Controls and Jacks
There are 3 CVs that are assigned, based on what mode you are in. Each CV (called X, Y and Z) has a
dedicated ‘offset’ or PARAMETER and an external CV in (-5V to +5V range) with a dedicated attenuator.
It is important to note, just like on all SynthTech modules, the attenuated CV is *added* to the
PARAMETER knob position. If a PARAMETER knob is at 12:00 (straight up), then a -5V to +5V
unattenuated CV input will swing that X/Y/Z value “end-to-end” or minimum to maximum. This is exactly
the same as having no CV into the jack, and turning the panel knob end-to-end.
The 2 outputs (OUT1 and OUT2) are determined by the Mode in the Settings menu. SYNC is used to hard
sync the VCO or to trigger Sample Player. SYNC resets the waveform to its lowest voltage point.
Settings
The
Settings
menu is where the ‘mode’ of the E352 is selected and the options for that ‘mode’ are
programmed. Each setting has a unique way the 3 Parameter CVs (PARM X, Y and Z) are used within that
mode. The
Mode Help
screen will show how all the CVs and Outputs are mapped.
Morphing Modes
Morphing is the smooth transition (‘blending’) from adjacent wavetables
within the Bank’s 8x8 grid. If you picture a chess board with 8 rows and 8
columns, this is how the wavetables are stored in a Bank. The ‘X direction’
is within a row. The ‘Y direction’ is within a column, and ‘Z direction’ scans
the entire bank end-to-end (from the first to the last wavetable).
Menu item
Phs Interp
(Phase Interpolation) can be set to Off and
Glitch
can be set to 1 of 3 intensities to simulate older wavetable synths (like the
PPG) that do not smoothly morph. This also allows a specific wavetable to
be indexed, without any morphing from the adjacent wavetable.
The E352 ships with 3 Banks of wavetables that were originally in the E350
Morphing Terrarium (ROM A, ROM B, and ROM C). In addition, standard
‘analog VCO’ waves can be selected (sine, saw, etc) as well as 26 USR
banks created by the free WaveEdit application. The
File
menu page is used
to load in User Banks and individual wavetables.
There are 2 other Morphing modes: with a Wavefolder (
Morph+WFld
) and with a 0-360deg phase shift
between the outputs (
Morph+Phs
). See
Mode Help
for how the controls are mapped for these modes.
Cloud Mode
A ‘Cloud’ is 2, 4, or 8 VCOs that are detuned from each other. When a
Sawtooth is used, the old term was a ‘supersaw’ effect. The E352 can use
any waveform or wavetable for the Cloud. Each output can have a different
waveshape being ‘clouded’, but the 2 outputs share the same controls.
The 3 parameters are mapped as follows:
•
X – Spreads each VCO from the ‘root’ frequency
•
Y – adds filtered noise (Chaos) to the Spread amount
•
Z – the bandwidth of the filtered noise
If you select ‘Morph’ for a Wave type, the
Wv #
(0-63) selects which
wavetable within the Bank is being ‘clouded’. Wave # 0 is the first Row (0)
at the first Column (0).
