Intellijel Metropolis User Manual

1Metropolis v1.0 MANUAL The Metropolis is a unique and powerful Eurorack format musical sequencer inspired by the Ryk M-185 (a Roland System 100m

10INPUTSAUX A, AUX B: -5V to +5VRESET, CLK: 0 to +5V (logic levels)OUTPUTSGATE, CLOCK, SYNC: 0 to 5V (logic levels)PITCH: 0 to 5V (1V/Oct scaling)

11CREDITS WARRANTYSome features of the Metropolis were inspired by the work of RYK and his Roland System 100 format M-185 Sequencer.Design Consulting

12SCALE DISPLAY INTERVAL SETChromatic 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11Major 0,2,4,5,7,9,11Minor 0,2,3,5,7,8,10Dorian 0,2,3,5,7,9,10Mixolydian 0,2,

13SCALE DISPLAY INTERVAL SETJapanese / Iwato 0,1,5,6,10Kumoi 0,2,3,7,9Pelog 0,1,3,4,7,8Spanish 0,1,3,4,5,6,8,10Tritone (2 semitone ver-sion)0, 1, 4, 6

14Startup displayDefault active display showing currently active pitch and a sequence animation.When a pitch slider is moved the slider number and new

15AUX DESTINATION - Gate LengthAUX DESTINATION - Pitch Pre (Transpose)AUX DESTINATION - Octave ShiftAUX DESTINATION - Pitch Post (Key shift)AUX DESTIN

16APPENDIX C - PATCH EXAMPLESEXAMPLE 1: BASIC PATCHIn the EXAMPLE 1 patch the Metropolis is being used in its most common conguration to control the

17APPENDIX C - PATCH EXAMPLES (continued...)EXAMPLE 2: MODULATED SEQUENCE PATCHThe patch in EXAMPLE 2 demonstrates a way to generate a sequence that i

21 - AUX A input jackPatch a -5V to +5V source here for modulating the sequencer parameter assigned to AUX A . 2 - GATE output jackThe sequencer gate

36. RESET input jackPatch a logic level signal (0-5V) here to reset the sequencer on either the next clock pulse or instantly depending on the CONFIG

415. SLIDE/ SKIP buttonsEach of these buttons has dual functionality: Single click will activate a pitch slide for the given stage. A solid green indi

5TRANSPORT FUNCTIONSRUNToggles the start/stop of the sequenceRESETResets the sequence. The behavior depends on the CONFIG-> RESET mode.If RST n the

6INT/EXTThis allows you to select INT CLK mode or EXT CLK mode. The display ashes to indicate that you choice is not active until you click the encod

7CONFIGThe CONFIG menu comprises ve ashing submenu choices. To select a submenu item, select it with the encoder and then click to enter that submen

8SEQUENCE GENERATION FUNCTIONSMODEThere are 10 possible direction modes for the sequencer. These determine how the sequencer ad-vances between stages.

9BRN-F - FIXED BROWNIAN MODESame as BRN mode except that the total length of the sequence is determined by the total pulse count set in the STAGES men