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(arches)UniversalTactileInterface

OWNER'SMANUALVersion1.0November2018

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

1.INTRODUCTION 4

2.BOXCONTENT 5

3.CAREANDFEEDING 5

4.DESCRIPTION 6

5.QUICKSTART 9

6.ELEMENTS 11

7.USERINTERFACE 13

8.KEYBOARDS 21

9.SEQUENCERS 24

10.UPDATINGTHEFIRMWARE 24

11.REPLACINGTHEOVERLAY 24

12.INSTALLING(ARCHES)INAEURORACKSYSTEM 24

13.FACTORYPRESETS 25

14.KICKSTARTERCONTRIBUTORS! 27

15.CONTACTS 28

16.REGULATORY 28

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INTRODUCTION

Oneofeverymusician’smostrewardingexperienceistheconnectionwithhis/herinstruments.Talkingaboutelectronicmusicalinstruments,decadesoftechnologicalinnovationsleadthewaytoatop-levelpotentialintermsofsoundgeneration,sculptingandprocessing,butthefeeling,thefamiliarityandtheimmediacyinplayinganinstrumentbecamemoreandmoredifficulttoachieveastheinstrumentitselfgrewintoareallycomplexmachineandanextremelywidesetoffunctions.

This is even more true for the modular synthesizer, both hardware and software, that faced anincredible reneissance in the last two decades. It’s not uncommon to havemultiple voices, built byconnectingmanydifferentmodules,goingonatonceduringaperformanceorinthestudio.

More and more, the chromatic keyboard, even augmented with pressure sensitivity and otherexpressivefeature,isbecomingalimitation,especiallywhenpartsoftheperformancearemoresound-design oriented thanmelodic. Being able to play notes, configure sequencers and arpeggiators, andchangingsubtlefeaturesintheongoingsoundfromasinglephysicalinterface,isthekeymotivationthatledustothedevelopmentof(arches).

(arches)isnotthefirst(andwon’tbethelast!)ofthiskindofinterfaces,buthasmanyuniquefeaturesthatbuildsupadefinitivetoolfortheperformerortheelectronicstudiomusician.

Putting togetherkeyboards, control surfaces, cvandmidi interfacecapabilitiesall atonce, involvedavery deep hardware and software development. Single and complex functions are available to themusicianatthesametimeandthefullanddeepconfigurabilityoftheproduct,puts(arches)initsowncategory.

(arches)isastand-alonemultisurface,multi-standardcontrolinterfacethatcanconnectwitheurorack,buchla and V/Hz synthesizer as much as MIDI devices (even wirelessly, through MIDI BLE protocol)implementingmanydifferentelements,suchas‘controlstrips’,3-axisthumbpadsandpressuresensitivebuttonsintokeyboards,arpeggiatorsandsequencers.

You can instantiate up to three ‘virtual keyboards’ at once, each with its own notes, CV and GATEoutputsandMIDI channels information.Youcan receiveorgenerateclock signals tobe in close syncwitheverykindofsystems.

For the ones out there that already knows our product line, you will find yourself familiar with“lightstrips”and“lightplanes”.Thebasic functionalitiesof thoseelementsare just thebase fora richconfigurabilityand“aggregation”ofelementsinsomethingsuitedtoyourplayingneeds.

The (arches) puts in your hands 32 CV/GATE outputs andMIDI potential at the same time, makingpossibletheintegrationofawiderangeofmachines,synthesizersandsound-generationplatforms.YoucancontroltwodifferentvoicesonyourmodularsetupplusoneMIDIexpander,oraPC/MACrunningaMAXorPDpatchconfigurableviaMIDICC’s.OrintegrateanEuroracksystemwithaBuchlaEaselandaKorgMS-20viatheconfigurableCVinterface.

The extremely configurable surface of the (arches) comes with a handy and intuitive ‘map’ of thecontroller’selementsthatallowsyoutoquicklychooseandediteachvariableontheOleddisplay.


BOXCONTENT

• (arches)tactileuniversalinterfacewithpre-loadedmicroSDcard• Powersupplyunit• Printedmanual

CAREANDFEEDING–IMPORTANTINFORMATION!

(arches)needs justa littleof your love. Justbegentlewithhis surfaceandavoiddeep scratchesandbumps!Don’tpushtheencodersandthebuttonstoomuch,andavoidthishappeningduringtransport.Justputthearchesinasoftbagwithaddedpaddingwhileyouaretravelingwithit.TheOLEDscreenisprotectedbyaplasticscreen.Thisonecanbescratchedifmisused,butnotmorethananyotherkindofplasticlenses.Don’tpushtoohardonthescreen.

Tocleanthesurfaceuseadryclothoradust removerbrushonly.Pleasebegentlewith the (arches)surface,astheoverlayisremovable(youcansubstituteitwithanewone)!.

Asyoumayknow,pitchinformationthatcomesoutofthepatchbaycanbenegativelyinfluencedbythequality and length of cables. As the pitch output of (arches) is very precise, if you hear detuning orfluctuatingVCOsinyoursystemyoumaydothefollowing:

• usebetterqualityorshortercables• try to connect the (arches) toyourmodular systemwithmore thanonepatch cable. Thiswill

lowerthereturnsignal’simpedance(GND)andachieveamorerobustconnection.

(arches)shouldbepoweredwiththebundledpowersupplyunit. If lostorbroken,youcansubstitutethepowersupplywithanequivalentone.ThePSUmaincharacteristicsare:

• 12Vdc,1.5A• 5.5/2.2mmjackwithcenterpositiveconnection

(arches) is suppliedwith a European plug,wide range input power supply. You can use the bundledpowersupplyinanycountry,evenwithdifferentvoltageandfrequencyspecs,justbyhavingathandanadapter.

Toknowmoreaboutotherusagescenario, i.e. insideofyoureuroracksystemcase,pleserefertotherelevantchapter.

Donothesitatetocontactusifyouneedmoreinformationsonthisandothertopics.


DESCRIPTION

Thepanelof(arches)isdividedinthreemainfunctionalparts:thetactilesurface,theuserinterfaceandthepatch-bay.Therestoftheconnectors(midi,power,etc..)areonthebackpaneloftheproduct.

TheTactileSurface:

Thetactilesurface,highlightedinthepictureabove,comprisesmanyelementsandbuttonstobeusedinyourperformance.Lightstrips,pressuresensitivebuttonsandthumbpadsarethekeysetsoffeaturethatyoucanconfigureandassociatetocreateyourowncontrolandexpressiondevice.Greatsensitivityandrobustnessisthesignatureofsoundmachinestouchinterfacesand(arches)takethisbackgroundtothenextlevelbyincorporatingarichenvironmentforprogrammingandafirstclassconnectivityeitheranalogaddigital.Youcanseethatthetactilesurfaceispartiallycoveredbyathinplasticoveraly.Thisserves twomain purposes: giving the user a tactile ‘perimeter’ for each control, so she/he can playwithout actually looking at it continuously, and protecting the upper surface of the product (that ismade from the same printed circuit board that hosts some components and tracks!). The overlay isremovableandyoualsohavetwowhitestripeswhereyoucanwritedownsomenotesregardingyourpatch.Ifyouuseanon-permanentpen,youcandeleteandrewriteit.Theadhesiveusedinremovablestickerskeepstheremovablecharacteristicfornotmorethanoneyear.Afterthisperiodoftimeitcanleavesometraceswhenremoved.Nothingserious,asyoucaneasilycleanthetraces,butyou’dbetter


substitutetheoverlaywiththereplacementoneafter10monthsorso.Youcanfindpacksofoverlayonthewebsitetobuymore.

TheUserInterface:

(arches)includesacompleteuserinterfacebasedonfewelementssuchasthe(arches)minimap,twoencoders,agraphicaloleddisplayandsomepushbuttons.

Youwill have to get familiarwith theuser-friendlyuser interfaceof (arches) as this is the center forquicklyconfiguringandnavigatingthesetup.Theuserinterfaceisclearlydividedinfewelementsthatwewilldescribeinchapter7.

Thepatch,orjackbay

Onthetoprightside,youhavethe323,5mmjacksthataregoingtobethemanyumbilicalcordsfromthecontrollertothesystem.

The2nd,3rdand4throwsaretotallyconfigurable,whilethe1stone isalmost fixedwithrespecttothemeaningofoutputs.Thefirstjack,CKIN,doublesactuallyasaClockOut.


TheBackPanel

Lookingattherearpanelof(arches)youfind,fromlefttoright,thefollowingports:

• Expansionpanel.• USBdeviceportforMIDI• MIDIIN• MIDIOUT• PowerSupplyjack

àTheMIDIportsareMIDIINandMIDIOUTfromlefttorightß


QUICKSTART

Thissmallchaptertellsyouhowtoquicklyconfigureaplaying/performanceenvironmentwithyour(arches).Theexampleconfigurationisbuiltaroundaprettycommonscenario:your(arches)willcontroltwovoicesofaneuroracksystem(here,forsimplicity,indicatedwithabox)andaMIDIsynthconnectedthroughstandardMIDIcable.Byusingthefirstpresetavailable(pat001.arc)youcanstartimmediatelywiththisconfig.

ThefollowingpictureindicatestheconnectionthatyouneedtodowithyourpatchandMIDIcablesinordertoachievethefullcontrolofthesystem.

Followingtheconfigurationofpat001.arcpreset,youhavetwoCV/GATEvirtualkeyboards(KB1andKB3,respectivelytheupperbuttonskeyboardandthelefthandkeyboard)thatoutputstheirsignalsonjacktriplets17,18,19and1,2,3.Theorderis:expression-pitch-gate.

InthispicturewesimplyconnectKB1outputstothePWMandPITCHofVCO1andtotheENVelopeGATEinput.KB3,ontheotherhand,controlsanothervoicebasedonVCFcutoff,VCO2pitchandVCACVinput.


Thelastconnection,totheEMUProteussynthexpander,isdoneviaMIDIcableandtheKB4willoutputMIDImessagesonchannel#3.

Ingeneral,youhaveconcurrentMIDIandCV/GATEoutputsonthe(arches).Inthecaseabove,youcouldactuallyusethejackoutputs9,10and11astheoutputsofKB4.Inthiscaseyoucandrivetounison(ornot!)anotheranalogvoicewiththesamenotesthatyousendtotheProteusviaMIDI.Thisisaquickexample!Justtakeitasastartingpoint!


THEELEMENTS

Tactileelementsarethebasicbuildingblocksforyourcontrollerconfiguration.Asalreadysaid,youcanusethemaloneoringroups,andassociatehigherlevelfunctionssuchaskeyboards,arpeggiators,sequencersetc..

Youhaveseveraltypesofelementsonthe(arches),pleasereadthefollowingwithattention!

Upperbuttons:

Theupperbuttonsare8pressuresensitivetouchbuttonsthatcangeneratepitch,gatesandexpressionbymeanofmoving your finger around the center of the button.As every other element of (arches)there isa LEDassociatedwitheverybutton: this indicates thedetectedpressureand thearpeggiatoractivity on that particular button.As you can see at a close inspection, thebutton ismadewith twodifferent touch sensitiveparts.Thealgorithmthatwe implemented isoptimized to take intoaccountthe small surfaceof thepads and it’s very sensitive to theposition andpressureof your finger. Thiskeyboardwill needa littlebitof training tobeoperated correctlybutweare sure that itwon’t takemorethanfewtensofminutesplaying!Youcansetthosebuttonstooperatealone,generatingacoupleofCV/GATEontheoutputs,orgrouptheminKB1andsetthepitchofeachbutton.

Lightstrips

Takenfromsoundmachinescatalog,wecovered(arches)inoneofourmostinterestingandsuccessfulmodules. A lightstrip is a CV / GATE generatorwith the possibility to hold the value and record themovementof the finger. The last function isnot yetoperationalon (arches)but you canalreadyuseeverylightstripasaCVgeneratorandgrouptheminvirtualkeyboards.Thetoppartofeachlightstripis


theHOLDbuttonthat,whenusedastand-aloneelement,willmaintainthelastfingerposition(andthentheoutputCV)thatyouimposed.Everylightstripshowsthevalueofthepositionwithascaleoftenleds,soyoucanhavethesituationataglance.

Sliders

Thefourslidersattheextremesareidenticaltothelightstripswiththenotableexceptionthattheyhavejustthe‘activity’button.Resolutionandintegrationcapabilitiesarethesame!

Thumbpads

Attheverycenterofthe(arches)therearetwosmallsquaresensitiveareas.ThosearejustunderyourthumbsandyoucanusethemtooutputsignalrelativetoX-YandZ(pressure)!Behaviourismirrored,so,while the left pad’s origin (0 Volts,0 Volts) is at the bottom left, the right pad have the origin atbottom right. The Y axis (and Z) share the same behavior. Contrary to the other elements, that areconfigurablewithrespecttotheoutputs,thetwothumbpadsweredeemedsousefulthatwereserveda permanent position on the jack bay! On the first row, you have the Left and Rigth PAD outputsavailable!Bydefault,thepadsalsogeneratesGATEsignalsthatareroutedtooutputs4and5.YoucandisablethisbyconfiguringtheelementwiththeUserInterface.

ThethumbpadshavealsotheirindividualHOLDbuttonsthatarethetriangularsurfacesneartheirtoplimits.


THEUSERINTERFACE:

Youwill have to get familiarwith theuser-friendlyuser interfaceof (arches) as this is the center forquicklyconfiguringandnavigatingthesetup.Theuserinterfaceisclearlydividedinfewelementsthatwewilldescribeinthenextparagraph:

TheSurfaceMapandEncoder:

Themapisaminiaturerepresentationofalltheactiveelementsonthe(arches),eachwithitsownledindicatorandunderlinedwitharowoffourbuttons.Thisistheinterfacethatallowsyouto‘pointandshoot’quicklyattheconfigurationofthesurfacewithouthavingtorememberandinsertcodes.

Thefourbuttonsarelinkedtothefour‘categories’offunctionsonthesameelement.Thoseare:


• Gate/Triggerconfiguration• Note/Standardconfiguration• Aux/Expressionconfiguration• Functionconfiguration(freeelement,virtualkeyboard)

Atanymoment,pushingthe‘select’(left)encoder,willlitupthefirstledonthemap.Atthispointyouare free to rotate the encoder to select anyone of the elements, while the Oled display shows thecurrentconfigurationdynamically.

Whentheelementisselected,bypushingoneofthefourbuttonsdescribedbefore,youcanchangetheelement’sorkeyboard’sbehaviorandparameters.Youcancyclethroughdifferentconfigurationpagesby repeatedly pushing the same button. Not all the configuration categories are available for all theelements.Whenthishappensyouwillbepromptedbyan‘EmptyMenu’text.

For example you can ‘create’ one of the several virtual keyboards or, on the other hand, free theelementsassinglecontrolsurfacesandsendtheirCV/GATEorMIDIoutputtothepatchbayortoaMIDIchannel.Youcanchangetherangeof theGATEsignaland invert it,ormodify theCVstandard for avirtualkeyboard,forexamplefromEuroracktoBuchla.

TheButtongroup:

Underthemap/oled,youcanseeagroupofsixredbuttonsinsideofarectangularwhitelinedboxplustwomorebuttonstotheright.Startingfromthelastcited,bypressingloadandsaveyoucanplaywith‘presets’,orfullsurfaceconfigurationsthatyoucanstoreinsideofthemachine.Thepresetincludesthesettings for each element, both single and in groups, arpeggiators and sequencer settings, the BPMvalueandalltheotherinformationsthatyoucanmodifythroughtheinterface.Pleaserememberthatthestatusofthearpsandseqsisnotrestored,sowhenyouloadaconfigthemachinewillstaystilluntilyou touch the keys. The other buttons are shortcuts to the main configuration and performancefunctionsof thearches:Arpeggiator’sconfig, speedof the internalclock, settingof theMIDImediumandclock,managementofthesequencer(s)andchromatictranspositionofthestepsequencer.

AveryimportantaspectoftheUIwithrespecttothearpeggiatorsisthatyou‘cycle’throughtheActiveKeyboards by pressing repeatedly the ‘arp’ button. If you configured three keyboards (themaximumallowed)youwillbeabletochangetheconfig,enableordisablethearpeggiatorspressingthe‘arp’untilyouseethekeyboardyouintendtooperateupon.

InthecurrentversionoftheManual(1.0)someofthebuttonsarenotdescribedastheirfunctionsarestillunderdevelopment(inparticular,SEQ,TRANSandPLAY).Thosefunctionswillbedevelopedintothenextfirmwarerelease.

OLEDdisplayandFunctionNavigation:


On the right-hand part of the instrument, near themap of the surface, youwill find a graphic oleddisplaythatshowstheinformationabouttheactiveselectionoftheuserinterface.

The splash screenwill show the firmwareversion. Youwill be contacted, asauser,aboutanynewfirmwarerelease.Besure,anyway,tochecktheproduct’spageonwww.sound-machines.ittobesurethatyouareupdatedwithanynewfeaturesorbugfixes.

The Oled display will show different information depending on the context. During configurationoperationsandmapnavigationyouwillseethepageshownbelow:

Thisisthetimetolearnsomenotationssoyoucanalwayshavethesituationataglance.Whileyouarenavigatingthemapwiththeleftencoder,youwillseetheaboveinformationchangingforeachoftheelementthatyouarescanning.Theformatiscommonandinthenextpictureyoucanfindthelegendaforthisimportantpageofthemenus:

Thedisplay isdivided inthreerowsreferredtothesame infothatyoucansetwiththefourbuttons:pitch, gate, auxiliary and aggregate functions. The following picture explains the meaning of eachinformationblock:

N 38/10 S/C EU

T GPos11 V 5

A NN/9 F KB4 5

(arches)

FW v.0.00.35


Now,let’sgoalittlebitdeeperintothefunctionalitiesofthe(arches),justtobeabletounderstandthemainpageofthedisplay.

(arches)elements couldbeusedaloneor in groups. It’sprettyobvious that someconfigurationsandinformationwillchangeasyouswitchthemodeoffunctioning.Keepinmindthatthewhentheelementthatyouhighlighted isapartofakeyboard,thefirstrowwillshowtheMIDInotenumberassociatedwiththatelement.Ontheotherhand,iftheselectedelementisnotapartofakeyboard,itwon’thaveanote information,because itwilloutputaCVon the selectedoutput jackanda correspondingCC#messageonMIDI.Inthelattercaseyouwillseethefirstrowas:N--/10S/C23tellingyouthattheselectedelement isnotapartofakeyboard, theCVoutput is routedto jacknumber10andtheCC#associatedwiththepositionorthepressureisthenumber23.

ChangingElementsconfiguration:

Thisisthemostusefulandcommonfunctionalitythatyouwilluseonthe(arches)whileconfiguringitforyourperformancepreset.TAKENOTEthatsomeofthosemenusaredifferentdependingonsomesetttingthatyouchoose.

Youstartbycyclingthroughtheelementsontheminimapbyrotatingtheleftencoder,andwhenyoureachedyourpointofinterestyoupushoneofthemapbutton.

BypushingtheTRIGGERbuttonyouwillcyclethroughthefollowingscreens:

Youcanchangethevaluesshown(ifpossible!)byrotatingtherightencoderandconfirmingitthroughthepushingofthesameencoder.

RegardingtheTRIGGERmenu,youcansetthefollowingbehavioursofthegate/trigger:

• G-POS:gate,positivegoing• G-NEG:gate,negativegoing• P-POS:10mspulse,positivegoing• P-NEG:10mspulse,negativegoing

ThegateorthepulsewillpresentedontheOUTPUTthatyouselectandthewiththeVOLTAGEthatyouconfigure.Keepinmindthat,forthemostpartoftheelements,youcanalsogetridoftheGATEoutput(youseeadoubleminussignonthescreen:‘--‘).

OUTPUT 3

TYPE G-POS

VOLTAGE 5


PushingtheNOTEbuttonyouwillbepromptedwiththosecyclingscreens:

Iftheelementthatyouaremodifyingispartofakeyboard,thefirstscreenisrelativetothenotevalue’sintextandMIDInotation.Notmuchtodescribehere!YoucangofromC1(MIDInote24)toB8(MIDInote 119). When you are configuring a stand-alone element, the first screen will show the CC#associatedwiththevalueofthecontrolelement(positionorpressure!)ThesecondscreensetstheMIDICHANNELrelativeeithertothesingleelementsorthevirtualkeyboard.Finally,thethirdoneconfiguresthetypeofCVoutputstandardthatyouwanttouse:EURORACK(1V/oct),BUCHLA(1.2V/oct)orHERTZ(linearV/Hz)or,whenasingleelementischosen,theVOLTAGERANGEoftheCVoutput.

PushingtheAUXbuttonyoucanhavethefollowingbehavior:

TheAUXbuttoncanpromptyouwithan‘EmptyMenu’messageorwithanOUTPUT,dependingonthestatusoftheelement.Iftheelementisapartofakeyboard,thereisnothingyoucanassociatetotheauxiliaryfunctionandthesystemwilltellyouthatthisis,actually,aunusefulmenuvoice.Ontheotherhand,whentheelementisstand-alone,youcansettheoutputjackwhereyoucanpickuptheelementvalue(pressureorposition).Rememberthepreviousbutton(NOTE)?Youcouldconfiguretheoutputofthe element either as a MIDI and a CV entity, concurrently. This open up really complex controlstrategiesformixedsystems.

PushingtheFUNCTIONf()button

Thisbuttonwillprompttheuserwiththechoicebetweenasingleelement,aquantizedsingleelement,andaninstantiationofavirtualkeyboard.

MIDI CHAN 1

NOTE G1#-32

STANDARD EURO

OUTPUT 12

Empty Menu

FUNC TYPE FREE


Themenucouldshowthefollowingitems,dependingonwhichelementweareworking:

• FREE• KB2• KB3• …• FREEQ2• FREEQ3• FREEQ4

VERY IMPORTANTANNOTATION: PLEASEBEAWARE THAT YOUCANCONFIGUREA KEYBOARD FROMEACH ONE OF THE ELEMENT THAT TAKES PART IN THAT KEYBOARD! ON THE SAME NOTE, IT’SSUFFICIENT TO DE-ALLOCATE OR CANCEL A KEYBOARD IN ONE ELEMENT TO ELIMINATE THE ENTIREKEYBOARDFROMTHEPRESET.

NOTE:Thequantizedfunctionalityisnotyetready.

Generalconfigurationandfunctionsbuttons

Onthespacebetweenthetwoencodersthereare importantbuttonsthatareresponsiblefora lotoffunctionsandshortcuts.

Atthemomenttheoperativebuttonsarethefollowing:

CONFIG/MIDIbutton:

This button shows the main configuration of the (arches) with respect to MIDI, timing and otherfunctionalities.Bypressingrepeatedlythe‘config’buttonyoucyclethroughthefollowingpages:

ThefirstscreenwilldefinewhichwillbetheMIDIchannelthat(arches)isgoingtouse.Youcanchooseoneatatime,forseveralreason,oneofthefirstbeingnottocreatetoomuchchaosinyoursetup!Youcanchoosebetweenthefollowing‘medium’types:

• DIN:thisisthestandard5pinDINconnectorMIDIflavor,thefirstandstillgoingstrong.(arches)haveaMIDIinputandoutputports.Beingacontroller,isobviouslymuchmorefocusedontheoutputpartofthecommunicationbut itcanreceiveaMIDICLOCKinformationontheMIDIINsocket(theonethatisneartheUSBsocket).ObviouslyitcanalsoSENDmidiclockinformationalongsidetheothermessages.SeeCLKSOURCEmenuformoreinformation.Animportantthingof (arches) is that, when set to receiveMIDI clock information, it will output the 16th pulses

CLK SOURCE MIDI

MIDI I/F DIN

MIDI CK OUT ON


directly on the CKIN jack on the patch bay, so you can integrate and synchronize your otherequipment!

• USB:(arches)integratesaUSBdeviceMIDIendpoint.alsointhiscaseitcansendnotes,cc#andclock information out but It can also receiveMIDI clock information. (NOTE: in the firmwarerelease0.00.35MIDIclockoverUSBisonlyFROMthe(arches)

• BLE:(arches)isoneofthefirstfewcontrollersthatfullysupportMIDIoverBLEspecification.Aswithmanyother controllerswedrop the clockhandling capabilityof theMIDI channel as thewirelessspacecouldbelessthanidealtotransportsuchadenseinformationthatcaninterferewithmorevaluablestuff.Apartfromthis,youcandirectlycouplearcheswithyouripad,pc,orotherstuffwithoutasinglewireexceptthepowersupplyone!WhenyouselectBLEonthemenuyouwillseean ‘ArchesMIDI’deviceshowingup inyourMIDIcenterapplication,yourDAWorsomeotherapplications.

Thesecondscreendefinesiftheclocksourceisoneofthefollowing:

• INTERNAL:(arches)willgenerateitsclock.The‘bpm’buttonwillallowyoutosetitbetween30and300bpm.

• CLKIN:anexernaldeviceisgeneratingtheclockforthe(arches).Thesignalshouldbefrom5to10Vinamplitude.

• MIDI:synccomesfromtheMIDIchannel.For firmwarerelease0.00.35MIDIclockcouldcomeonlythroughtheDINinterface/medium.

Finally, the third screen will allows you to choose wether to send or not the MIDI clock out when(arches)isinINTERNALmode.

ARPbuttonmenu

Thisisoneofthemostinterestingperformanceobjectsof(arches).Allthearpeggiator’sfunctionscanbeconfiguredandmodifiedfromthismenu.Wealreadysaidthat,aswithotherUIfunctions,youcanrepeatedlypushthebuttonand‘cycle’throughtheavailablearpeggiators.

By definition an arpeggiator is available when there is at least one virtual keyboard active (seeFUNCTIONf()button,above).Whenthisistrue,youseethefollowingscreencomingup:

ARP – KB1 Enabled Type Octaves ClockDiv

ARP – KB1 Gate Length


Yousee,onthetopofthescreen,theVRITUALKEYBOARDinvolvedwiththisparticulararpeggiator,andthenthemenuitemsthatyoucanmodify.Everythingishere,withthenotableexceptionoftheHOLDfunction that is only available on the touch interface, right in themiddle, on a clearly labeled touchbutton. The HOLD button is ‘keyboard sensitive’. It will relate to the keyboard/arpeggiator currentlybeenplayed.Theuser,ifheneedstoenableordisablethehold,shouldpushsomekeysofthekeyboardtohaveitactivetobeableto‘hold’thearpeggioornot.

Wewillquicklyscrollthroughthemenuvoicesinthefollowingparagraphs:

• Enabled(thisis‘arming’thearpeggiator)o Trueo False

• Type(severaltypesofarpeggioareavailable)o Upo Downo UpDowno Pendo RND

• Octaves(from1to4)o 1o 2o 3o 4

• ClockDiv(divisionofthemain,internalorexternal,clock)o 1o 2o 4o 8o 16

• GateLength(whenclockisexternal,Gateisalways50%)o 16%o 32%o 50%o 66%o 82%

BPMbutton.Thiswillallowyoutochoosetheclockofthemachine.From30bpmto300bpm.

BPM 126


KEYBOARDS

(arches) introduces the concept of virtual keyboard by grouping single elements and integrating theoutputinformationonakeyboardconcept.Thekeyboardscanbeconfiguredtosuityourharmonicandmelodicneedsandtouseanyofthepossiblestandardtointerfacewithyoursystems.

Typicallyakeyboardisasetofelementswhereyouhavedefinedthenotes(pitches)ofevery‘key’.Youhave three information comingoutof every keyboard: pitch, gate information andexpression.Whilethis istrue intheanalogrealm(andonthe jackbay), thistranslatesabitdifferent intheMIDIrealm,with the expression substituted by note on/note offs and the velocity information. Velocity andexpressionare linked toeither fingerposition (for thesliders)and fingerpressure (for theupper rowbuttons).

An interesting consequences of the expression behavior is that it’s retainedwhile the arpeggiator isrunning.Ifyouareusingmoreoctavesinthearpeggiator,thevelocityofthenotewillberepeatedforthehigheroctaves.

ThereareplanstodevelopacontinuousaftertouchbehaviorwiththeMIDIoutputofthekeyboardbutthespecsarenotyetdefined.

(arches)allowstheusertochooseuptothreeconcurrentkeyboardsbetweenthefollowing:

KB1:Theupperrowofpressuresensitivebuttons

KB2:Thecomplete12notesexpressivekeyboard

KB3:Lefthandkeyboard


KB4:Righthandkeyboard

KB5:Centralkeyboard

KB6:PolyphonicCV/GATEkeyboard


NOTE:KB6isnotyetoperationalonFirmware0.00.35


SEQUENCERS

Tobedefined

UPDATINGTHEFIRMWARE

Tobedefined

REPLACINGTHEOVERLAY

Tobedefined

INSTALLING(ARCHES)INAEURORACKSYSTEM

Tobedefined


ORIGINALPRESETS:

Thepresetsincludedarejustexamplesofwhatyoucandowithyour(arches):

Tostoreandrecallpresetsyoucanusethededicatedbuttons.TheOSwilltellyouifthepresetisalreadyexistentornot.

Pat001.arc(Threeindependentvirtualkeyboards):

This is a standard native preset, with three virtual keyboards installed on the standardCV/GATE/EXPRESSION outputs on three different MIDI channels. All keybs are V/oct standard,5VpositiveGATEand5Vexpressionrange.

Lefthand6-elementkeyboard(KB3):

• Notes:C1,D1#,F1,G1#,A1#,C2• Outputjacks:Expression:1,Pitch:2,Gate:3• MIDIchannel:1

Toprowbuttons(KB1):

• Notes:C2,D2,D2#,F2,G2,GD#,A2#,C3,• Outputjacks:Expression:17,Pitch:18,Gate:19• MIDIchannel:2

Righthand6-elementkeyboard(KB4):

• Notes:D2,D2#,F2,A2#,C3,D3• Outputjacks:Expression:9,Pitch:10,Gate:11• MIDIchannel:3

Pat002.arc(DualManual):

Thispresetimplementsthe‘big’12keyskeyboard(KB2)asachromatickeyboardandthe8upperrowbuttonsasKB1.

Big12elementskeyboard(KB2):

• Notes:C2,C2#,D2,D2#E2,,D3• Outputjacks:Expression:1,Pitch:2,Gate:3• MIDIchannel:1

Toprowbuttons(KB1):

• Notes:C2,D2,D2#,F2,G2,GD#,A2#,C3,• Outputjacks:Expression:17,Pitch:18,Gate:19• MIDIchannel:2


Pat003.arc(MaximumExpression)

Thepatchbay iscompletelyoccupiedbycontrolvoltagesandgatescomingfromthehighestpossiblenumberofelements!Youcancontrolupto18CVsand12MIDICC#withthisconfig!

EveryoneofthosealsogoesoutonMIDIviaaCC#

• Sliders(fromlefttoright)exitsinGATE/CVcouplesfromoutputs1/2tooutputs23/24.• Sliders(fromlefttoright)exitsonMIDIchannel1onCC#from10to21

Inthispatternwedisabledthethumpadsgateoutputs(bydefaulttheyoccupyoutputs4and5)butyouhavealwaystheX-Y-Zforeachoneonthededicatedoutputs.


KICKSTARTERCAMPAIGNCONTRIBUTORS

Withouttheinvolvement,therisk-takingstanceand,thepassionofthefollowingpeople,thiswouldn’thavebeenpossible….

Wedeeplythankonebyonethepersonsthatcontributedtomake(arches)areality!!!

AlessandroBonino TonyLaBatte

SusanneRatzer MarcMennigmann

JuhaniLiimatainen FriedelBrülle

StephenandMichaelTrask PatrickScully

CaseyNeiditch Ruehreisepp

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Product:soundmachines/artinoise(ARCHES)

Powerconsumption:1000mA@12V

ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuanttopart15oftheFCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residentialinstallation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used inaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.However,thereisnoguaranteethat interferencewill not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio ortelevisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:-Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.-Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.-Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected.-Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp

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