Soundmachines NS1nanosynth, Руководство пользователя

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In the following picture you can see the floorplan of the synthesizer. The sound 'flows' from left to
right, following the classic subtractive synthesis chain (that in this case is just a 'topologic'
reminder, being a full modular synthesizer without normalled paths). From the oscillator to the
filter, to the vca and finally to the headphone/line out, the path is clearly visible on the overlay:
fig.2 NS1nanosynth floorplan
The NS1nanosynth is divided in three main areas: the Arduino/DAC/digipot headers (on the LEFT),
the main Modular synth area (including the ribbon controller) in the MIDDLE and the Digital and
Sensor headers on the RIGHT.
Regarding the middle section take a moment to learn the logic of the module's connections. It's
quite simple to understand that the lower row of headers is linked to the main modules (the ones
with potentiometers, such as VCO, ADSR, VCF, etc...) and the upper one, with the notable
expception of the LFOs output (SQU and TRI, for both LFOs) are the utility modules that does not
have direct manual control.
This manual will describe in detail all the aforementioned modules, the basic sketch loaded on the
Arduino Leonardo and its functions and finally a series of patches and techniques to obtain the
maximum from this small but powerful machine!!!!
Functional Description:
A quick word on the philosophy of this machine. The NS1nanosynth has been developed with a
few important things in mind:
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0-­‐a good sounding synth
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1-­‐completeness
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2-­‐affordability
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3-­‐portability