Rossum Electro-Music MOB OF EMUS Manual

MOB OF EMUS
Polyfunctional Harmonic Sextet
Thanks for purchasing Mob of Emus. This
guide will get you to the point of creating
some interesting patches, as well as giving
you an overview of what Mob of Emus is
about. But since it does a lot more than may
be obvious from just looking at the panel,
to get the most out of it, you really need to
check out the full owners manual at:
www.rossum-electro.com/support/
documentation

What is this thing?

Mob of Emus is a flexible music and sound
design tool that gives you six channels of
oscillators, noise sources, cyclical and 1-shot
modulators (including LFOs, envelopes, and
various other shapes), sample and holds,
slow random modulators, triggers, rhythm
patterns, and quantization (of both internal
and external signals) in pretty much any
combination (well, any combination of six
channels, anyway).
In addition to being able to independently
program the function of each individual
channel, Mob of Emus' Hex mode provides
a macro control layer that allows you to
control all of its channels simultaneously
(while, in most cases, maintaining the
relationships of each channel's independent
programming).
What's more, Mob of Emus' "harmonic"
control structure makes it extremely easy
to combine its oscillators into rich additive
timbres, to combine its LFOs into stacked
harmonic low frequency modulation waves,
and to create modulation sources and
triggers with intricate polyrhythmic patterns.
With an external trigger input, six CV inputs
that can operate in six different control
modes, six independent outputs, and an
assignable mix output, Mob of Emus can
operate as the heart of an almost unlimited
variety of patches.
And while Mob of Emus' interface is, by
necessity, rather dense (given all it does),
its eight real-time controls have been
designed to give you immediate hands-on
access to a channel's (or all six channels')
key parameters, inviting (and rewarding)
exploration and improvisation.
Finally, Mob of Emus provides 12 preset
locations to save your favorite creations.

Installation

While all Rossum Electro-Music modules
are protected against reverse polarity,
care should still be taken to connect the
power cable correctly.
Plug the 16-pin connector into the
header on the rear of the module such
that the red stripe on the cable (the -12V
side) is on the same end of the header as
the "Red Stripe (-12V)" text on the PCB.
Mob of Emus requires a maximum of
130mA of +12V and 25mA of -12V.
We have included both M3 and M2.5 (for
vector rails) mounting screws. Use what
fits your system. If rack rash is of concern
to you, use the included nylon washers
when mounting Mob of Emus in your
case.

Make some noise!

The quickest way to hear some of what
Mob of Emus can do is to check out
the Presets that come pre-loaded from
the factory. Refer to the
chapter in the manual for descriptions of
what they're intended to do. Play around
with them.
Then read the manual. Seriously. You'll be
glad you did.
Factory Presets