Rhythm Delay Controls; Input/Cv/Output Jacks And Attenuators - Intellijel CYLONYX Rainmaker User Manual

Rhythm Delay Controls

fX ON
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The red button switches the rhythm delay effect on or off. When the effect is on the red LED to the
right of the button will be constantly lit up. When the effect is off, the LED will also be turned off. When the
effect is turned off the rhythm delay section input signal is passed directly to the rhythm delay output. That is,
the FX ON button acts as a bypass switch.
MUTe
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Mutes/un-mutes the rhythm delay section. When the rhythm delay effect is muted, the red LED in
between the FX ON and MUTE buttons will flash on and off. The muting effect is on the input to the rhythm
delay, and when muted the rhythm delay input will be set to zero. The output will continue to regenerate if the
delay feedback is turned up.
DeLAY feeDBACK
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This potentiometer controls the amount of the rhythm delay feedback tap that is mixed in
with the input signal. The source of the feedback signal can be edited by pressing the FEEDBACK:TAP # button
when the EDIT LED is lit.
PiTCH sHifT
● Turning this knob will adjust the amount of the global pitch shift that is added to all 16 rhythm
delay taps. It has a range of approximately +/- 2 octaves. It does not affect the pitch of the feedback signal.
There is a dead band around the 12 o'clock position of the knob where the pitch shift is set to zero.
feeDBACK TONe
● The feedback signal is passed through a first order lowpass/highpass filter before being
mixed with the input. At the 12 o'clock position the filter is flat, and all frequencies are passed through
unattenuated. Turning the knob clockwise will produce a highpass effect, with the cutoff frequency increasing
as the knob is turned. Turning the knob counter-clockwise will produce a lowpass effect, with the cutoff
frequency decreasing as the knob is turned.
CLeAR
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Pressing this button will clear both the rhythm delay and comb delay line memory. This is useful for
eliminating persistent echoes that are unwanted when changing presets, or noise caused by excess feedback.
The TRIGGER button and TRIG input can also be configured to clear the memory when activated.
TRiGGeR
● Pressing the big red button will generate a trigger event. The behaviour of the module to a trigger
event is set in the ROUTING+CONFIG edit display (see the description of this display in section 9 of the
manual). Likewise, a positive going pulse on the TRIG input jack will also generate a trigger event.
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input/CV/output Jacks and attenuators
The bottom part of the module contains the 1/8" jacks that are used to bring audio signals, trigger and timing
clock signals, and control voltages into the unit, as well as jacks for outputting the tempo clock and the processed
audio. Each input has an attenuator control which adjust the amount of the signal that passes into the module.
iNPUTs
● Provides the Left (IN L) and Right (IN R) channel inputs to the module. The routing of the inputs to
the rhythm delay and the comb depend on the settings made in the ROUTING+CONFIG edit screen (see section
9 of this manual). There is an arrow pointing from the IN L jack to the IN R jack marked on the panel. This
indicates that the IN L jack is normalled to the IN R jack. This means that if no cable is plugged into the IN R
jack, then the signal being input to IN L will be passed to IN R.
DeLAY
● This section contains control voltage inputs for the rhythm delay feedback amount, global pitch
shift (applied to all taps) and the feedback filter tone control. These control voltage signals are added to the
voltages from the DELAY FEEDBACK, PITCH SHIFT, and FEEDBACK TONE potentiometers. This section also
includes the TRIG and CLK inputs. Positive going pulses at the TRIG input will generate trigger events, and a
repetitive square wave signal input to the CLK input will override the TEMPO button and set the DELAY CLOCK
time (beat time) to the period of the CLK input wave, multiplied by the DELAY CLOCK DIV value.
COMB
● This section contains control voltage inputs for the comb feedback amount and the comb size. These
control voltage signals are added to the voltages from the COMB FEEDBACK and COMB SIZE potentiometers.
There is also the 1V/OCT control voltage input. When the CLK SRC parameter is set to COMB SIZE then
the comb size will follow the sum of the COMB SIZE control voltage, the voltage from the COMB SIZE
potentiometer and the 1V/OCT signal. Each 1 volt increase in the 1V/oct signal will cut the comb size in half.
Note that the 1V/OCT input does not have an associated attenuator. This is to ensure that the 1V/OCT relation
between the 1V/OCT input and the comb size always follows the correct exponential function. The SIZE input,
on the other hand, does have an attenuator, therefore the relationship between the SIZE control voltage and
the comb size is not necessarily 1 volt per octacve. This section also includes a CLK input. When the CLK SRC
parameter is set to COMB CLK a repetitive square wave signal input to the CLK input will set the comb size to
the period of the CLK input wave, multiplied by the comb CLK DIV value.
MOD
● This section includes the two control voltage inputs for the MOD A and MOD B signals. These signals can
be directed to one of many different parameters that do not already have direct voltage control inputs of their
own. The MOD A input is normalled to MOD B, i.e. when there is no cable plugged into the MOD B jack, the
signal from MOD A is connected to MOD B as well. Both of the MOD A and MOD B inputs have an attenuator,
which can be used to adjust the amount of modulation.
OUTPUTs
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There are three outputs for the module - OUT L, OUT R and CLK. OUT L and OUT R are the left and
right channel audio outputs. CLK is a 0 to +5V square wave signal derived from the flashing TEMPO LED (the
yellow LED in the middle right side of the module). The period of the CLK output wave is equal to the rhythm
delay's DELAY CLOCK Time (or BEAT TIME). This can be used to synchronize other modules or devices, such as
LFOs to the rhythm delay beat time.
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