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Medusa

Hybrid Synthesizer

User Manual

dreadbox-fx.com

polyend.com

Made in EU

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Summary of Contents for Medusa

Page 1: ...Medusa Hybrid Synthesizer User Manual dreadbox fx com polyend com Made in EU ...

Page 2: ...and sequence transposing 5 Hold button functions for musical performance 4 Creating playing and editing a sequence 3 Using the pads as a keyboard 2 Two modes Grid and Notes 3 Filter 2 Oscillators 1 Play modes and Voice Priority The Synthesizer Overview 1 How it s all organised The Grid as a sequencer and controller 5 Mixer and Volume Low Frequency Oscillators LFOs Envelopes 4 Modulation Introducti...

Page 3: ...red knobs informative LED buttons for the comfort of use The Grid low profile pads are made of specially designed silicone so their immaculately matched density and firmness are providing an instant and precise response It s all about innovation revealing new quality and ideas in music We hope it will encourageyouforfurtherexplorationofyoursonicactivities The Grid is what makes Medusa unique It al...

Page 4: ...Medusa unit will welcome you with an initial auto calibration process the pads will pulse and there will be a progress bar visible on the top of the middle screen If for any reason you feel that the initial calibration takes too much time you can break it with a press of the ENV1button TheSynthesizer Our goal was not to compete with great gear made by other manufacturers We wanted the Medusa to be...

Page 5: ...r classic wave shapes The fifth setting when the wavetablemodeforanoscillatorisselectedis indicated when all four of the LEDs next to the wave illustrations will light up You can select one from the 64 wavetables per all three digital oscillators via the Preset menu Wavetable position can be automated with envelopes and or LFOs or modulated manu ally with the use of a dedicated Wavetable control k...

Page 6: ... balance between brown noise low pass 6db oct and violet noise high pass 6db oct In the middle position it offers grey noise notch filtered equally mixing boththelow passfilterednoiseandthehigh passfilterednoise The PW knob lets you manually adjust the pulse width of the pulse wave for the 3 analog oscillators from 50 to 95 This same value is applied to each oscillator but doesn t affect the digit...

Page 7: ...hip of notes on the pads As an external controller Medusa does support an MPE mode so you can also use it as an MPE controller with compatible devices But if you d just simply use the pads as a keyboard andsequencer you dreallymissthepoweroftheinstrument As this is an updated 2 0 version of the manual we ve noticed that users might get easily confused with Medusa s Grid controller because they ass...

Page 8: ...can also use those triggerstomodulateX Y andZtargetsofyourchoicewhilethesequenceplays The Grid mode also offers a way to see where notes tie and patch modifying data are stored InGRIDmode ifapadislit 75 containsNote Chord 50 containsonlyTIEdata 0 isemptyorcontainparameterlocksonly pressClearbuttontodisplay In order to edit the particular modulators when in Edit mode Rec is blinking hold the Clear ...

Page 9: ...ear all Notes and parameter locks Set up the sequencer Enter sequencer notes Notes data Edit sequencer notes Notes data 16 How to Mode Steps From the Notes mode 1 Press the Record button it should be blinking if active 2 The current active pad will also be blinking Dial the Menu Button to change the active pad to the step pad you wish to edit 3 Play the new note either from the pads or an external...

Page 10: ... is great for making ambient drones You can toggle the individual notes on off while they re sustained Now just fire up a couple of LFOs and ENVs set lower clock value especially for this reason you can go as low as 1 BPM This mode is 18 interesting with different polyphonic modes and glide You can also use the three pressure axis to add some additional modulation as you drone remember that only t...

Page 11: ...itar C1 D4 Tempo Swing Seq Length Seq Mode Scale Layout Root note 20 Parameter Possible values Information This setting pertains to playing in P1 or P2 mode With Voice Priority set to First whatever note is played will grab the first available A OSC D OSC or pair of OSCs If you play monophonically in P1 or P2 one note at a time it will only use that first oscillator With the Voice Priority set to ...

Page 12: ...form 1 to 6 fixed with external gear This works in P2 mode only Please notice that when this function is toggled on the Medusa pads won t play polyphonically Internal USB MIDI Off USB MIDI Off USB DIN USB MIDI Off On All 1 16 Off Channel per voice MIDI Clock in MIDI Clock out Transport in Transport out MIDI Channel In 22 Parameter Possible values Information Lets you select the channel that Medusa...

Page 13: ...ntheToolfolder inordertoflashyourunit Pressthebuttonlocatedatthebackpanelwhenprompted 3 Usethe SendPresets toloadthedefaultwavetablesintoyourunit 4 Usethe SendPresets toloadthenewpresetsfactorybankfileintoyourunit 5 UseGetPresetstodumpyourpresetsintoafilewhenneeded 24 Important information JavaJRE JavaRuntimeEnvironment isrequiredtoruntheMedusaTool UsenoUSBhubs noadapters onlystraightconnectionbet...

Page 14: ...rall mix Amount of A OSC3 signal in the overall mix None Pitch Amp Cutoff Resonance FM Osc 1 2 FM Filter Pulse Width Wavetable all Wavetable D1 Wavetable D2 Wavetable D3 A Osc1 Freq A Osc2 Freq A Osc3 Freq D Osc1 Freq D Osc2 Freq D Osc3 Freq Noise Color A Osc1 Mix A Osc2 Mix A Osc3 Mix Appendices AppendixA ListofModulationDestinations 26 Destination What will be modulated Amount of D OSC1 signal i...

Page 15: ...2 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 28 Function CC 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OSC1_TUNING OSC1_U_TUNING OSC1_WAVE OSC1_OCTAVE OSC2_TUNING OSC2_U_TUNING OSC2_WAVE OSC2_OCTAVE OSC3_TUNING OSC3_U_TUNING OSC3_WAVE OSC3_OCTAVE OSC4_TUNING OSC4_U_TUNING OSC4_WAVE OSC4_OCTAVE OSC5_TUNING OSC5_U_TUNING OSC5_WAVE OSC5_OCTAVE OSC6_TUNING OSC6_U_TUNING OSC6_WAVE OSC6_OCTAVE Appen...

Page 16: ...1_WAVE LFO1_AMOUNT LFO1_TARGET LFO1_SYNC LFO2_RATE LFO2_WAVE LFO2_AMOUNT LFO2_TARGET LFO2_SYNC LFO3_RATE LFO3_WAVE LFO3_AMOUNT LFO3_TARGET Function CC 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 LFO3_SYNC LFO4_RATE LFO4_WAVE LFO4_AMOUNT LFO4_TARGET LFO4_SYNC LFO5_RATE LFO5_WAVE LFO5_AMOUNT LFO5_TARGET LFO5_SYNC TARGET_X_SELECT TARGET_Y_SELECT TARGET_Z_SELECT TARGET_Y_VALUE 30 ...

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