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  • Page 1 Gotharman’s Little deFormer Quick Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Well, Now It’s Time For Some Action Editing Parameters List Of Parameters Common Sampler Record A Sampling Compressor Distortion Filter Time & Pitch Effect Sequencer Modulation Knob CC’s Save Preset FLASH Updating The Little deFormer Firmware List Of Included Samplings...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Thank you very much for purchasing/consider to purchase a Little deFormer. The Little deFormer are the result of a lot of ideas I have been writing down, since I made the first deFormer in 2009, coming true. It has more effects (plus more to come), more filter types, an added sampler, a much improved sequencer, it’s expanable and MIDI updatable, and has much more...

  • Page 4: Very Special Thanks To

    Steve Korn Pedro Figueredo Goeran Stangeland James Neville Robert Korizek For supporting this project. I really appreciate your trust. Without you, the Little deFormer might not have been… Gotharman May 2012 Gotharman May 2012 Gotharman May 2012 Gotharman May 2012...

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    Getting Started Well, now you got your Little deFormer, you probably can’t wait to get it up and going, so let’s jump right to it. Connecting: Connect the audio out 1 or 2 or both to a mixer or an amplifier, or anything else that ends out in a set of speakers, a single speaker, or even a pair of headphones, if you are in a neighbour friendly mood.
  • Page 7 Connect the supplied power adaptor to the Power DC input, and to a 100V to 240V power source. It’s a 9V, 660 mA type with a 2.1 mm DC plug, with positive middle. Turn it on Toggle the power switch on the back, so its pin is pointing down. Your Little deFormer should now turn on.

  • Page 8: The User Interface

    The User Interface Volume knob Turns the output level of the Litte deFormer up or down, depending on what direction you are turning it. Clockwise movement will turn the volume up, counterclockwise movement will turn the volume down. Edit button Pushing this will access the edit menu’s.
  • Page 9 Assign button Push this one time, so the Assign LED is lit, to select a sampling for the last pushed step button. Push any step button, to view what sampling is assigned to it, and use the inc/dec buttons to select another sampling Push it one more time, so its LED is flashing, to mute/unmute any of the 32 sequencer tracks, by pushing the step buttons.

  • Page 10: Well, Now It's Time For Some Action

    Well, now it’s time for some action If you have followed the previous steps, your Little deFormer should now be turned on and connected. When it is turned on, it starts up on the preset select screen: [AnaBeat (0- 0)

  • Page 11: Editing Parameters

    Editing parameters From the preset select screen [AnaBeat (0- 0) Kn1 Kn2 Kn3 Kn4 Kn5 Kn6 Kn7 Kn8 Push the ”edit” button one time, to enter this screen: COMMON This is referred to as an ”Edit Group screen”. By pushing the ”Inc” and ”Dec” buttons, you can select between various edit group screens: SAMPLER COMPRESSOR DISTORTION...
  • Page 12 In the ”SAMPLER” and ”FLASH” sections, there are some special parameter pages, that might look like this: SAMPLE REC > PUSH <edit> On these parameter pages, you will have to push the ”Edit” button, either to enter a set of sub- parameters, or to make the little deFormer perform a certain function.

  • Page 13: List Of Parameters

    Bus – 1 to 4. Selects which one of 4 busses Audio input 2 should be routed to. Chan – 1 to 16. Common MIDI channel select. The Little deFormer will receive and transmit note on’s and off’s, and controllers on the channel selected here.
  • Page 14 Env – Off, On. Selects if the selected samplings level should be controlled by a decay envelope, or not. Dec – 0 to 255. Sample envelope decay. The decay will be relative to the length of the sampling. Mode – poly, mono. In poly mode, 4 samplings can play back at the same time, in mono mode only one sampling can play back at a time, and samplings will cut each other off.
  • Page 15 Filter adjust 1, 2 and 3 – 0 to 255. A little deFormer speciality. With these 3 parameters you can adjust the filter response, and create completely new filter types. It’s a bit hard to explain what...
  • Page 16 SAMPLER special parameter pages Re-save sampling RE-SAVE > PUSH <edit> When you have adjusted the startpoint and length of a sampling, you might want to save it that way (Called ”Truncate” on many samplers). Or when you have auto-chopped a sampling, you might want to save the chops as single samplings.
  • Page 17 If you decide to push the ”Dec” button, this display will show: Erasing… Sample 460 Since little deFormer records samplings to the FLASH memory in a linear fashion, the hole that this sampling leaves, will need to be filled out, so it starts moving the above samplings: Moving…...

  • Page 18: Record A Sampling

    Use edit knob 1 to select what you want to record. Select ”Input” to record an audio source connected to Little deFormers audio inputs, select ”Output” to re-sample anything that is going on inside Little deFormer. Activate the source. If the source is ”Output” play Little deFormers step buttons or start the sequencer.
  • Page 19 Use edit knob 1-4 to adjust the last 4 characters in the new samplings name. Push ”Inc” again. The display will read ”Saving…” for a short while, and then it will return to the record source select screen. Your new sampling has now been saved at the next available location on the internal FLASH memory, and can be recalled, by assigning it to a step button.
  • Page 20 Auto-chop AUTO CHOP > PUSH <edit> If you have recorded a sampling, that contains more than one sound, t.ex. a beat or different variations of the same sound, or just a lot of different sounds in one sampling, you might want to trigger one sound at a time.
  • Page 21 Dec – 0 to 255. Chop envelope decay. This adjusts the decay time of the chop detection envelope in a reverse manner. The lower the value, the slower the decay. If the sounds is recorded with very little or no silence between them, like in a beat, this needs to be set to a high value. If there’s a good gap of silence between the sounds, set it to a low value.
  • Page 22 Add chop point ADD CHOP POINT > PUSH <edit> This function allows you to manually place a chop point to be used with the chop parameter. Adjust the start point of the sampling, to where you want a chop point to appear. Go to this page.
  • Page 23 Add live chop point ADD CHOP LIVE > PUSH <edit> This function allows you to manually place a chop point to be used with the chop parameter, while the sampling is playing back Trigger the sampling. When it plays back the point where you want to add a chop point, hit ”Edit”. The chop point is now added.
  • Page 24 Delete a chop point DEL CHOP POINT > PUSH <edit> This function allows you to manually delete a chop point. Select the chop point you wish to erase, using the ”Chop” parameter. Go to this page. Push ”Edit”. The display reads: DONE! For a short while.
  • Page 25 Move a chop point MOVE CHOP POINT > PUSH <edit> If a chop point is not added exactly where you want it, it is possible to move it a bit, using this function, instead of erasing it and making a new one. Select the chop point you would like to move, using the ”Chop”...
  • Page 26 When saving a preset, Little deFormer checks if there are any unsaved chop points, and if there are, it saves them, just in case you should have forgotten to do it.
  • Page 27 Clear the chop points CLEAR CHOPs > PUSH <edit> In case that you doesn’t need the created chop points anyway, this function allows you to clear them all for the selected sampling. Push ”Edit”. The display reads: DONE! For a short while. The chop points has now been cleared.

  • Page 28: Compressor

    Compressor parameters Powr – Off, On. Compressor power switch. Bus – 1 to 4. Selects which of the 4 audio busses, the compressor should be added to. Gain – 0 to 255. Compressor gain. If this is zero, no sound will go through the compressor. Flor –...

  • Page 29: Distortion

    Distortion parameters Effect – Distortion effect select. Choices are: BitManipu – Bit manipulator including bit and rate reduction and the special obscembler distortion. Gain – Gains the signal. It is possible to gain it so much, that it distorts. Valve – A digital simulation of a classic valve distortion. Sine –...

  • Page 30: Filter Parameters

    Filter parameters This filter is always placed on audio bus 1. Cut – 0 to 255. This parameter adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter. Reso – 0 to 255. Adjusts the resonance of the filter. Type – The response (type) for the filter. Choices are: Lpf –...
  • Page 31 Filter adjust 1, 2 and 3 – 0 to 255. A little deFormer speciality. With these 3 parameters you can adjust the filter response, and create completely new filter types. It’s a bit hard to explain what exactly they do, and it is also a bit unpredictable. Tweak and listen.

  • Page 32: Time & Pitch Effect

    Time and Pitch effect parameters Here you will find time and pitch based effects, like reverb, delay, granulators and pitch manipulators. The main effect will always be present on audio bus 1. A secondary effect will be present at audio bus 2 to 4. The ”freeze” button freezes the audio signal, and makes whatever audio that is held in the effect buffer repeat continiously.
  • Page 33 TimeStrtc – TimeStretch. Able to change the length og the input signal, without changing the pitch. It is also possible to change the pitch if desired. It is also possible to trigger it with a sampling, for bigger precision. Secondary eff: Reverb or delay 2. PitchShp2 –...
  • Page 34 Delay 1 Grp – 0 to 15. Delay time group. This is a very coarse adjustment of the delay time. Time – 0 to 255. Delay time. Fine – 0 to 255. Delay time fine adjust. Feed – 0 to 255. Delay feedback. At settings below 128, the feedback is decreasing. At setting 128 (middle position) the feedback is 1:1.
  • Page 35 Delay 2 Grp1 – 0 to 15. Delay time group tap 1. This is a very coarse adjustment of the delay time. Tim1 – 0 to 255. Delay time tap 1. Fin1 – 0 to 255. Delay time fine adjust tap 1. Fed1 –...
  • Page 36 Reverb 1 Time – 0 to 255. Reverb time. The total reverb time is a combination of time, timeX, feed and feedX. Fine – 0 to 255. Reverb time fine adjust. TimX – 0 to 255. Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in time. Lower settings is good for a short reverb, and higher settings for a long reverb.
  • Page 37 Reverb 2 Time – 0 to 255. Reverb time. The total reverb time is a combination of time, timeX, feed and feedX. Fine – 0 to 255. Reverb time fine adjust. TimX – 0 to 255. Adjusts how much the following reverb taps will decrease in time. Lower settings is good for a short reverb, and higher settings for a long reverb.
  • Page 38 PitchShaper 1 Sens – 0 to 255. Pitch tracking sense. At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points, which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds, while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points. Pitc – 0 to 255. Pitch Coarse. Fine –...
  • Page 39 GlitchShifter 1 and 2 Sens – 0 to 255. Pitch tracking sense. At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points, which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds, while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points. Folr –...
  • Page 40 Sample Pitch Sens – 0 to 255. Pitch tracking sense. At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points, which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds, while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points. Size – 0 to 255. The size of the RAM buffer used for the pitchshifting Pitc –...
  • Page 41 Double Granulator Sens – 0 to 255. Pitch tracking sense. At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points, which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds, while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points. Time – 0 to 255. The time the granulator will sample the input, until it starts over again. Size –...
  • Page 42 Dir1-16 – Granulator track 1 playback direction for sequencer step 1-16. Only 8 steps can be adjusted at a time. Push the ”9-16” button, to toggle between steps 1-8 and steps 9-16. Move – 0 to 15. If this is zero, track 1 and 2 syncs to each other. If this has any other value, track 2 plays back a different step than track 1.
  • Page 43 Variator Time – 0 to 255. The size of the RAM buffer used for the variator Size – 0 to 255. The size of one grain. Gran – 0 to 255. Determines the variation pattern. Pitc – -128 to +127. Pitch Coarse. Feed –...
  • Page 44 Time Stretcher Tune – -128 to +127. Pitch Coarse. Size – 0 to 255. The size of the RAM buffer used for the TimeStretcher Strc – -128 to +127. Time stretch. A negative value will stretch the sound longer, a positive value will compress the sound to apper shorter.
  • Page 45 PitchShaper 2 Sns1 – 0 to 255. Pitch tracking sense for bus 1, the sound that will be pitched. At lower settings it will find more pitch tracking points, which will make the pitch higher on complex sounds, while at higher settings it will find less pitchtracking points.

  • Page 46: Sequencer

    Sequencer parameters The Little deFormer’s sequencer has 32 step tracks and 4 modulation tracks, that each can be up to 32 steps long. It also has 4 note randomizers, to create random variations or feel to the sequences. To start and stop sequencer playback, push the ”Assign” button, so it is lit, and push the ”Freeze Start/Stop”...
  • Page 47 Trak – 1 to 32. Selects the step track you wish to edit. Last – 1 to 32. Selects the lengt of the sequence, in number of steps. Scal – 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 , 1/1. Selects the step note scaling. Rndm –...

  • Page 48: Modulation

    Modulation The Little deFormer has 32 modulation routings per preset. For each modulation routing, you will have to select the source, the destination, and the modulation amount. MOD – 1 to 32. The modulation routing number. Push the ”Inc” and ”Dec” buttons to select.
  • Page 49 Sq4+ - Sequencer controller track 4. Sq4- - Sequencer controller track 4 inversed. Grp – Destination parameter group. Choices are: Comm –Common section. Smp1-16 – Sampling 1 to 16. Comp – Compressor. Dist – Distortion. Fltr – Filter. Time – Time & Pitch effect. Sequ –Sequencer Dest –...

  • Page 50: Knob Cc's

    Knob CC’s Edit knob 1 to 8 MIDI CC assign. The edit knobs will output the MIDI controller numbers you select here, to MIDI OUT, on the global MIDI channel as selected in the ”Common” section, on the preset select page and on the parameter group select pages. Incoming MIDI conrollers (from MIDI IN) will also be directed to the parameters that are assigned to be controlled by the edit knobs, in the ”Modulation”...

  • Page 51: Save Preset

    Save Preset This section will decribe how to save a preset on the Little deFormer. All parameters and sequences will be saved as a preset. Only MIDI channel and sync options are automaticly saved as common data, and are not part of the preset.
  • Page 52 Push the ”Edit” button to proceed. This screen will appear: Name 1-8 PUSH HipHop 1 <inc> Use edit knob 1-8, to select the first 8 letters of the name in your preset. Push the ”Inc” button to proceed. Use edit knob 1-4, to select the last 4 letters of the name in your preset. Push the ”Inc”...

  • Page 53: Flash

    XMIT OS1? / XMIT OS2? If you want to keep a backup of the Little deFormer firmware, before you update it, you can use these functions. Connect a MIDI device that is capable of recording .syx files (Like a pc with MIDI- OX installed), and push ”Edit”...
  • Page 54 SRAM TEST? For testing the SRAM used for the Time & Pitch effect. Push ”Edit” to activate. The display will read ”Testing…” for some while, and thereafter return a result of the test. If the result is anything else than ”SRAM OK!”, something is damaged around the SRAM, either the SRAM itself or a connection.

  • Page 55: Updating The Little Deformer Firmware

    MIDI utility program MIDI-OX. And please donate, if you feel like. It is probably also possible to use other programs that supports .syx files, but the Little deFormer firmware updates has been created using MIDI-OX, so this program is for sure the one that will work best.
  • Page 56 4. After installing MIDI-OX, open the program, and click on ”Options” > ”Configure Buffers”: 5. Enter the number ”20000” in the ”Bytes” box under ”Low Level Output Buffers” 6. Click ”OK”.
  • Page 57 7. Go to ”Options” > ”MIDI devices”, and select the MIDI interface you intend to use for the updating, as your output device. 8. Connect MIDI out on the selected MIDI interface to MIDI in on your Little deFormer. 9. Click on ”View” > ”Sysex”...
  • Page 58 13. On your Little deFormer: -From the preset select screen, push the ”Edit” button one time. [AnaBeat (0- 0) Kn1 Kn2 Kn3 Kn4 Kn5 Kn6 Kn7 Kn8 -Push the ”Inc” button until the display reads: FLASH -Push the ”Edit” button one time.
  • Page 59 Pls turn me off 16. Turn off your Little deFormer, and turn it on again. Go back to step 13, and repeat the process, for transmitting the other .syx file. When you have done that, your Little deFormer is updated.

  • Page 60: List Of Included Samplings

    All samplings starting with ”v8” is from Gotharman’s Vothar 8. All samplings starting with ”cs” is from Gotharman’s rebuild Yamaha CS-20M. All samplings starting with ”gc” is from some special Gotharman circuits, build for a special sound purpose. 01 dmBass3...
  • Page 61 34 anGlitchBas2 35 anMouthHarp 36 anUglyCan 37 anDriveBass 38 anDriveLead 39 anSoloSofia 40 anVintageDis 41 anVintageDs2 42 anDarkFeeD 43 anNoiseTalk 44 mgHpf Rezo 45 mgContraNoiz 46 mgHard 47 mgFunaral 48 mgExpBass 49 mgChorus 50 mgChorus 2 51 mgSineBazz 52 mgSineBazz 2 53 mgPolice 54 mgSomeTzhing 55 mgHumanLead...
  • Page 62 81 mvRingBass 82 mvSlapVox 83 mv70’sBass 84 mvMetalmanBs 85 mvAhhh 86 mvAhhh 2 87 mvOrchestral 88 mvSubmarine 89 mvChoirT 90 mvFeedBconga 91 mvWhoi 92 mvRingSweep 93 mvSweepBass 94 mvFat Choir 95 mvMessChoir 96 mvTalkNoise 97 mvTalkMetal 98 mvBass 99 mtBeaj 100 mtWalkBass 101 mtThim 102 mtMaiden...
  • Page 63 127 mtPeak 128 mtPeak 2 129 mtWintherChor 130 mtBass 131 mtMetalBass 132 mtGunBass 133 mtSpring 134 mtSpringBass 135 mtVocoder 136 mtAngel 137 mtNoisyBass 138 mtDirty 139 mtScratchy 140 mtChurch 141 mtCrasch 142 mtScary Man4 143 csSpazeChoir 144 csTied 145 csAllpLp 146 csAllpLp2 147 csAllpLp3 148 csMedievChor...
  • Page 64 170 v8Morphsweep 171 v8Peaker 172 v8YowHarp 173 v8Rangle 174 v8Noise1 175 v8FeedNoise 176 v8Basu 177 v8Basu 2 178 v8Tomy 179 v8Metaltomy Drums 180 dmKick1 181 dmKick2 182 anKick1 183 anKick2 184 anKick3 185 mgCrowdKick 186 mgKick 187 mtKick 188 gcCemKick 1 189 gcCemKick 2 190 gcCemKick 3 191 gcCemKick 4...
  • Page 65 213 gcCemSnare 1 214 gcCemSnare 2 215 gcCemSnare 3 216 gcCemSnare 4 217 anLofiClap 218 gcClap 219 gcNoise 220 mgNoiseDrum 221 mgNoiseDrum2 222 dmBlok 223 dmTom1 224 dmTom2 225 gcCemTom 226 gcClosed Hat 227 gcOpen Hat 228 gcCymbal 229 dmHihat 230 anCymbal 231 anCymbal 2 232 anCymbal 3...
  • Page 66 Written by Flemming Christensen ”Gotharman” 2012 www.gotharman.dk...

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