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4.0 Manual Addendum

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  • Page 1 Medusa 4.0 Manual Addendum...
  • Page 2 To turn it on, press the Play Mode button until all three mode diodes are pulsating. In this mode Medusa delivers 6 digital voices of polyphony. Each voice is a separate mix of Medusa’s digital oscillators. In FM terms, DOSC1, DOSC2, and DOSC3 serve as 3 FM Operators where frequency is specified in ratios between 1/12 and 16.
  • Page 3 LFOs. The analog oscillator levels are controlled in the Mixer, like in other play modes. With six complex digital voices and a fat analog mono voice, Medusa in DFM mode reaches the full potential of her hybrid design.
  • Page 4 Additional sound design tips Medusa supports 5 LFOs that you can use to create very rich motion within digital FM patches, including further frequency modulation. This can be used both as subtle vibrato/tremolo effect, as well as more drastic timbre changes if you think of your LFOs as additional FM operators (which can also affect each other!);...
  • Page 5 Fortunately, most of the time it’s rare to blast full signal from all voices of polyphony at once. So Medusa over-amplifies those voices digitally by 50% which we found gives the best results most of the time.
  • Page 6 Incoming CC messages are now processed in “voice per channel” mode; but note that they are still synth-global, which includes pitch bend and the sustain pedal. Be careful: you can overwhelm Medusa with incoming CC if you send lots of it from all channels at once.
  • Page 7 When a note is pressed when no voices are available in Next voice priority, the least recently used voice is taken over; note that in the First voice priority Medusa will not play another note if all voices are used, this is deliberate;...
  • Page 8 CC64 used to control ENV2 AMOUNT, now it controls the sustain pedal; ENV 2 AMOUNT is now controlled by CC39; CC39 used to control GLIDE, now it controls ENV 2 AMOUNT; GLIDE is now controlled by CC5. Enjoy your refreshed instrument! – Polyend Team...

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