User Manual

CONTROLS
4x4 CV Programming grid: potentiometer sets Tuned Voltage for corresponding location 0 thru 15.
4x4 touch grid: In PLAY, the touch pads may be used to set ACCESS in real time, effectively allowing the
performer to play the ACCESS parameter. In use, this means that René will go to only the locations that
the performer is touching. Additionally, touching and releasing a single location while René is PLAYing will
set a new start point, thus creating a variation on your sequence. With no Clocks patched to René, touching
any location in the grid will select said location, and the CV and QCV value is held until the next location is
touched, or a clock pulse is applied to either XCLK or YCLK. This is useful for Programming/Tuning Notes
(with CV applied to VCO 1V/oct input, for example). In ProGraM Page the touch grid is used select/deselect
the various parameters available under each PGM Page.
PGM 1: This touch plate is used to cycle through the different ProGraM Pages. Each of the 6 ProGraM
pages has an associated LED which lights when selected. PGM1 returns to last selected PGM Page.
PGM 2: While PLAYing, this touch plate is used to Latch/Unlatch the steps held by the performer using the
4x4 touch grid. Once within the PGM Pages, the PGM2 touch is used to EXIT the PGM Pages and return to
PLAY. PGM2 button is also used to save the default start‐up programming for René. To do this, make all
changes to all ProGraM Pages. Touch PGM2 and exit PGM Pages. Now Touch and HOLD PGM2 until all
PGM LEDs blink.
PLAY
This is the primary state of mind in which René will exist. The Location Lights (within the Knobs) show
the Cartesian or Snake motion of the sequence through the grid. While in PLAY, the performer may use
the touch grid to ProGraM ACCESS on the fly, stop and hold the sequence at a particular note or set a
new start point. Touching PGM1 brings up the PGM Pages (see below). Touching PGM2 LATCHES locations
currently touched by the performer (if any). All of the PGM Page LEDs will light until PGM2 is touched again,
at which point the Latched pattern is no longer. Movement is always governed by the X and Y clock inputs.
For example, the performer cannot select a three step sequence in the Y direction if there is no Y clock
signal input. Touch and HOLD PGM2 for 2 seconds, and the current state of René (all programming) is
saved as the start‐up state.
ProGraM Pages
These pages give the performer real‐time control over the deeper processes within René, allowing real
time sculpting of the thought processes that drive the sequence
ACCESS: the performer Grants ACCESS or Denies ACCESS to any of the 16 locations in the grid. If
a location is ON (lighted) the René will be able to map those coordinates. If a location is OF (not
lighted) then René not be able to map those coordinates, and will either SEEK the nearest possible
location, or SLEEP (keep in mind that René counts in it's sleep) until mappable coordinates are
conjured. ACCESS ProGraMming allows the performer to limit a pattern.
X‐Gate: the performer may select/deselect which locations in the 4x4 grid will generate a gate at the X‐Gate
output.
Y‐Gate: the performer may select/deselect which locations in the 4x4 grid will generate a gate at the Y‐Gate
output.
X‐FUN: at this Page the 4x4 touch grid is used to edit the behavior of X‐Axis. For complete details of X‐Fun’s
features please see appendix A.
Y‐FUN: at this Page the 4x4 touch grid is used to edit the behavior of Y‐Axis. For complete details of X‐Fun’s
features please see appendix A.
Q: This PGM Page gives the performer the ability to define the Scale to which the QCV will be quantized.
The performer is also given four slots to store Scales and the Voltages Programmed at the 16
locations. For complete details of the quantization edit mode please see appendix B.