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QUASIMIDI-Musikelektronik GmbH

Bahnhofstr. 44

35282 Rauschenberg

GERMANY

Phone:  +49-6425-93000

Fax: +49-6425-930093

Internet: www.quasimidi.com

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Summary of Contents for POLYMORPH

Page 1: ...RWARD NOTE FWD BACKWARD RANDOM UNISON ROTATE MULTI STACK VCO FM VCF MOD F1 F2 LFO RATE LFO DEPTH TUNE ENV MOD TUNE SYNC TUNE LEVEL 1 CUTOFF RESONANCE ENV MOD ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK EDIT COMPARE WRITE EX...

Page 2: ...page 6 and 10 24 Fine tuning of Oscillators 2 3 menu page 7 and 11 24 Volume of Oscillator 2 3 25 Switching polyphony switching between 8 and 16 voices 25 Part play mode and portamento effect glide m...

Page 3: ...he sequencer setups 43 The System Menu 44 Master transposing Menu page 1 44 Master tuning Menu page 2 44 Master channel Menu page 3 44 The functions of the single outputs Menu page 4 44 Local On Off M...

Page 4: ...r as marked on the product 9 The power supply of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time 10 Do not tread on the power supply chord 11 Do not pull the...

Page 5: ...expose the unit to extreme temperatures like for instance direct sun light in a closed vehicle or extreme frost in winter The unit could be damaged or the varnish on the casing might disintegrate Mai...

Page 6: ...nother MIDI unit for instance a sequencer For these cases we point out that it is not possible to restore lost data Treat the keys and dials as well as the connection sockets with care improper use ca...

Page 7: ...which will be shown in square brackets in this manual Whenever we refer to a sequence of button pushes it will look something like this e g Push BUTTON 1 followed by BUTTON 2 In the manual we have sim...

Page 8: ...a amplification system such as a keyboard combo amp or a hi fi system or run it through a mixing desk or outboard processors such as an instrument preamplifier compressor or equaliser before injecting...

Page 9: ...lication Make sure that the volumes are turned fully off before plugging in and powering up preferably the hi fi amplifier should be the last component to switch on and the first to switch off Press t...

Page 10: ...t settings and the tempo adjustments can be recalled instantly from a Setup memory Ultimately each Setup is like a performance patch for the whole synthesizer and determines the complete function of t...

Page 11: ...12 dB PAGE BANK MASTER VOLUME MICROPHONE CONNECTOR VALUE TEMPO RECALL EXIT EDIT WRITE SHIFT KEY TRACKING OCTAVE UP OCTAVE DOWN VCF DYN VCA DYN RANDOM SOUND PRESS BUTTON FOR SOUND CREATION TAP TEMPO D...

Page 12: ...CE FILTERS ENVELOPE GENERATORS OUTPUT MODE ANALOG EMULATION SYNTHESIS BY QUASIMIDI POWER ON OFF IN MIDI OUT 1 OUT OUT 2 AUDIO THRU OUT 3 IN 1 OUT 4 IN 2 PAGE WAVE 1 WAVE 2 WAVE 3 LFO WAVE VALUE VALUE...

Page 13: ...menu push this button VALUE TEMPO TEMPO ADJUSTMENT PARAMETER CHANGE If you are not in an edit menu this data knob controls the tempo of the sequencer If you are in an edit menu you can use the data k...

Page 14: ...active in this operation mode ROTATE Also in this operation mode all four synthesizer parts are controlled from one channel or to be precise controlled only from the first of the four sequencers This...

Page 15: ...OR SYNCHRONIZATION This button starts the oscillator synchronization operation of oscillator 1 It will be synchronized with an additional auxiliary oscillator The pitch of the auxiliary oscillator is...

Page 16: ...to go into self oscillation and creates a sine tone at the cutoff frequency This is the reason the pitch of this sine tone can be adjusted with HIGHPASS CUTOFF HIGHPASS ENV MOD HIGH PASS FILTER ENVELO...

Page 17: ...requency When the control is positioned in the middle it has no influence With negative values the greater the deflection of the envelope the lower the cutoff frequency of the filter ie during the env...

Page 18: ...ime Rather it is a level that is held after the decay time until the key on the keyboard is released For the VCA EG if the sustain level is regulated to 0 the POLYMORPH sound would end after the decay...

Page 19: ...depth for the high and low pass filter can be varied In addition this LFO can influence the volume of the signals Check the Amp menu for that LFO WAVE WAVEFORM OF THE MODULATION GENERATOR This contro...

Page 20: ...on the panel with one button per function you would have additional 112 buttons and 56 controls to look over Instead you will find more parameters in the edit sequencer menu Here are the functions of...

Page 21: ...his function is very helpful during the editing of a sequence A sequence of notes can be entered more specifically CYCLE LENGTH ADJUSTMENT OF THE ROW LENGTH With an activated cycle length function you...

Page 22: ...he keys you should hear a simple boring tone Now everything is ready for a sound expedition The Oscillator section If you are in an edit menu push EXIT twice Push EDIT to reach the edit menu selection...

Page 23: ...E TUNING OF SYNTHESIZER PART MENU PAGE 2 On the second menu page you change the coarse tuning of the selected synthesizer part It will affect all three oscillators and tune them in semitone steps If y...

Page 24: ...ts 1 and 2 of the POLYMORPH Now you can select this audio signal as Ext In 1 or Ext In 2 like a normal waveform of the third Oscillator and can be processed the same way by the synthesis and the effec...

Page 25: ...oscillators for your sounds PART PLAY MODE AND PORTAMENTO EFFECT GLIDE MENU PAGE 13 15 On menu page 13 you can change the play mode of the chosen parts The POLYMORPH offers polyphonic several voices...

Page 26: ...w drastically the envelope influences the pulse width of oscillator 1 In oscillator sync operation this parameter influences the frequency of the auxiliary oscillator Edit Part1 OSC 19 PWM EG 0 On the...

Page 27: ...Now that you have been introduced to the different LFO waveforms with the help of the pitch modulation you can try something else how the PWM LFO influences the sound PULSE WIDTH MODULATION First init...

Page 28: ...me more drastically audible with the resonance adjusted up Directly beneath the LP CUTOFF you find LP24dB With this switch you can change the filter characteristics of the low pass filter back and for...

Page 29: ...dle position the high pass cutoff frequency lies below the low pass cutoff frequency Above the middle position the high pass cutoff frequency lies above the low pass cutoff frequency The further away...

Page 30: ...n make the filtering of sounds dependant on those sounds themselves Edit Part1 FILTR 20 LPF Key 0 At 0 the keyboard scale is turned off With values above 0 higher notes will open the filter further th...

Page 31: ...IX VOLUME MENU PAGE 1 This parameter equals the MIX VOL1 4 in the mixer section The mix volume is important for setting the volume of the four synthesizers into the right relationship That s why the m...

Page 32: ...rs but it provides these fourfold All of the POLYMORPH synthesizer parts have 4 effect processors A maximum total of 16 effects can therefore be used at the same time Since the effects of every part c...

Page 33: ...third page you can change the resonance of the filter Edit Part1 DIST 3 Resonance 67 The distortion effect is in line with the signal chain which is why the original clean signal cannot be heard when...

Page 34: ...f in another menu press EXIT twice Push EDIT to get into the edit menu selection By using PAGE select page 4 The display shows Select Edit 4 Fx1 Fx2 Push F1 to get to the FX 1 edit menu In the display...

Page 35: ...ove 80 you can hear a metallic feedback sound Now select menu page 4 of the FX 1 or FX 2 menus There you can adjust the degree of the feedback Edit Part1 FX1 4 Feedback 40 FEEDBACK FILTER MENU PAGE 5...

Page 36: ...ce the touch curve The value 0 means the sound does not react to the played key dynamic value At 64 you have a linear path At 127 the touch curve is moved up Then you do not have to play harder you do...

Page 37: ...chosen parameter Edit Part1 CONTR 5 MWDepth 100 Here follow the selection possibilities 50 Full deflection of the modulation wheel makes a positive change of the parameter value The size of the change...

Page 38: ...play the synthesizer One doesn t have to know anything You were familiarized with the basic possibilities of the POLYMORPH sequencer in section sequencer section in chapter The function of the contro...

Page 39: ...ff when pushing START STOP On menu page 6 there are no more parameters SEQ 1 4 ADJUSTMENTS TO MUTUAL STARTING OF THE SEQUENCES Edit P1 Sequence 4 StrtTrg SEQ1 In this operating mode you can select a s...

Page 40: ...cide that a sequence should trigger another sequence at step 16 then it has to play step 16 When the cycle length of the trigger sequence is only 8 the selected sequence will never run Moving the firs...

Page 41: ...will be obtained for transposing If the transpose midi channel corresponds with one of the four parts of the POLYMORPH notes on the outside of the range are used to play as normal tones The notes ins...

Page 42: ...up from MIDI notes The lowest eight keys of the transpose range are used to switch between the 8 subsets For this you have to go to the sequencer menu on menu page 12 and set SubsChg to ON Edit P1 Se...

Page 43: ...setup in the POLYMORPH When you change a sound inside of a setup the original sound will not be touched Rather the setup makes a copy of the original sound and saves it as a part the complete setup Th...

Page 44: ...the second page of the system menu you can change the main tuning of the POLYMORPH This is important when the POLYMORPH is played together with other instruments that can only be re tuned with consid...

Page 45: ...nt to record the sequencers of the POLYMORPH into an external sequencer MIDI Synchronization Menu page 6 On menu page 6 you can switch the morphing sequencer of the POLYMORPH to an external synchroniz...

Page 46: ...MIDI output filter On menu pages 11 14 you can choose what MIDI data from the POLYMORPH will be sent out Edit System MIDI 11 TXClock ON You decide in this menu if the POLYMORPH clock information is s...

Page 47: ...diting it could result in a drastic jump in actual value relative to the knobs former position For example when the filter cutoff frequency is programmed with a value of 20 the control is on 127 the c...

Page 48: ...ial symbols The name can also be entered in over a connected MIDI keyboard Look in the appendix for the character table 5 If you are satisfied with the name push F1 again If you want to leave the menu...

Page 49: ...with the new sound The name of the designated setup will be shown on the display 7 With F1 the storage will take place with F2 you can still cancel storing 8 With EXIT you can leave the write menu Sto...

Page 50: ...e the POLYMORPH When replacing the battery or after an update an initialization has to be made CAUTION When initializing you lose all of your saved data To initialize turn the POLYMORPH off and follow...

Page 51: ...o get in the write menu 2 By using PAGE select page 5 The display shows 5 Init Sound ok 3 With F1 you can initialize the sound 4 Leave the write menu with EXIT Initializing the effect section of a sou...

Page 52: ...8 and all rows of the sequencers are running forward These functions can help when creating a new sequence And now how to do the initialization of a sequence 1 Push WRITE to get in the write menu 2 B...

Page 53: ...external sequencer dump utilities etc 4 Push F1 to start the data transfer 5 Leave the write menu with EXIT Send sounds Sending the user sound memory In this menu you can archive the 128 single sound...

Page 54: ...encer dump utilities etc 4 Push F1 to start the data transfer 5 Leave the write menu with EXIT Send all Send all POLYMORPH settings With this function you can archive externally the complete memory of...

Page 55: ...ange 0 Bank Change 1 61 68 97 103 105 64 Holdpedal 65 Portamento on off 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 Program Change 0 0 System Exclusive 0 0 System Common Song Position Song Select Tune Request X X X 0 X X System...

Page 56: ...ix 8 OSC1 Level 9 OSC2 Level 10 Panorama Mix 11 VCA Level 12 Fine Tune 13 HPF Resonance 14 HPF Cutoff Frequency 15 Filter Drive 16 LPF Cutoff Frequency 17 LPF Resonance 18 VCA Attack 19 VCA Decay 20 V...

Page 57: ...ck Filter 78 FX2 Feedback Filter 79 Distortion Resonance 80 FX1 Type 81 FX2 Type 82 FX1 Mod Depth 83 FX1 Delay Time 84 FX1 Feedback 85 FX1 Mod Rate 86 FX2 Feedback 87 FX2 Delay Time 88 FX2 Mod Rate 89...

Page 58: ...04 44 D ump data 05 ah adress high 06 am adress mid 07 al adress low 08 dt data 7 bit xx F7 end of System Exclusive Adress Map Adress Memory section 00 00 00 system parameter 01 00 00 temporary common...

Page 59: ...1 OFF ON 10 system exclusive speed 0 2 FAST NORM SLOW Common Parameter Adr Parameter Value Remarks 00 07 setup name 08 0B reserved 0C speed 0 127 speed bit 1 7 in BPM 0D groove bit 1 4 groove 0 8 0 10...

Page 60: ...re Trill Random 3A lfo 1 rate 0 120 121 127 3B lfo 1 pwm amount 0 127 3C lfo 1 delay 0 127 3D lfo 2 wave 0 5 Sine UpSaw DownSaw Square Trill Random 3E lfo 2 rate 0 120 121 127 3F lfo 2 pitch amount 0...

Page 61: ...tored in Setup memory section 48 transpose 40 88 24 24 49 sequence control bit 0 2 resolution 1 1 32 bit 5 realtime transpose on off bit 6 sequence on off 4A start trigger source 0 1 4 5 20 FREE SEQ1...

Page 62: ...Dynamics LP Release LP Cutoff LP Resonance Panorama VCA Level VCA Dynamics LFO 3 VCA VCA Attack VCA Decay VCA Sustain VCA Release Cutoff Freq Mod Rate Master Tune Master Channel Output Mode Local MIDI...

Page 63: ...Osc Envelope PWM Envelope LFO 1 Wave PWM LFO 1 Rate PWM LFO 1 Delay LFO 2 Rate FM LP Dynamics LP Envelope LP Keytracking LFO 3 Wave LFO 3 Rate LFO 3 Depth LFO HPFilter LFO LPFilter LFO 1 Depth PWM LFO...

Page 64: ...aseSUB U112 EuroSynt U017 SpaceSwp U049 Digitali U081 THE PAD U113 EuroSolo U018 MusicBox U050 SubBass U082 Organ U114 Mr Mr U019 SyncBass U051 FunkySol U083 AnaBell2 U115 ClusterB U020 70sPad U052 Bi...

Page 65: ...Sp06 REDFORC2 Sp22 Dr Trig Sp38 Dr Sound Sp54 OffBeat Sp07 REDFORC3 Sp23 FALCON Sp39 DrSound2 Sp55 Cluster Sp08 SLALOM Sp24 ClassicS Sp40 RADIUM Sp56 AnnaLog Sp09 INFRANI2 Sp25 BlasterX Sp41 RADIUM2...

Page 66: ...locate one write or call the QUASIMIDI Factory Service Department We will either refer you to an Authorized Service Center or issue a Return Authorization number for factory service Units returned to...

Page 67: ...nvelope generators EG for high pass filter low pass filter VCA and oscillator pitch AR Modulation intensity is also reversible Morph Sequencers 4 analog step sequencers with 16 steps each and 4 parall...

Page 68: ...dB 12dB 12dB OSC2 OSC3 LFO1 PWM LFO2 FM LFO3 VCF VCA NOISE EXT IN A D SYNTHESIZER 4 SYNTHESIZER 1 SETUP SEQUENZER 1 SYNTHESIZER 2 SYNTHESIZER 3 Wave Wave Wave Wave Wave Wave Tune Tune Tune Rate Rate R...

Page 69: ...Contact address QUASIMIDI Musikelektronik GmbH Bahnhofstr 44 35282 Rauschenberg GERMANY Phone 49 6425 93000 Fax 49 6425 930093 Internet www quasimidi com E mail info quasimidi com 69 Contact address...

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