Outputs - Moog MEMORYMOOG 345 Owner's And Service Manual

Experimenting with
CONTOUR GENERATOR
settings
is
an
important
part of learning to create
your
own
sounds
with a synthesizer.
CONTOURS
or
ENVELOPES
area major
portion of
what
gives a
sound
character and
individuality.
In
your
experimenting, here
are
some
rules of
thumb you
should keep
in
mind:
A
CONTOUR
must
allow
sound
to
pass,
otherwise
you
will
not be able to hear anything
from your
instrument.
If
the
VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED
AMPLIFIER'S
CONTOUR
is
set
up with decay and
sustain
settings as short
and
small
as possible,
sounds
will
be very percussive,
no
matter
how
the
filter
is
set.
Short decay times coupled with long attack times
will
make
reverse
sound
effects.
Release
settings
will
be meaningless
unless
the
RELEASE SWITCH
(10.4)
is
on
or the
RELEASE
FOOTSWITCH
(15.1)
is
held
down.
Release times
will
not affect the
sound
unless the sustain
level
is
set high
enough.
The
filter will
not be
affected
by
its
CONTOUR GENERATOR
unless the
CONTOUR AMOUNT
control
(8.4)
is
turned up.
No
sound
may
be heard
if
the
FILTER
CUTOFF
(8.2)
and
the
CONTOUR AMOUNT
(8.4)
controls are
not up
high
enough
to pass
any sound.
Long
attack times
will
give the impression that nothing
is
happening
unless
you
hold notes long
enough, or unless
you
have the
UNCONDITIONAL CONTOUR
switch
(10.2) on.
The
attack phase can be varied using the
RETURN TO ZERO
switch
(10.1).
o
OUTPUTS
The
MASTER VOLUME
control (11.1) affects the
overall
output
level
of the
Memorymoog.
It is
a
non-programmable
control.
It
should be
set as
high
as possible to
ensure
a
good
signal-to-noise
ratio.
Note
that
this
control
sets
the
limits
of
PROGRAMMABLE
FOOTPEDAL #
1 (4.1
)
when
it^s
set
to control
volume.
The
PROGRAMMABLE VOLUME
control (11.2)
is
used
to adjust the
volume
levels
so that
they
are
evenly
matched.
You
can use
this control to
bal-
ance
quiet
patches with louder ones
so that
you
don't have to fiddle with the
MASTER
VOLUME
control every time
you change
a preset.
The
HEADPHONE VOLUME
control
(1 1 .3) is
used to vary the
output
level
to a pair of stereo
8f2 headphones, which can be plugged
in
at the
front
right
of the instrument
at
the
key
block.
OUTPUTS
2
8
10
MASTER
VOLUME
PROGRAMMABLE
2
8
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10
VOLUME
HEADPHONE
2 8
^/\-
10
VOLUME
Q
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