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- Page 1 TimewARP 2600 Getting Started Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Getting Started with the TimewARP 2600 ................3 In this document, you’ll learn . -
Page 3: Getting Started With The Timewarp 2600
Getting Started with the TimewARP 2600 Welcome to the TimewARP 2600 Getting Started Guide. This document covers the product in greater depth than the Quick Start Installation Guide included in the box. For even more comprehensive product information and additional resources for Way Out Ware’s TimewARP 2600, please refer to the PDF manual included on CD. -
Page 4: Why Synthesize
Samplers are synths that use actual recordings of instruments to create sounds, and many synth keyboards use pre-programmed sounds, but a truly modular synthesizer like the TimewARP 2600 lets you CREATE your own sounds from the ground up. By supplying you with the tools to generate, modify, and stack simple waveforms together, modular synthesis using the TimewARP 2600 provides nearly infinite programmability so... -
Page 5: Synth Glossary
TimewARP 2600 Getting Started Guide Synth Glossary Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) - simple sound wave generator. Voltage-Controlled Filter (VCF) - a tone-shaping control. A typical EQ is really just a set of filters grouped together. Filter Cutoff (FC) - the point at which a filter begins to reject frequencies. For instance, a low-pass filter will cut highs out of a signal beginning at a certain point, only passing the low frequencies on. -
Page 6: I/O Jacks
TimewARP 2600 uses normalled patch points as a convention. Each time you connect a patch cable to a jack, you are “breaking the normal” pathway the signal takes. In other words, if you don’t patch anything, signals take a pre-determined path through the device. There is no need... -
Page 7: Labels And Symbols
Control and a Reverb unit, which are themselves mixed to feed the final left/right system output channels. (Tip: if you don’t turn up the mixer faders, you won’t get any sound!) When the TimewARP 2600 is configured for mono operation, this section omits the Pan control and provides only one output channel. -
Page 8: Preamp Section
Preamp/Gain Control The Preamp section controls the gain of the audio signal(s) from the track in which the TimewARP 2600 is running. A rotary knob labeled Gain adjusts the signal level. If the TimewARP 2600 is running in full stereo configuration–as a plug-in to a stereo track–the preamp will display two output jacks, one for each stereo channel. -
Page 9: Vco 1
TimewARP 2600 Getting Started Guide VCO 1 VCO 1 ➊ generates saw, square, and sine outputs. The default signal to the first (unattenuated) FM Control input is from the keyboard. The Audio/LF switch above this input ➋ switches the mode of the VCO from Audio (10Hz - 20,000Hz) to LFO Mode (0.03Hz – 30Hz). -
Page 10: Vco 3
VCO 3 The VCO3 pulse width is manually variable, just like in VCO2. VCO 3 generates sawtooth, sine, and pulse outputs. ➊ ❷ The default signals to the next three FM Control inputs are from: a) the Noise Generator ❸ b) the ADSR Envelope Generator c) VCO2 sine ❹... -
Page 11: Vcf Inputs
TimewARP 2600 Getting Started Guide VCF Inputs The VCF has five audio signal inputs. These are fed through linear faders as a summed signal to the VCF itself ❶ The default input signals sources are: Ring Modulator < VCO-1 Square <... -
Page 12: Vca
With the initial gain control at maximum, and with no control input, the VCA will pass with unchanged amplitude ❶ any signal presented to its signal input. On the other hand, with the initial gain control at minimum, no signal will pass through the amplifier at all unless some positive signal level (the VCA does not respond to negative control signals) is present at one or both of its control inputs. -
Page 13: Ring Modulator
TimewARP 2600 Getting Started Guide Ring Modulator The Ring Modulator ❶ adds or subtracts the inputs from VCO1 and VCO2 together. It works with a carrier signal and a modulator. The term “Ring Modulator” is the most common name in sound synthesis and comes from the original analog method for creating this effect: a ring with four paired diodes accompanied by precision transformers. -
Page 14: Sample And Hold
Sample and Hold The Sample and Hold module produces stepped output signals by sampling the instantaneous value of any signal at its input. The stepped levels it produces are useful for controlling oscillator and filter frequencies and occasionally VCA gain. Any signal whatsoever may be sampled. The default input is from the Noise Generator , so that the step sequence is random. -
Page 15: Virtual Keyboard Controls
Internal Clock. Setting different sync counts for these is a fun way to program complex rhythms that are locked to the tempo of your MIDI tracks. In order for the MBC messages to be sent to the TimewARP 2600, you must enable MIDI Beat Clock in your host application’s MIDI Menu, and select the TimewARP 2600 as a recipient of these messages. -
Page 16: Contact M-Audio
Contact M-Audio We at Way Out Ware have worked diligently to ensure that the TimewARP 2600 is an optimal piece of software for your studio. However, due to the wide variety of host computers and configurations, you may encounter unexpected behavior from your software. If you feel that the TimewARP 2600 is not working properly, you may contact M-Audio Technical Support for assistance.