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CRAZY8 BEATS
USER'S MANUAL
APRIL 23 2018
Twisted-Electrons.com

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  • Page 1 CRAZY8 BEATS USER’S MANUAL APRIL 23 2018 Twisted-Electrons.com...
  • Page 2 1.1 FEATURES Hybrid digital (MIDI) and analogue (Trigger/CV) Sequencer Al-in-one desktop and 40HP Eurorack module • 8 MIDI tracks on 2 ports • 8 Analog Trigger outputs • 16 illuminated Pads • 71 LEDs • 0-5V Accent/CV output per step •...

  • Page 3: Global Functions

    1.2 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS • Play/Stop
 Used to start and stop the sequencer 
 • Tools
 Press the TOOLS <| bu]on to acavate or deacavate the tools menu. More details on the tools in chapter 4. 
 • Tempo change:
 Change the tempo incrementally by holding TEMPO and rolling the data wheel.

  • Page 4: Play Mode

    2 PLAY MODE Play Mode is like a playlist editor where we can choose which pa]ern a track is currently playing, and chain pa]erns to create a song. 
 2.1 Mute/Un-mute Tracks Individually or all at once 
 Press and hold encoder for at least a second. Now the top row of pads 1-8 will light up to show the enabled tracks.
  • Page 5 2.3 Chain Pa]erns 
 2.3.1 Acavate/Deacavate Pa]ern Chain Mode Press rec to toggle pa]ern chain mode on & off at any ame When rec is lit, Crazy8Beats will chain pa]erns to make songs. 
 Tip: Rec has a different func,on in edit mode! 
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  • Page 6: Edit Mode

    3 EDIT MODE Here we can edit the content of the pa]erns 3.1 Enable & Disable Steps 
 Press any pad to enable or disable an individual step. To instantly enable or disable all steps of the pa]ern, hold shi+ first then press any pad.
  • Page 7 3.3 Sepng Accent/Velocity/CC per Step Depending on how the track is set up (see sepngs secaon) each step can send MIDI velocity, CC or both. An equivalent Analog voltage is automaacally sent out of accent jacks too. 
 You can set the accent amount in coarse and fine increments: To set the accent value of a step hold a pad and turn the rotary encoder.
  • Page 8 4 TOOLS There are 8 tools to manipulate our beat 4.1 Enable Toolbar 
 Press the tool bu]on to enable the toolbar. It can be enabled in either modes and will override the 16 pads. Now that the toolbar is acave, select a tool by pressing pads 1 through 8 
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  • Page 9 4.2 Play Modes (Direcaon) 
 Each track can play in 4 direcaons. Press bo]om pads 1 through 4 to change modes of the selected track. Hold shiq to change the mode of all tracks at once. Twisted-Electrons.com...
  • Page 10 4.3 Crazy The crazy funcaon can either adds some randomness or improvisaaon to your pa]ern. 
 1-4 reduce the probability of the step being triggered. Pad 5 is normal, the pa]ern is unaffected Pads 6 to 8 enable remixing of your pa]erns. As you dial up the crazy, the sequencer is more and more likely to play snippets of other pa]erns at random.
  • Page 11 Hold a bo]om pad to rapidly repeat the corresponding track for a drill effect. The rotary encoder sets the repeat rate 
 4.5 Rate 
 Each track can run at different speeds. Press a lower pad to change the speed of the selected track. Hold shiq to change the rate of all tracks at once.
  • Page 12 4.8 Paste 
 In paste mode, press a lower pad to paste its corresponding track from the memory clipboard. Hold shiq and press the 7th upper pad (paste) to paste all tracks from the memory clipboard at once. Tip: Accents are pasted too. 
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  • Page 13 5 SETTINGS In sepngs mode we can set the MIDI note, MIDI channel of each track, and whether a step sends MIDI velocity, MIDI Control Change, both or neither. Access the sepngs mode at any ame by holding the encoder down for 4 seconds.
  • Page 14 • To select the track you wish to configure, press a corresponding pad. 
 The upper row selects tracks 1 to 8 of MIDI port 1. The lower row selects tracks 1 to 8 of MIDI port 2. 
 • Now play a MIDI key on your MIDI keyboard, the selected track will now play this note when triggered.
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  • Page 15 
 • Now a move a fader on your MIDI keyboard to send Crazy8Beats a MIDI CC message, the selected track will now transmit the same CC number when CC is enabled.
 
 5.5 Sepng the MIDI output channel of each port 
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  • Page 16: Firmware Updates

    while the unit will restart, and you are ready to enjoy some beats!
 
 7 FIRMWARE UPDATES Crazy8Beats firmware can be updated via MIDI SYSEX. To start the unit in update mode, hold shi+ before pressing the power bu]on to turn the unit on.