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ConductiveLabs NDLR

ConductiveLabs NDLR resources, tips and tricks

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Drone

The Drone can play up to three notes: root, 5th and octave.

The combinations are:

Trigger

The Drone note(s) can be triggered in one of two ways. Root mode or Chord mode.

Root mode

Root mode is designated by a ‘play’ triangle in the Drone sub window.

When the Drone is played (turned on) the root note (+ 5th and/or octave) will remain playing until the Drone is turned off.

The Drone note(s) will NOT change when different chord degrees are selected.

If the Drone trigger has a cadence selected then the note(s) will retrigger on the cadence rhythm. The cadence rhythms are:

Chord mode

Chord mode is designated by a row of circles in the Drone sub window, these resemble the chord buttons.

When the Drone is played (turned on) the root note (+ 5th and/or octave) will remain playing until the Drone is turned off.

If a different chord degree is selected the Drone note(s) will change and be based on the root of the chord (NOT the root of the Key).

If the Drone has NO cadence selected (empty boxes) the note(s) will trigger based on the Pad Quantization value in Setting menu 3.

If the Drone trigger has a cadence selected then the note(s) will retrigger on the cadence rhythm. The cadence rhythms are:

Quantization

You can set the drone trigger to play on chord trigger (5 dots) and no beats played (all squares empty).

With quantize turned off, everything changes the instant you hit one of the chord buttons.

MIDI clock

Turning off midi clock out is located in the global settings menu.

To enter press and hold [shift + menu] and powercycle the NDLR it will load in the global settings menu.

Press motif 1 to toggle the clock out setting, then press panic/motif1/2 toggle at the upper center-right of the unit.

Factory reset

To do a Factory Reset:

  1. Unplug The NDLR from USB.
  2. Hold the Shift and Menu buttons while plugging in USB.
  3. Press the PAD button to reset. This will set everything to out of box condition.
  4. Press the Motif 1/2/PANIC button to exit.

Editor

Videos

Loopop review: What is NDLR?

Resources

NDLR Forum: https://conductivelabs.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1

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