Make Noise 0-Coast, Manual

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Page 2: ...CV Gate Controllers 10 ProGraM Buttons 11 ProGram B 12 Circuits that Modify 14 MIDI B 15 Signals 16 Attenuation 17 Attenuversion 18 Control Voltage 19 The Core 20 The Timbre 21 SLOPE 22 Balance 23 The...

Page 3: ...te the equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable pr...

Page 4: ...by Make Noise to be the fault of the user are not covered by this warranty and normal service rates will apply During the warranty period any defective products will be repaired or replaced at the op...

Page 5: ...r choice you could apply new timbres to your existing musical forms Using the included Patch Cables you could get more scientific experimenting with new ways to wire up the circuits You might even for...

Page 6: ...l also find small visual representations of the connections Continuing the example above SCOPE NOTATIONS Circuit Output Circuit Input Oscillator Square Wave Output Balance External Input Number of Cyc...

Page 7: ...olarity MIDI Activity or indicate alternate modes for instance Self Cycle Jacks Every jack in the 0 Coast is either an input or an output Jacks are patched together with cables Simply plug one end of...

Page 8: ...put 25 Overtone Panel Control 26 Overtone CV INput Attenuator 27 Multiply Panel Control 28 Multiply CV Input Attenuvertor 29 Multiply Activity Window orange 30 Overtone CV INput 31 Multiply CV INput 3...

Page 9: ...8 Figure 8 Default Sound Figure 9 Drone...

Page 10: ...without significant interference from other electronic sources such as computers appliances radio waves etc Most importantly however high amplitude signals allow for modulation across the entire range...

Page 11: ...e section at bottom of page or at the bottom of the unit If you will be using a CV Gate controller locate the Pitch CV and Gate CV OUTputs on this device Connect the Pitch CV Output from the controlle...

Page 12: ...ut can be assigned to velocity note number mod wheel et al The 0 Coast also has a fun arpeggiator with two modes an additional LFO at the MIDI B outputs and the ability to switch between Legato and Re...

Page 13: ...Legato ON default MIDI A Gate goes high when the first note on is received and does not go low until all note offs have been received In other words there is a single Contour until all notes are relea...

Page 14: ...FO TAP PGM_ A This is a square wave LFO with User defined frequency 6 MIDI Clock PGM_A FLASHES PGM_B OFF default PGM_B ON ON Tempo follows the rate of the incoming MIDI clock 7 Calibrate MIDI_A MIDI_B...

Page 15: ...Jack such as the Korg SQ1 Sequencer or the Electribe 2 Simply connect the two devices using a Stereo TRS Mini Jack cable as depicted in Figure 15 To use the 0 COAST with traditional DIN devices use th...

Page 16: ...hed to the CONTOUR Gate IN and DYNAMICS CV INput Jacks the CONTOUR Signal OUT is wired to modulate DYNAMICS In order to hear this set 0 COAST to the Default Sound Figure 8 Page 8 and play some keys or...

Page 17: ...V Figure 20 An Audio Rate Triangle Wave 5V 6 KHZ G8 One Cycle 0 166 mS CV Random Voltage Random Voltage as you might have expected is not predictable In a more subtle use Random Voltage can liven up a...

Page 18: ...e Fully Attenuated 0V 10V 0V Time Inversion To invert a signal is simply to turn it upside down For example inverting a 5V offset results in a 5V offset Inverting a positive going sequence Fig 28 resu...

Page 19: ...ugh at all times As mentioned above in 1 the left input is always at Unity there is no control over its amplitude while the right input comes with an attenuverter An example of the usefulness of inver...

Page 20: ...range of movement is indicated by the crosshatched area of the MULTIPLY Panel Control Figure 35 With the MULTIPLY INput Attenuverter set to 12 o clock no voltage is added to the MULTIPLY Panel Contro...

Page 21: ...orm which has many audible Odd Overtones making it more rough and complex This gives it a hollow aggressive sound The Square waveform is often used as the starting point for East Coast synthesis techn...

Page 22: ...To hear the SLOPE in the audio signal path set SLOPE to CYCLE and set RISE and FALL to 9 o Clock for Audio rate SLOPE generation Set OVERTONE Full CW This will create a very inharmonic sound not unlik...

Page 23: ...til the the CYCLE Button is PRESSED again to disengage Self CYCLE This type of Function is often called a Low Frequency Oscillator or LFO an important element of both EAST and WEST Coast synthesis tec...

Page 24: ...ugh sound rich in harmonics This is not unlike sweeping a Low Pass Filter in the classic East Coast synthesis patch where at Full Counterclockwise the harmonics of the Square or Saw waveform are reduc...

Page 25: ...t synthesis at its finest allowing the Low Pass Gate to be used in tandem with an extremely important East Coast synthesis circuit the 4 stage Envelope we call CONTOUR CONTOUR In order to really under...

Page 26: ...here it remains for as long as the Gate e g from MIDI or Patched to CONTOUR Gate INput is held HIGH or ON Figure 50 The SUSTAIN parameter determines this maximum level while DECAY sets the time it tak...

Page 27: ...ent ONSET and DECAY settings while leaving SUSTAIN set to about 11 o clock and Vari Response set to 2 o clock This may help you understand what ONSET and DECAY are doing Now set ONSET to 9 o clock and...

Page 28: ...y be used when interfacing the 0 COAST with instruments capable of handling the large voltages produced by this type of output such as modular synthesizers The LINE OUT circuit has a Level parameter w...

Page 29: ...t typical sounds played with a keyboard are easy to achieve an example of a limitation is that the envelope of a note created by Contour as Gated from the MIDI A Gate is always tied to a single pitch...

Page 30: ...hich the Modulation will be added If it is already at maximum it cannot be modulated any further When Panel Control is set to 12 o Clock and the CV Attenuator is set Full CCW there will also be no Mod...

Page 31: ...ency of one oscillator upon another The result is that the oscillator that is FM d will carry the modulating oscillator s pitch information in the form of harmonics Linear FM attempts to preserve the...

Page 32: ...OPE Function aka Envelope whose characteristics are defined by the RISE FALL and Vari Response parameters This function will rise from 0V to 8V and then immediately fall from 8V to 0V There is NO SUST...

Page 33: ...ultiply is controlled by SLOPE in normal operation Try taking MIDI B CV patched to this input set to C3 to accomplish something similar to Keyboard tracking found on subtractive monosynths in the East...

Page 34: ...xed Summed together The result appears identically at both outputs at the bottom The left input CHannel 1 is always at Unity there is no control over its Level or polarity while the right input CHanne...

Page 35: ...vels may be used to control the 0 Coast and vice versa EXAMPLES Sequence the 0 Coast with Ren or Korg Arturia sequencers process the 0 Coast s DYNaMiC output in the Make Noise System 0 Figure 70 The 0...