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ELMYRA v1.3 

by neutral labs

 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 

 

Manual 

 

Hello, owner. 
 
Congratulations on building, buying or stealing the mighty Elmyra. You 
may not know it, but this device will change your life forever, if it 
hasn’t already. For the best possible experience, please read this 
manual carefully to the end. Actually, there might be one of those 
hidden clauses in there, where you win a prize because you’re the 
first person reading it. I’m not saying there is, but you won’t know 
unless you read it, right? 
 

Summary of Contents for ELMYRA V1.3

Page 1: ...t this device will change your life forever if it hasn t already For the best possible experience please read this manual carefully to the end Actually there might be one of those hidden clauses in there where you win a prize because you re the first person reading it I m not saying there is but you won t know unless you read it right ...

Page 2: ...ppropriate waste handling Please contact your local authority for further details of your nearest designated collection point Penalties may be applicable for incorrect disposal of this waste in accordance with your national legislation For professional users in the European Union If you wish to discard electrical and electronic equipment EEE please contact your dealer or supplier for further infor...

Page 3: ... hub laptop or even by a USB power bank on the go The audio output uses a standard 6 3 mm inch mono TS jack Plug it straight into your mixer audio interface effects unit or powered speakers CAUTION Plugging headphones directly into the audio output is not recommended as they present a much lower input impedance which the circuit is not made for Plainly speaking in the best case the sound will be v...

Page 4: ...nce below Position 1 and position 2 refer to the switch positions which are up 1 and down 2 if you bought a complete Elmyra For DIY projects these may be reversed depending on the wiring or even left right It should be easy to figure out though Input Primary function Secondary function SHAPE Changes the waveform for this voice Position 1 is almost sawtooth and position 2 is not Enable chromatic an...

Page 5: ...motional while playing Elmyra a common occurrence TIME The delay time of the built in delay If the feedback is high you can tune the delay time to generate new frequencies on top of the ones played by the voices To facilitate this the TIME knob is not linear Its reaction is more sensitive at low values The speed of the step sequencer during playback FEEDBACK The amount of feedback for the delay If...

Page 6: ...down as desired when the harshness introduced by the distortion or excessive filter feedback is too high for your taste VOLUME Much to the user s surprise this knob controls the overall volume of the sound It can also be used to conjure up various ethereal entities The exact mode of operation is left as an exercise to the user SCRATCH This controls Elmyra s nasty distortion The circuit is built in...

Page 7: ...ce frequencies as before Sequencer Mode Recording Flip SHAPE switch of voice 3 on the right twice quickly to enter step recording mode This will delete any previously recorded sequence The sequencer will record the TUNE frequency for each voice per step only if this voice has its ENV switch in position 2 as well as the setting of the TIME knob for each step Voices that have their ENV switch in pos...

Page 8: ...the touchpads Only voices that had their ENV switches in position 2 during recording will change their TUNE values so the other ones can still be played manually during playback The TIME knob controls the sequencer speed in this mode Exit playback mode by flipping SHAPE switch 2 twice or alternatively enter recording mode directly With some practice you ll be able to use recording and playback mod...

Page 9: ...ive Turn MOD fully down Adjust TUNE of two or more voices so that they re very close to each other Play them manually or put them into drone mode Now change the TUNE values slightly to get a beating effect Turn MOD up a bit for subtle effects Set ENV time to short TIME to somewhere over 50 and FEEDBACK between 50 and 75 Now play short phrases using the touchpads They will ring out via the delay Se...

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