Table of Contents
The history of the GR-1.....................................3
Version naming..................................................6
Contents of the box............................................7
Warranty.............................................................8
Important notice!................................................9
GR-1 Specifications.........................................11
Quick start guide..............................................12
Global Overview..............................................13
Position slider..............................................14
Display........................................................14
Grain window..............................................15
Voice Envelope section...............................15
Knob Section...............................................16
LFO section.................................................16
Presets.........................................................17
Menus, and disk access...............................17
Select knob & Escape button......................18
Global Overview (Back Panel)........................19
On/off switch & DC adapter.......................19
MIDI in & thru............................................19
USB connection..........................................19
CV & Gates.................................................19
Audio output...............................................19
Headphone connection................................19
Granular Controls............................................20
Density........................................................20
Grain Size....................................................20
Spray...........................................................21
Pan Spray....................................................21
Panning........................................................22
Scan.............................................................22
Direction......................................................23
Tape Mode Controls....................................24
Loop Start & End........................................24
Low Frequency Oscillators (LFO)...................25
Rate.............................................................25
Waveforms..................................................25
Aux LFO waveform....................................26
Modulation matrix.......................................27
MIDI clock synchronization.......................27
Control Voltage (CV).......................................28
CV inputs:...................................................28
CV Amount & Destination..........................28
Gate output:.................................................28
Example patch:............................................29
Basic Tutorials.................................................30
Modifying and saving.................................30
From sample to patch..................................31
A clean slate................................................32
MIDI................................................................33
MIDI in.......................................................33
MIDI thru....................................................34
USB MIDI...................................................34
MIDI OUT (USB only)...............................34
Set MIDI channel........................................35
MIDI program changes and banks..............35
List Of Tested (USB)MIDI controllers and
keyboards....................................................36
Audio Input......................................................37
Configuration..............................................37
Looping rec.................................................37
Record start mode.......................................37
Rec level......................................................37
Sample size.................................................38
Clear sample................................................38
Recording samples......................................38
Supported USB sound cards.......................39
Importing Samples from external drives.........41
Sample Formats...........................................41
Loading samples.........................................41
Copy samples..............................................42
Saving samples............................................42
Naming........................................................42
Sample Tuning.................................................43
Patch Load & Save..........................................44
Saving a patch.............................................44
Naming........................................................44
Incremental patch saves..............................45
Loading a patch...........................................45
Copy a patch................................................46
Kill a preset.................................................46
Patch volume...............................................46
Patch Configuration Menu...............................47
Patch configuration.....................................47
Patch Global Settings.......................................47
Name...........................................................47
Sample mode...............................................47
Spawn mode................................................47
Grain stealing threshold..............................48
Keyboard tuning..........................................48
ADSR Pile-up.............................................48
Grain Key Sync...........................................48
Grain Clock Sync........................................48
Sample loop confinement............................48
Resample anti-aliasing................................48
Granular glide.............................................49
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