User guide

Program Display

There are 16 program slots available in Microtonic. Clicking the program display will

open up a pop-up menu where you can select which of the 16 slots you want to ac-

tivate. There are also options for enabling MIDI Program Change messages as well

as Write Protecting all programs. By write protecting the programs, any edits you

make will be lost as soon as you switch to another program. (This can be handy in

live performance situations.)

Sound Morph

This slider allows you to morph all drum patches of all channels simultaneously.

Read the section above called Morph for information on how this slider works.

Select Channel with MIDI

When the Select Channel With MIDI option is turned on, Microtonic will select

drum channels as you trigger them from your MIDI keyboard. This features is espe-

cially useful if you plan to use the MIDI controller mapping features to edit your

drum patches (see the section on MIDI Controllers And Keys for more info).

Notice that there is no way to distinguish MIDI notes that come from your keyboard

from notes that come from MIDI tracks in your host sequencer. Therefore, it may be

a good idea to turn this option off before starting sequencer playback.

(This option is also available from the MIDI Config Dialog.)

Pitched MIDI Mode

Microtonic features a mode called Pitched MIDI Mode which allows you to play

melodies with the drum patches on your keyboard. Clicking this button will switch

this mode on and off. In pitched mode, the eight drum channels are addressed with

MIDI channels 1 to 8 and you have the entire keyboard for each channel. C3 (note

number 60) will play the “original pitch” of the drum patch.

MIDI channel 10 still responds like it does in standard mode, which allows you to

control Microtonic fully from your MIDI keyboard (including changing programs, pat-

terns and muting channels).

(This option is also available from the MIDI Config Dialog.)

Stop Voices with MIDI Note Off

Turning this option on will make Microtonic mute voices on MIDI Note Off mes-

sages. This allows you to change the length of drum sounds by changing the length

of the notes in your sequencer. It is also useful when using Pitched MIDI Mode to

sustain held midi keys.

(This option is also available from the MIDI Config Dialog.)

Main Menu Button

Click the main menu button to display the main menu. Here you will find functions

that operate on the entire preset as well as some general utility and installation func-

tions.