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MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS DELIA User Manual

6 voice motorized morphing polyphonic synthesizer
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  • Page 1 6 Voice Motorized Morphing Polyphonic Synthesizer User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Octave Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 melbourneinstruments.com MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS – DELIA 1.0.2...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 will explain all the new features of Delia that build on this foundation .

  • Page 4: Motorized Control Panel

    24bit . in the unit . Each of Delia’s red keys have an LED to indicate status . These are summarized in the table on page 8 . MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS – DELIA V 1 . 0 . 2...

  • Page 5: Main Control Panel

    Main Control Panel See Pages 8-13 for detailed descriptions and basic operations . Refer also to the Getting Started Guide included with DELIA . OUTPUT - Main volume and Headphone Level control Labels Menus SOFT KEYs The two keys under the Display correspond with the information on screen, such as EDIT .

  • Page 6: Delia Knobs

    Toggle between A/B for the A or B sound . ON = B Sound (100) Select B to create new B sound . B Patch can only set when set to B . MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS – DELIA V 1.0.2 MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS – DELIA 1.0.2...

  • Page 7: Rear Panel & Connections

    Use supplied power accessories only 12V 6OW PEDAL INPUTS: Expression and Sustain POWER SWITCH: On/Off MIDI: Standard DIN MIDI IN / OUT / THRU PHONES: Headphone jack is located on front panel MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS – DELIA V 1.0.2 MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS – DELIA 1.0.2...

  • Page 8: Display Layout

    Home Screen Menu Screens DELIA’s home screen provides simple status information Most of DELIA’s settings are accessible via the control LOAD PRESETS Screen such as the active Preset, the current BPM, and the panel and via the Menu Keys . ‘Grey tab’ labelling along voice icons show the number of assigned voices and the the bottom row of keys indicates a MENU .

  • Page 9: Preset Structure

    Preset Structure Loading Presets INIT (Initialize) Preset A Preset in Delia stores the full configuration of the Press the LOAD Key to show the list of Presets in the Initializing clears all settings and sets ‘all knobs left’, with GLOBAL PRESET SETTINGS synth .

  • Page 10: Renaming Banks And Presets

    LAYER 2 between the A and B sounds according to the position from DELIA via .zip files stored on a USB flash drive. See of the Knob . If you select a Multi-Timbral Preset from the Bank and...

  • Page 11: Store Morph Position To A/B

    Oscillators This feature can be used to quickly save a particular DELIA has 4 ‘Oscillators’, with 2 sets of knobs to control sound that you like, and can also be used to copy the A them . Oscillators 1 and 2 are like traditional VCOs . OSC sound to the B, or the B sound to the A .
  • Page 12 ‘Noise’ type, from a darker ‘Pink Noise’ through to a typical ‘White Noise’ range . Ex Input Gain Delia’s included factory wavetables cover a range Adjusts the gain on the analog inputs . of styles, from retro 80s style to modern high There is a notch at the 1 o’clock position on the drive...

  • Page 13: Multimode Filter/Vcf

    MENU / SELECT Keys is also a Modulation destination, so it can be made a lot Delia has 3 standard ADSR + LEVEL Envelope Generators . faster by adding a SET amount in the Mod Matrix to the The VCF, VCA and AUX Keys select which envelope is LFO Rate .

  • Page 14: Stereo Infinite Panning

    . A modulation amount of 100 gives 100% of the spread defined by the Panner, 50 give 50% Each voice in DELIA has two final VCAs which are a and 0 gives no spread so all voices will be dead center .

  • Page 15: Modulation

    NOTE: When a modulation source is selected, it cannot modulate itself as a destination, so the knobs DELIA has a quick and simple way to access the Delia has a powerful modulation matrix, where virtually at that destination will control their usual settings in Modulation Matrix using the motorized knobs to expose anything can modulate anything else .

  • Page 16: Modulation Sources

    See Stereo Infinite Panning. Refer to page 24. Please note this is not the MIDI Pan control. EG ATTACK Envelope Generator Attack Time (VCF/VCA/AUX) . The MIDI Expression Control . This can be an expression pedal attached to Delia or any incoming MIDI CC 11 messages . EG DECAY Envelope Generator Decay Time (VCF/VCA/AUX) .

  • Page 17: Patch Settings

    Panner Positions control multi-timbral operation of splits and stacks . When All operation in Delia is multi-timbral; a Preset is always in the MULTI menu, the LAYER 1 and LAYER 2 Keys select Panner settings, See page for more information .

  • Page 18: Layer Voices

    TIP: Holding the ARP ON Key down for 2 seconds and the two important factors are: is lowered by Delia so that the mix of 2 voices does not will switch the Arp HOLD mode to ON, without This sets which of Delia’s 2 analog outputs the layer is 1.
  • Page 19 The RUN light will come on and the sequencer will 1/4T 1 . 5 notes per Beat (Triplet) Delia has two types of step sequencer, a 16 step continue to loop the phrase you recorded . You can now 1/8T 3 notes per Beat (Triplet) polyphonic sequencer and a phrase looper .
  • Page 20 FX MIX If you want to record a new phrase, choose RESET from Delia has two digital effects processors. The two effects the SEQ menu . This will clear the Phrase Loop and you’re can be chained in any order and each effect has its own...
  • Page 21 . Setting of 0 ‘(local)’ assigns all these controls for Reverb Shimmer Shimmer is created by mixing in the internal control of Delia only and they will not send MIDI reverb pitch shifted up one octave . messages .
  • Page 22 Bank for the new patches . If there is not, it will tell you the import cannot Choose Import Wavetables from the list . Delia will look for a The Add Bank function will create a new Bank of 127 be done.
  • Page 23 <Unused> LFO 3 Rate drive. The file is a .fw file. Delia is actively writing to them e . g . EXPORT BANK . At Tempo LFO 3 Level It will usually take around 5 minutes for the whole times you will be asked if you want to EJECT them .
  • Page 24 The waveform’s 2048 samples is usually just one cycle of Import and Export in WAV format to USB media . and/or Aux (3 & 4) outputs the waveform . DELIA assumes this, and the waveform is Voice Architecture CV Inputs automatically resampled to the pitch of the notes played .
  • Page 25 Warranty Melbourne Instruments Pty . Ltd . warrants that: (f) Any repair work carried out on the Goods by any person other than our Personnel will void the warranty . (a) The main product, not including or any external accessories,...
  • Page 26 User & Technical Support: support@melbourneinstruments . c om © 2024 Melbourne Instruments . DELIA is a registered trademark of Melbourne Instruments Pty . Ltd . All rights reserved .

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