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INTRO - CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS
POWER UP!
Before applying power, make sure that
you have received the correct AC adapter
for your part of the world (110V or 220V).
Always connect the AC adapter to the
Proteus before plugging it into the wall.
The power switch is located on the right
side of the front panel. The Proteus FX
and its MIDI controller may be turned on
in any order. When power is applied, the
liquid crystal display will light, indicating
that the Proteus FX is operating.
ABOUT PROTEUS FX
Proteus FX, unlike many synthesizers,
utilizes digital recordings of “real”
instruments for the basis of its sound.
This is similar to a tape recorder except
that in the Proteus FX, the sounds are
permanently recorded on digital memory
chips.
To perform this modern miracle, sounds
and instrument waveforms are first
sampled into the Emulator III, our top of
the line, 16 bit stereo digital sampler.
and the voltage measurements are stored
in memory. To play the sound back, the
numbers are read back from memory,
converted back into voltages, then ampli-
fied and fed to a speaker which converts
the voltage back into sound waves. Of
course, playing back 32 channels at
different pitches tends to complicate
matters, but this is basically how it works.
In Proteus FX, we have left out the analog
to digital converter stage since the sounds
are already sampled for you.
After the sounds and waveforms have
been truncated, looped and processed,
they are “masked” into the Proteus FX
ROM (Read Only Memory) chips.
Conceptually, the sampling process is
very simple, as shown in the Basic Sam-
pling System diagram. As a sound wave
strikes the diaphragm of a microphone, a
corresponding voltage is generated. To
sample the sound, the voltage level is
repeatedly measured at a very high rate
Summary of Contents for PROTEUS FX
Page 1: ...Read This First Important Safety Instructions ...
Page 9: ...7 Proteus FX INTRODUCTION ...
Page 10: ...8 INTRO CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS ...
Page 17: ...15 Proteus FX BASIC OPERATION ...
Page 18: ...16 BASIC OPERATION ...
Page 23: ...21 Proteus FX MASTER MENU ...
Page 24: ...22 MASTER MENU ...
Page 33: ...31 Proteus FX EFFECTS SECTION ...
Page 34: ...32 EFFECTS SECTION ...
Page 51: ...49 Proteus FX PRESET PROGRAMMING ...
Page 52: ...50 PRESET PROGRAMMING ...
Page 64: ...62 PRESET PROGRAMMING ...
Page 65: ...63 Proteus FX EDIT MENU ...
Page 66: ...64 EDIT MENU ...
Page 81: ...79 Proteus FX STEP BY STEP ...
Page 82: ...80 STEP BY STEP ...
Page 89: ...87 Proteus FX REFERENCE SECTION ...
Page 100: ...98 REFERENCE SECTION Percussion Instrument Locations ...
Page 101: ...REFERENCE SECTION 99 Percussion Instrument Locations ...
Page 102: ...100 REFERENCE SECTION Percussion Instrument Locations ...
Page 103: ...REFERENCE SECTION 101 Percussion Instrument Locations ...
Page 104: ...102 REFERENCE SECTION Percussion Instrument Locations ...