Summary of Contents for Magma EOwave
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Page 1: Owners Manual
VERS. 1.0 OWNERS MANUAL A N A L O G U E B A S S L I N E S Y N T H E S I Z E R SHUFFLE SWING TRANSP... -
Page 2: Safety Instructions
• Before moving place with MAGMA, make sure the unit is disconnected from other devices (external controllers, mixers etc.). If not, watch for cables and other pit- Before using MAGMA, please follow the instructions for use of the instrument as this will falls. Funny films can be uploaded to the internet. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
WELCOME TO THE VERS 1.0 OWNERS MANUAL A N A L O G U E B A S S L I N E S Y N T H E S I Z E R TRANSP SHUFFLE SWING CONTENT 5. SOUND GENERATION 1. -
Page 4: Introduction
• LFO LED says THANK YOU, and congratulations on your excellent taste in electronic music equipment! Now you are the owner of your own bit of MAGMA! Enjoy exploring and playing it. And no, we will not call you Mother To execute a specific procedure, you will find instructions tagged like this: Earth (peace, man!). -
Page 5: Preparations
2.3. Connections MIDI-Channel 1 – 8 MAGMA is designed as a stand-alone device. All you need to use MAGMA is the power-supply and a move suitable audio system or a headphone respectively (a little love can´t do any harm, either). Make use of the... -
Page 6: Check It Out / First Encounter
MIDI input of MAGMA and send a MIDI-clock signal to MAGMA. • If you want to play MAGMA from a keyboard, connect the MIDI output of the keyboard to the MIDI input of MAGMA. -
Page 7: Overview
3. OVERVIEW 3.2. Sound generation controls But before this, let‘s have a look at the upper (or central) section. It contains all the controls of MAGMA´s Here you will find a brief overview of MAGMA´s functions. Yes, it is all hidden in these two pictures, but you sound generation. Most of the controls have direct access to just one single parameter, labelled on will most likely need some more advice to unveil all of MAGMA´s secrets. -
Page 8: Sound Generation / Signalpath
4. PROGRAMMING SECTION 3.3. Sound generation / Signalpath This is what is to be found under the hood of MAGMA´s sound generation. All sections are labelled in a specific colour, corresponding to MAGMA´s front-panel layout. Here you will learn all about MAGMAs programming section, introduced on page 12. -
Page 9: Programming A Preset
16 steps each. Each step is displayed by a button that can be set and programmed to contain different data: • Track 1 (”NOTE”) contains notes and note-length. It is the ”actual” sequence. • Track 2, 3 and 4 (”M1”, ”M2”, ”M3”)can be assigned to any of MAGMA´s sound parameters (i. e. Subbank 1 – 8 controls). Every single one of the active steps can contain a specific value of the assigned parameter. - Page 10 4. PROGRAMMING SECTION 4. PROGRAMMING SECTION This is how to program the four sequencer tracks: • Hit a STEP (hold) + another successive STEP. Now you have created one single long note. By using odd step numbers, you can program dotted notes. Note: Maybe it is necessary to make room for a new preset first.
- Page 11 (and others) as well. 4.2.4. Mod tracks We mentioned this at the beginning of this section: The three other tracks provide control over MAGMA´s sound parameters. They dynamically change value settings of assigned parameters. To program these...
- Page 12 4.2.6. Swing Perform the same procedure to program parameter values into mod track 3. To add a more ”groovy“ feel to a preset / pattern, you can dial in a swing amount for the sequence MAGMA is running. This means that steps 1, 5, 9 and 13 are delayed or accelerated by a certain factor. To program Please note that the selected steps on each mod track do not have to comply with the steps, a swing factor, please selected in the note track.
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Page 13: Saving Presets
Please note: This will overwrite the preset previously stored in this place! Make sure that this is really your intention – there is NO undo function on MAGMA! If you accidentally erase one preset, just remember the old saying, „All things must pass.“... -
Page 14: Save Patterns
Subbank 1 – 8 Please note that there is NO UNDO function on MAGMA – once cleared, there is no way to ret- hold rieve a preset, pattern etc.! So please think twice before hitting the clear button! Once it is gone, • Hit ENTER to save the new pattern to the selected memory location (this step is not shown in the... -
Page 15: Transpose Menu
4.6.4. LFO Sync Hit SAVE PRST to toggle between LFO sync on / off. • LFO sync on (SAVE PRST LED on): Both LFOs are synced to the clock of MAGMA´s on-board PRESET toggles single/multi trigger RANDOM randomises current sequence sequencer. -
Page 16: Clock Divider
1/11 1/12 1/13 1/14 1/15 1/16 1/10 • Randomising out of preset mode will randomise the steps, note pitch, and the values of the current setting of MAGMA´s sound generation. hold Hitting will ”restore” the sequence to its original state. If you want to keep the result of the randomisation, please store it as pattern or preset. -
Page 17: Midi Channel
You should not chain patterns with different clock divider settings active. Under some circumstances, MAGMA might get confused. You cannot cause damage this way, but unwanted effects and erratic behaviour might ensue. Always a good thing when experienced five minutes before a live show on TV. -
Page 18: Sound Generation
5. SOUND GENERATION 5. SOUND GENERATION 5. SOUND GENERATION This is what‘s to be found under the hood of MAGMA´s sound generation. All sections are labelled in a spe- cific colour, corresponding to MAGMA´s front-panel layout. MAGMA sports a fully-fledged monophonic synthesiser with fully analogue signal path – best suited for powerful synthesiser hook-lines, melodies, and bass. The best way for MAGMA to unfold its sonic potential lies in conjunction with its on-board sequencer. -
Page 19: Oscillator (Vco) / Mixer
Manual (PW Knob) sub-oscillator to the VCO which will result in interesting timbres when The VCO is MAGMA´s main signal source. It provides the basic waveforms to the module next in line, the changing the pitch of the VCO. mixer. The VCO section is endowed with a sub oscillator which derives its output from the VCO´s square- Secondly, it selects the modulation source for the pulse-width modu- wave. -
Page 20: Amplifier (Vca)
Since all LFO functions are controlled by just one single button and a bunch of LEDs, ple- ase read the following section carefully. MAGMA is equipped with three envelope generators for modulation tasks. Envelopes 1 and 2 are fully-fea- tured ADSR types, envelope 3 is of a more basic AD variety. Please refer to the following two figures to get an idea of what the envelope parameters are about. -
Page 21: Midi Functions
6.2. MIDI Clock Sync MAGMA´s on-board sequencer as well as its two LFOs can be synced to an incoming MIDI clock signal. As soon as MAGMA receives a MIDI clock signal at its USB port or DIN socket, the internal sequencer will hold automatically be tied to the MIDI clock. -
Page 22: Real-Time Transposition
3. Obligations of Eowave shall be limited to repair or replacement with same or similar unit. To obtain repairs under MAGMA sends and processes incoming MIDI controller data. This way, all functions listed below can be this warranty, present the product and proof of purchase to Eowave service center, transportation charges prepaid.