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Erica Synths PERKONS HD-01 User Manual

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  • Page 1 U S E R M A N U A L...
  • Page 2 Baltic Sea – THUNDER, lord of the skies. We at Erica Synths proudly present our newest creation – PĒRKONS For a real thunderstorm, integration with external gear is considered - each voice has (THUNDER) - a drum machine and synthesizer that will change your approach to a dedicated trigger input, individual output and FX send and return with 6.3mm jack...
  • Page 3 FEATURES 4 hybrid voices (digital sound engine and analogue multimode filter with overdrive) 8 controls per voice Trigger inputs for drum pads Individual voice outputs Individual sends and returns per voice 64 kit and 64 pattern memory + additional memory on the SD card Built-in bucket brigade delay digital emulation Modulation LFO with morphing waveforms and 8 destinations...
  • Page 4 THE INTERFACE THE USER INTERFACE OF THE PĒRKONS HD 01 CONSISTS OF 5 MAIN PARTS: 4 VOICES, THE MASTER SECTION, THE TEMPO AND MAIN CONTROLS, THE STEP SEQUENCER, THE MODULATION AND CONFIGURATION SECTION. All four voices have identical The Master section includes a control layouts, but each voice built in BBD emulation with time ALGO...
  • Page 5 CONNECTIONS Each voice has a dedicated trigger input, line level audio output and FX send and return jack sockets, so you can use different FX units or FX In the master output section you will find a line-level master output, pedals on each voice.
  • Page 6 THE SOUND ENGINES Each voice of the Pērkons consists of 11 identical controls – 8 potentiometers and 3 toggle switches, The PARAM1 and PARAM2 knobs control different but the sound generation algorithms for each voice parameters depending on the algorithm selected. are different –...
  • Page 7 THE SOUND ENGINES As mentioned above, each voice of the PĒRKONS has 3 sound design algorithms with 3 modes within each algorithm. VOICE 1 ALGORITHM 1 ALGORITHM 2 ALGORITHM 3 NAME ALGO FOLD DRUM WAVETABLE DRUM RESONANT BASSDRUM MODE 1 no transient wavetable 1 MODE 2...
  • Page 8 THE SOUND ENGINES VOICE 2 ALGORITHM 1 ALGORITHM 2 ALGORITHM 3 NAME ALGO FOLD DRUM WAVETABLE DRUM COMPLEX DRUM MODE 1 no transient wavetable 1 waveform 1 MODE 2 noise transient wavetable 2 waveform 2 MODE MODE 3 pulse transient wavetable 3 waveform 3 PARAMETER 1...
  • Page 9 THE SOUND ENGINES VOICE 3 ALGORITHM 1 ALGORITHM 2 ALGORITHM 3 NAME ALGO RESONANT SNARE SLAP RESONANT BD (TOM) MODE 1 retrig mode 1 MODE 2 retrig mode 2 MODE MODE 3 retrig mode 3 PARAMETER 1 noise tone fm mod amount PARAMETER 2 noise decay tone...
  • Page 10 THE SOUND ENGINES VOICE 4 ALGORITHM 1 ALGORITHM 2 ALGORITHM 3 NAME ALGO NOISE HAT SAMPLE HATS MODE 1 white noise sample 1 MODE 2 pulse stack sample 2 MODE MODE 3 sample 3 PARAMETER 1 reverb start point PARAMETER 2 attack attack...
  • Page 11 THE TEMPO & MAIN CONTROLS SECTION The large TEMPO knob controls the master tempo of the DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE PĒRKONS. In order to see what exact tempo is being played, press and hold SHIFT while turning the knob – it will indicate the tempo on three of the sequencer rows –...
  • Page 12 THE TEMPO & MAIN CONTROLS SECTION PLAY/STOP RECORD RESET The PLAY/STOP button is for starting and stopping The REC button allows for the the recording of voice The RESET button resets the sequencer when the sequencer. parameter settings. This button can either be latched pressed.
  • Page 13 THE TEMPO & MAIN CONTROLS SECTION HARD RESET TAP TEMPO TEMPO NUDGE You can also access more tempo controls via this The 2nd tap key becomes a TAP TEMPO key – The 3d and 4th keys become «nudge» keys – by button –...
  • Page 14 THE TEMPO & MAIN CONTROLS SECTION SHUFFLE SETTING DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE The SHUFFLE button allows for setting the shuffle amount per voice by pressing and holding it. The shuffle amount for each voice is displayed on the step grid, with the 1st step representing the minimum value and the 16th step representing the maximum value.
  • Page 15 THE TEMPO & MAIN CONTROLS SECTION CLEAR ALL PARAMETERS AND AUTOMATIONS DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE The CLEAR button is for clearing the sequence for each voice as well as the recorded parameter settings. By pressing CLEAR + the corresponding tap key per-voice, the entire sequence + recorded parameter automation will be cleared.
  • Page 16 THE STEP SEQUENCER SECTION The Step Sequencer provides simultaneous control over all four voices – trigger entering as well as secondary functions – time divisions and multiplications, groove settings, play mode and modulation matrix. STEP PROGRAMMING DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE The most obvious and straight–forward feature is trigger entering.
  • Page 17 THE STEP SEQUENCER SECTION LIVE DRUM RECORDING DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE You can use the PĒRKONS HD-01 as a drum synthesizer module with a electronic drum pads (not included with PĒRKONS HD-01) - connect the drum pads to the trigger inputs and adjust trigger sensitivity (please, refer to Configuration Settings on page xx of this manual).
  • Page 18 THE STEP SEQUENCER SECTION TIME DIVISIONS DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE The SHIFT button opens access to the secondary functions of the step sequencer buttons. Like trigger entering, it works for all four voices simultaneously. Push and hold the SHIFT button and push one of the DIVIDE buttons (first four buttons) for master clock division on the relevant voice.
  • Page 19 THE STEP SEQUENCER SELCTION GROOVE SETTINGS DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE In order to "humanize" patterns, the PĒRKONS HD-01 has a special feature - GROOVE - implemented. It' s basically a slight variation of drum volume on specific triggers. One of four GROOVE algorithms can be selected for each voice.
  • Page 20 PER STEP PLAY SETTINGS, AUTOMATIONS AND PARAMETER LOCKS To “animate” your performance and give it a more “human” feel, per-step automations are available. PER STEP RATCHETS DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE You can program PER STEP RATCHETS (trigger repeats on the specific steps) on the PĒRKONS HD-01. To do so, push and hold the relevant step button while pushing and holding the RATCHET button and then pushing one of TAP buttons.
  • Page 21 PER-STEP PLAY SETTINGS AND PARAMETER LOCKS PER STEP PROBABILITIES DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE You can program the statistical PROBABILITY of playing a step on the PĒRKONS HD-01, meaning that a step will be played at, for example, a 25% probability when the sequencer is activating the step.
  • Page 22 PATTERN AND KIT SAVING AND RECALLING Both patterns and kits can be saved and recalled. A kit entails the voice parameter settings for all four voices, while a pattern entails the sequencer settings (last step, division/multiplication, ratchets, probabilities, steps, play direction, shuffle amount, groove settings) for all four voices. PATTERN SAVING DIVIDE MULTIPLY...
  • Page 23 PATTERN AND KIT SAVING AND RECALLING PATTERN CLEARING DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE To clear the patterns, initiate the PATTERN menu, press and hold the CLEAR button and press the step buttons – the LED’ s will turn off, indicating the slots have been cleared.
  • Page 24 PATTERN AND KIT SAVING AND RECALLING KIT LOADING DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE To LOAD the kit, initiate the KIT menu, press the step button for a kit you wish to recall – the kit will be instantly loaded and the sequencer will advance to the pattern design mode.

  • Page 25: Pattern Chaining

    PATTERN CHAINING In order to make longer than 16 step patterns, you can DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE chain several patterns sequentially. To do so, initiate the pattern menu by pressing PATTERN button, and press several consecutive step buttons that represent saved patterns.

  • Page 26: Modulation Settings

    MODULATION SETTINGS The PĒRKONS has a built-in modulator – an LFO with a selectable waveform – there are seven waveforms to choose from and these are indicated with symbols printed around the WAVE knob. The large knob indicates the rate of the LFO, while the WAVE MOD LVL knob indicates the master modulation amount the LFO exerts on the functions it is assigned to.
  • Page 27 MODULATION SETTINGS The LFO can either oscillate freely or can run synchro- DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE nized to the clock – this is done via the SYNC button – the LED on indicates it synchronized. The minimum rate of the freely-oscillating LFO is 0.1Hz, while the maximum rate is 20Hz.

  • Page 28: Configuration Settings

    CONFIGURATION SETTINGS Press and hold the SHIFT button and press SYNC and DIVIDE MULTIPLY GROOVE PLAY MODE MOD buttons simultaneously to access the configura- tion settings . All configuration settings are performed via Step Sequencer buttons. MODULATION DESTINATION MODULATION DEPTH MOD L VL DRIVE PATTERN...
  • Page 29 TO BE CONTINUED...