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The Persephone

, user’s manual, mesi©2006

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Terms of Warrant

The Persephone has a one year term warrant after the date of purchase.
Shipping the unit back to MESI will be at the charge of the owner. Any
damage resulting from misuse of the instrument is not covered by the
warrant.

MESI MONSTERSYNTHS Team

The Persephone has been designed and developed by Marc Sirguy,
MESI/eowave CEO.
Aesthetic design, manual, marketing and export: Emmanuelle Gallin.
German version of the manual: Robert M. Heininger.
Special thanks to Gabriel Zurini for his help with the first prototypes and for
his helpful hints. Thank you to all who have shown their interest since the
very beginning of this project.

Contact & Support

MESI
6, rue Marceau - 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine – France
Tel: +33/1 45 15 41 95  - Fax : +33/1 45 15 07 24
 

[email protected]

 – www.eowave.com - www.monstersynths.com

CE & FCC Information

1.

 

Important notice: do not modify this unit. This product, when installed as

indicated n the instructions contained in this manual, is compatible with the CE
norm & FCC requirements.

2.

 

Important! When connecting this product to accessories or/and to another

product, use only high quality shielded cables. Cables supplied with this product
must be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instruction
could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.

3.

 

Note: this product has been tested and found to comply with the

requirements listed in the FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class B digital devices &
in The European Standart EN 50081-1 on Electromagnetic Compatibility –
Generic emission standart on residential, commercial and light industry.
Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that
the use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful
interference with other electronic devices.

Содержание The Persephone

Страница 1: ...The Persephone Analogue Fingerboard Synthesizer User s Manual MESI MONSTERSYNTHS...

Страница 2: ...i 2006 2 Table Of Contents Cautions Background From the Idea to the First Steps Connections Synthesis Section Control Section Hierarchy Of Controls Modes Table MDI Implementation Terms Of Warrant CE F...

Страница 3: ...E COVER OR BACK NON USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE Do not try to repair the Persephone its ribbon its expression key or its components inside Please contact Monstersynths for technical support Avoid al...

Страница 4: ...ssibilities that a generic keyboard could offer The fact that most of the non keyboard instruments with their new controllers required a new playing technique explains why they remained unpopular with...

Страница 5: ...ucing different pitches The force of the pressure controlled the volume of the output signal The fingerboard was marked to help the performer find the correct pitch on the strip and had a range of app...

Страница 6: ...the Electro Theremin which the Beach Boys have later replaced by a Moog ribbon controller with a Moog synthesizer in live performances Between the mid 1970s and mid 1980s several different types of n...

Страница 7: ...d resonant cello tone to a nearly human voice And on the highest pitches it can reach very high frequencies The oscillator waveform can be set between triangle and sawtooth for a more or less brillian...

Страница 8: ...sion and a suitcase version classic or the colourful punk rock version Just like on a Theremin the way the Persephone is played will define the instrument s personality The Persephone follows the trad...

Страница 9: ...D on the front panel is on Fuse The Persephone has an internal fuse to avoid the risk of damages Pedal in You may plug an expression pedal into the Pedal in jack 6 35 input With this pedal you will be...

Страница 10: ...ephone user s manual mesi 2006 10 CV Connect the CV out to the CV in of another analogue synthesizer to control it with the Persephone For a CV connection the pitch is on the tip and the velocity on t...

Страница 11: ...s from triangle to sawtooth Tune tunes the oscillator Finetune adjusts the finetune of the oscillator Volume adjusts the main volume Filter section FilterFreq modulation Low pass filter The Persephone...

Страница 12: ...is touched These changes in voltage are applied to the voltage controlled oscillator and the filter The voltage fluctuations are also translated into binary data and used to control digital modulatio...

Страница 13: ...on the amplitude of the note to modulate a tremolo In mode D the expression key will control the modulation amount of the LFO depth on the pitch of the note to modulate a vibrato Expression pedal An...

Страница 14: ...de C or tremolo mode The particularity of mode C is the tremolo The ribbon controls are the same as in mode B with the position on the ribbon determining the pitch and the pressure controlling the amp...

Страница 15: ...n Ribbon pressure Expression key Pedal A Pitch Filter frequency amplitude Volume amplitude B Pitch amplitude Filter frequency Volume amplitude C tremolo Pitch amplitude Modulation amount Tremolo depth...

Страница 16: ...ile flash ram Use the Persephone as a MIDI controller To use the Persephone as a MIDI controller or to be able to record and playback the sound on a sequencer it should be set to local OFF mode after...

Страница 17: ...com www monstersynths com CE FCC Information 1 Important notice do not modify this unit This product when installed as indicated n the instructions contained in this manual is compatible with the CE n...

Страница 18: ...The Persephone user s manual mesi 2006 18 MESI MONSTERSYNTHS 6 Rue Marceau 94200 Ivry sur Seine France...

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