Make noise Soundhack Mimeophon User Manual

soundhack Mimeophon

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soundhack Mimeophon

FCC
Limited Warranty
Installation

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Panel Controls and Inputs/Outputs
Understanding the Mimeophon

Tips and Tricks
Patch Corner

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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept
any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

to operate the equipment.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications.

makenoisemusic.com

Make Noise Co., 414 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806

FCC

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Limited Warranty

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, removing knobs, changing face plates, 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.

During the warranty period, any defective products will be repaired or replaced, at the option of Make Noise,
on a return-to-Make Noise basis with the customer paying the transit cost to Make Noise.

Make Noise implies and accepts no responsibility for harm to person or apparatus caused through operation
of this product.

Please contact [e-mail] with any questions, Return To Manufacturer Authorization,
or any needs & comments.

http://www.makenoisemusic.com

About This Manual:

Written by Walker FarrellBOE5POZ3PMBOEP

Illustrated by Walker Farrell and Lewis Dahm

Mimeophon Hardware Design: Tony Rolando
Mimeophon Firmware Engineer: Tom Erbe

Special Thanks to the Beta Testers!

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-12V

Electrocution hazard!

Always turn the Eurorack case o and unplug the power cord before plugging or unplugging any Eurorack
bus board connection cable. Do not touch any electrical terminals when attaching any Eurorack bus

board cable.

The Make Noise soundhack Mimeophon is an electronic music module requiring 100mA of +12VDC and
10mA of -12VDC regulated voltage and a properly formatted distribution receptacle to operate. It is

designed to be used within the Eurorack format modular synthesizer system.

Go to http://www.makenoisemusic.com/ for examples of Eurorack Systems and Cases.

To install, nd 16hp of space in your Eurorack synthesizer case, conrm proper installation of included
eurorack bus board connector cable on backside of module (see picture below), plug the bus board
connector cable into the Eurorack style bus board, minding the polarity so that the RED stripe on the cable is
oriented to the NEGATIVE 12 Volt line on both the module and the bus board. On the Make Noise 6U or 3U
Busboard, the NEGATIVE 12 Volt line is indicated by the white stripe.

Please refer to your case manufacturers’ specications for location of the Negative supply.

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The Mimeophon is a stereo, multi-zone color audio repeater module by Make Noise and soundhack, coded by Tom Erbe.

The Mimeophon (from Greek mimeo (repeat/copy) and phon (sound)) is a sonic take on various historical copying devices, in
particular the mimeograph, a machine invented by Thomas Edison in the late 19th century for making many copies of printed
material. In the twentieth century, many visual artists utilized machines like this to create so called xerox or copy art, a visual
collage style of iterative composition. The Mimeophon opens similar possibilities in the medium of sound. It is capable of

modulating and morphing time scales of repeated sound from micro-sound to note to phrase length while also coloring and
spatializing the repeats.

- Full Stereo In and Out

- Color Coded Modeless Algorithm: morph between Karplus, Flange, Chorus, Echo, Looping and everything in between

- Rate continuously controls Repeats frequency within Zones

- Skew lets Rate control Repeats differently for Left and Right channels

- μRate offers dedicated Doppler Modulation

- Tempo Sync for Doppler Free modulation of Rate, create complex repeat patterns

- Control number of Repeats up to and beyond Infinite

- Halo smears Repeats in stereo space

- Color focuses feedback energy for timbral shifts over time

- Rate Out generates Pulses at Skewed Tempos, completing the conversation within the modular system

- Zones may be Flipped for backward repeats

- Hold sound for non-destructive modulation of infinite loops

- Fully Voltage Controlled Time, Space and Color modulation algorithm

- Reasonable power consumption

The Mimeophon is designed for musical applications and is not suitable for laboratory use.

NOTE: Power is precious in the Eurorack environment. The Mimeophon only requires100mA at +12VDC, and much less than
that on the -12V rail. There are not many powerful digital modules that can make this claim. It's an attractive quality that cost us
just a little bit more money to implement. Use it to your advantage!