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WELCOME TO THE WORLD
OF MOTOR SYNTHESIS
INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL ANALOG OSCILLATORS, THE MOTOR SYNTH USES
DIGITALLY CONTROLLED ELECTROMOTORS AS ITS CORE AUDIO SIGNAL SOURCE.
THE MOTOR SYNTH IS DRIVEN BY EIGHT MODERN BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS, TYPICALLY USED
FOR DRONE-RACING. THEY ARE EXTREMELY FAST, PRECISE AND DURABLE, AND WHEN OPERATED WITH
VIRTUALLY NO PHYSICAL RESISTANCE OR FRICTION THEY CAN GENERATE ENOUGH TORQUE TO REACH
A TOP SPEED OF ~300 REVOLUTIONS PER SECOND ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY.
WITH SO MUCH POWER AT HAND, HAVING PRECISE CONTROL OVER THE MOTORS
IS THE MOST CRUCIAL ELEMENT TO MAKING A PLAYABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HAVE DESIGNED A PROPRIETARY MOTOR DRIVER AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM WHICH
ALLOWS US TO REGULATE EACH MOTOR'S ROTATION SPEED WITH EXTREME ACCURACY -
THUS CREATING
A NEW KIND OF AUDIO
OSCILLATOR.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE MOTOR SYNTH - NOT ONLY FOR ITS RAW AND UNIQUE SOUND, BUT ALSO
FOR THE TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT IT REPRESENTS.
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Summary of Contents for GameChanger Motor Synth
- Page 1 ALLOWS US TO REGULATE EACH MOTOR’S ROTATION SPEED WITH EXTREME ACCURACY - THUS CREATING A NEW KIND OF AUDIO OSCILLATOR. WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE MOTOR SYNTH - NOT ONLY FOR ITS RAW AND UNIQUE SOUND, BUT ALSO FOR THE TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT IT REPRESENTS.
- Page 2 MOTOR SYTNH QUICK GUIDE 12 - 13 MOTOR SYNTH MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART...
- Page 4 MULTIPLE MOTORS PERFORM NOTES IN UNISON. POLYPHONY AND UNISON SETTINGS CAN BE ADJUSTED INDIVIDUALLY FOR VOICE 1 AND VOICE 2. THE MOTOR SYNTH CAN ALSO BE USED AS AN 8 VOICE POLYPHONIC INSTRUMENT WITH 1 VOICE PER KEY WHEN VOICE 2 IS DISABLED.
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Page 5: Filter Section
2 VOICE BLOCK THE MOTOR SYNTH FEATURES TWO IDENTICAL ROWS OF CONTROLS THAT LET YOU CONFIGURE EACH VOICE’S VOLUME, WAVESHAPE TYPE, SCALE, AMP ENVELOPE, ACCELERATION AND TONE. THE “ENV SYNC” BUTTON APPLIES THE VCA ENVELOPE SETTINGS OF VOICE 1 TO BOTH VOICES. - Page 6 4 MODULATION THE MOTOR SYNTH'S MOD SECTION LETS YOU DIAL IN THE MODULATION DEPTH INDIVIDUALLY FOR VOICE 1, VOICE 2 AND THE FILTER. THE “PITCH-TREM” SWITCHES LET YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY MODULATION FOR EACH VOICE. THE “FREQ-RES” SWITCH LETS YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN FILTER CUTOFF FREQ.
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Page 7: Pitch Shift
6 MUSICAL INTERFACE THE MOTOR SYNTH'S BUILT-IN MUSICAL INTERFACE CONSISTS OF EIGHT KEYS AND FOUR ROTARY ENCODERS. EACH KEY’S NOTE VALUES ARE INDICATED ON THE MAIN PLAY SCREEN, AND YOU CAN RAISE OR LOWER THE PITCH OF THE KEYS BY TURNING THE ENCODER IN THE KEY’S RESPECTIVE COLUMN. -
Page 8: Motion Record
TO ERASE ALL. 9 MOTION RECORD YOU CAN ALSO USE THE MOTOR SYNTH’S RECORDING ENGINE TO RECORD UP TO THREE LAYERS OF KNOB MOVEMENTS AND OTHER PARAMETER CHANGES. PRESS AND HOLD THE “REC” KEY TO ARM THE MOTION RECORD ENGINE. -
Page 9: Play Modes
MICRO-SD MEMORY CARD SLOT IS LOCATED ON THE INSTRUMENT'S RIGHT SIDE-PANEL. 24V DC (CENTER POSITIVE) POWER SUPPLY PLUG. 3 CV INPUTS AND 3 TRIGGER INPUTS - ASSIGNABLE TO ANY PARAMETER THROUGH THE MOTOR SYNTH'S MAIN MENU. 2 STEREO SEND/RETURN OUTPUTS FOR SENDING VOICE 1 AND VOICE 2 (PRE-FILTER) THROUGH EXTERNAL DEVICES / EFFECTS UNITS. - Page 10 7 COMPLETE INSTALLATION BY PRESSING “YES” WITH THE “PLAY MODE” ENCODER AGAIN. PRESETS AND NOTEBANKS MAY ALSO BE IMPORTED INTO THE MOTOR SYNTH'S MEMORY CARD WHILE IT IS IN USB MODE. ALL “.MSPR” PRESET FILES MUST BE DROPPED INTO A SUBDIRECTORY OF THE “PRESETS” FOLDER, AKA “<GROUPS>”.
- Page 11 MODWHEEL - FILTER CUTOFF VALUE, MODULATION DEPTH + ONE ASSIGNABLE SLOT THE INFORMATION IN THIS MANUAL IS RELEVANT FOR THE FIRST VERSION OF THE MOTOR SYNTH AND FUTURE MIDI OUT FUNCTIONALITY FIRMWARE UPDATES MAY CAUSE CHANGES IN THE WORKFLOW. ENABLE/DISABLE - SEND NOTE INFORMATION,...
- Page 12 16 MOTOR SYNTH MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART FW VERSION: V1.03, AUG-17-2020 TRANSMIT/EXPORT RECOGNIZE/IMPORT REMARKS 1 BASIC INFORMATION MIDI CHANNELS 1 - 16 1 - 16 SEPERATE CHANNEL FOR EACH VOICE (MAIN MENU -> MIDI/KEYS SECTION) NOTE NUMBERS 0-127 (96-127 FOR 0-127 (96-127 FOR KEYS 96-127 ARE RESERVED FOR MOTOR MOTOR SYNTH’S KEYS)
- Page 13 MSB CC LSB CC NAME VALUE RANGE MODWHEEL 0 ... 16383 MASTER TUNE 0 ... 16383 MASTER VOLUME 0 ... 16383 TUNE VOICE 2 0 ... 16383 0 ... 16383 CUTOFF FREQ RESONANCE 0 ... 16383 DRIVE 0 ... 16383 FILTER ENV AMOUNT 0 ...
- Page 14 THE MOTOR SYNTH REQUIRES CONSISTENT VENTILATION, TO ENSURE STABLE PERFORMANCE AND LONGEVITY. DO NOT COVER THE MOTOR SYNTH'S VENT-HOLES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND ON THE SYNTH'S UNDERSIDE. DO NOT OPERATE OR PLACE THE MOTOR SYNTH ON SOFT, SUPPLE SURFACES OR FABRICS.
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