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Polyend & Dreadbox Medusa User Manual

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Summary of Contents for Polyend & Dreadbox Medusa

  • Page 1 Medusa Hybrid Synthesizer User Manual Made in EU...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Overview The Synthesizer 1. Play modes and Voice Priority 2. Oscillators 3. Filter 4. Modulation Envelopes Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs) 5. Mixer and Volume The Grid as a sequencer and controller 1. How it's all organised 2. Two modes: Grid and Notes 3.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Sync Sync sequencing. NOISE The Grid is what makes Medusa unique. It allows you to not only configure your own pad D OSC1 D OSC2 D OSC3 controller but also store more than a hundred parameter locks per pad. This gives you access to programming your own kits of sounds in a single preset, you can then manually trigger them or easily create complex sounding sequences.
  • Page 4 Medusa might be needy for some at first, and it surely takes some time to get into it. But as you start to feel comfortable with the sound engine, and adapt to our way of thinking about the Grid pads (as a performance controller and separate note and parameter sequencer), it starts to be amazingly rewarding.

  • Page 5: Play Modes And Voice Priority

    OSCs. If you play monophonically in P1 or P2 (one note at a time), it will only use that first ally with the use of a dedicated Wavetable oscillator. With the Voice Priority set to Next, Medusa will rotate through the available control knob. Notice that there's no FM oscillators, allowing longer releases to sound.

  • Page 6: Filter

    Note that you will need to give the Medusa some warmup time for these analog oscillators to be in tune. There's also an automated calibration to tune up. When you're not touching the pads an auto-calibration routine is launched, tuning the analog oscillators.

  • Page 7: Low Frequency Oscillators (Lfos)

    Engimatic scales. You can also change not only the scale but the layout (the relationship of notes .01Hz to 30Hz and can be assigned to a list of parameters on the pads). As an external controller, Medusa does support an MPE mode, so you can also use it (see Appendix A: List of Modulation Destinations) selected as an MPE controller with compatible devices.

  • Page 8: Two Modes: Grid And Notes

    1, the second step or note value is stored in pad 2, the third in pad 3, and so on. An eight step The 8 x 8 grid of velocity sensitive silicon pads can also be used to play the Medusa, using one of 40 sequence would have the note values stored in pad 1 through pad 8.
  • Page 9 Think of combining this with live-triggered parameters. Try blending the glide parameter in the How to Mode Steps polyphonic modes, adjust the amplitude envelope Release in order to create overlapping portamento effects. But again, let's start from the very basics. From the Notes mode: 1.

  • Page 10: Hold Button Functions For Musical Performance - Drone Mode And Sequence Transposing

    2. Press the pad that contains the parameter locks which The Random button allows you to randomise Medusa's various synth and Grid parameter settings you want to edit. Adjust the desired parameters (cutoff, on a three different levels. Take a look at the description chart below. Besides these functions.
  • Page 11 OSCs, allowing longer releases to sound. We've decided to slow down the clock to 1 BMP as it's really useful in the so called Drone mode of the Medusa. X Target See Appendix...

  • Page 12: Config Menu

    USB, MIDI modulation signals through MIDI and the USB The MIDI menu allows you to set up the Medusa as a powerful MIDI controller too. Not only the connection. pads can be used as a MPE controller for your external software and hardware synths, the...

  • Page 13: Saving And Loading Programs

    10 seconds and back on. It's possible to dump/load the preset banks A and B into/from a file with the use of a Medusa Tool. You might need to pause the antivirus software while using the Tool.

  • Page 14: Appendix A: List Of Modulation Destinations

    Appendices Destination What will be modulated D Osc1 Mix Amount of D OSC1 signal in the overall mix Appendix A: List of Modulation Destinations D Osc2 Mix Amount of D OSC2 signal in the overall mix Destination What will be modulated D Osc3 Mix Amount of D OSC3 signal in the overall mix None...

  • Page 15: Appendix B: List Of Modes And Scales

    Appendix B: List of Modes and Scales Appendix C: CC Chart Full Name Abbreviation Full Name Abbreviation Function Function Function No scale Hungarian Minor Hung Min OSC1_TUNING OSC3_OSC12 ENV1_R Chromatic Chromatic Ukrainian Ukrainian OSC1_U_TUNING OSC3_FILTER ENV1_AMOUNT Minor Minor Marva Marva OSC1_WAVE OSC_PW ENV1_TARGET...
  • Page 16 Function Function ENV4_R LFO3_SYNC ENV4_AMOUNT LFO4_RATE ENV4_LOOP LFO4_WAVE ENV5_DELAY LFO4_AMOUNT ENV5_A LFO4_TARGET ENV5_D LFO4_SYNC ENV5_S LFO5_RATE ENV5_R LFO5_WAVE ENV5_AMOUNT LFO5_AMOUNT ENV5_LOOP LFO5_TARGET LFO1_RATE LFO5_SYNC LFO1_WAVE TARGET_X_SELECT LFO1_AMOUNT TARGET_Y_SELECT LFO1_TARGET TARGET_Z_SELECT LFO1_SYNC TARGET_Y_VALUE LFO2_RATE LFO2_WAVE LFO2_AMOUNT LFO2_TARGET LFO2_SYNC LFO3_RATE LFO3_WAVE LFO3_AMOUNT LFO3_TARGET...

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