User manual KORG MONOTRIBE

[. . . ] € In direct sunlight • Locations of extreme temperature or humidity • Excessively dusty or dirty locations • Locations of excessive vibration • Close to magnetic fields THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] You can use this to expand the monotribe’s sonic possibilities, or use it as an effect processor for a separate audio source. OUTPUT jack Connect the monotribe’s OUTPUT jack to the INPUT jack of your mixer or powered monitor speakers. The output signal is monaural, but the jack will accept either monaural phone plugs or stereo phone plugs (unbalanced). SYNC OUT jack monotribe SYNC IN This jack outputs a 5V pulse of 15ms at the beginning of each step. You can use this to synchronize another monotribe or other compatible equipment such as an analog sequencer to this monotribe unit. 16) lets you specify the polarity of the pulse. SYNC IN jack If the SYNC IN jack is connected, the internal step clock will be ignored, and the sequencer will proceed through its steps according to the pulses that are input to this jack. You can use this jack to synchronize the monotribe’s steps with pulses that are output from another monotribe unit, your analog sequencer or the audio output of a DAW. 16) lets you specify the polarity of the pulses that are detected. You must turn off the power before connecting anything. Careless usage may damage your speaker system or cause other malfunctions. The VCO generates a waveform at a pitch that’s determined by the position being touched on the ribbon keyboard or by performance data that you’ve recorded as a sequence. In addition, the LFO can also apply time-varying changes to the pitch. WIDE The pitch range will be extended to approximately six times that of the NARROW setting; pitch change will be continuous. The pitch will change continuously according to the printed ribbon keyboard. The pitch will change in chromatic steps according to the printed ribbon keyboard. With the ”64’” setting, the pitch range of the ribbon keyboard will be A0–D2. VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) The filter modifies the timbre (tonal character) by boosting or cutting specific frequency regions of the sound produced by the oscillator. The monotribe uses the traditional 12 dB/oct low-pass filter (LPF) that was also used on the Korg MS-20. The character of the sound will change significantly depending on the settings of this filter. In addition, you can use the LFO to modulate the filter ’s cutoff frequency over time. CUTOFF knob This adjusts the cutoff frequency of the VCF, affecting the brightness of the sound. [. . . ] Never turn off the power while data is being saved. The saved settings are remembered even when the power is off. Drum preview Nothing will sound when you press one of the drum sound generator part buttons. The corresponding drum sound will be heard when you press one of the drum sound generator part buttons. [. . . ]