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press (altero) and (erado) to enter the system settings.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to the paed settings, then press (intra) on the paeds.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘vel’, then strike (intra).
use (minus) and (plus) to choose between: off (no velocity sensitivity). hi (for when playing with less force). low (for when playing with more force).
then strike (intra) to choose your velocity setting!
press (manus) to return to manus and exit the system settings.
strike the paeds to hear the velocity sensitivity!
first, make sure to that you are in the manus mode.
press (manus) to enter the manus mode from any page in the device.
choose a paed that you wish to play across a scale.
press (claves) to enter keys mode.
the paeds will become a keyboard that have the chosen sample transposed across a scale.
hold (claves) and press (minus) or (plus) to change the the octave.
hold (claves) and press a paed to transpose the scale.
to change the scale, first enter into system settings by pressing (altero) and (erado).
use (minus) and (plus) to choose between:
12T - 12 tone EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (DEFAULT) maj - MAJOR (IONIAN MODE) min - MINOR (AEOLIAN MODE) dor - DORIAN MODE phr - PHRYGIAN MODE lyd - LYDIAN MODE mix - MIXOLYDIAN MODE loc - LOCRIAN MODE ma.p - MAJOR PENTATONIC mi.p - MINOR PENTATONIC then strike (intra) to choose your scale setting!
now, when you enter keys mode the paeds will be transposed to the chosen scale!
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to the sequencer settings, then press (intra) on the paeds.
use (minus) and (plus) to choose between: on - ENABLE METRONOME AT RECORD+PLAY rec - ENABLE METRONOME AT RECORD ONLY (DEFAULT) cnt - ENABLE METRONOME AT COUNT-IN ONLY
then strike (intra) to choose your metronome setting!
press (tempus) to open the tempo mode.
turn the (knobY) to turn up the metronome.
press (fabula) to hear the metronome!
for this setup you will need two Medieval devices and a 3.5 mm to 3.5 mm cable.
firstly, make sure that both Medieval devices are set to 1/16 sync both in and out.
you can then plug the cable into the sync out on one Medieval and the sync in on the other.
first plug one end of a 3.5 mm cable into the sync output on your Medieval, then the other end into the input jack on the left side of your pocket operator.
press the function button under the rightmost knob and the bpm button until the screen shows SY2.
this will listen for a sync pulse on the input jack and output stereo audio from the output jack.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to the sync settings, then press (intra) on the paeds.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘OUT’, then strike (intra).
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘8’, then strike (intra).
Medieval will now send a 1/8 clock pulse on it’s sync-out jack, meaning that it can sync with any device that receives 1/8 clock.
press play on your pocket operator then (fabula) on your Medieval and the two will sync to the same BPM!
for this setup you will need a 3.5 mm stereo (trs) to 2 x 3.5 mm mono (ts) cable.
connect the stereo end to the output of the pocket operator then plug the right channel (ring - red on our cables) into the input jack on your Medieval and the left channel (tip - brown or white on our cables) into the sync input jack on your Medieval.
press the function button under the rightmost knob and the bpm button until the screen shows SY1.
this will send a sync pulse on the left channel (tip) of the output jack.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘in’, then strike (intra).
Medieval will now listen for a 1/8 clock pulse on it’s sync-in jack, meaning that it can sync with any device that sends 1/8 clock.
press play on your pocket operator and Medieval will (fabula) as soon as it receives a sync signal. the two will sync to the same BPM!
pro-tip! with this setup you can add the Medieval’s internal effects to the audio coming from the pocket operator!
first plug one end of a 3.5 mm cable into the sync out on your vintage drum machine, then the other end into the sync input on your Medieval.
some vintage drum machines use a standard called DIN-sync that requires an adaptor or special cable.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘24’, then hit (intra)
Medieval will now listen for a sync24 clock pulse on it’s sync-in jack, meaning that it can sync with any device that sends sync24 clock.
press play on your slightly less vintage drum machine and Medieval (fabula) at the same time and sync to the same BPM!
follow the same steps as before but instead connect the Medieval’s sync out to the sync-in of your drum machine then navigate to sync > out > 24.
for this setup, depending on your midi keyboard you may need a 3.5 mm stereo (trs) to midi din cable. some midi keyboards have trs midi and thus a 3.5 mm trs cable can be used between the keyboard and the Medieval.
for usb midi keyboards you will need a midi host (this is typically a computer connected over usb-c or a dedicated midi host box) between the Medieval and the MIDI keyboard.
once you have your midi keyboard connected, Medieval will detect any notes and light up the MIDI or usb icon (depending on what input is used) on the screen.
now, any notes you play on the keyboard will trigger the paeds on Medieval!
if you want to play one paed transposed across the keyboard then just press (claves)!
for this setup, depending on your midi device you may need a 3.5 mm stereo (trs) to midi din cable.
some midi devices have trs midi and thus a 3.5 mm trs cable can be used. alternatively for usb midi devices a usb-c cable can be used.
once you have your midi device connected, Medieval will be able to send midi notes to it.
press (altero) and (sonus) to enter sonus edito mode.
select a paed, then navigate to the paed’s midi settings using (minus) and (plus).
pro-tip! setting the value of a paed when holding (sonus) to “000” will create an empty paed that can hold midi without stealing any voices.
use the (knobx) knob to change the midi channel that the paed will send to.
use the (knoby) knob to change the root note of the midi notes, this allows you to sync your midi to the root note of your sample.
now, any notes you play or sequence on that paed will send midi to the chosen channel!
to send or receive clock to or from the connected devices go to system settings by pressing (altero) and (erado) then navigate to MIDI > Clock and choose from off, on or out.
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