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- Page 1 Malevolent Modular Pure Analogue Synthesiser...
- Page 2 The opto-FET controlled 2-pole Sallen-Key filter will whistle and burble unlike anything you can get out of a digital model. Indeed this is the whole point of Malevolent – it lives and breathes. We hope you will enjoy learning to master the Malevolent’s controls including the joystick which has variable-rate vibrato and variable-speed glide as well as pitch bend.
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Page 3: Getting Started
Getting Started This guide will help you get set up and making your first sound with Malevolent. As it is an analogue synth please do read through this guide to help your first experience go as smoothly as possible. 1. Check your box contents 2. - Page 4 1. Check Your Box Contents Malevolent comes with the following in the box. If anything is missing please contact your retailer immediately. The PWM Malevolent Synthesiser This guide 9V DC 600mA Power Supply (with interchangeable heads to suit your country) ...
- Page 5 Connect the small end of the wire to the power socket on the back of the Malevolent and plug the Power Supply in to an available mains socket. Switch on Malevolent and you will see some of the LEDs light up. The LFO LED will be flashing.
- Page 6 3. Connect Headphones or Speakers Malevolent has a Line Out ¼" TS jack on the rear panel for connecting to a mixer, amplifier or powered speaker. It has a headphone ¼" TRS jack on the rear panel for connecting headphones.
- Page 7 4. Making your First Sound a) Looking at the guide below set the knob positions as follows: Blue are at minimum or turned fully anti-clockwise Green are at mid-position or 12 o’clock are at maximum or turned fully clockwise b) Next press one of the wave select buttons in the VCO 1 section to turn it on. The LED will light up.
- Page 8 5. What to try next... Suggestions: Press one of the wave select buttons in the VCO 2 section to turn it on (LED lights up). Now when you play you’ll hear both oscillators Try different combinations of waveforms by turning them on and off in each VCO section ...
- Page 9 6. Tuning Tips Malevolent is made using true analogue electronics. This means its tuning may not be perfect when you first receive it. Because of this we have added a couple of useful features to help you set tuning for your environment.
- Page 10 ‘F’ selects MIDI Channel 1 and the highest ‘G’ selects channel 16. Channel selection is remembered over a power-cycle. Malevolent has a Local Off mode which you can enable by holding down ‘Arp’ while powering on. The status of Local Off mode is not saved when you switch off.
- Page 11 8. Troubleshooting If you encounter any problems then please check out the Malevolent web page first at: www.1pwm.com/malevolent. We aim to always keep this up to date with help and useful info. If you’re still having difficulties then details of how to contact us can be found on our website: www.1pwm.com.
- Page 12 10. Blank Patch Sheet PWM is a registered trademark of Paul Whittington Group Limited. © 2022 Paul Whittington Group Limited. All rights reserved. For the World. Paul Whittington Group Registered Address: 2 Windsor Avenue Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 1AP doc: v4.1...
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