Doepfer Drehbank Midi Control Box User Manual

DOEPFER MUSIKELEKTRONIK

DREHBANK

Drehbank : The machine w ith the licence to tur n.

Owners manual, 2nd edition.

(Version July 20, 1 999)

Doepfer Musikelektronik

 Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH

Geigerstr.13 • 82166 Graefelfing, Germany.

Phone +49 89 89809510 • Fax +49 89 89809510

Internet http://www.doepfer.com

CREDITS:

Project Manager Programmers:

Hardware design Dieter Doepfer. ! hardware@doepfer.de Programmer of the Drehbank

systems software for the EditorAdaption and EMAGIC SoundDiver.

Programmer of the Drehbank Editor for PC & Presets

Owners manual designers : Translation

Dieter Doepfer Christian Assall, Roland Mayer.

Christian Assall. ! software@doepfer.de

Roland Mayer. ! technik@doepfer.de

Roland Mayer, Christian As sall , Stephen Doheny, Thomas Rotsch.

Foreword

You will have received your Drehbank with software vers ion 1.xx (wher e xx is the current revision number of the version 1 software). This software has been checked by Doepfer and by our bet a-testers, an d is believe d to be practicall y bugfree.

But in any new soft ware of such com plexity, we know that it ‘s possible t hat hidden bugs may still exist. If you find one, we would be grateful if you could let us know the exact details. We will try to remove the bug as quickly as possible.

To update your device at the current state you then had to contact your local dealer.

This offer only applies to soft ware f aults . I t do es n‘t ap ply to updates which improve upon the facilities in your current software, as detailed in this manual.

Actual upgrades of the software will regularly be available to buy. To update the software, it‘s necessary to open up the Drehbank to change the

EPROM. Users carry this out at their own risk: problems caused by incorrect insertion of an EPROM are not covered under guarantee.

Throughout this manual, reference is made to various products which have registered trademarks, without necessarily indicating they are registered. The absence of the  mark shouldn ‘t be taken to imply t hat the product name can be freely used by an yone. Nor should it imply an y right to use m aterial that is lega lly protected by a registered trade name or mark, or protected by patent.

Please also take note that DOEPFER Musikelektronik GmbH offers no warranty and accepts no legal responsib ility for damage caused b y or consequential o n the use of this equipment, its hardware or its soft ware, or thi s manual. We categoric a ll y deny responsibilit y. We also reserve the righ t to alt er software and/or the co nte nts of this manual without notice.

DOEPFER Musikelektronik GmbH Geigerstr.13 D-82166 Graefelfing GERMANY Tel.: +49 89 89809510 Fax.:+49 89 89809511 Internet: http://www.doepfer.com

CONTENTS

Contents

CREDITS

FOREWORD............................................................................................................................ 2

CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 5

CHAPTER 1............................................................................................................................. 7

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 7

BOUT THE OWNER`S MANUAL RESETS

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ILES

.................................................................................................................... 8

CHAPTER 2............................................................................................................................. 9

INSTALLATION.......................................................................................................................9

THE HARDWARE UNIT: DREHBANK ...................................................................................9

Options: the 8 external control inputs.......................................................................... 10

Updating the operating system ................................................................................... 10

Software: The Drehbank EDITOR .................................................................................12

NSTALLING THE

REHBANK EDITOR

System requirements...................................................................................................... 12

De-installation .................................................................................................................13

Updating the Editor Software.......................................................................................... 13

The Editor on the Emagic SoundDiver(OEM-Basis) for PC& MACINTOSH. ................. 13

CHAPTER 3........................................................................................................................... 14

THE BASICS.......................................................................................................................... 14

HAT IS THE

EATURES

HE FRONT PANEL

REHBANK

............................................................................................................................ 14

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64 control knobs/potentiometers..................................................................................... 15

64 Labelling pads............................................................................................................ 15

SWITCHES..................................................................................................................... 15

recalling the original settings/ Rom presets ................................................................ 15

Switching between the 2 banks................................................................................... 16

Creating and sending a Snapshot............................................................................... 16

L.E.D.s ............................................................................................................................16

The Drehbanks operation indicator sequences ......................................................... 16

Bank indicators............................................................................................................ 17

Snapshot Mode ...........................................................................................................17

Midi events Indicator ................................................................................................... 17

Midi transfer errors...................................................................................................... 17

Non volatile memory/presets .......................................................................................... 17

Power input/ Power supply ............................................................................................. 18

MIDI C

DITING WITH THE EDITOR SOFTW ARE

ONNECTION

CHAPTER 4........................................................................................................................... 21

THE EDITING SOFTWARE................................................................................................... 21

PENING AND SAVING A PRESET PENING A LIBRARY

ONTROLLER PROPERTIES

RESET SENDING AND STORING

YSEX FILES

/ P

............................................................................................................. 21

RESET TEXT FILES

Generating SysEx files.................................................................................................... 23

Generating Text files....................................................................................................... 24

DITOR TOOLS

..................................................................................................................... 24

Copy Bank 1 ---> Bank 2 ................................................................................................ 24

Copy Bank 2 ---> Bank 1 ................................................................................................ 24

Init Bank 1....................................................................................................................... 24

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?..................................................................................................... 14

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5555

Init Bank 2....................................................................................................................... 24

Exchange Bank 1 <---> 2................................................................................................ 24

PTIONS

.............................................................................................................................. 25

Event Thru ......................................................................................................................25

Realtime Thru ................................................................................................................. 25

System Exclusive (SysEx) Thru...................................................................................... 25

DITING A CONTROL FUNCTION

.............................................................................................. 26

CHAPTER 5........................................................................................................................... 33

APPENDIX............................................................................................................................. 33

ROM P

RESET

1 ................................................................................................................... 33

Bank 1............................................................................................................................. 33

Bank 2............................................................................................................................. 33

Key to Midi controller numbers ......................................................................................34

PTIONS FOR THE EXTERNAL CONTROL INPUTS

...................................................................... 35

Control voltage operation................................................................................................ 35

Foot controller Operation ................................................................................................36

IBLIOGRAPHY

...................................................................................................................... 38

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Chapter

Introduction

About the Owner`s manual

This manual is intended for those who enjoy to browse through instruction manuals, and for those of you who have pick ed this book up f or the ver y first time, only because something doesn`t work or through misuse of the Drehbank irreparable damage has been caused to the future of all mankind. ☺ But jokes aside, systems damage through use of the Drehbank is almost impossible. The worst things that can happen to the us er during use are ( 1) that the com puter crashes, (2) you experience a systems error which can only be cured by the resetting of your computer, (3) you exper ience a systems error while in the editor program before you have saved the data. But before you integrate the Drehbank onto your Midi setup please read the following chapters to see which system s are c ompatib le and how you sho uld i nstal l the editor software. So as not to become conf used while rea ding the m anual we rec omm end that you read each chapter through from start to finish and in order. In that way each chapter will make more sense. We also recomm end that you read the RE ADME.TXT file on the Editor disc and print it out because the information on the disc will be m ore up to date than t he information found in the manual.

Warning

This goes especially for units that ar e sold after February 1999. Here you will find several im portant notes on the 4 ROM presets, information on which is not listed in the manual, also any errors that we have found in the writing of the manual will be updated in the README.txt file.

Also after the installation of the editor program you will find an built-in 'DB_HELP.HLP' help file available to you online. In th is file you wil l find the m ost up to date information on the Drehbank Unit. Site address:

http:// www.doepfer.de/pub/download.htm

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Presets / Files

There are several preset files incuded on the Editor Disc ! README.TXT file. These can be used directly or used as a basis for creating your own preset libraries. We at Doepfer are continually creating new presets that will be available for downloading from the InterNet. Site address:

http:// www.doepfer.de/pub/download.htm

NOTE

Information that we feel is of extra importance is printed in boxes of gre y and black like this one throughout the manual.

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Installa tion

INSTALLATION

Chapter

The hardware unit: Drehbank

Front panel

• 64 control knobs

• 64 labelling pads (for the user to label the function of each control knob).

• 3 switches (on the left side of the unit; black):

(one) to create a „Snapshot“ (the top switch)

(two) to switch from one bank to the other (the lower 2 switches)

• 3 L.E.D.s, one above each switch which indic at e:

When a 'Snapshot“ is being sent

Midi events

Which of the two banks is in use

Drehbank

DrehbankDrehbank

Back panel

• 8 external control inputs (optional)

• Power input connection

• Midi Ports

MIDI-In

MIDI-Out / Thru (Merge)

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OPTIONS: THE 8 EXTERNAL CONTROL INPUTS

If you have a unit fitted with the optional external contr ol inputs, you will find th e 8 external inputs at the rear of the unit (labelled external inputs)

The 8 external inputs are assigned to the following control knobs;

External input (at rear, left to right)

1 31 Control voltage 2 15 Control voltage 3 47 Control voltage 4 63 Control voltage 5 32 Foot controller 6 48 Foot controller 7 16 Foot controller 8 64 Foot controller

NOTE:

Further information on the external control inputs is to be found in the Appendix

UPDATING TH E OPERATING SYSTEM

For this you will need a new EPROM, a Phillips sc re wdriver, and an I.C. t ool. If you don‘t have your own EPROM burner we will send you a new EP ROM (you must pay for the post and package costs).

Control knob on front panel Default settings

NOTE

If you decide to update yourself you‘ll have to exchange the old EPROM against one with the latest software.

First of all, ensure that the unit is dis con necte d from the m ains. When installing the new EPROM mak e sure to i nstall i t in th e corr ect posi tion, t he notch on o ne si de of the component is there to guide you. The EPROM I.C. socket should have a corresponding mark. Be careful when installing the new EPROM because the component is quit e delica te.T o exc hange t he EPRO M we recom m end that you pull it out horizontally eg. with two screwdrivers simultaneously or with a specialized I.C. tool. Be careful not to to damage the component by bending it s pi ns . T he s ame care is needed for the installation of the new component. Don’t push too hard! Check that the pins of the new component are not bent out of shape.

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The EPROM component.

Sticker with

version num ber

Notch

• Before you reassemble the unit make sure that

the EPROM is inserted correctly (if incorrectly inserted then it‘s goodbye Mr EPROM when you turn on the unit)

- you haven‘t loosened or disconnected any of the components or the wiring. With the second vers ion of the Drehbank series (a vailib le from Februar y 1999 and

identifiable b y the 3 switches and L.E.D.s) the no n-volatile EEPROM memo ry is doubled. Therefore, with each control knob you can generate a Midi-string comprising 113 bytes, instea d of 55 bytes as is the case with un its from the first series. If you want to update the first ser ies you‘ll n eed soft ware versions above 1.1 and a new EEPROM memor y chip (type X25128). W ith this installation please take the same care recommended for the EPROM update (see previous page).

You’ll find the EEPROM memory chip (with the notch of the EPROM pointing upwards) on the right hand side of the processor (that‘s the large black square component at the centre of the c ircuit board) . Owing to th e small si ze of the chip it may not have a notch to guid e you, but it does h ave a spot - ind icating pin no. 1 printed in one corner to act as a guide. This point s hould be in the c orner furthest away from the processor when correctly installed. Only power up once you have correctly reassembled the unit and screwed the case back together.

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Software: The Drehbank Edi tor

On the included DOS–formated disc you will find the Drehbank editor software.

Warning

Before you install the editor program (Please, Please, Please) read the README.TXT(help) file.

Installing the Drehbank Editor

System requirements

The Drehbank Editor is a Windows application which requires the following system

• IBM compatible PC .

• CPU > 90 Mhz (recommended)

• > 8 Megabyte RAM (recommended)

• > 2 Megabytes of free space on the hard drive/disc.

• Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, or Windows NT.

• VGA Monitor with a resolution of at least 640x480.

• MIDI Interface (e.g. soundcard with MIDI Interface).

• Multimedia Midi cable to connect the Drehbank.

• 3.5“ floppy drive or InterNet connection.

• Drehbank.

The editor program als o works without a Drehbank, because the program needs no feedback from the Drehbank.

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Installation

To install: initiate/execute INSTALL.EXE. Once you‘ve installed the application you’ll find a subfolder titled Drehbank in the directory you have chosen. You can also create a link on the desktop for quicker access to the editor application. To start the program simply doubleclick on the Drehbank.EXE file.

De-installation

The editing software has no effect on the operating system of your computer, therefore you can simply delete the Drehbank folder from your hard disc.

Updating the Editor Soft ware

You will always find the most up to date version of the editor software on the Doepfer homepage: http:// www.doepfer.de/pub/download.ht, stored as a file titled DBXX.ZIP where XX stands for the version number. For example version 1.1 is titled DB_11.EXE. Simply download the file, unpack it into a temporary directory and install it in the same way as a new installati on.

The Editor on the Emagic SoundDiver(OEM-Basis) for PC& MACINTOSH.

From autumn 1999 we at Doepfer hope, that we will be able to offer a special version of the Emagic SoundDiver program. This could be very interest ing alongside an existing Drehbank edi tor as those of you who work with the SoundDiver won‘t have t o switch to a new edit or program. Above all it gives

without having to buy a P.C. Further Information on this topic can be attained by reading the R EADME file on the disc or on our homepage. When available it will become part of the standard Drehbank package. We cannot offer this software on the Inter Net to downl oad free of charge b ecause the OEM-Version from Emagic is not public domain software.

Macintosh

users the possibility to edit their Drehbanks

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