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Page 1 PANHARMONIUM Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer Operation Manual _070419_v06 Copyright 2019 Rossum Electro-Music LLC www.rossum-electro.com...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Introduction 2. Module Installation 3. Overview 4. Basic Functionality 5. Make Some Noise! 6. The Spectral Analyzer 7. The Spectral Modifiers 8. The Oscillator Bank 9. Assigning CV1 and CV2 10. Managing Spectra and Presets 11. Updating Software 12.
Page 3: Introduction
Music Panharmonium Mutating Spectral In the unlikely event that you have a problem Resynthesizer. This manual will give you the with your Panharmonium, tell us about it information you need to get the most out here: of Panharmonium. The manual assumes you already have a basic understanding http://www.rossum-electro.com/support/...
Page 4: Module Installation
2. Module Installation As you will have no doubt noticed, the rear of Panharmonium is a circuit board with exposed parts and connections. When handling Panharmonium, it’s best that you hold it by the edges of the front panel or circuit board.
Page 5: Overview
E-mu’s famed “EOS” Emulator Operating bank of from 1 to 33 oscillators. Depending on various control settings, Panharmonium System) has created Panharmonium, a can accurately recreate the input spectrum in unique music and sound design tool that...
Page 6 All with an interface whose immediacy encourages performance and interaction. Panharmonium input can be anything from a single oscillator to an entire mix (including vocals). From dense, swirling pads and drones that evolve with the input’s changing...
Page 7: Basic Functionality
Panharmonium’s structural organization. analyzed. The Bandwidth control allows the selection of narrow to wide pass Panharmonium accomplishes its magic bands on the left side of the pot and though a combination of functional narrow to wide notches on the right submodules: side of the pot.
Page 8 Oscillator Bank Assignable CV Inputs In addition to its dedicated CV Inputs, Panharmonium provides two assignable inputs, CV1 and CV2, that can be assigned to control up to three parameters each. See the subsequent chapters for details. The Oscillator Bank resynthesizes the analyzed spectra.
Page 9 Presets and Spectra may be backed up to > and restored from WAV files. Software Update and Utilities Panharmonium provides the ability to update its software via WAV files, as well as offering a variety of housekeeping functions. See Chapters 11 and 12 for details.
Page 10: Make Some Noise
The quickest way to hear some of what Start turning knobs. Seriously. Try things > Panharmonium can do is to check out the out and see what happens. When a Presets and Spectra that come pre-loaded control does something interesting, try from the factory.
Page 11: The Spectral Analyzer
Panharmonium is constantly analyzing any audio at its inputs. When a slice Mode/Option button and adjust the Slice begins (either as a result of Panharmonium’s control to its minimum. The Drums LED will internal Slice Clock or a press of the Tap/ light to indicate you’re in Drums Mode.
Page 12 If you inadvertently YET ANOTHER NOTE: Just try them and see. tap a tempo that’s not exactly what you want, wait one second for Panharmonium’s TAP/OPT & TAP/SYNC internal tap capture window to reset, then start tapping again. The Tap/Opt button and the Tap/...
Page 13 FreezeTap Mode. So if you ever turn on your If you tapped quarter notes (relative to your system and find that Panharmonium is not music’s tempo), setting Multiplier to 4 will responding to the slice clock, check to see...
Page 14 Fc CV Input is passed through. Panharmonium will provide no audio output. If your Panharmonium is not making any sound, As the knob is turned counter-clockwise from this is the first thing to check.
Page 15: The Spectral Modifiers
CV you define how many of control. However, keep in mind that the Blur Panharmonium’s oscillators parameter must be at its maximum to freeze (from 1 to 33) will be used to the spectrum. If the Blur control is set at its resynthesize the input.
Page 16: The Oscillator Bank
(a full mix would be good). Set Slice to minimum and Multiplier to 32. Select the regular Sine waveform and listen to The frequency of Panharmonium’s output the result. is controlled by the Frequency knob, the Select the crossfading Sine waveform and 1V/OCT input and the FM input and its listen to the result.
Page 17 The Mix control sets the mix balance between the input When the Output Mode/Option button is audio and Panharmonium’s held and the Frequency knob is at 12 o’clock, resynthesis. As you would there is no warping. As the knob is turned...
Page 18 OUTPUT MODE In LR—FX Mode, only Panharmonium’s processed output appears at the right output, The Output so the Mix control fades between silence and Mode/Option full level — that is, Mix becomes a volume button lets you control. In this case, the Mix CV input can be choose between used like a VCA gain input.
Page 19: Assigning Cv1 And Cv2
9. Assigning CV1 and CV2 Panharmonium provides two assignable CV inputs, CV1 and CV2, that can each be assigned to control up to three different parameters as follows: CV1: Multiplier, Voices, and Feedback CV2: Waveform, Octave, and Glide To assign CV1 to a target parameter, hold the Tap/Opt button and turn one of the Multiplier, Voices, or Feedback knobs.
Page 20: Managing Spectra And Presets
10. Managing Spectra and Presets Panharmonium allows you to store 12 creations over them. However, if you think you Spectra and 12 Presets in memory for easy might want to use some of them in the future, recall. you can simply save some or all of them to WAV archives and reload them as needed.
Page 21 Now re-select Spectrum 1. You will hear > Center Frequency and Bandwidth values, and the same preset & spectrum, but now with the Panharmonium panel’s Center Frequency the spectrum’s stored Center Frequency and Bandwidth values. and Bandwidth, not the preset’s.
Page 22 Now deselect Preset 1. Panharmonium > remembers that Spectrum 1 was playing when the preset was selected, so keeps Spectrum 1 on, but since deselecting a preset always results in the live panel becoming active, you hear Spectrum 1, but with the live panel’s Center Frequency and Bandwidth.
Page 23: Updating Software
11. Updating Software Hints for Playing Back WAV Files Panharmonium provides the ability to update its operating software via a WAV file. The basic requirements for successful WAV file playback for software updates and data Here’s how: transfer is that the file should be played...
Page 24 If you do get an unsuccessful transfer > (e.g., the level was too low, your computer generated extraneous audio, etc.), you can just correct the problem and try again. However, we’ve found that rather than just playing the file again from the beginning, it’s usually advisable to close the file, reopen it, and then start playback.
Page 25: Utilities
12. Utilities Press and hold Tap/Opt + Freeze + Panharmonium offers a variety of utility Output Mode/Option and then the Preset functions, including the ability to archive and restore saved Spectra and Presets as WAV 4 button. The Preset 4 LED will flash. The files.
Page 26 (e.g., the received data was and Presets in your module. So be careful. You corrupt, damaged, or not understood), may want to archive your Panharmonium’s Panharmonium’s current Spectra and Presets current contents using Function 4 above will remain intact, and will not be erased or before doing this, just in case you change your overwritten.
Page 27 LEDs will light in sequence as the data is Seriously. loaded. If the transfer is successful, the selected LED will go off and the Panharmonium will return to “chase” mode ready for additional transfer actions. When finished, press the Output Mode/Option button to rerun to normal operation.
Page 28: Factory Spectra And Presets
Use this to add string-like While the presets are briefly described below, sounds to music that doesn’t have any. Or keep in mind that with Panharmonium, the anything else. sound of presets is as much a result of the Preset 9: Crazy Swarm input audio as it is the setting of parameters.
Page 29 Spectrum 12: Most Famous Chord They are intended to be used as complex Presented without comment… oscillators. All of Panharmonium’s various parameters can be used to modify and DEFAULT “NEUTRAL” SETTINGS bring dynamic variation to them. In...
Page 30: From Dave's Lab
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Page 31: Acknowledgements
15. Acknowledgements A number of wonderful people generously provided help, advice, encouragement, and inspiration during the development of Panharmonium. Many thanks from the Rossum Electro-Music team to: Patrick Aurelio András Eichstaedt Nancy Enge Reek Havok Mihai Ionescu Kurt Kurasaki William Mathewson...
Page 32 The following software may be included in this product: KISS FFT Copyright © 2003–2010 Mark Borgerding. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1.