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Elby Designs EURO-SERGE Manual

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  • Page 2 Todd Barton Kevin Fortune Darrel Johansen Doug Lynner Ken Stone Paul Young Released 2018 Year of the Euro-Serge Dog Euro-Serge released October 2014 ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com 1 of 21...

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    These exercises will give you the basis for understanding the explanations in subsequent chapters. If you have used a synthesizer, but not a Euro-Serge, the patches worked through in ‘Self-Teaching Patches #2’ provide a good working knowledge of the basic modules of the Euro-Serge. If you are already familiar with the...
  • Page 4 The Introduction. This manual refers to the 4mm version of the Euro-Serge modules as this affords the user the best Serge experience. 4mm connectors are also more robust and offer a more reliable connection.
  • Page 5 When referring to controls on modules such as pots or jacks we will enclose the ‘name’ or ‘label’ for that item in square braces, for example [RISE] and [VC IN]. ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com...
  • Page 6 Serge Tcherepnin - 2018 ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com 5 of 21...
  • Page 7 The synthesizer player really is, in part, an instrument builder, and just as an electronic organ designer must know something about electronics, acoustics and music, so must a good synthesizer player. ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com...
  • Page 8 The synthesizer itself is an excellent teacher of both simple acoustics and elementary electronics. Figure 1.3 - A Starter Euro-Serge System ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com...
  • Page 9 EURO-SERGE - INTRODUCTION AMP AND SPEAKER The Euro-Serge System does not contain its own amplifier or speaker so it must be connected to such a system to hear any sound. Below are the most common systems and where the Euro-Serge connects to them.

  • Page 10: Power Amplifier

    POWER AMPLIFIER Figure 1.5 Sometimes in a studio situation the Euro-Serge will be directly connected to a power amplifier. This is not recommended for home use. When this configuration is used, the only controls for the volume are on the Euro-Serge itself so it is important that they be kept at appropriate levels so as not to damage the speakers.

  • Page 11: Connecting Cords

    Cords are used to connect between the various modules on the synthesizer, and also to connect the Euro-Serge to other electronic devices. Every connector on the end of a cord or on a device has both a Type and a Gender, (male or female).
  • Page 12 (They are also the jacks found in old-fashioned phone systems and hence their name). Figure 1.10 3.5mm (top) and 6.35mm (bottom) jack plugs ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com...
  • Page 13 'shielded', that is, there is no wrapping of wire mesh around the central wire. Figure 1.12 The cords are usually colour-coded by length. In the Euro-Serge system we have the following cords:- YELLOW GREEN BLACK...
  • Page 14 Figure 1.15 - Female Inline Plug (left) and Male Panel Socket (right) The cannon connector clasps shut and a button or lever must be pressed to disconnect them. ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com...
  • Page 15 In the larger 4U and 5U formats the larger 0.156" version are commonly used while in smaller systems the smaller 0.1" versions are common. Figure 1.18 ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com...
  • Page 16 In fact, this problem is so common that if no sound is coming out of your system, ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com...

  • Page 17: Dc Power Connectors

    2-, 3- and 4-pin found in regular use. Figure 1.21 – Barrel Plug (female - left) and Socket (male - right) Figure 1.22 – MIC Plug (female – left) and Socket (male – right) ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com...

  • Page 18: Din Connector

    Figure 1.23 – DIN Plug (male – left) and Socket (female – right) ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com http://www.elby-designs.com...
  • Page 19 The banana patch cords are single-wire (but multiple strands) and unshielded. This is fine in a Euro-Serge synthesizer since all output impedances are very low, and the distance between patch points is usually quite short.
  • Page 20 EURO-SERGE - INTRODUCTION THE EURO-SERGE SYSTEM While the Euro-Serge may look like a single machine, it is actually a collection of much smaller devices or, as they shall be called from now on, MODULES. This explains the word Modular in the full title: Voltage Controlled Modular Electronic Music Synthesizer.
  • Page 21 Learning about a synthesizer is learning about what each module does separately and what they do when all hooked together. Doug Lynner gives us an introductory visit to the Euro-Serge System ELBY Designs - Laurie Biddulph 9 Follan Close, Kariong, NSW 2250, Australia elby-designs@bigpond.com...
  • Page 22 Output Module. Figure 1.23 - Euro-Serge 'Output Modules' If the Euro-Serge is not already on, flick the power switch ON now. The amp should be turned all the way down. You are now ready to make your first electronic sound, which will also test whether all the inter-connections so far are good.

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