Studio Electronics SE-3X, User Manual

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Page 3: ...ANEL SEC 7 13 PROGRAMMER SEC 7a 14 CONTROL SEC 7b 15 MOD SEC 7c 16 17 OSC BANK SEC 7d 18 FILTER SEC 7e 19 21 ENVELOPE GENERATORS SEC 7f 22 24 EDIT WINDOWS SEC 8 25 COMMON FUNCTIONS SEC 9 26 SCREEN JUM...

Page 4: ...g insurance is optional but highly recommended ANALOGIA INC STUDIO ELECTRONICS will repair or replace this product at its sole option and at no charge to you for parts and labor when deemed necessary...

Page 5: ...cated away from heat sources such as radiators heat registers or other items that produce heat Avoid using the product where it may be a ected by dust or hot sunlight Make sure the line voltage in you...

Page 6: ...to the front back or side panels or strike them in any manner GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS This product must be grounded If it should malfunction or break down grounding provides a path of least resistance...

Page 7: ...e SE 3X s auto switching regulated supply will operate properly on either 115 volt or 240 volt AC line voltage NOTE Allow SE 3X 5 10 minutes to warm up before use as it is an Analog Instrument If the...

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Page 9: ...dy during program changes SE 02 Envelope Routines with their Cleaner Attack Decay Stages Original Linear Magical Quasi Exponential ENVs Exponential Glide Routine from the OMEGA 1X Linear Glide New Fro...

Page 10: ...fter some persuasion however I decided to try Progress was painfully slow at rst but I was eventually able to put it all together with the usual optimistic and determined circuit bending assist from G...

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Page 13: ...dit bu er Pressing and holding SHIFT while rotating the Q dial or pressing left and right arrow keys will scroll through edit pages windows pressing and holding SHIFT PANEL 2 and UTIL will access PANE...

Page 14: ...EL edit window for UTIL and the GLIDE window for PARA PANEL 2 rotation of the OSCVOL pot opens the AUDIO MIXER window PANEL 2 rotation of the FINE pot the TUNING window SAVE Commits edits to RAM locat...

Page 15: ...clock rates LFO2 When this switch is lit RATE and DEPTH controls a ect LFO2 LFO3 When this switch is lit RATE and DEPTH controls a ect LFO3 GATE Pressing and holding PANEL 2 SHIFT and then pressing GA...

Page 16: ...tap Square In its even state it is a full bouncy sound a bass beast for many Near the edges of its duty cycle or width the beloved becomes a clavi reedy nasal a air with odd harmonics only The wide re...

Page 17: ...ne only to the harmonic frequencies of Oscillator 1 Intermediate frequencies of OSC2 3 will produce almost digital sounding metallic wave shapes and timbres both Oscillators sharing the same base freq...

Page 18: ...ous and signature sound of subtractive synthesis Note The SEM lter does not self oscillate TRACKING Applies keyboard CV control voltage to the lter The more tracking used the brighter the sound will g...

Page 19: ...ch the initial contour begins is determined by the FREQUENCY lter setting while the peak which it reaches is determined by the FREQUENCY and ENV1 AMNT amount settings combined Incrementing the ATTACK...

Page 20: ...The shape of the lter envelope is determined by the contouring controls ATTACK DECAY SUSAIN and RELEASE Our ENV1 draws the FREQUENCY down an accidental feature of the MIDIMINI that is decidedly useful...

Page 21: ...sustain level to zero If sustain is set at zero then the release knob setting is irrelevant There is no level from which the envelope can release ENV3 AMNT Sets the depth of the applied envelope to th...

Page 22: ...E TUNING MAIN Continuously varies overall pitch at or sharp just over a semi tone OSC1 2 3 Adjusts individual pitch in half steps 0 63 FINE 2 3 Continuously varies Oscillator 2 3 s pitch at or sharp j...

Page 23: ...e sample hold LFO1 only MODULATION SYNC PAGE Displays LFOs 1 3 destinations and waveforms and Key trigger SELF Sets modulation clock to internal MIDI Enables reception of MIDI Sync KEYTRIG ON sets mod...

Page 24: ...controllers with these exceptions CON 1 reserved for Mod wheel CON 64 reserved for Sustain pedal CON 5 reserved for Glide time CON 65 reserved for Glide on o CON 7 reserved for Main Volume CON 121 127...

Page 25: ...ed but not permanently altered save ROM bank edits to RAM banks 1 5 locations Escaping from an Edited Patch Press and hold SHIFT and then EXIT under down arrow This will get you to the main page you c...

Page 26: ...VALUE FUNCTION FREQUENCY 1 2 3 OSCILLATOR TUNE PAGE COARSE VALUE FUNCTION PRESSING HOLDING 2ND PRESS JUMP PANEL 2 UTIL MIDI CHANNEL SYSEX PAGE PANEL 2 EXIT EXIT PATCH EDIT FUNCTION PANEL 2 GATE ENABLE...

Page 27: ...MOD and envelopes via this audio input Use the NOISE mix level in the AUDIO MIXER PAGE to adjust Any amount of level may be sent into this input however higher levels will ultimately overload the lte...

Page 28: ...1 VIBRACHI RES 86 WE REMEMBER Z 12 SMOOTHED OUT 37 VOCALITY 62 RESONANT EXPERT 87 ELECTRO VIBE 13 NEUBLE JAMES 38 SERVICE TO HIM 63 ETHEREAL MAN 88 THE SOUND IS ALL 14 BROTHER OF MIKE 39 GAIN RECOVERY...

Page 29: ...QUEST 4 MEANING 12 INVERTABLE 37 LOW PROFILES 62 ETCHO MABER B 87 UNEEDTHA 13 THOUGHT OF THAT 38 ON THE REEL 63 ETCHO M FLANGE 88 BREAD OF LIFE 14 PRECISION BASS 39 COR WARRIOR 64 INGRAM S SKILLZ 89...

Page 30: ...OSC 61 THEIR PRINCE 86 PURE SINE OF 12 RUBBERBANDIN 37 IN THEORY NO 62 F2THEU2THEN2THEK 87 TOROBE S HILL 13 PULSE BASED 38 CLEAN SWEEP 63 TALKATIV 88 GREAT WALL 14 JOHN THEM 39 SORN EYES 64 TALKATIV...

Page 31: ...ANZ 61 DISSARAYED 86 S H OVER EASY 12 RUBBERBANDIN 37 IN THEORY NO 62 MILTON 87 GLASSUHA 13 INVERTO 38 IN IT NOW 63 GIVE THANKS 88 FORGIVE ME L 14 TRUE POTENTATE 39 WALLACE G 64 INGRAM 01 89 SAMPLE ST...

Page 32: ...RABIT 12 RING OF BELLTONE 37 PULSE ME 62 NAME THAT ET SNR 87 THREERINGSERVICE 13 I INSIST 38 BEATING THE FREQ 63 CANTANKEROUS BOO 88 OBSERVANT TREES 14 BROOMCAKE 39 INSECTISLIDE 64 WHEEL TO LIVE 89 C...

Page 33: ...12 WHITE LINES 37 KORDI N L0VE 62 BUMBLE BASS 87 KRAFTY 13 SAW AND PEPPA 38 KILL THE PIGGY 63 BUMBLE BASS 2MIX 88 SPAGETTI STERN 14 BET ON WET 39 23BIT 182KHZ 64 TIN CAN BAND 89 NEIGHBOR NOISE 15 FLIP...

Page 34: ...TR606 KICK 86 TARDIS NOISE LFO 12 MORODER 100M 37 DETROIT 1 62 BERLINKICK 87 REVERSE TAPEWORM 13 R50E HI Q 38 DETROIT 2 63 CHICAGO KICK 88 BIGWAVE VS 14 CR78 HAT 39 DETROIT 3 64 KNUCKLE KICK 89 FAUX...

Page 35: ...formation MIDI note s must be sent to the SE 3X to open gate VCA OUPUT Connect a 1 4 to 1 4 audio cable to this jack and then to the line input of a mixer audio interface keyboard ampli er etc MIDI IN...

Page 36: ...anel REL Release SYNC Synchronisation VCA Voltage Controlled Ampli er VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator 15 MIDI DOCUMENTATION ASSIGNMENTS MIDI Implementation Chart Featur...

Page 37: ...quency VCF frequency DYNAMICS MODWHEEL AFTERTOUCH BENDER ENV 1 4 Individual Control OSC 2 3 Frequency Pulse Width 1 3 VCF Frequency VCF Resonance MIX 2 3 MIX Ringmod MIX Noise ENV 3 Amount ENV 4 Amoun...

Page 38: ...W 0 BANK SELECT MSBYTE 1 MOD WHEEL 5 GLIDE TIME 7 VOLUME 9 LFO GATE ON OFF 32 BANK SELECT LSBYTE 41 NOISE LEVEL 48 OSC1 LEVEL 49 OSC2 LEVEL 50 OSC3 LEVEL 51 RING MOD LEVEL 54 OSC1 COARSE FREQ 55 TRI1...

Page 39: ...WIDTH VCF CUTOFF 80 LFO1 RATE 81 LFO1 DEPTH 82 LFO2 RATE 83 LFO2 DEPTH 85 LFO3 RATE 86 LFO3 DEPTH 87 OSC1 LEVEL OSC3 COARSE FREQ 88 OSC2 LEVEL TRI3 ON OFF 89 OSC3 LEVEL SAW3 ON OFF 90 NOISE LEVEL PUL...

Page 40: ...NV2 ATTACK 107 ENV2 DECAY 108 ENV2 SUSTAIN LEVEL 109 ENV2 RELEASE 110 ENV3 AMOUNT 111 ENC3 ATTACK 112 ENV3 DECAY 113 ENV3 SUSTAIN LEVEL 114 ENV3 RELEASE 115 ENV4 AMOUNT 116 ENV4 ATTACK 117 ENV4 DECAY...

Page 41: ...GATE see GATE p 15 Soft Sound Check all audio connections Turn up Volume see CONTROL p 14 Turn up OSC MIX levels see OSC VOL 1 2 3 p 17 AUDIO MIXER PAGE p 22 Unwanted Distorted Sound Turn down OSC RM...

Page 42: ...acking Self Oscillating Resonance at Cuto Frequency 12dB SEM excluded AMPLIFIER Loudness Contour with a Dynamic Range of 81 dB CONTOUR GENERATORS 4 multiple Stage Envelope Generators attack decay sust...

Page 43: ...y encoder 24 knobs 20 square switches 17 illuminated one three way toggle fuzz one 5 way rotary switch lter selection power LED DISPLAY 5 high Patch indicator MAIN DISPLAY 20 x 4 blue backlit liquid c...

Page 44: ...reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices This equipment generates uses radio frequ...

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