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TriggerMatrix V4

Planed in 3D:

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CODE, FIRMWARE

Install MIOS Studio, connect TM4 via USB, and Start the STUDIO

1. Upload MIOS BOOTLOADER
2. (only needet for Virgin Machines) type following commands into the MIOS-TERMINAL:

set lcd_type GLCD_SSD1306_ROTATED
set lcd_num_x 9
set lcd_num_y 1
set lcd_width 128
set lcd_height 64
store

3. (for Version Updates) Unzip the TM4-Firmware, and Upload the TM4.hex
4. Unconnect USB & Connect the USB again — finished. X. If the Machine is not detected by mios studio, and you already checked the usb-connections, the device or the code is broken, for that on the backside of TM4 is a switch, please set it to “bLOAD”, now you can upload new & unbroken codes, dont forget to set it to “normal” back again - after upload new code - else the APP will not boot…
===== BUILD ===== ==== BOM, Components, PCBs ==== * BLM16x16x, not longer produced anymore...
* CORE32 STM32F4
* 2x Midi IO * DINX4 * 8x 10K Lin, Faders * 6x Fader-Knob, BLACK * 2x Fader-Knob, WHITE * 9x Switches * 3x Encoder * 9x OLED-Displays 128x64px 0,96" * 108x M2 Nuts * 36x M2 Screws * 20x Crimpable connector, 2x5 Pole * 5x Crimpable connector, 2x8 Pole * 1x 26Pole Wire * 1x Boot-Switch for Bootload-Mod * 3x Encoder Knob * Full Sized SD-CARD, which is not Hi-Capacity, eg take 4 or 8GB Cards!
* 2x Wood: 15 x 400 x 39mm, or > 16 x 400 x 39mm (39mm is minimal, i took 40mm…) * 1x Wood: 15 x 335 x 39mm, or > 16 x 333 x 39mm (39mm is minimal, i took 40mm…) * 3mm Alu Plates for Ground and Backpanel (you cut and drill it by your own) * 3mm Alu Frontpanel, CNC-machined (See DXF-File for more info) ====Pictured Doku==== BLM16x16
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Wires:

Wood-Elements:
15mm “hard-Wood”, i use BEECH, let it cut by your local hardwarestore…

Screws:

DIY-Back-Panel:
3mm Aluminium Plate

===== Features ===== Short spoken:
* 16xdrumtriggers > Trigger-Routing-Matrix > Drum-Syntesizers
* 5x Poly Melody-lines > Trigger-Routing-Matrix > Melody-Syntesizers (track 1-5)
* 7x Mono Melody-lines > Trigger-Routing-Matrix > Melody-Syntesizers/Pitachable Drums (track 6-12)

Rules:
* Drum-Trigger are Velocity Master > we dont care about the velocity of the Melodys
* There are Songs (ProgramChange), each Song has 8 different Trigger-Routings Presets> these are the Song-Parts
* Each Song has 4 StepSequencer-Variants (Rythms)
* Each Song can Remote up to 6 Melody Scenes (LoopA-compatible!)
* 256 Songs saved on SD-Card, and Load-able while playing
* The Tempo has to be changed by Hand or Midi, it is not saved with the song
* System-Settings, like Ports or MidiChannels are Hardcodet, but there will be a sys-menue in near future
* Triggermatrix midi-outs are connected to all synths, so it manage the program-change also
* 16x Trigger-OUTs with fixed Notes, on one midichannel - to connect Drum-Synths, Drum-Samplers
* 5x Polyphonic Melody-Retrigger-OUTs on 5 MidiChannels - to connect MelodySynths to it
* 7x Monophonic Melody-Retrigger-OUTs on 7 MidiChannels - to connect Monophonic Synths like pitchable Drums or Bass-Synths - i think 1-5 is poly the rest is mono!
* All 16 Trigger & ReTrigger-OUTs share the same Routing and Channelstrip UI (Mute, Solo, Roll…)
* Trigger, Poly, Mono-OUTs can be controlled seperatly by > Random-Kill & Velocity-OFFSet
* 5×16 Melody-Input-Matrix - Route & Mix Melody Inputs to the 16 Melody-Retrigger-Outs (saved in Song)
* 16x Melody-Input-Matrix-Hold-Buttons - hold the last Note, save it in the Patch - usefull when pitch drums.

the Matrix has also a Trigger-Sequencer built in, the Melodys have to come from anywhere else, but @ the end, they have to be plugged into the matrix…
Trigger-sequencer, a few facts:
* is a Drum-Step-Sequencer
* 256 Steps in total
* 32 th fixed rate
* 3,4,5,7,11,13/4 tact
* minimal LoopSection is 16steps = 1 Page, there are 16 pages to chain
* intro LoopSection, from step 0 until to the “minimal LoopSection”- is played once, then it loops the normal LoopSection
* The sequencer is made to give a static NoteStream, the Song-Structure is done LIVE by the TriggerMatrix-ROUTER
* Full Velocity control, visible with 3 different colours, Velocity Set via FADER
* Free programmable Swing to each Step, with 2 different swing Length-sets, which are controlled live with encoder
* copy, paste, erase of pages
* copy, paste, erase of rows
* fixed forward play direction
===== Community users working on it ===== * Phatline** = Programming, Documentation, Hardware-Prototype, Testing, Jamin…