fourMulator - Owner's Manual
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Introduction Do you really need four LFO units in single module? Let's "fourMulate" it like this: You cannot really have enough LFOs, can you? Even a classic synthesizer easily offers four targets for LFO modulations. To name a few: vibrato, pulse width, the filter's cutoff frequency and tremolo. In a modular synthesizer there are even significantly more options.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Important Safety Information 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. Alway include these instructions when passing the product on to third parties. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Only clean the product when it is not connected to the mains power supply. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet 17. Do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, are placed on the equipment. 18. The mains plug of the power supply cord shall remain readily accessible. Installation • Ensure that the room in which you use this product is wired in accordance with the local electrical code and checked by a qualified inspector. • Only use this product indoors.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Table of Contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................2 2 Important Safety Information ...................................................................3 3 Table of Contents .........................................................................................5 4 Getting Startet ................................................................................................6 4.1.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Getting Startet To ensure top quality, we carefully inspected the module before packaging. Nevertheless, the unit could have been damaged during transportation. Therefore, we ask you to take a serious look at the module when unpacking. Do not hesitate to contact us, should there be anything unusual with the unit or its packaging.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet fourMulator system bus ribbon cable -12 V Picture 1: Connecting the fourMulator to the system bus 4. Mount the fourMulator to your modular frame. The unit requires a width of 34 HP (horizontal pitch) and is rack-mounted with the four supplied screws. NOTE 5. To protect the unit's surface of scratches, use the supplied flat plastic washers. Reconnect the power chord to your frame and switch on the powersupply. The module is now ready to work.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet A fourMulator – what is it? Simply described, Vermona's fourMulator is a quadruple LFO, with all LFO units (modulators) being able to run freely or synchronized to each other. All four LFOs are equipped equally with one exception: LFO 1 can only act as sync reference to the other three LFOs, while these may act as sync reference or being synced to their left counterparts. In addition, fourMulator offers a clock/trigger section.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Connections and Controls Picture 2: Controls and Connectors of the fourMulator Control elements of the four modulators The LFOs/modulators in the fourMulator are built identically. The corresponding identical functions are only described once, while the differences in synchronization and phase shift are described separately. (1) WAVE selector The six-stage WAVE knob selects the desired wave form.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet (2) SPEED- and SPEED/PHASE controls The SPEED control adjusts the modulators' speed. SPEED covers a range from approx. 0.05Hz to 100Hz. Therefore, modulations with audible frequencies are only possible within limits. The fourMulator's focus within the sub audio range is intended because higher frequencies would not make sense for use of the unit as clock-/trigger-generator or for reciprocal modulations. For modulator 1, the SPEED control is limited to this function.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet For modulators being synchronized and being shifted in phase, the LED flash with the same tempo but with a corresponding delay. (3) SYNC-switch The SYNC switch offers three positions: OFF, SYNC and CLK (Clock). NOTE Modulator 1 only offers OFF and CLK positions since it can only be used as a sync reference but cannot be synchronized itself. OFF The modulator runs at the speed set with the corresponding SPEED control.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet bar. Therefore, the clock division needs to be regarded relatively to this base. With a clock signal based upon quarter impulses, the eight available click divisions equal the following values (as indicated on the outer ring of the control): 4 5 6 3 2 7 1 8 Picture 4: Clock Divider 1. 1/1 note = a quarter of the speed of the incoming clock 2. 1/2 note = half the speed of the incoming clock 3. 1/4 note = the speed of the incoming clock 4.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Inputs and Outputs Each modulator offers four jacks to be connected to other modules. (4) WAVE This jack outputs the selected wave form. Connect this output to a CVinput of any module. Typical applications would be modulations of a filter's cutoff frequency, an oscillator's pulse width or an oscillator's pitch.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet (9) Clock output (CLK OUT) This jack outputs the clock signal. It can be connected to modules such as step-sequencers, clock dividers or sequential switches. (10) Clock input (CLK IN) This jack allows feeding an external clock signal into the fourMulator. With this input being used, the internal clock is automatically disconnected from the modulators. By setting the SYNC switch to CLK, the external clock will be used. NOTE The internal clock remains.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Using the fourMulator fourMulator can act as a control- and clock-central. However, this only makes sense in combination with other modules. The following sections offer a few helpful suggestions for using the fourMulator. Reciprocal modulations LFOs run statically. This might be desirable for some applications, while for others this behavior appears lifeless. Because of their ability to be CV-controlled, the LFOs in the fourMulator can act more organic.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet fourMulator Multiple Attenuator INT IN OUT INT IN OUT Picture 5: Patch Example - Crossmodulation Clock yourself fourMulator offers the possibility to enter the clock tempo using the TAP button. However, continuous tempo changes using a control are still possible. To do so, simply connect the TRIGGER output of a modulator to CLK IN. Now, the modulator serves as clock-reference where the speed can be manually controlled using the corresponding SPEED knob.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet • Doepfer: A-150/A-151/A-152 Switches, A-160 Clock Divider, A-161 Clock Sequencer • Intellijel Designs: µStep-sequencer • Make Noise: Brains • The Harvest Man: Stillson Hammer • ... as well as Drum/Percussion modules by MFB, Analogue Solutions, Tip Top Audio, Cwejman Soft Edges Jumping value changes are typical for sample & hold modulations. In some cases, these changes are too abrupt. Here, the use of a slew-limiter (e.g.
Owner's Manual VERMONA Retroverb Lancet Declaration of Conformity We declare under our sole responsibility that this product is in conformity with the following standards or standardization documents in attention of operation conditions and installation arrangements acc. to operating manual: EN61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN 55013, EN 55020, EN 60065 according to the provisions of the regulations 2004/108/EG and 2006/95/EG.
