Modal Electronics ARGON8M Quick Start Manual page 2

Preset Saving
Press the 'Save' button to enter the 'full' save procedure or hold the
'Save' button to perform a 'quick' save (saving preset into current
slot with current name).
Once you are in the 'full' save procedure, presets are saved in the
following way:
Slot selection - Use the 'Edit' encoder to select the preset bank/
number to save into, and press the 'Edit' switch to select it
Naming - Use the 'Page/Param' encoder to select the character
position and use the 'Edit' encoder to select the character. Press the
'Edit' switch to finish editing the name.
There are a number of panel shortcuts here:
Press 'Velo' to jump to lowercase characters
Press 'AftT' to jump to uppercase characters
Press 'Note' to jump to numbers
Press 'Expr' to jump to symbols
Press the 'Page/Param' switch to add a space (increment all above
characters)
Press 'Init' to delete the current character (decrement all above
characters)
Hold 'Init' to delete the entire name
Press the 'Edit' switch to confirm the settings and save the preset.
At any point during the procedure hold the 'Page/Param' switch to
move back a step.
To exit/quit the procedure without saving the preset, press the
'Patch/Seq' button.
Global Settings
When the screen is displaying the 'Reset' option, hold the 'Edit'
switch to trigger the 'Reset' function.
UI
Quick Recalls
GUIDE Argon8M has 4 Quick Recall slots for quickly loading patches. Quick
Recalls are controlled using the following button combos:
Hold 'Patch' + hold one of the four buttons on bottom left of the
panel to assign the currently loaded patch to a QR slot
Hold 'Patch' + press one of the four buttons on bottom left of the
panel to load the patch in the QR slot
Oscillators
Hold the 'Patch' button and turn the 'Wave1' or 'Wave2' encoder to
control the WavMod parameters
Press the 'Tune/Fine' switch to toggle between Osc1 and Osc2 tune
and fine tune controls
Filter
Hold the 'Patch' button and turn the 'Cutoff' encoder to control the
Filter Type parameter
Envelopes
Hold any of the EG switches for one second and then turn the ADSR
encoders to adjust all envelopes simultaneously
Press the 'MEG' switch when MEG is already selected to latch MEG
assign
Sequencer
Hold the 'Patch' and 'Play' button to clear the sequencer notes
When the screen is displaying the 'Linked Sequence' parameter,
hold the 'Edit' switch to set the value to be the currently loaded
sequence.
Arp
Hold the 'Arp' switch and press keys on an external keyboard to add
pattern notes or press the 'Play' button to add a rest to the pattern
Hold the 'Patch' button and turn the 'Division' encoder to control
Arp Gate
Keyboard/Voice
Press 'Mode' repeatedly to cycle through the different voice modes
Mono, Poly, Unison (2,4 and 8) and Stack (2 and 4).
Press 'Chord' whilst holding a chord on an external keyboard to set
the chord mode chord.
Modulation
To assign a Mod Slot either hold (momentary) or latch the desired
Mod source button - then set a depth by turning desired modulation
destination parameter
When latched in a Mod Source assign mode pressing the flashing
Mod Source button again will exit assign mode
Mod source button + 'Depth' encoder - set global depth for that
mod source
Press ModSlot repeatedly to cycle through and view all mod slot
settings on the screen
When the screen is displaying a mod slot 'Depth' parameter (most
easily accessed via assigning modulation using the panel or via
the ModSlot button), hold the 'Edit' switch to clear the mod slot
assignment.
To assign a mod source to an osc's global frequency destination, use
either of the fine tune controls. 'Tune1' will assign to Osc1 tune,
'Tune2' will assign to Osc2 tune.
FX
Press FX1 / FX2 / FX3 switch repeatedly to change the FX type of the
slot
Hold FX1 / FX2 / FX3 switch to reset the FX type of the slot to 'None'
Turn the 'B' encoder into the negative range for the slot with a
Delay FX assigned to access synced delay times
Press FX1 + FX2 + FX3 to jump to the 'FX Preset Load' parameter
LFO
Turn the 'Rate' encoders into the negative range to access synced
rates
Press the 'LFO1/LFO2' switch when LFO is already selected to latch
LFO assign