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Page 1: ...for connecting the 500 to different sound systems 1 Hi Out This output is used in connecting the 500 to stereo amplifiers tape recorders and organs To complete this connection take the phono to RCA pa...

Page 2: ...und pass through your amplification system When the synthesizer is connected set the controls as shown and turn up your amplifier to a desired level Depress a key you should hear a sound If you don t...

Page 3: ...ontrols Of the seven controls three provide for selection three control volume and one controls tuning After being mixed the Sources go to the Modifiers The Modifiers have the ability to vary the timb...

Page 4: ...rmines how long it takes to return silence The Sustain control determines how loud the sound is while the key is depressed after the attack and decay have settled out The Volume control determines the...

Page 5: ...e Keyboard When a key is depressed it sends out a voltage which goes to the Oscillator The Oscillator reads the voltage and produces the corresponding pitch for that key depressed This ability gives t...

Page 6: ...onal to the lowest key beinq depressed Oscillator 2 s pitch is normally different from Oscilla tor 1 This is because Oscillator 2 has a separate Tune slider located next to its Volume slider This cont...

Page 7: ...ng these effects will be covered in the Modifier and Controller sections As you know sounds that don t vary are not usually considered musically interesting Therefore the major part of your synthe siz...

Page 8: ...imbres These changes can be of two varieties either 1 manual change by moving a switch or slider or 2 automatic change as commanded by the Controller section This is identical to the way the pitch of...

Page 9: ...control of the synthesizer Experiment freelywith the Filter One thing you shouldn t miss is to set the Resonance up full Depress a key and slowly move the Tune slider up and down You are hearing the...

Page 10: ...be done with Phase Lock Switch in Off position Turn on Oscillators 1 and 2 depress the top key and adjust Oscillator 2 Tune for desired interval unison third fourth fifth etc EXPLANATION OF BEND AND...

Page 11: ...switch In its lowermost position Phase Lock is off This permits you to adjust the two audio oscillators to slow beating PL 1 or the middle position permits weak locking PL 2 or the uppermost position...

Page 12: ...he KEYBOARD but rather behaves like a fixed filter similar to the bass and treble controls on an amplifier If the Resonance control is not set up at its maximum this is a useful position for some inst...

Page 13: ...han the fundamental give the sound its quality its timbre The frequencies of these sine waves are whole number multiples of the fundamental hence they do not beat They are called harmonics For example...

Page 14: ...cs if any will be allowed to be passed heard NOTE Graphs Instruments are like pre set synthesizers they all have oscillators filter and amplifiers controlled by envelopes For example a violin the stri...

Page 15: ...A CO CO WAVESHAPE and HARMONICS SINE WAVE Hz A 2 TRIANGLE WAVE f fr A 3 SQUARE WAVE A A A A SAWTOOTH WAVE A h fA f Lhfs 15 Scan by Manual Manor http www markglinsky com ManualManual html...

Page 16: ...ass Filter with the Filter tuned to the 5th harmonic Resonance set Hi Square wave into a Law Pass Filter with the Filter tuned to the fundamental Resonance set Lo Square wave into a Low Pass Filter wi...

Page 17: ...ilter with the Filter tuned to the 5th harmonicj Resonance set Hi Sawtooth wave into a Hi Pass Filter with the Filter tuned to the 2nd harmonic Resonance set Med Square wave into a Band Pass Filter wi...

Page 18: ...ilter with the Filter tuned to the 7th harmonic Resonance set Hi Sawtooth wave into a Band Pass Filter with the Filter tuned to the 4th harmonic Resonance set Med 18 Scan by Manual Manor http www mark...

Page 19: ...ILTER The Hi Pass Filter lets you hear all the overtones above its Tune slider s setting In general this is a brighter buzzier sharp sound than any of the other Filter modes If this con trol is set to...

Page 20: ...lator 2 or the Modulation Oscillator The settings shown below illustrate various forms of loudness and timbre controls possible with the Modulator Play a bit Don t hesitate to vary the sliders marked...

Page 21: ...E BEND RATE t B A A ATE MOO OSC ENV SAMP MOO OSC ENV t I HI B B B Fl ITROCOMP SYNTHESIZER CLCCTRONIC MUSIC LABS INC VEHNON CONM 0M 4 SOURCES NOISE OSC 1 OSC 2 VOL VOl VOL TUNE B t t t MODIFIERS ENVELO...

Page 22: ...panel the part of the syn thesizer that controls the VCA is shown the Envelope Generator The Envelope Generator is actually one of the three principal controllers of the 500 It fits into the audio pat...

Page 23: ...will take for the volt age to achieve its maximum size This is variable from an instant to many seconds Set the 500 as shown below and depress a key Notice that the sound reaches its maximum loudness...

Page 24: ...escribing some of the voltages you are hearing the effects of ENVELOPE OUTPUT ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN VOL B r ERS ENVELOPE OUTPUT rTACK DECAY SUSTAIN VOL E ERS ENVELOPE OUTPUT ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN VOl B...

Page 25: ...stain slider is shown below ENVELOPE OUTPUT I TACK OECAr SUSTA N V 0 BSAMP j ENVELOPE OUTPUT rTACK DECAY SUSTAIN VOL The Volume slider controls the output volume Below the Volume slider is a switch wh...

Page 26: ...the Decay less than a 1 4 slowly vary the Sampler s Rate slider Note that the Envelope Genera tor s trigger switch permits you to select a preset Sampler Rate This completes our investigation of the...

Page 27: ...y varying voltage can produce varying pitch timbre or loudness An example of this is the Envelope controlling the loudness of sounds that passed through the Voltage Controlled Amplifier VCA However th...

Page 28: ...VAL The Interval slider is used to adjust the 500 to semitone scales It has been set at the factory to be in tune when set halfway Once you have adjusted this control for perfect octavation it will ra...

Page 29: ...ait Depress it again OUTPUTS INPUTS PHONES VOLTAGE SUSTAIN SEOUENCER MlC IN MIC VOL OCTAVE ELECTROCOMP SYNTHESIZER ELECTBONIC MUSIC LABS INC VEBNON CONN 06066 CONTROLLERS KEYBOARD SAMPLER MOO O5C OSCI...

Page 30: ...of Envelope on Oscillator 1 Turn on Oscillator 2 and control both Oscillators at once ENVELOPE CONTROL OF TIMBRE The the 500 as shown below Depress a key Release it Depress it again Hear the sound get...

Page 31: ...NES VOLTAGE SUSTAIN SEQUENCER MIC N MIC VOl ELECTROCOMP SYNTHESIZER ELECTRONIC MUSIC LABS INC VERNON CONN 06066 OUTPUTS INPUTS LO PHONES VOLTAGE SUSTAIN SEQUENCER MIC IN MIC VOl CONTROLLERS KEYBOARD S...

Page 32: ...Modulation Oscillator produces a varying voltage that repeats The shape and speed of this varying voltage can be preset and then selected to control the Oscillators Filters and Modulator The shape of...

Page 33: ...TCH Set the synthesizer as shown below Depress a key OUTPUTS INPUTS LO PHONES VOLTAGE SUSTAIN SEOUENCER MIC IN MIC VOL OCTAVE ELECTROCOMP9 SYNTHESIZER ELECTRONIC MUSIC LABS INC VERNON CONN 06066 CONTR...

Page 34: ...lator can also be used to control the Filter in a similar fashion that was used to control the Oscil lators Try the settings shown below OUTPUTS INPUTS 10 PHONES VOLTAGE Sustain seouencer mic in mic v...

Page 35: ...ES VOLTAGE SUSTAIN SEOUENCEO MIC IN MIC VOL OCTAVE CONTROLLERS KEYBOARD SAMPLER MOD OSC OSCILLATORS FILTER GLIOE SCALE BEND RATE A A RATE t MOD OSC ENV SAMP MOD OSC En7 t j wt t J ELECTROCOMP SYNTHESI...

Page 36: ...ampler output is to be applied to the Filter alone mid posi tion or Oscillator and Filter upper position Try the settings shown below Don t hesitate to move the marked controls OUTPUTS INPUTS LO PHONE...

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Page 38: ...tion of external sound sources for subsequent modification by the 500 These include but are not limited to organ guitar or voice MIC VOL This control permits you to preset the volume best suited to yo...

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