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Mothership Analog Synthesizer

User’s Guide

All contents © Absara Audio LLC 2008

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Summary of Contents for Pigtronix Mothership

Page 1: ...Pigtronixtm Mothership Analog Synthesizer User s Guide All contents Absara Audio LLC 2008 ...

Page 2: ...Index Welcome Anatomy of the Mothership Getting Started Guided Tour Limited Warranty Safety Precautions ...

Page 3: ...lligent Ring Modulator voices that can be combined to output complex harmony and a huge variety of F A T analog synthesizer tones The Mothership s sonic signature can be further animated with portamento pitch glide and tunable whammy control via expression pedal In keeping with Pigtronix tradition the controls on the Mothership have been tuned to provide the fattest possible tone and the widest ra...

Page 4: ...WHAMMY This is the TRS 20K expression pedal input for pitch bend 4 IN Effect input Plug in your instrument here 5 SUB OUT This jack is an auxiliary output for the low frequency content from the SUB OCTAVE and RING MODULATOR circuits only WARNING The SUB OUT should only be sent to an audio system that can handle significant amounts of low frequency content 6 GLIDE REMOTE This jack allows a TS latch...

Page 5: ...ls 12 VCO LEVEL This dial determines the volume of the VCO voice 13 VCO TUNE This dial determines the tuning of the VCO voice 14 VCO FINE TUNE This dial allows for precision adjustment of the VCO tuning Toggles 15 VCO WAVE This switch determines the type of waveform created by the VCO The left position is TRIANGLE WAVE the center position is OFF VCO mute and the right position is SQUARE WAVE 16 RI...

Page 6: ...EAN SIGNAL LEVEL This dial determines the volume of the clean signal voice 21 SUB OCTAVE LEVEL This dial determines the volume of the Sub Octave voice 22 MASTER VOLUME This dial determines the total output volume of the Mothership Getting Started Basic Hook Up 1 Unpack your Mothership and place it on a flat stable surface 2 Make sure you are using the 48 Volt DC negative center power supply that c...

Page 7: ... of the VCO tune knob You can tune the VCO anywhere from two octaves below the clean signal to two octaves above the clean signal Use the VCO TUNE knob to get the pitch of the VCO in the right ballpark and use the VCO FINE TUNE control to zero in on the precise harmony you are looking to create To reach the highest pitches turn the VCO TUNE dial all the way clockwise and use the VCO FINE TUNE dial...

Page 8: ...ationships between the tones do not change as in other ring modulators This is because the carrier oscillator in this Ring Mod circuit is tracking the pitch of what you are playing 13 Turn on the GLIDE toggle switch Set the RING MOD SOURCE toggle switch to VCO and set the VCO wave switch to Square wave 14 Now the Ring Modulator is tracking the VCO and takes on a different tonality Notice that now ...

Page 9: ... amount of pitch drop with the WHAMMY RANGE dial 24 Push the expression pedal all the way forward toe side and turn on the INTELLIGENT RING MODULATOR footswitch Make sure the RING MOD SOURCE switch is set to INPUT and tune the Ring Modulator to a unison sound 25 Play your instrument while sweeping the pitch of both the Ring Modulator and VCO Notice how the pitch bend of the VCO and Ring Modulator ...

Page 10: ...problem cannot be resolved we will have you send your pedal directly to us for servicing How to contact us for warranty service Email tech pigtronix com Warranty Limitations This warranty does not cover defects resulting from improper or unreasonable use accident unauthorized tampering or modifications and warranty shall be considered void if Mothership chassis has been opened Please consult the i...

Page 11: ... use only the 48 Volt DC 520mA Adapter that came with your Pigtronix Mothership DO NOT EXPOSE TO WATER BEER To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose your Mothership to rain or moisture If water gets inside the unit turn off the power Final Notes Years of work have gone into making the Mothership Pedal possible We would like to thank the following people for their help along the w...

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