Social Entropy Engine Manual de usuario

multitrack sequencer

USER GUIDE

Social Entropy Electronic Music Instruments

•Do not expose the unit to rain, moisture, dripping or splashing and avoid placing objects ﬁlled with liquid, such as cans or

cups, on or near the unit.

•Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight or use it in ambient temperatures exceeding 30°C as this can lead to malfunction.

•Do not open the main casing of the unit. There are no user repairable or adjustable parts inside. Service and repairs

should be performed by trained service technicians only.

•The adapter is not safety grounded and may only be used indoors.

•To ensure good ventilation for the adapter, do not place it in tight spaces. To prevent risk of electric shock and ﬁre

because of over-heating, ensure that curtains and other objects do not prevent adapter ventilation.

•Do not expose the power adapter to direct sunlight, nor use it in ambient temperatures exceeding 40°C.

•In the EU, only use CE approved power cords.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Social Entropy LLC reserves the right to modify or change any speciﬁcations without notice or obligation at any time, including

changes to hardware features, software capabilities, colors and/or design.

Any company names, products or logos used in this manual are trademarks of their respective owners.!

IMPORTANT SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

1. Do not use this product near water - for example, in the rain, near a bathtub or sink, in a wet basement, or near a

swimming pool.

2. This product, in combination with an ampliﬁer and headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing sound

levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at

a level that is uncomfortable.

3. Never use aggressive cleaners on the casing. Remove dust, dirt, and ﬁngerprints with a soft, dry, non-abrasive

cloth. If the unit is extremely dirty use a slightly damp cloth using only water. If the dirt still persists use a damp cloth

with a conservative amount of dishwashing liquid.

4. Install in accordance with the instructions. Make sure you place the unit on a stable surface before use.

5. The product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, or other products that

produce heat.

6. Connect the unit to an easily accessible electrical outlet that is close to it.

7. The product should only be connected to a power supply of the type described in the operating instructions or as

marked on the product.

8. Unplug the unit during lightning storms, before cleaning or when not in use for long periods of time.

9. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.

10. When transporting the unit, use the original box and padding.

11. Social Entropy LLC is not responsible for any damage caused by improper operation of this instrument.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable

protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no

guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause

harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the

equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of

the following measures:

•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is

connected.

•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-

Causing Equipment Regulations ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le

matériel brouilleur du Canada.

This product has been tested to comply with the Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC

and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC. The product meets

the requirements of RoHS 2 Directive 2011/65/EU.

This symbol indicates that the device must be disposed of properly according to local laws and

regulations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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BACKGROUND!1.........................................................................
CONCEPTS!2...............................................................................
DIAGRAM CONVENTIONS!3.......................................................
THE BASICS 
WHAT’S IN THE BOX!6.................................................................
FRONT PANEL!7...........................................................................
REAR PANEL!8.............................................................................
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS!8.......................................................
SEQUENCER BASICS!9.................................................................
TRACKS!9................................................................................................
SONGS!13..............................................................................................
FUNCTIONS!14.......................................................................................
QUICK START 
QUICK START!16..........................................................................
CONNECTIONS !16.................................................................................
CONNECTING MIDI!16.......................................................................
CONNECTING AUDIO!16...................................................................
CONNECTING POWER!16..................................................................
SELECT A TRACK!17.................................................................................
CREATE A PATTERN!17.............................................................................
MODIFY A PATTERN!18............................................................................
CREATE SNAPSHOTS!18..........................................................................
CREATE A SONG!19................................................................................
REFERENCE GUIDE 
STARTING AND STOPPING THE SEQUENCER!22..........................
MIDI CONTINUE!23................................................................................
MIDI PANIC!24........................................................................................
TRACKS!25..................................................................................

SELECTING TRACKS!25............................................................................
SELECTING PATTERNS AND PATTERN CHAINS FOR A TRACK!27..............
SELECTING PATTERNS USING MIDI!29................................................
CLEARING A TRACK!30......................................................................
CLEAR TRACK SETTINGS!31.....................................................................
CLEARING TRACK PATTERNS TO A SPECIFIC TYPE!31..............................
COPYING A TRACK!32.......................................................................
PASTING A TRACK!32.........................................................................
MUTING TRACKS!33................................................................................
SOLOING TRACKS!34..............................................................................
UNSOLOING TRACKS!34.........................................................................
FUNCTION MODE!35..............................................................................
SETTING THE TRACK MIDI CHANNEL!36.............................................
MIDI EFFECTS!37................................................................................
VELOCITY OFFSET!37..............................................................................
GATE OFFSET!38.....................................................................................
DELAY OFFSET!38...................................................................................
NOTE REPEAT!39.....................................................................................
NOTE REPEAT - POLY MODE!40...............................................................
NOTE REPEAT DECAY!41.........................................................................
TRACK UTILITY MODE!42.........................................................................
SETTING TRACK KNOB MIDI CHANNEL/PORT!43...............................
CONFIGURING TRACK KNOBS!44.....................................................
USING MIDI CONTROLLERS!45..........................................................
USING TRACK MODULATORS!46........................................................
USING MIDI NOTES!47......................................................................
PATTERN BANK AND PROGRAM CHANGE MESSAGES!48..................
SET FIXED VELOCITIES!51....................................................................
SETTING THE ACCENT VELOCITY!51........................................................
SETTING THE NORMAL VELOCITY!52......................................................
SETTING THE GHOST VELOCITY!53.........................................................
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE DUMPS!54...........................................................
SYNTH1/SYNTH2: TRANSPOSING TRACKS USING MIDI!55................
SYNTH1/SYNTH2: SETTING STEP PITCH USING MIDI!56.....................
TRACK QUANTIZATION!57.................................................................
CV/GATE OUTPUT MODES!58............................................................
SETTING CV/GATE MODE!59..................................................................
DISABLE/ENABLE TRACK CV SLIDE!60.....................................................
CV TUNING OFFSET!61...........................................................................
FORCE TO SCALE!62...........................................................................
SELECTING THE ROOT NOTE!63..............................................................
SELECTING THE SCALE PRESET!64...........................................................
SETTING THE USER SCALE!65..................................................................

SAVING THE USER SCALE!65..................................................................
PATTERNS!66...............................................................................
PATTERN TYPES!66...................................................................................
CHANGING PATTERN TYPES!67..........................................................
REST MODE!68........................................................................................
ADAPTIVE RECORD MODE!69.................................................................
SETTING UP FOR ADAPTIVE RECORD!69.............................................
INITIATING ADAPTIVE RECORD!69.....................................................
ENDING ADAPTIVE RECORD!70.........................................................
REPLACE RECORD MODE!71...................................................................
PAUSE RECORD MODE!72.......................................................................
TIME MODE!73........................................................................................
SETTING PATTERN LENGTH!74............................................................
EXTENDING A PATTERN!75.................................................................
COPYING A PATTERN SECTION!76.....................................................
PASTING A PATTERN SECTION!76.......................................................
CLEARING A PATTERN SECTION!77....................................................
TRANSPOSING A PATTERN SECTION!77.............................................
SETTING PATTERN TIME SCALE!78......................................................
SETTING PATTERN SHUFFLE!80...........................................................
SKIPPING PATTERN STEPS!81..............................................................
REALIGN A PATTERN!82.....................................................................
TEMPO LOCK!83................................................................................
TAP TEMPO!83....................................................................................
INCREMENT/DECREMENT TEMPO!84.................................................
DRUM TYPE PATTERNS!85........................................................................
SELECTING DRUM INSTRUMENTS!85..................................................
ALL ACCENT!86..................................................................................
NO ACCENT!87..................................................................................
LIVE DRUM INSTRUMENT REST!88......................................................
ALL REPEAT!89....................................................................................
NO REPEAT!89....................................................................................
PROGRAMMING DRUM TYPE PATTERNS!90........................................
GRID PROGRAMMING!90..................................................................
ADDING OR REMOVING A TRIGGER!90.................................................
CHANGING TRIGGER VELOCITY!91....................................................
SETTING NOTE REPEAT!92......................................................................
SETTING STEP DELAY!92.........................................................................
REALTIME RECORDING!93..................................................................
REALTIME RECORD ACCENT, REPEAT, REST!94....................................
STEP RECORDING!95..........................................................................

MUTING DRUM INSTRUMENTS!97......................................................
SOLOING DRUM INSTRUMENTS!98...................................................
UNSOLOING DRUM INSTRUMENTS!98..............................................
DRUM ROLLS!99.................................................................................
CHANGING THE DRUM ROLL RESOLUTION!100.....................................
LATCHING DRUM ROLLS!101..................................................................
RECORDING A DRUM ROLL!102.............................................................
DRUM LEARN MODE!103...................................................................
SYNTH TYPE PATTERNS!104.....................................................................
PROGRAMMING A SYNTH TYPE PATTERN!104....................................
GRID PROGRAMMING!105................................................................
ADDING OR REMOVING A STEP EVENT!106...........................................
SYNTH1: POLYPHONIC PROGRAMMING!107.........................................
SYNTH1: SELECTING THE PITCH SLOT TO PROGRAM!107........................
SYNTH2: POLYPHONIC PROGRAMMING!108.........................................
SYNTH2: SELECTING THE NOTE LANE TO PROGRAM!108.......................
CHANGING STEP PITCHES!109...............................................................
SYNTH1: QUICKLY ENTERING MULTIPLE PITCHES!111..............................
SYNTH1: TRANSPOSING POLYPHONIC STEPS!112...................................
SETTING STEP LENGTH!113.....................................................................
FINE TUNING GATE LENGTH!114............................................................
SYNTH1: ADDING SLIDE!115...................................................................
SETTING NOTE REPEAT!115.....................................................................
SETTING VELOCITY OR ACCENT!116.......................................................
SYNTH1: SETTING STEP DELAY!117..........................................................
REALTIME RECORDING!118................................................................
QUANTIZATION!118...............................................................................
STEP RECORDING!119........................................................................
TRANSPOSING SYNTH PATTERNS!122................................................
ALL ACCENT!124................................................................................
NO ACCENT!124................................................................................
SYNTH1: ALL SLIDE!125......................................................................
SYNTH1: NO SLIDE!125......................................................................
ALL REPEAT!126..................................................................................
NO REPEAT!126..................................................................................
REALTIME RECORD TRANSPOSE, ACCENT, SLIDE, NOTE REPEAT!127..
REALTIME ARPEGGIATOR!128.............................................................
SYNTH1 AND SYNTH2 ARPEGGIATOR DIFFERENCES!128........................
CHANGING THE ARPEGGIO PLAY MODE!129........................................
ARPEGGIO PLAY MODE: PATTERN!130....................................................
CHANGING THE ARPEGGIO VARIATION!131.........................................
CHANGING THE ARPEGGIO OCTAVES!132............................................
LATCHING THE ARPEGGIATOR!133.........................................................

RECORDING AN ARPEGGIO!134............................................................
CHORD MEMORY!135........................................................................
CONTROL TYPE PATTERNS!136................................................................
SELECTING CONTROLLERS!136...........................................................
PROGRAMMING A CONTROL TYPE PATTERN!137...............................
GRID PROGRAMMING!137................................................................
ADDING OR REMOVING A CONTROL EVENT!138..................................
CHANGING A CONTROL VALUE!139......................................................
CONTROL SLIDE!140..........................................................................
REALTIME RECORDING!141................................................................
STEP RECORDING!142........................................................................
MUTING INDIVIDUAL CONTROLLERS!144...........................................
SOLOING INDIVIDUAL CONTROLLERS!145.........................................
UNSOLOING CONTROLLERS!145.......................................................
LFO MODE!146..................................................................................
CHANGING THE LFO SHAPE!147............................................................
CHANGING THE LFO SPEED!148............................................................
CHANGING THE LFO MODULATION DEPTH!149.....................................
CHANGING THE LFO PHASE!150............................................................
LFO SLIDE!151.........................................................................................
LATCHING THE LFO!152..........................................................................
RECORDING AN LFO!153.......................................................................
STEP FUNCTIONS!154.............................................................................
DRUM/CTRL: OPERATING ON ALL INSTRUMENTS!154............................
STEP ROTATE!155....................................................................................
STEP CLEAR!155......................................................................................
STEP COPY!156.......................................................................................
STEP PASTE!157.......................................................................................
SYNTH1/SYNTH2: STEP LENGTH!157.......................................................
PATTERN FUNCTIONS!158.......................................................................
DRUM/CONTROL: OPERATING ON ALL INSTRUMENTS!158....................
SYNTH: APPLY TRANSPOSE!159..........................................................
PATTERN ROTATE!160.........................................................................
PATTERN CLEAR!161............................................................................
PATTERN COPY!161.............................................................................
PATTERN PASTE!162............................................................................
PATTERN RANDOMIZE!163.................................................................
RANDOMIZE VALUE!163.........................................................................
RANDOMIZE GATE!164..........................................................................
SYNTH1/SYNTH2: RANDOMIZATION PITCHES!164.................................
SYNTH1/SYNTH2: PITCH RANGE BIAS!165..............................................
SYNTH1: SLIDE RANDOMIZATION!165...................................................
DRUM/CTRL: INSTRUMENT EXCLUDE!166................................................

EXECUTING RANDOMIZATION!167........................................................
PATTERN DIRECTION!168....................................................................
PROBABILITY DIRECTION!170.............................................................
SNAPSHOTS!171..........................................................................
CREATING SNAPSHOTS!173....................................................................
SNAPSHOT RECORD!174....................................................................
SNAPSHOT PASTE!175........................................................................
RECALLING SNAPSHOTS!177..................................................................
CLEARING SNAPSHOTS!178....................................................................
SNAPSHOT FUNCTION MODE!179..........................................................
SNAPSHOT UTILITY MODE!180................................................................
SNAPSHOT RECALL SETTINGS!181......................................................
TRACK MIDI PORT/CHANNEL RECALL!181..............................................
TRACK MIDI EFFECTS RECALL!181...........................................................
TRANSPOSE INST MUTE RECALL!182.......................................................
TRACK MUTE RECALL!182.......................................................................
SNAPSHOT TEMPO RECALL !183.........................................................
SONGS!184.................................................................................
PLAYING SONGS!184.............................................................................
ENTERING SONG PLAY MODE!184....................................................
SELECTING SONGS!185.....................................................................
CREATING SONG CHAINS!185..........................................................
SONG LOCATION SHORTCUTS!186....................................................
STARTING FROM A SPECIFIC SONG STEP!187....................................
RECORDING SONGS!188........................................................................
REALTIME SONG RECORD!188...........................................................
PAUSE RECORD REALTIME SONG!189................................................
SONG STEP RECORD!190...................................................................
SELECTING CURRENT SONG STEP !191...................................................
SETTING SONG STEP REPEATS!192.........................................................
ASSIGNING SNAPSHOTS TO SONG STEPS!193......................................
SETTING THE LAST SONG STEP!193........................................................
SONG FUNCTIONS!194..........................................................................
CLEARING A SONG!194.....................................................................
COPYING A SONG!195......................................................................
PASTING A SONG!195.......................................................................
GLOBAL CONFIG!196..................................................................
SETTING KNOB CHANNELS!197..............................................................
SETTING KNOB CONTROLLER NUMBERS!198..........................................