Summary of Contents for Pittsburgh Modular foundation 2.0
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Pittsburgh Modular Foundation 2.0 Synthesizer Manual and Patch Guide...
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Important
I nstructions
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P LEASE
R EAD Read
I nstructions: Please
r ead
t he
F oundation
S ynthesizer
m anual
c ompletely
b efore
u se
a nd
r etain
f or
f uture
r eference. IMPORTANT
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Table
o f
C ontents Important
I nstructions
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3 Table
o f
C ontents
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4 Case
a nd
P ower
S peciOications
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5 Foundation
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SpeciOications
a nd
F oundation
P ackage
C ontents Foundation
P ackage
C ontents: 1
-‐
F oundation
M odular
S ynthesizer 1
–
P ittsburgh
M odular
P atch
C able
K it ...
An
I ntroduction
t o
M odular
S ynthesis The
F oundation
w as
d esigned
t o
b e
a
c omplete,
f ully
m odular
a nalog
s ynthesizer.
A
m odern
v ersion
o f
t he
g reat
1 970's
m onosynths
conveniently
...
Audio
S ignal
P ath
a nd
C ontrol
V oltage
S ignal
P ath The
F oundation
s ignal
p ath
i s
d ivided
i nto
t wo
t ypes
o f
s ignals.
A udio
s ignals
a nd
c ontrol
v oltages. The
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Individual
M odules The
F oundation
i s
a
c ollection
o f
1 3
m odules
c hosen
t o
a llow
t he
c reation
o f
c omplex
a nalog
s ounds.
T he
m odular
n ature
o f
t he
F oundation
allows
...
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Midi2
M odule Description: The
M idi2
c onverts
s tandard
m idi
n ote
m essages
i nto
t he
a nalog
c ontrol
v oltages
u sed
b y
m odular
s ynthesizers.
T his
allows
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Oscillator
M odule(x2)
Description: A
w ide
r ange,
m ultiple
w aveform
g enerator.
T he
O scillator
h as
a
f requency
r ange
s tarting
a s
l ow
a s
7
s econds
p er
cycle,
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M3
M odule Description: The
M 3
i s
a
u nique
s ignal
r outing
m odule
w ith
3
d istinct
s ections
a ble
t o
p erform
s everal
d ifferent
f unctions
a t
o nce.
S ignal
splitting,
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LFO2
M odule Description: A
d ual
l ow
f requency
o scillator
m odule.
I t
u ses
t wo
d ifferent
t ypes
o f
l ow
f requency
o scillator
c ircuits
t o
p rovide
a
v ariety
of
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Modulator
M odule Description: The
M odulator
o ffers
3
t ypes
o f
e ffects
b ased
o n
t he
s tandard
R ing
M odulator
c ircuit.
T ypical
u ses
c an
c reate
b ell-‐like
o r
metallic
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Mixer
M odule Description: A
O lexible,
l ow-‐noise
f our
c hannel
m ixer
a nd/or
a ttenuator
f or
a udio
a nd
C V
t hat
c an
b e
u sed
i n
s everal
w ays.
Three
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Filter
M odule Description: The
F ilter
i s
a
v oltage
c ontrolled,
a nalog,
s tate
v ariable
O ilter.
T he
s tate
v ariable
t opology
w as
c hosen
because
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F ilter
M odule
( continued) Mode
s witches
b etween
F ilter
a nd
O scillator
m odes.
S et
t o
" Filter",
t he
P ittsburgh
M odular
F ilter
w ill
n ot
self
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ADSR
M odule
( x2) Description: The
A DSR
i s
a
f our
s tage
e nvelope
g enerator
w ith
i ndependently
a djustable
A ttack,
D ecay,
S ustain,
a nd
R elease
s tages.
A n
envelope
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Dual
V CA
M odule Description: The Dual Index is a dual linear voltage controlled amplifier (VCA) and a two channel voltage controlled mixer. It has two standalone VCAs and a fully buffered mix output. Each channel offers offset gain and CV attenuation. The CV and IN of channel 2 are normaled to channel 1.
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Outs
M odule Description: A
s imple
w ay
t o
g et
s ound
o ut
o f
t he
F oundation.
O uts
i s
a
d ual
i ndependent
o utput
m odule
f eaturing
a
s tereo
1 /4"
headphone
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Patching
a
M odular
S ynthesizer The
f ollowing
p ages
c ontain
m any
e xamples
o f
h ow
t o
p atch
t he
F oundation.
T he
e xamples
h ave
b een
c hosen
t o
s howcase
t he
O lexibility
o f
the
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Warranty 1
Y ear
L imited
W arranty: For
a
p eriod
o f
o ne
y ear
a fter
t he
d ate
o f
o riginal
p urchase,
t he
i nstrument
a nd
a ll
f actory
i nstalled
p arts
a nd
m odules
m anufactured
b y
Pittsburgh
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Service
a nd
I nformation Please
c ontact
u s
f or
s ervice
o r
o ther
i nformation. info@pittsburghmodular.com www.pittsburghmodular.com/contact/...
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2 012
P ittsburgh
M odular
S ynthesizers
L LC.
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