deMOON PDF Manual
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1. LFO 2 frequency modulation 31 Oscillator LFO 2 frequency modulation source 32 NOT USED 33 Oscillator LFO 2 waveshape 34 Oscillator LFO 2 waveshape modulation 35 Oscillator LFO 2 waveshape modulation source 35 36 Filters oscillator input level 37 Filter 1 type 38 Filter 2 type 39 Filter 3 type 40 Filter 4 type 41 Filter 1 cutoff frequency 42 Filter 2 cutoff frequency 43 Filter 3 cutoff frequency 44 Filter 4 cutoff frequency 45 Filter 1 resonance 46 Filter 2 resonance 47 Filter 3 resonance 48 Filter 4 resonance 49 Filter 1 feedback level 50 Filter 2 feedback level 51 Filter 3 feedback level 52 Filter 4 feedback level 53 Filter 1 cutoff modulation 1 54 Filter 2 cutoff modulation 1 55 Filter 3 cutoff modulation 1 56 Filter 4 cutoff modulation 1 57 Filter 1 cutoff modulation 1 source 58 Filter 2 cutoff modulation 1 source 59 Filter 3 cutoff modulation 1 source 60 Filter 4 cutoff modulation 1 source 61 Filter 1 pan 62 Filter 2 pan 63 Filter 3 pan 64 Filter 4 pan 65 Filter 1 output 66 NOT USED 67 Filter 3 output 68 Filter 4 output 69 Filter 2 output 70 NOT USED 71 Distortion drive 72 Minigran time 73 Minigran Mix 74 Filters envelope attack time 75 Filters envelope decay time 76 Filters envelope sustain level 772. of the output Edit 1 Oscillator wave shape Value 0 to 255 0 triangle 128 saw 255 Square If noise on oscillator page 5 are any other value than off 255 will be noise instead of square Edit 2 Oscillator wave shape modulation Value 128 to 127 A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Oscillator wave shape modulation source Value Ifol 1fo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 ctr3 Encoder Wave shape modulation level source Selects a source that modulates the level of the wave shape modulation Choices are manu al nothing modulates the modulation level Ifol lfo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 Edit 1 Waveform pulse width Value 0 to 255 Edit 2 Pulse width modulation Value 128 to 127 A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Pulse width modulation source Value Ifol Ifo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 ctr3 Encoder Pulse width modulation level source Selects a source that modulates the level of the pulse width modulation Choices are manu al nothing modulates the modulation level Ifol 1fo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 Edit 1 tune Tunes the oscillatots in semitone steps Edit 2 Bend Adjusts how much incoming midi pitch bend messages will affect the oscillator pitch From 0 to 255 about 12 semitones Encoder Noise Off The waveshape parameter
3. that instead of having only one or two filters to treat the sound like most synthesizers it has four filters forming a bank A filter are an excellent tool for recreating the reflections that comes from an acoustic box like a violin box or the human mouth but having only one filter limits the number of possible reflection emulations a lot Having four fully tweakable good sounding filters like on the deMOON expands the creational possibilities and the possibility to recreate acoustic instruments a lot Combine the filterbank with the same high quality oscillators a wicked granulator effect a distortion effect four LFO s and endless routing possibilities the oscillators can also be selected as modulators and you got the deMOON s strong sound engine Since it 1s small and very portable a step sequencer and a headphone output was added so you can let your creativity run loose with it everywhere It s even possible to power supply it from a standard 9V battery a special cable is needed At top of it all a note randomizer that makes sequences unmechanical was also added All of this is stuffed into a small and sturdy metal box Gotharman s deMOON internal flow POLYPHONIC OSCILLATORS FILTER1 bpfiipfihpf ie Pan 1 SA So FILTER2 bpfilpfihpf Pan EL Left out LFO1 LFO2 ENV SRO Mase phones 1F02 MIXER DISTORTION of FILTERS bpf lpfihpf Granulator Right out External Audio Input ol FILTE
4. trigger source Choices are LFO1 LFO2 keyb midi note on s 29 The MiniGran pages The minigran effect are a scaled down version of our deFormer s granulator effect It cuts the input up in small fragments and reorder these fragments to create a totally different sounding output While the deFormers granulator works in sizes of 100 seconds deMOON s minigran only works in sizes of milliseconds so it is not very usable for rearranging beats It s more like that it rearranges the waveform and makes it sound glass bell voice like or very strange Edit 1 Time Adjusts the granulator time Higher setting makes the fragments longer lower settings makes the fragment shorter Edit 2 Mix The mix between the original signal from the filters and the granulated signal Value 0 255 0 clean orignal signal 255 clean granulated signal 30 Edit 1 ReOrder Adjusts how much minigran will reorder the fragments randomly Value 0 255 At setting 0 it will not reorder the fragments but repeat fragment 1 a number of times Edit 2 Pitch shift Adjusts how much minigran will randomly pitch shift the fragments Value 0 255 At setting 0 it will not pitch shift at all 31 The Distortion pages Edit 1 Drive Adjusts the gain of the distortion effect Edit 2 Offset Signals below the offset level will not be distorted Signals above the offset level will be distorted Encoder Distortion mode GAI
5. 4 Edit 1 Filter cutoff frequency Value 0 to 255 Edit 2 Cutoff modulation 2 Value 128 to 127 A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Cutoff modulation 2 source Value lfol Ifo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 Encoder Cutoff modulation 2 level source Selects a source that modulates the level of the pitch modulation Choices are manu al nothing modulates the modulation level lfol 1fo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl 25 Edit 1 Filter resonance Value 0 to 255 Edit 2 Resonance modulation Value 128 to 127 A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Resonance modulation source Value Ifol Ifo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 Edit 1 Filter feedback Value 0 to 255 The filter output can be feed ed back to its input That makes the resonance effect sounding sharper It is also possible to create a feedback loop from the distortion effect output to the filter input That is all the filters outputs running thru the granulator and the distortion effect feeded back to a filter input PURE UNCONTROLLABLE CHAOS Encoder Feedback source Value flt single filter dis distortion output 26 Edit 1 Filter output level Value 0 to 255 Edit 2 Output level modulation Value 128 to 127 A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Output level modulation source
6. Filters envelope release time 78 Filters LFO 1 frequency 79 Filters LFO 1 frequency modulation 80 Filters LFO 1 frequency modulation source 81 Filters LFO 1 waveshape 82 Filters LFO 1 waveshape modulation 83 Filters LFO 1 waveshape modulation source 36 84 Filters LFO 2 frequency 85 Filters LFO 2 frequency modulation 86 Filters LFO 2 frequency modulation source 87 Filters LFO 2 waveshape 88 Filters LFO 2 waveshape modulation 89 Filters LFO 2 waveshape modulation source 90 Final output level 37 COPYRIGHT GOTHARMUSIC 2009 38
7. Gotharman s deMOON User Manual Main Features What Is The deMOON deMOON s internal flow deMOON front deMOON back How To Get Around On The deMOON The Pattern Sound select page The Edit pages Overview Of The Edit Group Pages Explanation Of The Edit Pages Sequencer Note Randomizer Oscillators Filters MiniGran Distortion Midi Save Pattern deMOON MIDI implementation Index Main Features 4 note polyphonic Oscillators with continuously variable waveforms wave shape modulation fm and pwm which works on all waveforms 4 high quality unique sounding analog modelled bpf Ipf hpf filters Granulator effect 5 distortion types 4 LFO s with continuously variable waveforms waveshape modulation and rate modulation 2 envelopes Filter random generator Various control sources for every parameter Note randomizer 32 step step sequencer which is MIDI syncable has one note track one velocity track and one controller track has realtime transpose and a keyboard arpeggiator mode in which you can gate and transpose the sequence via a connected MIDI keyboard Storage of 128 sounds and sequences in eeproms No need to worry about changing back up batteries Direct MIDI control of most parameters Boxed small and compact easily portable What is the deMOON The deMOON are a 4 note polyphonic virtual analogue filterbank synthesizer build on the latest DSP technology That it s a filterbank synthesizer means
8. N Not really a distortion Just gains the sound It is possible to gain the sound so it clips VALVE A digital model of a classic valve distortion SINE Sine shape distortion Strange FUZZ A digital model of a classic fuzz distortion XDIS INSANE Destroys everything Edit 1 Output level Adjusts the final output level of the entire sound 32 The MIDI pages Edit 1 MIDI ch The deMOON midi channel On the channel you select here the deMOON will receive midi data It ts remembered after power off Value 1 16 Edit 2 Syne Adjusts wheteher the step sequencer will use its internal clock source or an external midi clock source Values int ernal ext ernal It ts remembered after power off The Save pages Stores a complete pattern including sound and sequence in deMOON s memory Use the Cursor click value encoder to select the location where you want to save your sound or move it to the X and push it if you regret It will write the name of the taget location at the top of the display or write lt empty gt if no sound is previously stored in the selected location Push the Play Enter knob to move to the next page Move the Cursor click value encoder to select the letters you want to change push it to change or move it to the X and push if you regret Pushing the Play Enter knob stores the pattern and exits save mode 34 DeMOON MIDI implementation Note on s and Note
9. R bpfiiptihpf Pan 1 MIDI DATA NOTE RANDOMIZER STEP SEQUENCER DeMOON front gt nela 2 deMoon Bassa eek Bo Edit b menapak 7 t Gs lt i p re PA gt te i i Le 1 1 4 E gt Ex E i A DV Se OS SS Bab Play Enter J Le i Editl Ctrl 2 When on the pattern select screen the screen showing on the picture and on the edit page select screen this knob transmits midi controller 2 internally and tweaks all parameters which has midi controller 2 selected as modulation source When on a parameter edit screen this knob adjusts the parameter showing at the left of the screen Edit2 Ctrl 3 When on the pattern select screen the screen showing on the picture and on the edit page select screen this knob transmits midi controller 3 internally and tweaks all parameters which has midi controller 3 selected as modulation source When on a parameter edit screen this knob adjusts the parameter showing at the middle of the screen Play Enter This knob starts and stops the internal step sequencer It also works as a midi note on indicator every time a midi note on on the selected midi channel are received it will light up When you select a new pattern change the controller number for the sequencer controller track or save a pattern it will start blinking and you will have to push it to confirm Cursor click value This knob navigates around changes p
10. Value Ifol lfo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 Edit 1 Filter modulation envelope attack time Edit 2 Filter modulation envelope decay time Edit 1 Filter modulation envelope sustain level Edit 2 Filter modulation envelope release time 27 Edit 1 Filters LFO 1 frequency Edit 2 Filters LFO 1 frequency modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Filters LFO 1 frequency modulation source Value lfol lfo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 Edit 1 Filters LFO 1 waveshape Value 0 255 0 triangle 64 saw 128 square 255 pulse Edit 2 Filters LFO 1 waveshape modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Filters LFO 1 waveshape modulation source Value Ifol Ifo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 28 Edit 1 Filters LFO 2 frequency Edit 2 Filters LFO 2 frequency modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Filters LFO 2 frequency modulation source Value lfol Ifo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 Edit 1 Filters LFO 2 waveshape Value 0 255 0 triangle 64 saw 128 square 255 pulse Edit 2 Filters LFO 2 waveshape modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Filters LFO 2 waveshape modulation source Value Ifol Ifo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 Encoder Selects the filter random generator
11. attern and changes various switch Volume functions on the parameter edit screens If the cursor is blinking turning this knob will move the cursor Pushing it will stop the cursor from blinking to change a value or entering another screen If the cursor is not blinking turning this knob will change the value of the parameter where the cusor are located Pushing it will get the cursor blinking to move it or it will enter another screen Changes the output volume on the stereo outputs DeMOON back Connections 9VDC Connect the supplied power adaptor to the socket The switch beside it are the power on off switch MIDI in Connect this to the MIDI out of a MIDI transmitting device MIDI keyboard Sequencer computer or whatever Output L hp jack This is the left line output and needs to be amplified Connect it to an amplifier or a mixer It also doubles as a stereo headphone jack Output R jack This is the right line output and needs to be amplified Connect it to an amplifier or a mixer LEAVE THIS UNCONNECTED IF YOU CONNECT HEADPHONES TO THE L HP JACK How to get around on the DeMOON Some main rules If the cursor is blinking you can move it by turning the cursor click value encoder If the cursor is not blinking you can change the value of the parameter the cursor are located below by turning the cursor click value encoder By pushing the cursor click value encoder you change the cursor from blinki
12. e probability parameter and randomly decides if it will play that note or not If it decides to play the note it will have a look at a user adjustable random velocity parameter and if this is higher than zero it will randomize the note velocity value with the adjusted amount This effect is very useful for creating variations in repeating patterns Edit 1 Probability At high settings more notes will be passed thru at lower settings less notes will be passed thru At 255 all notes will get thru use this setting if you only wants the velocity to be randomized At 0 no notes will get thru Edit 2 Velocity amount Adjusts how much velocity will be randomized Encoder Turns the note randomizer on and off The Oscillator Pages The deMOON oscillator waveforms are continuously variable from triangle to saw to square or from triangle to saw to noise The wave shaping can be modulated from all sources including the oscillator itself All waveforms can be pulsewidth and pitch modulated The noise waveform can be pitched or unpitched Unison mode with detune are availible The oscillator section has it s own two LFO s and one envelope The LFO waveforms are continuously variable from triangle to saw to square to pulse The LFO s can be both wave and rate modulated On the output of each oscillator are an amplifier This amplifier is always controlled by the oscillator envelope so the oscillator envelope always controls the rise and fall
13. he editl and edit2 knobs The parameter to the right is changed by moving the cursor to it and use the cursor click value encoder Overview of the edit group pages a De iis O ANS a Me Ba ES Explanation of the edit pages The Sequencer pages The deMOON sequencer are a one track monophonic type with a maximum of 32 steps It has separate tracks for note velocity and controller Tracks are recorded by entering values for each step It can be controlled from an external midi keyboard in various ways All parameters in both the sequencer and synth section can be changed even while the sequencer is running Push the cursor click value encoder to enter this page Edit 1 Transpose Transposes the entire sequence in semi tones in real time This can also be done from a midi keyboard explained later Edit 2 Resolution Adjusts the sequencer resolution Choices are 1 8 1 16 or 1 32 Edit 1 Tempo Adjusts the tempo of the sequence unless sync in the midi section is set to ext Edit 2 Last Step Sets the number steps the sequencer will run thru Value can be from to 32 Encoder Start Step Selects at what step the sequencer will start when you hit the Play enter knob or jumps from another sequence to this one Edit 2 Key transpose If on received midi note on s will transpose the entire sequence in semi tones in real time Encoder Key trigger Selectable modes Off The
14. ng to not blinking and vice versa The pattern sound select page This is the deMOON main page Every time you turn on your deMOON it will for a short while write Gotharman s deMoon and right after that it will go to this screen On the top of the display it writes the name of the selected pattern sound It remembers what pattern was selected when it was turned off and goes to that pattern when it is turned on again On the bottom of the display it writes the selected pattern bank and number The deMOON has eight banks A H with each 16 sounds 128 in all The number shown in paranthes are the midi program change number you will have to transmit to the deMOON to select this pattern from an external midi device To change pattern If the cursor is not blinking push the cursor click value encoder to make the cursor blink Rotate the cursor click value encoder in either direction to place the cursor under the letter if you want to change the bank number or the number if you want to change the pattern number Push the cursor click value encoder so the cursor is not blinking Rotate the cursor click value encoder to select the pattern you want It will write the pattern name on the top of the display The play enter knob will now start to blink Push the play enter knob to confirm change to the selected pattern The Edit pages NOTICE The edits you do are not automatically stored in memory If you would like to keep your c
15. off s are received on the selected midi ch by deMOON s sound engine and sequencer Pitch bend change are received on the selected midi ch by deMOON s oscillators Program change are received on the selected midi ch Controllers 1 to 3 are received on the selected midi ch and routed to the parameters where these controllers are selected as a modulation source Controllers 4 to 90 are received on the selected midi ch and routed to the following parameters 4 Oscillator waveshape 5 Oscillator waveshape modulation 6 Oscillator waveshape modulation source 7 Oscillator waveshape modulation level source 8 Oscillator pw 9 Oscillator pwm 10 Oscillator pwm source 11 Oscillator pwm level 12 Oscillator tune 13 Oscillator bend range 14 Oscillator fine tune 15 Oscillator pitch modulation 16 Oscillator pitch modulation source 17 Oscillator pitch modulation level source 18 Oscillator envelope attack time 19 Oscillator envelope decay time 20 Oscillator envelope sustain level 21 Oscillator envelope release time 22 Oscillator envelope velocity 23 Oscillator LFO 1 frequency 24 Oscillator LFO 1 frequency modulation 25 Oscillator LFO 1 frequency modulation source 26 Oscillator LFO 1 waveshape 27 Oscillator LFO 1 waveshape modulation 28 Oscillator LFO 1 waveshape modulation source 29 Oscillator LFO 2 frequency 30 Oscillator
16. on oscillator page 1 will morph between triangle saw square On The waveshape parameter on oscillator page 1 will morph between triangle saw noise Pitc The waveshape parameter on oscillator page 1 will morph between triangle saw pitched noise Edit 1 Fine tune unison detune If key mode poly or mono it fine tunes the oscillators If key mode unison this parameter adjusts the unison detune Edit 2 Pitch modulation Value 128 to 127 A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Pitch modulation source Value Ifol Ifo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 ctr3 Encoder Pitch modulation level source Selects a source that modulates the level of the pitch modulation Choices are manu al nothing modulates the modulation level Ifol Ifo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 Edit 1 Oscillator output envelope attack time Edit 2 Oscillator output envelope decay time Encoder Oscillator output envelope velocity on off Edit 1 Oscillator output envelope sustain level Edit 2 Oscillator output envelope release time Encoder Oscillators keyboard mode Choices are Mono Poly Unison 20 Edit 1 Oscillator LFO 1 frequency Edit 2 Oscillator LFO 1 frequency modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Oscillator LFO 1 frequency modulation source Value Ifol Ifo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 ctr3 Edit 1 Oscillato
17. r LFO 1 waveshape Value 0 255 0 triangle 64 saw 128 square 255 pulse Edit 2 Oscillator LFO 1 waveshape modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Oscillator LFO 1 waveshape modulation source Value lfol 1fo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 ctr3 21 Edit 1 Oscillator LFO 2 frequency Edit 2 Oscillator LFO 2 frequency modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Oscillator LFO 2 frequency modulation source Value Ifol Ifo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 ctr3 Edit 1 Oscillator LFO 2 waveshape Value 0 255 0 triangle 64 saw 128 square 255 pulse Edit 2 Oscillator LFO 2 waveshape modulation A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Oscillator LFO 2 waveshape modulation source Value lfol 1fo2 env elope velo city osc illator ctrl ctr2 ctr3 22 Filter 1 4 edit pages b The deMOON has four filters which are indepenently programable and each can be routed in serial or parallel to the others Each filter can be set in lo pass band pass or hi pass mode Cut off resonance and output levels can be modulated and each filters output can be panned separately The filter section has it s own two LFO s one envelope and a random generator that can be trigged from LFO1 LFO2 or midi note on s Even though the envelope LFO s and random generator can be accessed in all 4 filters it does not have separate modulator
18. reation you wil have to SAVE the pattern How to do that are explained later in this section How to enter the edit pages from the pattern select page If the cursor is not blinking push the cursor click value encoder so the cursor is blinking Rotate the cursor click value encoder until the cursor is located under Edit Push the cursor click value encoder Now this screen should appear and the cursor are blinking If you want to exit back to the pattern sound select screen rotate the cursor click value encoder so the cusor locates under eXit and push it If you on the other hand wants to start editing some sounds and or sequences make sure that the cursor 1s located under the number and push the cursor click value encoder Now the cursor will stop blinking and by rotating the cursor click value encoder you can now select among various edit pages Pushing the cursor click value encoder again enters the edit page Inside an edit page it might look like this When you enters an edit page the cursor are blinking By placing the cursor under the number in the upper left corner of the display and pushing the cursor click value encoder you can select among various edit pages in the selected edit group By placing the cursor under the X and pushing the cursor click value encoder you will exit to the edit page group select page The two parameters shown in the left and in the middle of the display are changed by rotating t
19. s for each filter It is the same set of modulators you access in every filter EC F E Editi Oscillators to filters input level This adjusts the input of all filters that are in parallel connection mode at the same time If this is set too high digital clipping will occur Edit2 External Audio input to filters input level This adjusts the input of all filters that are in parallel connection mode at the same time If this is set too high digital clipping will occur NOTICE In order to hear the sound from the external input the deMOON s output envelopes must be trigged either by an external midi note on message or by the internal sequencer 23 su ar E Type Far Conn 8 bef A Far gt Edit 1 Filter type Choices are BPF band pass mode LPF low pass mode HPF high pass mode Edit 2 Filter pan Pans the output of the filter 127 left 0 center 128 right Encoder Filter connection this parameter does not show in filter 1 par the filter are connected in parallel to the other filters The oscillators output goes straight into the filter Ser The filter are in serial connection with the previous filter Edit 1 Filter cutoff frequency Value 0 to 255 Edit 2 Cutoff modulation 1 Value 128 to 127 A negative value inverts the modulator Encoder Cutoff modulation 1 source Value lfol 1fo2 random env elope osc illator velo city ctrl ctr2 2
20. sequencer are in normal mode When you hit the Play Enter knob it starts running and when you hit it again it stops Gate When you hit the Play Enter knob the sequencer starts running but you can t hear it A midi note on from an external midi device on deMOON s midi ch will gate the sequencer and cause it to output the track data Rgat Same as gate except that every time a midi note on are received the sequence will reset to the start step Key Every time a midi note on are received the sequencer advance to the next step and plays that step until a note off are received This mode ignores the tempo and clock int ext settings Edit 1 Note value Adjusts the note value for the selected step Edit 2 Velocity value Adjusts the velocity value for the selected step Value 0 127 0 Step off 1 Hold previous step Encoder Selects step 1 32 Edit 1 controller number Selects the controller number 01 03 you want the controller track to put out 00 Controller track off After you have selected the controller number the Play Enter knob starts to blink and you will have to push it to confirm Edit 2 Value Adjusts the controller value for the selected step Encoder Selects step 1 32 The Note Randomizer page The note randomizer treats incoming MIDI note on and off s and notes generated by the internal sequencer if turned on When it receives note data it takes a look at a user adjustabl
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