Quasimidi POLYMORPH Operating Instructions Manual page 9

POWER MIDI: IN OUT THRU
ON / OFF
OSCILLATORS OSCILLATORS
PW HIGH-
OSCILLATOR-1
PASS
+ +
WAVE-1 TUNE ENV-MOD LEVEL-1
PW LOW-
OSCILLATOR-2
PASS
+
WAVE-2 TUNE SYNC LEVEL-2
PW
OSCILLATOR-3
OR EXTERNAL
INPUTS
+
WAVE-3 TUNE LEVEL-3
LFO 1-3
SIN SWD SWU
LFO-WAVE LFO-RATE LFO-DEPTH
SQR TRL RND
PWM VCO-FM VCF-MOD
PITCH LINE-1 LINE-2 LINE-3
STEP-MUTE
STEP-HOLD
CYCLE-
+ + + +
LENGTH
VALUE VALUE VALUE VALUE
SEQUENCE-
SELECT
1 2 3 4
MORPH-SEQUENCER
QUASIMIDI POLYMORPH
not only are the relevant channel faders muted, but also any aux sends, effects sends, direct outs,
inserts, or bus routing switches on these channels as they too can pass the dangerous noises on
from that channel's input to their destinations.
Pressing the [START/STOP] button on the POLYMORPH will begin a drum pattern, which you can
use as a test signal. Start with the <MAIN VOLUME> knob low and gradually bring it up to a
reasonable level.
If your mixer has a gain pot, start at the lowest setting, bring the faders up to unity and gradually
increase the gain pot until you get a healthy signal level, checking that it is not distorting anywhere
along the signal path. If you have a mixer with a Line/Phono input switch, such as many DJ
turntable mixing desks, then select the Line input. (The phono input is for low level turntable
cartridges only and will be severely overloaded by the high level output of the POLYMORPH.)
If you have stereo inputs on your mixer, the left/right balance knob should be set to the centre
position. If you use two separate input channels, then the panpot for POLYMORPH channel 1
should be panned to the left and POLYMORPH channel 2 should be panned to the right.
Connecting the POLYMORPH to a hi-fi system or portable stereo etc.
From the point of view of connections, the POLYMORPH can be treated as if it were another CD
player. Its output will be a similarly high line level and require a similar high impedance audio
input stage such as any labelled LINE, AUX, TAPE, CD, DAT which usually have RCA/phono plugs
and hence will fit the cables supplied by QUASIMIDI with your POLYMORPH. However, you
should never use the record player / MC / MM / PHONO input because the high level output of
the POLYMORPH will overload it.
(If the only available input is something else such as a 5-pin DIN plug, or two XLR inputs then you
will need to purchase the appropriate adaptor or cable for your application.)
Make sure that the volumes are turned fully off before plugging in and powering up, preferably the
hi-fi amplifier should be the last component to switch on, and the first to switch off. Press the
[START/STOP] button on the POLYMORPH to begin a drum pattern to listen to, and starting with
the volumes at low levels, gradually increase them to a comfortable level. If your portable stereo
has a "Loudness" button or some kind of "Hyper / Mega Bass Boost" button it is probably best to
turn it off at first unless you are listening at low volumes because the POLYMORPH has resonant
filters that can tune down to very low / subsonic frequencies that may easily distort with these
processes applied, and this could damage your speakers etc
.
OUT-1 OUT-2 AUDIO OUT-3 OUT-4 IN-1
RESONANCE-FILTERS RESONANCE-FILTERS ENVELOPE-GENERATORS ENVELOPE-GENERATORS
HP-ENV
+
CUTOFF RESONANCE ENV-MOD ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN
LP-ENV
+
CUTOFF RESONANCE ENV-MOD ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN
VCA-ENV
dB
RESO.
LP 24 dB ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN
CUTOFF-FREQ.
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VALUE-TEMPO
START/STOP
F1 F2
MODE MODE
NOTE-FWD FORWARD BACKWARD RANDOM UNISON ROTATE MULTI
+ + + +
VALUE VALUE VALUE VALUE MIX-VOL-1 MIX-VOL-2 MIX-VOL-3
5 6 7 8 SEL-1 SEL-2 SEL-3
MIXER
ANALOG-EMULATION-SYNTHESIS BY QUASIMIDI
IN-2 EXPANSION-SLOTS
SEE BOTTOM-PLATE
IN IN IN
OUTPUT OUTPUT
RELEASE VOLUME
RELEASE PHONES
32 OHM
RELEASE
MULTI-EFFECT-
ALGORITHMS
SOUND
Space-Distortion 1
Space-Distortion 2
STACK
Bright-Distortion 1
Bright-Distortion 2
EQ-Pan-Delay
Super-Chorus
Super-Flanger
MIX-VOL-4
Multitap-Delay
SEL-4
1 2 3
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Amplifier
L R
IN IN IN IN IN
MAIN-OUT
AUX-SEND
L R
4 5 6 7 8 MIX
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