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1. Manual Analog Synthesizer Expander Please read this importand instructions To avoid electric shock or fire never expose this equipment to rain or Y E moisture Useit only in well ventilated and dry rooms Never use a damaged power cord Do not obstruct any air vents in the casing of the unit Ensure correct mains voltage setting and correct fuse before connecting mains supply The unit must be earthed by the power cord Never disconnect the mains earth from the mains lead Protect the unit from strong impact If liquid or a solid object should have entered the unit or the unit has been dropped or the case has been damaged switch power off immediately and consult qualified service personnel or your appropriate JoMoX dealer Make yourself familiar with the warranty claim Unplug the unit before cleaning Clean with a damp cloth only Do not spill liquid on the unit Do not use any household cleaners If you should not use the unit for a longer period please disconnect the powercord from the outlet Never open the units casing The unit contains no user servicable parts Refer all servicing to authorised service personnel sunsyn version 1 0 user manual text figures Matthias Fuchs translation Joeri Vankeirbilck joeri belway com layout grafics setting Robert Siegel r tix gmx de Berlin Copyright 2001 JoMoX GmbH All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any means or in any form witho
2. ws S cr o rs E The free selection of midi controllers and routing elements creates lots of assignment possibilities One midi controller can modulate the amount of several Routing Elements with different intensities e Several midi controllers affect the same modulation with different intensities Press the Exit Cancel button once You re now in the edit menu level again where you can select several submenus TRL VELOC ROUT To assign Velocity press the Soft Button lt Veloc gt Velocity mee DEST Atm VC IP Gis You re now in the velocity assignment submenu This menu level is very similar to the midi controller menu Now the soft controllers have the following functions 1 Soft Controller lt VeINo gt Velocity Nummer Here you can select the Velocity Number lt 001 gt bis lt 008 gt Yes indeed there are no less than eight different velocity assignments possible i a D lt fa 2 D 2 Soft Controller lt Dest gt Destination Here you can select the destination parameter The same 32 destinations that were available for midi controller assignment are also selectable for velocity assignment The parameter settings that are interesting at this point are again lt RIAMT gt to lt RAAMT gt 3 Soft Controller lt AMT gt Velocity Amount Adjusts the intensity by which the velocity affects the Routing Amount value Its value ranges from lt 128 gt to lt 127
3. 2 cr e o c Q g 2 3 apo a buis unpusppy Manual Introduction First of all we d like to thank you for purchasing a SUNSYN and we d like to congratulate you on being intelligent enough to make this great purchase We wish you a lot of success and a lot of joy when working with the most powerful analog synthesizer on the planet the SUNSYN In the meanwhile we kindly ask you to fill out your registration card and send it to us or to your local JoMoX distributor By returning this card you ll become a registered user and you ll regularly receive news updates from JoMoX Next to that you ll receive free updates for your SUNSYN via our website at www jomox de So please don t forget to fill it out and send it back to us What is the SUNSYN Besides being a box of nuts and bolts and capacitors the SUNSYN is an extremely powerful analog synthesizer module It has 8 analog multi timbral voices each of which can have their own sound and be controlled by midi in many mind bending ways You could look at the SUNSYN as if it were 8 monophonic synthesizers in one case or one big 32 oscillator monster or any combination inbetween The sound creation is fully real analog right down to the fast envelopes and CV modula tion paths With the exception of the RCO s Ramp Controlled Oscillators and LFO s Low Frequency Oscillators all components of the sound engine and sound processing are made of classic discret
4. 3 6 VCF Filter Manual am i i EY TE P 1 The top level filter parameters we just described effect all active filter poles the same They override the individual pole settings The High and Low buttons and the four individual pole knobs affect each pole individually The High Low buttons By pressing the High Low button each pole can be set to Lowpass or Highpass The corresponding LED shows the active filter type for each pole Highpass allows higher frequencies to pass and cuts off low frequencies whereas Lowpass does the opposite The Pole knobs Use the Pole knobs to set the cutoff frequency of each individual pole This means you can set the frequency where each individual pole begins to filter The settings of these knobs define the filter slope of the entire filter The closer the knob settings resemble eachother the steeper the filter curve of the entire filter will be Using both the High Low buttons and the Pole knobs you can set the characteristics of the filter in a very flexible way Let s take a look at a fully elaborated example This example will guide you through the entire filter section in a more practical way To keep it as simple as possible we won t tweak the resonance and envelope settings yet Load Single Sound Nr 255 Initial Patch Lowpass 1 Both LED s 2 4 Pole gt light All four poles are active 2 All four lt LED s High Low gt i
5. e o c Q g 2 3 suns 33 EE II Quwiick Ste Manual QUICK START Try it out The first time you switch on the SUNSYN Check whether the Voltage Switch is in the right position Please make sure both the level of the SUNSYN and your mixing desk is turned down You could damage your ears or your speakers or both The same thing goes for the headphone level Switch on the SUNSYN by pressing the Power Switch on the back The displays as well as several buttons and LED s should now light The SUNSYN is now running an auto test routine After the welcome message the LC display shows 001 OUTI The top line of this info page contains the name of the current sound program its number and it shows whether it s a single or multi sound The bottom line indicates what the Midi receive channel RxC and Midi transmit channel TxC is It also indicates the active audio output Out and the volume level Vol of the program are The contents of the display are strictly informational at this point You can t change any settings at this screen This info page is the top level page In the next couple of paragraphs we ll explain some of the more important features found throughout the menus The complete menu structure will be explained later on Autotune Push both the Sync and Restart1 buttons at the same time You can find these buttons in the top left corner of the front panel Th
6. 3 Soft Button Midi Contains the settings of all midi functions 4 Soft Button Edit gt Contains all the menu driven features of the Single Sounds This includes output assignment editing sound names velocity and midi controller mapping and more In each of these sub menus you ll be able to edit parameters or in some cases you ll be pointed to another sub level Some of these menus also contain two pages You can choose either page by pressing the Page button Except for midi channel selection which we ve explained earlier on we won t get into the details of the menus right now We ll fully explain these submenus after we ve guided you through the SUNSYN s sound engine Menu driven Features 2 3 Ill Manual Single Mode Sound Programming In this Chapter we ll take a close look at the SUNSYN s sound programming possibilities The features of each module and the interaction between these modules will be explained in detail Let s first take a look at a SUNSYN Voice Voice FM RE Dest VCO 1 PWM LFO 1 LFO 2 RE Source Sync RE RE Ex ounce NER RE Dest VCO 2 od od IPWM RE Source 8 RE RE ync Source Mod Source Mod M RE RE RE Dest RCO 1 Y Cuto Res Amt VCF VCA Out RE Source E Y 2 RCO 2 a u RE Source lt e en t Ext In Destination RE Source RE Source A voice includes all modules all of which are made up of discrete circuitry except for the two
7. 5 Noise O ext In O Ouro Over Im uo 10 uo 20 Routing No Ouro 2 ven AM If you want to use the modulation of the routing elements only you have to remove the fixed path This can be done by using the amount knob of the VCF or VCA section This way you reduce or remove when the amount is set to zero the signal amount of the fixed path When the amount knobs of the fixed signal path are set to zero only the used routing elements are active The signal paths from the audio sources VCO s RCO s noise and external in to the VCF and VCA are hardwired When using routing elements to create send additional signals into the VCF destination VCF In the signals are added The VCF then receives a higher input level This can lead to internal distortion that can sound very interesting vco 1I O vco2 NO Control Elem O vco 1 FM vco 1 ni vco 2 nii O vco IN VCO 2 FM Reo 10 RCO 20 Oveo2 n Oveo1 PWM ENV 1 O ENV 2 O O ENV 1 VCO 2 PWM VCO 1 Key O VCO 2 Key O 1 2 3 4 O ENV 2 O VCF Cutoff vco 1 ev O VCO 2 PV voL d TOU a Orco 1 O VCF Reso Noise O Ext In O O LFO 1 Over In Lo 10 Lro 20 Routing No Otro 2 VCA AM 3 10 Routing Elements Manual E EET Y In short The fixed signal paths of the SUNSYN are the outputs of the audio sources VCO s RCO s Noise and EXT IN that are sent to the VCF and then to the VCA Signal path Envelopel which is hardwired to the VCA Amount Modulation path e Envelope2 which is hardwired t
8. N or Pulse Square Wave M The Pulsewidth knob sets the Pulsewidth of the Pulse signal Amplitude A parameter value of lt 068 gt means a symetric Square signal Reducing the value to lt 000 gt reduces the pulsewidth b Values to 127 wides the pulses Level defines the output level of the oscillator signals This Time parameter only affects the hardwired signal that goes into the Amplitude filter It does not affect the signal that may be used in a Routing Element more on this later on The level range is calibrated in such a way that it is possible to intentionally distort the signal Time VCO 1 8 VCO 2 3 1 o 5 e 2 2 D E dp EEP The Sync button can be used to hard sync VCO2 to VCOI This means VCO2 will be restarted every time VCO1 passes a zero crossing Depending on the selected frequency oscillator 2 will play some waves incomlpete This will create more complex waveforms Changing VCO2 s frequency e g by turning the modulation wheel and using it as a midi controller will cause a change in tonal character instead of a change in pitch Further on we ll explain how it s done E g you can use the sync feature to create f M 1 W aa cutting lead sounds Tina Amplitude 1 OSC 2 synced When Restart is pressed VCO1 will be restarted at a zero crossing every time it s triggered Due to the fact that the VCO s are real analogue they are always oscillating not only w
9. OG Gr Sr Sr A 4 A A j 4 de A Pole 1s CR CI e C 6 o e o m C UN 2 Manual MULTI MODE As you already know the SUNSYN offers an eightfold multi mode Each voice can have another single sound This combination of single sounds can be saved as multi program We ve explained already how to load edit and store multi programs A multi program also contains some other settings though and we ll explain those now The most important ones are the midi channels the single sounds which are contained in a multi program and the output settings Each voice is sent to the individual outputs via a internal SUNSYN mixer You can send each voice to a single out Controlling the voice levels also happens here Assign1 Assign2 Chan1 Chan2 Controller Controller2 Init Operation To access the top page of the multi mode menu press the Type button The LED Multi lights and the LC Display shows INANE 000 12345718 CHIN The upper line shows the name and the number of the multi program It also shows the program type multi The lower line shows the audio outputs and midi channels of each single sound that is contained in the multi The top info page can t be edited It s only meant to inform ou When the Type button shows the position Multi gt then you can use the Menu button and the Soft button Edit gt to access the edit multi me
10. RCO 1 RCO 2 Glide Init We ve seen the menu structure in overview in Chapter QUICKSTART MENU STRUCTURE If necessary you can look things up there again before continuing this chapter You re in the first menu level after pressing the Menu button The LC Display shows OBAL RRPGI MIDI Under each of these entries there s another menu level which can be reached by pressing the corresponding Soft Button Menu Driven Features 3 11 i 5 a D lt fa 2 D AA Y Global Menu In this menu you can adjust general settings which are identical for all voices It s split into four sub menus After pressing the Soft Button Global gt The LC Display shows CARD MISA External In XtrIn Here you can change the settings of the External Input They re explained in chapter EXTERNAL IN MENU DRIVEN FEATURES Card After pressing the Soft Button lt Card gt The LC Display indicates COPY STORE This is the place where you can set all PCMCIA card parameters All of these features are only active when a card is inserted The SUNSYN will show an error message Card DOS error if you try to use the features without a card being inserted The cards that can be used in the SUNSYN are PCMCIA photo memory cards with a maximum capacity of 16 Mb The SUNSYN can read Windows formatted PC Cards and all its contents o 5 e 2 2 D E ip
11. The output signal is not sent to the stereo out It s only sent to the selected individual output More Menu Soft Button lt more gt The LC Display shows RCO GLIDE This submenu also contains four submenus which you can enter by pressing the four soft buttons 1 Soft Button LFO This is the LFO menu You can also access this menu directly by pressing the Trigger button in the LFO section of the front panel All features are explained in chapter LFO s i a D lt fa 2 D 2 Soft Button lt RCO gt This is the RCO menu You can also access this menu directly by pressing the Edit button in the RCO section of the front panel All features are explained in chapter RCO 1 AND RCO 2 3 Soft Button lt Glide gt This is the Glide menu All its possibilities can be found in chapter GLIDE 4 Soft Button lt Init gt By pressing this button you can load the initial patch More details can be found in the paragraph INITIAL PATCH Fixed controller mapping Next to the midi controllers that can be assigned in the edit modulation menu all sound parameters of the SUNSYN are also mapped to a fixed controller number Their values are shown in the LED Display by turning their knob You can switch them on off in the midi enable menu You can find a list of their controller numbers in the addendum to this manual Fixed controller mapping 3 11 IV Muwilti Mode a gt oh mc A s QQ Y
12. The soft controller buttons have the following features in this menu 1 Soft Controller lt DIR gt Directory This gives you a directory listing view the contents of the inserted disc Use the soft controller to scroll through the wavesets sound programs and multi programs 2 Soft Button lt Copy gt Allows you to copy data from the card into the SUNSYN s RAM random access memory Because its RAM is battery backed the stored data remain in the SUNSYN even after powering it down e Here s how to copy a RCO waveset to the SUNSYN s RAM Press the RCO Menu button to get into the RCO menu Use the Soft Controller lt RCOBnk gt to select the bank to which you want to copy If the selected location already contains a waveset it ll be overwritten Leave the RCO menu be pressing the Menu button Press Soft Button Global and Soft Button Card to get back to the card menu Now the Soft Controller lt DIR gt can be used to select the waveset that you want to copy into the SUNSYN s RAM You can cancel the copy process by pressing the Soft Button Copy 3 11 Menu Driven Features Manual 3 Soft Controller lt Store gt not implemented yet 4 Soft Controller Format gt not implemented yet Miscellaneous Misc After pressing the Soft Button Misc gt The LC Display shows EI KNOBS MENA SMOOTH OFF The following features are located inside this menu 1
13. VCF ENV that can be combined in several ways Until now we ve looked at each module separately However an interesting sound is created by the influence several parameters have on eachother When we take once again take a closer look at the block diagram of a SUNSYN voice we can see its fundamental structure There are several sound sources a VCF to shape the sound and a VCA for its amplitude control These modules are set in a fixed signal path To play a different pitch or to create dynamic changes these modules have inputs that can be modulated via several parameters 3 10 Houting Elements Manual Some routings in the signal path are hardwired to speed up and to facilitate easy program MOD ming The audio signal of the EZB different oscillators are routed to RCO 1 the filter the VCA and the outputs e g This way you don t VCO 2 have to build this basic signal al path yourself The same things RCO 2 DES 2 happens with for the envelope generators Envelope 1 is Noise hardwired to the filter and envelope 2 is routed to the VCA Of course the oscillators are fixed Routings EXPIDA Env 1 Env 2 4 hardwired to the control voltages of the keyboard or Midi input This way they can play the correct notes pitches without having to define a signal path yourself To be able to explore the endless amount of sonic possibilities you should not limit yourself to these
14. switch the filter type to Highpass This means that all frequencies to the left of the cutoff frequency are Frequenzy removed from the signal If the filter doesn t seem to affect the signal in Lowpass mode then it ll have maximum effect when using that cutoff setting in Highpass mode Conclusion Lowpass and Highpass mirror eachother to a certain extent Accordingly the effect of the cutoff parameter reverses depending on the filter mode Lowpass or Highpass o 5 2 2 2 D E dp Filter Poles The amount of filter poles defines how steep the filter curve is It defines how much the selected frequencies will be faded out of the signal A certain physical law defines that a pole corresponds to a weakening of the Level frequencies at 6db per octave If you want a stronger filter that works more effectively then you need to cascade several filter poles For musical reasons a combination of up to four filter poles has become the most common filter Pole structure Frequenzy 3 6 VCF Filter Manual ra H TTT A A These poles then allow for a 24dB per octave filter 4 x 6dB The amount of filtering is named Filter slope A 2 pole filter has a Filter slope of 12dB a 3 pole filter corresponds to 18dB etc The Filter slope is in most filters a fixed setting and it determines the sound character of a synth to a large extent The higher the Filter slope the more power
15. 5 a D lt fa 2 D audio signal as modifier E g select an oscillator or noise as source and a VCO signal as modifier Both signals are multiplied ringmodulation By changing the frequencies of the source and modifier the resulting signal will sound completely different vco 1 NI VCO 1 IL O RCO 1 O ENV 1 O VCO 1 Key O VCO 1 PV O Noise LFO 1 Houting Elements vco 2 NO VCO 2 TL O RCO 2 ENVIO VCO 2 Key O VCO 2 PV O Ext KO ira 1 2 3 4 CATS O Routing No O Control Elem L O veo 1X L C veo 2 IM AMA OENV 1 OtNV2 ORco1 Ouro 1 Ouro 2 O vco 1 FM VCO 2 FM VCO 1 PWM VCO 2 PWM VCF Cutoff LI VCF Reso LI ONCE In LI O VCA AM AA Y vco iNO vco 1T1 O RCO 10 ENV 1 VCO 1 Key O VCO 1 PV O Noise O LFO 10 vco 2 NO VCO 2 n eco 20 ENV 2O vco 2 Key O vco 2Pv OO sie wae Ext ImO x tag LFO 20 1 2 3 4 ea O XO Routing No Control Elem O vco 1X O vCO 2 TL O ENV 1 O ENV 2 Circo 1 O LFO 1 O LFO 2 O VCO 1 FM O VCO 2 FM O VCO 1 PWM O VCO 2 PWM O VCF Cutoff O VCF Reso ver In O VCA AM It can be very interesting to ringmodulate an external signal Select Ext in as source and select a VCO or RCO as modifier Using drumloops and vocals can create very nice results A single routing element can also produce several modulations depending on the destination it s sent to E g by sending the ringmodulated sign
16. Amt gt Here you can set the intensity by which the selected midi controller affects the assigned destination Its value ranges from 128 to 127 The higher the value the more intense the controller will affect the destination Negative values deduct a corresponding amount from the original routing amount value 4 Soft Controller Curve gt This parameter sets the attack curve The relation between the amount increase and the midi controller can be set in four steps four curve shapes This way you can fine tune the way a controller affects a parameter lin gt linear constant increase Parameter Met Value log gt logarithmic the parameter 127 log increases a lot even with small controller changes exp 2 lt expl gt exponential 1 the parameter changes increase as the controller sends out exp 1 increasing values O 127 Controller lt exp2 gt exponential 2 as expl but less extreme i 5 a D lt fa 2 D Velocity Menu Soft Button lt Veloc gt The LC Display shows mo DEST ANT VC IP 000 In this submenu you can assign the velocity Up to eight parameters can be controlled by velocity at the same time Here also you can assign the destination parameter the amount intensity and the attack curve The features are the same as those of the controller menu The soft controller have the following functions 1 Soft Controller lt VeINo gt Velocity Nu
17. SUNSYN you can combine different filter types and you can change them in a very flexible way Here s a small summary of the most important filter parameters e Typ defines what frequency range is passed on Lowpass Highpass Bandpass e Cutoff Frequenz defines at what frequency the filter starts working e Flankensteilheit defines how steep the filter curve is e Resonanz feedback loop of the frequencies near the cotuff frequency After this guided tour we recommend you take a small break OK we said small break right Let s take a look at the SUNSYN s filter section VCF Filter 3 6 NN O0O C Decay Sustain SUNSYN Filter q Morph Resonance SS P Hi Hi Hi CH ES uv y x 1 Pole 2 Pole 3 Pole 4 Pole A Pole race ETR XN Input O p p p P mo e 2 Pole Lo y A E Pale 1 E Pat A Ga f Key Track NS Cutoff Env Amt Fi fenvelo pe ei um mes Attack The SUNSYN filter consists of four cascaded filter poles As we know each pole has a slope of 6dB Therefore you get a classic 24dB 4 pole filter o 5 e 2 2 D E dp The 2 pole switch allows you to route the signal to the mixer after only 2 poles This way you get a 12 dB 2 pole filter Note that the resonance works on all 4 poles even in 2 pole mode This means the resonance will behave as on a 4 pole fil
18. Soft Controller LCDct gt LC Display contrast Here you an set the contrast of the LC Display Its range is 128 gt up to 127 gt 2 Soft Controller Knobs Parameter smoothing You can switch the parameter smoothing on and off smooth the most used setting Parameter smoothing is active Turning a knob will cause fluent and continuous parameter changes without audible steps lt step gt Parameter smoothing is switched off When turning a knob you ll hear audible steps in the parameter changes This could be useable under some circumstances 3 Soft Controller MemPr Memory Protection lt on gt All SUNSYN parameters are write protected You can not overwrite an existing sound or multi program When you try to overwrite an existing program the LC display will show the following error message Memory Protected You can save on empty memory locations though off All existing programs can be overwritten 4 Soft Controller Service Service Menu These functions are only accessible used for technical service Tuning Tune After pressing the Soft Button lt Tune gt The LC Display shows NEPAGE FILTR ENP In addition to the autotune feature which is available in the VCO section you can control all user tunable features in this menu Menu Driven Features 3 11 o a D lt fa 2 D NN 1 Soft Button lt VCO gt After pre
19. The value range is lt 001 016 gt A waveset or bank contains 248 consecutive waves When Coarse Loop has value 1 only the selected wave will be played as loop When Coarse Loop has another value an increasing number of waves is played according to a mathematical scheme The start wave will always be the wave that has been selected through R1Wav Depending on the value of CseLop some waves aren t played or others are played several times Therefore the sound can vary a lot 3 2 RCO 1 8 RCO 2 Manual Ila _ ___ A LcoO en H mJ Qee EYE qe 1 3 Soft Controller FnLop Fine Loop This works the same way as CseLop but it only affects the first 16 waves after the start wave meaning this restricts the wave range to the first 16 waves after the start wave Together with the CseLop value this can create lots of sound variations 4 Soft Controller VC1Sy gt VCO 1 Sync You can use this parameter to sync the RCO s to the VCO s not yet implemented sorry e off When VCISy is set to off the waves are played in a static way just like any sample player Triggering a note will make the SUNSYN read the wave from memory Pitch bend can be used to modulate the pitch in real time on The RCO is synced with the VCO The RCO becomes some sort of sub oscillator with complex waveforms Interacti
20. as a starting point and continue working from there on 3 w Single Mode Manual VCO 1 and VCO 2 Both Voltage Controlled Oscillators VCOs are the SUNSYN s most important sound sources They re made up of discrete analogue circuitry Essentially they produce audio signals with different waveforms The different waveforms contain different harmonics and therefore have different sonic characteristics The frequency of the VCO s pulse width can be voltage controlled with the use of modulation inputs more on this later on The VCO s are principally identical The following control elements are available Range defines the octave setting from 32 to 2 The 16 and 4 buttons have dual functions When the 16 LED flashes the octave setting is 32 When the 4 LED flashes the octave setting is 2 Try it You can use the Semitones knob to tune VCO 2 against VCO 1 in semitones The transposition range is 1 octave The Cents knob can be used to fine tune VCO 2 against VCO 1 The range is one semitone i 5 a D lt fa 2 D Although the user interface might suggest that Semitones and Cents affect VCO 1 they only affect VCO 2 VCO 2 is always tuned against VCO 1 The Waveform buttons define the ampituae al waveform that a VCO produces You 7 can alternatively use either Saw Wave
21. filter cutoff by selecting the entry lt CUTOF gt in the destination list Or you could use a second velocity path etc Houting Elements 3 10 NN C 18 The Soft Controller lt AMT gt now adjusts the velocity amount It works the same way as the controller menu 19 The modulation now becomes even more complex Use the Modifier buttons to select the position LFO 2 The LED LFO 2 gt lights The modifier now additionally produces an analogue signal that originates from LFO 2 This now modulates the Routing Amount of Routing Element 1 All of this is once again influenced by aftertouch and possibly velocity Multiple Routing As we already mentioned envelope 1 is hardwired to the VCF cutoff and envelope 2 is hardwired to the VCA If we now use one or several routing element s to control filter cutoff e g the the signal paths are added to eachother The fixed signal path remains active as well The destination in this case the cutoff control input of the VCF receives both signals the signal from the fixed signal path and the signal from the routing elements This could be compared to cabling two cables into the same input of a modular synth vco INO vco 2KO Cicontrol Elem O VCO 1 FM vono vco2 n O veo 1N O veo 2 FM RCO 10 Rco 20 vco2n O veo 1 PWM 2 ENV ix ENV 20 ON 1 O veo 2 PWM VCO 1 Key O VCO 2 Key 1 2 3 4 ENV 2 Over Cutoff Z vco 1 Pv vco2 PV Ve EP dur e Orco 1 O ver Rese
22. fixed signal paths Here s where the Routing Elements come into play They create additional storable routings between individual modules You could think of a Routing Element as a cable or cable system that can be used to create connec tions between several inputs and outputs of different modules Such a Ncable looks like this Source 1 and 2 These act as plugs where you could drain off signals from the outputs of the modules You can define two sources simultaneously for each Routing Element You can choose one out of eight possible outputs or modulation sources Source 1 VCO Ix Audio Saw Signal of VCO 1 VCO TL Audio Pulse Signal of VCO 1 RCO 1 Audio Output Signal of RCO 1 ENV 1 continuous control voltage of Envelope 1 VCO 1 KV Key Voltage control voltage that sets the pitch of VCO1 This voltage changes proportionally to the pitch the higher the pitch the higher the voltage VCO 2 PV Previous Voice Audio Saw Signal of VCO1 of the neighbouring voice This way individual voices of the SUNSYN can manipulate eachother The voices are modulated in a cyclic way this means voice 1 is modulated by voice 8 voice 2 is modulated by voice 1 etc Noise Audio noise signal of the noise generator only Pink Noise LFO 1 control voltage of LFO 1 Routing Elements 3 10 i 5 a D lt fa 2 D NN CC Source 2 VCO2IxX Audio Saw Signal of VCO 2 VCO2TL Audio Pulse Signal of VCO 2 RCO 2 Aud
23. gets even more exciting when expanding the simple example we just described E g the intensity of the cross modulation can be dynamically controlled by a modifier When using an envelope the modulation is dynamically changed over time When using midi controllers the cross modulation can be controlled with the modulation wheel or any other midi controller Using midi synced LFO s can also lead to interesting results Because two modifiers are used for creating cross modulation you have to change the intensity of both modifiers the same amount One could on the other hand explicitely choose not to do this and use different amounts of different modifiers for both parts of the modulation This will not only change the intensity but also the sonic character of the resulting sound Pulse width modulation PWM Pulse width modulation can be used to create nice pads and evolving sounds Let s take a look at the VCO section of the SUNSYN As we know you can adjust the pulse width setting by turning the Pulsewidth knob Let s take a routing element and let s send a control voltage e g LFO to the destination VCO 1 PW The sound gets more lively and thick You can once again use a modifier to control the PWM intensity vco iNO vco2iX O O Control Elem O VCO 1 FM Veo 1IL vco 2 LO Oveo IN O veo 2 FM RCO 1 O RCO 2 VCO 2 TL ico 1 PWM g ENV 1 O ENV 2 O env 1 O VCO 2 PWM VCO 1 Key O VCO 2 Key O 1 2 3 4 O ENV 2 O VCF Cutoff g vco 1 ev O VCO 2
24. gt When the value is positive the effect of the velocity on the Routing Amount increases When negative values are selected an increasing velocity will result in a decreasing effect on the Routing Amount compare to the above described Controller Amount 4 Soft Controller lt Curve gt Velocity Kurve Sets the shape of the attack curve we ll explain this later on Summed up these two menus described above help you to assign up to four midi controllers and or velocity to control the routing amount which was set with the soft controller in the rounting element menu Houting Elements 3 10 NN Finally press a button of the rounting element section to get back to the routing element menu MT RANT R3AMT 000 An example We ll take a closer look to a simple and relevant example We ll use the filter to create a tremolo e g like a wind instrument The intensity of the tremolo will be controlled by aftertouch 1 Select and load single sound 255 Initial Patch 2 The first out of four lt Routing No LED s gt lights This means routing element 1 is selected 3 Use the Source1 Up Down buttons to assign LFO1 as modulation source The LED LFO1 gt lights 4 Switch off source 2 by pressing the Source2 Up Down button so that no LED gt of the source 2 section lights 5 Select NVCF Cut as destination with the Destination Up Down buttons The LED VCF CUT gt li
25. hardwired input which mixes the audio signals into the filter VCO s RCO s Noise EXT IN It can be used when you do not want to use the hardwired input or when you o 5 e 2 2 D E dp want an additional input VCA AM Audio input of the VCE This Audio input exists next to the hardwired input which mixes the audio signals into the filter VCO s RCO s Noise EXT IN It can be used when you do not want to use the hardwired input or when you want an additional input The signals that are added through Routing Elements are added to the fixed signal path This was a short description of the entire Routing Elements section Every SUNSYN voice can use 4 routing elements which means you can use up to 4 modulation cables at the same time per voice All of this is analogue circuitry So even the most complex combinations of all 4 Routing Elements on all 8 voices does not need any processing time that limits the system The SUNSYN does not make any difference distinction between audio signals and control voltages This means you can use both audio signals and control voltages to modulate the destinations A clear distinction between such signals is not possible anyway The LFO signal e g is a pulsating control voltage when it produces low frequencies When turning up the frequency into the audible range it becomes an audio signal Routing audio signals to control inputs will not always make sense In many cases the resulting sign
26. ll produce different intervals Interesting effects can also be produced by combining this feature with the LFO s as modifier Have fun and experiment 3 10 Houting Elements Manual js ap P H H J Jc M x a I FT i We ve now explained all features of the routing elements The examples have described the most important modulations This examples are only a small selection out of an endless amount of possibilities You ll find many ways to explore the SUNSYN s synth engine and we re con vinced this will broaden your sounddesign skills Take your time and try out as many things as possible Often small parameter changes will create huge sonic differences You can t do anything wrong and you can store everything so you can experiment as you like Menu Driven Features Next to the features that can be controlled from the front panel there are also some features which are hidden in menus We ve explained some of these features already during the description of the individual modules In this chapter we ll focus on the ones that haven t been explained yet Info Selection w Arp1 H Arp2 Xternin Card Misc Tune Midi EG it Selection Selection Chann Unisono Enabl SysEx Name Modulat Out More Selection Selection Controler Velocity Rout El Env 3 LFO 1H LFO 2
27. of the drumloop e g its volume fluctuates because the envelope follower of the External In modulates the Cutoff Frequency of the VCF Important e Compared to the extremely high output level of the oscillators the attainable level of the External In is relatively low To create more extreme effects and to get more intense modulations you should use several Rounting Elements parallel to eachother when inserting external signals You ll find more details in the Chapter ROUTING ELEMENTS MODULOMANIA To hear the signal of the External In the VCA must be opened by its envelope This envelope is started by triggering a note This means you must at least play one note on your connected midi keyboard or a sequencer must at least send a note on command to hear the signal e The more voices that play the external signal the louder it ll be This means that the more keys you play maximum 8 of course the louder the external audio signal will become at the SUNSYN outputs 3 4 External Input Manual Glide The SUNSYN has a glide feature What self respecting synth would be caught without one This changes the pitch between two successively played keys changes without steps The duration of the pitch change depends on the distance between the two successively played keys If the two tones are near eachother the pitch will be reached faster than when the two tones are far from eachother By pressing the Glide button the Glide functi
28. pages To see the entire menu you have to scroll between both halves by pressing the Page button An arrow in the LC Display indicates whether a menu consists of two pages This arrow appears in the lower left or right corner depending on what direction you have to scroll to see the other parameters E g the LC Display shows the following after selecting the RCO menu AV RCOBNK RIGHT 001 or 2 3 Menu driven Features Manual EY CSELOP FNLOP 001 001 Press the Page button so that the Page 5 8 LED lights to see the second page The Soft Controller knobs can be used to change numeric values You can use both the Soft Buttons and Soft Controllers to change other values yes no on off etc Every time you press the Exit Cancel button you go up one level in the menu structure To leave the entire menu structure and be taken to the top info page just press the Menu button After pressing the Exit Cancel button several times you will be brought to the top menu level The LC Display then indicates JBRL ARPOI MIDI From this submenu selection list you can enter the following submenus by hitting one of the soft buttons Sub menu choices are 1 Soft Button Global gt This sub menu contains global settings that are the same for all voices e g master tuning of the SUNSYN or the LC Display contrast 2 Soft Button Arpgi gt Let s you edit the arpeggiator settings
29. this you can use an audio signal to modulate the cutoff of the VCE When the resonance parameter is high enough so that the VCF is self oscillating pumping you get again FM In this way the self oscillating VCF works as carrier the audio signal that is routed to VCF CUT is the modulator 3 10 Houting Elements Manual vco INO vco2 NO O Control Elem OVCO 1FM vco11 VCO 2 ni O veo 1h O veo 2 FM RCO 10 RCO 20 O veo 2 n O veo 1 PWM ENV 1 O ENV 2 O ENV 1 O veo 2 PWM VCO 1 Key O VCO 2 Key O ek 3 4 O ENV 2 Over Cutoff veo 1 Pv O veo 2 Pv O DU S ORco 1 O ver Reso Noise Ext In LFO 1 VCF In tro 10 Lo 20 Routing No Ouro 2 O vea AM There are many possible ways to experiment with these synthesis features Not all results will be usable in a musical way Some of them will be rare and interesting to say the least It gets even more interesting when you modulate the FM Modulator which is the signal that is created by the sources with a modifier of the SUNSYN Since there are four Routing Elements you can make several modulations at teh same time the right tools for lovers of experimental sounds It s also interesting to carefully mix a smooth sound into the FM sound When controlling the FM sound with a very short envelope as modifier it is possible to create percussive sounds with a noisy attack phase Crossmodulation XM Cross modulation is also possible with the SUNSYN s synth engine The resulting sounds ar
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31. use a midi controller to control the modulation amount In this example we ll select the modulation wheel Routing Elements 3 10 NN X CC 11 Press the Exit Cancel button EL VELOC ROUE 12 Press the Soft Button Cntrl gt EDFST Him VCIP 000 13 Use the Soft Controller CtrNo gt to select the following entry MODWH gt 14 Use the Soft Controller lt Dest gt to select the following entry RIAMT gt Routing Amountl 15 Use the Soft Controller lt AMT gt to set the controller amount lt 128 gt By turning the modulation wheel up the modulation is weakened 16 To make sure the modulation wheel also controls the modulation of the second routing element use the Soft Button lt Cntrl gt to select the second controller path lt 002 gt 17 Repeat 13 14 15 The only difference is that the destination should now be set to the following entry lt RZAMT gt o 5 e 2 2 D E dp Now the entire modulation is removed by turning up the modulation wheel 18 Turn the Level knob of VCO 1 VCO 2 RCO 1 RCO 2 Noise and EXT IN to zero This way the entire audible signal is ringmodulated By opening the level knobs of the audio sources the signals are mixed together with the ringmodulated signal The signal that is sent into the VCF can get this high that distortion appears These can sound very nice You can prevent this distortion by lowering the lev
32. which should keep you tweeking into the wee hours of the night Everything works of course in the analog domain Therefore no operation is limited by fixed point calculation errors as in DSPs but instead offers the full dynamic range for chaotic effects which apear on many modulations What is the SUNSYN 1 1 2 ctr e o c Q g 2 3 c 2 p o o e m pu E 008 NN C S The SUNSYN has been conceived much like a classic modular system The amount and structure of the individual modules is fixed nevertheless but the connections and modulation possibilities between those individual modules can be made in a flexible and easy way allowing for gentle order or unrestrained chaos In contrast to a classic analogue modular system all parameters and modulations can be saved in the SUNSYN We also want to point out some peculiarities that are inevitable in a complex analogue syn thesizer like the SUNSYN Possibly you ve only worked with digital or virtual analogue synthesizers up to now Thereby you ve perhaps gotten used to the extraordinary noise floor or the lack of noise on digital machines In an analog machine like the SUNSYN you cannot always guarantee a perfectly clean or 10096 noise free signal nor would you want to In spite of using the highest quality components and putting the highest efforts into the design of the electronic circuitry the computer part d
33. 1 menu Make sure Page LED 1 4 is lit JAY RCOBNK RIGHT 001 001 The matching Soft Controllers now have the following functions 1 Soft Controller lt RIWav gt RCO 1 Waveform Here you choose one of the 248 waveforms that RCO 1 plays 2 Soft Controller lt RCOBnk gt RCO Bank Here you can choose one out of 7 available Wavesets Banks lt 001 007 gt Due to the fact that RCO1 and RCO2 always access the same waveset bank this parameter is always set for both RCO s at the same time The setting is automatically ported to the other RCO 3 Soft Controller R1Oct gt RCO 1 Oktave This lets you define the octave range of RCO1 It can be lowered lt 001 gt or raised lt 001 gt by one octave 4 Soft Controller lt R1Tu gt RCO 1 Tuning This is where you can change the tuning of RCO1 The display shows a range of lt 128 gt to lt 127 gt The tuning happens in steps of 1 16th of a semitone This means you can tune it 8 semitones up or down This menu also consists of two pages Using the Page button you can edit further RCO parameters mr CSELOP FNG OFF 001 The Soft Controllers now have the following functions 1 Soft Controller R1 RCO 1 Reverse This lets you reverse the way waveforms are played on off not yet implemented sorry 2 Soft Controller lt CseLop gt Coarse Loop This parameter defines the way RCO s play a loop of several waves long
34. A triangle A symmetrical ascending and descending waveform Use this for creating normal vibratos AA ascending saw Slow start and a sudden drop are the characteristics of this wave When the LFO frequency is low this can be used to create interesting filter sweeps N descending saw Sudden start and slow decay Can be used for reverted echo effects TL Square Starts and drops abruptly It s good for tremolos and many other things Because this waveform almost corresponds to on off it can also be used to cut up audio signals or to make them rhythmic we ll explain how it s done in chapter RoUTING ELEMENTS S H Random Random waveform Lots of interesting effects can be produced by this waveform When routed to the filter cutoff it creates the well known sample amp hold effects All kinds of bubbling sounds are created with the help of this setting When turning up the frequency into audio range you ll obtain some sort of low frequency noise signal Use the TRIGGER button to define whether the LFO is restarted at a zero crossing every time a note on command is sent 3 9 7 Triangle Time Saw up Amplitude A Time Saw down Amplitude Square Amplitude LFOs Manual Amplitude 4 Time note on note on note on LFO Trigger on Amplitude 4 note on note on note on Time LFO Trigger off When the trigger feature is
35. And then you could use the third routing element to Interesting also is a double ringmodulation Therefore we ll use two routing elements in the following way 1 Load sound program 255 Initital Patch 2 Press the Routing No button to select routing element 1 The corresponding LED gt now lights 3 Press the Source 2 Up Down buttons to choose VCO 2TFL as source The lt LED VCO 2M gt lights 4 Use the Modifier Up Down buttons to select VCO 1N as modifier The lt LED VCO 1N gt lights 5 Now use the Destination Up Down buttons to select VCF IN as destination The lt LED VCF IN lights 6 Press the Routing No button to select routing element 2 The corresponding LED now lights and the second routing element is now active i 5 a D lt fa 2 D 7 Press the Source 1 Up Down buttons to select VCO1 FL as source The lt LED VCO 111 gt lights 8 Use the Modifier Up Down buttons to choose VCO2TL as modifier The lt LED VCO 2TL gt lights 9 Now use the Destination Up Down buttons to select VCF IN as destination The lt LED VCE IN gt lights Take a look at the programmer section The LC Display indicates AT R2ANT R3RRT 000 0082 10 Use both Soft Controller knobs to adjust the modulation amount of routing element 1 and 2 Set it to the full amount of 127 The LC Display shows E RCANT RIA leg 000 Now you also have the opportunity to
36. PV O AI ORco1 O VCF Reso 5 Noise Ext In LFO 1 VCF In LFO mE LFO 2 O Routing No Ouro 2 O VCA AM If you want to control the pulse width of both oscillators you need a second routing element thatcontrols the pulse width input of the second oscillator Extreme settings 0 or 127 will freeze the oscillator It won t oscillate anymore so you won t hear anything To eliminate this just change the pulse width setting and eventually the modulation amount You can also use an audio signal instead of a control voltage to control destination VCO 1 2 PW The sound will have a noisy character Try it out Amplitude modulation AM You can also create amplitude modulation with the SUNSYN s synth engine Principally each modulation of the signal amplitude or signal level is a sort of amplitude modulation Envelope 1 which is hardwired to the VCA amount is an AM e g A periodical AM is obtained by routing an LFO to the destination VCA AMT When the LFO frequency is low you ll hear a periodical level change a level vibrato When the LFO frequency reaches into the audible range though or when using another audio signal for modulation the sonic charaecteristics of the modulated signal will change All of this can be done by using the routing elements Route one or two modulation sources to the destination VCA AMT 3 10 Houting Elements Manual You should keep the following in mind when routing an LFO to destination VCA AMT The VCA
37. SUNSYN contains Very little detail is given to what an oscillator is how does an envelope relate to a sound and so on These synthesizer basics are beyond the scope of this manual so we strongly recommend the following publications 2 ctr Et o o a Q ap fe 3 n German Analoge Klangsynthese written by Reinhard Schmitz Published by Wizoo ISBN 3 934903 00 2 You can find info about this book on the Wizoo site www wizoo de In English Electronic Music Systems Technologies and Controls written by Allen Strange ISBN 0 698 03602 2 Published by Brown Company Publ Iowa You can obtain this book from Times Mirror International London Fax 44 1713 440 019 The SUNSYN is a synthesizer with extremely complex possibilities many of which have not been available in this form before To get the most of the SUNSYN and to become familiar with it you should study this manual as thoroughly as possible Next to that we advise you experiment Einstein Endless possibilities are awaiting you Preparations Getting Started 1 Before You Start The SUNSYN can either be used as a desktop model or it can be converted into a 19 rack a Desktop Model All you need to use it as a desktop model is a surface that is big and solid enough aprox 10 kg weight The SUNSYN comes setup for desktop use b Rack Version For this follow these steps 1 First remove the wooden guaranteed no tropical wood used side panels four s
38. The following destination parameters can be selected for each of the controllers lt VCIPI gt VCO 1 Pitch lt VC2PI gt VCO 2 Pitch lt RCIPI gt RCO 1 Pitch RC2PI RCO 2 Pitch lt VCIPW gt VCO 1 Pulse width lt VC2PW gt VCO 2 Pulse width lt VCILV gt VCO 1 Level lt VC2LV gt VCO 2 Level lt NOILV gt Noise Level lt RCILV gt RCO 1 Level lt RC2LV gt RCO 2 Level lt E1ATT gt Envelope 1 Attack time lt EIDEC gt Envelope 1 Decay time lt E1SUS gt Envelope 1 Sustain level 3 lt EIREL gt Envelope 1 Release time 2 o lt E2ATT gt Envelope 2 Attack time 2 lt E2DEC gt Envelope 2 Decay time i E2SUS gt Envelope 2 Sustain level E2REL gt Envelope 2 Release time CUTOF gt Cutoff Frequenz VCF lt POLE 1 gt Cutoff Frequenz Pole 1 lt POLE 2 gt Cutoff Frequenz Pole 2 lt POLE 3 gt Cutoff Frequenz Pole 3 lt POLE 4 gt Cutoff Frequenz Pole 4 lt FEAMT gt Filter Envelope Amount lt RESON gt Resonanz Intensity lt VEAMT gt VCA Envelope Amount lt RIAMT gt Routing Element 1 Amount lt R2AMT gt Routing Element 2 Amount lt R3AMT gt Routing Element 3 Amount lt R4AMT gt Routing Element 4 Amount lt KYTRC gt Keytrack Amount 3 11 Menu Driven Features Manual Ha H E E _ EE mm 1 3 Soft Controller
39. activated the LFO doesn t run freely anymore Instead it s restarted every time a note is played This means for every note the LFO setting starts the same way Especially for percussive sound e g bassdrums and basslines this can be important to make them sound static and direct i a D lt fa 2 D Next to that the trigger button is used to enter the LFO menu where more LFO features can be set with the Soft Controllers Press the LFO Menu button of LFO1 The LC Display shows NE CLKDIV BPNMI ITR UTH INTR The corresponding Soft Controllers and Soft Buttons have the following features 1 Soft Controller lt SynL1 gt Syncronisation e Intr gt Internal The LFO1 speed is controlled by the internal SUNSYN clock and is adjusted with the Speed knob in the LFO Section of the front panel e lt MiCIk gt Midi Clock The LFO1 speed is controlled by an external midi clock signal The Speed knob is inactive 2 Soft Controller Clkdiv gt Clockdivider The clock divider splits the midi clock into note values The LFO is restarted according to the selected setting The clock divider s setting is identical for both LFO s These are the possible values e lt 32 th gt 1 32 Note e lt 16t 3 gt 1 16 Triole e lt 16 th gt 1 16 Note LFOs 3 9 o 5 e 2 2 D E dp ee AAY CO lt 8t 3 gt 1 8 Triole 8 th gt 1 8 Note lt 4t 3 gt 1 4 Tri
40. al to the VCF IN you can filter it It s not modulated anymore though By sending it to destination VCO 1 FM on the other hand the ringmodulated sound will create a frequency modulation with VCO 1 vco 1n 5 L RCO 10 L ENV 1O L o 5 e 2 2 D E dp VCO 1 Key O I vco 1 Pv O Noise L LFO 10 vco 1N O t G vco2 NO VCO 2 IL REO 2 EVAO VCO 2 Key VCO 2 PV O Ext nO LFO 2 t 1 ml O Ow OF Routing No Control Elem O vco IN Civeo 2 IM ENV 1 ENV 2 RCO 1 O LFO 1 O LFO 2 yco 1 FM O VCO 2 FM VCO 1 PWM VCO 2 PWM O VCF Cutoff VCF Reso O VCF In O VCA AM You ve only needed one routing element for all of this You could use the second routing element to rhythmically cut the signal of the EXT IN into pieces by the LFO and then let this control the VCA AMT veo INO vco 2 NO vco 111 O vco 2 IL O RCO 1 O RCO 2 O ENV 1 O ENV 2 O VCO 1 Key O VCO 2 Key O vco 1 PO vCo 2 PV Noise Ext mC LFO 1 LFO 2 O 3 10 Routing No O Control Elem O vco 1X O VCO 2 FL O ENV 1 O ENV 2 O RCO 1 Diro 1 OLFO 2 OVCO 1 FM O VCO 2 FM O VCO 1 PWM O VCO 2 PWM O VCF Cutoff O VCF Reso O VCF In n E ONCA AM Routing Elements Manual ism A a H Rm A EE TS N This way the FM RM Signal is rhythmically quantized
41. al will not be musical at all There s an endless amount of possibilities though which is best explored by experimenting 3 10 Houting Elements 048 Manual Operation Basic operation of the Routing Elements is simple Selecting a Routing Element Use the Routing No button to select the wanted Routing Element The corresponding lt LED gt will light When no LED lights none of the 4 Routing Elements is active The signals are then only treated by the fixed signal path Selecting the Modules Sources Modifier and Destination are selected by the corresponding yo dee ae Up Down buttons The lt LED gt of the us selected module input output lights D E g when no LED is lighting for Source1 2 then these sources are not used The modifier parameter Control Element is always active All other modifiers have to be selected to activate them The LED positions allow you to see the entire signal path at a glance euro When pushing a button in the Routing Elements section the LC Display of the programming section will show the correct mode AT RANT RIANT 000 000i Setting the Modulation Routing A mount Use Soft Controller 1 4 to set the Routing Amount or modulation intensity which is the fixed setting for each of the 4 Routing Elements Each Soft Controller then works the same way as like an Amount knob of the fixed signal path e g Filter Env Amt in the Filter Section Using midi contr
42. ations The possibilities are endless We really recommend to get familiar with all the possibilities so you can build your own signal flows one by one You can t do anything wrong A worst case scenario would be that the sound is unusable Then you could simply reset the entire patch by loading Initial Patch No 255 We haven t mentioned a couple of other functions and modulation possibilitites because they re kind of exotic or they are only additions to other features Here they are Doubling signal paths At first sight it might appear useless to give several routing elements the exact same signal i 5 a D lt fa 2 D path We want to remind you though that all signal paths in the routing elements are hardware circuitry and that all signals voltages physically exist This means that when using the same signal paths for several routing elements the signals or voltages will add up The resulting sound might be distorted and can become warmer and more powerful A modulation can also become more intense E g you could double the signal path of the envelopes Parallel to the fixed signals paths to VCF cutoff and VCA amount these modulations can be doubled with the use of routing elements It s interesting to know that the sound might also become more powerfull by doing this Due to the fact that the External In level is relatively low compared to the oscillators we recommend to layer routings that include the external signals i
43. ay after releasing the keys Keys that are pressed consecutively are inserted into the arpeggio When more than 8 notes are played the first played note is replaced by the last played one Last note priority lt off gt The arpeggio only plays as long as you hold the keys 4 Soft Controller lt Speed gt you can set the tempo of the arpeggio between lt 001 gt and lt 127 gt The arpeggiator menu contains two pages as the arrows in the LC display indicate You can see the second half of the arpeggiator menu by pressing the Page button 3 11 Menu Driven Features 068 Manual nanc O R O D TT The LC Display now shows The soft controllers buttons now have the following functions 1 Soft Controller Direc Direction lt Up gt an ascending sequence is produced lt Down gt a descending sequence is produced lt Up Dn gt an alternating ascending and descending sequence is produced lt Rndm gt the played notes are played in a random order 2 Soft Controller Sync Synchonisation Here you can synchronise the tempo of the arpeggiator to an incoming midi clock signal on off gt 3 Soft Controller Chord Chord 4 Soft Controller Mode gt Midi Menu All midi setti
44. basic functioning though you ll see that it s very simple and as versatile as a real modular system Read the paragraph above several times to fully understand it Try to become familiar with the terms Routing Amount and Controller Velocity Amount and do not confuse with each ohter At least have a break again have a drink or cigarette or better something healthy like tea or so Houting Elements 3 10 ee 7 11 OCCC S T The modulation signal that we have up to here is a mix of two sources modulated by a modifier possible affected by a midi controller and or audio signal with a intensity that s set by Soft Controllers This can now be routed to one destination As we already mentioned you can select one out of eight possible destinations Destination VCO1 FM Frequency modulation of VCO1 This has access to the Pitch control input of VCOI VCO 2 FM Frequency modulation of VCO2 This has access to the Pitch control input of VCO2 VCO 1 PW Pulse width modulation of VCO1 This accesses the Pulse width control input of VCOI VCO 2 PM Pulse width modulation of VCO2 This accesses the Pulse width control input of VCO2 VCF Cutoff Cutoff frequency of the VCE This control input exists next to the hardwired routing of envelope 1 to the VCF Cutoff frequency VCF Reso Accesses the control input of the VCF resonance VCF In Audio input of the VCE This Audio input exists next to the
45. ble range All frequencies below the cutoff frequency are filtered out of the signal Conclusion highpass and lowpass work in the opposite way The following settings are similar to the Lowpass filter When you turn all pole knobs fully anticlockwise or to the middle or when you turn them to whatever direction as long as all 4 poles have the same setting the filter will always be a 24dB highpass filter Only the range of the cutoff knob will change By giving individual poles different settings you can make the o 5 e 2 D E ip filter slope less steep Bandpass Next to a lowpass and a highpass filter the SUNSYN also offers a bandpass filter You can create such a bandpass filter by combining highpass and lowpass poles High and low frequencies are filtered out of the audio signal and only one frequency band is passed on Press the Pol 1 2 buttons and set them to lt Lo gt The Pol 3 4 buttons should be set to lt Hi gt Turn all Pol 1 4 knobs fully anticlockwise All pole cutoff frequencies have the same setting We have a 24dB filter Two poles are set to lowpass and two are set to highpass so both filter are 12dB filters The characteristics of the filters are almost identical in theory that is Cutoff Cutoff Cutoff Level A l Level Level l i Frequenzy i Frequenzy Frequenzy j j l l l l l l l Low Pass High Pass renun Band Pass Once again the Cutoff knob can b
46. but it will also make it meet your demands as a professional tool So if you have realistic suggestions or comments please share them with us We ll also gladly accept any sounds you have made with your SUNSYN We ll include the best ones in our library which we ll make available to all users Finally we re also very interested in any info about productions that include your SUNSYN Information on this or recording media which feature the SUNSYN are welcomed Greetings Your JoMoX Team Berlin Mai 2001 Addendum 5 w Addendum 084 Warranty All JoMoX products are covered by a warranty against manufacturing defects for a period of one year from the date of purchase This warranty is only valid if the receipt is added to the faulty unit JoMoX in germany or its authorized distributor will do its best to ensure that any fault is remedied as quickly as possible This warranty is in addition to our general terms of business This warranty does not cover any of the following e Carriage to and from the dealer or factory for inspection or repair If the unit should have been damaged in transit contact the responsible haulage company immediately Any damage or faults caused by abuse negligence improper operation storage or maintenance e Consequential loss or damage direct or indirect of any kind however caused 2001 JoMoX GmbH
47. button The parameter length doesn t change though the direction changes The attack parameter e g now produces an ascending control voltage This means it will close the filter The envelope amount of the filter envelope is set in the filter section of the SUNSYN The Amount knob is used to set its intensity towards the filter cutoff LFOs The SUNSYN has two LFO s or Low Frequency Oscillators per voice These oscillators produce a low frequency pulsating signal It can be used for modulating other parameters When a sound needs a periodic change e g a tremolo you can route the LFO to the VCF amount The Routing Elements which we ll explain later on offer a variety of possibilities to make the LFO s modulate other parameters The following parameters can be set in the LFO section Next to that there s an LFO menu that appears in the LC Display when you press the Trigger button LFOs 3 9 o 5 e 2 2 D E dp Nr The Delay button is used to delay the start of the LFO s The delay range is between 0 015 sec and 5 sec An example is the delayed start of a vibrato if a flute alike sound Use the Rate knob to set the frequency of the LFO s This means the speed of the modulation The LFO s can be used up to audio frequency This can lead to very interesting sounds try it out The Waveshape button lets you choose between the waveforms of the LFO s The available waveforms are
48. ce manual to read and to make the most important functions easily recognisable all control elements of the front panel that are mentioned in the text are placed between parantheses Cutoff in a bold font The contents of a display are also written in bold but are placed inside arrows 040 gt Example Turn the Cutoff knob until the LC Display shows lt 040 gt Manual Layout To make sure we do not overload you with too much information some features will only be explained briefly at first but they ll be fully explained later on so sit back relax and enjoy 1 2 About this Manual Manual Please don t be worried if you don t find something explained entirely the first time you encounter the topic We ve attempted to layout information in a logical manner without getting too detailed right away can you say medical textbook You ll become very familiar with all related topics the more you work with this manual and the SUNSYN The Ugly Truth Maybe you re already a synthesizer guru and can program bass patches in your sleep If so you might already be familiar with certain chapters in this manual which would allow you to skip them In case you haven t had the opportunity to work with synthesizers yet and especially if you re new to terms like oscillator filter modulation and midi we would recom mend you read other literature in addition to the SUNSYN manual The manual s main focus is to explain how to use the features the
49. crews need to be removed on each side 2 After removing the metal side panels please mount both metal screws into their places at the lower casing surface 3 Put the wooden panels aside and turn the metal side panels around The rack ears point upwards 4 Attach the metal side panels again with the 9 screws The SUNSYN is now ready to be put into a rack Preparations 1 3 NN OCC B IL I Rackmounting O black Screw c 2 p o o e m pu E Fig 1 Fig 2 Caution The SUNSYN gets hot VERY HOT It has an electronically controlled cooling system to keep the internal temperature stable Of course this system only works well when enough fresh air can flow through the machine Therefore you have to keep the ventilation slots uncovered If you use it as a desktop unit please make sure that the rubberfeet will not subside into the surface you put the unit on If you use your SUNSYN as a rack unit please keep at least 1U above and below the machine open If possible do not put it near another machine that produces a lot of heat as well If you ve built your SUNSYN into a rack and you can t stand visible cables we recommend blind panels with air slots IMPORTANT Please save the original packaging If you don t have a suitable case for transportation you can still use the original packaging By the way did you fill out your registration card yet Please send it to us Connecti
50. details on this works later on Headphone Out Stereo headphones can be connected to the Headphone output This output monitors the signal of the Stereo Outs which in turn is a mix of all eight voices There is a separate Phones knob to control the output level Midi Connections The SUNSYN contains a Midi IN OUT and THRU Connect the Midi In to the Midi Out of your master keyboard computer hardware sequencer etc Connect the Midi Out or Midi Thru to the Midi In of your computer hardware sequencer etc Avoid midi loops unless you like the effect It s a rule of thumb to keep the cables as short as possible PCMCIA Card Slot The card slot on the backside of the SUNSYN accepts PCMCIA cards photocard type The maximum capacity of acceptable card is 16MB You can store sound programs and multi programs on it In addition you can also put the raw material WAV files for the RCO s on a card RCO s are digital oscillators that can play digital waveforms or short samples 248 waveforms are bundled into each Waveset A card can store up to 63 Wavesets We ll explain all the details later in the manual Insert the card label up into the cardslot until it clicks into the slot To remove it push the release button and then carefully pull the card out of the slot Sheree Ove Inthe Oot Midi ln Midi Thre Mili Our term ln Right Hemdphore Ows 047 046 045 Os Ow3 041 Ow LUUD a ae Connections Input Output 1 4 2 ct
51. e very popular Basically a cross modulation is a double frequency modulation When using frequency modulation the output signal of oscillator 1 modulates the frequency of oscillator 2 With cross modulation the output signal of oscillator 2 additionally modulates the frequency of oscillator 1 i 5 a D lt fa 2 D routing elements The most simple setup looks like this In the first routing element we select VCO 1 as source1 The modifier is Controller This signal is sent to the destination VCO 2 FM Now VCO 2 is frequency modulated by VCO 1 The intensity can be controlled by the soft controller if desired In the second routing element we choose VCO 2 as source2 The osc 2 modifier is once again Controller and the destination is VCO 1 FM That s it Now you can change the oscillator parameters and listen to the changes You can also control the modulation intensity with help of the soft controllers When using Pulse signals you could e g change the pulse width To realise this interconnection between the oscillators you need two e OSC 1 In most synthesizers the modulation intensity affects both oscillators directions with the same intensity Since the SUNSYN uses two routing elements both of which can be controlled and changed independently you can create asymmetrical cross modulations So the SUNSYN once again offers extended possibilitites Houting Elements 3 10 NN O C It
52. e Routing Elements It can be inserted at Source2 Ext In in the routing element matrix See the LED in the Routing Elements section External Input 3 4 NN on The external signal is also sent to the SUNSYN s mixer This is in turn hardwired to the filter and the VCA 5 To get out of the External In menu you press the Menu button or you press the Exit Cancel button several times Envelope Follower As we already mentioned you can send audio signals and control voltages into the External In These control voltages can be used to modulate some parameters When trying to send an audio signal to a control input of a SUNSYN module to modulate the VCF Cutoff Frequency e g there will be a need for an envelope follower The envelope follower extracts a smoothed control voltage out of the audio signal This control voltage will follow the audio signal s volume envelope BEP tlh Mol Aa HENO JAI Time Time Time original Audio Signal rectified Audio Signal deduced Control Voltage This control voltage can now through the means of Routing Elements more on this later on be used to modulate one or several SUNSYN parameters The external signal will modulate the SUNSYN parameters o 5 e 2 2 D E dp An example we ll explain how it s done in the Chapter ROUTING ELEMENTS e We send a drumloop into the External In The SUNSYN produces a sound which changes in sync to the rhythm
53. e analog circuitry to make the sound as powerful raw and animated as possible One of the truly interesting features of the SUNSYN is the inclusion of the RCO oscillators You have access to two of these per voice 16 in total that contain digital wavefiles that can be manipulated much like wavetables but in this case are driven by the analog oscillators for truly exotic sounds Additionally these RCOs have adjustable levels and one has the possibility to even load in their own waveforms More on this later Another interesting feature found only on the SUNSYN is one of the most flexible and versatile filters on the planet You have access to each of the four filters poles via dedicated knobs and can set individual low high characteristics for each pole thus enabling many different filter variations continously from 12dB to 18dB and 24dB The filter is also switchable between 2 and four poles Additionally you are able to store 2 filters scenes snapshots per voice and to morph between these two settings in the analog domain One such filter per voice The routing system consists of a very versatile CV modulation matrix that allows easy flexible and saveable connections to be made between various analog components including the digital RCOs and external sound sources You are given 4 routing elements per voice 2 sources 1 modifier and 1 destination each in addition to the fixed routings Many options and possibilities arise in this section
54. e used to set the starting point of the filter thereby changing the audio signal drastically again E g when you turn the pole 4 knob the highpass part of the filter which consists of pole 3 and pole 4 becomes less effective The bandpass is less symmetrical the sound is changed and the low frequencies are boosted As you see and hear you can create endless amounts of filter characteristics by changing the pole combinations and filter slopes Everything can be freely combined 3 6 VCF Filter Manual DE A o i a et ET SD We ve left out the resonance parameter to keep the introduction to the SUNSYN s filter as simple as possible We ve also left out the filter envelope Tweak the resonance knob and make the sound change dynamically by using envelopel Use the env amount parameter to set the intensity of the envelope on the filter more details on the envelope in the next chapter The possibilities might seem a bit confusing at first It s not necessary however to understand all the details in order to use the filter effectively Experimenting also leads to endless useful sonic variations Not all settings will have a big effect or will be musically interesting As always with the SUNSYN we offer you all possibilities to create the biggest possible sonic potential and to experiment for a long time You have an exceptional filter toolb
55. el this is done by turning the soft controllers mount for routing element 1 and 2 19 Press any button in the routing element section AT R2ANT RIANT 127 OMM 20 Turn the Soft Controller knobs that correspond to the routing amount of routing element 1 and 2 This lowers the ringmodulated signal level 21 You can change the signal proportions by additionally turning down the Level knobs in the oscillator section 22 To store all settings of this sound we point you at paragraph STORING SINGLE SOUNDS 3 10 Houting Elements Manual This fully elaborated example can also be applied to other modulation routings As a matter of fact you only need to change the selection of the routing elements and the signal and modulation amounts as well as the midi controllers As you see the routing section has no more mysteries Self modulation A module can also modulate itself A simple example would be the following Select VCO 1 N as source of routing element 1 The destination should be VCO 1 FM The oscillator now modulates itself The result is nothing spectacular In combination with other modulation possibilities though interesting sounds can be produced Once you re familiar with the routing elements you can combine cross modulation with other kinds of modulation With the help of additional routing elements you can ringmodulate the resulting sounds add pulse width modulation or insert external signals into the modul
56. ents of these fixed controllers are listed in an addendum to this manual SysEx Menu Soft Button lt SysEx gt The LC Display shows SEN BDUNP BLOAD In this submenu the System Exclusive data transfers are controlled The entire memory contents sound programs and multi programs can be transferred from and to a computer or SUNSYN in a midi SysEx dump The three soft buttons have the following functions Menu Driven Features 3 11 o 5 e 2 D E ip NY CC 1 Soft Button lt SysEn gt SysEx Enable Here you can start a transfer dump of SysEx data to a connected device 2 Soft Button lt Bdump gt Bulk Dump Here you can start a transfer dump of SysEx data to a connected device e Set the Soft Button lt SysEn gt to lt on gt Make sure the reception device is ready to receive the data e Start the dump by pressing the Soft Button lt Bdump gt The LC Display shows the transfer progress BULK DUMP ASE WAIT The LED Display flashes lt Bsy gt to indicate that the device is busy After a succesful data transfer the LC Display shows The LED Display shows lt rdy gt which stands for ready 3 Soft Button lt Bload gt Bulk Load Here you can load SysEx data e Set the Soft Button lt SysEx gt to lt on gt Make sure the device which is going to send the data is ready to send e Start the dump by pressing the Soft Button
57. er and it also seems smoother It reminds us a bit of the old SEM filter You almost get the same result when doing the opposite by turning pole 1 2 fully clockwise and pole 3 4 fully anticlockwise VCF Filter 3 6 NN CC To build an 18dB 3 pole filter you could turn Pole knob 1 3 fully anticlockwise and Pole knob 4 fully clockwise The sound now gets a more nasally colour When you turn back the pole 4 knob a bit the sound might resemble the well known Roland TB 303 This way the most diverse filter characteristics can be produced depending on the pole settings They are infinitely variable Not all settings will create dramatic sonic changes In some instances the cutoff frequency will be out of the audible range Depending on the filter slope the audio signal can either vary in level or it can be completely silent In that case do not start to wonder why that is just keep experimenting instead Highpass Next we ll take a closer look at the highpass settings Press all 4 Lo Hi buttons until the lt Hi gt LED s light All four filter poles are now set to highpass Turn all 4 Pole knobs fully clockwise and turn the Cutoff knob fully anticlockwise You now hear a thin hi frequency intensive sound which the 24dB 4 pole filter passes Turn the Cutoff knob fully clockwise the sound gets thinner more quiet and until it completely disappears You ve now set the cutoff frequency of the filter out of audi
58. evel knob the corresponding LED gt will light when there is no signal or the signal level is too low You should then use the Gain button to boost the level or turn back the Level knob to avoid background noise So please do not confuse this with the way a usual level adjustment on a mixing desk or fx unit works Setting the External Signal level The position of the Level knob also determines the volume of the external signal in relation to the other audio signals of the SUNSYN In contrast to the other signal sources of the SUNSYN the Level knob doesn t only affect the signal level that is hardwired to the filter It also affects the signal that is used by the Routing Elements Menu driven Features i 5 a D lt fa 2 D You ll find these settings in the Global menu 1 If necessary press the Exit Cancel button to get to the main menu selection page JBRL ARPG MIDI 2 External signal assignment is a global parameter Therefore press the Soft Button Global to get to the global menu RIN CARD Misc 3 Press Soft Button lt XtrIn gt You re now in the External In menu IFOLU TO MIX OFF 4 You can use the Soft Buttons or Soft controllers to set the following Soft Controller Button lt EnvFolw gt Here you activate the Envellope Follower lt on off gt More on this later on Soft Controller Button lt ToMix gt lt off gt The external signal is only used by th
59. ge effects vco IN O vco2 NO Control Elem OVCO 1 FM veo 11 veo 2 n O veo 1h O veo 2 Em RCO 1 rco 20 Oveo 2 O veo 1 pwm ENV 1 O ENV 2 O O ENV 1 VCO 2 PWM VcO1KeyO vco 2 Key gis a gt 3 4 OtNv2 ive Cutoff vCO 1 Pvt VCO 2 Evi i SU qe dO O RCO 1 O VCF Reso Noise O Ext In O LFO 1 O VCF In Lro 10 Lo 20 Routing No Ouro 2 C vea AM Key Voltage Another feature we hardly mentioned up to now is the VCO 1 KV and VCO 2 KV entry in the routing elements list In an analogue synthesizer the VCO s are controlled by control voltages The higher the voltage which the keyboard or midi controller transmits the higher the pitch frequency The most common relation between control voltage and pitch is the octave Volt scale In this scale one octave corresponds to a voltage increase of 1 Volt an expo nential relation with pitch as reference The lowest note is C 1 which corresponds to zero Volt The control voltage which is produced by playing a key is now available for Scaling modulation purposes in the routing Control Voltage V element This way you can modulate gr parameters depending on the pitch aru When selecting controller as modifier UH and VCO FM as destination you can define an arbitrary scaling You can ERE deviate from the standard scaling and 1 create any possible scaling You can also TM O eE I I use a different scaling per routing cl cB c8 c4 c5 Pitch element This way when playing monophonic you
60. ghts o 5 2 2 2 D E ip 6 The LC Display indicates IT REANT RIANMT 000 000 Adjust the Routing Amount with the Soft Controller lt R1Amt gt in the programming section Select a value of lt 100 gt We ve now set LFO 1 to modulate the VCF Cutoff Now we ll make aftertouch control the tremolo intensity 7 Press the Exit Cancel button to get to a higher menu level EL VELOC ROUES You re now in a submenu of the edit menu 8 Press the Soft Button Cntrl gt DEST AMA VC IP 000 You re now in the midi controller assignment menu 3 10 NN Routing Elements Manual uam JJ JC n ee S per Oe Y 9 Use the Soft Button Ctrl to select one out of the four controller paths In this example we ll use the default setting lt 001 gt 10 The Soft Controller lt Ctrl gt can now be used to select the entry Aftertouch AFTRT gt 11 Turn Soft Controller Dest to select the destination of the Routing Amount of the selected Routing Element Because Routing Element 1 is used for the modulation in this example select the entry RIAMT gt 12 Use Soft Controller AMT gt to adjust the Controller Amount It s added to the Routing Amount This way you set the effect aftertouch has on the tremolo positive value the higher
61. has a highly sensitive input The smallest change in signal level will be boosted in a tremendous way This means that the LFO modulation can be heard even when no keys are played To prevent this from happening you could add an envelope and use it as modifier This will close the VCA completely after it has played the notes The envelope is abused as a noise gate in this case VO iNO vco 1TL O RCO 1 O ENV 1 O VCO 1 Key O VCO 1 PV O Noise O LFO TO Ringmodulation Even though the SUNSYN doesn t have a dedicated ringmodulator this effect can be perfectly recreated using the correct signal routing Ringmodulation is a special form of amplitude modulation Two signals with different frequen vco 2 NO VCO 2 no RCO 20 ENV 2O VCO 2 Key O VCO 2 PV O Ext m LFO 20 1 2 3 4 Sai OO Routing No cies are multiplied At the output of the ringmodulator you get the sum and the difference of both signals The output signal will contain lots of inharmonic overtones You can create metallic sounds with this feature The sonic characteristics are different from those created with FM though Ringmodulation in the SUNSYN happens in the routing elements when an audio signal from a source has another O Control Elem LI Q vco 1X LI Oveo 2 TL LI ENV 1 A O ENV 2 Orco1 Ouro 1 Ouro 2 Output 2 Input 1 5 Output O vco 1 FM O VCO 2 FM O VCO 1 PWM O VCO 2 PWM O VCF Cutoff O VCF Reso LI O VCE In LI VCA AM i
62. hen a note is played Therefore a note on command will always trigger them at a different wave position Restart overcomes this and will make them start at a zero crossing every time the sound is triggered This subtle effect can be used when creating percussive sounds and effects e g bass drums It will give these sounds a bit more bite and it ll make them a bit more static This feature is also interesting in combination with the sync feature Amplitude Amplitude Key Trigger Time Key Trigger Time 3 1 VCO 1 amp VCO 2 Manual RCO 1 and RCO 2 In addition to the VCO s each SUNSYN voice also contains two further oscillators the so called Ramp Controlled Oscillators or RCO s They are digital oscillators that are capable of playing digital waveforms or short samples The entirely analog synth engine of the SUNSYN treats these waveforms the same way as it treats the VCO signals Because the digital waveforms can already sound very complex on their own before even going through the filter etc they open up even more sonic possibilities Keep in mind though that these RCO s should not and will not make the SUNSYN a fully featured sample player Their capabilities can t be compared to those of digital synthesizers either The analog VCO s are the most important and most effective sound sources The RCO s have been conceived of as additional sound sources They can expand the sonic possibilities of classic analogue syn
63. her Lowpass or Highpass In combination with the variable cutoff frequency per pole and thus the variable filter slope you can set up the filter in a very flexible way thereby creating many different sonic characteristics Level A me LA Level Low Pass Band Pass High Pass dem VCF Filter 3 6 NY CC The Morph feature allows you to make two completely different filter settings continuously morph into eachother This morphing feature affects almost all filter parameters as well as the parameters of envelope 2 more details in Chapter MORPH You ll notice that all filter parameters influence eachother to some degree The setting of one parameter will often determine how another parameter affects the sound Operation of the Filter Section The control elements of the filter section are located in the upper middle of the SUNSYN s frontpanel The individual parameters are Cutoff knob The Cutoff knob defines the frequency where the filter starts working All frequencies above or below in Highpass mode the cutoff frequency are removed This is the knob that has the most effect on the audio signal Its effect reverses depending on whether you use it in Lowpass or Highpass mode Resonance knob The Resonance knob is used to set the amount of feedback of the frequencies near the cutoff frequency The higher you turn this knob the more nasal the signal becomes Just before its maximum setting self
64. igital brain of the synthesizer might add some noise to the audio signal Therefore you might notice that there s a bit more noise present than a digital synth might produce When you optimise the level of the SUNSYN and the gain of your mixing desk these side effects will not affect your productions in a negative way Next to that you ll be rewarded with an outstanding amount of power and warmth of the sounds as well as the huge sonic possibilities that analog has to offer In case you ve already worked with an old analogue classic synthesizer you ll be used to the peculiarities of such a machine and you ll be pleasantly surprised by its stability and the clean sound of the SUNSYN The SUNSYN has an extensive front panel with a multitude of buttons and knobs to faci litate easy programming All important features can be accessed directly through their own specific button or knob Some of the features have to be accessed through menus Their struc ture and layout has been kept simple and efficient to make sure controlling and programming is as intuitive as possible Almost every parameter can be controlled by Midi from within the sequencer and all knobs send midi controllers for recording movements externally All sounds can be stored internally in the SUNSYN or on PCMCIA cards Next to that you can do SysEx dumps to a computer or to another SUNSYN About This Manual Manual Conventions Two simple rules To make this an easy referen
65. ignement menu you can activate the front panel of the sunsyn for the corresponding single sound by pressing its Soft Button The active single sound can now be edited on the front panel without leaving the multi mode The active single sound is identified by two asterisks around its number 4 E Multi Mode Manual 2 Soft Button Chanl Midi Channel 11 CHRNe CHAN 002 00 Here you can set the midi channels for each of the eight multi instruments Use the corresponding Soft Controllers to set the midi channel lt 001 016 gt 3 Soft Button lt Vol gt Volume VOL VORE 127 leg This parameter sets the level of each of the 8 multi instruments Use the Soft Controllers To set the levels lt 000 127 gt 4 Soft Button lt more gt OUT This is where you can access other submenus Press the Soft Button to access the following menus 1 Soft Button lt Name gt Here you can name the multi program You can do this in exactly the same way it s done for single sounds as described in chapter MENU DRIVEN FEATURES EDIT MENU NAME 2 Soft Button lt Out gt Audio output UT meouT n30UT 002 003 Here you can assign the audio outputs lt 001 008 gt to the eight multi sounds by using the Soft Controllers 3 Soft Button lt Cntrl gt Controller This page is not yet implemented 4 Soft Button Init gt Initialisierung With this function yo
66. ill study how to change and store Sound Programs within Multi Programs All other Multi Program settings will be explained in the Chapter MULTI MODE Select Multi Programs 1 Press the Type button The LED Multi now lights The LED Display shows the selected Multi Program number lt 001 gt The LC Display shows TINAME 000 me34sis CHIAN 2 2 Programm Section Manual This page is only meant to give an overview of the selected Multi Program Nothing can be edited here Go into the Multi Mode menu to edit the settings hit Type button 2 Select with both Number buttons or Number knob the Multi Programm you want to work on If you use the buttons the Multi Programm is loaded immediately If you use the knob please do not forget to click to load To edit a Multi Programm you have to enter the Multi Menu 1 Press the Menu button 4 Push the Page button LED 5 8 lights and the LC Display shows 006 You have now reached the second half of this page 5 You can now use the Soft Controller knobs under each Multi destination to select Single Sounds within each Multi Program 6 Hit Soft Button lt 002 gt Multisound 2 is now signed with to asterisks The matched Single Sound here No 001 is activ now Ist soundparameters can be edited without leaving the Multi Mode Programm Section 2 2 NN Storing Multi Programs S
67. io Output Signal of RCO 2 ENV 2 continuous control voltage of envelope 2 VCO 2 KV Key Voltage control voltage that sets the pitch of VCO2 This voltage changes proportionally to the pitch the higher the pitch the higher the voltage VCO2 PV Previous Voice Audio Saw Signal of VCO2 of the neighbouring voice This way individual voices of the SUNSYN can manipulate eachother The voices are modulated in a cyclic way this means voice 1 is modulated by voice 8 voice 2 is modulated by voice 1 etc Ext In The signal that s sent into the SUNSYN s External Input can be routed into the signal path by using this source This signal can be an audio signal or a control voltage When the envelope follower is active a control voltage is extracted from the signal LFO 2 control voltage of LFO 2 This way you have simultaneous access to two of the 16 plugs All important audio signals or control voltages are available for modulation of other parameters It s interesting to know that these and all other signals within Routing Elements are physical voltages This implicates that all modulations are physical processes with their tolerances accidental or chaotic pheno menons and not just virtual simulations Hence the dynamics of the resulting sounds are not limited by calculation errors etc There s no difference between audio signals and control voltages Both can modulate eachother o 5 2 2 2 D E dp Both cables of
68. ion parameters We only need at this point lt RIAMT gt Routing Element 1 Amount lt R2AMT gt Routing Element 2 Amount lt R3AMT gt Routing Element 3 Amount lt R4AMT gt Routing Element 4 Amount Here you can define one of the four Routing Elements of which the Routing Amount should be controlled by the above selected midi controller o 5 2 2 2 D E dp 3 Soft Controller lt Amt gt Controller Amount This is used to adjust the intensity by which the selected midi controller e g modulation wheel modulates the amount Controller Amount of the selected routing element The selectable value ranges from 128 gt to lt 127 gt The midi controller value Controller Amount is added to the Routing Amounts value that was set in the Routing Amount menue with the help of Soft Controllers The higher the Controller Amount is the more the midi controllers will affect the Routing Amount E g when using aftertouch with a positive Controller Amount value the modulation intensity will increase by pressing the keys harder Negative Controller Amount values will decrease the intensity 4 Soft Controller lt Curve gt This defines the shape of the attack curve The default setting is linear All other settings are explained in chapter MENU DRIVEN FEATURES EDIT MEN MODULATION 3 10 Routing Elements Manual Cr S l JJ
69. is activates the Autotune function of the SUNSYN The LC display indicates WING IN PROGRESS CONN OCTN The LC display shows which of the 16 VCO s is being tuned and the octave After tuning the display returns to its initial setting and the SUNSYN can be played In Global Mode there is an additional Tuning Menu to calibrate each function separately We ll explain this in the chapter Global Mode A rising temperature might cause tuning differences To avoid this problem we recommend switching on the SUNSYN before an important recording You should start the Autotune function after the SUNSYN has warmed up The first time you switch on the SUNSYN 2 1 NN C That s another peculiarity of analogue synthesis you should be aware of If you ve worked with digital synthesizers only then this might appear strange If you ve already worked with older analogue synths then you ll be pleased with the SUNSYN s stable tuning once it has reached its stable operating temperature Changing Midi Channels You can set the global midi receive and transmit channel by pushing 1 Exit Cancel button several times until you re back at the top menu 3 Soft Button Chann once 4 Use the Soft Controller knob below the function to change the value e lt TxCh gt Transmit Channel choose channel 1 to 16 This sets the channel on which the SUNSYN sends midi information RxCh Receive Channe
70. ise generator This noise generator either produces white noise or pink noise Its level can also be set via a dedicated knob The Level control only affects the signal that is hardwired to the filter section It doesn t affect the noise signal that s used by a Routing Element You can set this specific level with a Soft Controller We ll explain this later on This works the same way VCO s and RCO s work The Pink White button let s you choose between both noise types Pink and White White noise has equal signal level throughout the entire sonic range It s suited for creating hiss UA A j sounds among others Pink noise contains more low frequencies and is usable for producing wind noise or sea type noises Only the pink noise signal can be used by Routing Elements Noise External Input The SUNSYN is capable of processing external signals These signals can either be audio signals or control voltages The signal is sent into the filter and the VCA It can be fully treated by these modules On top of that the external signal source is also available in the Routing Element matrix Using the Routing Elements it can be inserted in the SUNSYN s signal stream in many ways External audio signals can be filtered and or modulated or they can serve to modulate internal signals of the SUNSYN Control voltages can also be sent into and processed by the SUNSYN They can even modulate internal signals Some intere
71. l choose channel 1 to 16 This sets the channel on which the SUNSYN receives midi information 5 Exit the midi menu By pushing the Exit Cancel button several times HL ARPGI JE You re now back in the top menu level Pushing the Menu button will get you back to the initial information page Program Section The SUNSYN has two different kinds of programs Single Sounds and Multi Programs A Single Sound stores all parameter settings of the synth engine for a Single Sound A Multi Program combines up to 8 different Single Sounds and stores their midi channel and output assignment More on this subject later on The Program Section of the SUNSYN is used to load and store Single Sounds and Multi Programs Additionally this section is also used to reach the combined menu based features 2 2 Programm Section Manual ue w H e es Y Single Sounds Selecting Single Sounds Finally let s listen to some sounds You can find all the necessary parameters in the Program section area around the Load knob on the front panel Use the Type button to switch between Single Sounds and Multi Programs The SUNSYN always starts up in Single Sound mode 1 Push the Type button until the Single LED lights 2 Use the Number buttons or the Load knob to se
72. l respond to the same data Unison Menu Soft Button Unison The LC Display indicates ISON MODE POLY This is the place where you can activate the Unison mode Also the midi mode can be set up here The two soft controllers have the following function 1 Soft Controller lt Unison gt Unisono Mode lt off gt All eight voices contain two VCO s and two RCO s each lt on gt All 32 oscillators are assigned to one voice The SUNSYN is then a monophone synth with last note priority This one voice is hmmm let s just say powerful is an understatement o 5 2 2 2 D E dp 2 Soft Controller lt Mode gt Midi Mode lt Poly gt The SUNSYN only receives and sends midi data on the midi channel that has been selected in the channel menu lt Omni gt Midi data are sent and received on all 16 channels The setting is not affected by the channel that has been selected in the channel menu Enable Menu Soft Button lt Enable gt The LC Display shows CH AFTER PITCH ON ON In this submenu you can define whether incoming midi data is filtered out The four soft buttons controllers have the following functions 3 11 Menu Driven Features Manual Hd H4 H A M n e EYE e qe 1 Soft Button PrgCh Program change Here you can choose whether program change command
73. lect programs e If you use the Number buttons the sounds are loaded immediately If you use the Load knob to scroll through Single Sounds instead the display shows the sound number only Only after either pushing the Load knob or both of the Number buttons down is the sound loaded Try it The three digit LED Display shows the current single sound number 001 and the LC Display indicates 001 OUTI The lower line shows the midi receive and transmit channel the assigned audio output and the program level You cannot edit these parameters from this menu Every time the SUNSYN receives midi information the dot in the lower right corner of the LED display right above the word Midi will light Have fun After satisfying your curiosity for the first time we ll now take a closer look at the Program Section of the SUNSYN Editing Single Sounds The SUNSYN s edit mode is always active which means the knobs and buttons are always alive and will affect the sound parameters As soon as you change a setting two asterisks appear next to the single sound name in the LC display JUNDNAME 001 EB TXCO oUm When turning a knob the three digit LED shows the actual value of the changed parameter Programm Section 2 2 NN C Changes to the sound while tweaking do not automatically over write your precious sound programs or multis so don t worry about loosing data You must press the Store b
74. lt Bload gt The LED Display shows the transfer progress The LED Display flashes lt rCV gt to indicate the device is receiving After a succesful transfer the LED Display shows lt fin gt which means finished Edit Menu In this menu different menu driven edit features are controlled This includes velocity mapping and output assignment If necessary you can also get to the edit menus of the LFO s and RCO s which we ve explained earlier on The edit menu is divided into four submenus By pressing the Soft Button lt Edit gt the LC Display shows _ SINGLE IE fnODULRT GUT Name Soft Button Name gt The LC Display shows 3 11 Menu Driven Features Manual Han H vv EA AAA Here you can name single sounds Names can consist out of 12 characters maximum The four soft buttons and soft controllers have the following functions 1 Soft Button lt lt gt The cursor is moved one character to the left 2 Soft Button The cursors is moved one character to the right 3 Soft Button lt lt lt gt The cursors is moved four characters to the left 4 Soft Button lt gt gt gt The cursors is moved four characters to the right Soft Controller 1 4 You can use the soft controllers to change the selected character Modulation Menu Soft Button lt Modulat g
75. lue of the Routing O O Amount to set with softcontroller knob and can if desired be controlled Control by the Controller Velocity Amount Bec Routing phys CV Midi Signal 1 Amount O 127 The modifier can thus be f A selectable fixed amount value Routing Amount CV Audio Signal e A selectable and modulatable amount rae value driven by up to 4 midi controllers and or Velocity Routing Amount driven by Controller Velocity Amount li e An analogue control voltage or audio Source 1 2 Destination signal with user definable fixed amount value Routing Amount e An analogue control voltage or audio signal with user definable and modulatable Routing Amount driven by up to four midi controlles and or velocity combitation of all possibilities above i 5 a D lt fa 2 D The selectable signals are Modifier Control Elem This feature is always active and allows you to assign several selectable midi controllers e g the modulation wheel aftertouch etc as well as velocity into the modulation VCOIN Audio Saw Signal of VCO 1 VCO 2TL Audio Pulse Signal of VCO 2 ENV 1 continuous control voltage of envelope 1 ENV 2 continuous control voltage of envelope 2 RCO 1 Audio output Signal of RCO 1 LFO 1 control voltage of LFO 1 LFO 2 control voltage of LFO 2 At first sight the possibilities of the modifiers might seem confusing Once you understand the
76. mmer Here you select the velocity number lt 001 gt to lt 008 gt This corresponds to the 8 velocity paths 2 Soft Controller lt Dest gt Destination here you can select the destination parameter Per velocity number you get to choose between the same 32 destination parameters that were available in the midi controller menu 3 Soft Controller lt Amt gt Velocity Amount This sets the intensity by which the velocity will control the destination parameter Its value ranges from lt 128 gt to lt 127 gt Positive values will cause bigger parameter changes when Menu Driven Features 3 11 the velocity is turned up more negative values will reverse its functioning The Velocity Amount has ist limits within the value of the Routing Amount because it is added or subtracted from this 4 Soft Controller Curve Velocity curve This parameter sets the attack curve The relation between the amount increase and the velocity can be set in four steps four curve shapes This way you can fine tune the way velocity affects a parameter lt lin gt linear constant increase Parameter lt log gt logarithmic the parameter alue 455 increases a lot even with small log controller changes lt expl gt exponential 1 the parameter changes increase as the controller sends out increasing exp 1 values exp 2 o lt exp2 gt exponential 2 as expl 197 Velocity but less e
77. n other routing elements The processed signal will be louder and the results will be more extreme Keep in mind though that an increase of the level always means an increase of the noisefloor as well This is the nature of analogue circuitry This tip is only useful for those among us who got used to the clean sound of digital hi end systems a bit too much Previous Voice When going through the sources of the routing elements you ve probably encountered VCO 1 PV S and VCO 2 PV R Previous Voice saw rectangular already With this setting neighbouring SUNSYN voices can modulate eachother In the Source 1 column the saw wave signal of VCO1 of the neighbouring voice is inserted in the routing element of the active voice Houting Elements 3 10 o 5 e 2 2 D E dp BP There it s available as modulation source In the Source 2 column the pulse signal of VCO2 of the neighbouring voice is inserted in the routing element of thr active voice The voices modulate eachother in a cyclic way which means that voice 1 modulates voice 2 voice 2 modulates voice 3 etc Voice 8 modulates voice 1 This way all 8 oscillators modulate eachother The resulting sounds often have a chaotic character due to the complexity of the modulation This often results in a noise alike sound which sounds completely different than the internal noise generator It can very well be used to spectacular and stran
78. ndicate Low This means all four poles are set to Lowpass They filter out the high frequencies i 5 a D lt fa 2 D Uy Turn all four Pole knobs fully anticlockwise Each individual pole now has the same cutoff frequency The entire filter now has the steepest possible curve which means 24dB You ve just built a classic 24dB Lowpass filter You can now use the Cutoff knob to define the frequency where the filter starts working When turning it fully anticlockwise you won t hear anything at all since the cutoff frequency will be below the audible range Everything above that frequency is filtered out of the signal 4 Now turn all 4 Pole knobs fully clockwise and then turn the Cutoff knob over its entire range You still have a 24dB Lowpass filter all pole knobs have the exact same setting which means the steepest filter slope The Cutoff knob now has a different range Turn all Pole knobs to the middle The filter still has a 24dB octave slope The range of the cutoff knob has once again changed CA Filter slope Now we want to change the filter slope and thereby its characteristics As you probably suspect the individual pole knobs must have a different position for each one of them Turn Pole knob 1 2 fully anticlockwise and Pole knob 3 4 fully clockwise You ve now halved the filter slope to 12 dB You have now built a 12dB 2 pole filter Its sound contains more high frequencies it sounds more silki
79. ned Mastervolume Pan Rate Glide Intensity External In Level Cutoff Resonance Noise Level VCO 1 Level VCO 2 Level RCO 1 Level RCO 2 Level VCO 1 Pulse width VCO 1 Pulse width Semitones Cents LFO 1 Speed LFO 2 Speed Source 1 Bank Select ENV 1 Attack NV 1 Decay NV 1 Sustain NV 1 Release NV 2 Attack NV 2 Decay NV 2 Sustain ENV 2 Release VCE Env Amt Keytrack Amt VCA Env Amt Pole 1 Pole 2 Pole 3 Pole 4 LFO 1 Delay LFO 2 Delay Morph Source 2 Modifier Destination E E E E E E Routing Element No 07 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 68 75 unpusppy Addendum UN 5 Ns and finally We re slowly arriving at the end of this manual We introduced you to all features of your SUNSYN It ll definitely take some time before you know all featuers by heart Take your time and find the optimal operation mode for yourself If you need support contact us preferrably via email We will help you at any time Our contact info Postal address JoMoX GmbH K rtestr 10 10967 Berlin Germany Tel 49 30 61 70 25 73 Fax 49 30 61 70 25 74 Internet www jomox de email info jomox de Feedback As with all of our products we intend to continuously improve the SUNSYN as much as we can This will not only make the SUNSYN a state of the art device for a long period of time
80. ngs are adjusted in this menu The midi menu is divided into four submenus After pressing the Soft Button lt Midi gt in the top menu level you get to the midi menu The LC Display shows i a D lt fa 2 D Channel Menu Soft Button lt Chann gt RXCH CO The LC Display indicates In this submenu all midi channels are set The four soft controllers buttons offer the following functions 1 Soft Controller lt TxCh gt Transmit Channel Here you can set the midi channel lt 1 16 gt on which the SUNSYN sends midi data to other devices 2 Soft Controller lt RxCh gt Receive Channel Here you can set the midi channel lt 1 16 gt on which the SUNSYN receives midi data Menu Driven Features 3 11 NN C 3 Soft Controller Locl gt Local On Off lt on gt The control elements only send out their parameter changes over midi The internal sound engine of the SUNSYN is not affected by control changes lt off gt The control elements send out their parameter settings over midi as well as to the internal sound engine 4 Soft Controller lt SysID gt SysEx Daten ID Nummer Select the SysEx ID number 1 16 gt When two or more SYNSYN s are used in one setup different ID numbers must be assigned to each of them This way changing editor settings of one machine will not influence the other When using the same SysEx ID both all machines wil
81. nu Use the Page button to select each of the eight multimode voices The Menu or Exit Cancel button can now be used to leave the multi mode menu Multi Mode EN 4 080 NN CC Here s the entire editing process in detail Selecting a multi program 1 Press the Type button until the lt Multi gt LED lights 2 Use the Number knob or buttons to select the multi program The multi program numbers appears in the LED Display lt 001 gt If you re used the Parameter knob do not forget to confirm the multi program loading process by pressing it The LC Display shows the current multi program name and number as well as the bumbers of the includes single sounds and the midi channels TINAME 001 B23451718 CHN You re now in the top info page of the multi mode You can t edit anything here 3 To access the multi mode menu press the Menu button AL ARPGI MIDI 4 Now press the Soft Button Edit This is the selection of the several multmode submenues you can now access The Soft Buttons then have the following functions 1 Soft Button Assig Assignment The LC Display shows Here you can select the sound programs that are included in the multi program You an use the corresponding Soft Controller to scroll through the single sound 000 255 gt All eight voices of the multi sound can be accesses by pressing the Page button If you are in the ass
82. o the VCF Cutoff Modulation path Next to that there are the signal paths that are created with the help of routing elements two sources are controlled by a modifier and are sent to a destination The routing amount is controlled by a soft controller Several midi controllers and or velocity can control modulation These controls can be set up in the midi controller menu or the velocity menu Setting the intensity and makign the assignments is done in those menus The controller amount and velocity amount affect the routing amount If you want to use the user defined paths ONLY through routing elements you have to switch off the fixed signal paths by turning the amount knobs in the VCF and VCA sections fully anticlock wise On the other hand when you create several routings that go to the same destination you ll obtain a higher signal level This means the resulting sounds will be very loud and powerful possibly even distorted It s definitely worth trying out these possibilities You can also increase the modulation intensity by layering several routings to the same destination i 5 a D lt fa 2 D Modulomania In this chapter we want to go through the fundamental modulation possibilities of the SUNSYN We ll explain how to build well known modulations The routing elements allow an endless amount of modulation possibilities Frequenzmodulation FM VCO 1 and VCO 2 offer the possibility to let the frequencies of
83. ole 4 th gt 1 4 Note lt th 3 gt 1 2 Triole lt h th gt 1 2 Note lt 1 1 gt whole Note 3 Soft Controller lt BPM1 gt Beats per Minute lt 000 gt to lt 235 gt Here you can set the speed of LFO1 in Beats per Minute The values ranges from 1 BPM to 235 BPM The Speed knob in the LFO section is only active when the BPM value is set to lt 000 gt 4 Soft Controller lt Rngel gt Range e lt fast gt The LFO 1 s speed ranges from 0 015 Hz to 121 Hz e slow gt The LFO 1 s speed ranges from 0 015 Hz to 3 5 Hz You can switch between the LFO 1 and LFO 2 settings with the Page button Leave the LFO Menu by pressing the EXIT Cancel button several times Or by going to the info page by pressing the Menu button In contrast to the envelopes the LFO s are not hardwired to anything The parameter that is controlled by the LFO and its intensity Amount is defined by the Routing Elements Routing Elements Finally we ll take a closer look at the Routing Elements Let s first explain what a Routing Element actually is In order to fully understand the possibilities of the Routing Elements we recommend to first read the entire chapter without understanding the details and then try out the different features with help of the examples Principle Basically the SUNSYN can be seen as a modular synthesizer system It consists of several building blocks or modules VCO s RCO s
84. ollers and velocity Now we want to control the routing amount by midi controllers and or velocity Press the Exit Cancel button once Now you are in the Edit Menu TRL VELOC ROUT From here you get to the submenus of the Edit menu for Midi controller assignment Velocity mapping Routing Amounts the menue where you actually come from A third software generated envelope is not yet implemented Houting Elements 3 10 i 5 a D lt fa 2 D NN CC To insert midi controllers in the signal flow press the Soft Button lt Cntrl gt Controller mo DEST RAF JO vciP 000 In this submenu the midi controller assignment takes place Up to four controllers can be assigned at the same time Thereby you can set the midi controller the destination parameter the amount intensity and the curve All selectable parameters are explained in detail in chapter MENU DRIVEN FEATURES EDIT MODULATION The Soft Controller Buttons now have the following function left Soft Button lt CtrNo gt You can select the assignable controller by pressing the left soft button several times The display shows lt 001 gt to lt 004 gt 1 Soft Controller lt Ctr gt Select the midi controller Per controller you can choose all standard midi controller numbers 2 Soft Controller lt Dest gt Select the destination parameter Per controller number you can choose out of 32 destinat
85. on between the VCO and the RCO occurs in just the same way as already explained for the sync feature for the analog VCO s The playback start of the synced RCO is controlled by the VCO wave Because of the fact that these analog created waves always differ slightly and continuously a wave played by a synced RCO gets also slightly randomised and looses its originally static character Above all this can be interesting when the VCO s are modulated by FM e g or when they are synced to each other Complex dynamic changes come to life and these now influence the digital waveforms of the synced RCO The sync feature can only be activated for both RCO s at the same time i 5 a D lt fa 2 D You can leave the RCO menu by pressing the Exit Cancel button or the Menu button PCMCIA cards can be used to load additional wavesets into the RAM memory of the SUNSYN How to use PCMCIA cards is described in the chapter MENU DRIVEN FEATURES GLOBAL MENU CARD Changing the level of the RCO s is done directly by turning their Level knobs This knob only affects the signal that s hardwired to the filter section Signals that are inserted through Routing Elements are not affected by this level control The level range is calibrated in such a way that it is possible to intentionally distort the signal HCO 1 amp RCO 2 3 2 o ES e 2 S D E dp NN Noise Generator Each voice of the SUNSYN has an analogue no
86. on is activated The Intensity knob sets the time in which the pitch change takes place over You can reach to further parameters through a menu these features aren t implemented yet 1 Press the Menu button until the display shows ESAL ARPG MIDI 2 Press the Soft Button lt Edit gt two times RCO 3 Press the Soft Button lt Glide gt 4 Leave the Glide menu by pressing Menu button or by pressing the Exit Cancel button several times VCF Filter The filter is the central element for sound creation in most synthesizers It influences the sonic characteristics of all signals Additional modules like envelopes and LFO s can be used to change the sound dynamically in relation ot the filters With the help of the filter a sound is carved out of the raw signal of the oscillators etc The filter layout determines the sound and character of a synthesizer to a considerable degree The SUNSYN filter distinguishes itself from other filter designs by providing exceptional flexibility To explain its possibilities we ll first explain the way filters work in general Principle A filter is used to remove frequency ranges and thus harmonics out of a signal This changes the sound You can define what frequency ranges are filtered out and by what amount therefore you define the characteristics and type of filter by what you re doing with them Lowpass Filters out high frequencies and lets low frequencie
87. ons Input Output Power The SUNSYN accepts either 220 Volt or 110 Volt power IMPORTANT Make sure the Voltage switch is set to the correct position before you connect the mains lead Connect the supplied mains lead to the mains connector on the left side of the SUNSYN s back panel Audio Connections All audio inputs and outputs are electronically balanced To guarantee optimal signal quality especially when transferring audio over long distances you should use balanced cables provi ded that your audio system allows such connections You can use normal stereo cables for a balanced connection In case you prefer unbalanced cabling you should use normal mono cables with jack connections Stereo Out Can be used to connect your SUNSYN to your mixing desk or a suitable amplifier The Stereo Outs provide a mix of all eight voices giving you easy way to mix all eight outputs down to two Stereo Left and Right 1 4 Connections Input Output Manual Iia n at e A a Individual Outs The SUNSYN also has 8 individual outputs one for each voice These can be used in multi mode to send the signal of individual voices to a specific output More details on how to do this will be given later External In The External In is a stereo input for external signals Both audio signals and control voltages can be used More
88. oscillation might occur depending on the filter characteristics When this happens the filter works like a sinus oscillator and it produces the well known feedback pumping sound Its frequency is set by the cutoff knob The resonance intensity and the point where self oscillation starts is dependent on the selected filter characteristics You get the strongest resonance when all poles have the same cutoff setting 24 dB filter o 5 e 2 a D E dp Envelope Amount The Envelope Amount knob defines how much effect envelope1 has on the filter more details on envelopes in Chapter ENVELOPE 1 Key Tracking You can use the Key Tracking knob to set the intensity of keyboard tracking When keyboard tracking is used the higher notes you play the more the filter will be opened its cutoff frequency will be higher This can be used to make high notes sound brighter 2 4 buttons By pressing both 2 Pole 4 Pole buttons at the same time the filter can be set to either 2 pole or 4 pole In 4 pole mode both corresponding lt LED s gt will light In 2 pole mode both leds will flash In 2 pole mode the sound will become softer and a bit thinner compared to 4 pole mode The filtered signal is brought into the signal flow after the second pole instead of the 4th As we explained earlier on the resonance signal is inserted in the audio signal after the 4th pole in any case This allows for better resonance behaviour in 2 pole mode
89. ox at your disposal The Morph Feature There s only one more filter feature to explain and that s the Morph feature This feature offers the possibility to morph two completely different filter settings or snapshots continuously and dynamically into eachother All of this happens as with all of the SUNSYN s features exclusively in the analogue domain The following features are affected by the Morph feature e VCF parameters Cutoff Resonance Filter Amount Pole 1 4 and the High Lowpass settings exept on pole 4 Envelope 1 parameters Attack Decay and Sustain Try it out by loading a single sound changing the filter settings and saving the edited version into a filter Scene The morph knob let s you morph between both settings This is a very handy tool during live use You only need one knob to change all relevant filter parameters Of course the morph knob can also be driven by a midi controller or by the modulation i 5 a D lt fa 2 D wheel Load single sound e g 255 Initial Patch Change its filter setting so the change is obvious Press the Scene 2 button The changed filter setting is now saved as Scene 2 Turn the Morph knob When turned fully anticlockwise you ll heard the original filter setting Turning it fully clockwise will morph it continuously into the edited setting ROO PG Nn Change the filter parameters once again 6 Press the Scene 1 button The edited filter se
90. s and bank changes are processed or not on off gt 2 Soft Button After Aftertouch You can activate or de activate the processing of aftertouch on off gt 3 Soft Button Pitch Pitch wheel This is where you can switch the processing of the pitch wheel data on or off on off gt 4 Soft Button ModWh Modulation wheel This is where you can switch the processing of the modulation wheel data on or off on off gt The enable menu also consists out of two pages The voices button can be used to switch from one page to the other JM PORTA HOLD ON ON The four soft buttons controllers now have the following function 1 Soft Controller lt Volum gt Volume Choose whether you want the SUNSYN to react to volume controller data lt on off gt i a D lt fa 2 D 2 Soft Controller lt Porta gt Portamento Choose whether you want the SUNSYN to react to portamento data lt on off gt 3 Soft Controller lt Hold gt Hold Controller Release Time Choose whether you want the SUNSYN to react to hold controller data lt on off gt The release time of Envelope 1 is set to the maximum value lt on off gt 4 Soft Controller lt KnobCt gt Fixed controllers This defines the fixed controllers affect the soundparameters control elements on the front panel lt on off gt If set to On the altered parameter settings are shown in the LED Display The assignm
91. s pass Hi gh pass Hilters out low frequencies and lets high frequencies pass Glide 3 5 i 5 a D lt fa 2 D Bandpass A Bandpass filter is a combination of Highpass and Lowpass Extremely high and extremely low frequencies are filtered A specific usually narrow frequency band is allowed through Level Cutoff Level Cutoff Level l Cutoff i Frequenzy l Frequenzy i Frequenzy j f l l l l l l l regien regung Erequehiy Low Pass High Pass Band Pass You can further change the sound by using different filter types on specific frequencies There are more filter types but the ones we just mentioned are the most effective ones for musical purposes That s why we ve included these in the Sunsyn The most important Parameters are Cutoff Frequency This frequency determines the point where the filter starts working Frequencies above the cutoff frequency Lowpass or frequencies below the cutoff frequency Highpass are filtered out of the signal You can set the cutoff frequency with the Cutoff knob This means that the cutoff parameter has a different effect for Lowpass or Highpass When used in Lowpass mode the cutoff frequency is moved to the right graphically when opening the Cutoff filter and turning the knob to the right Only very EU high frequencies are removed from the signal The audible signal range remains almost unchanged If it seems as if the filter doesn t work
92. software generated LFO s and the RCO s Let s take a closer look at each one of them Two VCO s Voltage Controlled Oscillator These are the SUNSYN s most important sound sources Each of the VCO s has assignable modulation inputs Two RCO s Ramp Controlled Oscillator These two oscillators can play digital waveforms or short samples One Noise Generator that can produce either white or pink noise One External Input with envelope follower that you can use to send audio signals and control voltages into the SUNSYN Single Mode UN 3 NN C All six signal sources are hardwired into the Filter VCF From there they go into the Amplifier VCA and then to the outputs The VCF Voltage Controlled Filter is a fully configurable 4 Pole Filter Just like the VCO s it has modulation inputs It is also switchable to a 2 Pole filter e Two Envelopes that can be routed to several modulation destinations Next to that ENV 1 is hardwired to the VCF and ENV 2 is hardwired to the VCA Two assignable LFO s Low Frequency Oscillators Next to all of this each voice has a Routing System that contains up to four Routing Elements All important inputs and outputs of the modules are integrated this system This way signal and modulation routings can be set up and stored in a very flexible way Midi controllers can also be used in this modulation system These four Routing Elements can be used toge
93. ssing this soft button the VCO s of all voices are tuned in all octaves The display shows how the tuning progresses After tuning everything succesfully the LC Display goes back to the top level info page 2 Soft Button lt Filter gt After pressing this button the VCF s of all voices are tuned 3 Soft Button Env gt Envelopes When pressing this button the envelopes are calibrated and the parameter times are adapted so they correspond exactly 4 Soft Controller lt Master gt Mastertune The soft controller serves as mastertune knob here The tuning of all 32 oscillators VCO s and RCO s can be changed in steps of _ semitones over a range of 2 semitones Arpeggiator Menu The arpeggiator divides chords that were played on the keyboard into ascending or descending sequences When the amount of played keys is higher than 8 the first played note will be replaced by the last one After pressing the Soft Button lt Arpgi gt in the top menu level you get to the arpeggiator menu The LC Display shows o 5 2 2 2 D E dp The soft controller buttons now have the following functions 1 Soft Controller lt Arpgi gt This is used to switch the arpeggiator on and off lt off on gt 2 Soft Controller lt Octve gt You can set the arpeggio range between 1 and 5 octaves lt 001 gt to lt 005 gt 3 Soft Controller lt Latch gt lt on gt The arpeggio will continue to pl
94. st this drop happens is defined by the decay parameter How much it drops is set by the sustain parameter Short decay values combined with a low sustain value will lead to percussive sounds Decay values near zero or sustain level near zero might shorten the signal to a simple click sound Sometimes you might notice slight clicks in the beginning of signals especially when using very short attack and decay times These can be eliminated by changing the envelope settings a bit e g by increasing the attack value or by reducing the envelope amount value Due to the fact that the SUNSYN s envelope generators are very fast it s not always necessary to set the attack to zero to produce percussive sounds Release This parameter sets the amount of time that s needed to get from the sustain value to zero after releasing a key When release is set to zero the sound ends immediately after releasing the key When the release is set to higher values the sound will fade away faster or slower depending on its value after releasing the key Envelope Amount Envelope amount defines how much envelope 2 affects the audio signal This value is set in the VCA section of the SUNSYN Envelope 1 Envelope 1 controls the filter cutoff Envelope 1 has the same parameters as Envelope 2 i 5 a D lt fa 2 D Therefore we will not explain them all over again On top of that it is possible to invert the envelope Press the Polarity
95. sting applications possibilities are explained in Chapter ROUTING ELEMENTS MODULOMANIA Connecting External signals are sent into the External Input sockets on the backside of the SUNSYN Connect your external signal source to both jack inputs if you re working with stereo signals When using mono signals or control voltages please use the left Mono jack When you re only using the left Mono input the signal is sent to all voices When both inputs are used the signal is divided The signal on the left input is sent to voices 1 3 5 and 7 The signal on the right input is sent to voices 2 4 6 and 8 level ext in input amp t env fol T routing el gain 2 4 6 8 voice no 3 3 Noisegenerator Manual Setting the input level The Gain button and Level knob are used to set the external input level The Gain button and Level knob operate dependently on each other The Gain button sets the lower limit of the Level control The less level the external signal has the higher the gain setting must be 1 Choose the correct Gain setting depending on the external signals level with the Gain button 2 Fine tune the signal level with the Level knob Just listen and set the level according to your personal taste To avoid distortion just turn back the Level knob or change the Gain setting down Distortion can be used to give your sound more edge so treat it as a friend Depending on the setting of the L
96. t The LC Display shows TRL VELOC ROUT This is where you can access the modulation features There are several submenus for midi controller assignment and velocity assignment You can also access the routing elements through these menus as well as the third software generated envelope not yet implemented The soft buttons have the following features Controller Menu Soft Button lt Cntrl gt The LC Display shows mo DEST AT VC IP 000 In this submenu you change the settings of the assignable midi controllers Up to four controllers can be assigned at the same time You can define the midi controller the destination parameter the amount intensity and the attack curve for each of them You can also select the same midi controller several times e g 4 times the modulation wheel By turning the modulation wheel you ll then obtain very complex changes especially when you select the amount of one or several routing elements as destination The soft controllers buttons now have the following functions 1 Soft Button CtrNo Select the assignable controller by pressing the soft button until you have the correct controller The LC Display always shows the number of the selected controller lt 001 gt to 004 gt Menu Driven Features 3 11 i 5 a D lt fa 2 D NN LI 2 Soft Controller lt Dest gt This selects the destination parameter
97. ter even when the SUNSYN s filter is set to 2 pole mode Thus we overcome the disadvantage of the weak resonance of a 2 pole filter Therefore the two pole filter of the SUNSYN can also self oscillate easily The SUNSYN filter isn t restricted to a fixed 1 2 3 or 4 pole setting You can also set anything inbetween these standard settings To do this just set the cutoff frequency of each pole by turning the Pole knob Depending on what pole has what cutoff frequency setting the resulting filter slope of the entire filter changes The more the individual pole settings resemble eachother the steeper the general filter slope will become The more different the individual pole settings are the flatter softer the filter will be Thereby the resonance also becomes less effective The cutoff and the resonance knobs always affect the entire filter setting 3 6 NN VCF Filter Manual Hnan n Q t ae FET qe 1 resulting Slope Level 24 db Frequenzy Frequenzy equal Pole Cutoff Settings Level 1 Pole 2 Pole 3 Pole 4 Pole Tiu against each other shifted Pole Cutoff Stellung resulting Slope d Level i PA db Frequenzy gt Frequenzy Level 1 Pole o a D lt fa 2 D 2 Pole 3 Pole 4 Pole Next to that each pole can be set to eit
98. the aftertouch the more intense the tremolo will be negative value the higher the aftertouch the less intense the tremolo will be The higher the value of the controller amount the more effect the aftertouch will have on the Controller Amount and the more intense the tremolo will be Select several positive and negative values to try out the possibilities 13 Now the Soft Controller Curve can be used to set the curve The settings will create a different Nfeel when playing the keys We ve now created the effect we wanted the tremolo intensity is controlled by aftertouch Now you can add more modulation paths to this An example could be to make velocity also control the intensity of the filter tremolo i 5 a D lt fa 2 D 14 Press the Exit Cancel button met VELOC ROHE You re now back in the submenu of the edit menu 15 Press the Soft Button lt Veloc gt mo DEST AAT RIAMT 000 You re now in the menu level where velocity can be assigned 16 Use the Soft Controller VelNo gt to select one out of eight possible velocity mappings all 8 are availavble at the same time In this example we ll use standard setting lt 001 gt 17 You can now use Soft Controller lt Dest gt to select one out of the 32 possible destinations To select the Routing Amount of the first Routing Element we select once again R1 Amt gt At this point you could also make velocity control a parameter like
99. the filter has You can make interesting sounds with less poles as well The Filter slope is not a quality label for the filter instead it describes how it works With the SUNYSN you are given the flexibility to control these poles i e the Filter slope to produce some very interesting results Resonance The resonance parameter is used to create a feedback loop of the frequencies near the cutoff frequency The sound becomes more nasal When a lot of resonance is applied the filter starts to oscillate by itself self oscillation A sine wave with the frequency of the filter cutoff is then created best known as pumping Cutoff Cutoff Level Level l Frequenzy gt gt Frequenzy Frequenzy The higher the Filter slope the steeper the filter curve the more explicit the filter resonance is The resonance of a 6dB 1 pole filter isn t boosted that much even at its maximum setting It ll be very hard to make it self oscillate On the other hand a 24dB 4 pole filter starts to pump even at lower resonance settings i 5 a D lt fa 2 D All these different filter types and filter characteristics allow for a different sound when fading out different frequency ranges by different amounts The classic synthesizer filter is generally the 24dB Lowpass This filter type is the most effective and has the most pronounced resonance The other filter types also allow for interesting sounds and effects In the
100. the sources are mixed together with a ratio of 1 1 This signal is now sent to a modulation destination One out of eight possible destinations can be chosen The intensity of the modulation the amount is controlled by the modifier You could think of a Modifier as an electronic control device that s inserted between the sources and destinations of the modulation path It defines the intensity amount by which the mixed sources modulate the destination We want to adjust the modulation intensity The offers several possibilities for this The easiest way is to set a fixed value with the amount knob Soft Controller This amount defines how much the output signal of the sources affects the destination We ll name it Routing Amount Now we have the possibility to change this voltage level the Routing Amount dynamically This can be done with the help of a midi controller In the so called Control Element the midi values are added to the routing amount This means you can control all of this by midi controllers and or velocity The intensity by which these controllers affect the routing amount is also user definable This is named Controller Velocity Amount 3 10 Houting Elements Manual e Additionally you can select one out of seven analogue audio signals that Velocity Amount Amount affects the modulation intensity Their 128 127 128 127 effect on the modulation intensity depends on the va
101. their output signals be controlled by control voltages How is this done Indeed with routing elements Send a signal to the destination VCO 1 FM or VCO 2 FM with the help of the routing elements When using a control voltage of an envelope or an LFO the resulting signal could sound like a rising and dropping pitch the sound of a wailing sirene e g It gets even more interesting when using audio signals for modulation Houting Elements 3 10 NN CC vco 1 v O Control Elem C VCO 1 FM co 1X co2 NO Ox LEI Onco I sh ta ta vco 1I O VCO 2 ILC O vco 1X O VCO 2 FM I ta I I RCO 10 RCO 20 O veo 2 TL O VCO 1 PWM L L L L ENV 1 ENV 20 O ENV 1 O VCO 2 PWM L LI L L VCO 1 Key O VCO 2 Key 1 2 3 4 O ENV 2 O VCF Cutoff mee oO vco 1 PVO vco 2 PV ae ORCO 1 VCF Reso LI L LI LI Noise Ext In O O LFO 1 O VCF In LI LI a a LFO 10 LFO 2D Routing No O LFO 2 O VCA AM Basically frequency modulation is an analogue process to create complex waveforms sounds It got more widespread once digital sound processing started to develop as digital oscillators are more stable than analogue ones This stability is needed to create harmonic sounds instead of just noise alikes The FM that is offered in the SUNSYN is a complementary feature which greatly expands the sonic possibilities especially for creating sounds with noise contents You need two oscillators The first one the modulator modulates the freq
102. ther with the hardwired signal flows of the SUNSYN In this simple overview we ve only mentioned the inputs and outputs of the Routing Elements to keep it clear Each voice has access to up to four Routing Elements allowing you to use 1 2 3 or 4 per voice Keep in mind that Routing Elements only become active once you program them so it is possible to not use any at all or any combination up to four Initial Patch Even though the user interface of the SUNSYN is very clear the amount of available features might cause some confusion If you get lost you can simply load the Initial Patch This Single Sound contains standard settings for all parameters and modulation paths It might be a good starting point for your own patches When the SUNSYN is delivered you find the initial patch on Single Sound no 255 1 Press the Menu button to select the sub menu o 5 e 2 S D E dp JBAL ARPG MIDI 2 Press the Soft Button lt Edit gt You re now in the Single Sound edit menu D SINGLE ME nonuLnT OUT 3 Press the Soft Button lt More gt RCO 4 Finally press the Soft Button lt Init gt This loads the Initial Patch Caution loading the Initial Patch will overwrite the existing Single Sound you re currently on so make sure you scroll to a program you do not want to keep any longer To get to satisfying results in a faster way it might be practical to use a preset sound or the initial patch
103. thesis as we have known it up to now It could be interesting e g to create a digital sound with the RCO s and then fatten it up with the VCO s The other way round you can add e g slightly detuned sinewaves from both RCO s to make sounds even fatter Try it Both RCO s are identical Their functions are controlled through the menu system knobs soft buttons and soft controllers Both RCO s are controlled and edited this way i 5 a D lt fa 2 D The waveforms to which the RCO s have access are grouped and stored in Flash ROM One wave is a 44 1kHz 16 bit PCM WAV file with a lengh of 256 samples A group of waves is called Waveset and contains 248 consecutive waves Each waveform varies more or less from the previous one In the RCO menu you can choose individual waveforms Ampitude and play them as a continuous loop You can also play several waveforms consecutively and thereby create sonic spectra that analogue synthesis can t produce Within given y 7 l V 0 al gt boundaries you can define the amount of individual waveforms that are played and the order they are played On top of that you can reverse them even when playing back Time several waves digital Waveform Wave No Een herrea Res Pen ease Eee eared W a v e S e t HCO 1 amp RCO 2 3 e o 5 e 2 2 D E dp eS AAY The RCO Menu Press the Edit button in the RCO 1 section to enter the RCO
104. toring a Multi Programm is done the same way as storing a Single Sound therefore we ll only give a brief description 1 Press the Store button The LED Display flashes The LC Display shows RE ARE YOU SURES TO ABORT YES 2 To store to the selected original location press Soft Button lt Yes gt e To store to another location select another Multi Program with the Load knob or Number buttons By pressing Soft Button lt Yes gt you can save the edited Multi Program 3 To cancel the operation just push the Exit button Menu driven Features As we ve already mentioned the SUNSYN also has some menu driven features These consist of global functions arpeggiator settings midi parameters and midi controller assignments Menu structure The way these menus work is simple e You enter the menus by pressing the Menu button No matter which menu you are in you can go back to the top info page by pressing this button e You can use the corresponding Soft Button to select a sub menu Don t panic there very few submenus Submenus will always be displayed in the lower LC Display line This way you ll immediately know whether you are in a menu where you can edit parameters or in a submenu selection list Editable parameters are always shown in the higher LC Display line whereas their values are in the lower LC Display line Some menus are too big to be shown on one display They are shown on two
105. tting is now saved as Scene 1 7 Turning the Morph knob will morph between both edited versions 8 By loading the original single sound or another one the saved scenes are discarded and removed from memory When both scenes have different Lowpass and Highpass pole settings both the Lo and the Hi LED of the corresponding pole will light In the current Operating Software version morphing between such changes may create abrupt changes due to the different settings of the circuitry of those poles and these are not continuous settings VCF Filter 3 6 o 5 e 2 S D E dp VCA The VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier is a voltage controlled that means an electronically adjustable amplifier It s used to set the signal level by use of control voltages That s how dynamic level changes are created The VCA has a control input that is hardwired to envelope 2 The envelope amount is set in the VCA section of the SUNSYN The corresponding Env Amt knob can be found in the upper right corner of the VCA section The envelope Level Envelope Parameter amount defines the intensity of A mount envelope 2 on the VCA how much it influences the level Next to that the VCA has a user Low Amount definable control input in the _ Key Trigger Release Time Routing System Envelopes VCA The SUNSYN offers two envelope generators They produce ascending and descending control voltages They are
106. u recall the default multi programm and all settings of the active multi programm will be overwritten So please be careful and think twice before you hit this button Multi Mode B 4 NN OC We ve now explained all multi mode settings Leave the multi mode menu by pressing the Exit Cancel button several times or by pressing the Menu button This leads you to the top info page or by pressing the Type button This leads you to single mode Storing a multi program Um das Multi Programm zu speichern spicken Sie bitte im Kapitel QUICKSTART MULTI PROGRAMME SPEICHERN Note Please note the following when using single sounds in a multi programm that contain active RCO s As we know the RCO s can be used in Sync Mode When a multi programm contains single sounds with active RCO Sync Mode and single sounds without RCO Sync Mode at the same time then the SUNSYN will show an error message The RCO settings are global settings which means they must be the same for all voices because of technical reasons In such a case you have to use different single sounds or make sure that the RCO mode is the same for all single sounds contained in the multi Changing the RCO sync setting for patches might change their sound though 4 NN Multi Mode Manual ADDENDUM Midi Implementation Fixed controller assignment Here s a list that shows to what parameters the midi controllers are assig
107. uency of the second one the carrier The resulting waveform contains harmonics that can not be found in the basic signals The spectrum is extended by an amount of so called disharmonic frequency structures Such a harmonic structure can t be created through OSC 1 OSC 2 the normal use of oscillators and filters subtractive synthesis By carefully altering the frequency of the modulator o 5 e 2 S D E dp Modulator Carrier and the intensity of the modulation you can control the harmonic structure contents of the resulting sound You can experiment with the frequencies Range Semitones and cents to change the sonic characteristics E g when the modulating frequency source is lower than the carrier destination then inharmonic overtones and therefore noise alike sounds are created The FM feature of the SUNSYN can create lots of different noise alike sounds very easily The spec trum ranges from metallic bell alike sounds to undefinable noise Experiment with the diffe rent settings of the oscillators Small changes of Semitone and Range can already cause radical sonic variations Using different waveforms or the pulsewidth feature is also very interesting The filter cutoff frequency can be voltage controlled as we already know The most simple example is to let envelope 1 control the cutoff frequency or to set up a control element which controls it e g LFO when we choose VCF CUT as destination Next to
108. used to produce the Ndynamic part of the sonic changes Their basic functions are controlling the signal level and the sonic course over time Envelope 1 is hardwired to the filter cutoff Envelope 2 is hardwired to the control input of the VCA This way you don t need any additional settings to program dynamic filter or level changes Next to the hardwired routing there are also Routing Elements that can be used to route the envelopes to other parameters More on this later on Both envelopes are built of discrete analogue circuitry The result is that there s no time needed to Ncalculate the corresponding parameter settings The changes are very direct and lightning fast This is important for percussive sounds These are the envelope parameters Let s start with the VCA envelope ENV 2 Envelope 2 Envelope 2 is connected to the VCA and controls the level of the sound over time Attack Envelope Parameter The Attack parameter is used to adjust the Nstarting time the time it takes to go from zero to the maximum value Lower a z Level values mean a short and direct start Higher values allow for slower sounds Key Trigger Release Time 3 7 VCO Manual Hac J P ae Uc IAS Decay Sustain As soon as the envelope has reached the maximum which has been set with the attack value it drops again How fa
109. ut the express prior consent of JoMoX GmbH Manual I Introduction 1 1 What is the SUNSYN essent 7 E o 1 2 About this Manual sese s E 1 3 PEC AP ONS tadas 9 S 1 4 Connections Input Output eese 10 1 4 1 POWGT Cube outta DUDEN acre atu 10 1 4 2 Audio Connections soon ie uas edis utu teda Ria Rue a RAS eu RENE 10 1 4 3 Mide CONS oH OBS esse 11 1 4 4 Ixus ep inl S 11 II Quick Start 2 1 A ed Ore dieat DEB MSAN 13 2 1 1 The first time you switch on the SUNSYN 13 2 1 2 AMOO e Gaus 13 E 2 1 3 Changing Midi Channels sac 14 E 2 2 PLOSTAM SSCCUON raid 14 2 2 1 aten 15 3 2 2 1 1 Selecting SUMS SOUS qaad ls 15 2 2 1 2 Editing SIBPIGSOUDCB rival oi 15 2 2 1 3 Storing SIDEISSSQUEES c rtel 16 2 2 2 MUNG PTOBTAIUS io 16 2 2 2 1 Select Multi Propralas sunno rica cisco 16 2 2 2 4 Sterne Multi PrograMS od 18 2 3 Menu driven Features esee 18 III Single Mode Sound Programming 3 01 Initial Path sni n i ii 22 3 1 VCO Tad V OO 2 nasa aa 23 gt 3 2 RCO 1 and RCO 2 cocinas 5 E 3 3 Noise Generator certare ort ed obice aet tns 28 3 3 4 External DUE eena 28 3 4 CONDECUN Sepia 28 Index EN NN C 3 4 2 Setting the input lGVel user rer Eae I tab bi 29 E 3 4 3 Setting the External Signal level cocina 29 3 3 4 5 Menu driven Features 254500
110. utton and choose yes to save any tweaks more on this later When you push the Manual button the related LED will light and all knobs and buttons will become disconnected from the selected Single Sound parameters either stored or tweaked The sound parameters now take on the values of the current knob and button positions Cool Storing Single Sounds To start the saving process you have to push the Store button RE ARE YOU SURE TO ABORT The newly edited sound can now be e Rejected Push the Exit Cancel button The edited Single Sound will not be stored and will be removed from memory Only the original Single Sound remains stored in memory tweaks will still be active until you switch single sounds e Stored at the location of the current Single Sound Push the Soft Button lt Yes gt The edited sound has now been stored in the current location The original Single Sound has been overwritten and has been removed from memory Stored at another program location Choose a new location with the Number buttons or the Load knob The LC Display will now show the name and number of the Single Sound that resides at that location Once you ve found a Single Sound that you want to overwrite push the Soft Button lt Yes gt to store the edited sound to that location or by pushing the Exit Cancel button the sound will not be stored Multi Programs At this point in your SUNSYN education we w
111. x 3 10 3 3 3 10 3 4 3 10 3 5 3 10 3 6 3 10 3 7 3 10 3 8 3 10 3 9 3 11 3 11 1 3 df Sato 3 11 1 3 3 11 1 4 3 11 2 3 11 3 Sul 3411 322 3 11 3 3 3 11 3 4 3 11 4 3 11 4 1 3 11 4 2 3 11 4 3 3 11 4 4 3 12 Pulse width modulation PWM seems 58 Amplitude modulation AM eter tnter re deri rr onere rna et den 58 Ring modulation RM eletti iii 59 Sel modla on ranon od dudo D Hb nb URS ERROR EUN 63 Doubling signal paths pa 63 Previous VOICE nant a trout iret Gorse Waseem x pde testate aw 63 Keys Volatilidad 64 Menu Driven Features ecce e eee eee eee eee eeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeess OS Global Me fil eor o 66 EX TAN eg iso Eh o btts eh ena V tae Aene 66 Cardano eai ne ERIS 66 Miscellaneous taco 67 TIA e a Nc AA A IA save thee LR cecal 67 A Men ostensa apto eic deb 68 Midi Ment ec atn eh duets vin ondas a 69 Channel Menta oe ian revo ht che p CU P du 69 IU nisono Meni easensece adt ute maa lode sao np fta ds 70 Enable Menu aoo Ee ende tai iS 70 SYSEX MENU iuret lettore i het pees Cretan teile rds tius as nde 7 dts Ie ilo e en bib SINR MA T2 IN GING iioc teste teeetesletec iet ete tete Int pur leta t Bret 72 Moda M EDU x yea prre a ER eO ieee eR 73 OU dina did 76 More MIC TU didt etd ete a eet T Fixed controller mapping esee T IV Multi Mode ec eorr thee eto aeneo oe tva exte o inti erV uo coetus O V Yr eS Index EN
112. xtreme o 5 e 2 2 D E dp Routing Elements Menu Soft Button lt Rout gt Here you get to the submenu to set the modulation amount of the 4 routing elements Please read chapter 3 10 2 3 for more information on this Envelope 3 Menu Soft Button ENV3 Here you alter the settings of the software generated envelope 3 this is not yet implemented Out Output Assignement Soft Button lt Out gt The LC Display shows NO LEVEL PRNLE te OFF Here you can assign the outputs control the levels and the panning LFO The four soft controllers buttons have the following functions 1 Soft Controller lt OutNo gt output number This selects the individual outputs lt 001 gt to lt 008 gt 2 Soft Controller lt Level gt level This sets the level of the output signal lt 000 gt to lt 127 gt 3 11 Menu Driven Features Manual De e SEE Qs 3 Soft Controller lt PanLF gt Panning LFO This is where you can activate the third LFO This LFO can be used to panning exclusively Its setting ranges from lt 000 gt to lt 127 gt The signal which is routed to the stereo out will be panned between the left and right panning position with increasing frequency and fixed amount Value lt 000 gt switches off the LFO 4 Soft Controller lt Stereo gt Stereo Out lt on gt The output signal is sent to the stereo out next to its individual out setting lt off gt

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