modDemix v2.
1 modDemix: Limited Warranty: ----------------------------------------------------2 Installation: ----------------------------------------------------3 Panel Controls: --------------------------------------------4 Getting to know modDemix:------------------------------5 Patch Ideas ---------------------------------------------------------6
Limited WARRANTY: 2 Make Noise warrants this product to be free of defects in materials or construction for a period of one year from the date of purchase (proof of purchase/invoice required). Malfunction resulting from wrong power supply voltages, backwards or reversed eurorack bus board 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.
3 Electrocution hazard! bus board connection cable cable. Do not touch any electrical terminals when attaching any Eurorack bus board cable. The Make Noise modDemix is an electronic music module requiring 30mA of +12VDC and 30mA of -12VDC regulated voltages and a properly formatted distribution receptacle to operate. It must be properly installed into a Eurorack format modular synthesizer system case. Go to http://www.makenoisemusic.com/systems.shtml for examples of Eurorack Systems and Cases.
4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 modDemix Panel Controls 1. Signal 1 IN: signal to be processed. 2. Carrier/ CV 1 IN: determines amplitude & phase of Signal 1 IN. 3. Channel 1 LEDs: LED indication of signal activity in four quadrants. Vertical position represents amplitude and phase of input signal; horizontal position represents amplitude and phaseof carrier/CV input signal. 4.
Getting to Know modDemix: 5 Standard AM, Balanced Modulation, Signal Multiplication, Frequency Mixing, Single Sideband, Double Side-band and even XOR (as in Boolean logic) have all been used to implement “Ring Modulators” for musical purposes in the last 50 years. In a way, Ring Modulation has become a catch-all term for music technology that results in a complex, clangorous, modulated sound.
6 Using same patch as above, add a negative offset to the Cycling CH. 1 of MATHS, by adjusting CH. 2 panel control to full CCW. Observe Balanced Modulation. Observe the low amount of Carrier Feed-Thorough. Depending upon the Negative Offset added, the Carrier all but vanishes, making the resulting Sidebands more audible. This is the sound most commonly associated with Ring Modulation. Experiment with different amounts of negative offset, which could said to control the Depth of the Ring Modulation.
Patch Ideas: (cont’d) 7 Ring Modulation with increased fundamental presence Patch VCO output such as a sine wave to Ch1 Signal IN, and modulating signal such as another sine waveto Ch2 Carrier/CV IN. Take output from SUM OUT. Adjust balance of RM signal and fundamental with the STRENGTH knobs. modDemod To ease the patching of modDemod effects, Signal 2 IN is normaled to Signal 1 OUT, thus connecting the two circuits in series. Patch Signal to be processed to Signal 1 IN.
Voltage Controlled Crossfading and Panning with modDemix and MATHS 8 Crossfading Send two signals of your choice to the modDemix Ch1 and Ch2 INputs. Select a positive-going Control Signal such as a MATHS/Function envelope or a sequence from Rene. Using a multiple, patch the Control Signal to modDemix Ch1 Carrier/CV IN, and also to MATHS, set up as a Voltage Mirror (see MATHS manual p.17). Patch MATHS SUM to Ch2 Carrier/CV IN. Monitor modDemix SUM Out.
