A brief introduction to the XBASE 999 The XBASE 999 is a drum machine with 9 instruments. Four of them are completely made up of advanced analog discrete circuitries and combine true analog sound with the advantage of full digital control of all parameters.
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Please connect the provided wall wart adapter to the line and hook it up to the supply jack 10.5V~ AC IN on the XBASE 999. If, for any reason, you are not able to use the orginal power supply, please use an alternate current AC/AC adapter with at least 10.5 Volts and 2...
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Please look into the Midi Implementation in the appendix which Midi data is received and processed by the XBASE 999. Connect the MIDI In jack of the XBASE 999 with the MIDI Out jack of the master by use of a midi cable.
Connect the MIDI Out jack of the XBASE 999 to the Midi In jack of the other device. MIDI Thru Midi data that is received on the MIDI In jack is being forwarded to the MIDI Thru jack without being changed. More MIDI capable devices can be connected to this port.
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Now that you know how to select patterns, let’s take a look at the different modes of the XBASE 999. After powering up, you are always in Perform Mode. That means, all steps of an instrument track address the same sound buffer and play the same sound throughout the whole track.
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(or more when you select several at the same time). When you press (Write) again and leave the Write Mode, these steps get locked. You can go on and program a different bass drum for every step, XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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”x” but a bar at the selected steps which indicates the value for this step. Additionally to the step LEDs 1..16 the LEDs next to encoder 1..16 light up when a step is set. With these encoders you XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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- all editings are only made in the edit buffer – it will be gone when you select another pattern. This is made by pressing (Shift/Cancel), then (Step 3) = Store Pattern. Enjoy and check it out! XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
1..9. When an instrument is muted, the LED next to the encoder flashes red. In Master Mode, the black printing is active and the encoders are used to adjust the volume of the instruments. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
DATA / TEMPO XBASE 999 ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER LEFT RIGHT Data/Tempo This knob is used for editing of parameters that are chosen by the (Left) and (Right) cursor buttons. Furthermore, it changes the tempo of the sequencer. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
BANK SCALE 32 8Tr.16 Tr. Bank The bank button cycles between 4 pattern banks. This button switches between both alternative patterns A and B. Scale With this button you cyclicly select different bar scalings. They are XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
This button activates - corresponding to the prior selected mode - the Performance Write, the Pattern Write or the Song Write Mode. Down/Up These buttons are used for pattern change. START Start This button starts the sequencer. Stop STOP This button stops the sequencer. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Panning Mode Select sele ct Page Tracks L OW TOM HIGH TO M C LOSED HI HAT OPEN HI HAT CLAP RIM SHOT CRASH Instrument Keys These keys are used for triggering and selection of instruments. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
<MIDI/039-255> With this parameter the speed of the sequencer can be edited in beats per minute. The lowest tempo below 39 BPM switches to Midi Clock syncronisation. Init Kit 223 Kick PerfOO1 123Name GO! Ma B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
MyFavour O12 Kick PerfOO1 Drum kit stored Ma B123 Display Contrast <Contr> <030-110> Move the cursor to the contrast parameter. Here you can change the contrast of the LCD display. Init Kit 223 Kick PerfOO1 ContrO37MemPrOFF Ma B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
(edit) button again. If Memory Protect was set to <ON> the function is disrupted. In this case please prior go to Memory Protect and unprotect the current preset. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Edit Mode. Automatically the Bass Drum is selected first, and now you can choose the desired instrument via the instrument keys which is shown in the display. The following section describes the different instruments and its parameters. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
» Note: Please do not mistake tune and pitch of the bass drum. Because in the historical predecessor TR-909 the actual pitch envelope was called tune, the XBASE 999 keeps this tradition only with the bass drum. With all other instruments the tune parameter is called ”tune”! Attack <Attac>...
The resulting sound is harder and timpani-like. Hello999 OOOKick PerfOO1 Gate OO1HarmoO23 Ed B123 Pulse <Pulse> <000-127> Controls the part of the pulse signal in the attack phase signal. Hello999 OOOKick PerfOO1 PulseO67Noise121 Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Hello999 OOOKick PerfOO1 Level127VelocON Ed B123 » Note: This is the individual volume of the instrument stored along with the current kit, not the global instrument volume which is also controlled in Master Mode (see page 21). XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Hello999 OOOKick PerfOO1 ScaleLINInitON Ed B123 » Note: Only the edit buffer of the bass drum in initialized which means that nothing is stored to user memory! This yields the same for all other instruments. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Initialize <Init> <ON/OFF> If this item is set to <ON>, immediatly all snare drum parameters are initialized. Hello999 OOOSnar PerfOO1 VelocOFFInit ON Ed B123 » Note: Only the edit buffer is initialized, means nothing is stored! XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Master Mode (see page 21). Velocity <Veloc> <ON/OFF> If this parameter is set to <ON>, the volume of the Low Tom is controlled by the received note on velocity. Hello999 OOOLoTo PerfOO1 Level127VelocOFF Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Master Mode (see page 21). Velocity <Veloc> <ON/OFF> If this parameter is set to <ON>, the volume of the High Tom is controlled by the received note on velocity. Hello999 OOOHiTo PerfOO1 Level127VelocON Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
» Note: You have to make Peak Time also greater than 0 when Attack is greater than 0. Otherwise the envelope will not reach the highest peak before the decay sets in, resulting in a weak signal. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Hello999 OOOHiHa PerfOO1 CHAtt000OHDec016 Ed B123 Open Hi Hat Decay <OHDec> <000-127> Controls the length of the decay phase. Hello999 OOOHiHa PerfOO1 CHAtt000OHDec1O6 Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
» Note: The first four samples are fixed and the rest of them can be reloaded by the user by MIDI download. For this purpose Jomox provides a sample editor tool that can be downloaded for free on the Jomox website www.jomox.com...
Both filters form a band pass. Tweak both part filters to yield your desired result. Hello999 OOOHiHa PerfOO1 CutLPO79CutHPO13 Ed B123 » Note: The hi hat filter only works when parameter Source has been set to either FIL (Sample -> Filter) or NOI (Noise -> Filter). XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Hello999 OOOHiHa PerfOO1 ResonO23Level127 Ed B123 » Note: This is the individual volume of the instrument stored along with the current kit, not the global instrument volume which is also controlled in Master Mode (see page 21). XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Controls the tune or better the speed of Clap/Rim/Crash/Ride sample play back. Hello999 OOOClap PerfOO1 Tune 050 Attac000 Ed B123 » Note: Inital value is 50 which plays the sample back in the same tune as recorded. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
A change of decay time is then only recognizeable very little because the sample may be played back already when decay phase sets in. This is also dependend on the playback speed (Tune). XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Hello999 OOOClap PerfOO1 RevrsOFFSmpleS11 Ed B123 » Note: The first four samples are fixed and the rest of them can be reloaded by the user. Jomox provides a sample editor tool that can be downloaded free of charge at www.jomox.com Please find the fixed samples in the following table: Smple\Instr.
Clap/Rim/Crash/Ride is controlled by the received note on velocity. Hello999 OOOClap PerfOO1 Level127VelocON Ed B123 Initialize <Init> <ON/OFF> If this item is set to <ON>, immediatly all parameters are initialized. Hello999 OOOClap PerfOO1 Init Off Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
(data) knob until <LFOs> appears. Now you can navigate all parameters with the cursor and change them by (data) encoder. The XBASE 999 contains 2 digital LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators). With these you can modulate the pitch of all instruments.
LFO2 Rate <L2Rat> <000-127> Controls the speed of LFO2. The absolute speed is also dependent from the BPM parameter in Master Mode because the LFO is driven by the main sequencer. Hello999 OOOLFOs PerfOO1 L2IntO1OL2RatO39 Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Syncronization of LFO2 <L2Syn> <ON/OFF> If this parameter is set to <ON>, LFO2’s wave is restarted by the instrument’s trigger assigned to as modulation destination. If set to <OFF>, no syncronization occurs. Hello999 OOOLFOs PerfOO1 L1SynOFFL2SynON Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
There are also programmable feedback tracks from the output to the input. All adjustments are storeable. The filter gating is dynamical to avoid from unwanted noise or whistling signals. To avoid filter related noise by 100% is almost XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Hello999 OOOFilt PerfOO1 Q_L 1O1 Q_R 127 Ed B123 » Note: If Resonance is set to <000>, a Q of <127> will make the filter extremely narrow banded, but will never bring it to self-oscillation though. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Filter Mode Left <MdeL> <LP/HP/BP/Not> Selects the filter mode of the left filter. You can choose between following types of filters: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Notch. Hello999 OOOFilt PerfOO1 MdeL LP MdeR HP Ed B123 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
For this, you should always use mono plugs for internal use of the filter because they short the annoying filter output (this is made for shorting). XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
(ENTER) to start the transmission. During transmission of the bulk dump the display shows the following: RcvCh001TxmCh001 BdumpBSYBloadGO! About a minute later the unit will inform you that the dump is finished: XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
RcvCh001TxmCh001 BdumpGO!BloadGO! Press (Enter) to enable the reception of an XBASE 999 compatible Midi dump. The display shows <RDY> and the XBASE 999 waits until it receives the correct bulk dump. RcvCh001TxmCh001 BdumpGO!BloadRDY » Note: Now you can start the Sysex dump on your external device, e.g.
Bass/Kick Drum Snare Drum Electric Snare Lo Tom Low Floor Tom Hi Tom High Floor Tom Closed Hi Hat Closed Hi Hat Open Hi Hat Open Hi Hat Clap Clap Rim Shot RimShot Crash Crash Ride Ride XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Transmit MIDI Clock <TxClk> <ON/OFF> If this parameter is set to <ON>, MIDI clock gets sent at the MIDI out to syncronize hooked up Midi devices in slave mode. RcvCh001TxmCh001 TxTrgOFFTxClkON XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
The selected (Step LED) lights up and the display shows: Hello999 OOOKick PerfO12 Tune 102PitchO3O Ed B123 Pattern as bank changes can be performed whilst the sequencer is running. The changes are only taken on wrap-around to the new XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
This is useful for creating a basic drum beat, and after completion just switch to part B and make little variations of part A. This internal copy function is regardless of the A/B playmode. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Each instrument has its own track and its own step programming. Of course you can switch between these whilst the sequencer is running. The 16 (Step) LEDs above the buttons indicate on which steps the selected instrument is played (the playing LEDs light up red). XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
When you select another instrument by pressing one of the (Instrument) keys, the assignment of the (Edit Encoders) changes immediatly. If you edit a parameter, the display will show the changed value and jump to the parameter position in XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
You can also handle the filter as an own instrument (For instance for resonating basses). The individual outputs are not affected by this since the signal is split out before the filter which only works in the stereo mix bus. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Pattern Play Mode Works the same like the Perform Play Mode (see Perform Play Mode) Pattern Write Mode You can reach the Pattern Write Mode by pressing (Write) whilst you are in pattern mode. PERF PATT SONG WRITE XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Also tweakings by the (Edit Encoders) only affect the selected steps. If you are ready with your editings, leave the Individual Step Edit Mode by holding the (Instrument) key and pressing the (Step) XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
If you want to record dynamic sound scapes, you have to leave the Write Mode by pressing (Write) quickly after a successfull pattern loop, because on the next loop all steps would be overwritten again. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Please note that if you want to process the internal instruments by the filter, you have to edit the filter routing beforehand (See p. 2 Functions 8 Filter Routing). There you can also edit the wiring between both filters. But these XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Pattern Mode. If you only want to listen to the filtered signal, you have to mute the desired instrument from direct signal path by pressing one of the instrument encoders 1..9. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
<StpXXX> - The number of the current Song Step in the • playlist. The song always starts with step 0. If you press the start button, the song plays the list step by step in ascending order and executes the programmed instructions. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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(Up) / (Down) buttons. The Song No. is displayed on the right side in the LCD display. Init Kit O21Kick SongOO1 Pa001 Te120 RpOOO StpOOO You can program Song Steps either manually or in real time. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Pa006 Te120 RpOO8 StpOOO Then you move the cursor to Rp and change the number of repetitions to 008. You have to press (Write) again to leave the write mode in order not to change the programmed settings. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Init Kit OO2Kick SongOO1 Pa001 Te128 RpOOO StpFIN After editing, please don’t forget to leave the Write Mode. Now press (Start), and the song gets played back. On reaching of Song Step 2 the song is finished. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
You can also move the cursor to Pa0XX and select the pattern by turning the (Data) encoder. After the current pattern has played back, the display jumps automatically to the next Song Step: Init Kit O92Kick SongOO1 Pa002 Te123 RpOOO StpOO1 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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<StpXXX> you can scroll every Song Step by the (Data) encoder from 0 to the <FIN> symbol. You can manually edit the list at any time as described in the past section. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Don’t forget to leave Write Mode again after editing. If you now play back this song, it is not finished automatically, but endlessly jumps back to the programmed loop start after reaching the loop point. This is a very useful function for live perfomances. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Choose the desired target kit (if not the old) by scrolling the (Data/Tempo) encoder and confirm the task with (Enter). By this technique, you can easily copy kits to other memory locations without changing the old drum kit. Init Kit OO2Kick PerfOO1 Drum kit stored Ed B120 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
3 to pattern 4, just choose pattern 3, then the Store Pattern function and then select pattern 4 with the (UP) button and confirm with (Enter), done. Now patterns 3 and 4 are identical. (If pattern 4 wasn’t empty before, it is overwritten now, of course...) XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
You can choose a number from 1 to 16 steps. Default value is 16. Init Kit OOOKick PerfOO1 Last Step = 016 Shif005 The Last Step information is only stored in the edit buffer and has to be stored to memory for further recall. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
-3. With this function you can individually shift single steps in different instrument tracks within the chosen grid (see scale) to program grooves of any kind. The default range is: –6 pulled forward to +5 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
It is an 808 Rimshot and the 1 is played louder than the other beats. To stop recording press (Shift/Cancel). » Note: As with manual step editing, only the edit buffer is recorded. You have to store it or the pattern is discarded on the next pattern selection. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
This generates the most distorted and crying feedbacks or extreme filter slopes. By the (Instrument) keys you can decide which instruments are routed into the filter. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
<←> left pan <→> right pan <c> center position < > shows the intensity of L/R panning The (Encoders) 1..9 assigned to the instruments control the pan position. When all editings are done, leave the function with (Enter). XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Clock Select (11) With (Shift/Cancel) + (Step 11) you are entering the Clock Select menu. You can decide if the XBASE 999 uses its internal clock or if it is syncronized to an external midi clock master. Init Kit OOOKick PerfOO1 Clock Source INT ShifO11 <INT>...
Confirm your selection with (ENTER) or quit with (Shift/Cancel). » Note: If clock select is set to <MID>, the sequencer of the XBASE 999 will not react to the start button, but only start if it receives a proper midi clock...
Reverse<OFF>. LFO Page (15) With (Shift/Cancel) + (Step 15) you are entering the LFO menu . Alternatively you can reach this menu in Edit Mode by using the (Left) and (Right) cursor. (See Edit Mode p.24) XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
C1 to D#6, this is a bit more than 5 octaves. Sta ChO1 F#3 Trk1 _xxx xxx xxx_xxx If you move the cursor across the bars you can display the programmed note of a step at any time. The bar display is only a XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Thus, with maximum 4 tracks you can program maximum 4 times polyphonic chords. But you can also control up to 4 different mono synthesizers on separate midi channels. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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To leave the Midi Track edit page, press the Enter button. » Note: Don’t forget to save the pattern, because all editings are only made in the edit buffer and get lost after a pattern change. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Off, On Sample select 0-30 909-S31 CLAP CONTROLLER VALUE RANGE INTERNAL RANGE Tune 0-127 0-127 Attack 0-127 0-127 Peaktime 0-127 0-127 Decay 0-127 0-127 CLP Level 0-127 0-127 Reverse 22-23 Off, On Sample select 32-62 909-S31 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Off, On Sample select 96-126 909-S31 RIDE CONTROLLER VALUE RANGE INTERNAL RANGE Tune 0-127 0-127 Attack 0-127 0-127 Peaktime 0-127 0-127 Decay 0-127 0-127 RID Level 0-127 0-127 Reverse 28-29 Off, On Sample select 0-30 909-S31 XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Bass->Filter 13,14 Off, On Snare->Filter 15,16 Off, On LoTom->Filter 17,18 Off, On HiTom->Filter 19,20 Off, On HH->Filter 21,22 Off, On Clap->Filter 23,24 Off, On Rim->Filter 25,26 Off, On Crash->Filter 27,28 Off, On Ride->Filter 29,30 Off, On XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
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Controller 62 • Value: 64 # Bankselect Command # To select a bank via midi bankselect command, you have to send a program change command after the bankselect command. Only then the bank will be changed. XBASE 999 Operating Manual...
Signal source can be wether sample or noise. HP/LP cutoff are adjustable, resonant capable. LFOs: 2 of which are assignable to different parameters Own samples can be uploaded by the Jomox Editor Midi: Midi In, Midi Out, Midi Thru Inputs: Filter Stereo In Outputs: 10 individual outs, stereo mix, headphone Output Level: about +4dBu at max.
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