Euterpe Synthesizer Laboratories Vertice, User Manual

 THE BASICS

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set up and connections

Check the contents in the shipping pack

The VERTICE is shipped with the following items:

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the VERTICE itself. If it’s a bag full of potatoes please return it to customer service.  :-)

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some big-sized warning note and internal connections conceptual scheme

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a not finished “authenticity sample” of the wood we use for side panels (optional), for touch, smell and 

chemical-analysis fans

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this User’s Manual

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a small M6 allen key (if ordering the optional side wood panels)

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Schuko (aka German) thermosealed power cord for European units. The “Serie Americana” units have a 

standard American power chord instead. You can understand to which series belongs your unit simply 

reading the rear metal label, but probably you don't need because it's supposed you know in which part 

of the world you live. If you don't you can always contact the nearest embassy, generally they know that.

What you will need

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a standard 19"/4U rack place or a stand or a table sufficient to support the VERTICE Filterbank. When racked, 

to dedicate 5 or more patchbay ports to the Rear Vertice's Outs is highly recommended: whitout them you 

can miss some of the best routing possibilites Vertice can offer

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some ¼” TS instrument cables

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a standard digital audio interface or amplifier connected to some kind of reproduction system, like studio 

monitors or stereo speakers. A guitar amplifier is good enough (until your neighbour knok on the door)

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some waveforms

POWER ON THE UNIT

Now, if you dare, turn on that switch. Is the only plastic switch you can find in the machine. Plastic was choosen 

for this particular to increase safety perfomance since this is one of the few dangerous places in the whole 

machine (which, by-the-way, for the rest of the circuitry works at +/-15VDC, so a not dangerous voltage level).

In less than one second you should see the dedicated LED blink up saying "Yeah, bitch!"

When you switch it ON you can eventually turn down STACCATO/CONTINUO knob, fully 

counterclockwise in STACCATO position. This is the most silent way to switch-on the filterbank if 

you are already connected with a playback system.

Now you can plug an ¼” TS cable (a standard jack) to one of the two available outputs positioned in the right 

side of the panel, but maybe that’s obvious. It’s less obvious instead which of the two ports to choose. Try the 

MONO/PARALLEL

 one for the first time, it's the one that "sound always".

For additional information about the available outputs please read the 

PANEL GRAPHIC OVERVIEW (page 

13) and the CONNECTIONS PANEL description (page 17).

With the unit power ON and the output patched you can feed every kind of audio signal into the VERTICE jaws 

simply by plugging another ¼” TS cord in the A-filter 

AUDIO IN

. Follow the indications at 

page 15 to let the 

signal flow through the whole machine and start to play with your new killer audio tool.

If instead nothing happen check all connections and the vitality of VERTICE looking at the power LED status or by 

pushing the momentary switch. If the problem persists please contact our customer support at euterpesynth@

gmail.com.

We will reply with the maximum rapidity.

MORE GAIN = MORE SUFFERING = MORE SATURATION = NASTY SOUND DESIGN.

Do you need soft tones? Keep the pot down. Easily your Emphasis will be more present than with an 

high level input signal, and that will lead you to limit your Emphasis level (if not you'll obtain the 

classis too-resonancenant whistle).

Do you need power, madness and to massacre some synth line / drum loop? Raise up both volume and 

Emphasis control, or extra gain the VCAs (via EG), or switch-on the Overload function, or multiply the 

signal via external Mult module and sum them into the Vertice's three filterboard and so on... There are 

many way to obtain raw power from Vertice, the only limit is your fantasy your Studio power supply 

max limit (in Italy is 3.3kW for housing situations).    :)