Randomizer; Keep Request - Stereoping synth programmer Owner's Handbook Manual

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9. RANDOMIZER
To enter Randomizer please hold the PATCH button for 2 seconds until the display shows 'OK'. The Randomizer
creates random patches as well as some typical preset sounds, to have a clean starting point for your own
creations. It's aim is not to spill patch junk, needing 25 attempts until coming up with something valuable. The
Randomizer follows some special rules. On the other side you hardly can expect 50 attempts to create 50
breathtaking top patches.
Warning: Especially for Mode set to 4 the Randomizer might create Programs being significantly louder
compared to e.g. the Presets with Mode 0. Volume modulations add up, envelopes acting negative on VCA
holding it permanently open or other strange coincidences. Do not make the mistake cranking your volume up if
you still hear nothing after having pressed DO the 4th time. The 5th press surely will generate a brutal sound
being able to make damage to your loudspeakers or ears if the Volume of your speakers or headphone is set to
high.
The 4 Buttons above the Display execute the following commands:
'DO+M' – creates a random sound WITH
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modulations. Sources and Controls for Modes from
0 to 3 will be randomized between the following
('tame') Sources: LFO1&2, Filter Env, Wave Env,
Keytrack, Velocity and ModWheel. In Mode 4 all
sources will be used. Amount raises with mode. See
explanation below.
'DO' – creates a random Patch based on the
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parameters explained below. All modulations set to
OFF
'KEEP' - will appear below the PEEK button after
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having created a random sound. If you like to keep it,
press this button. Your old patch BEFORE entering
Randomizer will be rejected and your random sound
will become the current patch held in Programmer's
memory.
'XIT' – press this to exit Randomizer and return to PLAY mode. If you created a random patch it will be
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rejected and the Patch before entering Randomizer will be restored.
In the second display line you can take influence on fortune:
encoder 2 selects the Preset: Init, Bass, Orgn, Perc or Pad.
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encoder 3 changes 'Mode' between 0 and 4 to increase the amount of randomization. Mode 0 sends the
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preset without any randomization. If something different should happen on pressing 'DO' over and over
again, 'Mode' should be at least 1.

Keep request

You created the random patch of your life and want to keep
it? You surely pressed KEEP already. A safety request
appears on screen then as shown to the right.
Pressing 'KEEP&XIT' rejects the old Program before entering
Randomizer. Your random patch replaces it and is now the
currently editied Program in PLAY Mode.
Press 'BACK' and you find yourself in Randomizer again.
Synth Programmer for Waldorf Microwave – Operation manual V 1.0 – 01/2018
© Stereoping Germany, Meschede 2018