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Page 1 Gotharman’s Tiny LD Picture shows a proto type, and will be replaced as soon as the final model is ready. Granular Workstation User Manual V10.26...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Content Of This Manual Introduction Very Special Thanks To In The Box Getting Started User Interface Preset Select Screen Operating Tiny LD Trigger synth/sampler parts manually Starting/stopping Sequencer Selecting a Part/Track Selecting Effects Processors Note Tracks Steps view/edit Mute/Unmute Note Tracks...
Page 3 Synth/Sampler Parts Modulation Sources Accessing The Synth Part Pages Editing The Parameters Parameters Randomizer Trigger Setup Zone Setup Audio Bus Setup Oscillator/Sampler/Noise Granular Modulators Random Generators Digital Filters Envelope 1 and 2 LFO 1 to 16 Audio Inputs Setup Analog FilterBoard Effects Processors Insert Effects 1 to 8 List of Insert Effects...
Page 4 Time Stretch Sample Pitch Output Effects 1 and 2 List of Output Effects Output Effects Select Page Mix/Pan Modulation and Backwards Delays Granulator SQ Variator Reverb Granulator (unsynced) Xfade Granulator Abstruct0 Time Stretch Sample Pitch...
Page 5 Sequencer Entering The Sequencer Sequencer Main Clear Sequence Note subtrack Gate Time subtrack Velocity subtrack Position subtrack Sub Position subtrack Templates and Note Scales Templates for Position subtrack Note Track Mod page Clear Note Track Double Note Track Realtime Recording of Notes Step Recording of Notes Track/Part Internal/External Operation Audio Track Recording...
Page 6 More… Parameters/Setup Common Settings Morph Setup Common Settings 2 Initialize Preset Parameter Snap Mode FilterBoard Setup FLASH Memory Check Delete Sample Bank Delete All Presets and Songs C.P. Preset/Song Mode Display Update Rate Save Preset Song Mode Accessing Song Mode Song Edit page Song Select page Song Realtime Recording...
Page 7 Reload Multiple Files Import Samplings As Chops Make a New Directory Delete File From USB Drive Export Samples, Presets and Songs Updating Tiny LD Firmware MIDI Specs Parameters CC Control Parameters CC numbers list Effects parameters 1 and 2 Controlling Parameters From Controller Tracks...
Page 8 I hope that you will deform some great tracks...
Page 9: Introduction
Introduction Thank you very much for purchasing/consider to purchase a Gotharman’s Tiny LD. Tiny LD are a multi-timbral and polyphonic granular workstation with 16 parts. The granular functions in it includes oscillator/sampler granular modulators and special granular effects. Each of the 16 parts has a stereo oscillator/sampler, 2 filters with 16 different filter types, a stereo VCA, 3 envelopes, 4 random generators and 2 granular modulators, a random one and a sequenced one.
Page 10 All the parameter settings can be stored in any of 1024 rewritable preset locations, and recalled at any time. 1024 song locations are available, for programmed playback of presets, and for tracks mute automation. I hope that you will enjoy your Tiny LD for a long time, and deform a lot of great tracks.
Page 11: Very Special Thanks To
Very special thanks to: Will be updated, when pre-ordering ends. For supporting this project from the start. I sincerely appreciate your help.
Page 12: In The Box
In The Box In the Tiny LD box should be: -Tiny LD itself -A power supply –Multi plug –Works in most countries. If any of these items are missing, please get in touch with Gotharman’s.
Page 13: Getting Started
You would probably like to connect the audio outputs to a mixer or an amplifier, or anything else that ends out in a speaker/a set of speakers. Since Tiny LD doesn’t have built in speakers, it just needs to be connected to something, that can transfer its amazing sound to you. These should be connected, using ¼”...
Page 14 To import a .wav file from another device, it must be: -Mono or stereo -44.1 KHz sample rate – Tiny LD will import other sample rates, but they will play back in a wrong speed -16 bit or 24 bit native PCM...
Page 15 On the left end panel of your Tiny LD, you will find the stereo audio inputs and MIDI in and out. Connect any line stereo/mono audio sources to the audio inputs, for sampling and/or processing through Tiny LD’s effects and optional analog filter.
Page 16 The actual one might look different. Some Tiny LD’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”:...
Page 18 Turn it on Push the “I” on the power switch. Your Tiny LD should now turn on.
Page 19: User Interface
Pushing the Trigger 1-8 buttons, with Func/Mute and 9-16/Part unlit, will trigger the respective Tiny LD part. Each trigger button will send a settable note number (Settable in the Synth “Trig”” section). When a trigger is trigged, the button will light up.
Page 20 With the Func/Mute button lighting up, the functions written just below the steps/parts numbers of the 8 trigger buttons, will ba active. When the Func/Mute button is held down, it is possible to mute/unmute the 16 note tracks, by pushing any of the 8 step buttons. If the 9-16/Part button is lighting up, part 9 to 16 will be muted/unmuted.
Page 21 The Touch Screen Keyboard The Tiny LD 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 22: Preset Select Screen
This is the first screen you will see, right after Tiny LD ’s start-up screen, unless you left your Tiny LD in Song mode, the last time it was turned off. Here you can change preset, jump to Tiny LD ’s edit and settings pages, and adjust the touch keyboard settings, as described on the previous pages.
Page 23 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. Tiny LD will now jump back to the main Preset Select screen, and show the name of the newly selected preset.
Page 24 When Tiny LD is turned off, it will remember which preset was selected, and start up with this, when turned on again. It will also remember if it was in preset or song mode, and start up in the same mode, and if it was in song mode, it will also remember which song was selected.
Page 25 If any parameters of the preset has been edited, and the edits has not been stored, a “*” will appear right between the preset number and the preset name. When this appears, you will need to save your preset, in order to keep your edits. Please see how to do this in the “Save Preset”...
Page 26: Operating Tiny Ld
Operating Tiny LD Trigger the synth/sampler parts manually To trigger synth/sampler parts 1 to 8 manually, make sure that neither the Func/Mute button or the 9-16/Part button is lighting up, and then push any of the 8 trigger buttons, to trigger the sounds that are programmed on each of these parts.
Page 27: Starting/Stopping Sequencer
Starting and stopping the Sequencer: To start the sequencer playback, push and release the Func/Mute button, so that it lights up. Then push and release the 1/Play button, so that this lights up too. Now the sequencer is playing back. To stop the sequencer from playing back, make sure that the Func/Mute button is lighting up, and push the 1/Play button, so that this is no longer lighting up.
Page 28: Selecting A Part/Track
Selecting a part/track: To select a synth/sampler part or a sequencer track for viewing/editing, push and hold the 9- 16/Part button. The selected part number will now be shown, by one of the 8 trigger buttons lightning up, if any of the parts 1 to 8, is already selected.
Page 29: Note Tracks Steps View/Edit
But more on that later in this manual… Only 8 steps are shown at a time. The note tracks of Tiny LD has 64 steps. On the Sequencer pages, described later in this manual, it is possible to switch which bar should be shown.
Page 30: Mute/Unmute Note Tracks
Mute/Unmute Note Tracks: To mute, unmute or view the mute state of the 16 note tracks, push and hold the Func/Mute button. If the 9-16/Part button is not lighting up, the state of part 1 to 8 is shown, if it is lighting up, that state of part 9 to 16 is shown.
Page 31: Copy Morph Layer A To B
5 (Copy), so that this also lights up. Instructions for copy and panic will now be shown on the screen. Push and release step button 8 (Exit). Now all notes, both internally and on any MIDI devices connected to the Tiny LD MIDI out, will be shutted off.
Page 32: Compare Preset
Compare Edited Preset With Saved Preset When you are editing a preset, and you would like to compare this with the originally saved preset, this is possible, using the Compare function. To listen to the previously saved preset: -Push and release the Func/Mute button, so that it lights up. -Push and release step button 5 (Copy).
Page 33: Exit From Any Page
Exit from any page You can, at any time, exit from any menu page, using the hardware Exit button. Simply push and release the Func/Mute button, so that it lights up, to enter the function buttons. Now push and release step button 8 (Exit). Exit and Esc (escape) touch buttons are also present on all menu pages, but sometimes a hardware button is just better.
Page 34: Upper And Lower Parameter Rows
On most edit pages, there are 2 rows of parameters, an upper and a lower. Each row has 4 parameters. Since Tiny LD, unlike LD3, only has 4 edit knob, to edit these parameters, a function that selects the upper and lower row is necessary.
Page 35: Audio Bus System
Audio Bus System Each of the 16 parts in Tiny LD, consists of a sound generator, that can be selected to be either a multi waveform oscillator, a sampler or a noise generator. The audio signal from the sound generator goes into 2 digital multimode filters. The output signal from the filters goes into a VCA.
Page 37 The Synth/Sampler Parts Tiny LD has 16 parts, that is playing back through 8 stereo voices, using dynamic allocation. Each part must be set up to output to one or two of the 8 audio busses (see the “Audio Bus System”...
Page 38 List of Modulation Sources: Env1: The output of ADSR Envelope 1 Env1-: The output of ADSR Envelope 1 Inverted Env2: The output of Decay Envelope 2 Env2-: The output of Decay Envelope 2 Inverted Aenv: The output of the VCA Envelope Aenv-: The output of the VCA Envelope Inverted LFO1: The output of LFO1 LFO1-: The output of LFO1 Inverted...
Page 39 LFO16: The output of LFO16 LFO16-: The output of LFO16 Inverted Rnd1: The output of Part Random Generator 1 Rnd1-: The output of Part Random Generator 1 Inverted Seq1: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 1 Seq1-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 1 Inverted Seq2: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 2 Seq2-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 2 Inverted Seq3: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 3...
Page 40 Seq19: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 19 Seq19-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 19 Inverted Seq20: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 20 Seq20-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 20 Inverted Seq21: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 21 Seq21-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 21 Inverted Seq22: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 22 Seq22-: The output of Sequencer Controller Track 22 Inverted...
Page 41 CC8: The last MIDI CC 8 value received CC8-: The last MIDI CC 8 value received Inverted CC9: The last MIDI CC 9 value received CC9-: The last MIDI CC 9 value received Inverted TouY: Touch screen keyboard Y-axis position TouY-: Touch screen keyboard Y-axis position Inverted GrRn: Granular Random Modulator GrRn-: Granular Random Modulator Inverted...
Page 42 CC7: The last MIDI CC 7 value received CC7-: The last MIDI CC 7 value received Inverted Trig: The trigger output of the part Trig-: The trigger output of the part Inverted Rnd2: The output of Part Random Generator 2 Rnd2-: The output of Part Random Generator 2 Inverted Rnd3: The output of Part Random Generator 3 Rnd3-: The output of Part Random Generator 3 Inverted...
Page 43 CC33: The last MIDI CC 33 value received CC33-: The last MIDI CC 33 value received Inverted CC34: The last MIDI CC 34 value received CC34-: The last MIDI CC 34 value received Inverted CC35: The last MIDI CC 35 value received CC35-: The last MIDI CC 35 value received Inverted CC36: The last MIDI CC 36 value received CC36-: The last MIDI CC 36 value received Inverted...
Page 44 CC53: The last MIDI CC 53 value received CC53-: The last MIDI CC 53 value received Inverted CC54: The last MIDI CC 54 value received CC54-: The last MIDI CC 54 value received Inverted CC55: The last MIDI CC 55 value received CC55-: The last MIDI CC 55 value received Inverted CC56: The last MIDI CC 56 value received CC56-: The last MIDI CC 56 value received Inverted...
Page 45: Accessing The Synth Part Pages
Accessing The Synth Part Pages From the Preset/Song Select screen, Touch the “EDIT” field.
Page 46 Now Tiny LD will show the main Synth page: In the top of the main Synth page, you will find the 6 main edit groups and the ESC (escape) touch button. Touch any of these group buttons to access them, and touch ESC, to exit to the Preset Select page.
Page 47: Editing The Parameters
The 4 upper and lower parameters are selected, using the Lowr function, explained under the “Operating Tiny LD” section, earlier in this manual. Right below the parameters, you will find the subpage select touch buttons. Touch any of these, to access the desired parameter sub page.
Page 48 The Synth Part Parameters Randomizer If you should ever need some new inspiration for sounds, or if you just want to surprise yourself with some sounds that you never even imagined, the Tiny LD parameter randomizer might be exactly what you need.
Page 49 You should now enter this page: Select the part that you would like to randomize, in the same way as you would usually select a part, by pushing and holding the Steps/Part button, while pressing one of the 8 step buttons. Switch the blocks on, that you would like to randomize, simply by touching these, adjust the percentage, that it must maximum change the parameters, using Edit Knob 1, and hit “DO!”.
Page 50 Synth Part Trigger Setup In this block, you can set up the poly mode of each part, the pitch bend range, the note that will play pack, when pushing a trigger button, and if the part should be an internal or an external part. From the synth parts main page, touch TRIG to enter this page.
Page 51 MIDI device, and from the part sequencer note track, controls any MIDI device, that is connected to the Tiny LD MIDI output, and that is set to the same MIDI channel, as set by the Chan parameter on this page.
Page 52: Zone Setup
In this block, it is possible to set up a key zone and a MIDI channel for the part, that will take effect, when Tiny LD is set in multi-timbral mode, and is controlled from an external MIDI device. How to set Tiny LD in multi-timbral mode are explained later in this manual, in the MOR>Common section.
Page 53: Audio Bus Setup
Audio BUS Setup In this block, you will find the settings for the 8 audio busses. Please note that these settings are not part specific, but global for the 8 busses and 16 parts. From the synth parts main page, touch TRIG to enter this page. Touch the Out touch button, to enter this first page, where you can select the output, which the audio signal from each of the 8 busses, should be sent to.
Page 54 Touch the Frl touch button, to enter this second audio Bus page, where it is possible to adjust the release time of the envelope follower, that are attached to each audio Bus, and that affects the output levels of these. When this is set to 511, the follower will never decay.
Page 55 Touch the Fga touch button, to enter this third audio Bus page, where it is possible to gain or attenuate the level of the audio signal sent to the Bus envelope follower. At +0, there are no gaining or attenuation. At positive values the signal to the follower is gained, at negative values, they are attenuated.
Page 56 Touch the Flv touch button, to enter this fourth audio Bus page, where it is possible to adjust the total output level of each Bus. Positive values will gain the output signal, negative values will attenuate.
Page 57 Touch the Env touch button, to enter this fifth and last audio Bus page, where it is possible to assign any of the 16 part VCA envelopes or the BUS Envelope Follower to control the Bus output level. Here it is also possible to gain the Envelope Follower by x2 and x4. As default, the un-gained Envelope Follower are assigned to control the BUS output level.
Page 58: Oscillator/Sampler/Noise
A Tiny LD oscillator can be set to act as an oscillator, a sample player, a chopped keyboard sample player, or a noise generator.
Page 59 In off and on (unchopped) modes, the whole sampling will play back, ignoring any chop points. It is possible to create chop points in the Tiny LD sample editor, and use these. Chops can be detected by level peaks, by single wavecycles, and by dividing the sample length with a settable number.
Page 60 PW: Adjusts the pulse width of the waveform. Unlike many other oscillator designs, the pulse width can be adjusted on all of Tiny LD’s waveforms, not just the pulse wave. FM: FM amount. The more this is turned up, the more a selected audio bus (in the SEL section) will modulate the pitch of the oscillator.
Page 61 The OSC page, when in Sampler and Chopped Keyboard mode: In the bottom of the sampler page, the selected samplings 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 62 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. If the selected sampling has chop points, these will always be used. On: The sample will play back from the adjusted start point, when triggered.
Page 63 Oscillator modulation The MOD page, when in oscillator mode: 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 The MOD page, when in sampler or chopped keyboard mode: 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 Oscillator/Sampler/Chopped Keyboard/Noise mode select Touch the SEL button, to enter this page. Xfade: Sample fade mode. Only affects sample playback. Off: No fading are applied to sample playback. On: When playing back a sampling, both fade in and fade out will be applied. Especially effective, to obtain click free audio track playback.
Page 66 TrgTo: Off, 1 to 16. Makes this part trigger another part. If set to this part, the part will double trigger. The TrLen parameter must be higher than 0, to trigger. TrDly: 0 to 511. Trigger delay. Will add a delay, before it triggers the other part, if set to any other values than zero.
Page 67 Part Samples Select Touch the SMP button, to enter this page. Here you can select 4 samplings for the part. The number of these samplings, that are used, is set by the #Smp parameter on the SEL page. The 4 samples can be selected to play back, setting the Chop parameter, and by chop select modulation.
Page 68 To select a sampling for any of the 4 slots, simply touch the sample name. Now this page will pop On each page you will view 16 of the samplings, that are held in the Tiny LD FLASH memory. Touch PREV and NEXT to view the previous or next 16 samplings.
Page 69 The Granular Modulators Each of the 16 synth parts of Tiny LD has 2 granular modulators, the granular random generator and the granular sequence modulator, that shows as modulation sources, to any parameter that can be modulated. GrRn – Granular Random Generator This works in conjunction with the part oscillator, sampler or noise generator.
Page 70 When in sampler mode: Every time the sampler loops, the granular sequence modulator gets the next value from the associated controller track. If you have a wave chopped sampling, and set this parameter up to modulate the chop select parameter, it is possible to program wave sequences. Of course, this can also modulate any other parameter, for infinite possibilities.
Page 71: Random Generators
4 Random Generators Each synth part of Tiny LD has 4 random generators, that takes in a new random value, every time the part is trigged. There are no settings to be made for these. They are found as modulation sources, named: Rnd1,...
Page 72 The Digital Filters Each Tiny LD part has 2 digital filters. For each of these, 16 different filter types can be selected. They have various lowpass, highpass and bandpass modes, with different characteristics, but also special modes like Lo-Fi, destruktion and Fat. They can be connected in serial or parallel to each other, work as one stereo filter, and their parameters can be linked to each other, for easier tweaking in stereo mode.
Page 73 List of Digital Filter Types: LPF1: Lowpass filter with a rather weak character. Resonance does not self-oscillate. LPF2: Lowpass filter that are a bit sharper than LPF1. Resonance does not self-oscillate. LPF3: Sharp Lowpass filter with self-oscillating resonance. LPF4: Very sharp Lowpass filter with self-oscillating resonance. BPF1: Bandpass filter with a rather weak character.
Page 74: Digital Filters
Digital Filters Parameters From the synth parts main page, touch FLT to enter the digital filters. Touch the FL1 touch button, to enter the Filter 1 page. Cut: 0 to 511. Sets the cutoff frequency of the filter. Reso: 0 to 511. Sets the amount of resonance applied to the filter. Inp: 0 to 511.
Page 75 Low: 0 to 511. Sets the lowest frequency offset point of the filter. Turning this up, will in many filter types, make the bass bottom more present or distorted. Boost: 0 to 511. Gains the filter output level.
Page 76 Filter 1 Modulation Touch the MO1 touch button, to enter the Filter 1 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 77 Filter 2 Touch the FL2 touch button, to enter the Filter 2 page. Cut: 0 to 511. Sets the cutoff frequency of the filter. Reso: 0 to 511. Sets the amount of resonance applied to the filter. Inp: 0 to 511. Sets the audio signal input level to the filter. Different characteristics can be obtained by adjusting this.
Page 78 Low: 0 to 511. Sets the lowest frequency offset point of the filter. Turning this up, will in many filter types, make the bass bottom more present or distorted. Boost: 0 to 511. Gains the filter output level.
Page 79 Filter 2 Modulation Touch the MO2 touch button, to enter the Filter 2 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 80 Filters Setup Touch the SET touch button, to enter the Filters Setup page. Stereo: Off, On. When off, the left and the right audio signals, coming from the oscillators (only really effective, when stereo samplings are played back), are mixed to one mono signal, that goes through both filters.
Page 81: Vca
The VCA is the last stage of a synth part, before the audio is sent to the Audio Bus system. The audio output from the digital filter, goes into the VCA. The VCA’s can behave in 4 different modes. Linear, logarithmic, smooth linear and smooth logarithmic.
Page 82 VCA Parameters From the synth parts main page, touch VCA to enter the VCA pages. Touch the VCA touch button, to enter the VCA parameters page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the VCA output activity. A: 0 to 511. VCA envelope attack time. The time it will take the VCA envelope to rise from zero to its maximum value, when a note event is received and held down.
Page 83 Bus: 1/2 , 3/4 , 5/6 , 7/8 , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Selects to which Audio Bus(ses) the VCA should output its audio to. When 2 busses are selected, the pan parameter and modulation, pans the audio signal between the 2 busses.
Page 84 VCA Modulation Touch the MOD touch button, to enter the VCA modulation page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the VCA output activity. 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 85: Envelope 1 And 2 Lfo 1 To
Envelope 1 and 2 Each Synth part of Tiny LD has 2 modulation envelopes. One ADSR type, and one decay only envelope. Envelope 1, the ADSR envelope can have linear or logarithmic charateristics and it also has an offset control.
Page 86 Envelope 1 and 2 Parameters From the synth parts main page, touch ENV to enter the envelope pages. Touch the ENV touch button, to enter the envelope parameters page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the Envelope output. A: 0 to 511.
Page 87 -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. Mode: Selects if the envelope curve should be linear (Lin), or logarithmic (Log).
Page 88 Envelope Modulation Touch the MOD touch button, to enter the envelope modulation 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 89 LFO1 to 16 Tiny LD has 16 LFO’s, that are global, so each LFO can modulate any of the 16 Synth parts. The LFO's has continuosly variable waveform and rate parameters. Both of these parameters can be modulated. The output level of the LFO’s can also be modulated, and they can be key-synced.
Page 90 LFO parameters From the synth part main page, touch the LFO block, to enter the LFO pages. Touch the LFO touch button, to select this page. At the right of this page, the current LFO waveform is shown, together with a small VU-meter, showing the LFO output activity.
Page 91 Touch the MOD touch button, to select this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the LFO activity. 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 92: Audio Inputs Setup
Audio Inputs Setup Each audio input on Tiny LD, can input to an audio bus. The setup of this, is done in this section. From the synth parts main page, touch INP, to enter this page: InpL, InpR: Off, 1 to 8. Sets the audio bus, that the corresponding audio input is sent to. When set...
Page 93: Analog Filterboard
To make sure that the parameters on the pages fits the installed filterboard, some filters needs to be configured. This is done in the “MOR” section. If you ordered your Tiny LD together with the analog filterboard, this has already been configured.
Page 94 From the synth parts main page, touch MOR on the top navigation bar. On the MOR page, touch VCF TYPES, to enter this page: Here you can, by adjusting edit knob 1, set up which filterboard are installed in the filterboard slot. VCF1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 should be set to 1-Most Filters.
Page 95 Analog Filterboard Parameters From the synth parts main page, touch the VCFs block, to enter the analog filter pages. The VCF page, when VCF1, 2, 3, 4 or 9 are installed: Touch the VCF touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity.
Page 96 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. -256 means no feedback, +255 means full negative feedback.
Page 97 The VCF page, with VCF 5, MiniProphet filter installed: Touch the VCF touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. Cut: 0 to 511. Adjust the filter cutoff frequency. Reso: 0 to 511.
Page 98 The VCF page, with VCF 6, SP filter installed: Touch the VCF touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. Cut: 0 to 511. Adjust the filter cutoff frequency. Reso: 0 to 511.
Page 99 The VCF page, with VCF 7 Tubaz filter installed: Touch the VCF touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. Cut: 0 to 511. Adjust the filter cutoff frequency. Reso: 0 to 511.
Page 100 The VCF page, with VCF8, Dual Band SSI filter installed: Touch the VCF touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. HpCut: HPF/LPF 1 and 2 filter cutoff frequency. Space between the 2 filters can be adjusted with Space.
Page 101 Analog Filterboards G-Ray page Touch the RAY touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. G-Ray: Adjusts the amount of g-RAY intermodulation. 0: no g-RAY, 3: max g-RAY. Range: 0 to 3. Mode: G-Ray mode.
Page 102 Cut3: Selects the function of the Feed/Cut3 parameter: -Feed: The value of the Feed/Cut3 parameter are a totally separate value, and are not affected by the Cutoff value. This setting is the recommended one, when a single or a dual filter are installed, and the Feed/Cut3 should work as Feed.
Page 103 Analog Filterboards Modulation 1 Touch the MO1 touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
Page 104 Analog Filterboards Modulation 2 Touch the MO2 touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, and to adjust the modulation amount.
Page 105 Analog Filterboards Mix/Setup Touch the MO2 touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the filter output activity. Bus: 1 to 8. The audio Bus, that the filter will be placed on. Inp: 0 to 511. The audio input level for the filters. Outp: -128 to +383.
Page 106: Effects Processors
Effects Processors Tiny LD has 8 insert effect processors and 2 output effect processors, 10 effect processors in total. The insert effects can be placed on any audio bus, for processing the parts and input assigned to the bus. The audio busses can be sent to the output effects. The output effects outputs to the main L and R outputs.
Page 107 To select the different effect processors, you will need to push and hold the Steps/Part button, while pushing step button 1 to 8. Part 1 is insert effect 1 Part 2 is insert effect 2 Part 3 is insert effect 3 Part 8 is insert effect 8 Part 9 is output effect 1 Part 10 is output effect 2...
Page 108: Insert Effects 1 To 8
Insert Effects 1 to 8 Tiny LD has 8 insert effects. Each of these can be placed on any of the 8 audio busses, to process the synth/sampler parts and audio inputs, that are assigned to the same bus. All effects has a bypass switch, Freeze modulation, and a mix parameter.
Page 109: Chorus
Pitch Shifter – Shift the pitch of the sound up to 4 octaves up or down, without changing the time resolution or “tempo” of the sound. Adjustable sense. Resonator – Simulates the resonances that comes, if a sound goes through a small box. Tiny LD’s resonators are synthetic, with more focus on making sounds, than on simulating actual boxes.
Page 110 Delay 1 – Delay with time and feedback controls, plus Gotharman's Deep and Xfade controls. Deep adds space to the delay. The Xfade control on this delay, creates valleys between the delay taps.
Page 111: Insert Effects Select
Insert effects Select page From the synth parts main page, touch EFX to enter the effect pages. Push and hold the Steps/Part button, while pushing step button 1 to 8. Part 1 is insert effect 1 Part 2 is insert effect 2 Part 3 is insert effect 3 Part 8 is insert effect 8 Part 9 is output effect 1...
Page 112 Touch the SEL touch button, to enter the effect select page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output activity. EFX: Selects the effect. Please see the List Of Insert Effects in the beginning of this section. Bus: 1 to 8.
Page 113: Mix Modulation And Backwards
Insert Effects Parameters Mix Modulation and Backwards Delay The Effect dry/wet mix can be modulated on all effects. Touch the MO2 touch button, to access this page. 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.
Page 114 Bkwd: This is only visible, when a delay effect is selected. Turning this on, will make the delay effect play back backwards.
Page 115 Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output. 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 116 Chorus Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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: Distortion
Distortion Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 118 Distortion Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 119: Bit Crush
Bit Crush Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 120 Bit Crush Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 121: Pitch Shifter
Pitch Shifter Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 122 Oct: The octave range of the pitch shifter. From +/- 1 to +/- 4 octaves. Feed: Pitch shifter feedback. Adjusts the portion of the output signal, that is fed back to the input.
Page 123 Pitch Shifter Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 124: Resonator
Resonator Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 125 Resonator Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 126: Stretcher
Stretcher Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 127 Stretcher Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 128 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 129 FM Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 130 Glitch Shifter, Glitch Shifter 2, Glitch Shifter 3 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 131 Glitch Shifter, Glitch Shifter 2, Glitch Shifter 3 Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 132: Pitch Shaper
Pitch Shaper Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 133 Pitch Shaper Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 134: Fat
Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 135 FAT Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 136 Filter The filter types: LPF1: Lowpass filter with a rather weak character. Resonance does not self-oscillate. LPF2: Lowpass filter that are a bit sharper than LPF1. Resonance does not self-oscillate. LPF3: Sharp Lowpass filter with self-oscillating resonance. LPF4: Very sharp Lowpass filter with self-oscillating resonance. BPF1: Bandpass filter with a rather weak character.
Page 137 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Cut: 0 to 511. Sets the cutoff frequency of the filter. Reso: 0 to 511. Sets the amount of resonance applied to the filter. Type: Sets the filter type.
Page 138 Filter Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 139: Filters 2
Filters 2 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Cut: Filter cutoff frequency. Reso: Filter resonance setting. Type: Filter type. Possibilities are: -HPF1: High pass filter with extra bass bottom and uncontrollable resonance. -LPF1: Low pass filter with extra bass bottom and uncontrollable resonance.
Page 140 Filters 2 Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 141: Compressor
Compressor Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Comp: 0 to 511. Compression amount. The more this is turned up, the more the portion of the signal, that are higher than the offset value, will be damped.
Page 142 Compressor Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 143: Expandor
Expandor Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Comp: 0 to 511. Compression amount. The more this is turned up, the more the portion of the signal, that are higher than the offset value, will be gained.
Page 144 Expandor Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 145: Pitchshaper2
PitchShaper2 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 146 Oct: Octave transpose. From 0 to +3 octaves. 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 1 signal affects the pitch shaper frequency.
Page 147 PitchShaper2 Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 148: Delays
Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 149 Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 150: Variator
Variator Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. 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 151 Variator Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 152: Time Stretch
Time Stretch Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 153 Time Stretch Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 154: Sample Pitch
Sample Pitch Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 155 Sample Pitch Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 156: Output Effects 1 And 2
Output Effects 1 and 2 Tiny LD has 2 output effects processors, that the audio busses can be sent to, and that are outputted to the main L and R outputs with pan control. Both effects has a bypass switch, Freeze modulation, and a mix parameter.
Page 157: List Of Output Effects
List of Output Effects Delay 1 – Delay with time and feedback controls, plus Gotharman's Deep, Size, Beam and Xfade controls. Deep adds space to the delay, Size makes the playback range more narrow than the input recording range, and beam beams the delay to previously unknown places. The Xfade control on this delay, creates valleys between the delay taps.
Page 158 Time Stretch - This effect is able to change the length of the input signal, almost without changing the pitch. Old fashioned time stretch done in realtime, that can be applied even to live input signals! It is also possible to change the pitch if desired, and it is possible to trigger this effect, for bigger precision.
Page 159: Output Effects Select Page
Output effects Select page From the synth parts main page, touch EFX to enter the effect pages. Push and hold the Steps/Part button, while pushing step button 1 to 8. Part 1 is insert effect 1 Part 2 is insert effect 2 Part 3 is insert effect 3 Part 8 is insert effect 8 Part 9 is output effect 1...
Page 160 Touch the SEL touch button, to enter the effect select page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output activity. EFX: Selects the effect. Please see the List Of Output Effects in the beginning of this section. Feed: Int, Bus1 to Bus8.
Page 161 On the Output Effect 1 select page, the Link parameter is replaced by an Outp parameter: By this parameter, it is possible to send the audio output of Output Effect 1 to either the left and right audio outputs, by setting it to L+R, or to Output Effect 2, by setting it to EFX2, for serial connection of the 2 Output Effects.
Page 162: Mix/Pan Modulation And Backwards
Output Effects parameters Mix and Pan Modulation, Backwards Delay The Effect dry/wet mix and the panning can be modulated on both Output effects. Touch the MO2 touch button, to access this page. 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.
Page 163 Pan: Modulates the effect output panning. Bkwd: This is only visible, when a delay effect is selected. When turned on, the delay effect will play back backwards.
Page 164: Delays
Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 165 Feed: Delay feedback amount. At values over middle, the feedback signal will be gained and create infinite feedback. This might cause some saturation.
Page 166 Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 167: Granulator Sq
Granulator SQ Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 168 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 169 Granulator SQ Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 170: Variator
Variator Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. 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 171 Variator Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 172: 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 173 Reverb Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 174: Granulator (Unsynced)
Granulator (unsynced) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 175 Fade: When this parameter is turned up, each grain will fade in and out, to minimize clicks.
Page 176 Granulator Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 177: Xfade Granulator
Xfade Granulator Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 178 Pitch: Sets the playback pitch of the granular sequence. A value below 256 will pitch the signal down, a value above 256 will pitch it up.
Page 179 Xfade Granulator Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 180: Abstruct0
Abstruct0 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 181 the Rec parameter, it will play back areas of the record buffer, that is not being recorded, and create a ”Freeze” effect. Pitc2: 0 to 511. Sets the pitch of the playback for playhead 2. A value below 256 will pitch the signal down, a value above 256 will pitch it up.
Page 182 Abstruct0 Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 183: Time Stretch
Time Stretch Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 184 Time Stretch Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 185: Sample Pitch
Sample Pitch Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
Page 186 Sample Pitch Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. 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 187: Sequencer
The Sequencer The Tiny LD sequencer has 2 different types of tracks: Note tracks and controller tracks. It has 16 note tracks and 32 controller tracks. Each note track controls 1 part – Note track 1 controls part 1, note track 2 controls part 2 and so on, and each track has a note number subtrack, a gate time subtrack, a velocity subtrack, a position subtrack, a sub-position subtrack and a step on/off subtrack.
Page 188 Starting and stopping the Sequencer: To start the sequencer playback, push and release the Func/Mute button, so that it lights up. Then push and release the 1/Play button, so that this lights up too. Now the sequencer is playing back. To stop the sequencer from playing back, make sure that the Func/Mute button is lighting up, and push the 1/Play button, so that this is no longer lighting up.
Page 189 Selecting a track: Push and hold the 9-16/Part button. Tracks 1 to 8 can be selected with the 9-16 button unlit, tracks 9 to 16 can be selected with the 9- 16 button lighting up. The selected track number will now be shown, by one of the 8 step buttons lightning up. The number above the step button, is the track number that is currently selected.
Page 190 But more on that later in this manual… Only 8 steps are shown at a time. The note tracks of Tiny LD has 64 steps. On the Sequencer pages, described later in this manual, it is possible to switch which bar should be shown.
Page 191 Mute/Unmute Note Tracks: To mute, unmute or view the mute state of the 16 note tracks, push and hold the Func/Mute button. If the 9-16/Part button is not lighting up, the state of part 1 to 8 is shown, if it is lighting up, that state of part 9 to 16 is shown.
Page 192: Entering The Sequencer
Entering the Sequencer From the Preset Select Screen, touch the EDIT field.
Page 193 Touch SEQ on the navigation bar in the top of the screen.
Page 194 This will bring you to the Sequencer access page: SEQ on the navigation bar has now changed it colors to brown/yellow, indicating that you have entered the Sequencer pages. To enter the Sequencer Main page or any of the tracks, simply touch the text showing the name of the group that you would like to enter.
Page 195: Sequencer Main
Sequencer Main The parameters of this page: Tempo: Sets the sequencer tempo between 1 and 256 BPM. To make the sequencer sync to external MIDI gear, this must be set up in the “MOR>COMMON” section, described later in this manual. Rec: Note Tracks Realtime Record Mode.
Page 196 -AudCH: Chopped audio track. When the audio track is recorded, chop points are inserted at each sequencer step, according to the resolution setting of the selected track. See the “Audio Tracks” section later in this manual. Metro: Metronome Off, On, Rec. -Off: The metronome is off, and will make no sound.
Page 197: Clear Sequence
Clear Seq: Touching this button, will make Tiny LD jump to this page: If you touch the “Yes” button here, you will clear all tracks of the current preset, and reset all values. If you do not wish to do that, touch “No”.
Page 198: Note Subtrack
Note Tracks Note Subtrack From the sequencer access page, touch NOTE TRACK 1-16, to enter the note steps edit page. This will be the first page, you will enter, if the Notes parameter on the Seq Main page is set to Grid.
Page 199 Edit Knob 2: Selects the bar to be viewed. 4 bars can be viewed, each showing 16 steps, for a total of 64 steps. The bar number is shown just above the note grid (marked Bar), and the first and the last step number viewed, is shown just above the note grid, to the right and the left.
Page 200 The note grid view are a bit limited, since you can only view one octave at a time. It is also possible to view the whole octave range at one time, by switching to the value bar view mode. Simply touch the NtG square in the upper left corner of the screen, or go to the sequencer main page, and change the Notes parameter to Value.
Page 201: Gate Time Subtrack
Gate Time Subtrack Touch GAT in the top navigation bar, to enter the gate time steps page. The gate time values for each step is shown as bars in the value grid, and as number right below the value grid. If a black underscore is shown below the number, it means that it is above 100. Gate time values for each step can be changed, simply by touching the value grid.
Page 202 The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page. Edit Knob 4: Sets the track resolution. Values: 1/64, 1/48, 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, ¼, ½. Value is shown as Res. Touching “ESC” will exit you to the Sequencer access page.
Page 203: Velocity Subtrack
Velocity Subtrack Touch VEL in the top navigation bar, to enter the velocity steps page. The velocity values for each step is shown as bars in the value grid, and as number right below the value grid. If a black underscore is shown below the number, it means that it is above 100. Velocity values for each step can be changed, simply by touching the value grid.
Page 204 The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page. Edit Knob 4: Sets the track resolution. Values: 1/64, 1/48, 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, ¼, ½. Value is shown as Res. Touching “ESC” will exit you to the Sequencer Modules page.
Page 205: Position Subtrack
1, step 2 is played back at position 2 and so on. But the note sequencer in Tiny LD can go further than that. Step 2 can be set to play back at position 31, if desired, just to deform a track, or experiment with it, or more steps can be set to play back at the same position, for polyphonic sequencing.
Page 206 When neither KNOBS1-8 or KNOBS9-16 are black: 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. The bar number is shown just above the values field (marked Bar), and the first and the last step number viewed, is shown just above the values field, to the right and the left.
Page 207: Sub Position Subtrack
Sub Position Subtrack When on the Position subtrack page, touch POS in the top navigation bar an extra time, to enter the sub position subtrack: Here a value between 0 and 3 can be added to the step position for “micro-timing”. The sub position for each step is shown as bars in the value grid, and as number right below the value grid.
Page 208 Edit Knob 3: Sets the last step that will be played back on this track, before it loops back, and plays the track again. Range: 1 to 64 steps. Value is shown as Lst. The Last step can be set globally for all tracks at the Seq Main page. Edit Knob 4: Sets the track resolution.
Page 209: Templates And Note Scales
Templates and Note Scales Templates are available to make it easier to create ramps on a track, and to randomize things. For the position track templates are available for forwards, backwards, alternating, randomized and polyphonic playback setup. On this page note scales are also available, for users that thinks that harmonic tones works, and for swapping around keys for experimentation.
Page 210 Available templates: -RampUp: Ramp Up. Will lower values on steps, that are placed before last step divided by 2, and raise values on steps, placed after last step divided by 2. -RampDw: Ramp Down. Will raise values on steps, that are placed before last step divided by 2, and lower values on steps, placed after last step divided by 2.
Page 211: Templates For Position Subtrack
Templates for the Position Subtrack When entering the templates page from the Position subtrack, it will look like this: Turn Edit Knob 1, to set the range. This will set, how much the template routine will affect the values, that are already on the selected subtrack. When this is set to 100%, the template function will be absolute.
Page 212 -2note: 2 Note Poly. The more the Range parameter is turned up, when touching this, the more the track will be forced to play back 2 note polyphonic. -4note: 4 Note Poly. The more the Range parameter is turned up, when touching this, the more the track will be forced to play back 4 note polyphonic.
Page 213: Note Track Mod Page
It is also possible to clear or double the track. The parameters of this page: Mod: Note Track modulation source. Any Tiny LD modulation source can be selected to modulate the track. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the list in the start of the synth part...
Page 214 Dest: Track modulation destination. Selects what should be modulated on the track. Choices are: -Note: The note numbers of the track will be modulated. -Gate: The gate times of the track will be modulated. -Dly: The delay times of the track will be modulated. -Swing: Swing modulation will be applied to the track.
Page 215: Clear Note Track
Clear Note Track From the Mod page, touch the “Clear Track” button, to enter this page: Touching “Yes” from here, will initialize all step values and parameters of the currently selected note track, except for the Last Step parameter. If you would not wish to do this, touch “No”, to exit to the track Mod page.
Page 216: Double Note Track
Double Note Track Touch the “Double” touch button, to double the length of the track. All events from the original track, is copied to the new half. Useful if you need some extra variation in a track. PLEASE NOTE: The track lengths cannot exceed 64 steps for the note tracks.
Page 217: Realtime Recording Of Notes
You can, at any time, hit the Steps/Part button, and switch note steps on or off, but sometimes you might like to just record something, that you play on a connected MIDI device, like a keyboard or a drum pad, on the touch screen keyboard, or on Tiny LD’s trigger buttons. For this, realtime recording is usable.
Page 218 The realtime recording mode is set on the Sequencer Main page, by adjusting the Rec parameter. The choices are: -Mono: Monophonic recording -Poly: Polyphonic recording -Audio: Audio track recording (Explained a little bit later in this manual) -AudCH: Chopped audio track recording (Explained a little bit later in this manual) On the Sequencer Main page, it is also possible to switch realtime recording on and off, by touching the Rec touchbutton.
Page 219: Step Recording Of Notes
Step Recording of Notes On top of the xox style and realtime recording methods, step recording of notes and controllers are also possible.
Page 220 This will now be recorded. If any controller track is set in recording mode (explained in the next section), MIDI CC’s and knob movements can also be recorded to specific steps this way. -If Step Advance is set to on, Tiny LD will advance to the next step, every time it receives a note off.
Page 221 If the sequencer is running, while step recording, the time you hold down a note, will be recorded. If the sequencer is stopped, resolution will determine the note length.
Page 222: Track/Part Internal/External Operation
Setting up a track/part to internal or external operation Each of the 16 Tiny LD note tracks, can control either the internal part, that they are hard assigned to, or external MIDI gear. When a part/track is set up to external MIDI control, the internal part can not make any sound.
Page 223 On this page, touch TRIG.
Page 224 Now you will enter this page: Select the part, that you would like to set up as internal or external, by holding down the Steps/part button, while pushing the step button, that has the desired part number. Set the Int/Ext parameter to Int (Internal) or Ext (External). If you set the part to external, set the Chan parameter to a MIDI channel that matches the MIDI gear, that you would like to control.
Page 225: Audio Track Recording
Audio Track Recording Each of the 16 Tiny LD note tracks, can be set up to function as an audio track. 8 audio tracks can play back at a time, and each can be either in mono or in stereo. One audio track can be recorded at a time.
Page 226 Audio track setup. From the Preset select page, touch the EDIT field, to enter the synth main page. Touch SMP on the top navigation bar.
Page 227 You should now enter this page: Touch the REC touch button.
Page 228 If you can already hear the source, that you would like to record, leave the Moni parameter Off. If you have the record source connected directly to any of Tiny LD’s audio inputs, and can’t hear it now, switch the Moni parameter to On. If you only want to listen to the record source, while it is recording, and get the source signal switched off, at the moment recording stops, and the tracks starts to play back, set the Moni parameter to Rec.
Page 229 The #Smp parameter will show how many sampling that the Tiny LD sample bank already holds, and the Used parameter will show how many percent of the sample bank, that are already in use. For optimal results, set the level parameter to +0, and adjust the level of the record source, so that the 2 VU-meters in the bottom of the screen does not get red.
Page 230 Now go to the sequencer note track page by: Exit the Sample Rec page, by touching EXIT in the upper right corner, to go back to the Sample Edit page. Touch SEQ on the top navigation bar.
Page 231 You should now have entered this page: Touch NOTE TRACK 1-16, to enter the note track page.
Page 232 -Now, select the note track, that you would like to record. -Set the desired length and resolution. Go to the sequencer main page, by touching ESC on the top navigation bar, to go back to the Seq overview page.
Page 233 Touch MAIN.
Page 234 If the sequencer is already running, it will start recording the audio track, the next time the track starts over from step 1. If the sequencer is not already running, push the Start/Stop button, to start it. Tiny LD will now count in for 2 bars, with the metronome audible, and then start recording.
Page 235: Controller Tracks
The Controller Tracks Tiny LD has 32 controller tracks. Each of these only have one subtrack: The controller track values. Each track can be on up to 128 steps long, and a Smooth function can be turned on, that will automatically create values between the steps, from one step value to another, for smooth transitions between them.
Page 236 Controller track Step Values From the sequencer access page, touch Controller Track 1 to 16, to access these controller tracks, or touch Controller Track 17 to 32, to access these tracks. To access a specific track, push and hold the Steps/Part button, while pressing one of the step buttons.
Page 237 Here, when neither KNOBS1-8 or KNOBS9-16 are black: 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. The bar number is shown just above the values field (marked Page), and the first and the last step number viewed, is shown just above the values field, to the right and the left.
Page 238 Key Grid Mode By touching the CTR/CTK field in the upper left corner of the controller track screen, this page will toggle between the value bars and a key grid. The key grid mode will make it easier to program sequences for CV synths. In order to make the key scaling fit, this should only be used in conjunction with the CV stepped quantized modes, explained under “Controller Tracks CC page”, a few pages later.
Page 239: Controller Track Templates
Controller Tracks Templates Templates are available to make it easier to create ramps on a track and to randomize things. For the position track templ When on either the Controller track step values page, touch TMP on the top navigation bar, to enter the templates page.
Page 240 -Middle: Will move any values closer to the middle value. -Zero: Will lower any values. -Full: Will raise any values.
Page 241: Controller Tracks Cc Page
MIDI out or internally, as set on the CCout parameter. When a number is set, this is the CC number that will be outputted. If any Tiny LD Edit Knob are assigned to this CC, the knob name will be written in parenthesis. If set to Pitch Bend, this is what will be outputted.
Page 242 PLEASE NOTICE: This parameter has only been kept, to ensure compability with Tiny LD presets. It has no real function on Tiny LD, except for, that it will make the controller tracks “stepped”. Start: 1 to 128. Sets the track start step. This will be the step, the track starts at, when hitting the Start/Stop button, or when entering this preset from another preset, while the sequencer is running.
Page 243: 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 244: Double Controller Track
Double Controller Track Touch the “Double” touch button, to double the length of the track. All events from the original track, is copied to the new half. Useful if you need some extra variation in a track. PLEASE NOTE: The controller track lengths cannot exceed 128 steps.
Page 245: Controller Tracks Realtime Recording
Controller Tracks Realtime Recording MIDI CC’s, Pitch Bend and knob movements can be realtime recorded on the 32 controller tracks. To do this, on the controller track CC page, set it to the event type, that you would like to record, using the CC parameter.
Page 246 Set the length of the controller tracks(s), if desired. Now set Tiny LD in sequencer recording mode, by touching the REC field on the sequencer main page or on the preset select page, so that it turns red, or push and hold the Func/Mute button, while pressing the Start/Stop button.
Page 247 If the sequencer was running, when you switched the controller tracks into recording mode, they will stay armed (yellow), until the controller track passes step 1. Then they will switch to recording mode, and the squares will turn red, to indicate that. When a controller track reaches its last step, recording will stop, and its square will turn grey.
Page 248: Recording Parameter Tweaks
Go to the CTR page, and set the controller track length. Now, go to the Synth section page and select the part, where the parameter is located. Put Tiny LD in realtime recording mode, by making sure that the Func/Mute button is lighting up, and then push step button 2/Rec.
Page 249: Pitch Bend And Cc Recording Auto Setup
Pitch Bend and CC recording auto setup From the sequencer note track Mod pages, it is also possible to make Tiny LD automatically set up controller tracks to realtime record pitch bend and CC events. When using this function, the controller track is set to the double resolution as the note track, and therefore also the double length, to make the tracks match.
Page 250 To initiate Pitch Bend recording -Make sure that sequencer realtime recording is switched off. -Set the desired length and resolution of the note track. -Go to the Mod page, and touch BEND REC, so that it turns yellow. -Start realtime recording. -If the sequencer is already running, recording will start, when the controller track passes step 1.
Page 251: Controller Tracks Step Recording
Controller Tracks Step Recording It is also possible to step record controller events. To initiate step recording: -Set the controller track in realtime recording mode, as described in a previous chapter. -Start the sequencer playback, if desired. Step recording is possible no matter if the sequencer is running or not.
Page 252: Synth And Sequencer Morphing
Synth and Sequencer Morphing On Tiny LD it is possible to morph between 2 layers of parameters, layer A and B, by turning the 2/Morph knob for the synth parameters, and the 3/SeqMrp knob for the sequencer parameters. The Morph knob transmits and receives MIDI CC 1 (The Mod Wheel) via MIDI in and out, and the Seq Morph knob transmits and receives MIDI CC2.
Page 253: More
More… preset parameters/Setup From the Preset Select page, touch the Edit field.
Page 254 On the navigation bar at the top of the screen, touch MOR.
Page 255 This will get you to the More… page. Here you can set up all the basic Tiny LD things, like global MIDI channel, morphing, setup FilterBoard type, check and erase the Tiny LD memory, initialize the preset and change to song mode.
Page 256: Common Settings
Chan: The Tiny LD global MIDI channel. All MIDI data to Tiny LD will be received on this channel, if the Mode parameter is set to Sel (Explained in a moment). MIDI CC’s from the Edit/Quick Edit Knobs and the Morph knob will be transmitted on this channel, if the Mode parameter is set to Sel.
Page 257 ClkOut: Settings: Off, On. Selects whether or not Tiny LD will re-transmit MIDI clock and start/stop events to MIDI out. Even if Tiny LD is syncing to an external MIDI clock source, it will re-transmit this, if this parameter is on. This setting is automatically saved, and will be remembered after a power off.
Page 258: 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 knobs, using a limited number of modulation sources, including a morph LFO.
Page 259 Src: Morph modulation source. Sources are: -LFO: The morph section LFO. Described below. -Seq1 to Seq8: Sequencer controller tracks 1 to 8. -CV1 to CV4: CV inputs 1 to 4. -Kybd: The last note number value received -Velo: The last note velocity value received -TouY: Touch screen keyboard Y position.
Page 260 Sequencer Morph Knob Setup Touch the Seq touch button, to enter this page. This is the settings for the Seq Morph knob, that affect the Sequencer. Parameters on this page: Perm: Seq Morph knob permanent value. Will override the value of the Seq Morph knob, and keep morph on the permanent value plus modulation.
Page 261 Rate: Seq Morph LFO rate. Sets the tempo of the morph section LFO, that can only modulate the morph parameter. Wave: Seq Morph LFO output waveform. Morphs between triangle, sawtooth, square, pulse and FM waveforms. The FM waveforms are high frequency waves, that can be used for FM synthesis.
Page 262: Common Settings
PccIN: Off, On. Parameter CC Input. If this parameter is set to On, many of the Tiny LD parameters will be hard-assigned to MIDI CC numbers. This also makes it possible to control the same parameters directly from the sequencer controller tracks, and to realtime record parameters tweaks on the controller tracks.
Page 263: Initialize Preset
From More… page, touch INIT to enter this page: Tiny LD will now ask you to confirm. Press ”Yes” to initialize the currently selected preset and return to the previous page, or press ”No” just to exit, without initializing.
Page 264: Parameter Snap Mode
Parameter Snap Mode A synth part parameters “Snap” mode are available. When this is set to “On”, any synth parameter value will not be changed, when turning a knob, until it passes the original value, that the parameter was set to. This will avoid “jumps” in the sound. On the MOR page, touch the “SNAP OFF”...
Page 265: Filterboard Setup
FilterBoard Setup To get the most out of the analog filter installed in your Tiny LD, you should go to this page to set which filter type is installed, every time you change the filterboard. When you receive your Tiny LD from Gotharman’s this will be set up correctly, so you should only need to go here, when you swap...
Page 266: Flash Memory Check
FLASH Memory Check From More… page, touch FLASH to enter this page: If you should ever experience any issues with missing samples or presets, please take a picture of this screen, and email it to Gotharman’s.
Page 267: Delete Sample Bank
While it is being erased, Tiny LD’s 16 step buttons will run a sequence. When the step buttons shuts off, the erase has been done, and Tiny LD will return to the More… screen.
Page 268: Delete All Presets And Songs
If you are really sure, that you absolutely have to do this, touch ”Yes” to start the erase. All presets and songs will now be completely wiped out. While these are being erased, Tiny LD’s 16 step buttons will run a sequence. When the step buttons shuts off, the erase has been done, and Tiny LD will return to the More…...
Page 269: 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. This does however not have any practical function at all.
Page 270: Preset/Song Mode
Preset/Song Mode Touch this to toggle between preset mode and song mode. Song mode is described later in this manual.
Page 271: Display Update Rate
If you should discover any display freezes, go to the MOR page: Touch the text: “DISP:FAST”. It will now change to “DISP:SLOW” and go back to the slower display mode, as before. Please report any display freezes to: info@gotharman.dk .
Page 272: 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 Tiny LD. A preset that is saved on Tiny LD contains all the data previously described in this manual:...
Page 273 It is also possible to select the destination preset, using the buttons. This is done in exactly the same way, as when selecting a preset, using buttons. Please see the “Operating Tiny LD” section, in the beginning of this manual.
Page 274 When you touch the preset location, that you would like to save your preset to, you will enter this page: Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select the first 8 letters of the name for your new preset. Touch NEXT when you are done.
Page 275 Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select letters 9 to 16 of the name for your new preset. Touch SAVE when you are done. Your preset will now be saved, and Tiny LD will exit from the save pages.
Page 276: 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, it can be set how many times track one of the preset should play back, until it advances to the next song step, and tracks can be muted/unmuted.
Page 277: 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.
Page 278 On the navigation bar at the top of the screen, touch MOR...
Page 279 Please notice, that this picture is from LD3. In the far right row, you will find the text PRS. Please touch this, after making sure, that the sequencer is stopped.
Page 280 Now PRS turns into SONG, and Tiny LD are in song mode. If you would like to go back to preset mode, just touch SONG.
Page 281: Song Edit Page
The Song Edit Page To enter the Song Edit page, just touch SEQ on the navigation bar at the top of the More… page: On the Song Edit page, you have an overview of the programmed song steps, and the possibility of editing these.
Page 282 8 song steps are shown at a time. Touch the arrows to select the previous or next 8 song steps. The total number of song steps is 128. Touch EXIT to exit from the Song Edit page, and touch REC to start song realtime recording. This will be explained very soon.
Page 283: Song Select Page
The Song Select Page When you, in song mode, exit from the Edit Groups pages, 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”, to make sure that you know where you are.
Page 284 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. 1024 songs can be selected, from A01 to P64. Tiny LD will now jump back to the main Song Select screen, and show the name of the newly selected song.
Page 285: 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 286 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 287 Tiny LD will now show the Preset select page. The REC indicator on the preset select page, has now turned red, indicating that Tiny LD is in recording mode. Song realtime recording can also be switched on or off, by touching the REC indicator.
Page 288 To advance to the next song step, to have other tracks of the same preset muted/unmuted, simply reload the preset, by pushing and holding the Morph Set button, while pressing the Start/Stop button. When you are done changing presets, and you think that your song is ready, hit the Start/Stop button to stop song recording.
Page 289: Save Song
Save Song Tiny LD 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 Synth parts page: Touch SAV.
Page 290 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 291 Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select the first 8 letters of the name for your new song. Touch NEXT when you are done.
Page 292 Turn edit knob 1 to 8 to select letters 9 to 16 of the name for your new song. Touch SAVE when you are done. Your song will now be saved, and Tiny LD will exit from the save pages.
Page 293: 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 MOR page: From here, hit INIT.
Page 294 Please notice, that when initializing a song, this is only done in Tiny LD’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 295: Copy/Paste
Copy/Paste On Tiny LD it is possible to copy morph layer A, B or the parameter setting at the position of the Morph knob. It is possible to copy one or two layers of the whole preset, or only a section of the preset, like a synth part, the settings of a filter, a sequencer track, and much more.
Page 296 It will tell you how to copy layer A to layer B, and right below this, it will tell you, what it will copy. In the example, the copy function was entered from the preset select page, and Tiny LD tells you, that it will copy the whole preset.
Page 297 If 2 layers are copied, Tiny LD will also paste to 2 layers. If only one layer is copied, Tiny LD will paste to the layer selected by the Morph Set button. To copy, hit step button 13 (Copy) again.
Page 298: Sample Record And Edit
Samples are recorded and played back in mono or stereo. Tiny LD has 1 bank of FLASH memory for storing samples, Bank. Bank A holds up to 43 minutes of mono samplings, maximum 2048 samplings. One sampling can maximum be 43 minutes long.
Page 299: Recording A Sampling
Recording a sampling From the Preset Select screen, touch the EDIT field, to enter the Main Synth page: Touch SMP at the top navigation bar.
Page 300 You will now enter the Sample Edit page. Touch the REC touch button, to enter the Sample Rec page.
Page 301 If you can already hear the source, that you would like to record, leave the Moni parameter Off. If you have the record source connected directly to any of Tiny LD’s audio inputs, and can’t hear it now, switch the Moni parameter to On.
Page 302 If you have the Auto parameter set to anything else than Off, it will now write: “Waiting for trigger”, until a signal that is loud enough to trigger the auto offset applied. Otherwise Tiny LD will now start to record the new sampling: When you are finished recording your sample, touch the ”STOP” button.
Page 303 Tiny LD will now jump to this screen: 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 304 If you touch the ”Save” button, Tiny LD will jump to this page: Here you can turn edit knob 1 to 8, to select the first 8 characters of the new sample’s name. Touch NEXT to go on.
Page 305 Turn Edit Knob 1 to 8, to select character 9 to 16 of the sample name. Touch SAVE, to save the new sample, and return to the Sample Rec page.
Page 306: Edit A Sampling
Edit A Sampling From the Main Synth page, touch SMP at the top navigation bar., 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.
Page 307 To audition the samples that your Tiny LD holds, touch the Sample name, and the Sample Select screen will appear: Touch PREV and NEXT to view the previous or next 16 samplings. To select a sampling, touch the sample name. To audition it, touch the Play touchbar in the bottom of this page.
Page 308: Adjusting Start/End Points
Audition by touching the PLAY button. When you are satisfied with the result, touch the SAVE button. Tiny LD will now show: Instead of searching manually for the sample start point, it is possible to use the Chop function for...
Page 309: Sample Chops
Sample Chops On Tiny LD 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 310 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 Tiny LD set the chop points a little bit earlier, than it usually would. This will remove these clicks.
Page 311 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. Tiny LD will now look for chop points, in the selected sampling:...
Page 312 When it is done, it will jump back to the Sample Chops screen: By adjusting the Chop parameter, it is now possible to select and audition the chop points that Tiny LD 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 313: Wave Chop System
Wave Chop System This system can take any of the samplings held in your Tiny LD, and chop it up in, up to 64, single cycle waves. If you already have a library of single cycle waves in .wav format, you can use the “Import Samples From Dir As Chops”...
Page 314 That will get you to the Chop page: Set the Wave parameter to On. When in Wave chop mode, the Dec parameter functions in the opposite way, as when in normal chop mode. The lower the value, the faster the decay. A good startpoint for wave chopping is to set Dec to 1 and Sens to 128.
Page 315 Tiny LD will now show: When it has found some chop points, it will return to the Chop page:...
Page 316 Now touch the play button, and select chops by adjusting the Chop parameter, to audition the result. If you are not satisfied with the result, re-adjust Sens, and hit Chop again. When you have found a result, that you are satisfied with, please remember to touch the “Save” button.
Page 317 Touch the sample slot 1 name, to open the sample select page.
Page 318 Select the sampling, touch OK, and touch the OSC touchbutton.
Page 319 Set Loop mode to On, and adjust the Chop parameter, to select the single cycle waves. If you would like more single cycle waves to play back inside the loop, turn the #Chp parameter up.
Page 320 Modulating the Chop parameter Unlike most other parameters in Tiny LD, only positive modulation are applied to the Chop parameter. So the Chop parameter selects the lowest possible chop to be played back. Time Stretch To time stretch a wave chopped sampling: -Set the Chop parameter to 1.
Page 321: Deleting Last Recorded Sampling
Deleting last recorded sampling On the Sample Delete page, it is possible to delete the last recorded sampling in sample Bank A. On the sample select page, select the sample bank, from which you would like to delete a sampling. Touch DEL.
Page 322 To delete the sample, touch ”Yes”. If you regret, touch ”No”, to return to the Sample Edit page.
Page 323: Deleting Other Samplings
To delete another sampling: -Connect a USB drive, that you have tested to be working (try to import some samplings from it), to the Tiny LD USB port. -Create a new directory. -Export all your samplings of the bank, where the sampling(s) you want to delete is located, to the USB drive, inside the new directory.
Page 324: Graphical Sample Editing
Graphical sample editing On the Sample Edit page, the touch button previously named “Func”, has been renamed to “Grap”. Touching this will enter the graphical sample edit pages. On the graphical sample edit pages you can add and remove chop/loop points and select a portion of a sampling, to be saved as a new sampling.
Page 325 From the Sample Edit page touch Grap, to enter the graphical edit page: On this page, you will see a graphical presentation of the selected sampling. Chop points are indicated as vertical blue lines, and the sample zero point is indicated as a horizontal red line.
Page 326 By touching anywhere on the screen, or by rotating Edit Knob 1, you can select a start point. This is indicated by a vertical green line. By rotating Edit Knob 4, you can zoom in and out.
Page 327 By touching the End touch button, so that it turns black, the screen will now be focused on the end point, which is indicated as a vertical red line. When you touch the screen now, the red line will move, indicating that the end point is selected. It is also possible to change the end point, by rotating Edit Knob 1.
Page 328 Selecting and edit chop points Touch the Chop touch button, so that this becomes black. Now, when you touch the screen, you will select a chop point. The line indicating the chop point will turn dark blue, when it is selected. Rotate Edit Knob 1 to adjust the chop point.
Page 329 Adding a chop point Make sure that the Chop touch button is grey. Set the start point, where you want the chop point to be, either by touching the screen, or by rotating Edit Knob 1. Touch the Func touch button.
Page 330 Now you will enter the graphical function page: Touch “Add Chop”. Tiny LD will now jump back to the graphical edit page, and a chop point will be added at the selected start point.
Page 331 To do this, you must enter the graphical function page again: Touch “Add Chop At Endpoint”. Tiny LD will now jump back to the graphical edit page, and a chop point will be added at the selected end point.
Page 332 Delete a chop point Make sure that the Chop touch button is black, and that you have selected the chop point, that you want to delete. Touch the Func touch button, to enter the graphical functions page.
Page 333 Now touch “Delete Chop”. Tiny LD will now jump back to the graphical edit page, and the previously selected chop point will have been removed. To delete the next chop point, follow the same procedure, but touch “Delete Chop At Endpoint”...
Page 334 After you have edited, added and deleted chop points, you must save these changes, in order to keep them. This is also done from the graphical functions page. Simply touch “Save Chop Points”. Tiny LD will now save your edits, and return to the graphical edit page.
Page 335 Creating a new sampling from a portion of the selected sampling If you want to completely remove unused start and/or end portions of a sampling, use a portion of the sampling for a loop, or just wants to copy the whole sampling to another sample bank, you can use this function.
Page 336 Touch “Save As New Sample”. A new page will now open. Select the sample bank, that you would like to copy the sampling/portion of the sampling to, by touching the A touch button.
Page 337 Tiny LD will write “Saving Sample...” for some time, and then it will jump back to the functions page.
Page 338: Wavebuilder
WaveBuilder The Tiny LD WaveBuilder lets you combine up to 8 samplings, to create a wave sequence from these. Whole samplings, parts of the samplings or chop points from the samplings, can be used to build a new wave sequence.
Page 339 You will now enter this page: Please notice: This picture is from LD3. Tiny LD only has sample bank A. Wave: 1 to 8. Selects wave 1 to 8 of the wave sequence to be generated. Sample: A0 to A2048. Selects the sampling for the selected wave. Edit knob 3 selects the 100’s in the sample number, and edit knob 4 select the 10’s and the 1’s in the number.
Page 340 On/Off touch button: Each of the 8 waves can be separately switched on or off. As soon as at least on wave is on, WaveBuilder will start playing back the sequence of the waves. Any waves that are switched off, or has their length set to zero, will be skipped from the wave sequence.
Page 341: Usb
The USB pages lets you access the files and directories of a USB drive, attached to Tiny LD’s USB connector. You can import and export samples as .wav files, import and export presets and songs, update the Tiny LD firmware, and make new directories.
Page 342 The currently selected file has a blue box around it. To select a file, simply touch it. Tiny LD will show 7 files/directories at a time. By pushing the arrows, you can select the previous/next 7 files.
Page 343: Usb Sample Preview
USB Sample Preview Wav samples can be previewed directly from a USB drive. Select the sampling, that you would like to preview, by touching the sample name, and touch the PREW touch button. This will first show LOAD, then PREW again, while playing back the first 6 seconds of the sampling.
Page 344: Open A Directory
”Open” button. Tiny LD 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 345: Importing Files
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 Tiny LD’s screen, regardless of if they are present on the drive. To import a single sampling or preset/song, select the .WAV/.LDS/.XDP/.XDO file you would like to import, by touching it.
Page 346 Touch the ”Import” button. Tiny LD will now import the selected file, and show the progress on a progress bar:...
Page 347: Importing Multiple Files
Please notice: This picture is from LD3. Tiny LD only has sample bank A. Touch ”Import” to continue, or ”No” to exit. If you touched Import, Tiny LD will now import all samples, presets and songs, that the selected directory holds. It will though not import files from any sub-directories.
Page 348: Reload Multiple Files
A reload function is also available. This will only import presets, songs and samples that has been exported from Tiny LD, or that has been renamed to to fit the Tiny LD export standard –samples must be named: A0001.WAV, A0002.WAV…..A0220.WAV, B0001.WAV, B0002.WAV…..B0256.WAV,...
Page 349 USB drive, and then delete the sample bank on Tiny LD, delete the sample wav files you want to erase on the USB drive, from Tiny LD itself or on a computer, and reload all the samples. Samples that are erased, will just be left blank.
Page 350: Import Samplings As Chops
Import Multiple Samplings From Directory As one sampling with Chop points This new function will make it easier than ever, to make your Tiny LD hold more than 2.048 samplings, in an easy way! Without splicing samples on a computer! On your computer: Make a directory (or folder) on an Tiny LD compatible USB drive.
Page 351 Please notice: This picture is from LD3. Tiny LD only has sample bank A. Touch “Import Samples As Chops”. Tiny LD will now create one sampling from all of the samplings in the selected directory, and insert a chop point at the start point of each sampling.
Page 352 sound. Put all the variations of a sound in one directory, import as chops, and modulate the chop selection with velocity, random or any other modulation source, to make some great dynamic acoustic drum beats.
Page 353: 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 8 edit knobs to select the 8 characters of the name for the new directory. When you are done with this, touch the ”Make”...
Page 354: Delete File From Usb Drive
Delete file from USB drive It is possible to delete a file from the attached USB drive, directly from Tiny LD. To do this, select the file you would like to delete, and touch the ”MD/Del” button. Now touch the “Del” button.
Page 355: Export Samples, Presets And Songs
Export samples, presets and songs to a USB drive The samples, presets and songs held in Tiny LD’s FLASH memory can be exported to a USB drive, for back-up, or for use with other gear or computers. Tiny LD 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...
Page 356: Updating Tiny Ld Firmware
”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 “100’s” of the sample number, and Edit Knob 3 to select the 10’s and 1’s. If you have selected any of the factory samplings, this will do nothing.
Page 357 7. Turn Tiny LD on, if it isn’t already turned on. 8. From the preset select screen, touch the EDIT field. 9. Touch USB. 10. Wait for Tiny LD to register the USB drive, so all files and folders are presented on the screen.
Page 358 11. Touch the "UPD" button.
Page 359 12. Tiny LD 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 360 14. If you pushed Yes in step 13, Tiny LD 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 361 Programming processor (counter in the bottom counts up):...
Page 362 15. When programming is done, Tiny LD will ask you to restart it. Please turn Tiny LD off and then on again.
Page 363 16. When you turn on Tiny LD after an update, it will need to finalize this. It will show this by turning 10 step button 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 364: Midi Specs
Multi-timbral mode. These can trigger the parts and be recorded by the sequencer, when it is in realtime rec mode. -MIDI CC 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 on the Tiny LD global MIDI channel and on the individual part MIDI channels in Multi-timbral mode.
Page 365 Transmits: - MIDI CC 1, 2, and 4 on the Tiny LD global MIDI channel, or on the part MIDI channel, from the knobs on the Preset/Song Select screen, and on any other pages, that has no other Edit Knob functions.
Page 366: Parameters Cc Control
Parameters CC control Many of the Tiny LD parameters can be hard-assigned to MIDI CC’s, for direct control from an external MIDI controller. The same parameters can also be controlled directly from the sequencer controller tracks, and movements of these can be realtime recorded to the controller tracks.
Page 367 Then exit from the COMMON page, and enter the COM2 page: On this page, switch the PccIN parameter (Parameter CC Input) to On. Set the CClayr parameter to Sel, if you would only like to control the selected Morph layer, or to Both, if you would like to control both Morph layers A and B at the same time.
Page 368: Parameters Cc Numbers List
PARAMETER PART NUMBER Oscillator/Sampler Tune MIDI channel 1-16 Oscillator/Sampler Fine Tune MIDI channel 1-16 Oscillator Wave/Sampler Start MIDI channel 1-16 Oscillator PW/Sampler Length MIDI channel 1-16 Oscillator/Sampler FM MIDI channel 1-16 Oscillator/Sampler Porta MIDI channel 1-16 Sampler Chop Select MIDI channel 1-16 Digi Filter 1 Cut MIDI channel 1-16 Digi Filter 1 Reso...
Page 369 PARAMETER PART NUMBER VCF1 Cut/HpCut VCF1 Peaks/LpCut VCF1 Reso VCF1 Feed/Hpf Cut/Spaze VCF1 Out ½ VCF1 Input Level VCF1 Output Level VCF1 FM VCF1 G-RAY Feed...
Page 370 PARAMETER PART NUMBER Insert EFX 1 Mix Insert EFX 1 Parameter 1 Insert EFX 1 Parameter 2 Insert EFX 2 Mix Insert EFX 2 Parameter 1 Insert EFX 2 Parameter 2 Insert EFX 3 Mix Insert EFX 3 Parameter 1 Insert EFX 3 Parameter 2 Insert EFX 4 Mix Insert EFX 4 Parameter 1...
Page 371: Effects Parameters 1 And 2
Effects Parameters 1 and 2 The effects parameters 1 and 2, are the 2 parameters located to the right of the Mix parameter, on the effects main pages:...
Page 372: Controlling Parameters From Controller Tracks
Controlling the CC parameters from the Sequencer Controller Tracks Enter a sequencer controller track, and go to the CC sub page: Set the CC parameter, to the parameter, that you want to control with the controller track. A shorted version of the parameter name, will be written in parenthesis. Then set the Chan parameter to the part number, that you would like to control, if it is a part related parameter.
Page 373: Safe Boot Mode
-This will now look a bit different, as shown on the picture. -In safe mode all audio are disabled. It is possible to switch preset and to update your Tiny LD. -Switch to the preset below the currently selected one. Turn your Tiny LD off and on again, and see if it now boots up.
Page 374: Installing Analog Filterboard
Installing The Analog FilterBoard This chapter will describe how to install the analog filterboard. PLEASE NOTICE: It is only possible to install a filterboard, if you ordered your Tiny LD with the Filterboard Connector. You will need the following tools: -A Phillips screwdriver -A 2.5mm Allen screwdriver...
Page 375 Before you open your Tiny LD, insert the power supply in a wall socket, and touch the metal on the connector. This will unload you from any static electricity, that might damage the electronics.
Page 376 Place Tiny LD on a table.
Page 377 Remove the 4 screws in the corners of the left end panel, using the Phillips screwdriver.
Page 378 Take the left end panel a bit out.
Page 379 Turn your Tiny LD around, and remove the 4 screws in the corners of the right end panel, again using the Phillips screwdriver.
Page 380 Take the right end panel a bit out, so it now should look like this:...
Page 381 Remove the plastic frames from the end panels.
Page 382 It should now look like this:...
Page 383 Now carefully slide the front panel towards the right, while navigating the left end panel, to stay inside the box, in order not to scratch the top of the box. Slide the front panel all the way to the right, so that it is free of the box.
Page 384 Put the box somewhere else, so you have the front panel and the two end panels for themselves.
Page 385 Flip Tiny LD around, so that the front panel is facing downwards. The connector and the spacer in the red circles, is where you will need to place the filterboard.
Page 386 A closer look at the spacer and the connector:...
Page 387 You should now get the filterboard ready. Please notice, that the filterboard connector on filterboards for Tiny LD, is different from other Gotharman instruments. This design choice was made, because there were not enough room in the tiny box, for a standard filterboard connector.
Page 388 Now you should get the screw and the washers, that is holding the filterboard in place, ready:...
Page 389 Before you start installing the new filterboard, you should assemble the screw and the washers like this: -First place the shakeproof washer on the screw. -The place one of the nylon washers on the screw. -Leave the other nylon washer for now.
Page 390 Now, take the new filterboard. Again, touch it only on the sides. Place it in Tiny LD. Make sure that the connectors are perfectly aligned. Push the connectors tightly together, by holding on both the filterboard and the Tiny LD mainboard.
Page 391 It should now look something like this:...
Page 392 Place a nylon washer between the filterboard and the PCB spacer, that is holding it. Put the screw, with nylon and shakeproof washer mounted on top of the spacer, and tighten it. It should now look like this:...
Page 393 You have now successfully installed a filterboard! Now it is time to put your Tiny LD back together again. Turn it over, so the front panel is facing upwards again.
Page 394 Slide the front panel into the box, from the right, towards left. Again, hold the left end panel, so that it stays inside the box, to prevent scratching the top of the box.
Page 395 Place the plastic frame on the right end:...
Page 396 Mount the right end panel, and put the 4 screws back:...
Page 397 It should now look like this:...
Page 398 Place the plastic frame on the left end:...
Page 399 Mount the left end panel, and put the 4 screws back:...
Page 400 It should now look like this:...
Page 401 Turn your Tiny LD on and enjoy!
Page 402 Written by: Flemming Christensen Gotharman 2019...