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Asteroid Mini Synthesizer Reference Manual.

Here is a picture of the module to make sure you got the right reference manual.

Asteroid Mini Synthesizer

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Format: Euro Doepfer compatible, 3U height (5.05")

Power Current Consumption: +108mA, -83mA

Depth: less then 45mm

Circuits involved: VCO, VCA, Envelope Generator, Sub Harmonic Generator, Noise Generator, and trigger

striking circuit.

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Page 1 Asteroid Mini Synthesizer Reference Manual. Here is a picture of the module to make sure you got the right reference manual. Asteroid Mini Synthesizer ------------------------------ Format: Euro Doepfer compatible, 3U height (5.05") Power Current Consumption: +108mA, -83mA Depth: less then 45mm Circuits involved: VCO, VCA, Envelope Generator, Sub Harmonic Generator, Noise Generator, and trigger striking circuit.
Page 2 Asteroid Mini Synth. I was not shooting for a clone, it just helped me achieve an understanding of how to make a great percussive mini synth. This module is 100% analog signal path, where as the korg ER-1 is a dsp based simulation.
Page 3 Asteroid Mini Synthesizer Reference Manual. *Tune and Fine knobs: use these to adjust the vco pitch, the led’s to the right give you a visual of how fast the vco is going. *The toggle switch ‘1UF and 9U4’: these values determine the range of the Decay envelope generator.
Page 4 It determines the loudness of the noise generated. By default I set it up low. If the 500k trimmer is set up too loud it can cause ‘bleed’ in the entire Asteroid Mini...
Page 5 Trigger input and thru jack The Asteroid Mini Synthesizer is a percussive module. In order for the module to make such a snappy response and return the pitch back to a reference point it must use a trigger input as oppose to using a gate input.
Page 6 Patch that into a Blue Lantern Diode Operator Station VCF and then patch the output of that back into the Asteroid Mini Synthesizer’s ‘EXT VCA’ input jack. This is similar to a send and return configuration. You can also use the Asteroid Mini Synthesizers’ ENV output jack to control the cutoff.