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Table

of

Contents

i

Foreword

Section

Chapter

1:

OB-Mx

Contents

By

Don

Buchia

Introduction

1

How

To

Use

This

Manual

2

Quick

2.1

2.2

2.3

Start

Basic

Setup

Analog

Basic

Synthesis

Basic

Analog

OB-Mx

Operations

Front

Panel

The

Back

Concepts

Synthesis

Analog

Operations

Exercise

Panel

Main

Outputs

Individual

MIDI

Connections

User's

Synthesis

1:

Deconstructing

2:

Tweaking

3:

Saving

4:

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Outputs/Insert

and

Up

an

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Naming

and

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Points

Existing

Guide

Your

Work

Via

Sound

MIDI

v

/

3

5

7

8

10

12

13

14

15

Chapter

3

Explorations

3.1

3.2

Single

Using

Instrument

Exploration

Multiple

About

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Save

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Multiple

1:

Instruments

Multiple

2:

3:

Multis!

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Chorus

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Creating

Algorithm

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Balanced

and

MIDI

Program

Split

Performance

Change

Messages

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18

19

22

23

OB-Mx

User's

Guide

3.3

Modulation

&

The

Matrix

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Exploration:

Default

4:

5:

6:

7:

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Modulations

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Fixed-Pitch

Adding

Pulse

Pulsing

The

VCA

Sounds

Vibrato

Width

Modulation

Noise

and

Quartertone

23

24

25

Keyboards...26

27

28

29

Section

Chapter

2:

Reference

4

Voice

Allocation

4.1

Single

4.2

Multiple

5

Instruments

6

Control

Changing

Program

Voices

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Store

Compare

Parts

Matrix

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Module

Values

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Single

Multiple

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31

32

33

35

37

38

40

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43

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48

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50

52

53

54

55

Chapter

7

Voltage

Selection

Parameter

Continuous

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Toggles

Parameter

Modulation

Oscillators

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Section

Module

59

60

61

63

Table

of

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Chapter

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9

10

11

12

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1-4

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82

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Chapter

Section

3:

Index

Instrument

MultiProgram

Voice

Matrix

MIDI

Front

Architecture

Implementation

Panel

13

Tuning

Module

Appendices

Definition

Record

Table

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Index

&

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