The current bank's saved patterns can be arranged to a song. Wait till sending unit shows a in the upper left. Set both units to transfer mode with A+B. Load pattern from file slot for current channel Save current channel's pattern to file slot Switch between file slot and bank selection In the lower row, one of 8 banks can be selected. Slot 0 is not writeable but can be used to load an empty pattern. In each bank there is a row of 15 slots for each channel. In the file menu, patterns can be saved to file slots in flash memory for persistent storage in 8 banks. For syncing volcas as master, set nanoloop to halfspeed ("c/2") and start nanoloop with START. Nanoloop therefore runs at half speed when synced as slave. Other than monotribe and other devices with a straight 1/16 clock, the Volcas and also Pocket Operators use a 1/4 sync scheme where clock is sent / received only every second step. To sync analog gear with nanoloop as master, set nanoloop as slave and select "c" or "c/2" with B+SELECT, set the analog device to slave and start nanoloop with START. To sync nanoloop as slave to an analog clock with 1/16 (one clock per step), press B+SELECT (indicated by a "c" below the tempo value) in slave mode. To sync two nanoloops, press A+B on both, press A+B again on both and then start the master with START. At very high tempo, the interface may react slowly or even freeze and song playback may not work poperly (patterns played twice or not start with first step). SELECT returns to Menu 1.ī+SELECT (in slave mode only) toggle sync scheme: Menu 2 provides links to sub-menus and some functions that affect the entire channel. It is indicated by gaps in the step background square.Īpply a delay of about 3-5 to every second step for a swing factor. With step pause, a note is played only every 2nd or 4th pattern. "/" = different paramters in different modes The following parameters are available for editing in the sequencer: In tone mode (START in the pitch section), this channel acts like the R channel. There are two modulation modes, A+▲ selects the more tonal one and A+▼ (default) the more noisy one. The frequency is set in the pitch section and octave-wise in the filter section (B+◄/►). The oscillator frequency affects the noise character. The analog binary noise source (thermal noise from an amplifier) is mixed with an oscillator through a flip-flop. N can play noise or square waves either raw (default) or with a filter applied. The cutoff frequency = pitch does not go as high as in the other channels and does not correspond to musical notes. When playing arpeggio (START), it is monophonic.Ĭ plays clicks with a resonant low-pass filter. It has two oscillators that can be detuned in 1/16 semitone (A+◄/►) and semitone (A + ▲/▼) steps. R plays square waves either raw (default) or with a filter applied. Furthermore, all notes in the sequencer can be edited simultaneously. In menu 1 you can select channel and edit parameter. To select a different channel or parameter, call menu 1 with SELECT. On startup, the edit parameter is pitch and B + ▲/▼ changes pitch semitone-wise while B + ◄/► changes the octave. Within this matrix, the cursor can be moved around with the d-pad. The current channel is displayed in the upper left corner, the current edit parameter in the upper right corner. The 16-step pattern is shown as a matrix of 4 x 4 squares with the currently playing step marked in slightly darker color. This takes a few seconds and may be accomplished by screen flicker. Other functions are available when using the USB-MIDI-adaptor.Īfter a few 100 save operations, flash memory is re-organised on startup. On startup, nanoloop mono shows the boot logo: 1/x tempo plays a channel at a fraction of the global tempo. Step pause plays steps only every 2nd or 4th loop. There are 3 sequencer functions that expand the 16-step grid within a single pattern: Finally, you can arrange saved patterns to a song structure. Each channel's patterns can be saved to file slots in flash memory and are then available for new combinations. There are three channels, playing simultaneously. Nanoloop mono is a Stepsequencer which means that a pattern of 16 1/16 notes is played repeatedly you can edit these notes in various respects like volume, pitch etc. Sync mode updated to work properly with analog clock as master.