Thursday 28 December 2023

Connecting the KO II to external gear.

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Eurorack & Analog 16' Clock
This is an analog trigger. It's equivalent PPQN is 4.( ie four pulses per quarter note
or 1⁄4 the duration of a quarter note.)
It's also called 16th because a note is sent or received every 16th note.

enter system settings by pressing (shift) and (erase).
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to the sync settings, then press (enter) on the pads.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘in’ or "out", then hit (enter). 
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘16’, then hit (enter)

The K.O.II will now listen for or send out  a 16 clock pulse on it’s sync-in/out jack, 

The output clock pulse is 3.3V
RING: Start/Stop

Sync input
max level: 10 V
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Pocket Operator, Korg SQ-1, Volcas (8' clock)
(POs sync on audio pulses... essentially a click track).
Korg SQ-1 sequencers and the Korg Volcas use this standard.
A single KORG pulse is equivalent to just 2 PPQN.
It's also called 8th because a note is sent or received every 8th note.

enter system settings by pressing (shift) and (erase).
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to the sync settings, then press (enter) on the pads.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘in’ or "out", then hit (enter). 
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘8’, then hit (enter)

The K.O.II will now listen for or send out  a 8 clock pulse on it’s sync-in/out jack, 

The output clock pulse is 3.3V
RING: Start/Stop

Sync input
max level: 10 V
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Roland Drum machines (Sync 24)
In the case of MIDI (and Roland DIN Sync), the standard is 24PPQN.
Lots of old Roland Synths such as the TB303 & TR606, 808, 909 use this standard.
Most DAWs will also use  a 24 PPQN signal

enter system settings by pressing (shift) and (erase).
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to the sync settings, then press (enter) on the pads.
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘in’ or "out", then hit (enter). 
use (minus) and (plus) to navigate to ‘24’, then hit (enter)

The K.O.II will now listen for or send out  a sync24 clock pulse on it’s sync-in jack, 

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MIDI (in)
Teenage E use TRS MIDI type A connectors These transmit MIDI over standard Stereo cables

control K.O.II with a midi keyboard
once you have your midi keyboard connected, K.O.II will detect any notes and light up the MIDI or usb icon (depending on what input is used) on the screen.
Each note of the keyboard will play a different pad

If you want to play one pad transposed across the keyboard just press (keys)!!

MIDI (out)
To control external synths with the KO II
Go into EDIT
(Shift + Sound)
Press the +/- key till you arrive at MID
Each pad sends MIDI on its own channel.
Select a pad and Use the orange knobto change the midi channel.







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