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Version 2.0 has been rebuilt from the ground up, taking into consideration the many issues, complaints and requests from the first version, while trying to maintain the elements most loved by the community of users.

There are now three separate modalities for W/:

• W/Tape - a simplified rendition of the original W/
• W/Del - a vari-speed delay/looper with modulation
• W/Syn - a polyphonic 2-op FM synthesizer with 4 voices

W/ will only run one of these at once, but you can switch at runtime. The settings are remembered across power cycles, and across mode changes.

Modes / Engines

You can jump between the 3 engines by entering the 'launcher'

• hold record + play + loop (in that order)
• the lights above the toggle will fade in until they start flashing
• now let go & the current engine will be displayed with a dim yellow light

Engine selection is displayed on the yellow lights with an animation mnemonic per mode.

• loop: W/Del
• play: W/Syn
• record: W/Tape

To load a different engine

• select a new engine with the corresponding button
• the dim white light will follow your selection, indicating the last preset will be loaded
• hold the down switch to load (the lights above will 'charge up')
• OR, press up to escape without changing engine

Each engine has a single 'preset' to save your favourite settings. To save the current settings as the preset:

• Open the launcher
• Your current engine will be highlighted in yellow
• The accompanying white light will throb indicating it is about to save
• hold down to save.
• OR, press up to return without saving
• OR, tap your engine selection again to flip back to 'load' the last saved preset

If you want to return to the default settings (and lose your preset), you can do this from the launcher too:

• Select the engine you want to load with default settings
• Tap that engine's button 3 times quickly
• The white light will pulse rapidly indicating it is about to be cleared
• Hold down to clear the preset and load default settings
• OR, press up to return without clearing
• OR, tap the engine button again to toggle between load / save

Alternate ii Address

Each of the three Engines have their own dedicated ii address for digital communication. This means you can use multiple W/ modules on the same ii bus and communicate with them independently as long as they are in different engine.

If you have 2 modules, you may find yourself wanting to control them independently while running the same Engine. To do so, you need to set the 'alternate address' for the second W/ module:

• Turn off your modular case
• Hold Play+Down
• Turn on your case

That's it! There's no visual confirmation, but you can simply send a command to know it's working as desired. For those who haven't used crow to talk to multiple copies of the same module, the syntax just adds an index after the module name. For example, if you set both modules to W/Syn engine, you could play the same note on both modules, but 2 octaves apart like so:

ii.wsyn[1].play_note( 0.0, 5.0 ) -- first device
ii.wsyn[2].play_note( 2.0, 5.0 ) -- second device plays octave up

If you want to return to the normal ii address (say you've moved the module to a new case), you do the same startup gesture but holding Up instead of Down:

• Turn off your case
• Hold Play+Up
• Turn on your case

You can remember 'Up' as being similar to 'canceling' CV assignment or Engine selection - you're canceling 'alternate mode'. Conversely 'Down' is 'confirmation' in W/ speak.