Teenage Engineering PO-32 Tonic User manual

PO-32 tonic manual [eng]

1. getting started power-up

insert two fresh AAA batteries. pay attention to plus and minus poles.

set clock

set time by turning knob A for hours and knob B for minutes. press any key to conﬁrm and exit.

alarm clock

press sound + pattern. set alarm clock by turning A for hours and B for minutes. (disable by turning knob A all the way down.) press any key 1-16 to set pattern for the alarm. to stop alarm press any key.

reset clock

reset the clock by removing the batteries and start over.

2. play select pattern

hold pattern and press any key from 1-16 to select pattern. blinking led indicates active pattern.

play

press play to start playing. press play again to stop.

sequencer

a pattern consists of 16 steps.

3. making a beat select sound

hold sound and press any key from 1-16 to select sound.

create

ensure rec symbol is lit on screen. to enter/exit rec mode, press write. enter sound/notes in grid. active steps will be lit. press play to listen to your pattern.

4. tweak the sound adding eects

while playing, hold FX and press any key 1-16 to add eects. to record eects, ﬁrst enter rec mode with write button (ensure rec symbol is lit). to clear eects, hold FX in rec mode without pressing any other key.

1. half rate

2. distortion

3. squash

4. echo fade

5. pitch LFO

6. EQ sweep

7. mega morph

8. pitch bend up

9. punch

10. 6/8 quantise

11. beat-repeat

12. beat-repeat faster

13. FM

14. granular

15. reverse

16. bouncing ball

parameter locking

hold write while turning knobs to write sound parameter changes over time. or when in write mode, hold individual step and turn knob to adjust parameter.

accent

to accentuate beats, press acc + 1-16 when in play mode. to program accentuated steps, press acc + 1-16 when in rec mode.

5. swing

hold bpm and turn A to adjust the swing.

6. tempo

press bpm to switch tempo. the bpm will be displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. HIP HOP (80 bpm) DISCO (120 bpm) TECHNO (140 bpm) hold bpm and turn B to ﬁne-tune tempo (from 60 to 240 bpm).

7. volume

hold bpm and press any key 1-16 to adjust master volume.

8. live record

while playing, hold write and press any key 1-16 to punch in notes. notes will be quantized along with current swing setting. release write when ﬁnished.

9. step multiplier

press and hold any key 1-16 to select step while pressing bpm to insert a re-trig on that step. press bpm mulitple times to switch between 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 multiplier.

10. making a song

(pattern chaining)

copy pattern

hold write + pattern and press 1-16 to paste the active pattern to the corresponding new slot.

clear pattern

press acc + pattern to clear the active pattern.

chain pattern

press and hold pattern and select which patterns 1-16 to chain by pressing the corresponding key 1-16. up to 64 patterns can be chained. one pattern can be selected multiple times. example 1,1,1,4 plays pattern 1 three times then moves on to pattern 4. after last pattern is played the sequence will start over again.

11. data transfer data

ensure receiving unit is in ‘receive’ mode. press and hold write + sound to transfer data to receiving unit.

receive data

via microphone: press and hold acc + sound to enter receive mode. place mic on receiving unit close

to speaker on transferring unit. send data from transferring unit.

via line in: insert 3.5mm cable from transferring unit to receiving unit. press and hold acc + sound to enter receive mode. send data from transferring unit”

12. sync multiple units

connect a standard stereo audio cable between the units. the master unit will control the tempo of the slave unit. hold acc and press bpm on master unit to toggle sync modes. press repeatedly to toggle between dierent modes displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. press play on slave unit to wait for master clock sync. press play on master to start.

sync modes

there are 5 sync modes. default mode is SY0. when sync is used the signal will be split between audio (right) and sync (left).

sync scenarios

example A

chain: PO-12 PO-14 PO-32 setting: SY1 SY5 SY4

example B

chain: external PO-32 setting: volca SY2 iphone computer synckontrol

example C

chain: ext. PO-20 PO-32 setting: SY3 SY4

example D

chain: PO-32 ext. (split cable) setting: SY1

disclaimer

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PO-32 tonic manual [eng]

selected

tempo

play / rec mode

indicates write mode is active

break away hanger

built-in microphone

time / additional info

lock tab

sound

to select sound hold

sound and press 1-16

alarm

pattern

to select pattern hold

pattern and press 1-16

bpm

press to select tempo

hold to set master volume 1-16

hold step 1-16 + m

to set multiplier

sound 1-16

pattern 1-16

are pressed for a while, only powering the display to show time. press sound + bpm to show battery status.

sound parameters A / B

folding stand

knob A / B

accent

and press 1-16

play / stop

write

lock tab

to reverse, solder the two pads by the lock tab together. to restore to locked settings, remove the batteries.

sound 1-16

1. kick 1

2. snare 1

3. shaker / zap

5. kick 2

6. snare 2

7. close / open hi-hat

8. claves / cowbell

9. low tom / kick 3

10. rim-shot / snare drum 3

11. tambourine / noise crash

12. handclap

13. bass

14. fm snare

15. cymbal

16. high tom