METACONFORMER GENERAL OVERVIEW |USER MANUAL
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USER INTERFACE
Metaconformer is made to be not only useful in practice, but also easy to use. Instead of
text and numbers on a matrix display, it communicates with the user through the sound of
your instruments and a minimum of information on the 8-bit STATE/DATA indicator.
When playing musical instruments in different situations, this orientation method is much
more convenient, because it uses not only the visual channel, but also the auditory channel,
and also consumes less mental resources on the part of the user. Anyone who has ever
worked with MIDI will appreciate this.
Metaconformer knows what is between the MIDI controller and the musical instrument, so
it actively uses it and turns it into an advantage.
Setting up cells is fast, simple and intuitive. Metaconformer takes all information from
messages sent from your MIDI controller. It's like a dialogue.
To set up a voice in Combiner mode, you need to press just one note while in the Learn
menu. Metaconformer will remember the MIDI channel of that note and set up the cell.
To set the range in Splitter mode, you need to press two notes while in the Learn menu.
Metaconformer will remember their MIDI channel, and the values of these notes will indicate
the boundaries of the range.
To set up a cell in Translator mode, while in the Learn menu, turn the MIDI controller knob
corresponding to the desired parameter, then press a note on the MIDI channel that will
be translated. Metaconformer will remember the CC number of the parameter and its MIDI
channel, as well as the MIDI channel from which the notes should be translated.
Details about the operation of all modes of Metaconformer are found in the respective
tutorials for these modes.
You don't need a computer to set up Metaconformer, just a MIDI controller is enough.
Instead of storing a lot of static patches, which can easily get confusing, Metaconformer
offers a flexible system that you set up once with your instruments, and then only need to
adjust slightly according to the situation and your ideas.
Metaconformer is like a Swiss Army knife. He does not know how to do everything, but he
is always at hand. And what he can do, he does excellently.
