Moog MEMORYMOOG 345 Owner's And Service Manual page 42

Experimenting with CONTOUR GENERATOR settings is an important part of learning to create your
own sounds with a synthesizer. CONTOURS or ENVELOPES are a major portion of what gives a sound
character and individuality. In your experimenting, here are some rules of thumb you should keep in mind:
A CONTOUR must allow sound to pass, otherwise you will not be able to hear anything from your
instrument.
If the VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER's CONTOUR is set up with decay and sustain
settings as short and small as possible, sounds will be very percussive, no matter how the filter is set.
Short decay times coupled with long attack times will make reverse sound effects.
Release settings will be meaningless unless the RELEASE SWITCH (10.4) is on or the RELEASE
FOOTSWITCH (15.1) is held down.
Release times will not affect the sound unless the sustain level is set high enough.
The filter will not be affected by its CONTOUR GENERATOR unless the CONTOUR AMOUNT
control (8.4) is turned up.
No sound may be heard if the FILTER CUTOFF (8.2) and the CONTOUR AMOUNT (8.4)
controls are not up high enough to pass any sound.
Long attack times will give the impression that nothing is happening unless you hold notes long
enough, or unless you have the UNCONDITIONAL CONTOUR switch (10.2) on.
The attack phase can be varied using the RETURN TO ZERO switch (10.1).
OUTPUTS
The MASTER VOLUME control (11.1) affects the overall output level
of the Memorymoog. It is a non-programmable control. It should be set as
high as possible to ensure a good signal-to-noise ratio. Note that this control
sets the limits of PROGRAMMABLE FOOTPEDAL # 1 (4.1) when it's set
to control volume.
The PROGRAMMABLE VOLUME control (11.2) is used to adjust the VOLUME
volume levels so that they are evenly matched. You can use this control to bal- PROGRAMMABLE
ance quiet patches with louder ones so that you don't have to fiddle with the
MASTER VOLUME control every time you change a preset.
The HEADPHONE VOLUME control (11.3) is used to vary the output
level to a pair of stereo 82. headphones, which can be plugged in at the
front right of the instrument at the key block.
OUTPUTS
VOLUME
HEADPHONE
VOLUME
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