Sonic-charge Microtonic User Manual download pdf (Page 27)

Knob Behavior Mode

Here you select the default behavior mode for all knobs of Microtonic. The default

option, called Host Decides, makes Microtonic adhere to the current preference of

your host sequencer. Circular mode lets you click and drag knobs in a circular

manner just like a real hardware knob. Relative Circular mode works like the circu-

lar mode but does not immediately turn the knob to the point of the mouse cursor

when you click. The Linear mode makes the knob work like faders; you click and

drag up and down (or left and right) to turn it.

Startup Bank

This setting decides which programs should load automatically when you open new

instances of Microtonic. The default setting is to load the Last Used bank, you can

change this to either: Initialized, which does not actually load any programs at all

but starts Microtonic in an initialized state. Factory Demos loads the original six-

teen factory demonstration presets. The last option is to load a Custom set of pro-

grams. By clicking Use Current, Microtonic will start with the presets that you have

currently loaded in memory.

Check the Sonic Charge site for updates on startup

Activate this setting to automatically connect to the Sonic Charge internet site and

check for upgrades. The check is performed in the background once every third day

that you use Microtonic.

Swap functions of right mouse button and control / alt key

You can use this option to change the way the right mouse button is used. Basically,

the right mouse button will take the role of the Control Key (or Alt Key on Mac) and

vice versa. For example, with this option turned on, you can right-click channel but-

tons to trigger drums accented or to set steps in the pattern editor to trigger ac-

cented. The context menus that you normally reach by right-clicking are then ob-

tained by holding down the control key instead.

MIDI Config Dialog

With the MIDI Config Dialog, you configure how Microtonic responds to and

transmits MIDI data. Each instance of Microtonic has its own configuration and the

configuration is stored with your song data when you save your project.

Pattern MIDI Notes

The Pattern MIDI Notes setting determines how patterns are “launched” by MIDI

notes. In Switch Next mode (default), the current pattern will be played fully before

the next pattern is launched. Switch Directly will switch patterns directly when pat-

tern notes are received. Retrigger also switches directly and restarts the patterns

from step 1. Retrigger Gated works like Retrigger but will stop playing patterns

when MIDI keys are released.

Pitch Wheel Range

Microtonic listens to MIDI Pitch Wheel messages for real-time pitch transposition.

Here you can set the range between 0 (Disabled) and 2 octaves. In Standard Mode,

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