Elby Designs MonoWave(X), User Manual

Page 1: ...elby designs bigpond com http www elby designs com 1 of 26 MonoWave X Manual User Guide February 12th 2019 Firmware V5 4 Please note that this manual is still undergoing development and that additions to this manual will be posted on my website extensively borrowed from the manual by Till Kopper ...

Page 2: ...hesizers from the eighties The signal of these oscillators and their suboctave signals are mixed together and then fed in to the pure analog part of the synth a 24db low pass filter a la Moog synthesizer and a VCA Both of them controlled by their own ADSR envelopes The MonoWave X has no patch memory It can be played by incoming MIDI signals from software sequencers or MIDI keyboards The MonoWave X...

Page 3: ...ment of a front panel support PCB to substantially improve the construction process Specifications Power Input 15VDC 400mA Audio out Headphone socket best if used with 32 ohms impedance Monophonic 6 3 mm 1 4 socket ROM waves 8 bit depth 256 samples per cycle DE REZ reduces cycle to 64 samples ADSR timing range Attack 7mS to 6 Seconds Decay 7mS to greater than 20 Seconds Release 7mS to greater than...

Page 4: ... the MonoWave X which should now show an information screen indicating that the MonoWave X is powered on Press the F1 and the F4 button together to select the MIDI channel display Select the MIDI channel you wish the MonoWave X to receive on by pressing the F1 and F1 buttons Press F4 to exit back to the main system Now set up a patch like that shown below Press a key on your keyboard and hold it S...

Page 5: ...nd Detune Section A TUNE knob to tune the MonoWave X to other instruments The MonoWave X has digital oscillators which will not drift out of tune A DETUNE knob to detune the second oscillator in relation to the first Centre is no Detune Clockwise will increase the pitch of the second oscillator Counter clockwise will decrease its pitch The amount of Detune available is determined by the TUNE setti...

Page 6: ... digital controller but it s positioned near the analogue section of the oscillators for the ease of use An LED near the OZ knob will show you when the HI REZ is active You might have to raise the filter cut off to hear the effect of HI REZ The OZ knob allows you to adjust the oscillator s volume It also incorporates the HI REZ switch as discussed above The SUB knob allows you to fade in the sub o...

Page 7: ...er to LFO in The Digital Section The Filter and Amplifier Envelope Sections The MonoWave X has two analogue ADSR style envelope generators They are optimised for short but very precisely controlled timescales ATTACK time can be adjusted between 6mS and 820mS DECAY time can be adjusted between 16mS and 6000mS RELEASE time can be adjusted between 16mS and 6000mS Note There is a special hold mode Let...

Page 8: ...gns Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close Kariong NSW 2250 Australia elby designs bigpond com http www elby designs com 8 of 26 The Main Volume Knob Use this knob to adjust the volume of the MonoWave X to match the mixer or amp to your needs ...

Page 9: ...he selected page and return you to the main display page In some cases pressing F4 will take you to a further option within the menu In all cases not pressing any key for a few seconds will allow the system to automatically exit the selected page and return to the main display page All parameters are stored in EEPROM and are automatically retrieved each time the MonoWave X is powered on On exiting...

Page 10: ...e which is only shown when the MonoWave X is powered on provides information on the program version It consists of 2 screens 1 The first screen provides information on the original author of the program and the last revision upon which the current MonoWave X was based 2 The second screen shows the current software revision for the MonoWave X Information screen 1 Information screen 2 ...

Page 11: ...ave Shape The 16 Wave Banks provide the following classification of waveforms 0x00 sawtooth 0x01 reversed sawtooth 0x02 sine 0x03 square 0x04 triangle 0x05 pulse 25 0x06 saw rising and rounded 0x07 cross over point distorted sawtooth 0x08 cross over point distorted sine 0x09 1 2 harmonic 0x0A 1 3 harmonic 0x0B 1 4 harmonic 0x0C 1 5 harmonic 0x0D 1 6 harmonic 0x0E 1 7 harmonic 0x0F noisy distorted ...

Page 12: ...designs com 12 of 26 The MIDI Channel Menu This page lets the user select which MIDI Channel the MonoWave X will respond to The factory default is MIDI Channel 1 i e MIDI Address 0x0 The F1 button will raise the channel number while the F1 button will lower it Pressing F4 will exit this page and take you back to the main display page ...

Page 13: ... and to proceed to the OZ2 TUNE settings Turn down the Oz1 output level and turn up the Oz2 output level Adjust the TUNE control until the MonoWave X is in tune with your external equipment Press F4 to save this tune offset and to proceed to the DETUNE settings You can also determine the resolution of the DETUNE control When you select FINE the Detune control will have a narrow range of approximat...

Page 14: ...e Shapes Bank The Velocity Wave value will be used to adjust the selected Wave Bank All The Velocity Wave value will be used to adjust the selected Wave Bank and Wave Form The settings can be made as follows F1 will step through the Velocity Wave Mode options for oscillator 1 F1 will step through the Velocity Wave Mode options for oscillator 2 F2 will increment decrement the Velocity Wave Depth fo...

Page 15: ...signs Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close Kariong NSW 2250 Australia elby designs bigpond com http www elby designs com 15 of 26 Bank mode selected for OZ1 Wave mode selected for OZ2 Both modes selected for OZ1 Bank mode selected for OZ2 ...

Page 16: ...e MonoWave X triggers If you set Re Trigger to Yes F1 then the MonoWave X will retrigger on all incoming new notes whether the last note is still pressed or not If you set Re Trigger to No F1 then the MonoWave X will not retrigger on an incoming new note if the last note is still pressed This allows legato playing Press F4 or wait a few seconds to exit this page and return to the main display page...

Page 17: ...the speed anymore You may enter and memorise the tempo setting by setting the tempo by values not by using the modwheel The unsynced tempo ranges from 0x10 to 0xFF You can select the tempo by using the 4 left most buttons The left button changes the first digit the right one the last digit And there are additional synced to MIDI values you may enter here M01 M02 M03 M04 M06 M08 M12 M16 M24 M36 M48...

Page 18: ...laying style The ARP starts playing when you press a key in non MIDI sync mode The ARP LED lights with the beat of the ARP notes to help you This feature isn t available if the MonoWave X is set to sync to MIDI clock In the case of MIDI sync speed settings Mxx it will start playing if you re upto 1 16th after the beat otherwise it will wait until the next beat is due before starting This ensures y...

Page 19: ...ill generate a free running LFO waveform The LFO may be routed to oscillator 1 and or 2 and or the filter as described below F2 and F2 will enable 1 or disable routing to oscillator 1 F3 and F3 will enable 2 or disable routing to oscillator 2 F4 and F4 will enable F or disable routing to the filter A ModWheel the one on your chosen keyboard controller can be used to adjust the modulation depth to ...

Page 20: ...will stay on the default value of 1 maximum pitch modulation 100 cent The LFO Speed is set up in the ARP menu while the ARP is switched off refer to the ARP paragraph below Midi Controller 48 can also be used to change the LFO speed however this setting will not be stored in the MonoWave X The LED marked ARP LFO will flash according to the speed of the ARP LFO It will glow when the LFO wave cycle ...

Page 21: ...The currently selected note in the form C 5 where C the name of the note 5 the current MIDI octave of the note Gate ON or OFF and The display also shows the MIDI Note number and MIDI Velocity value in the lower right of the screen F1 to increment the selected note The note name octave and MIDI Note value will change accordingly If the NOTE values exceeds 96 the program will wrap this around to the...

Page 22: ...ent note If the VELOCITY values exceeds 127 the program will wrap this around to the minimum VELOCITY value of 64 F2 to idecrement the velocity value for the current note If the VELOCITY values drops below 64 the program will wrap this around to the maximum VELOCITY value of 127 F3 to turn the Gate ON and to play the note F3 to turn the Gate OFF F4 to exit the Test Mode and return to the main disp...

Page 23: ... O O O O O O O Modulation depth ARP speed 2 LFO max depth Osc 1 Waveshape Bank 0 F Osc 1 Waveshape Number 0 F Osc 2 Waveshape Bank 0 F Osc 2 Waveshape Number 0 F LFO Speed Sustain Pedal Program Change True X X X X No Programms available System Exclusive X X No MIDI Out provided System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System Real Time Clock Commands X X O O MIDI Clock Start Stop Continue A...

Page 24: ...iddulph 9 Follan Close Kariong NSW 2250 Australia elby designs bigpond com http www elby designs com 24 of 26 WAVESHAPES 00 to 07 08 to 0F 10 to 17 18 to 1F 20 to 27 28 to 2F 30 to 37 38 to 3F 40 to 47 48 to 4F 50 to 57 58 to 5F 60 to 67 68 to 6F ...

Page 25: ...Biddulph 9 Follan Close Kariong NSW 2250 Australia elby designs bigpond com http www elby designs com 25 of 26 70 to 77 78 to 7F 80 to 87 88 to 8F 90 to 97 98 to 9F A0 to A7 A8 to AF B0 to B7 BA to BF C0 to C7 C8 to CF D0 to D7 D8 to DF E0 to E7 ...

Page 26: ...MonoWave X User Manual ELBY Designs Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close Kariong NSW 2250 Australia elby designs bigpond com http www elby designs com 26 of 26 E8 to EF F0 to F7 F8 to FF ...