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Blind Monk Instruments Navigator Manual

Polyphonic analog synthesizer
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BLIND MONK INSTRUMENTS
NAVIGATOR
POLYPHONIC ANALOG SYNTHESIZER
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  • Page 1 BLIND MONK INSTRUMENTS NAVIGATOR POLYPHONIC ANALOG SYNTHESIZER...
  • Page 2 INTRODUCTION The Navigator is a polyphonic analog synthesizer with few knobs but tons of modulation capabilities and features. Each of the 4 voices has: 2 Oscillators + Sub Oscillator + Ring Modulator 3 LFOs 2 ADSR envelops 2 pole fully resonant low pass filter...
  • Page 3 PRECAUTIONS The Navigator uses an external power adapter. Only use the power adapter supplied with the device. Use common sense Don’t put it in a position where you could trip on it, step on it, drop something on it or drop the thing itself.

  • Page 4: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL FUNC button: used for saving and loading patches in addition to recording sequencer rests and storing chords MENU button: switches between the two menus VOL knob: controls the overall volume MENU knob: scrolls through the pages of the menu I: controls the top line on the screen II: controls the second line on the screen III: controls the third line on the screen...

  • Page 5: Back Panel

    BACK PANEL BASIC USE Use the MENU knob to scroll between pages. Use the MENU button to switch between the two menus The four knobs at the bottom (I,II,III,IV) control the four lines on the page you are currently viewing. Each line has a description and a bar graph showing the current setting of each line.

  • Page 6: Quick Start

    Use the MENU knob to scroll to the page you want to edit. Use the four knobs (I,II,III,IV) to adjust the settings on the screen. The following pages are organized by the menu pages on the Navigator, each blue line represents a different page on the synthesizer.
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  • Page 7 Line 1: selects the waveform for oscillator 1 Double Saw - phase between the two saw waves can be modulated with the shape control Square/Pulse - can be modulated with the shape control Square + Saw - both the square/pulse wave and sawtooth wave are mixed together Double Saw Square / Pulse Square + Saw...
  • Page 8 The ring modulator comes from combining oscillator 1 and oscillator 2. Changing the shape parameter changes the timbre or harmonic content of the ring modulator TIP if you turn the shape parameter all the way to the left, the ring mod level becomes the oscillator 2 level.
  • Page 9 ENV2 Line 1: modulation destination for envelope 2 (oscillator 1 pitch, oscillator 2 pitch, LFO 1 speed, LFO 1 amount, oscillator shape, ring modulation level) Line 2: second modulation destination for envelope 2 (oscillator 1 pitch, oscillator 2 pitch, LFO 1 speed, LFO 1 amount, oscillator shape, ring modulation level) Line 3: the amount of both envelope 2 modulations Line 4: selects whether envelope 2 is normal or inverted...
  • Page 10 Quad Sine LFO shape Sine wave LFO shape of one voice Quad Sine Shape Each color represents the LFO shape of a different voice. The LFO sync setting must be turned on for the quad sine shape to line up symmetrically as seen above. Using it in unison mode can allow for cross fading between each voice as well as a variety of other possibilities.
  • Page 11 Last Knob Turned The last knob turned destination can control any parameter on the main menu. To use this feature: 1. Make sure the LFO 1 destination is NOT set to “last knob turned” 2. Then adjust the parameter on any page of the main menu 3.
  • Page 12 To access the following pages on the Navigator, press the MENU button. LOAD Press the FUNC button to load the selected patch. Line 1: Patch Bank - Banks A through O store sound patches. Bank P stores sequences or chords, Bank Q loads a sequence based on the internal algorithms. Each time you load one of the algorithms, a new and unique sequence is created.
  • Page 13 Velocity / Keytracking / Glide Line 1: adjust the level of velocity from the incoming keyboard Line 2: select the target that the velocity will control ENV 1- The velocity of the key press will control the level of envelope 1. This controls the filter level so harder key presses will be brighter and louder and softer ones will be quieter.
  • Page 14 Line 4: MidiChl - selects the incoming and outgoing MIDI channel. When All is selected the Navigator will receive MIDI messages from all channels but will not pass through any MIDI Notes. In sequence playback mode the notes of the sequence will output on channel 1.
  • Page 15 Turning the knob off of Seq Rec stores the sequence into temporary memory. You must save it to one of the 10 sequencer / chord locations or it will be lost when the Navigator is turned off. Automation of the all the functions on on the main menu (OSC through LFO 3) can be automated.

  • Page 16: Midi Implementation

    You can only store a Sequence or Chords to the Sequence/Chord patches because they are basically the the same information. You can step through the sequence by going into Chord Play mode and playing the up the notes on your keyboard. Individual sequence steps can be edited by selecting chord play, finding the step you want to edit on the keyboard, selecting chord record and storing new notes on that specific key.
  • Page 17 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the • receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help • © Blind Monk Instruments 2019 blindmonkinstruments.com...

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