WELCOME GET SET UP SET UP THE HARDWARE GET THE LATEST FIRMWARE FIND YOUR WAY AROUND BASIC CONTROLS THE TELEPORTER PADS SCREENS WAV MANAGEMENT SCREENS SEQUENCER SCREENS KIT PRESETS MANAGE PRESETS Load a Preset Save a Preset Save As a New Preset Create a New Preset Rename a Preset Delete a Preset...
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TWEAK THE SOUND WITH MACRO CONTROLS Common Macro Controls Macro Controls for Clip and Slicer Pads Macro Controls For Each Model SEQUENCES AND TRANSPORTS START AND STOP A SEQUENCE THE TRANSPORTS POP-UP Set the Tempo Adjust the Swing Enable the Metronome Record a Sequence EDIT SEQUENCES WITH THE SUPER STEPPER BASIC WORKFLOW FOR SEQUENCE CREATION...
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CONFIGURE EFFECT BUSSES WITH THE FX SENDS SCREEN CONFIGURE EFFECT SENDS FOR THE LINE INPUT FX VOICE ARCHITECTURE ADJUST FX SETTINGS FX1 - Delay Settings FX2 - Reverb Settings FX3 - Cabinet Distortion CRAFT YOUR OWN SOUND NAVIGATE AROUND THE PAD DASHBOARD PAD MODELS Available Models How to Select a Pad Model...
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FILTERS Adjust Filter Settings Filter Parameters ENVELOPES Adjust Envelope Settings Envelope 1 and 2 Parameters LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR Adjust LFO Settings LFO Parameters DRUM EFFECTS Adjust DFX Settings DFX Parameters PAD SETUP OPTIONS Choose Pad Setup Options Available Pad Setup Options CLIPS AND SLICERS Pad Dashboard for Clips and Slicers Clip Features...
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MANAGE PADS Copy and Paste a Pad Change a Pad Label Save and Load Pads from the Pad Bank Delete Files from the Pad Bank VOICE ARCHITECTURE SERIAL FILTER MODE PARALLEL FILTER MODE PER OSCILLATOR FILTER MODE CLIP AND SLICER MODE NANOBOX CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FIRMWARE VERSION AVAILABLE NANOBOX SETTINGS...
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MIDI ALL NOTES OFF: CLEAR STUCK NOTES SYNCHRONIZE WITH AN EXTERNAL CLOCK USE MODULATION TO VARY SETTINGS WORK WITH THE MICRO SD CARD BACK UP YOUR FILES MANAGE WAV FILES SHARE PADS & PRESETS UPDATE FIRMWARE nanobox | razzmatazz User Manual Oct 14, 2022 P.
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GET SET UP SET UP THE HARDWARE Insert the microSD (1) card into the microSD card slot (2) if it’s not already inserted. The card must be in the slot for the razzmatazz to boot up. The card is spring-loaded. Push to eject when needed, but leave it in for now. Connect the stereo Line Out (3) to your mixer, speakers or headphones.
Left Arrow button to go to the nanobox Config screen. The loaded firmware version is displayed at the top of the screen, just to the left of the clock. Future updates will be available for download at https://forum.1010music.com, after you register for the forum. The...
FIND YOUR WAY AROUND Let’s get familiar with the basic controls and the maps of available screens. BASIC CONTROLS When you first power up the razzmatazz, you will see the Pads Home screen. You can dive right in by tapping the pads and you will hear the drums play. Here is an overview of the hardware controls and the onscreen controls on the Pads Home screen.
THE TELEPORTER The Teleporter map will guide you around the razzmatazz’s key functions. It is also a quick way to jump directly to any of the primary screens. Hold down the Home button from anywhere to open the Teleporter. Then touch a box to jump to that screen.
PADS SCREENS Finger drum, tweak a pad’s sound, and configure a pad’s soundscape on the Pads screens. Push Layer from the Pads Home screen to access the Mixer and the FX screens. Oscillators Preset Model Mgmt Picker MGMT Pads Home Macro Controls Filters...
WAV MANAGEMENT SCREENS From here, you can add a sample from the microSD card as a pad sound source, and record new samples. Recording WAV File Settings Parameters Management Touch graph SEQUENCER SCREENS Play sequences, edit them via the touchscreen, and control their playback options on the sequencer screens.
KIT PRESETS The sounds and sequences in the razzmatazz are organized into two kinds of presets: Kit Presets and Pad Presets. In Changes to kit this section, we will talk about Kit Presets. We will cover presets are Presets and the Pad Bank later. automatically Kit Presets hold all of the Pad, Mixer, FX and Sequence saved.
MANAGE PRESETS Presets are not saved until you choose to save them. This means you can quickly revert to a preset’s saved settings by reloading it. You can choose to Save the current settings into the same preset, or to Save As a new preset. You can create your own presets, rename them and delete the ones you no longer want.
Save As a New Preset Push the Home button until you see the Pads Home screen. Touch the name of the preset in the header to open the Preset Management Screen. Touch File to open the File menu. Preset Touch Save As. This will open the file naming Management screen, as shown below.
Create a New Preset New presets start with default model assignments and settings for each pad. Push the Home button until you see the Pads Home screen. Touch the name of the preset in the header to open the Preset Management Screen. Touch File to open the File menu.
PLAY THE PADS FINGER DRUM It’s time to make some noise! The Pads Home screen has 8 pads which can be customized to build the drum kit you need for your song. Push the Home button if needed until you see the Pads Home screen. You can trigger playback of a pad simply by tapping it on the touchscreen.
TWEAK THE SOUND WITH MACRO CONTROLS On the Pads Home Screen, the currently selected pad has a violet background. Push the Right Arrow button to navigate to the Pads Macro Controls for the selected pad. The Macro Controls provide quick access to pad settings for use during live performance.
Common Macro Controls Here are the settings you will find on the Macro Controls screen. Knob Description PITCH Adjust the pitch in a range of +/- 2 octaves. This is not quantized to semitones. See the FM Oscillators’ Fixed Pitch parameter and the WAV’s Pitch Semi parameter to adjust the sound by semitones.
Macro Controls for Clip and Slicer Pads The following Macro controls are specific to Clip or Slicer Pads. Knob Description QUANT Playback of a Clip pad will start and end on the next quantization boundary selected here. For example, if the Quant is set to 1 bar, the playback will begin at the start of the next bar.
Macro Controls For Each Model The razzmatazz is designed to give you the controls you need when you need them. On the Macro screen, the set of knobs available varies based on the model assigned to the pad. The table below shows which controls are available for each model. This is one of the reasons why it’s important to choose the correct model for each pad.
SEQUENCES AND TRANSPORTS Finger drumming can be fun, but the razzmatazz also has a built-in step sequencer so you can record and playback sequences. START AND STOP A SEQUENCE Push the Home button once or twice until you see the Sequence Home Screen. Touch one of the 16 sequences in the grid to select it.
THE TRANSPORTS POP-UP There are two ways to quickly access the Transports pop-up from anywhere in razzmatazz: Touch the Clock in the top right corner of the screen. Hold down the Right Arrow button. From here, you can start and stop playback and recording of sequences, start playback of clip pads (more on those later), and set up the metronome.
Set the Tempo There are two ways to set the tempo: the BPM knob and Tap tempo. Open the Transports pop-up by touching the clock or holding the Right Arrow button down. Touch the TAP button repeatedly in the desired tempo. The razzmatazz will detect the tempo and set the value for the BPM after a few taps.
Enable the Metronome You can turn the metronome on and off and adjust how loud it is on the Transports pop-up. Open the Transports pop-up by touching the clock or holding down the Right Arrow button. Touch the METRO button to toggle the state of the metronome. The button has a violet colored frame and text when active.
EDIT SEQUENCES WITH THE SUPER STEPPER The nanobox | razzmatazz can store 16 sequences for each preset. You create sequences by recording them in real time using the Pads Home screen or a MIDI controller, or by entering them into the Super Stepper. We covered recording sequences when talking about the Transports pop-up above.
CREATE & EDIT SEQUENCES Set Sequence Step Length and Step Count Each sequence can be configured to have a different Step Length and Step Count. The resulting length of the sequence will be step length x step count. Push Home once or twice to get to the Sequence Home page.
Create and Edit a Sequence with the Super Stepper The razzmatazz Super Stepper takes advantage of the touch screen to allow you to edit a pattern for one pad, while you can still see the pattern for the other pads. Each small box on the Super Stepper screen represents one pad in one step of the sequence.
Edit Velocity of Pad Trigger Events Push the Right Arrow button while on the Super Stepper to go to the Velocity editor. This page displays the velocity for the selected pad in the steps that have event triggers for this pad. Touch a step to select it, and then turn the bottom knob to adjust the velocity.
Copy, Paste, Clear and Extend Sequences You can get a head start on your next sequence by copying and pasting a sequence in the same preset or another preset. (Remember to save changes before switching presets.) You can also quickly extend a sequence pattern with the Double function.
MIXING AND MUTING On the razzmatazz Mixer and Mutes screens you can control level, pan and mute state of all pads. This allows you to balance the overall mix of the instruments. NAVIGATE TO THE MIXER AND MUTE SCREENS From the Pads Home screen, push the Layer button to access the Mixer screen. Push the Right Arrow button to toggle to the Mute screen.
CONTROL THE MIX On the Mixer screen, simply select a pad and then turn a knob to control its settings. nanobox LEVEL Turn to adjust the volume LEVEL level of the The number shows selected pad. the volume level. The bar graph shows left/right stereo balance.
MUTE A PAD On the Mutes screen, touch a pad to toggle the mute state of the pad. Red is muted, green is not muted. nanobox PADS Touch a pad to toggle the mute state. Red is Muted. LEFT ARROW Push to go to the Mixer screen.
BUSSED AND GLOBAL EFFECTS The razzmatazz has a few different layers of effects: Pad specific effects - These are controlled from the Dashboard. We will cover this later. Bussed effects - You can configure pad-specific effects sends for a delay and a reverb effect, and adjust the delay and reverb settings.
NAVIGATE TO THE FX SCREENS From the Pads Home screen, push the Layer button two times to get to the FX Sends screen. On the FX Sends screen, you can choose how much of each pad is sent to each of the two bussed effects: delay and reverb. From here, push the right arrow button to cycle through the parameter screens for the Delay (FX1), the Reverb (FX2), and the Cabinet Distortion (FX3).
CONFIGURE EFFECT BUSSES WITH THE FX SENDS SCREEN On the FX Sends screen, you choose how much of the audio signal for each pad is sent to FX1 - Delay, and FX2 - Reverb. Select a pad from the grid and turn the knobs to adjust the sends for FX1, shown on the top graph, and FX2, shown on the bottom graph.
CONFIGURE EFFECT SENDS FOR THE LINE INPUT When you connect an audio signal to the Line Input, that signal is also routed through the effects engine. You can configure the line input settings on the Nanobox Configuration screen, described below. Here, you can adjust the gain and the FX Sends.
ADJUST FX SETTINGS On the three FX screens you can configure the settings for the effects. On these screens, turn the top knob to choose a setting, and then turn the bottom knob to select a value. The tables below define the settings. FX1 - Delay Settings The delay can fatten the sound of the drums or add extra bounces or hits of the drum to each hit.
FX2 - Reverb Settings Add some reverb to a drum to add some length to the sound. Use longer values of Decay to make the sound trail on longer after the initial hit. Increase the Damping to reduce the airiness or hissing at the end of the sound. Use the Pre-delay to add some time between the initial hit and when you hear the echo.
FX3 - Cabinet Distortion The Cabinet Distortion also provides three different types of filters. You can add high pass and low pass filters, as well as configure a comb filter. You can choose from three different distortion algorithms based on the type of sound you want to achieve.
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Setting Description Comb Amount How much of the output of the comb filter is included in the overall output. Range: -100.0 % to +100.0% Comb Time The comb filter plays the same sound twice, with a slight delay between the playback times. Set the delay time here.
CRAFT YOUR OWN SOUND The razzmatazz comes with 120 presets to get you started. You can also customize these pads extensively or craft your own pads from scratch. When you have a sound you like, you can save a preset in order to save an entire kit, and you can save an individual pad to a file for re-use in other pads or presets.
NAVIGATE AROUND THE PAD DASHBOARD From the Pads Home Screen, push the Right Arrow button to get to the Macro Controls screen. Push the Right Arrow button again to go to the Pad Dashboard. From the either the Macro Controls or the Pad Dashboard screen, touch the name of the pad in the header to access the Model Picker screen.
PAD MODELS The Pad Models impact the pads in a few ways: They adjust the settings for the pad to sound like a generic version of the selected model to give you a good starting point. Nanobox | razzmatazz selects a set of parameters to display on the Macro Controls screen based on which model has been chosen.
How to Select a Pad Model From the Macro Controls screen or the Pad Dashboard, touch the pad name in the header to open the Model Picker screen. Turn one of the knobs to select a model. You will hear a brief preview of each model as you scroll through the list.
THE PAD DASHBOARD From the Pad Dashboard you can access the settings used to craft the sound of a pad. We will start by discussing the Pad Dashboard for the 6 common instrument models. Touch one of the graphs at the top of the dashboard to edit the settings for the corresponding oscillator or WAV file.
FM OSCILLATOR SOUND SOURCES You can use two frequency modulated oscillators with most of the razzmatazz instrument models. Only the Clip and Slicer models do not support FM Oscillators. You can use either oscillator alone, use them both together, or use neither oscillator and let the WAV file do all the work.
FM Oscillator Parameters Parameter Description Modulation Target? Level The overall volume level of the output of this Oscillator. Range: 0 to 100% Waveform The shape of the carrier signal for this oscillator. Options: Noise, Sine, Square, Triangle, and Saw Pulse Width If Waveform is Square, this controls the width of the pulses.
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Parameter Description Modulation Target? FM Amount The amount of modulation the sine wave modulation signal will apply to the carrier wave. Modulate the FM Amount to get interesting sounds. Range: 0 to 100%, where 100% is equivalent to the full scale. FM Ratio The difference in pitch or frequency between the carrier signal and the modulating sine wave.
THE WAV SOUND SOURCE You can add a WAV file as a sound source for all Pad Models. You can create some great drum sounds using just the two FM Oscillators, but the WAV file enables an additional range of sound capabilities. You can choose from 112 WAV files included in the Drums folder of the microSD card, or you can add your own WAV files to the card.
WAV Parameters The table below describes the available WAV parameters. Parameter Description Modulation Target? Level The overall volume level of the output of this Oscillator. Does not apply to Clips or Slicers. Use the Pad Volume to adjust the level for these models. Range: 0 to 100% File The name of the WAV file mapped to this oscillator.
Record a WAV You can use the Line In jack on the razzmatazz to record a new WAV file for use in pads. Connect the audio source to the Line In jack on the razzmatazz. Touch the WAV graph on the Pad Dashboard to open the WAV Screen.
Remove a WAV from a Pad If you decide you no longer want to use a WAV with a pad, you can unload the WAV file. Touch the WAV graph on the Pad Dashboard to open the WAV Screen. Touch the WAV graph area at the top of the screen, or push the Right Arrow button while the WAV file parameter is selected, to open the WAV Management screen.
FILTERS There are two Filters available for each pad. Touch a Filter button on the Pad Dashboard to edit the filter’s setting for the currently selected pad. Make sure the Filter is set to ON to hear and see the settings take effect. You can choose how the Filters are applied on the Pad Setup screen.
Filter Parameters Parameter Description Modulation Target? Type The type of filter that will be applied. See the Voice Architecture Diagrams Setup Filter Mode parameter for more information about how filters are applied. Options: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, or Notch. Cutoff For Low Pass filters, only frequencies below this value will pass through the filter.
ENVELOPES Each pad has two configurable Envelopes. Envelope 1 controls the amplitude of the pad’s signal. Envelopes 1 and 2 can be assigned as a modulation source for Oscillator, Filter, LFO and DFX parameters for this pad. Adjust Envelope Settings From the Pad Dashboard, touch the ENV1 or ENV2 button to adjust the Envelope settings.
Envelope 1 and 2 Parameters The table below lists the parameters that apply to ENV1 and ENV2. If the sound is getting cut short when you trigger a pad, increase the Hold. Parameter Description Modulation Target? Hold How long the oscillators and WAV will play. Set to 100% to hold the pad infinitely.
LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR Each pad has one Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) that can be used as a modulation source for Oscillator, Filter, LFO and DFX parameters for this pad. The LFO can be used in this way to add dynamics to the sound by varying the modulated parameter over time.
LFO Parameters The table below explains the LFO parameters. Use these settings to create a signal that can be used to add variety to other pad parameters that support modulation. Parameter Description and Range Modulation Target? Waveform The shape of the wave used by the low frequency oscillator.
DRUM EFFECTS On the Drum Effects (DFX) screen, you can configure several different effects to generate a broader range of sounds. Here, you can: • Amplify the sound in a specified frequency range by applying resonance • Add a sharp snap to the start of the sound •...
DFX Parameters The table below (continued on the next page) lists the DFX settings. The Voice Architecture diagrams later in this document show how these settings fit into the signal chain. Parameter Description Modulation Target? Res FB The amount of feedback used in the resonator effect for the pad.
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Parameter Description Modulation Target? Distortion The amount of distortion applied to the pad. Use distortion to simulate the imperfections of analog sound equipment that add grittiness to sound. Range: 0 to 100% Bit Crush The Bit Crusher effect simulates a reduced number of bits used to store samples.
PAD SETUP OPTIONS On the Pad Setup screen, you can assign pads to Exclusive Groups so that a trigger on one pad will force the end of the sound on another. You can also choose which filter mode will be used. See the previous section on Filters for more information about filter mode.
Available Pad Setup Options The table below describes the Pad Setup options. Not all options apply to all pad models. Parameter Description Modulation Target? Excl Group Exclusive Grouping. Triggering a pad assigned to an exclusive group will cause any other pad in that group to stop playing.
CLIPS AND SLICERS The top left pad on the razzmatazz supports two additional instrument models: Clip and Slicer. Clips play back WAV files with beat synchronization and looping capabilities. Slicers can playback content of the WAV starting at different times in the WAV as identified by slice markers.
Clip Features Clip pads can support looping playback and beat synchronized playback. They are useful to play a track along with your sequence or finger drumming. Check out the Demo3Clip factory preset to see a clip in action. See the WAV, Macro Controls, Envelope and Setup sections to read about the clip specific settings on those screens.
Slicer Features Slicer pads can play individual slices of a WAV file. You can choose to have successive slices played for each trigger, play the same slice each trigger, or have random slices play each time. Check out the Demo2Slice preset to hear the slicer model at work.
MANAGE PADS The Hamburger Menu in the top left corner of the Pads Home, Macro Controls and Pad Dashboard screens has several options to help you manage your pads. From here, you can copy and paste pads within and across presets, change the onscreen label for the pad, save a pad to a file for re-use, and load a previously saved pad file.
Change a Pad Label You can use the Rename action to change the label that appears on the pad on the Pads Home screen and in the header of other pads screens. On the Pads Home screen, select the pad you want to rename. Touch the Hamburger Menu in the top left corner of the Pads Home, Macro Controls, or Pad Dashboard screen.
The razzmatazz can save and load Pad Preset files in sub folders under the \Pads folder on the microSD card. The 1010music Pad Bank files are organized into folders. You can rename these and create your own folders, but they must be under the \Pads folder.
Delete Files from the Pad Bank You can delete pad files from the Pad Bank folders while you are in the Pad Loading screen. Touch the Hamburger Menu on one of the pads screens, and then touch Load Pad. You will the see the Pad Bank Load screen with a list of folders.
VOICE ARCHITECTURE The diagrams below illustrate the signal path for each pad’s voice. The outputs of these pads then feed into the FX Voice Architecture shown above. The signal path for the pads varies significantly based on the Filter Mode chosen on the Pad Setup screen.
PARALLEL FILTER MODE In Parallel Filter Mode, the output of the Rate Crusher is fed separately into Filter 1 and Filter 2. The two filters process the signal independently, and the outcome is then added together to feed into the Amplifier. FM Osc 1 Modulating Env 1...
PER OSCILLATOR FILTER MODE Set Filter Mode to Per Oscillator to apply Filter 1 to FM Oscillator 1 and Filter 2 to FM Oscillator 2. FM Osc 1 Modulating Env 1 Oscillator Main DFX Rate Filt 1 Resonator Distortion Crush Oscillator FM Osc 2 Modulating...
CLIP AND SLICER MODE If the pad model is set to Clip or Slicer, the only audio source for the pad is the WAV file. For Clips, the Launch Mode will control whether the pad plays in a loop. For Slicer mode, the Play Thru setting controls whether the WAV file continues playing when it reaches the start of the next slice.
The number to the left of the clock on the Nanobox Configuration screen is the version of firmware that is running. Check the 1010music forum, https:// forum.1010music.com, to see if there is a newer version available. Nanobox AVAILABLE NANOBOX SETTINGS...
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Parameter Description MIDI When On, a MIDI note event within the range of notes mapped to AutoSel pads will change which pad is selected for editing on the pad specific screens, such as the Pad Macro screen and Pad Dashboard. The current pad is named in the header of these screens.
USING A MIDI CONTROLLER The razzmatazz is designed to work on its own, but when paired with a MIDI controller you can get more immediate access to the following features: • MIDI triggered pads with velocity and pressure • Changing presets with MIDI program changes •...
MIDI SETTINGS By default, the razzmatazz is set to listen to all MIDI channels coming through the MIDI In port. You can set razzmatazz to respond to a single MIDI channel by setting the value of MIDI In on the Nanobox Configuration screen, as discussed above.
MIDI CONTROL CHANGE: CONTROL YOUR SETTINGS You can teach the razzmatazz to respond to MIDI Control Change (CC) signals to set values for: • Pad Macro Controls - one MIDI CC per pad per Macro Control • MIXER Settings - Volume and Pan per pad •...
Clear a MIDI Mapping to a Control Here’s how to remove a mapping of a MIDI CC to a razzmatazz setting: Push Right Arrow from the Pads Home screen to open the Nanobox Configuration screen. Set MIDI Learn to On. A blue dot appears in the header to show that MIDI Learn is enabled.
SYNCHRONIZE WITH AN EXTERNAL CLOCK You can use an analog clock pulse to synchronize the razzmatazz with other gear. You can tell the razzmatazz how many pulses per quarter (PPQs) are in the clock signal by choosing an option for the Clock Input setting on the Nanobox Config screen.
USE MODULATION TO VARY SETTINGS You can add more dynamics to the sound by applying internal and external modulation to the pad settings. Any parameter in a settings list that has three squares along the right side is a modulation target, such as the Hold and Decay fields shown on the right.
WORK WITH THE MICRO SD CARD The razzmatazz stores all of its data on the microSD card. The table below lists the files used by the device. There are different types of adapters available to allow you to use your microSD card with the SD Card slot and USB input on your computer.
MANAGE WAV FILES You can use the microSD card with your computer to manage the WAV files on the card. You can load new WAV files onto the card or backup your existing WAV files for safekeeping. The razzmatazz supports samples the meet the following criteria: •...
SHARE PADS & PRESETS You can share your presets and pads with others, or move them to another microSD by moving the related files. To share a Kit Preset, find the .nnr file in the root folder on the microSD card with the same name as the preset.
UPDATE FIRMWARE We strongly recommend that you check the 1010music forum, https:// forum.1010music.com, for the latest firmware release. New releases may contain bug fixes and new features. Updating is easy: Download the NANORAZZ.BIN file from the forum. You must register for the forum (for free) to get access to the downloads area.
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