Shapeshifter Manual

[Skye Severy]

ItemManualShapeshifterTypeGenericLocationsVarathorn (Dalish Camp)Value10 0 0Description"Self-Esteem, Shaving, and Bad Breath: The Dangers of Shapeshifting." A manual that teaches a mage to turn their magic inward to become a shapeshifter.Item IDgen_im_manual_shapeshifterAppearancesDragon Age: Origins

Disclaimer: I am just a user of this device. It is a rather complex module with tons of useful information scattered throughout 50+ page threads, the manual, patch examples/demos, and tutorial videos. It is a bit overwhelming to find and sort through all of this data. So here is my reference for this module hosted on Confluence here, which is a decent enough tool for this purpose. I've provided 'in my own words' explanations of many things from the point of view of a user. I've tried to credit the original source as much as possible. If I've missed a reference, just let me know and I'll add it in! Also, I try not to put too much stuff that's in the manual. It's not intended as a replacement for the manual. Read that sucker first!

This is a bit weird... multiple things can be modulated by the MOD B jack and it starts modulating when you enter the menu. How to turn off modulation for certain things though?! OK, figured it out... if you want to control multiple things with MOD B (these are the buttons on teh right BTW when you click them twice), you click the button you want twice - you'll see the +/- mod number change based on IP - then while this menu is up!!! click another button twice and it will start modulating that too. To have it not modulate, you have to go to that modulation destination (click the button) and get it out of the MOD B mode (the 2nd page). Then you can click another button and repeat as needed. Really weird!

Holy shit, this is where things can get really squirrelly (from a usability perspective and also the actual sounds that come out). So I'd recommend skipping anything 'MORPH' until you've gotten around the other features - in particular, how to save/load presets, MOD A and MOD B inputs, combo modes, etc.

The simplest is when the encoder is pressed and you choose the MORPH button on the left. That's easy. But there are some modes that do not require this to be 'on' and therefore, it's hidden from the panel. That is where things are very confusing, or can be. The SS will do weird modulations and you won't know why. I've been down this road... trying to figure out why MOD B was changing the sound after going through the common MOD B destinations (combo, tilt, etc).

You can create progressions using different chords by setting the same patch but with different chord voicings/types stored on separate presets then step/change presets for each transposition. NOTE: the newest firmware doesn't require this workaround (though still useful for some situations)... you can now select chords directly with MOD B input. See MOD B.

When using echo, plug a cable into the pitch2 input and leave the other end unconnected. This will break the pitch normalling to osc1 and keep the osc2 freq constant. Set osc2 to lfo. Set the echo level to 25 and double click the echo button to enable modulation by modb. Then while playing stuff turn the modb knob fully ccw then quickly to full cw. This will hold whatever was just played and endlessly repeat. To get more stuff turn the modb knob quickly ccw and then back to full cw. This lets you overdub and loop. The loop length is set by the period of the osc2 lfo. jjclarke

I've just started using the delay, and its quite a lot of fun. Put it in percussion mode, with OSC2 in LFO mode, and the delay becomes very long. Modulating the delay depth with MOD B can get you stutter effects. So much fun, and it's great to have bonus echo if you need it.

Vocoder mode is endless fun: set ModA in to be vocoder modulator and you can send it all kinds of stuff, filtered noise, and even basic waveform sweeps will create filter sweeps and phaser sounds. You can even feedback Osc A out back in and with enough gain get weird vocal sounds

"When you press SAVE while in preset step mode it will just take you out of step mode. You have to press SAVE again. This will give you the confirmation display (Yes or No). Select Yes or No and then press SAVE once more."

Another tip is that if you are wanting square wave or pulse type waveforms use the PULSE output instead of the OUT1 or OUT2 signals. The PULSE output has a higher output bandwidth than the OUT1 and OUT2 signals, so it gives a brighter sound.

Though I followed all the instructions from manual and even short circuit the pins on Uno, added "Uno Yun" code in board.txt file, selected "Arduino Uno -- Dragino Yun" in board type, selected correct port type; I'm still getting the following error ( see attachment ) while uploading any code.

From the error message, it almost seems like the changes to the board.txt file weren't done properly. You might have better luck contacting Dragino directly about this issue, as they are the ones that are recommending that you change the IDE configuration files. They will have a better idea of what's going on with their changes than anyone here. The board settings that they have you add are rather different than what the actual Arduino Yun uses, you would have to ask Dragino why they are different.

Just keep in mind that while an Uno with a Dragino Yun Shield will be able to do most of what a Yun does, it is not 100% a Yun and there will be some details that are different between them. This is apparently one of them. Most of the people here will be familiar with the actual Arduino Yun, not as many will be familiar with the Dragino Yun Shield.

Now you're getting into the realm of "Item 2 and 3 can be done with a little work" to get an actual Yun board to talk to a Mega or Due. Hold the '32U4 in reset (or program a sketch that disables Serial1 and makes pins 0 and 1 inputs) and you can do the same thing. Of course, your way is cheaper!

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Now you're getting into the realm of "Item 2 and 3 can be done with a little work" to get an actual Yun board to talk to a Mega or Due. Hold the '32U4 in reset (or program a sketch that disables Serial1 and makes pins 0 and 1 inputs) and you can do the same thing. Of course, your way is cheaper!

A PowerPC ShapeShifter for AmigaOS is not planned.How do I type a ''?Try -, followed by . If that doesn't work, activate theUSKEYMAP tool type and use the "`/" key. For other keys, consult the"Keyboard" desktop accessory.How do I rebuild the desktop file when starting the Macintosh?You have to hold down the left Amiga key and the right mouse buttonon startup. The key combination doesn't workbecause this combination is intercepted by the Amiga operating systemas a replacement for the left mouse button.How do I prevent volumes being ejected on restarting the Macintosh?Hold down the Alt key (or the right mouse button), choose the "Restart"menu item and keep holding the Alt key until the Macintosh screen iscleared.I have xx MB of memory in my Amiga, but ShapeShifter is using onlya small part of it.ShapeShifter can only use a contiguous memory block. E.g. if you have2MB of Chip RAM, 8MB of 32 bit Fast RAM and 4MB of 16 bit Fast RAM,the theoretically available amount of memory for ShapeShifter is 8MB(and not 14MB). The Amiga operating system will, of course, use someof these 8MB for itself.In spite of my 68040, the Macintosh emulation is slower than on anAmiga 3000. How can that be?You are probably using a 512K ROM. This ROM is not completely 68040compatible and ShapeShifter has to turn off the data cache to make itrun. If you use a 1MB ROM (e.g. from a Quadra) the speed should increasenotably.How can I install the Macintosh System without HD floppy drives?(According to Mike Carlson):Use a program called DiskDup+ on a real Mac to read in a Mac System disk. I used the Disk Tools (or whatever it's called) disk from System 7.5 as a test. It doesn't matter that the disk is 1.44 Mb.After DiskDup+ reads the disk, have it save the image to a file.Get it to your Amiga. I used a null-modem. But you can also use "Splitz" and "Jointz" to split the file into smaller parts that can be transferred with DD disks.Tell ShapeShifter that this image is a FileDisk.Start ShapeShifter.How do I print under ShapeShifter?You need a suitable Mac printer driver. For Epson-compatible parallelprinters you can use "Chuck's Printer Driver", for HP DeskJets/LaserJetsyou need "HPDJ 3.0". Simply configure the Mac printer port for the parallelport and choose it from the Mac printer driver. The serial settings don'tmatter but you should turn on "Hardware Handshake".You may also use the commercial package "Power Print" that includesdrivers for the most popular printers. For more info, contact: GTD Softworks INC. 4664 Lougheed Highway Suite #188 Burnaby,BC Canada V5C6B7 Telephone: ++1-604-291-9121 Fax: ++1-604-291-9689 EMail: GDT...@applelink.apple.comI can no longer format 720K disks under System 7.5/7.6. With 7.1 it worked.Due to a brain-damaged modification to the Disk Initialization Package,System 7.5/7.6 refuses to format 720K disks unless the "720K Disk Formatter"extension is present. If you give ShapeShifter the tool type "720KKLUDGE",it will format these disks with 719.5K. Apart from losing 512 bytesof disk space, it doesn't make any difference. 719.5K disks can be readon a real Mac as can 720K disks under ShapeShifter with System 7.5/7.6.The Macintosh doesn't boot. How can I now quit ShapeShifter? The Finderis not loaded.Press . ShapeShifter should then quititself.Nothing works! After starting ShapeShifter, I only get a white/gray/ditheredgray screen.In rare cases, it may happen that the Macintosh won't boot or might crashon startup. Then you should try the following:Turn the option "Allocate Mac ROM memory first" on.Turn the option "Write-protect ROM" off.Switch off the CPU cache (command "CPU NODATACACHE" from the Shell).Start ShapeShifter with the tool type "NOCOPYBACK".Delete the file "ShapeShifter PRAM" and start ShapeShifter again.Change the graphics settings to "Amiga Bitplanes", "1 Bit" or try the "Amiga window" mode.Hold down the left shift key on startup (first wait for the dithered Mac background pattern to apprear). This will disable all system extensions.When you have problems with File-/DeviceDisks/SCSI then make sure that the maximum transfer sizes (MaxTransfer) are set correctly on the Amiga side as well as in the ShapeShifter settings. SCSI devices must be correctly terminated.Boot the Macintosh from disk and use "First Aid" or the Norton Disk Doctor to check the integrity of the start volume and the system file.Re-install the Macintosh System, "for every Macintosh", including the EtherTalk software.Try a different Macintosh ROMIf that doesn't help, then I don't know (i.e. bug reports are useless).GraphicsI have changed the graphics settings and now there is only garbage onthe screen. How can I now quit ShapeShifter?Press (eventually hold it down).ShapeShifter should then quit itself.When I switch from the running emulation to my workbench screen,parts of the screen get overwritten with Macintosh graphics.If you are using CyberGraphX, consider using Picasso96 instead. Otherwisethere is no real solution for this. Press before switchingscreens and take care that no Macintosh program is drawing on the screenas long as the Workbench screen is in front to minimize the effect.If you can live with a graphics slowdown, you may also activate thegadget "Refresh always" in the graphics settings.With a graphics card under CyberGraphX/Picasso96, I rarely get graphicserrors which disappear with ShapeShifter 3.5.This is probably due to the QuickDraw acceleration. It can be turnedoff with the "NOQDACCEL" tool type.Why are the graphics only in grayscales?Open the Monitors control panel on the Mac and switch to color.Will there be video drivers for the OpalVision/IV24 cards?Not from me.PrepareEmulPrepareEmul fails to work, it just reboots and reboots. My Amiga issoftkicked.PrepareEmul doesn't work with softkickers. The only solution is topatch the Kickstart file as shown in the manual.PrepareEmul fails to work on my expanded A1200.Start PrepareEmul with the "A1200" switch.PrepareEmul still doesn't work.Try the "A1200" switch even if you don't have an A1200.PrepareEmul still doesn't work.See the manual for alternatives.Turbo cardsI have problems on my A2000 with G-Force040 accelerator and a 1MB ROM.(According to Oliver Stein):

Find the program "Set040" by Nic Wilson and insert the following line inyour "Startup-Sequence" right after PrepareEmul: Set040 >NIL: FASTROM NOLOCAL NOZCACHEIf you remove all 16 bit Fast RAM from your system, you are able touse the original (AmigaOS) "68040.library", but then you have to usethe "A1200" option of PrepareEmul.

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