User manual

Basic Operation
Power On
Move the Power-switch in the back of the Memotron to ON. The Memotron will need some seconds to
initialise and will then be ready for use.
! Attention – First power ON the Memotron and secondly power ON your audio system in
order to avoid a cracking noise.
Power Off
Move the Power-switch in the back of the Memotron to OFF.
! Attention – First power OFF your audio system and secondly power OFF the Memotron in
order to avoid a cracking noise.
Realtime Sound-manipulation Functions
The Memotron is capable of keeping up to three sounds at one time in its internal memory. A sound is
called “track”. The panel offers various controls to tweak sound-parameters in realtime. These
parameters are performance oriented and will not be stored as part of a track.
• A B C selects one of the three tracks that have been loaded into the Memotron's internal memory
(RAM). When moving the knob, the tracks are continuously cross-faded in order to simulate the
move of the tape heads.
• PITCH shifts the pitch 3 halftones up and 3 halftones down. This will slightly affect the maximum
duration of a played note.
• TONE changes the sonic character with help of a passive 12 dB lowpass filter.
• HALF SPEED emulates halving the tape speed. The duration of a played note is increased from 8
to 16 seconds. The playback-pitch will be lowered by one octave. HALF SPEED also emulates a
slight reduction of the audio quality, especially in higher frequency ranges.
• VOLUME adjusts the master volume.
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