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USER MANUAL
SER-2020
DESKTOP MODEL REV2.0

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL SER-2020 DESKTOP MODEL REV2.0...
  • Page 3 MPE device to explore even deeper layers of sound creation. The SER-2020 will bring you many hours of happy and creative sonic enjoyment. We are sure you are anxious to start playing, so refer to the “Installation” guide to get started Thank you.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    SER-2020 V2.0A INDEX IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION .................... 4 DANGER ..........................5 CAUTION ..........................5 LEGAL DISCLAIMER ......................... 5 INTRODUCTION ........................6 INSTALLATION ........................7 SET UP .......................... 7 CONNECT TO POWER & MIDI ..................7 POWER UP ........................8 WARM-UP AND GENERAL TUNING ................8 CONNECT TO AMPLIFIER .....................
  • Page 5 3.12.7 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ................. 31 SPECIFICATION ......................... 32 SERVICE AND SUPPORT INFORMATION ................34 LIMITED WARRANTY ....................34 RETURNING YOUR PRODUCT TO ANALOGFX ............34 CARING FOR THE SER-2020 ..................34 LEGAL NOTES ........................35 NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ............35 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) ..............

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instruction

    SER-2020 V2.0A IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION This symbol wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure – voltage that may be sufficient to constitute This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to important operating and maintenance instructions in the accompanying literature.

  • Page 7: Danger

    LEGAL DISCLAIMER AnalogFX accepts no liability for any loss which may be suffered by any person who relies either wholly or in part upon any description, photograph, or statement contained herein.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    The sound is ranging from solid bass sounds to articulated formant effects. We added MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) capabilities to make the SER-2020 a dynamic instrument which responses to its player. The flexible routing by the patch panel makes the SER-2020 a versatile synth for sound effects. So connect your MPE controller and GO.

  • Page 9: Installation

    V2.0A INSTALLATION For those of you who can’t wait to play your new SER-2020, the following should get you set up and running quickly. NOTE: Please read the entire manual to learn more about the instrument and gain a better understanding of what you can do with the SER-2020.

  • Page 10: Power Up

    2.3 POWER UP Enable the power switch on the back of the SER-2020 to switch it on. The power (PWR) LED on the front panel will light up and the LED’s of the LFO’s start blinking. The SER-2020 is now operational and ready for use.

  • Page 11: General Description

    SER-2020 V2.0A GENERAL DESCRIPTION 3.1 LFO AND BENDPAD SECTION 3.1.1 CONTROLS LFO 1 RATE: Frequency control of LFO 1. The LFO offer a frequency range from 0.05Hz to 20Hz typically. The LFO's can be reset every ‘note on’ by use of the TRIG switch so that modulation always will start at the same point.
  • Page 12 SER-2020 V2.0A A440: Switches the noise source between white noise or a clean 440Hz tone for tuning purpose. The audio level of this signal can be set with noise control knob on the audio mixer. TOUCH ‘N BEND: Bend pad for controlling the VCO, VCF or VCA by use of the bend assign controls, see section 3.2.

  • Page 13: Input And Outputs

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.1.2 INPUT AND OUTPUTS INPUTS CV IN : External CV input. This CV input can be routed to the internal pitch CV or Bend Pad CV. This can be set by MIDI CC message (CC#88), see table 1. The Pitch CV is quantized to 1 semi-tone.

  • Page 14: Control & Modulation

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.2 CONTROL & MODULATION 3.2.1 CONTROLS MASTER TUNE: FINE: Tune control for both VCO’s. Fine tuning is over a range of +/-8 semi-tone. OCTAVES: Transpose switch for both VCO’s, select between - 1/0/+1/+2. When both ‘OCTAVES’ and ‘OCTAVE’ switches are on ‘0’, VCO 1 and VCO 2 are in their zero position and the A4key on...

  • Page 15: Inputs And Outputs

    SER-2020 V2.0A FREQUENCY MODULATION (FM): LFO 2 TRIANGLE: Modulation level for both VCO’s. A maximum of 6 semi-tones can be modulated by the triangle wave. LFO PULSE: Modulation level for both VCO’s. A maximum of 2 octaves can be modulated by the square/pulse wave. When the external Frequency modulation input is used, this knob is used to set the amount of external modulation.

  • Page 16: Vco Section

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.3 VCO SECTION 3.3.1 VCO CONTROLS VCO1 Total frequency range of VCO 1 is from 10Hz to 20KHz. SYNC: Control for VCO synchronization, VCO 2 can be synchronized to VCO 1 in three different modes: SOFT, HARD-Pulse and HARD-Sawtooth. In both hard modes only one VCO is de-tuned by the Pad or MIDI command for special coloration effects.

  • Page 17: Vco Input And Outputs

    SER-2020 V2.0A VCO2 INTERVAL: Control for interval of VCO 2, a fifth up or down. When the control indicates zero, as well as the OCTAVE selector, both VCO 1 and 2 are in unison. OCTAVE: The octave transpose switch; -1/0/+1/+2 octave.

  • Page 18: Mixer And Routing Section

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.4 MIXER AND ROUTING SECTION 3.4.1 MIXER CONTROLS MIXER: VCO 1: Audio level of VCO 1. VCO 2:Audio level of VCO 2. SUB 1: Audio level of the sub-oscillator, this generates a frequency one octave below the pitch of VCO1.

  • Page 19: Vcf Section

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.5 VCF SECTION 3.5.1 VCF CONTROLS FREQUENCY: PEAK 1 / PEAK 2:Frequency control for peak filter 1 and for peak filter 2. LPF: Frequency control for the low-pass filter. RESONANCE: PK 1 / PK 2:Resonance control for peak filter 1 and for peak filter 2. The band width for peak 1 and 2 for minimal resonance is greater than 3 octaves, and for maximum resonance less than 1 semi-tone.
  • Page 20 SER-2020 V2.0A LFO 2 / EXT. MOD: Modulation control of both peak filters by LFO 2, which means that both peak frequencies always will move in the same direction according to the interval which is set by the two Frequency controls. Maximum LFO control range for PEAK 1 and 2 is 8 octaves up. When the external modulation input is used this knob controls the level of modulation.

  • Page 21: Vcf Inputs And Outputs

    SER-2020 V2.0A KBD TRK LPF: Control for keyboard tracking. Keyboard tracking can be adjusted between zero (no tracking) and 2, in this case for every octave on the keyboard the filter is shifted over two octaves. A common situation is that this control is on 1, which means that the filter frequency will track the VCO frequencies.

  • Page 22: Adsr Section

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.6 ADSR SECTION 3.6.1 ADSR CONTROLS The filter and VCA sections have independent ADSR generators, each featuring slightly different control parameters for the best feel when trimming filter and loudness contours. ADSR 1 AND 2: ATTACK: Control for ATTACK times of both ADSR's range from 1 millisecond to 10 seconds.

  • Page 23: Sample And Hold Section

    SER-2020 V2.0A OUTPUTS ADSR 1 OUT POSITIVE : Positive ADSR 1 envelope output. Output level range from 0 to 8 Volt. ADSR 1 OUT NEGATIVE : Negative ADSR 1 envelope output. Output level range from 0 to -8 Volt. ADSR 2 OUT POSITIVE : Positive ADSR 1 envelope output.

  • Page 24: Speech Mode

    V2.0A 3.8 SPEECH MODE For easy control of the filter formants the SER-2020 is equipped with pre-programmed human voice formants. These formats can be assigned to a key on the MIDI keyboard. For this mode the two peak filters are used and the lowpass filter can be freely used for other controls. Remember always align the peak filters before using the speech mode.

  • Page 25: Inputs & Outputs

    HEADPHONE jack, and can be fed to most common headphones. MIDI The SER-2020 has a MIDI input and a MIDI thru. The MIDI input is used to control the SER-2020 by MIDI. Using a standard MIDI cable to make the connection between the MIDI out of your MIDI controller and the MIDI in on the SER-2020.

  • Page 26: Vco Auto Tune

    3.11 VCO AUTO TUNE The VCO’s of the SER-2020 are calibrated in the factory for linearity. Over time this tuning can be degraded. The linearity of the VCO’s can easily be recalibrated by use of the auto tune function. Make sure the synthesizer is finished it’s warming up time before using the auto tune function.

  • Page 27: Midi Control

    Glide is pitch bend, this is the full range of left/right gestures from vibrato to glissando. It is received by the SER-2020 as pitch bend and uses a range of +/- 48 semitones. You should set your MPE controller to the same pitch bend range as is set on the SER-2020 (the default is+/- 48 semitones).

  • Page 28: Midi Configuration

    V2.0A 3.12.4 MIDI CONFIGURATION The SER-2020 is standard configured as MPE device from factory, with 16 assigned channels, and channel 1 as Lower Zone master channel. With this setting the synth is multi-timbral and respond to all messages of an MPE controller.
  • Page 29 V2.0A 3.12.4.2 LOWER ZONE MPE CONFIGURATION To setup the SER-2020 synthesizer as a MPE device follow the next procedure exactly. Power the synth OFF with the power switch on the backside of the unit. Put the AUTO switch ‘down’ and put the TRIG switch ‘down’.
  • Page 30 SER-2020 V2.0A 3.12.4.3 UPPER ZONE MPE CONFIGURATION To setup the SER-2020 synthesizer as a MPE device for the upper zone follow the next procedure exactly. Power the synth OFF with the power switch on the backside of the unit. Put the AUTO switch ‘down’ and put the TRIG switch ‘up’.

  • Page 31: Mpe Configguration Message

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.12.5 MPE CONFIGGURATION MESSAGE The MPE channels can be configured by use of MIDI configuration messages. The MPE Configuration message is defined as Registered Parameter Number (RPN) "00 06". The MSB of Data Entry represents the number of MIDI Channels assigned, as explained below. The LSB of Data Entry is not used.

  • Page 32: Control Parameters

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.12.6 CONTROL PARAMETERS Table 1 – Control Parameters SECTION CONTROL / FUNCTION VALUE / RANGE PARAMETER MODULATION Enables or disables the ability to 0-63 (INT) LFO MIDI SYNC sync the LFO with the MIDI CLOCK. 64-127 (MIDI CLOCK)

  • Page 33: Midi Implementation Chart

    SER-2020 V2.0A 3.12.7 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Table 3 – MIDI Implementation Chart FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKS BASIC CHANNEL Default 1-16 1-16 Changed 1-16 1-16 User Selectable MODE Default Last Note Priority Messages Altered NOTE NUMBER 24 - 96 VELOCITY Note On...

  • Page 34: Specification

    SER-2020 V2.0A SPECIFICATION OSCILATORS FREQUENCY RANGE Ca. 20Hz … 20kHz WAVEFORM TRIANGLE, SAW, SQUARE, PULSE SUB OSCILATOR SQUARE WAVE On VCO 1 MODULATION TYPES FREQUENCY and PWM PEAK 1 & 2 FREQUENCY RANGE Ca. 20Hz … 20kHz LPF FREQUENCY RANGE Ca.
  • Page 35 SER-2020 V2.0A OUTPUTS 3.5MM MONO JACK CV OUTPUT LEVEL -1V … +10V GATE OUTPUT LEVEL 0V … 5V BEND OUTPUT LEVEL -5V … +5V LFO 1 & 2 TRIANGLE OUTPUT LEVEL 5Vpp -2.5V … +2.5V LFO1 SQUARE OUTPUT LEVEL 0V … 5V LFO2 PULSE OUTPUT LEVEL 0V …...

  • Page 36: Service And Support Information

    5.3 CARING FOR THE SER-2020 Clean the SER-2020 with a soft, slightly moist cloth only – do not use solvents or abrasive detergents. Heed the safety warnings at the beginning of the manual. Don’t drop the unit. If you are shipping your...

  • Page 37: Legal Notes

    LEGAL NOTES 6.1 NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES Neither AnalogFX nor anyone else involved in the creation, production, or delivery of this product shall be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages arising out of the use of, or...

  • Page 38: Appendix A - Calibration

    V2.0A APPENDIX A - CALIBRATION The SER-2020 synthesizer has 6 manual calibration points which can be set through the front panel without opening the unit. It’s not recommend to adjust these settings. Refer to qualified technical personal for adjust these settings.

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