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Manual [RED]
groovesizer.com
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Here are the operating instructions for the latest firmware version of the Groovesizer RED.
The Groovesizer RED has 4 operating modes: Edit Mode, Pattern Mode, Live Mode and Preferences
Mode.
Switching between Modes
Edit Mode (But 1 + Shift) – press and hold Button 1 and press Shift when not already in Edit
Mode.
Pattern Mode (But 1 + Shift) – when in Edit Mode, press and hold Button 1, and press Shift .
Live Mode (But 1 + 2 + Shift) – press and hold Buttons 1 and 2, and press Shift.
Preferences Mode (But 1 + 2 + 3 + Shift) – press and hold Buttons 1, 2 and 3, and press Shift.
EDIT MODE
This is the default mode when the RED is powered on. Enter Edit Mode from any of the other modes
by holding Button 1 and pressing Shift.
Note entry
NOTE: multiple notes can be edited at the same time by holding down more than one button.
Steps 1 – 4 (But 1 + Pots 1 – 4) – with Button 1 held, use Pots 1 to 4 to adjust the pitches of
steps 1 – 4 respectively.
Steps 5 – 8 (But 2 + Pots 1 – 4) – with Button 2 held, use Pots 1 to 4 to adjust the pitches of
steps 5 – 8 respectively.
Steps 9 – 12 (But 3 + Pots 1 – 4) – with Button 3 held, use Pots 1 to 4 to adjust the pitches of
RED Manual – March
2014)

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Summary of Contents for Groovesizer RED

  • Page 1 Preferences Mode (But 1 + 2 + 3 + Shift) – press and hold Buttons 1, 2 and 3, and press Shift. EDIT MODE This is the default mode when the RED is powered on. Enter Edit Mode from any of the other modes by holding Button 1 and pressing Shift.
  • Page 2 steps 9 – 12 respectively. Steps 13 – 16 (But 4 + Pots 1 – 4) – with Button 4 held, use Pots 1 to 4 to adjust the pitches of steps 13 – 16 respectively. Rests and ties NOTE: rests and ties can also be added in Live Mode with Buttons 1 and 2 respective. Ties (But 1 –...
  • Page 3 Synth controls NOTE: the current synth controls are stored and recalled with a pattern when it is saved and triggered. Grain 1 pitch (Pot 1) – with no buttons held, Pot 1 controls the pitch of grain 1. It sounds a lot like filter cutoff on a lowpass filter.

  • Page 4: Pattern Mode

    Swing (Shift + Pot 2) – hold Shift and adjust Pot 2 to change the swing amount. Under the internal clock, the swing amount is smoothly variable, but when the RED is synced to MIDI clock, only three levels of swing are available: no swing, half swing, and full swing.
  • Page 5 note duration decay Bank modes The bank mode for the current User Bank is indicated by LEDs 13 – 16 for modes 1 – 4 respectively. Bank mode selection (Shift + Control) – while in one of the User Banks, hold Shift and select the desired bank mode with the Control pot.

  • Page 6: Live Mode

    Shift and press Button 3 to lower the BPM by 1 Sync nudge – forward (Shift + But 4) – while the RED is synced to MIDI clock, hold Shift and Press Button 4 to nudge the RED ahead by 1 PPQ relative to the master.
  • Page 7 Mode stops playback of the sequencer. In Live Mode, the RED’s internal synth can be played as a MIDI module (velocity is mapped to Grain 2 pitch), and notes can be entered via an attached MIDI keyboard, either with auto advance, or manual step selection.
  • Page 8 MIDI Note Out (But 1) – in some cases, you may prefer the RED not to send out MIDI notes from the sequencer. One example would be when syncing a second RED to this unit via MIDI clock. If both are set to the same MIDI channel, the notes sent out from this unit will transpose the pattern playing on the second unit.
  • Page 9 Preset (LED) Control Change (cc) Volca Keys Param. Portamento Expression Voice Octave Detune VCO EG Int 7 (default) Cutoff VCF EG Int LFO Rate LFO Pitch Int LFO Cutoff Int EG Attack EG Decay/Release EG Sustain Delay Time Delay Feedback Accent level (Pot 4) –...

  • Page 10: Saving Preferences

    Send start / stop (But 2) – choose whether or not to send clock start and stop messages when starting or stopping the sequencer. The default is on. MIDI thru (But 3) – with this option turned on, all MIDI messages received at the RED’s MIDI input are echoed to the MIDI ouput. The default is on.