MANUAL v.1i MORE THAN LOGIC. UNITING ART + ENGINEERING. C O N TAC T email: info@meris.us phone: 747.233.1440 website: www.meris.
TAB LE O F CONTENTS SECTION 1 PG. 1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS SECTION 2 PG. 2-4 GLOBAL SETTINGS CONFIGURATION MODE SECTION 3 PG. 4 DESIGN CONCEPT SECTION 4 PG. 4-6 SIGNAL FLOW OVERVIEW 4a - DYNAMIC FLANGER 4b - DELAY LINE NETWORK 4c - DELAY NETWORK HEX MODULATION 4d - DUAL BARBERPOLE PHASER SECTION 5 PG. 7-8 EXP JACK MODES IN DEPTH 5a - EXPRESSION PEDAL 5b - TAP SWITCH 5c - 4 BUTTON PRESET SWITCH 5d - MIDI SECTION 6 PG. 9 KNOB AUTO SCAN IN DEPTH SECTION 7 PG.
SECTION 1 - FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Time: Sets the time for the delay and the synchronized phaser Alt Function: Early Modulation Triangle waveform modulation of the early delay taps. Ranges from gentle modulation, to FM, to pitch effects Feedback: Sets the feedback amount Alt Function: Feedback Filter Controls filter in the feedback path. Set to noon for no filtering, set towards minimum for a darker filter, set towards maximum for a brighter filter Dynamics: Sets the intensity/depth of the Dynamic Flanger.
SECTION 2 - GLOBAL SETTINGS CONFIGURATION MODE INPUT MODE: 2 (R) LED indicates DRY MUTED PRE AP EXP TED* MU (L) LED indicates DRY ACTIVE DR (R) LED indicates TRS (L) INS MIDI TH MIDI E EXPRESSION MODE: Y DRY A CTI V only in active mode; in bypass, the entire pedal is muted.
(L) LED indicates INSTRUMENT LEVEL (R) LED indicates LINE LEVEL MIDI THRU ON: Toggle (R) foot switch BUFFERE DB Y LIN SS PA (L) LED indicates BUFFERED BYPASS GLOBAL TEMPO: MID RE L ASS BYP AY EL LEV BYPASS MODE: L EVE EL INSTRU MEN T LINE/SYNTH LEVEL: (R) LED indicates RELAY BYPASS LE TRA Toggle (L) foot switch Trails Glide Trails Glide (L) LED indicates MIDI OUT (R) LED indicates MIDI THRU (L) LED indicates GLOBAL TEMPO (R) LED indicates per PRESET TEMPO 3
(R) LED indicates RELAY BYPASS LEDs on front panel blink to indicate binary annel 1-16 or O mn t ch c i ele max) Turn kno b TRAILS: MIDI CHANNELS at ob (kn (L) foot switch to s MIDI CHANNEL: Trails (OFF) Glide (OFF) 7 8 1 9 2 10 3 11 4 Trails (OFF) Glide (ON) 5 6 12 13 14 LEDs on front panelTrails blink (ON) to indicate binary Trails (ON) 7 Glide (OFF) Glide (ON) 8 (R) LED indicates per PRESET TEMPO TRAILS: 9 15 16 10 11 Trails (OFF) Glide (OFF) Trails (OFF) Glide (ON) 12 13 14 T
dar ker filter gets ets brighter er g filt SECTION 4A - DYNAMIC FLANGER IN DEPTH The first element of the signal chain is the pair of Dynamic Flangers driven either by a peak follower or a sine wave lfo depending on the selection you make with the second layer Dynamic Filter Mode control. The top level Dynamics control changes the depth of the peak follower and the lfo, and the minimum position of the knob mutes the Dynamic Flanger’s output.
SECTION 4C - DELAY NETWORK HEX MODULATION IN DEPTH The Polymoon features 6 independent triangle waveform lfos to modulate the delay line network. Triangle LFO 1 is controlled by the second layer Early Modulation Knob. Since the delay network is series, modulating this first in the chain delay has an impact on every delay tap. The Late Modulation Knob primarily controls Triangle LFO 6.
8. 9. 6. 10. 11. 5. 12. 4. 2 3 4 The Expression Pedal Jack is13.a 3. multifunction jack that gives 14. you 4 different modes of operation that 2. 15. you1. can choose in Global Settings 16. Mode: Expression Pedal, Tap Switch, 4 Button Preset Switch, and MIDI. FILTER IS FLAT dar ker MIDI ets brighter er g filt DI IN 7. 9V Section 5a. Expression Pedal The expression pedal works by morphing between two complete settings of all of the knob values (even the second layer knob values).
Section 5b. Tap Switch For the Polymoon, the external switch controls Tap Tempo and has all of the same functionality as the tap button on the main pedal, this includes half speed. As with the main tap switch, if you hold the externally connected tap switch, it will cause the delays to operate at half speed. Section 5c. 4 Button Preset Switch This mode gives you access to and instant enabling of presets 1 through 4, when connected with a proprietary Meris 4 button switch. Section 5d.
SECTION 6 - KNOB AUTO SCAN IN DEPTH Depending on the EXP Jack modes you have chosen, the Polymoon will scan the top layer knobs and update the knobs on power up. If your Polymoon is set to either “Expression Pedal” or “Tap Switch” for its EXP mode, then it will scan the knobs at power up. This means if you change the knobs whether the unit is off, those values will be how the pedal sounds next time you turn the pedal is on.
SECTION 9 - MIDI CC TABLE control change polymoon control receive value range transmit value range CC# 04 expression pedal 0 to 127 0 to 127 CC# 09 dotted CC# 15 0 to 63 = 1/4 note 64 to 127 = dotted 8th bypass 0 to 63 = fx bypass 64 to 127 = fx enable tempo (10 msec intervals) 0 to 120 CC# 16 time 0 to 127 0 to 127 CC# 17 feedback 0 to 127 0 to 127 CC# 18 mix 0 to 127 0 to 127 CC# 19 multiply 0 to 127 0 to 127 CC# 20 dimension 0 to 127 0 to 127 CC# 21 dynamics 0 to 127 0
SECTION 10 - POLYMOON PRESET 1 FACTORY SETTINGS EXPRESSION PARAMETER KNOB POSITION TOE UP time just before 1 o’clock 760 TOE UP feedback just after 2 o’clock feedback at TOE UP mix 2 o’clock dry at TOE UP multiply min 1 TOE UP dimension min no delay tap smearing TOE UP dynamics min dynamic flanger disabled TOE UP early modulation TOE UP feedback filter 8 o’clock 12 o’clock TOE UP delay level min auto leveling enabled TOE UP late modulation 8 o’clock slow and shallow
SECTION 11 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Conversion 24 bit A/D and D/A DSP 32 bit floating point Sample Rate 48000 Hz Input Impedance 1 Meg Ohm SNR 115dB Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz Max Input Level +9 dBu (instrument level setting) +12.5 dBu (line/synth level setting) Power 9V DC center-negative, 150mA, 2.1mm jack Bypass Selectable True Bypass (Relay) or Analog Buffered Bypass Dimensions 4.25” wide, 4.5” long, 2” tall Weight 14.
