twisted electrons Acid8 Operation & User’s Manual

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2- Operation Overview 3- Step Mode 4 Pattern Mode 5 Chain Mode 6 Global functions 7 External Control 8 Firmware Updates 9 Software Editor ...

Acid8 features 1/4” audio output, MIDI input/output, 1/8” gate/sync input/output and a power socket. Acid8 is equipped with a bridge rectifier so can be powered by any AC or DC voltage source of between 7v and 15v, 1200mA. ...

Acid8 enables you to edit patterns and songs under three main layers: Step Mode At this lowest level you create and modify patterns, step by step. A pattern consists of 16 steps, but up to 15 of these steps can be skipped to form shorter patterns. Pattern Mode In pattern mode you can select the pattern that is being played, you can also ...

Activate step mode by pressing down the rotary encoder (all black knob) until the word Step is lit. At any time you can toggle between Step and Pattern modes by clicking the encoder again. Now roll the encoder to cycle through the 16 steps of your pattern and modify to your liking. The selected step is indicated on the top row of illuminated dot ...

Each Step has a note, displayed on the 13 button keyboard. You can also transpose each step across a 3 octave range using the & buttons. Acid8 can automatically advance to the next step when a note is entered. To toggle this feature on and off, hold shift, then press the encoder. ...

Set rest, accent or slide on or off using the respective buttons. The illuminated dot above the button indicates their status. Rest mutes a step. Accent boosts the filter envelope. The amount of boost is set by the accent knob. When slide is active the pitch will slide up or down to the next pattern. ...

ACID8 features 16 waveforms arranged in 4 categories: 1 - Rectangle: Prophet, Distorted, SID and Perfect Rectangle* 2 - Triangle: NES, Prophet, SID and 3-BIT Triangle* 3 - Saw: Prophet, TB-303, SID and 3-BIT Saw 4 - Sine: Pure, Overtone Sine, Acoustic Guitar and Piano* To Select a waveform, hold SHIFT then press one of the first 4 whi ...

the bits function enables you to manipulate the audio signal by inverting the bits of the 8bit data stream. This can result in some interesting harmonics. Hold shift, then press bits (white key #5) to enter bits mode. While keeping shift held you can now toggle the 8 bits on and off by pressing the white keys that represent bits 0 to 7 from ...

Hold shift, then press swing (white key #7) to enter swing mode. While keeping shift held you can now select the level of swing by pressing any of the white keys. ...