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- Page 1 NS1nanosynth User's M anual V1.0 N ovember 2 015 b y D avide M ancini Designed a nd c rafted i n I taly ...
- Page 2 IMPORTANT I NFORMATION: C are a nd F eeding: Please b e a ware t hat o nly 5 V p ower s upplies a re a llowed. W e h ave p rotections o n t he d evice D C jack ...
- Page 3 p atch, a ugmented b y t he p otential ' virtual m odules' t hat y ou c an c ode o n t he A rduino. A great feature of the architecture of the NS1nanosynth is the ribbon controller with the hold ...
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Page 4: Functional Description
Functional D escription: A quick word on the philosophy of this machine. The NS1nanosynth has been developed with a few i mportant t hings i n m ind: ... - Page 5 Music ( NicF) a nd t he M aker F aire o rganisation f or i nviting u s t o t he R ome e vent o f O ct2015 a nd t o push us to 'invent' something for that occasion. The NS1nanosynth has many fathers and the ...
- Page 6 A s ynthesis p rimer: For t he p eople t hat d oesn't c ame f rom s ynthesis o r f rom m usic p roduction, i n t he n ext t wo p ages you ...
- Page 7 of a n o boe. T he ' secret' h ere i s t he h armonic ( or s pectral) c ontent o f t he w aveform. W ithout g oing into ...
- Page 8 fig. 6 P itch, t imbre a nd l oudness e quivalent b locks fig. 7 P itch, t imbre a nd l oudness N S1nanosynth m odules ...
- Page 9 fig. 8 m odulations e quivalent b locks fig. 9 m odulation N S1nanosynth m odules ...
- Page 10 • VCF v oltage c ontroller f ilter: The filter of the NS1nanosynth is a classic OTA (operational transconductance amplifier) 2nd order (two poles) resonant filter (12dB/oct) with low pass and bandpass outputs. ...
- Page 11 • VCA v oltage c ontrolled a mplifier + A MP o utput s tage: The NS1nanosynth VCA is an exponential response audio voltage controlled amplifier with a very interesting distortion at the end of the CV range. When the control voltage reach ...
- Page 12 • LFO l ow f requency o scillator: NS1nanosynth h ave t wo i dentical L FOs w ith t riangular a nd s quare o utput w aves. T he ...
- Page 13 • RIBBON C ONTROLLER: One of the most immediate and intriguing features of the NS1nanosynth is its Ribbon Controller, a 100mm resistive linear potentiometer that, through a specialized circuitry ...
- Page 14 Those humble modules are actually, together with the sum/sub, one of the most versatile ones in the NS1nanosynth, with regards to their standard, intended behaviour. As we ...
- Page 15 • LOGIC: The 'LOGIC' section of the NS1nanosynth includes the basic logic gates that, along with clock, clock divisors, buttons and other digital inputs can be used to implement complex ...
- Page 16 • CKDIV ( clock d ivider): The clock divider section of the NS1nanosynth comprises a standard cmos ic that divides the f requency o f t he i ncoming d igital s ignal f rom / 2 u p t o / 64. T he R ES ( reset i nput) a llows ...
- Page 17 Those two identical modules, along with the mixers, are one of the most fun to use and multi-‐role blocks on the NS1nanosynth. Those blocks are powered with 0V and 5V and ...
- Page 18 Tech S pecs: N ONE ( or, a lready s tated e lsewhere) • BUTTONS: We p ut t hree m omentary ( non l atching) b uttons o n t he N S1nanosynth f or a ll k ind o f t asks: manual ...
- Page 19 Quick s tart w ith t he N S1nanosynth: Now you can find a series of patch sheets that will guide you through different basic configurations. ...
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- Page 25 Customizing y our N S1nanosynth: • mounting t he b ottom c ase • VCO c alibration p rocedure • Arduino b ootloader r estore • Mods a nd h acks! ...
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