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Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller'
V1.2 - 12.2014
© Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014

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  • Page 1 Synth Controller Operation Manual Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 2: Troubleshooting

    Welcome Hello and thanks for buying a 'Stereoping Synth Controller'. We will use 'SSC' as an abbreviation for 'Stereoping Synth Controller' in this manual. If you purchased a DIY- assembly kit and are looking for the building instruction ... this is the operation manual for the finished Controller.
  • Page 3 Funny 'Letter Dial Mode' - use the pots to dial in the patchname, save a lot of • time, find funny names by chance (only on synths offering SysEx-patchname changes) Learnt Midichannel permanently stored in memory • Firmwareupdate via SysEx-dump • Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 4 '8000' for Korg DW-8000 and EX-8000 • edition 'Microwave' for Waldorf Microwave 1 (Software V 2.0) • edition '1006R' for Matrix 1000 and Matrix 6 / 6r • Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 5: Setting The Midichannel

    But please keep in mind, it uses electricity for proper operation and therefore is quite sensitive to water, drinks or other fluids. Excessive heat or exposition to sunlight is also not advised. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 6: Power Supply

    If you happen to encounter strange behaviour like unlighted buttons although power is attached or you smell something burnt coming out of the SSC, please unplug powersupply and consult the troubleshooting guide or contact support. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 7 SSC to change the sound. You might have to enable 'SysEx receiving' in your synths menu first (e.g. Kawai K3 Master Parameter 44 to value 5, or on Korg DW-8000 Parameter 85 to value 2). Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 8 Midi SysEx-format and hands the data to the synth through it's Midi Out jack - which therefore in fact can also be considered to be a filtered Midi Through jack. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 9 SSC for automation. Midi Control Change messages are by far more easy to handle and edit than SysEx data. The wiring is exactly as shown in example 2. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 10: Operation

    The reason: after all synth-parameters were layed out, we still had parameter slots left over which we did not want to leave unused. Some parameters have a small '0' or a dot printed above their knob. These parameter Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 11: Single Button Functions

    For the upper example, we would hold the lighted blue color button, dial the pot to the left, release the button and start to softly fade in the delaylevel dialing the pot clockwize - with a masterfully smile on our face. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 12 Learn Mode, hold the button combination printed on the frontpanel for about 2 seconds. Exception: the Microwave-Edition wants you to press all 3 Buttons for 2 seconds. This buttoncombination is not printed on the faceplate. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 13: Bypass Mode

    • smallest latency for Mididata going through the SSC you want to dump a SysEx soundbank into your synth (SysEx is normally • Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 14 Holding the upper and lower button on the SSC Matrix1000/6/6r edition dumps a basic initialisation patch into the Matrix 1000's edit buffer. Please refer to Section '7. Synth specific addendum' for more information. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 15 - or in short CC messages - quite well. The most commonly used Midicontroller (sending CC messages for midicontroller number 1) is the modulation wheel found on almost any keyboard synth. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 16 Technical info: depending on your synth and it's internal hard- and firmware, the change of some parameters can be performed in realtime without problems while your synths plays incoming Midinotes. Other parameters might cause the notes to Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 17 DAW to the SSC for remoting knobdials. The heavy SysEx-data to be sent from the SSC into your synth to perform parameter changes can not be avoided. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 18: Technical Limitations

    Midi world. We dedicated an entire chapter on how to minimize the problem of laging notes. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 19: Updating Firmware

    Midi-SysEx file into the Midi In jack. The most recent firmware files can be downloaded from our homepage www.stereoping.com -> Products -> Synth Controller -> Downloads Your hardware of the SSC is compatible to all other SSC synthesizer editions. If you own more than one synths supported by the SSC, you can safely dump firmware files of other editions into it and play around with them.
  • Page 20 After the successful dump, the SSC restarts again, welcoming you with some nicely flashing buttons going into normal operation, indicated by the red lighted button. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 21 Letter Dial Mode for name editing, it is advisable to have the microwave set into it's appropriate patchnaming page. The Waldorf Microwave itself offers a multimode where you have several instruments Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 22 'Controller W' to 3 inside Microwave's multi mode settings • let your sequencer fire the Microwave with notes on Midichannels 1-4 to let the 4 • instruments all play the same pattern or melody Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 23 Matrix 6 owners might forgive us. (Massive complaints of Matrix-6 users about this missing parameter might lead to an update of the parameter layout and a suitable faceplate.) Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 24 For reacting to parameter changes over Midi the Matrix-6 must be in "Quick Edit"- Mode (Patch Edit / Quick). To make things easier, the Synth Controller causes the Matrix-6 to jump into that mode automatically when you press any of it's 3 buttons. So...
  • Page 25 Matrix to seem dead for over a second. We slowed down these parameters in the Synth Controller intentionally by sending it to the synth in larger time delays. The advantage is, your matrix has less blackouts and responds much better to further changes or incoming notes.
  • Page 26 SSC (which has a resolution of 127 steps) generates 127 * 10 = 1.270 Bytes. So one full turn of a knob over one second eats nearly half of the data handling capacity of one single Midibus. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 27 TWO small tubes instead of only one, will help them waddle to their destiny without jam MUCH better than if they had to share just one small tube. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 28 If your Midi interface/sequencer allows it, use a dedicated Midi output entirely • for the SSC together with your synth there is a lot of free Midibus bandwidth BETWEEN the Key-Down and Key-Up • Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 29 Midibus than SysEx. And the Midistream going from the SSC into your synth is filtered (no other Midichannels, no Midiclock) and has therefore more bandwidth for the heavier SysEx data. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...

  • Page 30: Troubleshooting

    If something does not work as expected, you might find some help here. If you don't, please contact support@stereoping.com. We will do the best to help you. For reasons of simplification we use the term 'input/in' here to describe a Midi In jack and the term 'output/out' for a Midi Out jack.
  • Page 31 Bypass Mode. The timing of the notes is stuttering and destroying the groove. You are probably jaming your Midibus. Please read the chapter '8. Understanding Midi Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 32 Most probably the software you use for sending the SysEx-data is sending the data to fast causing a hickup inside the SSC. Please read in the chapter '6. Updating firmware' how to fix that. Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 33 1006R edition now supports Matrix 6 / 6R, various text changes • revised version of chapter '7. Synth specific addendum' -> 1006R-edition • Matrix-6 specific issues added in chapter '9. Troubleshooting' • Operation Manual 'Stereoping Synth Controller' V1.2 - 12.2014 © Stereoping Germany, Hattingen 2014...
  • Page 34 The name 'Stereoping' is registered by Gregor Zoll, Hattingen, Germany. All other company, brand and product names are - unless otherwise mentioned - registered trademarks of their owner. Stereoping is not in relation with or in dependency to any company mentioned in this manual.

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