User manual

Introduction
Even if you are perfectly used to electronic instruments and studio equipment, it will be useful to read
this manual entirely. It will help you to get the best out of your Memotron Rack in shortest time.
About the Memotron Rack
The Memotron Rack is an advanced sample playback based musical instrument to reproduce a
famous, specific and genuine sound in highest audio quality. Thanks to its digital technology, it is most
reliable and easy to use. Features are:
• Access to up to six sounds simultaneously
• Fully polyphony
• Internal effect processor
• Complete MIDI-implementation
• Data storage on Compact-Flash-Card
• Compatible with G-Media M-Tron® sound library
The special characteristics of the original have been carefully emulated. This includes a maximum
duration of a played note of about 8 seconds (about 16 seconds at HALF SPEED).
The Memotron Rack supports standard data structures of memory cards. This compatibility enables
you to create and organise your own Memotron Rack sound library with your PC. The data structure of
the Memotron Rack with its directories, folders and files fits to your PC and is easy to understand.
The Memotron Rack is compatible with G-Media’s M-Tron® plug-in and can play its sounds
(recognizable at the ending .cpt). The Memotron Rack is not compatible with the newer M-Tron Pro®
plug-in.
About this manual
This manual is intended to make the first steps of using the Memotron Rack easier for you. Moreover it
also provides support and hints to the experienced user for his/her daily work.
Symbols used
To ensure a better overview, this manual uses standardized spelling and symbols which are explained
below. Important notes are highlighted in bold print.
! Attention – Pay special attention to this note to avoid malfunctions
i Gives some short additional information
 Instructions – Observe these instructions to execute the requested function
Marking of parameters
All designations of buttons, controllers and parameters of the Memotron Rack in the text are
highlighted in bold print.
Example: Press the ESC-button
The value range permitted for a parameter setting is highlighted by indicating the maximum and
minimum values in italics, separated by three dots. Settings, which cannot be represented by a value
range, are separated by a comma.
Example: Rx Channel 01 ... 16, omni
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