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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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OB-Mx

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Chapter 9

Final

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9

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10

Envelope

Generators

75

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Chapter

11

Low

Frequency

Oscillators

87

CHAPTER

Low

Frequency

Oscillators

1

(LFO)

Module

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2

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82

OB-Mx

User's

Guide

LFO

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1..3

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parameters

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Chapter

11

Low

Frequency

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83

Reverse

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reverse

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OB-Mx

86

OB-Mx

User's

Guide

Chapter

12

Voice

Status

Module

87

1

VOICE

STATUS

CHAPTER

Voice

Status

Module

2

3

4

Multi

P8*

5

6

timber

—>

7

8

12

9

Matrix

patch

10

number

11

12

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buttons

■

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indicate

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bring

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bring

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in

this

module

voice usage

the

parameters

the

parameters

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serve

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for

different

multiple

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purposes,

notes

into

the

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as

display

into

for

the

follows:

editing

display

for

88

OB-Mx

User's

Guide

Voice

Usage

Indicators

Whenever

pressed,

voices.

button(s)

been

shut

edited).

voice,

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Single

actually

Release

light

though

MIDI

the

VOICE

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is,

when a MIDI

for

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lit

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off

automatically

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the

light

goes

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one

subtlety

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remain

stage

of

goes

out.

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the

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notes

come

into

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voice(s)

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in

use

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buttons

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of

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this

time.

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notes

for

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uses,

the

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if a note

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or

the

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surprisingly,

comes

light(s)

ones

for

affect

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played

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received

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steal a sounding

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the

status

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up

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buttons

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or

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in a Part

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note

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after

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note

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of

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in

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for

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the

display

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if

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any

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display

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of

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if

either

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buttons

the

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button

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bring

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the

parameters

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the

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the

or

for

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Multiple

Multiplier

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Multis

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►

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Noise

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stealing

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►

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filter

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Outputs

►

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width

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Parameter

Part

activation

Parts

button

Patch

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Record

source

button

toggles

1

23,

45,

46

7,

18,40

54

7,

18,40

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35

68

7

31

53

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20

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53

57,61

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63

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40

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Program

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►

Q

Quad

Quartertone

Quick

►

f?

Random

Rate

Release

Repeat

Reset

Reson

Resonance

Reverse

Rotate

button

Change

name

wave

width

modulation

Start

sawtooth

►s

S/H

Saving

Sawtooth

Selection

Self-playing

Send

Setup 3

Signal

Single

Source

Special

Split

Store

Instruments

buttons

instruments

Flow

button

53

38

23

40

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28

33

26

3

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32,77

77

68

83

32

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12

61,82

9

73

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35

23,

53

77

19

47

1-4

OB-Mx

User's

Guide

Subtractive

Sustain

Swap

Sync

System

► r

Target

Track

Triangle

Trigger

Triple

TT

Tune

VCOs

TuneT

Tuning

Module

tables

synthesis

decay

Exclusive

size

wave

6

79

48

60

13,45

57

23

62

82

61

10,78

33

40,52,

40,55,

62

55

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44

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56

Velocity

Vibrato

Voice

Voices

Vol

Voltage

Volume

►

X

Xpose

►z

Zon

sensitivity

Allocation

Status

usage

button

Controlled

Filters

Oscillators

87,18,

Module

26

27

31

20,

31

88

42

39,52

65

5,

59

53

51

►

u

Unison

Utility

VCA

VCF

VCOl

VCO2

VCO

Velo

Velocity

buttons

offset

Sens

33,34

9

25

73

5

67

68

5

80

53

Voltage

Low

Controlled

Frequency

1

Oscillators

Envelope

Attack

A

Generators

Decay

Delay D Delay S Decay

Sustain

Release

Vel

Sens

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OBMx

Definition

Instrument

Record

12

in

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