User Manual

MALSTRÖM SYNTHESIZER
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Connecting the signals from the Malström itself
If you connect one or both oscillator outputs to the audio input(s), the internal signal path from the oscillators to the
filters is broken. In other words, no signals will pass internally from the oscillators to the filters, and the three routing
buttons for the oscillators are ignored.
This may seem pointless at first, but there are several uses for this:
D When you play the Malström in this mode, the filter envelope will be triggered for each note you play, affecting
all sounding notes.
This is due to the monophonic “extra” filter described above. On older synthesizers, this feature is called “Multiple
triggering”.
D Since all notes you play are mixed before being sent into the filter, the result of using the Shaper will be totally
different (if you play more than one note at a time).
This is similar to playing a guitar chord through a distortion effect, for example.
D You can patch in external effects between the oscillators and the filters.
Just connect an oscillator output to the input of the effect device, and the effect output to the Malströms’s audio
input.
q You can use combinations of connections and routing. You could for instance connect an external audio signal
to one of the inputs, one of the Malström’s oscillators to the other input and then use the routing options on
the front panel for the other oscillator. All of these signals will then be mixed and sent to the Malström’s main
outputs.