EML SynKey Owner's Manual page 8

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Making music with SynKey.
1.
1. The Card Reader accepts SynKey
orogramming cards which preset over 20
synthesizer variables. The card reader select
switch lets you alternate between the card
/oice and the voice set on the front panel at
:he touch of a button.
2. SynKey's wide range Voltage Controlled
Oscillator simultaneously produces 13
Ditches at semitone intervals. Pitches are
selected by indicating push buttons. Octave
switching is accomplished with precision
digital dividers. The accompanying oscillator
;o<7tl permits the addition of portamento
vibrato. The root waveform is
continuously variable, while the remaining 12
pitches have a bright 30% duty cycles
waveform. Root waveform, including pulse
width modulated pulse plus 5 others, and
vibrato amount are programmable functions.
3. Noise produces white noise, which is
used to create wind, surf, and percussive
effects.
4. The Voltage Controlled Filter with its
associated control mixer is the principal
timbre modifier. SynKey has a filter mode
control in addition to the normal tune and
resonance controls. SynKey's filter is
continuously variable from low pass through
band pass and high pass modes. This means
extra timbre control. Filter tune, resonance,
and mode are programmable functions.
5. The Ring Modulator creates bell-like
sounds such as chimes and gongs, as well
as many new and interesting timbres.
6. SynKey's dual Envelope Generators
provide independent control of timbre and
loudness as a function of time. If filter
envelope is selected on the second touch
panel, filter sweep is delayed until second
touch is activated. Attack, decay, and sustain
are programmable in each envelope.
7. SynKey uses a 44-Note F-C Pratt Read
Keyboard with second touch capability. Play
with normal touch and SynKey behaves as
you would expect — press a little harder to
introduce dynamic effects and expression.
The Second Touch panel switches permit the
addition of pitch bend, vibrato, and filter
sweeps from either (or both) the modulation
oscillator or filter envelope. The amount of
vibrato and filter sweep from either
modulation oscillator or filter envelope are
programmable functions.
8. The Modulation Oscillator offers a ~ '
choice of five different waveshapes, including
two sampled waveshapes for dramatic
vibrato and filter sweep effects. The saw,
triangle, and square waveshapes are
programmable.
We designed SynKey to be the
Stradivarius of synthesizers. We designed
and built SynKey with the care you expect.
We start with the finest components and
subject each instrument to the most exacting
inspection at each stage of manufacture.
And with just one oscillator generating that
13-oscillator sound, you can't have tracking
problems, and there isn't much to break
down.
We built SynKey to be rugged. Its going to
become the standard instrument for a lot of
performers. The programming feature means
you can use SynKey throughout a concert
instead of just once or twice. We use Allen
Bradley rotary pots, good for 100,000
rotations — and they get quieter with use.
You don't have to worry about grit or dust in
a slide control. And SynKey's fine hardwood
cabinetry will stand up to travel, rehearsal
and performance and still look great.
The most advanced performance
synthesizer made.
• You can't buy a performance synthesizer
with more advanced features than SynKey.
• No other synthesizer has user-
programming.
• No other synthesizer has push button
semitone select to build parallel chords.
• No portable synthesizer has a sound like
13 oscillators.