Squarp Instruments Hermod Manuale utente

Hermod

Modular Brain

V1.72

https://www.squarp.net

Table of Contents

Step Mode............................................................................................................................................................................... 5

The Step Mode.................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Piano roll ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Pattern navigation............................................................................................................................................................... 6

Edit a note pattern.............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Edit a modulation pattern...................................................................................................................................................8

Hard REC ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Wait/looper REC.................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Multitrack REC.....................................................................................................................................................................9

Rotate a pattern..................................................................................................................................................................9

Advanced edit mode (+)...................................................................................................................................................... 9

Edit pattern menu............................................................................................................................................................... 9

Selection range .................................................................................................................................................................10

Effect Mode........................................................................................................................................................................... 11

The effects mode ..............................................................................................................................................................11

Display...............................................................................................................................................................................11

Add an effect..................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Effect list ...........................................................................................................................................................................12

Mute/Unmute effects.......................................................................................................................................................12

Edit effect menu................................................................................................................................................................ 12

ModMatrix ........................................................................................................................................................................13

ModMatrix attenuverter/offset........................................................................................................................................13

Effect list ...........................................................................................................................................................................14

Midi ...............................................................................................................................................................................14

Arpeggiator ...................................................................................................................................................................15

Chance...........................................................................................................................................................................16

Delay .............................................................................................................................................................................16

Euclid.............................................................................................................................................................................17

LFO ................................................................................................................................................................................17

Glide/smooth ................................................................................................................................................................18

Harmonizer ...................................................................................................................................................................18

Output...........................................................................................................................................................................19

Random.........................................................................................................................................................................19

Ratchet.......................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Scale ..............................................................................................................................................................................20

Swing.............................................................................................................................................................................21

Track Mode ...........................................................................................................................................................................22

The Track Mode ................................................................................................................................................................22

Display...............................................................................................................................................................................22

Selecting a track................................................................................................................................................................ 23

Mute/unmute tracks......................................................................................................................................................... 23

Example of a voice layout .................................................................................................................................................25

Note vs. Modulation tracks............................................................................................................................................... 26

Sequence mode ....................................................................................................................................................................27

The Sequence mode..........................................................................................................................................................27

Display...............................................................................................................................................................................27

Selecting a sequence.........................................................................................................................................................27

Sequence loop length .......................................................................................................................................................28

Setting a song.................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Edit sequence menu..........................................................................................................................................................28

Randomizer ...........................................................................................................................................................................29

Enter the Randomizer menu.............................................................................................................................................29

Randomizer Menu Options...............................................................................................................................................29

Project Manager....................................................................................................................................................................30

Enter the Project Manager menu .....................................................................................................................................30

Project Manager menu .....................................................................................................................................................30

Autoload............................................................................................................................................................................ 30

Settings..................................................................................................................................................................................31

Enter the settings..............................................................................................................................................................31

Clock settings ....................................................................................................................................................................31

Midi channels....................................................................................................................................................................32

Midi Thru...........................................................................................................................................................................33

CV input settings ...............................................................................................................................................................34

Misc Settings .....................................................................................................................................................................34

How to calibrate the 8 CV outputs....................................................................................................................................35

How to calibrate the 4 CV inputs ......................................................................................................................................35

Shortcuts...............................................................................................................................................................................36

In any mode ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36

Step mode.........................................................................................................................................................................36

Step Edit Note ...................................................................................................................................................................36

Step Edit Modulation ........................................................................................................................................................ 37

Effect mode.......................................................................................................................................................................37

Track mode ....................................................................................................................................................................... 37

Seq mode ..........................................................................................................................................................................37

● While holding X , press and hold the encoder, then rotate the encoder to change the loop length in 1/16th note

increments. .......................................................................................................................................................................37

Project Manager................................................................................................................................................................37

When naming a project, you can use the pads like a phone keypad: .....................................................................37

Hermod User Manual

Step Mode

The Step Mode

STEP mode allows you to edit patterns directly through Hermod’s interface.

You can edit a live recording, add notes and add modulation/gate in modulation tracks.

Hermod pattern length can be extended up to 64 steps, and the powerful zoom (up to 8x) allows you to

perform very precise step sequencing. It is even possible to select a 3x zoom to create triplets.

Hermod also features an “advanced edit mode". You can access it by pressing STEP + the encoder. In this

mode, scrolling the encoder will move forward or backward the read needle in the pattern by one step,

regardless of the zoom and player state, great to edit a pattern quickly!

There are 2 recorded notes in this pattern.

Piano roll

In STEP mode, the display features a small “piano roll” which will show the messages recorded in the pattern.

The piano roll always displays the current page, depending on the zoom level. The piano roll has a different

look depending on the type of track (notes or modulation) you are using:

● In "note tracks", each note is displayed as small lines. Lines are thicker when a chord is present on that

point:

● In "modulation tracks", a line displays the recorded CV/CC sequence and small lines at the bottom display

the gate signal:

Note that the piano roll is here for visual hint only and can’t be used in order to interpret which note is

currently playing due to the size of the screen.

Under the piano roll there is the track loop point, where you can immediately locate your position in the

pattern and through the pages.

Pattern navigation

By default, a pattern is 8-step long and zoomed fully up (x1).

● Press and hold Yand scroll the encoder to change the track length. When increasing the length, new pages

will be available to display. Simply use the encoder to scroll between pages.

● Press and hold Xand scroll the encoder to change zoom value. In the same way, zooming in and out will

increase the number of pages available to see. The display will always adapt to show the currently displayed

page.

Please note that while changing the length, clicking the encoder while rotating allows for 1/16th note

precision. Length can therefore be as small as one 1/16th note (notated "0·"). One dot will appear for every

extra 16th note. As such, a 15/16 pattern will be notated "3···", and a 9/8 pattern will be notated "4··".

TIP Hold X+ Yand rotate the encoder to double/divide track length.

Edit a note pattern

In a note pattern, you will be able to add and edit mono and poly notes.

● Add a note

To add a note, simply press the associated pad .

Each note has 3 parameters : pitch, velocity and length. To edit one of those parameters when adding a note,

hold the pad, the current parameter will be highlighted (by default, the pitch), then scroll the encoder to

change the pitch.

To edit another parameter, press the encoder to highlight the desired parameters while still holding the pad,

and scroll the encoder to adjust the selected parameter.

PITCH is selected.

VELOCITY is selected.

LENGTH is selected.

Just release the pad to add the note with the selected parameters.

● Edit a note

Edit a note works exactly in the same way, just press and hold the pad where the note lies, and edit its

parameter. The note will be updated in real time. If several notes lie in the same step, you will edit all note

parameters.

● Delete a note

To delete a note, just press and release its associated pad .

● Note octave

To increase/decrease the selected note octave, hold STEP and rotate the encoder.

● Note learn

Hermod’s step mode improves greatly when using an external keyboard on the active track channel. The pitch

and velocity parameters will be updated according to the last played note or chord.

TIP Hold STEP and press a pad to quickly set a note length (1/8 to 8).

TIP When holding a step and editing a value, rotate the encoder while pressing it to enable fast scroll.

Edit a modulation pattern

In a modulation pattern, you can edit 2 kinds of events: modulation value and gate. Hold STEP and rotate the

encoder to select the parameter (MOD or GATE ) you want to edit.

To create a modulation pattern, please refer to TRACK section "Voices layout" to learn more about it.

● Edit a gate

To add a gate, just press one of the pads with gate highlighted, to change gate length, use the encoder to

highlight the length parameter and scroll while holding the pad. Delete a gate by pressing the lit pad.

● Edit a modulation

Modulation events will light the pads. When is highlighted, press the pad at the position you want to add

the event. Scroll the encoder to choose the event value. To delete an event, simply press the associated pad.

If no modulation is recorded, the screen displays a dotted line.

TIP Long presses on STEP toggles between the MOD and GATE edit submodes.

Hard REC

You can record midi events (notes, pitchbend, aftertouch and modulation) coming from MIDI in, USB host,

USB device and CV inputs at any time, in any mode by simply pressing rec . These events will be recorded

with overdub.

But in STEP mode, holding Yand pressing enables a "hard rec" recording (= no overdub). Previously

recorded notes will be overwritten.

Wait/looper REC

Hold Xand press (only if Hermod uses its internal clock).

- if Hermod is stopped, it will wait for you to play a note before starting to play and record (punch in).

- if Hermod is already playing, it will wait for the next bar to restart the player and enable the recording.

Pressing again will end the recording and will set the track length to the recording time, like a looper (from 1

bar to 16 bar).

TIP Pressing X + Y+ will enable the looper with hard recording.

Multitrack REC

Hold STEP and press to enable a multitrack recording. Up to 8 routed tracks (via midi in, usb in, cv/gate in,

...) can be recorded at the same time.

When Multitrack recording is not enable, only the selected (active) track will be recorded.

Rotate a pattern

In step mode, press and hold the encoder and scroll to rotate all the note or modulation message in a pattern.

It will move the event depending on the zoom level.

For example zoom x1 = one step at a time, zoom x4 = one quarter note at a time, etc.

Advanced edit mode (+)

Advanced edit mode provides an alternative way to record notes into a pattern. Activate it by pressing STEP +

clicking the encoder.

The four mode buttons will be lit, you won’t be able to change mode without leaving advanced edit mode by

pressing STEP + encoder again.

In advanced edit mode, scrolling the encoder will move forward the playback step position. If a note is

recorded in this position, it will play it, moving forward to the end of the note will mute it. The encoder works

like a vinyl player, you can move backward and forward in the pattern.

Edit notes and modulation directly on Hermod works the same way than on classic edit mode, but the mode

buttons act as shortcuts for the parameters.

Edit pattern menu

By pressing the encoder in STEP mode, you can access the pattern edit menu. You can find the usual copy,

paste, delete functions, as well as the randomizer parameters. You can also copy the current page, and delete

only the pitchbend, the aftertouch, the modulation, or the sustain.

TIP Hold STEP and press Xto delete all events of the current track.

TIP Hold STEP and press Yto randomize the current track.

Sustain pedal

Any sustain pedal (MIDI CC 64) events performed can be recorded as you would record notes. These MIDI CC

events can either be forwarded to other MIDI devices with the MIDI OUT effect, or consumed by the "Apply

sustain" function of the MIDI effect (see the paragraph on “Apply sustain”).

Selection range

While holding one step button (①to ⑧) selects it for editing, holding multiple steps allows you to select a

range to be edited.

For example, press ①and ④to select all events from ①to ④. Pressing ①and ⑧selects the entire

page.

To select every event, across all pages, press STEP and ⑧.

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