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User Manual

PI L SQUARED

MIDI powered, duophonic Synth

square wave synthesis

digital & analog filter

Ploytec GmbH –          (PL2) Synthesizer - English Manual - Version 1.0, last revised: September 2013

Summary of Contents for Pi Lambda squared 2 PL2

Page 1: ...User Manual PI L SQUARED MIDI powered duophonic Synth square wave synthesis digital analog filter Ploytec GmbH PL2 Synthesizer English Manual Version 1 0 last revised September 2013 ...

Page 2: ...d in any form or for any purpose without the expressed written permission of the copyright holders Prod uct and brand names contained in this document are used for identification purposes only All registered trademarks product designations or brand names used in this document are the registered property of their respective owners Ploytec GmbH 2013 All rights reserved 29 08 2013 Contents Please onl...

Page 3: ...e are fun to experiment with Not only the classic waveforms such as saw sine or pulse waves will be simulated rather newly and interesting sounds from warm to destructive are also generated The PL2 receives its data always via MIDI channel 1 and all setting parameters can be edited by MIDI controller commandos Up to 32 of your own self programmed sounds can be stored in the user memory area In add...

Page 4: ...1 31 BP Refer to bitpattern table 8 9 5 10 6 11 7 PWM2 PWM1 ADSR Release OSC Volume Filter Resonance Digital on off Filter Cutoff Analog Filter Cutoff Digital 31 BP 31 BP 31 BP 31 BP 31 BP 31 BP 31 BP Modulation Amount Mono on Dual on Dual Detune Dual Octave Note Priority 126 127 26 27 89 Playmode MIDI Input PWM 2 23 PWM 1 25 Waveform 24 PWM 1 2 10 Decay Attack Sustain Release 19 17 21 16 A D S R ...

Page 5: ...rol the digital filter cut off Note controller 89 switches Note Priority also Breath Control 2 0 127 Like for Aftertouch breath control controls the filter cut off Note that Breath Control and Aftertouch will overwrite each other Sustain Hold 64 On 64 127 Off 0 63 Hold function If On is selected note off commands are no longer processed A played note holds a fixed level which is set by controller ...

Page 6: ...he ADSR envelope generator ADSR Release 16 or 72 0 127 Release time of the ADSR envelope generator Oscillators Instruction Status Byte Daten Byte Meaning PWM 1 25 or 76 0 127 Pulse width modulation 1 will be overwritten by PWM 1 2 PWM 2 23 or 95 0 127 Pulse width modulation 2 will be overwritten by PWM 1 2 PWM 1 2 10 0 127 Pulsweitenmodulation 1 2 regelt absolut und nicht relativ OSC Volume Pre Fi...

Page 7: ... limit again Thereby experimental sounding tones can be generated here once more Filter Type 28 or 79 LP 0 63 BP 64 95 HP 96 127 LP low pass filter BP band pass filter HP high pass filter Filter Cutoff Analog 14 or 70 0 127 After the digital filter and DA conversion an additional analog low pass filter follows Adjusts the analog filter cut off frequency here Note this parameter isn t useful for dy...

Page 8: ... 60 P P P P 61 P P P P P 62 P P P P P 63 P P P P P P Daten Byte ADSR Release OSC Volume Filter Reson Digital Filter Cutoff Analog Filter Cutoff Digital PWM 2 PWM 1 64 P 65 P P 66 P P 67 P P P 68 P P 69 P P P 70 P P P 71 P P P P 72 P P 73 P P P 74 P P P 75 P P P P 76 P P P 77 P P P P 78 P P P P 79 P P P P P 80 P P 81 P P P 82 P P P 83 P P P P 84 P P P 85 P P P P 86 P P P P 87 P P P P P 88 P P P 89 ...

Page 9: ...nium 22 Neon Light 23 Herr Schneider 24 Numb Progr Name 25 Geiger 26 Metropolis 27 Vettel 28 Analog Pad 29 Lukas 30 Transformator 31 Smacker 32 Electric Moskito Factory Sounds Instruction Status Byte Data Byte Meaning Out Volume 7 0 127 The output includes an analog volume control which is linked com monly with the following saturation stage The output signal therefore gets rising compression by r...

Page 10: ...fset Pre Filter 1 85 x o PWM Modulation LFO 1 86 x o Pitch Modulation LFO 1 87 x o Filter Modulation LFO 1 88 x o Amp Modulation LFO 1 89 x o Note Priority and Aftertouch 7 120 x o All Sound Off 1 123 x o All Notes Off 1 PL2 PI L SQUARED duophonic square wave synth Date 06 09 2013 PL2 MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default x 1 Channel Changed x x Default x ...

Page 11: ...d in controller 31 82 3 Overwrites Aftertouch information and vice versa 4 Overwrites PWM 1 controller 25 76 and PWM 2 controller 23 95 5 Effective only for waveform 2 4 controller 24 75 6 Defines modulation wheel routings according to bitpattern table 7 Controller 89 sets both Aftertouch bit 5 and Note Priority bit6 8 0 31 program 1 32 is fixed factory set 32 63 program 33 64 is user set 9 Used f...

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