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Getting Started

Get to Know the Panel

MetaModule faceplate

Connect the power cable

  • Attach the power cable to the MetaModule, red stripe down

    • The other end of the cable connects to your Eurorack power supply.

Power Cable

How to Play a Patch

  • 1. Click Load Patch in the Main Menu

Main Menu

  • 2. Click on a patch

Patch Selector

  • 3. Click Play icon

Patch View

How to Create a New Patch

  • 1. Click New Patch in the Main Menu

Main Menu

  • 2. Pick a module to add to the patch

    For this example, we'll use the Ensemble Oscillator (EnOsc) from 4ms Company.

    Click once to view just the panel, then click again to add it.

Patch Selector

  • 3. Click on the module

Patch View

  • 4. Click the Action Menu icon

Module View

  • 5. Select Auto-Map

    This will map physical knobs and jacks to the EnOsc's virtual knobs, switches and jacks.

Module Action Menu

  • 6. Play!

    Patch Audio Outs 1 and 2 on the MetaModule to your speakers and twist the MetaModule knobs to control the sound. Patch modulation sources into the input jacks, if you wish.

    Scroll to see the mappings, or view all of them at once in Knob Set View.

    You can add more modules by clicking the + icon in the button bar, and repeat from step 2.

Mapped EnOsc

How to Update Firmware

  • 1. Click Settings in the Main Menu

Main Menu

  • 2. Click Update

System Menu

  • 3. Download the firmware to a USB drive or SD Card

    Use the Download link above.

    Then save the metamodule-firmware folder on your drive.

USB Drive contents

  • 4. Insert the drive into the MetaModule and click Update Firmware

    The drive will be automatically detected.

    You must leave the module powered on the entire time it is updating.

    It takes about a minute.

Update Firmwware button

Note: if you are upgrading firmware and plugins at the same time, always upgrade the firmware first. This is because it's possible that the new plugins will need the new firwmare in order to run. An easy way to make sure you're doing it right is to copy the new plugins and firmware onto a disk (SD card or USB). Then power up with all disks removed so that the auto-loader does not load any plugins. Then insert the disk and upgrade firmware normally. Finally, reboot with the disk still in and the auto-loader will load the new plugins.