Moog Music Z10 User Manual

ANISOTROPIC SYNTH ENGINE

USER’S MANUAL

Animoog is a professional polyphonic synthesizer that carries on Dr. Robert

Moog's exploration of touch-surface technologies to create new and expressive
musical instruments.

The new Anisotropic Synthesis Engine (ASE) is the heart of Animoog. It is a dynamic
waveform animator comprised of an X/Y grid with 8 TIMBRES containing 16 waveforms
each. These TIMBRES include sources derived from Moog synthesizers, the MF-103
12-Stage Phaser, and the MF-105 MURF. The waveform morphs and evolves as ASE is
modulated throughout the X/Y space, allowing you to see and hear dramatic changes of
timbre in real time. This constantly evolving soundscape is then fed into a traditional
Moog-style synthesis architecture including classic Moog ladder filters with overdrive.

STARTUP PAGE- Startup loads the default preset and displays the X/Y PAD (8x16

grid) which corresponds top to bottom with the 8 dynamically evolving waveforms
selected in the TIMBRE array page. Active voices are displayed as colored dots with
modulation in the X/Y space shown as comet trails. The resulting output waveform is
displayed on the X/Y PAD in real time.

PAGES: Touch the pages tab (MODULES, KB SCALE, ENV/MOD, TIMBRE, and SETUP)

to display that page's parameters. To the right are MODULES for the FILTER, PATH,
ORBIT, DELAY, THICK, and RECORDER. Touch to cycle through each module.

Above the display screen is the PRESET selector. Tap the PRESET bar to open the
preset list. Touch and drag the list to scroll, tap a preset to load. To name and save
presets, touch and hold the SAVE button in the PRESET bar.

Also above the display screen is BPM (Beats Per Minute). Press the TAP button
repeatedly or touch and drag the indicated BPM to change tempo. Turning knobs on
SYNC parameters will show in this window as a multiple or division of Whole Notes
(Wn) or Quarter Notes (Qn). Range: 60-240 BPM.

Directly above the keys is a green slide bar. Select keyboard range by dragging the bar
left or right, and the number of keys displayed by dragging one of the tabbed ends
left or right.

The Touch Keys are white or black as on a traditional keyboard. An indicator LED shows
a unique color for each voice, and the keys illuminate as your finger moves toward the
top of the key. Each touch key and corresponding voice trails remain lit until each voice
decays fully. You can expand the touch keys by pressing the up arrow found at the top right
of the touch keys. Finger position on the Touch Key can be assigned as POLY PRESSURE in
the ENV/MOD page.

Note: In this mode you will also see controls for volume, keyboard glide, and keyboard

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correction.

The VOLUME knob sets overall volume. KEYBOARD CORRECTION sets pitch correction
for the Touch Keys. Clockwise, the pitch for the Touch keys is quantized to concert pitches,
and counter-clockwise there is no pitch correction essentially turning your touch keys
into a ribbon controller.

KEYBOARD GLIDE controls portamento (sliding pitch from note to note) time. Counter­clockwise is off, clockwise sets longer times.

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