Installation and Audio Connections
The box in which the POLYMORPH is packaged is ideal for transportation. It is secured by
molded-polystyrene supports. One of these also holds the power supply adaptor in a small box.
We recommend that you keep the box and polystyrene for future use, in case you want to
transport the POLYMORPH for instance, or if you send it to QUASIMIDI for a software version
update, it must be in the original packing.
The following parts should be contained:
1 POLYPMORPH
1 stereo ( or two mono) audio cable with phono / RCA plugs and jack adaptors
1 power adaptor
1 owners manual
1 warranty form
After unpacking, the POLYMORPH
should be placed on a stable surface
and the power adaptor can be
plugged into the Power Input socket
at the back panel of the
POLYMORPH. The main plug can go
into a wall socket, but you should
ideally make all audio and MIDI
connections first before turning it on.
To listen to the POLYMORPH you
can either plug in headphones to the
top panel, or connect its stereo audio
outputs into 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 it into your signal chain if you prefer. We have supplied suitable audio cables for
connections. The POLYMORPH's main output is stereo, unbalanced and has a nominal line level
of around -10dBV. It also has two more additional audio outputs which you may also want to use
as well, but they are not necessary to begin with. They would be treated the same way as the main
stereo outputs.
Connecting the POLYMORPH to a mixing desk
The POLYMORPH's audio outputs are at line level and should require hardly any gain through the
mixer input stages. it is best to make connections with all the equipment switched off in case there
is any electrical fault, but if it is on, the mixer's channel faders that you are going to use for the
POLYMORPH input must be turned down or muted to prevent any electrical burst noises going
through to the outputs. These switch-on transients and plugging-in pops can cause severe damage
to loudspeakers, headphones and your ears, and will easily overload most equipment. Check that
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Basics
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