Tiptop Circadian Rhythms User Manual

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMSUser Manual

08BDHIHATS2x32 View of PatternIf we want to see the other channels, in the 2x32, we navigate up and down using the up and down buttons immediately bel

Quickstart Tutorial 3: Groups and Presets Plus Copy, Paste, Clear, and Save So far, we’ve made a pretty simple rhythmic pattern, seen it in different

10The principle of copy and paste works for Channels also. If you want to copy a set of Steps into another Channel out, press Copy and the Copy button

11Looping Presets and Groups for More Complex Patterns Let’s explore Groups. Groups are structurally similar to Presets except that Groups contain 8 P

12An Aside: The Ladder of BeingThe Ladder of Being is an old concept used to describe a hierarchical set of containers that t insi-de one another. Th

13Quickstart Tutorial 4: Looping Presets and Groups for More Complex Patterns“Yes,” you are saying, “groups and presets are interesting and all, but o

14Switch back to Vertical View for the Loop programming. To Loop these two presets and create a longer pattern, we need to press the Set Loop button.

15Here’s what is really cool: Switch to the 4x16 View. You have a 16 Step Loop pattern of 2 Presets and you can now view and edit the Steps in this Vi

16From our Presets example, copy Group 1 to Group 2. For Presets 1 and 2 in Group 2, add an addi-tional Snare hit and add some variations to your HiHa

17Advanced Tutorial 1: Zoom ProgrammingZoom is another view, but one with a very speci c and micro-focused purpose: Zoom allows you to program your c

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18A little music math behind the Zoom resolution might be useful here: the 6 SubSteps increase the resolution from the standard 16th notes to a 96th n

19Note, you can only edit Zoom steps in Zoom view. You’ll need to switch to Zoom mode from Vertical or one of the NxN views if you want to make change

20Advanced Tutorial 2: Fills and Programming TriggersFillsA Fill in the CR is a user-triggered drum  ll that is designed to be used in performance to

21Please note your lls are NOT recorded in your Step sequences. Fills are designed for live perfor-mance.Let’s have some fun and have a ll with 1/32

22Advanced Tutorial 3: Programming Gates The CR doesn’t generate only triggers. It can also generate gates in Patterns.As a review, triggers and gates

23Gates can run or be created in any view, not only Vertical as in our example. Gates can be looped and manipulated (for example, copied and pasted) j

24Advanced Tutorial 4: Syncing the Circadian Rhythm to Your DAW (or Any Clock)Because a true standard for synchronization has never been established,

25Before starting the application section, a few technical notes:• The rising edge of the pulse triggers the clock. Many audio interfaces have AC coup

26Applications Expert Sleepers Silent WayExpert Sleepers have a set of VST/AU plugins called ‘Silent Way’ which provide a range of utility functions f

27To set up DAW sync using SW Sync, simply set the PPQN value to 24 as shown below. (24 pulses per quarter note x 4 for a four beat measure = 96th not

Introduction ... p.02Section 1Quick Start Tutorials ... p.03 1 - Vertical View Basics

28Audio Loop SyncYou don’t need a special plugin to sync the CR to your DAW. In fact, the CR will just as easily sync to an audio loop of a sync clock

29The above image shows an audio pulse in the Ableton Clip window sent by Silent Way through the audio output and recorded back into a track in Ableto

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31CR Tips: Performance and Programming Ideas• CR isn’t just for programming drums and beats. For example, you can use it to drive the clock for melodi

32Circadian Rhythm Functions in Detail This section walks through each of the CR’s functions and describes them in detail. The functional details incl

33ViewsVertical viewVertical view displays access to most of the functions of the CR. It is arranged in vertical columns instead of in horizontal rows

34In Beat Continue mode, groups and presets are switched immediately and the step is not reset.In Beat Sync mode, Groups or Presets are only switched

35Trigger 3/6: See trigger 1/4/7 above.Start/Stop: Starts and stops playback. When you press Stop, all current data is written to the internal memory

36ZoomZoom view offers editing of an additional 6 sub steps per 16th note and a single Channel in a Preset at a time. These additional 6 substeps are

37Clock inThe CR accepts external analog pulses to sync to other sources. The following clock formats can be used:16th: A pulse every 16th note (4 PPQ

Circadian Rhythms FeaturesHardware: • 8 trigger/gate outputs • Highly Accurate Internal Clock and Reset output • External Clock and Reset inputRhy

SyncBusThe clock signal is the internal clock rate and effectively replaces the internal clock of the slave de-vice. This is the most precise method t

39SwingThe CR can add swing on both 8th and 16th notes. To enable swing, enter vertical view and press the swing button. The rst press will turn the

40LOOPINGThe CR can build loops at both Preset and Group levels. Each group can have its own loop consisting of any of the 8 presets. A loop of any of

41Programming triggers and gatesAs described in Advanced Tutorial 3, Triggers and Gates only differ in their duration. Triggers are short pulses. Gate

42Trigger buttonsIn Vertical view, each trigger channel has a dedicated button for triggering single pulses, lls or ma-nually recording steps.With l

43Startup functionsUpdating the CR FirmwareFrom time-to-time, Tiptop releases rmware updates to some of its modules including the CR. The-se rmware

44SpecicationsWidth - 36HPDepth - 29.4mm inclusive of USB and cables +12v - 200mA-12v - 0mA+5v - 0mATrigger Out - +5 voltsClock Out - +12 volts with

Quickstart Tutorial 1: Vertical View BasicsFor the purposes of this exercise, we’ll use the Tiptop 808 BD, Hihats, and Snares, but you can use any mod

04vvvvvvChannel column and outputvvChannel 1, steps and output

Steps is where you can program your triggers/gates that will generate a rhythm. In Vertical view, the Steps will appear vertically. Steps are a collec

QST 1: Review• CR has multiple views. The Vertical view is the primary view for editing and utility functions.• The CR’s outputs correspond to Channel

Your 8x8 should look like this:8x8 View of Pattern07BDHIHATSSNAREQuickstart Tutorial 2: Other ViewsDon’t reset the classic house/techno rhythm pat