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EU Directives on the Protection of the Environment 

RoHS

    This  product  is  compliant  with  the  EU  Directive  2002/95/EG  for  the  Restriction  of  the  use  of 

Certain  Hazardous  Substances  in  Electrical  and  Electronic  Equipment.  No  lead  (Pb)  cadmium  (Cd), 
mercury (Hg), hexavalent chromium (Cr + 6), PBB or PBDE is intentionally added to this device. Any traces 
of impurities of these substances contained in the parts are below the RoHS specified threshold levels.  

REACh

  This  product  is  compliant  with  the  European  Union  Directive  EC1907/206  and  contains  none  or 

less than 0.1% of the chemicals listed as hazardous chemicals in the REACh regulation. 

WEEE

 As with the disposal of all old electrical and electronic equipment, this product is not to be treated 

as  regular  household  waste.  Instead  it  shall  be  handed  over  to  the  applicable  collection  point  for 
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. 

     This  product  complies  with  the  European  Union  Council  Directives  and  Standards  relating  to 
electromagnetic compatibility EMC Directive (2006/95/EC) and the Low Voltage Directive (2004/108/EC). 
EMC compliance test report: EMC – 130930/1 

Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 

(1)

 

This device may not cause harmful interference, and; 

(2)

 

This  device  must  accept  any  interference  received,  including  interference  that  may  cause 
undesired operation. 

 

Panda-Audio Ltd. 
Széchenyi u. 8 
2040 Budaörs, HUNGARY 
Tel.: +36-23-441-071 
Email: [email protected] 

 

 

Parts of the package: 

 

1.

 

A Future Impact I pedal 

2.

 

Quick Start Guide. 

 

Part that you will need, but not contained in this delivery: 

 

1.

 

A 9V stabilized, 100mA, Roland-Boss type supply with minus pole in the middle. 

2.

 

Additionally, if you use it with a computer: PC with a MIDI interface and two MIDI cables. 
Minimum screen resolution of the PC: X>=1280, Y>=900. XP or Windows 7/32, or 
Windows 7/64 in XP compatibility mode. 

 

Warranty  

If your Future  Impact  I system  defects  or malfunctions as  a result of any defected  electronic 

parts or our design fault we provide you two years warranty of repairing or replacing it. 

WARNING: NEVER press the Bank button by foot. It must be controlled by hand only. Damage 

of the Bank switch will not be covered by warranty. 

 

Introduction 

The Future Impact I. (FI) is a synthesizer effect for bass guitar players. Additio-
nally  it  can  be  used  through  the  MIDI  input  as  a  monophonic  synthesizer 
expander using it with a keyboard, a wind controller, a computer or any MIDI 
source. You find in the FI_quickstart-V10.pdf document how to use it on stage, 
with  a  bass  guitar.  This  information  will  not  be  repeated  here,  so  read 
FI_quickstart-V10.pdf first. 

Summary of Contents for Future Impact I

Page 1: ...Bass Guitar Synthesizer and Analog Modeling MIDI Synthesizer Expander from Panda Audio Ltd User Guide Version 1 0 Dec 22 2015 Panda Audio Ltd www panda audio com Product web site www pandamidi com...

Page 2: ...t cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Panda Audio Ltd Sz chenyi u 8 2040 Buda rs HUNGARY Tel 36...

Page 3: ...rom the MIDI OUT of the interface to the MIDI IN of FI and one from the MIDI OUT of FI into MIDI IN on the computer If you just want to edit sounds and experiment with them without writing them into F...

Page 4: ...2 48 Determines the pitch of the oscillator in semitones 0 will generate the same pitch as the input bass signal PITCH FINE 63 63 You can detune the oscillator with a small musical inter val E g you c...

Page 5: ...he signal or it will fold over While clipping is often used to generate a moderate amount of overtones foldover is practically never used since it generates such a high overtone content that will make...

Page 6: ...127 FI has three envelope generators that control the Voltage Controlled Amplifier VCA the Voltage Controlled Filter VCF and the Noise Generator All three of them are triggered with every picking of t...

Page 7: ...the basic frequency of the VCF While the Deep Impact had an inaccurate approximation of the necessary exponential filter control characteristic The Future Impact has a perfect implementation However...

Page 8: ...LFO VCF DEPTH VCO DEPTH 0 127 The LFO amplitude can be set for both destinations Portamento MIDI Keyboard Block The parameters in this block are relevant only if FI is used through MIDI IN Actually F...

Page 9: ...Whichever note was pressed last it will be played Output Mixer Block This is a simple two channel mixer before the final output to the effect section BASS VCF 0 127 Setting these will determine the l...

Page 10: ...mains within the range that makes sense MOD1A MOD1B MOD2A MOD2B 0 127 The modulation amplitudes of the LFOs A and B to the delay lines 1 and 2 FBCK LEVEL 0 127 Feedback level It is the sound designer...

Page 11: ...value will make the sound sharper while decreasing to 1 will damp the sound MIDI Implementation details The MIDI input of the FI will receive the following information NOTE ON with velocity NOTE OFF P...

Page 12: ...Supply not included True bypass relay switching Super high performance DSP All algorithms calculated with 32 bit accuracy 24 bit AD DA converters Oscillators generated at 512 kHz oversampling Distort...

Page 13: ...as separate decay envelope for saw amplitude Every VCO can generate complex dynamically changing waveforms by foldover distortion Harmonizer with 3 voices variable transposition High quality guitar di...

Page 14: ...STORTION MIXER HARMONIZER DISTORTION VCF CV AUD BASS DIST SYNTH BASS VCF AD ENV FOLLOWER FRQ Q VCA AR DIST CV AUD VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FILTER AUDIO MODULATION FILTER PITCH FOLLOW SLOPE TYPE ATTACK DECAY...

Page 15: ...TRIG SQR PWM IN CV IN SAW SQR TRIANGLE COARSE BEAT FINE LFO FRQ DEPTH OFFSET DECAY TIME SAW DECAY DECAY ENVELOPE VCA CV FOLDOVER DISTORTION TRIG SQR PWM IN CV IN SAW SQR TRIANGLE COARSE BEAT FINE LFO...

Page 16: ...Page 16 A SZALAY 2015 Future Impact Effect Routing FROM BASS FROM VCF BLEND BLEND OUTPUT LEVEL ANALOG EFFECTS AUDIOOUT...

Page 17: ...manufacturer It is up to the customer what shipping service will be used for the return but it is the customer s responsibility to ensure that the manufacturer receives the device The cost of repairi...

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