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Installation: The Make Noise Mysteron is an electronic generator requiring 95 mA of +12V and 25ma of -12V regulated power and properly formatted distribution receptacle to operate. It is designed to be used within the euro format modular synthesizer system. Go to http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm for the details of this format.
Overview Some say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, expecting different results. By that definition, the Mysteron IS insanity. Simply put, it is a voltage controlled Digital Waveguide algorithm; however, that does not completely explain all of its behaviors. The Mysteron algorithm is a bit of a mystery even to those of us involved in its design. Despite being completely digital, it is highly organic, displaying variation in outcome often seen only in nature.
1 2 3 10 11 4 5 8 6 9 7 Mysteron Interface 1. Coarse Pitch Panel Control: Sets length of waveguide or perceived pitch of sound, roughly 5 octaves. Quantized Mode at Full CCW. 2. Mystery LED: Lights to indicate Mutations, flashes slowly on Bowed/ Cross-FeedBack Modes, and flashes quickly in Quantized Mode. 3. OUTput: around 10Vpp max (depending upon settings esp. IMPULSE), AC coupled. 4. Fine Pitch Control: adjust perceived pitch by +/- 12%. 5.
12 13 14 17 15 18 16 20 19 Mysteron Interface (cont’d) 12. DEPTH: sets how much the waveguides are Mutated. Operates as Combo Knob, with nothing patched to DEPTH CV IN, works as standard panel control. With Signal Patched to DEPTH CV IN, works as attenuator for that signal. 13. DEPTH CV IN: unipolar control input. Range 0V to +5V. 14. TYPE: sets the Type of Mutation. 15. TYPE CV Attenuator: uni-polar attenuator for TYPE CV IN. 16. TYPE CV IN: control signal input for TYPE. Range 0V to +5V. 17.
MAKING SOUND with the MYSTERON! At the bottom of the Mysteron there are two EXCITE Inputs, along with LEDs to indicate activity. The Mysteron will make no sound unless you patch something to at least one of the EXCITE inputs. When the Mysteron is EXCITED, a burst of energy (in the form of noise and other waveforms) is injected into the waveguide. The IMPULSE parameter sets the strength of this Excitation, thus allowing for control over both amplitude and harmonics.
Tip & Tricks 1. Mysteron must be EXCITED at some point to make any audible sound. 2. Setting Generation to 100% Re-Generation, the Mysteron will Self-Oscillate once the initial Excitation occurs. 3. Be sure IMPULSE is set to greater then 0% to achieve audible sound. 4. IMPULSE parameter could be used as digital VCA. 5. For melodic tracking, set PITCH panel control Full CCW (Quantize Mode) and use only PITCH 2 . Fine Tune will help to match the Mysteron to a VCO tuning. 6.
Patch Ideas (cont’d) Typical Voltage Controlled Twangdoodle Patch Pressure Points common Gate Out to René X-Clk, and Pressure Points Gates 1 and 3 to Y-Clk. Set René to Cartesian mode and enable all steps on the Access page. Program a sequence with lower notes toward the bottom of the René grid, and higher notes toward the top. Patch René X and Y gates to EXCITE inputs on Mysteron. Engage Quantize mode and patch René QCV to Mysteron Pitch2 input. Play Pressure Points and René.