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  • Page 1 Gotharman’s aNamoNo Xmini Modular Synthesizer User Manual V 2.27...

  • 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 The Triggers The Synth Available Modules in the Synth Section List of Synth Modulation Sources List of Synth Audio Bus Sources Accessing the Synth Pages Editing the parameters of the Modules Connecting Modules...
  • Page 3 Granulator Variator Reverb Glitch Shifters Pitch Shaper Pitch Shaper 2 Wave Shaper EFX 1 to 4 Inputs Select LFO1-4 Random Generator 1 to 4 The Sequencer Sequencer playback start/stop Sequencer Main Realtime Record Clear Seq Note Track Sequencer Note Steps Edit Gate Time Steps Edit Delay Time Steps Edit Note Track Mod Page...
  • Page 4 Save Preset Song Mode Accessing Song Mode Song Edit Page Song Select Page Song Realtime Recording Save Song Initialize Song Sample Record And Edit Recording a Sample Edit A Sampling Adjusting start and end points Sample Chops Generating Sample Chop Points Deleting a Sample Importing Files Importing Multiple Files...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction A modular synthesizer in a compact box! Thank you very much for purchasing/consider to purchase a Gotharman’s Anamono Xmini Modular Synthesizer. The Xmini has a number of built-in "modules", like oscillators, samplers, an analog filter, LFO's and so on. Every module has a number of modulation input connectors, and most modules also has a number of audio input connectors.

  • Page 6: Very Special Thanks To

    Very special thanks to: Julien Huet Florian Bielmann Nick Nimick Weinglas Christopher Rayce Richie Prado For supporting this project from the beginning. I really appreciate your trust. Without you, Anamono Xmini might not have been… Gotharman July 2017...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Getting Started Connecting: On the right end panel of your Xmini, you will find the power switch, connection for power supply, audio input and output, and USB. You would probably want to connect the audio output to a mixer or an amplifier, or anything else that ends out in a speaker/a set of speakers.
  • Page 8 With a USB drive connected, you can: -Import, export and back up samples as .wav files -Import, export and back up Xmini presets and songs -Update Xmini To import a .wav file from another device, it must be: -Mono or stereo -44.1 KHz sample rate –...
  • Page 9 On the left end panel of your Xmini, you will find the MIDI in and out connectors. The optional CV inputs and outputs are also found here, if installed. Please notice, that the upper row of CV connectors are the outputs, and the lower row are the inputs. The upper MIDI connector are the input, and the lower are the output.
  • Page 10 Connect the supplied power adaptor to the Power input, and to a 100V to 240V power source. It’s a 9V, minimum 1.5A type with a 2.1 mm DC plug, with positive middle. Some Xmini’s might have 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”: Please look at the picture, on the next page….
  • Page 12 Turn it on Push the “I” on the power switch. Your Xmini should now turn on.
  • Page 14 Xmini has a modular structure. It has a number of internal “modules”, like oscillators, samplers, analog filter and effects processors, that all has a number of inputs and outputs. These inputs and outputs are divided into 3 categories: -Triggers -Modulation (Mod Bus on the structure drawing) -Audio (Audio Bus on the structure drawing) Any trigger output can be connected to any trigger input, any modulation output can be connected to any modulation input and any audio output can be connected to any audio input.

  • Page 15: User Interface

    The User Interface Xmini has a highly sensitive capacitive touch display, 4 trigger buttons, a Morph Settings button and a Sequencer Start/Stop button. It has 4 Edit/Quick Edit Knobs for controlling and editing parameters and sending MIDI CC’s, 2 additional Quick Edit Knobs, a Morph knob, and a volume knob.
  • Page 16 The Edit 1-4 Knobs below the display, adjusts the parameters on each page. On the Preset Select screen, they acts as modulation sources, that controls any parameters that has knob1 to 4 set as modulator, and transmits MIDI CC’s. Any Edit Knob, that has not been assigned as a modulator to any parameter, acts as a Quick Edit Knob.
  • Page 17 The Touch Screen Keyboard The Xmini display is touch sensitive. The touch interface is used for navigating through the edit and settings pages, and in the bottom of most pages, a fully playable touch keyboard is present. On the Preset and Song Select pages, it is, besides from playing notes on the touch keyboard, also possible to apply modulation to the sound, by placing your finger on different positions between the top and the bottom of the keyboard.
  • Page 18 The number of octaves for the touch keyboard is settable for each preset, to any number between 1 and 8. It is also possible to set, which note the first key should play.

  • Page 19: Preset Select Screen

    The Preset Select Screen This is the first screen you will see, right after Xmini’s start-up screen, unless you left your Xmini in Song mode, the last time it was turned off. Here you can change preset and jump to Xmini’s edit and settings pages.

  • Page 20: Selecting A Preset

    Selecting a preset: Touch the “PRESET” field. A list of 5 presets near the currently selected preset, will now appear: Touch “PREV” or “NEXT” to view the previous or next 5 presets, and finally touch the preset name of the preset you would like to select. 1024 presets can be selected, from A01 to P64. Xmini will now jump back to the main Preset Select screen, and show the name of the newly selected preset.
  • Page 21 On the Preset Select page, the 7 Edit/Quick Edit Knobs will transmit MIDI CC’s to Xmini’s MIDI out, on the Xmini MIDI channel. Edit Knob 1 to 4 will transmit MIDI CC 1 to 4. The Morph knob will transmit and receive MIDI CC 11. The Cut knob will transmit and receive MIDI CC 10.

  • Page 22: The Triggers

    The Triggers Every time you want to trigger something in Xmini, either through the 4 trigger buttons, the touch screen keyboard or a connected MIDI keyboard or pad controller, it has to go through the trigger system, so you might want to set this up. The Xmini trigger system is much simpler than the Anamono X trigger system.

  • Page 23: The Synth

    The Synth This is where all the exciting stuff happens  Here Xmini has a number of “modules” like oscillators, samplers, analog filters, modulators and even effects processors, that can be connected to each other in absolutely any way you like. Just like you can do with cables on a modular system.

  • Page 24: Available Modules In The Synth Section

    Available Modules in the Synth Section: -4 Oscillators/Samplers -1 Noise Generator -Up to 1 Analog Filter -4 Ring VCA’s -4 VCA’s -8 Envelopes -4 LFO’s -4 Random Generators -4 Effects Processors Please find each module described later in this section.

  • Page 25: List Of Synth Modulation Sources

    List of Synth Modulation Sources: Osc1: The audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 1 Osc1-: The inverted audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 1 Osc2: The audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 2 Osc2-: The inverted audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 2 Osc3: The audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 3 Osc3-: The inverted audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 3 Osc4: The audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 4 Osc4-: The inverted audio range output of Oscillator/Sampler 4...
  • Page 26 Seq5: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 5 Seq5-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 5 Inverted Seq6: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 6 Seq6-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 6 Inverted Seq7: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 7 Seq7-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 7 Inverted Seq8: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 8 Seq8-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 8 Inverted...
  • Page 27 Kybd: The last note number value received on MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel Kybd-: The last note number value received on MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel Inverted Velo: The last note velocity value received on MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel Velo-: The last note velocity value received on MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel Inverted Aft: The last mono aftertouch value received on MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel Aft-: The last mono aftertouch value received on MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel...

  • Page 28: List Of Synth Audio Bus Sources

    List of Synth Audio Bus Sources: Osc1: Oscillator/Sampler 1 Osc2: Oscillator/Sampler 2 Osc3: Oscillator/Sampler 3 Osc4: Oscillator/Sampler 4 Noise: Noise Generator Ring1: Ring VCA 1 Ring2: Ring VCA 2 VCF: Analog Filter Slot VCA1: VCA1 VCA2: VCA2 VCA3: VCA3 VCA4: VCA4 EFX1: Effects Processor 1 EFX2: Effects Processor 2 EFX3: Effects Processor 3...

  • Page 29: Accessing The Synth Pages

    Accessing The Synth Pages From the Preset/Song Select screen, Touch the “EDIT” field.
  • Page 30 Now Xmini will show a list of the available edit groups: In the upper left corner of this page, the serial number of your Xmini will show. To enter the Synth edit pages, touch “SYNTH”.
  • Page 31 A list of the available Synth modules will now show: To enter any of the Synth modules, simply touch the text showing the name of the module you would like to enter. To exit to the edit groups page, touch “EXIT”.

  • Page 32: Editing The Parameters Of The Modules

    Editing The Parameters Of The Modules Each module page has up to 8 parameters, that can be edited. The parameters are shown on the display as 8 parameter names, each with an alphanumeric value below them, that shows the current value of the parameter.

  • Page 33: Connecting Modules

    Connecting Modules On Xmini you do not need minijack cables or a computer to connect its modules, unless you are connecting external analog devices via the CV inputs and outputs, of course. You just need to select a module, touch the screen and turn a knob, and the module is connected! I will now explain how: Nearly all modules has a ”mod”...
  • Page 34 When touching the “Mod” button, Xmini jumps to the Modulation page of the module: On this page, you can, by turning Edit Knob 1 to 4, select the sources, that should be connected to the modulation inputs of the module. The parameter names shows what parameter is being modulated by the selected source.
  • Page 35 When touching the “Inp” button, Xmini jumps to the inputs page of the module: On this page, you can, by turning Edit Knob 1 to 4, select the sources, that should be connected to the audio inputs of the module. Each module that has audio inputs, usually has 4 of these. By touching the lower row of parameters, to select these, you can adjust the input level of each source, again by turning Edit Knob 1 to 4.

  • Page 36: The Synth Modules

    The Synth Modules In this section all the modules of the Synth (synthesizer) section are explained. The modules of the sequencer is not explained here, but in the Sequencer section later in this manual.

  • Page 37: Zones

    ZONES Here you can set up key zones for each of the 4 triggers. These zones are effective only when Xmini is controlled from an external MIDI device or from the touch screen keyboard. It is also possible to transpose the incoming notes individually for each trigger key zone. When using the internal sequencer, note track 1 will always drive Trigger 1 in the full note range, note track 2 will always drive Trigger 2 in the full note range and so on…...

  • Page 38: Trigger Setup

    TRIG The Trigger setup pages. On these 4 pages, it is possible to set up what note each trigger button should send, if one trigger button should trigger another, which trigger should trigger the oscillators and envelopes, and if the triggers should transmit notes on MIDI out.
  • Page 39 Sub page 2: Osc1, Osc2, Osc3, Osc4: 1 to 4. Selects what trigger that should trigger each of the 4 samplers, and send note numbers to the oscillators/samplers.
  • Page 40 Sub page 3: VCA1, VCA 2, VCA 3, VCA 4, ENV1, ENV 2, ENV 3, ENV 4: 1 to 4. Selects what trigger that should trigger each of the 4 VCA envelopes and the 4 modulation envelopes.
  • Page 41 Sub page 4: On this page it is possible to select a MIDI note number and a MIDI channel, that will be transmitted via MIDI out, when a trigger button is pushed. When a trigger button is set up to transmit a MIDI note, the sequencer track attached to that trigger, will also transmit MIDI notes on the same MIDI channel.
  • Page 42 OSC (Oscillator/Sampler) 1 to 4 For each of the 4 oscillators, it is possible to select if it should act as an oscillator or a sampler. In oscillator mode it generates a waveform that is morphable between sine, triangle, saw, pulse and feedback waves.
  • Page 43 opened by a trigger, a different portion of the sampling will be played back every time the VCA is opened. Samplings can act as both audio and modulation sources. Like the oscillators, the samples also outputs a low frequency version of itself, so samples can be used as low frequency modulation too.

  • Page 44: Oscillator 1 To

    Oscillator 1 to 4 parameters The oscillator pages, when an oscillator are in oscillator mode. In the bottom right of the oscillator page, the current waveform is shown. Tune: Adjust the basic pitch in semitones. Range: -64 to + 63. Fine: Fine tuning of the pitch.
  • Page 45 Porta: Portamento. The more this is turned up, the slower the oscillator pitch will slide from one note to another. Range: 0 to 511.
  • Page 46 Oscillator 1 to 4 modulation At any of the 4 Oscillator pages, touch the ”Mod” button, to enter the modulation page: The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 47 Sub: Modulates the level of the sub-oscillator square wave.

  • Page 48: Sampler 1 To 4

    Sampler 1 to 4 The oscillator pages, when an oscillator are in sampler mode. In the bottom of the sampler page, the selected sample waveform is shown in rough graphics. When the sample, or part of it, is played back, the small black line below the waveform will show the current playback point.
  • Page 49 Loop: Sets the sampling loop mode. Off: The sample will not loop, just play back one time from the adjusted, or chop selected, start to end, and then stop. On: The sample will play back from the adjusted start point, when triggered. When it reaches the adjusted end point, it will loop back to the start point, and play back the sample over and over again.
  • Page 50 Sampler 1 to 4 modulation The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. 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 51 Selecting oscillator/sample mode and samples for sampler 1 to 4 On any oscillator page, touch the Sel” button to enter this page: Mode: Select whether the oscillator should be in oscillator or sampler mode. In oscillator mode, the rest of the parameters on this page has no effect.
  • Page 52 In sampler mode: Slot: Manual select of sample slot 1 to 4, for selecting a sampling for each slot, and for setting the Tune, Start, Length and Chop parameters for each slot. If the Ssel parameter is set to “Man” (manual slot select), the sample slot selected by this parameter, is played back by this oscillator.

  • Page 53: Noise Generator

    Noise On the noise generator, the parameters shape, pulse width and mix (between pulse and voltage noise) can be adjusted and modulated. It outputs to both the audio and the modulation bus, and like the oscillators and samplers, this also outputs a slow version of itself. The rate of the slow wave can be adjusted.
  • Page 54 Noise Generator Modulation The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. 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 55: Vcf -Analog Filter

    VCF –The analog filter in the filter slot An analog filter can be installed in Xmini. This is located in a slot, that becomes visible, when removing the left side panel. Xmini will also work, without an analog filter installed. Different types of analog filters will be available, to mount in the slot.
  • Page 56 Analog Filter Page 1 –Touch P_1 to enter this page With VCF 1,2,3 or 4 installed: The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter outputs 1 and 2. NOTE: An analog filter must be mounted in Xmini for the parameters in this section to have any effect.
  • Page 57 Reso: Adjusts the resonance of the filter. On dual and tripple filters, this adjusts the resonance on all filters. Cut3/Feed: On single filters: This will adjust the feedback of the filter. – means negative feedback, + means positive feedback, 0 means no feedback. On dual filters: This will adjust the negative feedback of the filter.
  • Page 58 With VCF 5, MiniProphet filter installed: Cut: Adjust the filter cutoff frequency. Range: 0 to 511. Reso: Adjusts the resonance of the filter. LPF1: Switches filter output 1 between 24dB and 12dB steepness. 18dB: Switches the 18dB lowpass block on filter output 2 on or off. The phase of this is inverted compared to the phase of the 12 and 24 dB outputs on output 1, so when mixing with these, different filter modes can be obtained.
  • Page 59 With VCF 6, SP filter installed: Cut: Adjust the filter cutoff frequency. Range: 0 to 511. Reso: Adjusts the resonance of the filter. Rate: Sample Rate. 0 to 60 KHz. Bits: Bit depth. 12 or 6 bit. Out1/2: Adds an analog Fuzz effect, when turned up.
  • Page 60 With VCF 7 Tubaz filter installed: Cut: Adjust the filter cutoff frequency. Range: 0 to 511. Reso: Adjusts the resonance of the filter. Cut3/Feed: Negative feedback. Out1: BPF or LPF select. Out2: Always HPF. Out1/2: Mix between filter output 1 (BPF/LPF) and filter output 2 (HPF).
  • Page 61 Analog Filter Page 2 –Touch P_2 to enter this page The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter outputs 1 and 2. NOTE: An analog filter must be mounted in Xmini for the parameters in this section to have any effect.
  • Page 62 Input: Selects the input to the G-Ray feedback circuit. Can be either analog filter output 1 or 2, or the mix adjusted with the Out1/2 parameter. Peaks: Selects how the Peaks parameter should interact with the Cutoff frequency parameter: -Add: The value of the Peaks parameter is added to the Cutoff value. -Sub: The value of the Peaks parameter is subbed from the Cutoff value.
  • Page 63 Analog Filter Modulation Page 1 –Touch Mod1 to enter this page The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter outputs 1 and 2. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 64 Analog Filter Modulation Page 2 –Touch Mod2 to enter this page The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter outputs 1 and 2. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 65 Gfeed: Modulates the G-Ray feedback.
  • Page 66 Analog Filter Inputs Select -Touch Inp to enter this page The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter outputs 1 and 2. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected audio sources. Each analog filter has 4 audio inputs.

  • Page 67: Ring Vca 1 To 4

    Ring VCA 1 to 4 The 4 Ring VCA's has 3 functions. They can act as: -Ring Modulator -Connect 2 audio sources, and it will output a ring modulated signal. -Modulation/audio source VCA -Connect an audio or a modulation source to input 1, and a modulation source to input 2, and the modulator on input 2 will adjust the level of the source on input 1.
  • Page 68 Ring VCA 1 to 4 parameters The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected source. Inp1, Inp2, Inp3, Inp4: Connects any modulation source to the input of the Ring VCA. This is the input, that gets modulated. Since this outputs to both the modulation and the audio bus, it can be used to get modulation signals to the audio bus, if you, for any reason, would like to do that.

  • Page 69: Vca1 To 4

    VCA1 to 4 Audio signals can be mixed and routed to the audio output through the VCA’s. Output can also be switched off, if you only want to use a VCA for internal mix. An ADSR envelope are attached to each of the VCA's.
  • Page 70 VCA 1 to 4 parameters Touch P_1 to enter this page The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the VCA input and output. A: VCA 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.
  • Page 71 Mode: Selects if the VCA envelope curve should be linear (Lin), or logarithmic (Log). The logarithmic curve gives the sound a softer and less “clicky” attack. Drone: VCA envelope drone offset level. When this is turned up, the amp envelope will never reach an output value, lower than what this is adjusted to –It will release to this adjusted value, instead of zero.
  • Page 72 VCA 1 to 4 Modulation Touch Mod to enter this page The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the VCA input and output. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 73 Outp: Modulates the output level of the VCA.
  • Page 74 VCA 1 to 4 Inputs Select Touch Inp to enter this page The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the VCA input and output. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected audio sources. Each VCA has 4 audio inputs.
  • Page 75 Env1 to 4 4 modulation envelopes, with linear/logarithmic charateristics and an offset control. In order to trigger any envelope, you will have to set up a trigger to do this. See the “Triggers” section earlier in this manual, for information on how to do this. The envelopes outputs only to the modulation bus.

  • Page 76: Envelope 1 To

    Envelope 1 to 4 parameters Touch P_1 to enter this page The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the Envelope output. A: Envelope attack time. The time it will take the envelope to rise from zero to its maximum value, when a note event is received and held down.
  • Page 77 Offs: Offset: -Off: The envelope will work around the zero point, and apply both negative and positive modulation to the parameters affected by it. -On: Positive only, offset added. The envelope will only work above the zero point, and will only add to the values of the parameters affected by it.
  • Page 78 Envelope 1 to 4 Modulation Touch Mod to enter this page The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the Envelope output. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 79: Efx

    EFX 1 to 4 Here you will find 4 effects processors. All effects has a bypass/Freeze switch and a mix parameter. All effects outputs to both the audio and the modulation bus, and many parameters can be modulated.

  • Page 80: Effects Select Page

    The Effects select page Touch Sel to enter this page On this first effects page, you can select the effect type for the effects processor, by turning Edit Knob 1. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output.

  • Page 81: List Of Effects

    Roto Delay – Only EFX 1 and 2. New Gotharman delay! This is a 2 tap delay, that is constantly crossfading between the 2 taps. When the Xfade control is turned down, the crossfading is rough, the more it is turned up, the more smooth the crossfading gets.
  • Page 82 Pitch Shaper 2 – 2 input version of Gotharman's special Pitch Shaper, that forces an audio signal to play back at a specific pitch, determined by the frequency of another audio signal.

  • Page 83: Effects Parameters

    Effects Parameters Filter The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 84 Type: Filter type. Possibilities are: -LPF: Low pass filter -BPF: Band pass filter -BP8: Steep band pass filter -HPF: High pass filter -ADD: Reverse filter. Adds harmonics to the sound. -BEF: Band eliminate filter -BASS: A filter with most power in the bass area -LOFI: Agressive low pass filter -LPF2: Low pass filter 2, with a slightly different response than the first variant -BPF2: Band pass filter 2, with a slightly different response than the first variant...
  • Page 85 Filter Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 86: Chorus

    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.
  • Page 87 Chorus Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 88: Distortion

    Distortion The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 89 -Xdis: Complete destruction of the sound.
  • Page 90 Distortion Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 91: Bit Crush

    Bit Crush The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 92 Bit Crush Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 93: Pitch Shifter

    Pitch Shifter The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 94 Feed: Pitch shifter feedback. Adjusts the portion of the output signal, that is fed back to the input.
  • Page 95 Pitch Shifter Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 96: Resonator

    Resonator The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 97 Resonator Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 98: Stretcher

    Stretcher The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 99 Stretcher Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 100 The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 101 Feed: FM feedback. Adjusts the portion of the output signal, that is fed back to the input.
  • Page 102 FM Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 103: Delays

    Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer.
  • Page 104 Xfade: Crossfade. Makes the delay effect sound smoother, by crossfading the feedback repeats into each other. Feed: Delay feedback amount. At values over middle, the feedback signal will be gained and create infinite feedback. This might cause some saturation.
  • Page 105 Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 106: Granulator

    Granulator SQ The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 107 Seq: Selects which of the 16 sequencer controller tracks, the granulator should get it step values from. Each value selects a different portion of the granulator input, to be played back. X: “X” intermodulation of the sound. Another Gotharman special ...
  • Page 108 Granulator Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 109: Variator

    Variator The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 110 Variator Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 111: Reverb

    As this is turned up, it goes over in a metallic reverb type, and at higher settings it gives a more full reverb. X: “X” intermodulation of the sound. Another Gotharman special  Time: Reverb time. The total reverb time is a combination of time, timeX, feed and feedX.
  • Page 112 Time X: 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 113 Reverb Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 114: Glitch Shifters

    Glitch Shifter, Glitch Shifter 2 The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer.
  • Page 115 Feed: Glitch shifter feedback. Adjusts the portion of the output signal, that is fed back to the input.
  • Page 116 Glitch Shifter, Glitch Shifter 2 Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 117: Pitch Shaper

    Pitch Shaper The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 118 Oct: Octave transpose. From 0 to +3 octaves. Feed: Pitch shaper feedback. Adjusts the portion of the output signal, that is fed back to the input.
  • Page 119 Pitch Shaper Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 120: Pitch Shaper 2

    Pitch Shaper 2 The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 121 Smot: Smooth. The more this is turned up, the more the changes in pitch are smoothened. Vari: Pitch variation. The more this is turned up, the more the pitch variations on the input signal affects the pitch shaper frequency. Oct: Octave transpose. From 0 to +3 octaves. Feed: Pitch shaper feedback.
  • Page 122 Pitch Shaper 2 Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 123: Wave Shaper

    Wave Shaper The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on, Freeze. When the effect is off, it is bypassed, and its input mixer can function as a mixer. When the effect are in Freeze mode, the input signal is no longer sampled. The sound that the effect holds, will just keep playing back on and on again.
  • Page 124 Wave Shaper Modulation The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 125: Efx 1 To 4 Inputs Select

    EFX 1 to 4 Inputs Select The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected audio sources. Each EFX has 4 audio inputs. For each of these, an audio source can be selected, and the input level can be adjusted.

  • Page 126: Lfo1-4

    LFO1 to 4 The 4 LFO's has continuosly variable waveform and rate parameters. Both of these parameters can be modulated. The 4 LFO’s outputs to the modulation bus.
  • Page 127 LFO 1 and 2 parameters Touch P_1 to enter this page. To the right on the LFO page, the current waveforms are shown. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the LFO outputs. Rate1, Rate2: LFO rate. Adjusts the speed of the LFO. Wave1, Wave2: LFO output waveform.
  • Page 128 LFO 3 and 4 parameters Touch P_2 to enter this page. To the right on the LFO page, the current waveforms are shown. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the LFO outputs. Rate3, Rate4: LFO rate. Adjusts the speed of the LFO. Wave3, Wave4: LFO output waveform.
  • Page 129 LFO 1 and 2 Modulation Touch Mod1 to enter this page The 2 VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the LFO outputs. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 130 LFO 3 and 4 Modulation Touch Mod2 to enter this page The 2 VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the LFO outputs. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 131 Rndm1 to 4 The 4 Random Generators changes to a new random value every time they are trigged. Trigger sources can be trigger 1-4 and LFO 1-4. Outputs to the modulation bus.

  • Page 132: Random Generator 1 To

    Random Generator 1 to 4 parameters The 4 VU-meters at the bottom of the screen, shows the random generators outputs. TrIn1, TrIn2, TrIn3, TrIn4: Selects what should trigger the random generator, to shift to a new random value. Choices are: Trigger 1 to 8, LFO 1 to 4. Tout1, Tout2, Tout3, Tout4: Sets up the Random Generator to trig trigger 1 to 4, unless you set it to “Off”.

  • Page 133: The Sequencer

    The Sequencer The Xmini sequencer has 2 different types of tracks: Note tracks and controller tracks. It has 4 note tracks and 8 controller tracks. Each note track controls 1 trigger – Note track 1 controls trigger 1, note track 2 controls trigger 2 and so on, and each track has a note number subtrack, a gate time subtrack, a delay time subtrack and a step on/off subtrack.

  • Page 134: Sequencer Playback Start/Stop

    Sequencer playback start/stop To start and stop sequencer play back, you must push the “Start/Stop” button. When the green LED above the Start/Stop button lights up, it is indicating, that the sequencer is playing back. When the green LED above the Start/Stop button does not light up, the sequencer playback is stopped. If you hit the play button to start the sequencer, and it doesn’t start, please check in the “COMMON”...
  • Page 135 Enter the sequencer From the Preset Select Screen, touch the EDIT field.
  • Page 136 Touch SEQUENCER.
  • Page 137 This will bring you to the Sequencer modules page: To enter any of the Sequencer modules, simply touch the text showing the name of the module you would like to enter. To exit to the edit groups page, touch “EXIT”.

  • Page 138: Sequencer Main

    Sequencer Main The parameters of this page: Tempo: Sets the sequencer tempo between 1 and 255 BPM. To make the sequencer sync to external MIDI gear, this must be set up in the “COMMON” section, described later in this manual. Metro: Metronome Off, On, Rec.

  • Page 139: Realtime Record

    The buttons of this page: Rec: This will toggle realtime recording on and off. Realtime recording can be switched on and off at any time, regardless of if the sequencer is playing or not. The sequencer must though play, to make it possible to input notes in realtime.

  • Page 140: Clear Seq

    Clear Seq: Touching this button, will make Xmini jump to this page: If you touch the “Yes” button here, you will clear all tracks of the current preset, on the Morph Layer selected by the “Morph Settings” button. If you do not wish to do that, touch “No”.

  • Page 141: Note Track Sequencer

    The Note Track Sequencer Note Steps Edit From the Sequencer modules page, touch NOTE1, NOTE2, NOTE3 or NOTE4, to enter a Note Track page: This will be the first page, you will enter. Here: Edit Knob 1: Selects the octave to be viewed. The octave number is shown just above the note grid (marked Oct), and the lowest and highest note number is shown below and above the mini keyboard at the left.
  • Page 142 Edit Knob 4: Sets the track resolution. Values: 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, ¼, ½. Value is shown as Res. Touching “EXIT” will exit you to the Sequencer Modules page.
  • Page 143 Inputting notes and turning steps on and off To input a note, simply touch the note grid. To switch a step on or off, simply touch any of the 16 “step buttons” in the bottom of this page. The black rectangle just above the step buttons, shows what step is currently being played back. The small VU-meter right to the step buttons will show a peak every time this track plays back a note.

  • Page 144: Gate Time Steps Edit

    Gate Time Steps Edit From the Note Steps edit screen, touch the “Note” field in the upper left corner. This will get you to the Gate page: Here: Edit Knob 1: Has no function. Edit Knob 2: Selects the bar to be viewed. 4 bars can be viewed, showing each 16 steps, for a total of 64 steps.
  • Page 145 To input a value, simply touch the field showing the values. To switch a step on or off, simply touch any of the 16 “step buttons” in the bottom of this page. The black rectangle just above the step buttons, shows what step is currently being played back. The small VU-meter right to the step buttons will show a peak every time this track plays back a note.

  • Page 146: Delay Time Steps Edit

    Delay Time Steps Edit From the Gate Steps edit screen, touch the “Gate” field in the upper left corner. This will get you to the Delay page: Here: Edit Knob 1: Has no function. Edit Knob 2: Selects the bar to be viewed. 4 bars can be viewed, showing each 16 steps, for a total of 64 steps.
  • Page 147 To input a value, simply touch the field showing the values. To switch a step on or off, simply touch any of the 16 “step buttons” in the bottom of this page. The black rectangle just above the step buttons, shows what step is currently being played back. The small VU-meter right to the step buttons will show a peak every time this track plays back a note.

  • Page 148: Note Track Mod Page

    Note track Mod page From the Delay Steps edit screen, touch the “Delay” field in the upper left corner. This will get you to the Mod page: The parameters of this page: Mod: Track modulation source. Any Xmini modulation source can be selected to modulate the track.
  • Page 149 Prob: Track Note Randomizer Probability. When this is turned fully up, all programmed note steps of the track will play back. The more it is turned down, the less notes will play back. The notes the will not play back are selected randomly. Rtim: Track Note Randomizer Time.

  • Page 150: Clear Note Track

    Clear Note Track From the Mod page, touch the “Clear Track” button, to enter this page: Touching “Yes” from here, will clear all step on’s of the currently selected note track. If you would not wish to do this, touch “No”, to exit to the track Mod page.

  • Page 151: Mute/Unmute Tracks

    Mute/Unmute Tracks From the Sequencer Modules page, touch “MUTE” , to enter this page: When touching the squares, so they turn white, the tracks represented by the square will be muted. Touch the square again, so it turns gray, to unmute.
  • Page 152 It is also possible to mute/unmute the note tracks directly from the Preset/Song select page, and on any sequencer page, by pushing and holding the “Morph Settings” button, and push any of the 4 corresponding trigger buttons, to mute or unmute a note track. The pushbutton LED’s will show the state and activity for each track.

  • Page 153: Controller Tracks

    The Controller Tracks Controller Steps Edit From the Sequencer modules page, touch CTRL1, CTRL2, CTRL3, CTRL4, CTRL5, CTRL6, CTRL7 or CTRL8, to enter a Controller Track page: This will be the first page, you will enter, showing the controller value, that will be outputted for each sequencer step, when the sequencer is playing back.
  • Page 154 Touching “EXIT” will exit you to the Sequencer Modules page.
  • Page 155 Inputting values and turning steps on and off To input a value, simply touch the field showing the values. To switch a step on or off, simply touch any of the 16 “step buttons” in the bottom of this page. The black rectangle just above the step buttons, shows what step is currently being played back.

  • Page 156: Slide Steps Edit

    Slide Steps Edit From the Ctrl Steps edit screen, touch the “Ctrl” field in the upper left corner. This will get you to the Slide page: Here: Edit Knob 1: Has no function. Edit Knob 2: Selects the bar to be viewed. 4 bars can be viewed, showing each 16 steps, for a total of 64 steps.
  • Page 157 If slide for a step is 0, the controller output of the track, will shift from one value to the other. The more slide for a step is turned up, the faster it will slide towards the value of the next step. When the next step is played back, the output will shift to the value of this, regardsless if the value has been reached by the slide or not.
  • Page 158 Inputting values and turning steps on and off To input a value, simply touch the field showing the values. To switch a step on or off, simply touch any of the 16 “step buttons” in the bottom of this page. The black rectangle just above the step buttons, shows what step is currently being played back.

  • Page 159: Controller Track Cc Page

    Controller track CC page From the Slide Steps edit screen, touch the “Slide” field in the upper left corner. This will get you to the CC page: The parameters of this page: CC: Setting this to any other value than “Off”, will make the selected controller track output MIDI CC’s to MIDI out.

  • Page 160: Clear Controller Track

    Clear Controller Track From the track CC page, touch the “Clear Track” button, to enter this page: Touching “Yes” from here, will clear all step on’s of the currently selected controller track. If you would not wish to do this, touch “No”, to exit to the track main page.

  • Page 161: Synth And Sequencer Morphing

    Synth and Sequencer Morphing On Xmini it is possible to morph between 2 layers of parameters, layer A and B, by turning the “Morph” knob. In the MORE… section (described in the next section), it is possible to set up the Morph knob to morph either the synth parameters, the sequencer parameters or both.

  • Page 162: More

    More… preset parameters From the Preset Select page, touch the Edit field.
  • Page 163 Now touch MORE…...
  • Page 164 This will get you to the More… page. Here you can set up all the basic Xmini things, like MIDI channel, morphing, touch keyboard, analog filter type and CV in’s/out’s, check and erase the Xmini memory, initialize the preset and change to song mode. On the following pages, each section of the More…...

  • Page 165: Common Settings

    Common Settings On this page, you can adjust the display contrast and MIDI settings and check the sample memory. From More… page, touch COMMON to enter this page: The following parameters can be adjusted on this page, using edit knob 1 to 5: Contr: Adjusts the display contrast.
  • Page 166 Sync: Sequencer syncronization. This setting is automatically saved, and will be remembered after a power off. Settings: -Int: Xmini’s sequencer will be clocked internally at the rate set by the ”Tempo” parameter in each preset. -Ext: Xmini’s sequencer will be clocked externally, by MIDI clock events applied to MIDI in. Sequencer play and stop can also be controlled externally.

  • Page 167: Morph Setup

    Morph Setup On the Morph Setup page, it is possible to set a permanent morph value, that will override the Morph knob, if you wish to always have a preset playing back in a certain morph position. It is also possible to modulate the morph knob, using a limited number of modulation sources, including a morph LFO.
  • Page 168 Mod: Morph modulation amount. 0 to 511. Src: Morph modulation source. Sources are: -LFO: The morph section LFO. Described below. -Sq1 to Sq8: Sequencer controller tracks 1 to 8. -CV1 to CV4: CV inputs 1 to 4. -Kybd: The last note number value received via MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel -Velo: The last note velocity value received via MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel -Aft: The last mono aftertouch value received via MIDI in, on the Anamono X MIDI channel -Knb1: Edit knob 1 value and the last MIDI CC 1 value received via MIDI in, on the Anamono X...

  • Page 169: Touch Keyboard Settings

    Touch Keyboard Settings Here you can adjust the note range and transposition of the Touch Screen Keyboard. From More… page, touch KYBD to enter this page: The parameters on this page: Note: C-1 to C6. Sets the first note of the touch screen keyboard, which is always a C. Oct: 1 to 8.
  • Page 170 Examples of different octave settings:...

  • Page 172: Cv Inputs

    CV Inputs (optional) With the optional CV board installed, Xmini has 4 CV inputs. These goes directly to the modulation bus, and can be selected as modulation sources, for any parameter that can be modulated. Xmini accepts CV voltages of up to +/- 15 volts. The voltage range of each CV input can be set up to a number of different configurations.
  • Page 173 From More… page, touch CVin to enter this page: Here you can, by turning Edit Knob 1 to 4, set up each CV input. The possibilities for each input are: +-12: The CV input will work in the range of +/- 12 volts –standard eurorack voltages. +12: The CV input will work in the range of 0 to 12 volts.

  • Page 174: Cv Outputs

    CV Outputs (Optional) With the optional CV board installed, Xmini has 4 CV outputs. From each of these it is possible to control external analog gear with both a static voltage and a modulation source at the same time. The setup of these is stored within each Xmini preset, so it is possible to give the external analog gear memory! Remember to save all edits you do to the CV Inputs.
  • Page 175 From More… page, touch CVout. Touch the P_1 button to enter this page: On this page, you can, with the upper row of parameters selected, by turning Edit Knob 1 to 4, set a static voltage to each CV output. This is useful, if you for instance, are controlling cutoff or resonance of an external filter, or tune of an external oscillator.
  • Page 176 Touch the P_2 button, to enter the CV outputs modulation page: Here you can, with the upper row of parameters selected, by Edit Knob 1 to 4, select the modulation source for each CV output. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the list in the start of the synth section in this manual.

  • Page 177: 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 178: Morph Layer Copy

    Morph Layer Copy If you would like to morph between 2 specific sounds, it is possible to copy these from any other preset, to the current presets morph layer A and B. There are though some limitations: -Because of the limited morphing of switches, you should copy the most complex sound to layer A. -The triggers setup is not morphed at all, so the sound that uses most triggers, should be placed on layer A.
  • Page 179 From More… page, touch COPY to enter this page: Touch the preset you would like to copy a layer from. Touch PREV and NEXT to select the previous or the next 5 presets.
  • Page 180 Then you will be lead to this page: Touch the layer that you would like to copy from. The destination for the copy, will always be the currently selected preset, and the layer that is currently selected by the “Morph Settings” button. The copy is only performed to the preset edit buffer.

  • Page 181: Vcf Type

    To get the most out of the analog filter installed in your Xmini, you should go to this page to set which filter type is installed, every time you change the filter. When you receive your Xmini from Gotharman’s this will be set up correctly, so you should only need to go here, when you swap the filter board.

  • Page 182: Checking Flash Memory

    From More… page, touch FLASH to enter this page: This page should look exactly like on the picture (except for the touch screen keybaord). If it doesn’t, the FLASH memory on your Xmini might be defective, and should be replaced. Please get in touch with Gotharman’s regarding this.

  • Page 183: Delete Sample Bank A

    Delete Sample Bank A It is possible to completely erase the sample banks. Please think about it, before you do that, and back up your samplings as descibed in the USB section later in this manual, since if you don’t have a backup, it will not be possible to recover your samplings again.

  • Page 184: Delete Sample Bank B

    Delete Sample Bank B It is possible to completely erase the sample banks. Please think about it, before you do that, and back up your samplings as descibed in the USB section later in this manual, since if you don’t have a backup, it will not be possible to recover your samplings again.

  • Page 185: Delete All Presets And Songs

    Delete all Presets and Songs It is possible to completely erase all presets and songs. To do that, if you are really sure, that you would like to, from More… page, touch DEL Prs. Before you do this, please back up your presets as descibed in the USB section later in this manual, since if you don’t have a backup, it will not be possible to recover your presets again.

  • Page 186: C.p

    C.P. From More… page, touch C.P. to enter this page: By turning Edit Knob 1 to 4, you can here make the 2 rectangles produce different colours.

  • Page 187: Prs

    Touch this to toggle between preset mode and song mode. Song mode is described later in this manual.

  • Page 188: Save Preset

    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 Xmini. A preset that is saved on Xmini contains all the data previously described in this manual: -All sequencer data -All synthesizers settings...
  • Page 189 You should now enter this page: Touch the preset location that you would like to save your new preset in. If it is not shown, touch PREV and NEXT to reach it. Preset number and name is shown for presets that are already saved. If you save your new preset on such a location, the old preset will be overwritten.
  • Page 190 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select the first 4 letters of the name for your new preset. Touch NEXT when you are done.
  • Page 191 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select letters 5 to 8 of the name for your new preset. Touch NEXT when you are done.
  • Page 192 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select letters 9 to 12 of the name for your new preset. Touch NEXT when you are done.
  • Page 193 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select letters 13 to 16 of the name for your new preset. Touch SAVE when you are done. Your preset will now be saved, and Xmini will exit from the save pages.

  • Page 194: Song Mode

    Song Mode It is possible to arrange chained playback of Presets in 1024 Song locations. Each Song can have up to 128 steps. For each Song step a Preset can be selected, and it can be set how many times track one of the preset should play back, until it advances to the next song step. If the last step of the Song is set to ”End”, playback will stop, when the Song has played back the last preset.

  • Page 195: 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 196 Touch MORE...
  • Page 197 In the far right row, you will find the text PRS. Please hit this, after making sure, that the sequencer is stopped.
  • Page 198 Now PRS turns into SONG, and Xmini are in song mode. If you would like to go back to preset mode, just touch SONG.

  • Page 199: Song Edit

    The Song Edit Page To enter the Song Edit page, exit from the More… page, where you just switched to song mode, to enter this screen: As you might notice, SEQUENCER has now turned into SONG EDIT. Touch SONG EDIT.
  • Page 200 On the Song Edit page, you have an overview of the programmed song steps, and the possibility of editing these. By touching any of the song steps, you can select this step for editing. The selected step is shown, boxed in blue. The little brown square between the step number and the preset name, is showing what song step is currently being played back.
  • Page 201 Touch EXIT to exit from the Song Edit page, and touch REC to start song realtime recording. This will be explained very soon.

  • Page 202: Song Select

    The Song Select Page When you, in song mode, exit from the Edit Groups page, you will exit to the Song Select page, instead of the Preset Select page. This reads out ”Song” just above the song number and name, instead of the ”Preset”...
  • Page 203 Selecting a song: Make sure that the sequencer is stopped. Touch the “SONG” field. A list of 5 songs near the currently selected song, will now appear: Touch “PREV” or “NEXT” to view the previous or next 5 songs, and finally touch the song name of the song you would like to select.
  • Page 204 On the Song Select page, the 7 Edit/Quick Edit Knobs will transmit MIDI CC’s to Xmini’s MIDI out, on the Xmini MIDI channel. Edit Knob 1 to 4 will transmit MIDI CC 1 to 4. The Morph knob will transmit and receive MIDI CC 11. The Cut knob will transmit and receive MIDI CC 10.

  • Page 205: Song Realtime Recording

    Song Realtime Recording On the Song Select page, select the song you would like to record. 1024 songs are available, from A00 to P64. Now go to the song edit page.
  • Page 206 Make sure that the sequencer is stopped, and push the “REC” button, so it turns red. Now exit to the Preset/Song select screen.
  • Page 207 Xmini will now show the Preset select page. 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 208 When you are done changing presets, and you think that your song is ready, hit the Play button to stop song recording. Go back to the song edit page, and touch the REC button, so it turns grey again, to exit from song realtime recording.

  • Page 209: Save Song

    Save Song Xmini 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, touch the EDIT field to enter the Edit Groups page: Touch SAVE.
  • Page 210 You should now enter this page: Touch the song location that you would like to save your new song to. If it is not shown, touch PREV and NEXT to reach it. Song number and name is shown for songs that are already saved. If you save your new song on such a location, the old song will be overwritten.
  • Page 211 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select the first 4 letters of the name for your new song. Touch NEXT when you are done.
  • Page 212 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select letters 5 to 8 of the name for your new song. Touch NEXT when you are done.
  • Page 213 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select letters 9 to 12 of the name for your new song. Touch NEXT when you are done.
  • Page 214 Turn edit knob 1 to 4 to select letters 13 to 16 of the name for your new song. Touch SAVE when you are done. Your song will now be saved, and Xmini will exit from the save pages.

  • Page 215: Initialize 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, in song mode, access the More.. page: From here, hit INIT.
  • Page 216 Xmini will now ask you to confirm. Press ”Yes” to initialize the currently selected song and return to the previous page, or press ”No” just to exit, without initializing. Please notice, that when initializing a song, this is only done in Xmini’s temporary song RAM, NOT on the FLASH memory, so if you did this by mistake, or you regretted doing it, you can always recall the song, by selecting another song, and select this again.

  • Page 217: Sample Record And Edit

    Sample Record and Edit To get samples into Xmini, for using them in the synth section samplers, you can either import .wav files from a USB drive, or record your own samples from Xmini’s audio input or output. This section will describe the latter. For how to import .wav files, please see the USB section of this manual.
  • Page 218 From the Preset Select screen, touch the EDIT field, to enter the Edit Group page: Touch SAMPLE REC/EDIT.
  • Page 219 You will now enter the sample rec/edit menu. From here you can go on to SAMPLE REC, for recording a sampling, SAMPLE EDIT, for editing start/end points and chop point, or SAMPLE DELETE, to delete the last recorded/imported sample.

  • Page 220: Recording A Sample

    Recording a sample If you would like to record a signal applied to the audio input, you must first make sure, that this signal is routed to the Xmini audio output. Since the Xmini audio input is connected to its analog filter, the analog filter must be routed to the output.
  • Page 221 You will get the best results, by having Xmini’s Level control set to +0, and adjust the level of the sample source, on the source itself. You should only adjust Xmini’s Level parameter, if it is the only possibility you have, or if the source is too weak. It is possible to make the sample recording start automatically, when the source reaches a certain level.
  • Page 222 To audition the sample you have just recorded, touch the ”Audition” button. To name and save the sample, touch the ”Save” button. If you decide not to keep this sample, touch EXIT, and the new sample will be erased.
  • Page 223 If you touch the ”Save” button, Xmini will jump to this page: Here you can turn edit knob 1 to 4, to select the first 4 characters of the new sample’s name. Touch NEXT to go on.
  • Page 224 Turn Edit Knob 1 to 4, to select character 5 to 8 of the sample name. Touch NEXT to go on.
  • Page 225 Turn Edit Knob 1 to 4, to select character 9 to 12 of the sample name. Touch NEXT to go on.
  • Page 226 Turn Edit Knob 1 to 4, to select character 13 to 16 of the sample name. Touch SAVE, to save the new sample, and return to the Sample Rec page.

  • Page 227: Edit A Sampling

    Edit A Sampling From the sample rec/edit menu, touch SAMPLE EDIT, to enter this page: On this page you can audition samples from the FLASH memory, adjust the samples start and end points, and create sample chops. To audition the samples that your Xmini holds, touch the Sample name, and turn Edit Knob 1 to select the sample bank and Edit Knob 2 to select the sample number.

  • Page 228: Adjusting Start And End Points

    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 229: Sample Chops

    Sample Chops On Xmini it is possible to add chop points to a sampling, in order to make it play back a certain portion of the sampling at a time. Sample chops are generated in the Sample Edit section, to be used by the samplers in the Synth section.
  • Page 230 To create and/or edit sample chop points, from the Sample Edit page, touch the Chop button, to enter this page: The parameters of this page: Chop: Select a chop number for auditioning. Total number of chops is shown right after the /. Sens: Adjust how loud the level of the sample audio should be, before it detects a chop point.
  • Page 231 Pre: If there are loud clicks in the start of many of the chop points, especially on low frequency sounds, turning up this parameter will make Xmini set the chop points a little bit earlier, than it usually would. This will remove these clicks. xChp: Number of chops in each chop point.

  • Page 232: Generating Sample Chop Points

    Generating Sample Chop Points On the Sample Chops page, adjust the Sens, Dec, Pre and xChp parameters as desired, and switch wave mode on if desired. Touch the Chop button. Xmini will now look for chop points, in the selected sampling:...
  • Page 233 When it is done, it will jump back to the Sample Chops screen: Adjusting the Chop parameter, it is now possible to select and audition the chop points that Xmini has found. Audition the chop points by hitting the “Play” button. If some chop points are not exactly where you would like them to be, adjust them with the Adjust parameter.

  • Page 234: Deleting A Sample

    Deleting a sample On the Sample Delete page, it is possible to delete the last recorded sampling in sample Bank A or B. Select the sample bank, from which you would like to delete a sampling, on the Sample Edit page.

  • Page 235: Usb

    The USB pages lets you access the files and directories of a USB drive, attached to Xmini’s USB connector. You can import and export samples as .wav files, import and export presets and songs, update the Xmini firmware, and make new directories. USB drives used with Xmini should be: -Maximum 32 GB -FAT formatted...
  • Page 236 On this first page that you will enter, the root directory of the connected drive is shown. You can see that it is the root directory, by the ”D:” in the top of the page. If you have accessed a directory, the name of this will replace ”D:”.

  • Page 237: Importing Files

    Importing files File that can be imported to Xmini are: -Samplings with the ending .WAV -Little deFormer samplings with the ending .LDS -Presets with the ending .AXP -Songs with the ending .AXO Files that are shown, but can’t be imported directly are: -Update files with the ending .hex Files with any other ending will not be shown on Xmini’s screen, regardless of if they are present on the drive.
  • Page 238 Touch the ”Import” button. Xmini will now import the selected file, and show the progress on a progress bar:...

  • Page 239: Importing Multiple Files

    Importing multiple files To import multiple files at one time, select a directory, by touching it. Touch the ”Import” button. Xmini will now ask: Touch ”Import” to continue, or ”No” to exit. If you pushed Import, XminiX will now import all samples, presets and songs, that the selected directory holds.

  • Page 240: Reload Multiple Files

    Reload multiple files A reload function is also available. This will only import presets, songs and samples that has been exported from Xmini, or that has been renamed to to fit the Xmini export standard –samples must be named: A0001.WAV, A0002.WAV…..A0220.WAV, B0001.WAV, B0002.WAV…..B0256.WAV, presets and songs must be named: A01.AXP, A02.AXP….A64.AXP, B01.AXP, B02.AXP…..P64.AXP .
  • Page 241 If you touched Re-Load, Xmini will now import all samples, presets and songs, that the selected directory holds, and that are correctly named. It will though not import files from any sub- directories. Reload does also have other functions: -On Xmini itself, it is only possible to erase the last recorded sampling of bank A and B. By exporting all your samplings to a USB drive, and then delete sample bank A and B on Xmini, delete the sample wav files you want to erase on the USB drive, from Xmini itself or on a computer, and reload all the samples.

  • Page 242: Open A Directory

    Open a directory (or folder) To open a directory, to see what’s inside, or to import single files or sub-directories, simply select the directory you would like to open, by touching it, and then touch the ”Open” button. Xmini will now open the directory, and show the first 7 files in it. The ”D:” in the top of the screen, will now be replaced by the opened directory’s name.

  • Page 243: 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, touch the ”MD/Del” button. Turn the 4 edit knobs to select the first 4 characters of the name for the new directory. Touch “n5- 8”, so it turns black, to select the characters 5 to 8 of the name.

  • Page 244: Delete File From Usb Drive

    Delete file from USB drive It is possible to delete a file from the attached USB drive, directly from Xmini. To do this, select the file you would like to delete, and touch the ”MD/Del” button. Now touch the “Del” button.

  • Page 245: Export Samples, Presets And Songs

    Export samples, presets and songs to a USB drive The samples, presets and songs held in Xmini’s FLASH memory can be exported to a USB drive, for back-up, or for use with other gear or computers. Xmini 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.
  • Page 246 ”1Smp” Export 1 Sample. Touching this button will export the selected sample. Turn Edit Knob 1 to select the sample bank of the sample to be exported, and turn Edit Knob 2 to select the sample number. ”AlSm” Export All Samples. Touching this button will export all samples of the selected sample bank. The Sample Bank can be selected, by turning Edit Knob 1.

  • Page 247: Update Firmware

    Now and then updates will be available for Xmini, that adds new functionality and fixes bugs. These will always be available for download here: http://www.gotharman.dk/anamonoxminiupdates.htm To update Xmini, you must have a computer with an internet connection, and an Xmini compatible USB drive ready.
  • Page 248 11. Touch the "UPD" button.
  • Page 249 12. Xmini will now search for the "UPDATE" folder and a valid update file. If it finds both, it will ask: "Update Firmware?" 13. Touch "Yes" to proceed with updating, or "No" if you regret.
  • Page 250 14. If you pushed Yes in step 13, Xmini will now start to get the update file, and program its processor. When it starts to program the 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 251 Programming processor (counter in the bottom counts up):...
  • Page 252 15. When programming is done, Xmini will ask you to restart it. Please turn Xmini off and then on again.
  • Page 253 16. When you turn on Xmini after an update, it will need to finalize this. It will show this by turning 3 LED’s on and off sequentially, one by one. After it has done this for a little while, it will start normally and are ready to use.

  • Page 254: Analog Filter Install/Replace

    Analog Filter Install/Replace If you should ever get in the need for new sounds and inspiration, you might not need to purchase a completely new synth. The analog filter of your Xmini can be replaced, to enter a new sound universe! This section of the manual will describe how to do that.
  • Page 255 …And a filter board:...
  • Page 256 Make sure that your Xmini is turned off, and remove the power connector cable from its connector.
  • Page 257 Remove the 4 screws in the corners of the left endplate, using the Phillips screwdriver.
  • Page 258 Pull the endplate leftwards.
  • Page 259 Now, before you touch anything electronic, with the Xmini power supply connected to the wall socket, touch the metal on the connector. This will unload you from any static electricity, that might damage the electronics.
  • Page 260 The plastic feet that helps holding the filter in place, might be glued. Use the screwdriver with flat head or a knife, to loosen it from the Xmini box. Grab the filterboard with 2 fingers. You will need to wristle it out of the filter connector. Take it all the way out.
  • Page 261 Old filterboard is out.
  • Page 262 When you now look inside the box, you will see the filterboard connector. The new filter has to be connected in the middle of that.
  • Page 263 Now mount the new filter in the filterboard connector. On filters produced by Gotharman’s, the electronic parts and the plastic feet must point down. MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES IN EXACTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOCKET. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT BEEN LUCKY TO FIND A SOCKET THAT FITTED 100%, SO THERE ARE A LITTLE AIR ON BOTH THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT SIDE.

  • Page 264: Midi Specs

    MIDI Specs Receives: -Note on/offs on the Xmini global MIDI channel. These can control the trigger system and be recorded by the sequencer, when it is in reatime rec mode. -MIDI CC 1 to 4 on the Xmini global MIDI channel. All parameters that are set up to be controlled by Edit Knob 1 to 4, are also controlled by these MIDI CC’s.
  • Page 265 Transmits: -MIDI CC 1 to 4 on the Xmini global MIDI channel, from Edit Knob 1 to 4 on the Preset/Song Select screen. -MIDI CC 9, 10 and 11 on the Xmini global MIDI channel, from the Morph, Cut and Reso knobs. -Note on/off’s on any MIDI channels from the sequencer/trigger system.
  • Page 266 Written by Flemming Christensen ”Gotharman” 2017 www.gotharman.dk...

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