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CRAZY8
BEATS
USER'S MANUAL
MARCH 19 2021
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  • Page 1 CRAZY8 BEATS USER’S MANUAL MARCH 19 2021 Twisted-Electrons.com...
  • Page 2 1.1 FEATURES Hybrid digital (MIDI) and analogue (Trigger/CV) Sequencer Al-in-one desktop and 40HP Eurorack module   • 8 MIDI tracks on 2 ports • 8 Analog Trigger outputs • 16 illuminated Pads • 71 LEDs • 0-5V Accent/CV output per step •...

  • Page 3: Global Functions

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

  • Page 4: Play Mode

    
 Change Modes • 
 Press the encoder down to jump between PLAY and EDIT modes described in chapter 2 & 37. 2 PLAY MODE Play Mode is like a playlist editor where we can choose which pattern a track is currently playing, and chain patterns to create a song. 
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  • Page 5 tracks that are currently being triggered. The current pattern of each track is automatically stored in EEPROM memory and loaded at startup 2.3 Chain Patterns 
 2.3.1 Activate/Deactivate Pattern Chain Mode Press rec to toggle pattern chain mode on & off at any time When rec is lit, Crazy8Beats will chain patterns to make songs. ...

  • Page 6: Edit Mode

    
 Tip: Skip has a different function in edit mode! 
 3 EDIT MODE Here we can edit the content of the patterns 3.1 Enable & Disable Steps 
 Press any pad to enable or disable an individual step.  To instantly enable or disable all steps of the pattern, hold shift first then press any pad.
  • Page 7 3.3 Setting Accent/Velocity/CC per Step Depending on how the track is set up (see settings section) each step can send MIDI velocity, CC or both. An equivalent Analog voltage is automatically sent out of accent jacks too. 
 You can set the accent amount in coarse and fine increments: To set the accent value of a step hold a pad and turn the rotary encoder.
  • Page 8 4 TOOLS There are 8 tools to manipulate our beat 4.1 Enable Toolbar 
 Press the tool button to enable the toolbar. It can be enabled in either modes and will override the 16 pads. Now that the toolbar is active, select a tool by pressing pads 1 through 8 Twisted-Electrons.com...
  • Page 9 
 The bottom row of 8 pads apply the tools to tracks 1 to 8 respectively see the next sections for details. 
 4.2 Play Modes (Direction) 
 Each track can play in 4 directions. Press bottom pads 1 through 4  to change modes of the selected track.
  • Page 10 4.3 Crazy The crazy function can either adds some randomness or improvisation to your pattern.  
 1-4 reduce the probability of the step being triggered. Pad 5 is normal, the pattern is unaffected Pads 6 to 8 enable remixing of your patterns. As you dial up the crazy, the sequencer is more and more likely to play snippets of other patterns at random.
  • Page 11 Hold Drill to program on which steps the drill will work by toggling bottom pads on or off. Release Drill to confirm. 
 Hold a bottom pad to rapidly repeat the corresponding track for a drill effect. The rotary encoder sets the repeat rate 
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  • Page 12 
 4.8 Paste 
 In paste mode, press a lower pad to paste its corresponding track from the memory clipboard. Hold shift and press the 7th upper pad (paste) to paste all tracks from the memory clipboard at once. Tip: Accents are pasted too. 
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  • Page 13 5 SETTINGS In settings mode we can set the MIDI note, MIDI channel of each track, and whether a step sends MIDI velocity, MIDI Control Change, both or neither. Access the settings mode at any time by holding the encoder down for 4 seconds. You can exit the settings mode by press the encoder again.
  • Page 14 set the notes. In this example we’ll use a MIDI keyboard connected to the Crazy8Beats MIDI input.  
 • To select the track you wish to configure, press a corresponding pad.  
 The upper row selects tracks 1 to 8 of MIDI port 1. The lower row selects tracks 1 to 8 of MIDI port 2.
  • Page 15 The upper row selects tracks 1 to 8 of MIDI port 1. The lower row selects tracks 1 to 8 of MIDI port 2. 
 • Now a move a fader on your MIDI keyboard to send Crazy8Beats a MIDI CC message, the selected track will now transmit the same CC number when CC is enabled.
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  • Page 16: Firmware Updates

    Now you can transfer the SYSEX file from a computer. After a while the unit will restart, and you are ready to enjoy some beats!
 
 7 FIRMWARE UPDATES Crazy8Beats firmware can be updated via MIDI SYSEX. To start the unit in update mode, hold shift before pressing the power button to turn the unit on.

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