Robotic Bean Creative TM-1 User Manual

Tigger multiplexer

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C R E A T I V E

User Guide

Version 1.0.0

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    
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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ......................Getting Started ...................... The Front Panel ..................... The Back Panel ..................... How TM-1 works in detail ..................Note setting ......................Audition ....................... Mute and Solo ....................Triggers vs Gates ....................Multiplexing ......................Bouncing a pattern to a Note Clip ...............
  • Page 3: Introduction

    Getting Started The first step is to route all gate outputs in your rack sequencer to TM-1. Since this can be quite tedious, TM-1 comes with pre-routed Combi patches for most popular sequencers. So start by checking if there is a Combinator patch for your sequencer already.
  • Page 4: The Front Panel

    Click and hold this button to enter MIDI learn mode. While the button is held, you can set the note value for the channel by playing notes on your MIDI keyboard. You can make sure that TM-1 is receiving MIDI from your keyboard by clicking on its Master Keyboard Input tab. Mute (M) Click this button to toggle Mute for the channel.
  • Page 5: The Back Panel

    The Back Panel These are the controls on the TM-1 back panel: Name labels 1-16 Text labels where you can give each channel a descriptive name if you want. Double-click to edit. Gate inputs 1-16 Connect your sequencer gate outputs here.
  • Page 6: How Tm-1 Works In Detail

    TM-1 is a trigger multiplexer. So what is the difference between a trigger and a gate? Gates can vary in length, typically while a key is held, while a trigger is a very short peak. TM-1 analyses the signals on the CV inputs, and will generate a trigger everytime the signal goes from 0 or below to a positive value.
  • Page 7: Multiplexing

    Multiplexing TM-1 combines the 16 trigger CV signals into a single gate and note CV pair using multiplexing. So what is multiplexing? Lower channels have priority Gate 1 Note Gate 2 Multiplex Gate 3 Gate Min 10ms This is what Wikipedia says: In telecommunications and computer networks, multiplexing (sometimes contracted...
  • Page 8: Bouncing A Pattern To A Note Clip

    2. Add a Player device (for example Note Echo) to the instrument inside the Combinator. Make sure the Player device is turned off. 3. Connect the Gate and Note CV outputs of TM-1 to the corresponding inputs on the Combinator.
  • Page 9: Remote Implementation Chart

    Remote Implementation Chart // Remote Map template for Utilities Robotic Bean AB: TM-1 Trigger Multiplexer // Version 1.0.0 Scope Robotic Bean com.roboticbean.TriggerMultiplexer Control Surface Item Remotable Item Scale Mode //Map _control_ Enable Outputs //Map _control_ Audition //Map _control_ Channel 1 Note...
  • Page 10 _output_ Channel 15 Activity //Map _output_ Channel 16 Activity The Remote map template can also be downloaded as a text file from TM-1’s home page at http://roboticbean.com/creative/products/tm-1/ obotic C R E A T I V E TM-1 Trigger Multiplexer Page...

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