Studio Electronics BOOMSTAR, Operation Manual

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Studio Electronics Boomstar Manual Table of Contents
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1) The Design Behind the ‘Stars . . . . . . . . . . 1
2) Setup Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.1 Warnings, Precautions and Advice ........... 2-4
2.2 Product Registration ............................. 4
2.3 Smart and Safe Connections .................... 5
2.4 Boomstar Warming and Output Warning ..... 6
3) Signal Flow Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1 A Tim Caswell Original ............................ 7
4) Patch Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1 Sawtooth Bass Patch - Factory Reset ........... 8
5) Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
5.1 Front Panel ..................................... 9-10
5.1.1 Adjustment Holes
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9-10
5.1.1.1 CV input tracking adjust. ............... 9
5.1.1.2 Oscillator 1 high tune adjust............ 9
5.1.1.3 Oscillator 1 octave adjust .............. 9
5.1.1.4 Oscillator 1 initial tune adjust ......... 9
5.1.1.5 Oscillator 1 scale adjust ................ 9
5.1.1.6 Oscillator 2 scale adjust ................ 9
5.1.1.7 Oscillator 2 initial tune adjust ......... 9
5.1.1.8 Oscillator 2 high tune adjust ......... 10
5.1.1.9 Oscillator 2 octave adjust ............. 10
5.1.1.10 Envelope Drive ....................... 10
5.1.1.11 VCA Offset ............................. 10
5.1.1.12 VCA DC Balance ...................... 10
5.2 Top Panel ..................................... 11-19
5.2.1 SEM Controls
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11
5.2.2 SE80 and 700 Controls
.......................
11
5.2.3 Patch Points ............................... 11-12
5.2.3.1 CV IN - Control Voltage In ............. 11
5.2.3.2 GATE IN - Gate Input .................. 11
5.2.3.3 VCF FM - VCF Frequency Mod In ..... 11
5.2.3.4 VCA AM - VCA Amplitude Mod In .... 11
5.2.3.5 OSC Out - Oscillator Output .......... 11
5.2.3.6 EXT IN - External Input ................ 12
5.2.4 VCO 1 - Voltage Controlled OSC 1 ......... 13
5.2.5 VCO 1 - Voltage Controlled OSC 2 ......... 14
5.2.6 VCF - Voltage Controlled Filter .......... 14-15
5.2.7 ENV 1 - Envelope 1 ........................ 15-16
5.2.8 ENV 2 - Envelope 2 ........................... 16
5.2.9 X MOD - Cross Modulation .................. 17
5.2.10 LFO - Low Frequency Oscillator ....... 17-18
5.2.11 VCA - Voltage Controlled Amplifier ....... 18
5.2.12 Master Tune
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18
5.2.13 Bend ........................................... 18
5.2.14 Glide
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18
5.2.15 Dynamics
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19
5.2.16 ENV 1 • PW 1 - Envelope 1 to Pulse Wdth 19
5.2.17 MIXER .......................................... 19
5.2.17.1 VCO 1 - Voltage Cont. OSC ......... 19
5.2.17.2 VCO 2 - Voltage Cont. OSC 2 ....... 19
5.2.17.3 Ring Mod - Ring Modulation ........ 19
5.2.17.4 Noise .................................. 19
5.2.17.5 Feedback ............................. 19
5.3 Back Panel .................................... 20-21
5.3.1 Connections, Switches, Warnings ..... 20-21
5.3.1.1 Audio Out ............................... 20
5.3.1.2 MIDI ..................................... 20
5.3.1.3 Power Adapter Connection .......... 20
5.4 Side Panel ........................................ 21
5.4.1 Rack Mounting Holes
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21
6) Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
6.1 Liability ........................................... 22
6.2 FCC ............................................. 22-23
6.2 Canada ............................................ 23
6.4 Europe ............................................ 23
7) Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8) Filter Talkers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8.1 Bace ............................................... 25
8.2 Drew Neumann .................................. 25
9) The Ancient Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
10) Back Panel Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
11) Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
12) Blank Patch Sheet 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
13) Blank Patch Sheet 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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