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MOTM-510 ASSEMBLY 7/11/04
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Jacks

, containing

8ea Switchcraft 112A

Pots

, 7ea containing the following:

1ea 100 ohm Spectrol 148-71101

VR4

3ea 100K Spectrol 149-71104

VR1-3

3ea 100K Bourns conductive plastic

VR5-7

Front panel

Mounting bracket

Wire

bag, containing the following 12 wires:

5ea RG-174 coax, 4 ½ inches

2ea red/black 22ga. 3in.

2ea orange/gray/white 22ga. 4 ½ in.

1ea orange/white 22ga. 5in.

1ea red/black/white 22ga. 7in.

1ea Power Cable, 20”

Hardware

bag, containing:

4ea #8-32 x 3/8 black screws (for mounting module to rack)

4ea #6-32 x 1/2 zinc screws (for attaching pc board to bracket)

4ea 1/4 inch aluminum spacers

6ea #6 KEPS nuts

7ea small tie-wraps

Organic Solder

No-clean Solder

PC Board

, MOTM-510

Summary of Contents for MOTM-510 The WaveWarper

Page 1: ...MOTM 510 The WaveWarper Assembly Instructions Owner s Manual Synthesis Technology 6625 Quail Ridge Dr Fort Worth TX 76180 817 498 3782 www synthtech com June 9 2006...

Page 2: ...27 7ea 68K green gray orange R3 R6 R10 R13 R17 R20 R24 6ea 20K red black orange R1 R2 R8 R9 R15 R16 2ea 12K brown red orange R30 R31 2ea 1K brown black red R25 R32 2ea 10 ohm brown black black R33 R34...

Page 3: ...unting bracket Wire bag containing the following 12 wires 5ea RG 174 coax 4 inches 2ea red black 22ga 3in 2ea orange gray white 22ga 4 in 1ea orange white 22ga 5in 1ea red black white 22ga 7in 1ea Pow...

Page 4: ...loscope to check the output 1 Philips screwdriver Fingernail brush for washing off the organic flux Old towel for blotting dry pc board For more information of tools used and suggestions see the MOTM...

Page 5: ...lkscreen which shows where the parts go at the end of this document It will be useful if you locate the part on the print first put the part in the board then check off the silkscreen All parts are in...

Page 6: ...sistor and solder into R28 left of C16 Locate the 39K resistor and solder into R29 below VR7 NOTE position R22 to the right of JP2 is NOT USED and should be left OPEN PART 2 BOARD WASH 1 Verify all th...

Page 7: ...into L1 and L2 by JP1 Locate the MTA 156 4 pin power connector Solder into JP1 Note that the connector has a locking tab on one side The silkscreen symbol for JP1 has a line on one side indicating th...

Page 8: ...Missing joints Wash the board under warm water Scrub gently Allow to dry for at least 2 hours THIS IS A GOOD STOPPING PLACE TO REST OR PUT THE KIT AWAY UNTIL LATER You are now finished with the Organi...

Page 9: ...e bottom hole 2 Locate the red black white twisted wire It solders into VR5 The red wire goes into the top hole 3 the black wire goes into the center hole 2 and the white wire goes into the bottom 1 h...

Page 10: ...rear there is a beveled corner This corner is ALWAYS CONNECTED TO GROUND WITH A BRAIDED CONDUCTOR Each jack has a flat washer a lockwasher and a hex nut Remove the nuts and washers from each jack Plac...

Page 11: ...he 4 screws ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT of the oblong holes Loosely tighten the 4 KEPS nuts on the bottom THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP SO PAY ATTENTION AND READ ALL OF IT BEFORE PROCEEDING Note that each...

Page 12: ...to FULL OUT Solder the coax in J5 to AUDIO Z Solder the coax in J3 to AUDIO Y Solder the coax in J1 to AUDIO X This is somewhat of a stretch but it will reach Solder red black wire in J6 to OFFSET Z T...

Page 13: ...t panel pots fully counter clockwise Locate the KNOBS There are 7 regular knobs and 1 special pointer knob The pointer knob is for the rotary switch This knob goes on first and it is somewhat tricky t...

Page 14: ...small pre programmed analog computer It is set to perform 1 basic mathematical calculation whose end result is a warping or distortion of the input s The analog computer is the Analog Devices AD538 IC...

Page 15: ...ot obvious The solution the circuitry inside the AD538 does this for us if you really want to understand exactly how circuits can perform log antilog functions get a copy of the Non Linear Handbook fr...

Page 16: ...ted abusing it with audio One widely used application was electric thermometers Many of you have heard the term thermocouple A thermocouple is a temperature probe there is one in your oven made by twi...

Page 17: ...filter The FULL OUT has no filter and is DC coupled So The FULL OUT should ONLY be used for DC control voltages or LFO outputs WARNING IF YOU USE THE FULL OUT AND CONNECT IT TO AMPLIFIERS MIXERS DIGI...

Page 18: ...1 which simplifies to OUT X Y which the minimally astute reader will recognize as the transfer function for a classic ring modulator So if we are understanding things correctly the following patch sh...

Page 19: ...sync the S H speed with the OFFSETs on the 510 Here is a diagram of the patch LFO S H VCO VCO SQR 510 SIN SIN TRI SIN OFFSET Y OFFSET X AUDIO Y AUDIO X AUDIO OUT X IN 10 X WARP 4 Y IN 10 Y WARP 6 Z I...

Page 20: ...Farty Armpit Noises which is probably not PC Oh well LFO S H VCO VCO SQR 510 SIN SIN TRI OFFSET Y AUDIO Y AUDIO X AUDIO OUT X IN 0 X WARP 3 Y IN 0 Y WARP 0 Z IN 10 Z WARP 5 POWER ROOT FACTOR 10 VCO S...

Page 21: ...e DC offsets as well 3 Try using audio rate waveforms in the OFFSET jacks 4 Do something that I didn t think of yet make an MP3 of it and post it to the newsgroup Section 2 Mangling Other Sources One...

Page 22: ...u can destroy just about any innocent waveform I really love sampled Pan Flutes don t you Here s the final sample As you can hear nothing escapes the 510 s power to mangle TROUBLESHOOTING If your MOTM...

Page 23: ...evel 20V peak peak before clipping Output distortion Quite a bit actually Output SNR Hard to tell CONTROLS IN1 IN2 Attenuator for the sum of IN1 IN2 IN3 IN4 Attenuator for the sum of IN3 IN4 IN5 Atten...

Page 24: ...15V R4 10K R5 10K C7 0 1M R3 68K 3 2 1 8 4 U1A TL072 R1 20K C1 10M NP J1 AUDIO X LEVEL X VR5 100K LIN R2 20K C3 10M NP J2 J3 OFFSET X AUDIO Y 15V C2 0 1M 15V 15V 15V R11 10K R10 68K 15V R13 68K R14 10...

Page 25: ...1 4 1 5 V 7 VZ 2 VY 10 VX 15 IY 11 OUT 8 D 17 A 18 B 3 C 12 IZ 1 10V 4 2V 5 I 9 IX 16 U4 AD538 C10 0 1M VY VZ C16 10M D1 1N4148 C11 0 1M C17 10M R26 10K R27 10K C12 1000PF C14 0 1M 3 2 1 8 4 U5A TL072...

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