this, select the sample you would like to adjust.

  • Page 184: Sample Tempo Adjust

    A sample, that has no tempo assigned to it, will be set to 120 BPM. When a Fuzion sample are exported as a .wav file via USB, the sample tempo are now also exported, so if you import it again, the tempo will be restored.

  • Page 185: Common Settings

    Common Settings On this page, you can adjust the display contrast, adjust the MIDI sync settings, erase the sample banks, and check the FLASH memory. From the Preset Select screen, push the ”More..” button, to enter this page: Push the ”Common” button.
  • Page 186 Sync Out1, Sync Out2: Settings: Off, On. Select whether or not you would like Fuzion to transmit MIDI clock and start/stop events on respectively MIDI out 1 and 2. Even if Fuzion is syncing to an external MIDI clock source, it will re-transmit this, if any of these 2 parameters are on. This setting...
  • Page 187 If the ”Bad Blocks” parameters measures a number higher than 20, you should back up your work, and ship your Fuzion for service. Then the FLASH memory will need to be replaced. On the last lines you can see how many samples are hold in each FLASH memory bank, and how...

  • Page 188: Deleting A Sample Bank

    ”Del Smp Bnk A” or ”Del Smp Bnk B” button, depending on what sample bank you would like to erase. Fuzion will now ask: If you are really sure, that you absolutely have to do this, push ”Yes” to start the erase. The sample bank you have chosen, will now be completely wiped out.

  • Page 189: Touch Keyboard Settings

    Touch Keyboard Settings On this page it is possible to adjust which notes you would like the touch keyboard to play. Each note are adjusted separately. From the Preset Select screen, push the ”More..” button, to enter this page: Push the ”Kybd SetUp” button.
  • Page 190 Use edit knob 1 to 8 to adjust the notes for the 8 lower keys. You can , at any time, touch the display to hear the notes. You can also just push and hold a note while you are adjusting it, to hear the changes.

  • Page 191: Checking The Firmware Version And Effects Ram

    From the Preset Select screen, push the ”More..” button, to enter this page: In the top of this page, you can see the firmware version number currently running on your Fuzion. If the ”SRAM” says anything other than ”OK”, the effects RAM might need to be replaced.

  • Page 192: Usb

    The USB pages lets you access the files and directories of a USB drive, attached to Fuzion’s USB connector. You can import and export samples as .wav files, import and export presets, update Fuzion’s firmware, re-name and delete files, and make new directories.
  • Page 193 2 arrow buttons. In the upper right corner, you can see how many files/directories the currently opened diretory holds. Fuzion will only show 12 files/directories at a time. When you have the 12 file selected, and then push the arrow down, it will show the names of the next 12 files, which then can be selected.
  • Page 194 Here the 4 file is selected:...

  • Page 195: Importing Files

    When importing a single preset, it is only loaded to the preset buffer, and you will have to save it manually, to keep it. If Fuzion are in song mode, the song with the same number as the preset, will be imported.

  • Page 196: Importing Multiple Files

    Fuzion will now ask: Push ”Yes” to continue, or ”No” to exit. If you pushed yes, Fuzion will now import all samples and presets, that the selected directory holds. It will though not import files from any sub-directories. Samples are imported to the sample bank selected on the Sample Rec page. Presets are imported to the selected preset and forwards, so make sure that you have not selected a preset that you planned to keep, before using this function.

  • Page 197: Open A Directory

    ”Open” button. Fuzion will now open the directory, and show the first 12 files in it. The ”D:” in the upper left corner, will now be replaced by the opened directory’s name:...

  • Page 198: Make A New Directory

    Make a new directory A new directory can be created in the root directory, or inside another directory. To do this, push the ”Make Dir” button. The 8 edit knobs can now be used to select an 8 character name for the new directory. When you are done with this, push the ”Make”...

  • Page 199: Export Samples And Presets To A Usb Drive

    Fuzion exports samples as standard 16 bit, 44.1 KHz, native PCM .wav files, so they can be used with any other gear, that supports this format. Fuzion exports presets in its own .fzp format, so these can at writing moment only be used by Fuzion itself.
  • Page 200 ”Export Preset” Pushing this button will export the currently selected preset. ”Export All Presets” Pushing this button will export all programmed presets and songs.

  • Page 201: Rename A File

    Rename a file It is possible to rename files on the USB drive. Only files can be renamed, not directories. To do this, select the file you would like to rename using the arrow button, and push the ”Rename” button to enter this page: Use the 8 edit knobs to enter a new name for the file.

  • Page 202: Delete A File

    To delete a file on the USB drive, select the file you would like to delete using the arrow buttons, and push the ”Delete” button. Only files can be deleted, not directories. Fuzion will now ask: Push ”Yes” to confirm or ”No” to exit.

  • Page 203: Updating Fuzion's Firmware

    7. Turn Fuzion on, if it isn’t already turned on. 8. From the preset select screen, push the "More.." button. 9. Push the "USB" button. 10. Wait for Fuzion to register the USB drive, so all files and folders are presented on the screen. 11. Push the "Update" button.
  • Page 204 12. Fuzion will now search for the "UPDATE" folder and valid update files. If it finds both, it will ask: "Update processor 1,2,3?" 13. Push "Yes" to proceed with updating, or "No" if you regret.
  • Page 205 14. If you pushed Yes in step 13, Fuzion will now start to get the update files, and program its 3 processors. Every time it starts to program a processor, it will look like it halts for a couple of minutes. This is because it does halt, when erasing the program memory of a processor.
  • Page 206 Programming processor 1 (counter in the bottom counts up):...
  • Page 207 Erasing the program memory of processor 2 (counter is zero):...
  • Page 208 Programming processor 2 (counter in the bottom counts up):...
  • Page 209 Erasing the program memory of processor 3 (counter is zero):...
  • Page 210 Programming processor 3 (counter in the bottom counts up):...
  • Page 211 15. When programming is done, Fuzion will ask you to restart it. Please turn Fuzion off and then 16. When you turn on Fuzion after an update, it will need to finalize this. It will show this by turning on all its LED's one by one. When all LED's has been turned on, they will turn off, and Fuzion will start normally and are ready to use.
  • Page 212 Written by Flemming Christensen ”Gotharman” 2015/2016 www.gotharman.dk...

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