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- Page 1 Bass Guitar Synthesizer and Analog Modeling MIDI Synthesizer Expander from Panda-Audio Ltd. User Guide Version 1.0 Dec. 22, 2015 Panda-Audio Ltd. www.panda-audio.com Product web site: www.pandamidi.com...
- Page 2 Windows 7/64 in XP compatibility mode. Warranty If your Future Impact I system defects or malfunctions as a result of any defected electronic parts or our design fault we provide you two years warranty of repairing or replacing it. WARNING: NEVER press the Bank button by foot. It must be controlled by hand only. Damage of the Bank switch will not be covered by warranty.
- Page 3 Using the editor Copy the software package into any directory on your computer, connect your MIDI interface to the computer and start FIprog100b.exe. The FI is a very complex device with more than 100 parameters for a sound. In order to get an overview it is worth to investigate first the block diagrams of the FI algorithms in the Appendix.
- Page 4 from your selected directory into FI in a single run. When you use this option then you must have a connection with two cables between FI and the computer, otherwise after writing the first file the action will break down with an error message.
- Page 5 PULSE WIDTH LFO FRQ (1..127): Every oscillator has its own LFO (low frequen- cy oscillator) for modulating the pulse width of the square signal. Here you can adjust the LFO frequency. PULSE WIDTH LFO DEPTH (0..127): This controls the amount of LFO modula- tion.
- Page 6 Harmonizer Block The Harmonizer Block consists of the harmonizer with three transposed voices, and the Distortion. The input to the Distortion is a mixture of four voices, the original bass and the three harmonized voices. MIXER BASS/VOICE1/VOICE2/VOICE3 (0..127): You can set an arbitrary pro- portion between these four sound sources.
- Page 7 Voltage Controlled Filter Block The Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) Block consists of three parts, an audio mixer, the filter cutoff modulation part, and the filter parameters. AUDIO BASS / DIST / AR.DIST / SYNTH / NOISE (0..127): This is a four channel mixer at the input of the VCF.
- Page 8 always in Bandpass mode. The cutoff control signal is the same as for the first one, except that FRQ 2 is an adjustable offset corresponding to a fixed harmonic interval between them. Using two resonances provides an excellent way to generate sounds with vowel-like formants, resembling human voice. The offset is defined in semitone steps.
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Page 9: Effect Block
MIDI CHANNEL (0..16): 0 means OMNI MODE, so all MIDI channels will be accepted. Otherwise, 1...16 will determine which MIDI channel will FI listen to. PBD RANGE (0..12): Pitch Bend Range in number of semitones. Determines how FI will react on modification of the pitch with the pitch bend wheel. TRANSP OCTAVE (-2..1): The incoming MIDI information can be transposed by -2, -1, 0 or +1 octaves in order to match the external source to the sounds of FI. - Page 10 Effect 1 : Chorus/Flanger/Slapback/Reverb This effect has a very flexible set of blocks and control parameters, which enable it to be configured as a Chorus, a Flanger, a Slapback Echo or a simple Reverb by just setting the parameters differently. This effect consists of two delay lines that can be modulated, and two LFOs that can be used as modulator.
- Page 11 MID1 FRQ, MID2 FRQ (0..127): The center frequency of the equalizer stages can be adjusted in the range of 170...7000Hz. MID1 Q, MID2 Q (10..100): The resonance (Q) of the equalizer stages can be adjusted in a range of 1...10. MID1 BOOST, MID2 BOOST (-20..+20): Boost and Cut of the equalizers can be adjusted in the range of -20dB to +20dB.
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Page 12: Specifications
MIDI pedal to adjust the volume of FI and you disconnect it, the volume will return to the default maximum value only if you turn FI off and on again. Remark3: NOTE ON, NOTE OFF and PITCH BEND are active in MIDI Mode only (it is actually NOTE ON what switches the FI to MIDI Mode), the other controllers can be used in either MIDI Mode or Bass Mode. - Page 13 Features: Covers the full range of 4, 5 and 6 string bass guitars 99 Programs, 9 Programs in Bank 0, 10 Programs in Banks 1…9 each First 9 programs Deep Impact compatible Sounds can be designed and archived with a PC Editor software Major sound parameters can be changed easily on the device itself Free sound libraries will be published Software can be updated through MIDI...
- Page 14 Algorithm Block Diagrams Future Impact BASS GUITAR IN A.SZALAY, 2015 INPUT LEVEL HARMONIZER+DISTORTION (ANALOG) MIXER HARMONIZER DISTORTION BASS HARMONIZER 1 OCT. UP VOICE1 HARMONIZER FORMANT FORMANT NOISE DISTORTION VARIABLE GATE VOICE2 GRADE TRANSPOSE V2 TONE HARMONIZER OUTPUT MIX VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FILTER VARIABLE AUDIO MODULATION FILTER...
- Page 15 Future Impact Oscillators TRIG A.SZALAY, 2015 TRIG SAW DECAY DECAY COARSE ENVELOPE FINE DECAY TIME BEAT CV IN CV IN FOLDOVER VCO 1. DISTORTION DEPTH OFFSET SQR PWM IN SQR PWM IN TRIANGLE TRIANGLE TRIG SAW DECAY DECAY COARSE ENVELOPE FINE DECAY TIME BEAT...
- Page 16 Future Impact Effect Routing A.SZALAY, 2015 FROM BASS EFFECTS BLEND AUDIO OUT OUTPUT LEVEL FROM VCF (ANALOG) BLEND Page | 16...
- Page 17 Warranty and Return Policy The customer must never send back a device without consulting the manufacturer by e-mail first. A device should be returned to the manufacturer only after consultation, if the manufacturer explicitly requests to do so. The customer must pay for the cost of shipping the device back to the manufacturer.