Moog MEMORYMOOG 345 Owner's And Service Manual page 27

The CONTROL VOLT 1 VOLT/OCT jack is used to supply control voltage out from the
Memorymoog to the external synthesizer. The other two jacks — V-GATE 0 TO 15V and S-TRIG
15V TO 0 — are used to supply either voltage or switch triggers from the Memorymoog to the ex-
ternal synthesizer, depending on which type of trigger signal it requires. Consult the owner's
manual for the synthesizer you intend to interface to for details of the trigger signal required.
Once you've connected the necessary patch cords between instruments, it may be necessary to
retune the Memorymoog output to the external synthesizer, especially if that synthesizer has a keyboard
that ends in notes other than C. To do this, use the RANGE (R) and SCALE (S) trimpots on the
back panel of the Memorymoog. The RANGE control lets you tune the Memorymoog output + an
octave. Hit the lowest C on the Memorymoog, and tune it to the lowest C on the instrument you're
interfacing to. The SCALE trimpot is used to tune the outer range of the Memorymoog output to
the outer range of the instrument you're interfaced with. Hit the highest note on the Memorymoog
and adjust the SCALE trimmer until it's in tune with the external synth. You may have to go back
and forth between the RANGE and SCALE controls a bit before the instruments are exactly in
tune with each other.
The KB OUT switch (1.5) on the front panel is used to disconnect the external synthesizer from
the Memorymoog without unplugging all the patch cords. Its function is programmable.
THE KEYBOARD
The keyboard is the source of control voltages that are applied to the oscillators, telling them
what pitches to produce. The lower the note you play, the lower the corresponding voltage the key-
board will put out. It functions in two basic modes: POLYPHONIC and MONOPHONIC.
In its four POLYPHONIC MODES you can play up to six notes simultaneously. The keyboard
puts out a separate control voltage for each voice card. There are four different ways that the com-
puter assigns voices to the notes you play when you're ina POLYPHONIC mode. The effects of the
different keyboard modes will not be apparent unless glide and/or long release times are turned on.
To hear the various keyboard modes, use a fairly straight preset, a brassy one or something similar.
Turn the GLIDE (1.6) on and set it at 5 or more. To set the mode of the keyboard, hit the KB MODE
switch (1.7). The Alphanumeric Display (3.2) will then show "POLYPHONIC 1, 2, 3, or 4" depend-
ing on the keyboard mode programmed. Hit 1 on the Numeric Keyboard (3.3) followed by ENTER.
This puts you in KEYBOARD MODE 1, which is called CYCLIC indicating that the voices will jump
around to new notes every time one is played. Hitting a widely spread chord on the keyboard more
than once, letting the glide finish its cycle, will let you hear that no matter how many times you
strike the chord, each voice has glide on it.
SYSTEM CONTROLLER POLYPHONIC KEYBOARD MODES
eel HIT KB MODE
HIT 1
PROGRAM
HITENTER = KBMODE #1
[ | HIT KB MODE
HIT 2
HITENTER = KB MODE # 2
EJ [2] [E] HIT KB MODE
GLIDE ON/OFF
cies Poe HIT 3
:
[:] [5] [e]
HITENTER
= KBMODE #3
C] LJ
HIT KB MODE
[2] HIT 4
XZ is HITENTER = KBMODE #4
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PITCH a MODULATION
AMOUNT AMOUNT
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