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NanoIoop l.3
manual
sequencer
menu1
parameters
channels/soundtpes
menu2
filebrowser
songeditor
waveformeditor
reformatmemor
Nanoloop 1.3 is a stepsequencer, which means that a loop of 16 1/16 notes is plaed
repeatedl while these notes can be edited in various respects like volume, pitch, etc. There
arefourchannels,plaingsimultaneousl.
Eachchannel'slooppatternscanbesavedtofileslotsinflashmemorandarethenavailable
fornewcombinations.Finall,savedpatternscanbearrangedinasongstructure.
Themainpartisthesequencerwherenotescanbeset,editedanddeleted.
Forparameterandchannelselectionthereismenu1.
Menu 2 allows to call submenus for file access, song editor and wave form editor.
Furthermoreitprovidessomeadditionalfunctios,suchastempochange.
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seqencer
After startup, nanoloop shows the sequencer with its 4*4 step matrix with pitch as
selected parameter. The currently playing step is marked in dark grey and moving
linewisethroughthematrix.
Thecursorcanbemovedaroundwith///.
B:setnote
A:cut/pastenote(whenanoteisset,cutthenote,whenthereisnonoteset,patse
it)
B+///changevalueofcurrentparameter(tochangetheparameter,call
themenu)
After startup, pitch is selected as parameter, so B + / will increase / lower the
note'spitchbyasemitone.
SELECT:callmenu1
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men1
/selectparameter
/selectchannel
B:returntosequencertoeditselectedparameter/channel
SELECT:callmenu2
START:mute/unmutechannel
c
A+///:
editparameterforallnotesofcurrentchannelatonce.thishasthesameeffectasB+
///withinthesequencer.
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parameters in sequencer
volumeenvelope
B+/initialvolume
B+/decay(soundlength)
soundlenghtbecomesinfinitewhen>8.
on R,L and N channel, decay becomes attack when > 8 and volume is increasing to
the(ratherloud)maximum.
pitch
B+/semitones
B+/octaves
on N channel, instead of semitones, a filterlike effect is applied to the noise. the
octave setting is mapped on only two noise generation modes, one more noisy, the
othermoretonal.
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pitchenvelope,FM,arpeggio(noeffectonNchannel)
pitchenvelope:
B+/amplitude
B+/lenght
Atoggleretriggeringofwaveform(Schannelonly)
thepitchenvelopeincreases/decreasesfromalower/higherpitchtothenoteset.on
verylow/highnotes,theenvelopemaypointtoinvalidpitchvaluesandthusnotwork
correctly.
whenlengthexceedsthemaximum(movetotheright),thisparameterbecomesFM
orarpeggio,indicatedbyonerectanglebecomingafilledsquare.
ifamplitudeissetabovecenteritisFM,otherwisearpeggio.
FM:
B+/amplitude
B+/frequency
arpeggio:
B+/chordtype
B+/frequency
thefowllowingchordsareavailable(semitones):
0,5,8,12
0,4,7,12
0,4,9,11
0,4,7,11
0,4,9,12
0,3,5,8
0,3,0,3
waveform/delay
B+/waveform
B+/delay
Atoggledelaymode:playoriginalnoteanddelayedorjustdelayed
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foSchannel,he16aefomcanbemaniplaedinheae fom edio, fo R
andLhe16eingaemappedoeheediffenpleidh.
heaefompaameehanoeffeconNchannel.
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panning
B+/left/center/right
channels/soundtypes
therearefourdifferentchannels,eachassignedtoaspecificsoundtpe:
RandL:
rectangularwaveformwiththreedifferentpulsewidths
S:
customwaveform,wavescreatedinthewaveformeditorcanbeassignedforeachstepinthe
sequencer.
N:
pseudorandomnoisegenerator,noise"color"canbesetviapitchcontrol.
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menu2
/selectchannel
/selectfunction
BorB/A+/usefunction
SELECT:callmenu1
functionsfromlefttoright:
filebrwoser
songeditor
patternshiftoperations
B+/shiftpatternforwards/backwads
B+/invertpattern
A+Bcopyotherchannel'spatterntocurrentchannel:
whenonr,copyl,
whenonl,copyr,
whenons,copyl,
whenonn,copyr.
waveformeditor
tempo
B+/increase/decreaseplaybackspeed,BPMvalueisdisplayedintheupper
right (values are approximate, rounded to integer). Values below 58 BPM are not
displayed("000").
B+/playchannelat1/2,1/4or1/8speedrelativetotempo
A+Bexternalsyncon/off
to sync two nanoloops, connect them via cable, set both to external sync (A+B) and
thenstartone(A+Bagain).thiscanalsobeusedtostop/resumeplayback.
to sync nanoloop to a MIDI device, connect the midi cable, set nanoloop to external
sync and then start the MIDI device. the MIDI master needs to be started from the
beginningofitssequence,pause&resumeisnotsupported.
tempoissavedautomaticallyforthecurrentbankwhensavingaloop.
on startup, nanoloop defaults to 123 BPM. to load a saved tempo value, call the file
browserandpressSTART.
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filebrowser
/selectfileslot
/selectchannel
B+saveselectedchannelpatterntoselectedfileslot
B+loadpatternfromselectedfileslotforselectedchannel
A+loadpatternfromselectedfileslotcolumnforallchannels
channelsaresavedseparately,sotosaveallyourcurrentlyplayingsounds,youhave
tosaveafiletoeachrow.
A+/selectbank
Thereare16banks,named"0"to"f".Eachbankholdsitsownwaveset, tempo and
songstructure.
When changing bank, the new bank's wave form set is loaded, which may cause
suddenchangesinthesoundoftheSchannel.
Tempo is not loaded automatically to avoid sudden tempo changes. To apply the
tempovalueofthecurrentbank,pressSTART.
SELECTreturntomenu
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songeditor
The current bank's saved patterns can be arranged to a song. To save patterns or
selectadifferntbank,usethefilebrowser.
Thesongstructureisorganizedinpages,ifyoumovethecursortothefarrightorleft,
the next / last page is displayed. For better orientation, the last / first patterns of the
last/nextpageareshownontheleft/rightside.
Thecurrentpagenumberisshownintheupperleft.
/selectchannel
B+/setpattern
B+copypatternno.tonextstep
A+loadpatterntopreview
A+/selectpage
STARTplay/stopsongfromcursorposition
SELECTreturntomenu
The song is saved automatically and song playback stops when leaving the editor.
Saving data to flash memory takes about one second during which sound playback
continuesbuttheinterfaceisblocked.
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waveformeditor
thereare16waveformswhichcanbeassignedtonotesinthesequence.
/selectharmonic
Amixselectedharmonictocurrentwave
STARTtogglewaveselection/wavedrawingmode
wavedrawing:
B+///drawwaveform
waveselection
/selectwave
B+/copy/pastewave
SELECTreturntomenu(waveformissavedautomaticallytocurrentbank)
reformatmemory
If A, B, START and SELECT button are pressed together for about two seconds on startup
untilthescreengoesblank,nanoloopwilloverwriteallbank'sdatawithemptyloops/songs.
IfonlyA,BandSELECTarepressed,thebanknumberingwillbereformattedwhilesaved
loops&songsremainintact.
Inbothcases,thescreenwillgoblankforabout1015seconds.Thenachecksumis
displayedontheleft,whilethenumberofthecurrentlyformattingbankisontheright.Thiswill
takeafewsecondswhenjustrenumberingbanksandaboutoneminutewhenerasingalldata.
knownissues
Flashmemoryaccesscancauseahummingnoise,especiallywhentheGameBoy
batteryislow.
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