M-PYRE AT A GLANCE
For M-PYRE 1.0.3 · by History Of Sky · based on SLOOP by isod89 and Felucca by Leo Kuroshita
A riffbox for rock and metal: three tracks for guitars, bass or synths and one drum track. ALGORITHM picks the track, the keys play it, REC records it, HOME brings the LIVE controls.
The keys on the drum track
27 keys from F3 to G5. On the drum track each white key plays one of the 16 drum sounds; a black key plays the sound of the white key to its left. On tracks 1–3 the keys play notes (riffs line up: the same keys on guitar, lead and bass).
Kick
Snare, ghost note
Hats, pedal hat
Ride, bell
Toms
Crashes, china, reverse crash
Drop (a riser effect)
Black key: the white key to its left
Getting around
turn ALGORITHM
Pick the track: 1 rhythm guitar, 2 lead, 3 bass, 4 drums.
turn PRESETS
The track's sound (GTR, BASS, KEYS, STR, SYN, HYBR …) or the drum kit.
tap HOME
The LIVE view; tap again for its next group of knobs.
hold HOME
The TRACKS screen.
turn SELECT
On a page: the previous / next page of its group. On HOME: the tempo.
KNOB 1–4
The four values at the top of the screen.
hold GLO ≈1.2 s
The menu (settings, palettes, GTR DOUBLE, ABOUT); hold HOME to close it.
ENV LFO SEL ARP
As in SLOOP: envelope, LFO, scale and chord, arpeggiator pages (tap) and layers (hold).
Playing live
Tap HOME, then the knobs are the things you play with:
| Group | KNOB 1 | KNOB 2 | KNOB 3 | KNOB 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLAY | CHORD | BEND | VIB | PALM |
| PLAY 2 | LEGATO | WHAMMY | WAH | VOL |
| SOUND (synths) | CUT | RES | ATK | REL |
BEND
Right a little: a semitone; right hard: a whole tone; any turn left: back to the note.
CHORD
One key, one chord: PW (power chord), PW+, OCT, TERZ, TRIAD, 7TH, 9TH, SUS4.
PALM WAH WHAMMY
Palm mutes on/off · wah pedal (OFF at the left) · whammy bar, down and up from the middle.
tap OCT− / OCT+
Octave down / up; both together: back to 0.
hold OCT− / OCT+ + drum key
Drum track: ghost / hard hits.
hold FX + key
A punch-in effect while you hold it (as in SLOOP; FREEZE and the THROWs work even with reverb / delay OFF).
Recording & riffs
tap PLAY
Start / stop all four tracks.
tap REC
Playing: record now / stop. Stopped: arm, the take starts with PLAY.
hold REC ≈2 s
Clear the selected track (let go before the ring is full: nothing happens).
tap SEQ
The NOTES page (tracks 1–3) or the drum grid; on the drums: grid ↔ kit.
NOTES page KNOB 4
FORCE: GHOST … ACC, then PALM: the note is palm-muted.
hold OCT+ on a note
Its sheet; ART: NORM, PALM, SLIDE, HAMMR (hammer-on / pull-off).
hold EDIT + OCT− / OCT+
Undo / redo.
tap / hold SAVE
Song screen and save pages / the song layer (sections A–D, chain, song mode) – as in SLOOP.
The amp
On a guitar or bass track: tap EDIT. SELECT switches the two pages.
| Page | KNOB 1 | KNOB 2 | KNOB 3 | KNOB 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMP | AMP | CAB | PRES | COMP |
| AMP 2 | GAIN | BASS | MID | TREB |
AMP
OFF, CLEAN, CRNCH, HIGH, LEAD, BASS.
CAB
AUTO (the amp's own), CLEAN, CRNCH, HIGH, LEAD, BASS, OFF – real impulse responses.
menu GTR DOUBLE
CLEAN, CRNCH and HIGH are double-tracked left / right; OFF plays them once, in the middle.
Effects
Tap FX. SELECT walks through the five pages.
| Page | KNOB 1 | KNOB 2 | KNOB 3 | KNOB 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 MIX | DST | MOD | DLY | REV |
| 2 PEDAL | PEDAL | DRIVE | TONE | LEVEL |
| 3 MOD | MOD | RATE | DEPTH | MIX |
| 4 DELAY | TIME | FDBK | TONE | MIX |
| 5 REVERB | TYPE | SIZE | TONE | MIX |
PEDAL
OFF, BOOST, OD, DIST, FUZZ, OCT (octaver: OCT+, OCT−, LEVEL).
MOD
OFF, PHASR, FLANG, CHOR, TREM.
TIME / TYPE
Start at OFF: turn them to switch delay / reverb on. Both are shared; MIX is per track.
Drums
turn PRESETS
The kit: HEAVY KIT (real samples) and DEEP, TIGHT, BRIGHT, DUST; 808, 909, 606, 80S, VINTAGE, TRAP, INDUSTR; your own.
tap EDIT
The drum sound editor: SELECT picks a sound, the knobs set LEVEL, PUNCH, PITCH, DECAY.
tap HOME
The kit, live: LEVEL, PUNCH, LO CUT, HI CUT for the whole kit.
tap SEQ
The drum grid ↔ the kit.
Saving & the sound pack
automatic
The project is saved by itself a few seconds after you stop (nothing playing, no touch for 2.5 s).
USR1–USR4
The guitar, palm mute and bass recordings live in the four user sample slots. The installer writes them; without them guitars and bass are silent.
editor
samples → Install sound pack brings them back after you load your own samples.
Recovery & good to know
hold OCT− while switching on
USB rescue: install again from the browser.
menu
Palettes EMBER, AMBER, RED, MONO, LIGHT · CHORD NAME shows the chord you play.
riffs
Rhythm guitars sound an octave down, the lead at pitch, the bass below: play the same keys on all three.
leaving
Any other firmware or the stock one (M-UPGRADE V15 / V16) installs over M-PYRE.