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MOB OF EMUS

Polyfunctional

Harmonic Sextet

www.rossum-electro.com

Operation Manual

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Summary of Contents for MOB OF EMUS

Page 2: ...e Some Noise 10 6 Tap Trig Button Jack 11 7 Real time Controls 13 8 Hex Mode 22 9 Channel Selectors and LEDs 23 10 CV Inputs 25 11 Outputs 26 12 Presets 27 13 Updating Software 28 14 Utilities 31 15 B...

Page 3: ...ed One that we highly recommend is Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming 2nd Edition By Jim Aikin Published by Hal Leonard HL00131064 Another great source of information is Chris Meyer s Learning Mo...

Page 4: ...part of the module While all Rossum Electro Music modules are protected against reverse polarity damage both to your module and your system care should still be taken to connect the power cable corre...

Page 5: ...5 3 Overview...

Page 6: ...relationships of each channel s independent programming What s more Mob of Emus harmonic control structure makes it extremely easy to combine its oscillators into rich additive timbres to combine its...

Page 7: ...deselect all of the channels toggle the LED channel output viewer and latch or unlatch a selected Option Mode CV Inputs The six CV inputs accept signals in the range of 5V and operate in one of 6 mode...

Page 8: ...the number of channels playing from 1 to 6 Option 1 Selects a preset harmonic series setting the frequency multipliers of all 6 oscillators simultaneously H GAIN MIX Sets Harmonic Gain Option 1 Sets...

Page 9: ...Six individual channel outputs and a summed Mix output NOTE You ll notice that the individual channels are labeled with 1 at the bottom and 6 at the top Given Mob of Emus various harmonic functions it...

Page 10: ...ociated LED will flash Click the button again to deselect the preset Once you ve selected a preset either monitor the outputs if it s an audio preset or patch the outputs to modulation inputs on addit...

Page 11: ...cute the hex trigger simply by clicking the Tap Trig button The Tap Trig button in combination with the Option button is also used to set the mode of the Tap Trig jack as described below Tap Trig Jack...

Page 12: ...ay once and then stop until it receives another trigger at which time it plays once again If a cyclical wave as would be typical of the traditional synth waveforms or the rhythm patterns the wave is r...

Page 13: ...on mode latches the ability to execute those functions as well Specifically When Option 1 is latched the Channel Output Viewer is active and clicking a Channel Selection button triggers or resets the...

Page 14: ...intricate rhythmic patterns you might never otherwise have imagined So now on to the controls FREQ FINE SEMI This control sets a channel s frequency relative to the selected octave NOTE The frequency...

Page 15: ...Mode it maps to the Sine shape The Sample Hold wave is generated from an internal random source IMPORTANT NOTE When using a CV to control the waveshape the CV selection is limited to the currently sel...

Page 16: ...The Smoothed Random output is the Sample and Hold oscillator followed by a tunable low pass filter The low pass filter cutoff frequency is determined as a function of the channel s frequency in order...

Page 17: ...etting Phase there are small dead zones at 90 degrees 180 degrees and 270 degrees to make it easy to set up quadrature LFOs IMPORTANT NOTE Options 1 2 are essentially two position switches In each cas...

Page 18: ...t 19 over 16 20 16th note quintuplet 5 over 4 21 16th note 21tuplet 21 over 16 22 16th note 11tuplet 11 over 8 23 16th note 23tuplet 23 over 16 24 16th note triplet 3 over 2 25 16th note 25tuplet 25 o...

Page 19: ...ts you control the balance of the six channels At full clockwise all six channels will play at their individually programmed levels As you turn the knob counterclockwise from there variable slope atte...

Page 20: ...elements As a result the timbre of the sound remains generally constant as the overall pitch changes With warping each harmonic element i e channel is shifted individually producing a variety of clan...

Page 21: ...channels See Chapter 10 for details Quantizer Scales 1 Off 2 Chromatic 12 steps 3 Major 7 steps C D E F G A B 4 Major Pentatonic 5 steps C D E G A 5 Major Triad 3 steps C E G 6 Major 7 4 steps C E G B...

Page 22: ...ers Wave unless is selected Harmonic Series sets all channels Harmonic Mixed Mode When Hex mode is enabled and one or more channels are selected all parameter edits will affect the selected channels n...

Page 23: ...already selected it will remain selected and all other channels will be deselected You can also double click the Hex button to select all six channels If all channels are selected double clicking the...

Page 24: ...full brightness to indicate the receipt of a trigger whether manually generated by the click a button or by the receipt of a signal at the TAP TRIG jack or at a CV input in Trigger CV Mode NOTE If the...

Page 25: ...o a six channel pass through quantizer Allows you to quantize up to six external signals patched to the CV inputs The scales used for quantization purposes are the ones assigned to the individual chan...

Page 26: ...nto an audio processing module like a VCA output module filter etc and then monitor it there Individual channels can be included or excluded from the Mix output using the Individual Mode Mix control T...

Page 27: ...with the original values i e your unsaved changes will be lost If a modified preset is deselected without saving it will default to its original values when next selected A Preset is a snapshot of the...

Page 28: ...Tap Hex Option and while continuing to hold them click the Preset 1 button While holding Tap Hex Option the software revision number will be displayed on the Preset and Channel Selector LEDs The majo...

Page 29: ...sequence to show load progress If a successful load occurs all 6 LEDs will be lit 5 Press the OPTION button to reboot using the new software If an error occurs all Channel LEDs will go off the HEX LE...

Page 30: ...er software that produces audio Any other audio injected into the stream will cause the transfer to fail If you re using a smartphone temporarily placing it in Airplane Mode will prevent any incoming...

Page 31: ...y to select a utility function While continuing to hold Tap Hex Option press one of the Preset or Channel Selector buttons to select the desired utility The available utilities are Via the Preset Butt...

Page 32: ...laying Harmonic Series Series 3 Powers of 2 Harmonic Gain 6dB Mix Gain 0dB Preset 4 Back up all Presets to a WAV file This function allows you to back up all of your stored Presets to a WAV file which...

Page 33: ...le so be patient for the LEDs to light 5 If all goes well the user data will be received and all six LEDs will be lit Press Hex to return to normal operation If the transfer wasn t successful an error...

Page 34: ...dditional actions When finished press the Hex button to rerun to normal operation 8 If the transfer wasn t successful an error code will be displayed in the Channel Selector LEDs Press Hex to return t...

Page 35: ...tion Mode CLICK WHILE AN OPTION MODE IS LATCHED Unlatches Option Mode CHANNEL SELECTOR BUTTONS CLICK Select for programming Deselect if already selected DOUBLE CLICK Solo Unsolo and deselect if alread...

Page 36: ...rily engage Option Mode 1 DOUBLE CLICK AND HOLD Momentarily engage Option Mode 2 CLICK AND HOLD HEX Latch Option Mode 1 DOUBLE CLICK AND HOLD HEX Latch Option Mode 2 CLICK AND HOLD Clear latched mode...

Page 37: ...e exponential frequency CV input of an oscillator Adjust Freq and Octave to control the overall rate of modulation Adjust H Gain to control the density of modulation Patch the individual channels else...

Page 38: ...faster ones towards the top Option Mode 1 is latched so that you can use the Channel Selector buttons one handed to manually trigger individual channels Patch external triggers into the CV inputs Patc...

Page 39: ...the six CV inputs Patch the individual outputs and or the Mix output into the modulation inputs of other modules Change any channel s scale by selecting it and adjusting the Quant control Change all...

Page 40: ...ether the system s 5V and 12V supplies potentially damaging the power supply and any modules that use 5V To prevent this Rossum Electro Music modules deviate from the standard Eurorack power connector...

Page 41: ...from the Rossum Electro Music team to Patrick Aurelio Jonathan Bliss Nancy Enge Reek Havok Mihai Ionescu Kurt Kurasaki William Mathewson Chris Meyer Bill Putnam Jr Hard Rich Kirk Southwell And it goes...

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