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THE MOTOR SYNTH IS EQUIPPED WITH 8 MOTOR OSCILLATORS AND

2 IDENTICAL VOICE BLOCKS - VOICE 1 AND VOICE 2. THEREFORE,

THE INSTRUMENT IS A 4-NOTE POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER WITH 2 VOICES

PER MUSICAL KEY. 

PRESS THE 

“POLY MODE”

 BUTTON

 

TO ADJUST THE MOTOR SYNTH'S POLYPHONY 

SETTINGS. 

IN THE POLYPHONY MENU, USE THE LEFT ENCODER TO RESERVE A SPECIFIC 

AMOUNT OF MOTORS FOR EACH VOICE, AND USE THE RIGHT ENCODER TO MAKE 

MULTIPLE MOTORS PERFORM NOTES IN UNISON.

POLYPHONY AND UNISON SETTINGS CAN BE ADJUSTED INDIVIDUALLY FOR

VOICE 1 AND VOICE 2. THE MOTOR SYNTH CAN ALSO BE USED AS AN 8 VOICE 

POLYPHONIC INSTRUMENT WITH 1 VOICE PER KEY WHEN VOICE 2 IS DISABLED.

1 POLYPHONY

OPTICAL WAVESHAPES ARE 

CREATED BY BOUNCING 

INFRARED LIGHT OFF OF 

ROTATING DISCS WITH 

THREE DIFFERENT

REFLECTIVE PATTERNS.

EIGHT INDIVIDUAL INDUCTORS 

PICK UP ELECTROMAGNETIC 

ENERGY FROM EACH MOTOR’S 

ROTATING COILS.

A DECORATIVE STROBOSCOPE

PATTERN IS PRINTED ON THE TOP 

SIDE OF THE DISCS.

THIS PATTERN IS FOR VISUAL 

REFERENCE ONLY AND IS NOT 

PART OF THE AUDIO SIGNAL.

PRESS THE 

“POLY MODE”

 BUTTON

TO EXIT ANY MENU AND RETURN 

TO THE MAIN 

“PLAY SCREEN”

.

Summary of Contents for Motor Synth

Page 1: ...CAN GENERATE ENOUGH TORQUE TO REACH A TOP SPEED OF 300 REVOLUTIONS PER SECOND ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY WITH SO MUCH POWER AT HAND HAVING PRECISE CONTROL OVER THE MOTORS IS THE MOST CRUCIAL ELEMENT TO MA...

Page 2: ...MOTOR SYTNH QUICK GUIDE 16 MOTOR SYNTH MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 17 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 14...

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Page 4: ...NY AND UNISON SETTINGS CAN BE ADJUSTED INDIVIDUALLY FOR VOICE 1 AND VOICE 2 THE MOTOR SYNTH CAN ALSO BE USED AS AN 8 VOICE POLYPHONIC INSTRUMENT WITH 1 VOICE PER KEY WHEN VOICE 2 IS DISABLED 1 POLYPHO...

Page 5: ...TER ON OFF BUTTON V1 AND V2 SO YOU CAN SELECT WHICH VOICES GO INTO THE MOTOR SYNTH S FILTER SECTION ACCESS ADDITIONAL FILTER RETRIG AND KEYTRACK SETTINGS IN MAIN MENU 3 FILTER SECTION THE MOTOR SYNTH...

Page 6: ...TIVE COLUMN IN THE MOD MENU ALT SHAPE KNOB WILL CHANGE MOD SHAPES FOR ALL COLUMNS AT ONCE USE ALT SHAPE CTRL ENCODER TO MORPH THE MODULATION SHAPES MODULATION SPEED CAN BE FREELY ADJUSTED WITH THE RAT...

Page 7: ...VE COLUMN PRESS THE ENCODER TO RETURN THE KEY TO THE PREVIOUS NOTE PLAYED DOUBLE PRESS THE ENCODER TO RETURN THE KEY TO THE LAST SAVED STATE SCALE NOTEBANK WITH THE LATCH ON ALL NEW NOTES WILL STICK W...

Page 8: ...ALL TRACKS WILL HAVE THE SAME LOOP LENGTH USE DEL TO ERASE INDIVIDUAL TRACKS OR ALT DEL TO ERASE ALL THE MOTOR SYNTH CAN RECORD AND PLAY BACK NOTE SEQUENCES PERFORMED IN REAL TIME NOTE SEQUENCES MAY B...

Page 9: ...OM AND OTHER MODES SETS THE ARP S SUBDIVISION AGAINST THE MAIN BPM SETS HOW MANY TIMES EACH NOTE IS REPEATED REPEATED NOTES CAN BE SHIFTED BY AN INTERVAL SETS HOW MANY TIMES EACH PATTERN IS REPEATED R...

Page 10: ...ISTING MAIN HEX FILE 5 DRAG AND DROP THE NEW MAIN HEX FIRMWARE FILE INTO THE MOTOR SYNTH S MEMORY CARD NOTE THE MOTOR SYNTH WILL NOT RECOGNIZE RENAMED FIRMWARE FILES IT MUST BE MAIN HEX 6 EXIT USB MOD...

Page 11: ...D CV INFORMATION AS MIDI OUT ENABLE DISABLE MIDI THRU VIA DIN 5 PIN MIDI OUTPUT ENABLE DISABLE MIDI CLOCK SEND 7 CLOCK SYNC SOURCE INTERNAL MIDI IN TRIG OR MOST RECENT SOURCE AUTO 8 ASSIGN CV INPUT DE...

Page 12: ...ST YES NO THRU ONLY NO NRPNS YES NO THRU ONLY NO MIDI CLOCK YES NO YES YES SONG POSITION POINTER YES NO THRU ONLY YES SONG SELECT YES NO THRU ONLY NO MIDI TIME CODE YES NO THRU ONLY NO MIDI MACHINE CO...

Page 13: ...NANCE FILTER ENV AMOUNT CUTOFF FREQ DRIVE 21 V1 ACCEL 23 V1 TONE 20 V1 VOLUME 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 0 16383 22 53 55 52 54 25 27 24 26 57 59 56 58 V1 BRAKE V2 VOLUME...

Page 14: ...VIDES A FULL 2 YEAR SERVICE WARRANTY FOR THE MOTOR SYNTH IN CASE OF TECHNICAL FAILURE THE DEVICE MUST BE SERVICED ONLY BY GAMECHANGER LTD AUDIO OR A THIRD PARTY TECHNICIAN CERTIFIED BY GAMECHANGER AUD...

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