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_Hemisphere Basic Instructions
Hemisphere is an app for Ornament and Crime. To launch Hemisphere, long-press the right encoder button and release after about 2 seconds. At the application selection menu, use the right encoder wheel to position the cursor over Hemisphere and press the right encoder button.
You may enter selection mode for one side of Hemisphere by pressing the Up or Down control button. The Up button enters Selection Mode for the left hemisphere. Down for the right hemisphere. In selection mode, a frame will appear around the side of the screen for the hemisphere you're selecting. Turn the corresponding hemisphere's encoder knob to cycle through available applets.
While one hemisphere is in Selection Mode, the opposite hemisphere can continue to be used as normal (Beta 2).
To leave Selection Mode, (1) press the Up or Down button corresponding to the hemisphere being selected, or (2) press the encoder button corresponding to the hemisphere being selected. (3) If you push the opposite Up or Down button, Selection Mode will switch to that hemisphere.
To save Hemisphere settings, long-press the right encoder button and release after about 2 seconds. Then long-press the right encoder button again on the application selection menu. This will save the state of all Ornament and Crime apps that are capable of saving state.
For Hemisphere, the two selected applets and their save-able settings will be saved. Most applets will save all settings. If an applet's data set is particularly large (for example, that of Lofi Tape), that applet will not save its data. But most applets will return to their saved state at launch.
As of Hemisphere 1.3 (release date August 10, 2018), you may also save Hemisphere setups via system exclusive over USB MIDI. To save a setup, do the following:
- Prepare your MIDI librarian software to receive a system exclusive dump
- Make your applet settings in Hemisphere
- Long-press the right encoder button to go to the main menu
- Your librarian should receive the dump that Hemisphere initiates when it is suspended
To restore the settings, simply dump the system exclusive message back while Hemisphere is running. You may send multiple dumps in succession to restore settings for any number of applets.
Each applet has a help screen. To access a help screen, double-click the Up or Down encoder button that corresponds to the hemisphere for which you'd like help. Pressing that button again will turn off the help screen. Pressing the opposite button will show the help screen for the other applet.
Both applets will continue to function normally, but "in the blind," while a help screen is displayed.
Clock Forwarding allows you to avoid the use of stacked cables or mults if you want both hemispheres to sync to the same clock. When Clock Forwarding is active, any applet in the right hemisphere that responds to clock at Digital In 3 will respond to clock at Digital In 1 instead. Clock Forwarding applies only to clock signals and not gate signals, and it applies only to the first digital input for the hemisphere.
To activate Clock Forwarding, long-press the left encoder button for about two seconds. When you release the button, a clock icon will appear in the center of the menu bar. To exit Clock Forwarding, long press the left encoder button again. Note that you can hold down the button as long as you want to, in order to time the transition of the clock from one state (or one input) to another. Thus, Clock Forwarding is a performance control.
Clock Forwarding remains in effect as you change applets. The state of Clock Forwarding is not saved when you save the O_C's state.
Note: Older versions of Hemisphere Suite (v1.3 to v1.7) have Category Filtering instead of Internal Clock. See https://youtu.be/6545D9zRVIQ for more information.
The internal clock provides a way to use Hemisphere's sequencers and other clocked applets without an external clock source. A Clock Setup screen allows changes to tempo and clock multiplier.
To access the Clock Setup screen, long-hold the Down control button for about two seconds. When you release it, the Clock Setup screen will appear. Use either encoder button to move the cursor between the clock source, tempo (in beats per minute), and multiplier (from x 1 to x 24). Turn either encoder to change the value at the cursor. Push either the Up or Down control button to return to Hemisphere's main screen.
If the clock source is set to Internal, you'll see a small metronome icon on the main screen. To start or stop the clock, long-hold the left encoder button. The clock will start or stop when you release the button. While the internal clock is running, any digital input that expects a "clock" signal will respond as though a clock signal is present at the jack.
If you need the tempo control available, you may use the Metronome applet to change the clock tempo. The Metronome applet also outputs the multiplied and beat clocks at its outputs.
To protect your OLED against long-term burn-in, the screen will blank (darken) after a configurable period of inactivity. All running applications will continue to function as normal while the screen is blanked. Set the screen blanking time, in minutes, during the configuration procedure.
You may blank the screen manually at any time by long-pressing the Up button. Pressing any button or turning any encoder will return the module to normal operation.
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