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TUNER
Voltage Controlled Oscillators tend to detune over time. For example, slight changes in temperature may affect tuning.
When the FINE tune knob of a generator is set to mid position the VCO will be somewhere close to an “A”. If you want to
tune it more precisely there is an on board strobe tuner. To tune one of the generators, follow the next couple of steps:
Step 1: Turn off all pitch modulation by turning the knobs (FM, Pitch EG, Vibrato AMT, Lin FM)
counter clockwise and take out cables connected to the 1V/oct CV inputs on the back
Step 2: Turn on the tuner by selecting the generator you would like to tune, using the mini toggle switch
Step 3: Set the octave switch somewhere in the mid range (4’ or 8’ is great)
Step 4: Play an ‘A’ note on your MIDI keyboard in octave 1.
Step 5: Tune the generator using its FINE control. The indicators guide you:
-# Indicates “too high”, slowly turn FINE counterclockwise
-b Indicates “too low”, slowly turn FINE clockwise
-A (green) indicates an ‘A’ note
-A blinking LED means you are playing out of range for the tuner, either too high or too low.
When the ‘A’ indicator LED is lit (green) the selected generator is tuned to an ‘A’ (440Hz) note.
ACCURACY
This tuner is a nice tool to quickly tune the analogue generators to an ‘A’ note. The tuner is not meant for very precise
tuning, the green LED indicates an ‘A’ note, but the actual tuning of the generator can vary up to +-10 cents in lower
octaves and up to +-25 cents in higher octaves. You can use the octave switch to tune over a couple of octaves for more
precision.
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GLOBAL PITCH CONTROL
The global pitch control section provides three sections that influence the global pitch (the pitch of the complex
generator, basic generator and sub-oscillator. These three parameters are: GLIDE, PITCH EG and VIBRATO. We will
detail them one by one:
GLIDE
GLIDE allows you to create a slew between two MIDI
notes, so that the currently played note “glides” to the next
note. The GLIDE control sets the slew time where fully
counterclockwise means no slew and fully clockwise
means a long slew (glide). You will get a clear idea of what
this control does by playing alternating octaves over MIDI
and slowly turning the TIME knob fully clockwise.
PITCH EG AMT
The PITCH EG (pitch envelope generator) control sets the
modulation amount/depth of the modulation envelope
(MOD EG) to the pitch of the complex generator, basic
generator and sub-oscillator.
VIBRATO
The VIBRATO AMT control sets the modulation amount/
depth of the internal triangle wave oscillator, which is
dedicated to vibrato. In other words: it sets the vibrato
amount/depth.
The RATE control sets the rate/frequency of the vibrato os-
cillator. In other words: it sets the vibrato rate.
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