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  • Page 1 PHONOGENE...
  • Page 2 Malfunction resulting from wrong power supply voltages, backwards power cable connection, abuse of the product or any other causes determined by Make Noise to be the fault of the user are not covered by this warranty, and normal service rates will apply.

  • Page 3: Installation

    Installation: The Make Noise Phonogene is an electronic signal processor/ generator requiring 70mA of +/-12V regulated power and properly formatted distribution receptacle to operate. It is designed to be used within the euroformat modular synthesizer system. Go to http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm for the details of this format.
  • Page 4 The Phonogene does not use this approach. In fact, we have made it very possible to make the “bad sounds” and “mistakes” that have led to some of the greatest moments in musical history (and of course, some of the worst!).
  • Page 5 AC coupled. 6 & 7. VARI-SPEED and Splice Indicator LEDs: These LEDs tell user in which direction the Phonogene is playing. The LEFT Blue (7) LED indicates reverse playback, right Orange LED (6) indicates forward playback. When no LEDs are lighted,...
  • Page 6 The VARI-SPEED and Splice Indicator LEDs (6 & 7 ) will flash whenever this control finds a new Splice. 14. PLAY Pulse IN: at each rising edge signal applied to PLAY Pulse IN, Phonogene triggers playback. At end of loop or splice, Phonogene looks at PLAY Pulse IN, if HIGH, it plays again, if LOW Phonogene does not play.
  • Page 7 Nondestructive. At 0V there is no effect. Range 0V to +8V. 26. GENE-SIZE CV IN Attenuator: unipolar attenuator for GENE-SIZE. 27. GENE-SHIFT: clock signal at this input advances Phonogene to next Gene, in chronological order. Always dependent upon the GENE-SIZE setting. Needs at least 1.5V trigger signal to operate.

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Erase Routine It is best to start with a cleared memory. To Reset the Phonogene and start fresh you need to enter the Erase Routine, where you may erase Splice markers and the Audio Buffer (aka Loop, aka Recording, aka Sample).
  • Page 9 ORGANIZE parameter (11, 12, 13). To Splice, have the Phonogene set to playback the material to be spliced, and use either the SPLICE Button or SPLICE Pulse IN to drop Splice markers on the recording as it plays through. When playback loops around to the beginning, the Phonogene sees the new Splices, and looks at the voltage set by the ORGANIZE control in order to select which Splice to play.
  • Page 10 PLAY Pulse IN will also stop and start playback, but in a very different way. At the end of each loop or splice, the Phonogene looks at the PLAY Pulse IN (14), if it is high, then Phonogene continues to play, if it is low, Phonogene stops at end of loop or splice.
  • Page 11 DNA of the sound, then we would refer to these small clusters of samples as Genes. The Phonogene is a Single Gene device, meaning that one cluster of samples is heard at a time. The Phonogene uses Dynamic Enveloping to achieve smoothing of the audible glitches that result from performing these particle physics studies upon audio signals.
  • Page 12 Using the GENE-SHIFT Clock/ Pulse IN (27) it is possible to play through the Genes in Chronological order. This is Synchronous Granulation. At the rising edge of each Clock or Pulse, the Phonogene will jump to the next Gene, and will play that Gene at the rate and direction determined by VARI-SPEED, until the next Clock or Pulse arrives at the GENE-SHIFT IN.
  • Page 13 Phonogene v.372 update Note: All new Phonogenes shipped after July 2013 will be loaded with firmware v.372. This update includes the following improvements: -Improved Audio Fidelity -Improved Vari-speed Response (shorter scale, greater resolution) -End of GENE Pulse: EOS outputs pulses for both Splices and Genes. Turn up Gene Size to see this in action.
  • Page 14 Exit Broken Echo, just hit REC button again (do not HOLD it though, or you will go back into Broken Echo). In this mode the Phonogene is similar to the Echoplex with the SOS switch activated or that trick that William S.
  • Page 15 Set MATHS CH. 4 full clockwise. Null MATHS CH. 2 and 3. Patch MATHS SUM OUT to Phonogene VARI-SPEED CV IN and set the associated attenuvertor to about 70%. Use pressure placed upon Pressure Points touch-plate 1 and 2 to control the Speed and Direction of Phonogene playback.
  • Page 16 Echophon, multiply the Echophon Tempo, and clock Rene with Echophon Clock Out). Patch sequenced audio to Phonogene IN. Adjust SOS to between 9:00 and 3:00 according to tast. Each loop of the melody will be slightly out of time with the previous as they stack on each other, creating rhythmic and phasing effects.