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- Page 1 Audiothingies Micromonsta User manual preliminary version...
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Page 2: Overview
Overview Specifications The Micromonsta is an 8-voice polyphonic desktop synthesizer. Small, powerful, great sound, usability and easy editing were key elements while designing the Micromonsta. It features: • 8 voices of polyphony • 2 oscillators, 1 sub oscillator, 1 multimode filter, 3 envelopes, 3 LFOs, 6 modulation slots, 3 scalers, 1 lag operator per voice •... - Page 3 Deep modulation matrix (with for example filter parameters, envelope or LFO speeds as destination) • A chorder module allowing the generation of 4-note chords within a key/scale • Internal FXs • 384 preset slots to store your sound creations Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual...
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Page 4: Front Panel
Front panel On the front panel you will find: • 2 x 24 characters LCD screen – Black on white • 6 encoders • 9 pushbuttons with their associated LEDs Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 5: Rear Panel
On the rear panel, from left to right on the above picture • Audio outputs (use left output when using mono) • MIDI connectors • USB port – used only for firmware update and user wavetable update • 9V DC input socket • Power switch Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 6: Quick Start
6. Turn encoder 6 to navigate thru the patches. Press Load again to load selected patch, press Home to cancel and return to previously loaded sound. 7. Alternatively, you can push encoder 1 & 2 to navigate and load the previous or next patch Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 7: Using The Micromonsta
The LCD provides up to 6 parameters to edit. Use encoders 1-6 to change their corresponding parameter value. Some parameters can be reset to a default value when pushing the corresponding encoder (all bipolar parameters for example). Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 8: Home | Main Page
You can navigate presets from this screen by pressing encoder buttons 1 and 2. Quite useful in a live situation. NOTE: When in this mode, LEDs 2 to 9 will show the activity of voices 1 to 8. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 9: Osc | Oscillators
OSC2 rng tun shp env3 mix -7 -15 100 • OSC2 oscillator algorithm selector • oscillator coarse tune • oscillator fine tune • oscillator shape modifier • env3 env3 modulation amount • oscillator mix level Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 10: Sub / Noise
A sinus oscillator that turns into a basic FM operator with the shape control A triangle oscillator into a foldback digital distortion. Shape controls the gain. When shape is set to 127, the oscillator will produce a triangle wave with its pitch one octave and a fifth higher. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 11: Saw
The shape parameter controls the pitch of the slave oscillator. Same as sws but with a square slave oscillator rz1, rz2 and rz3 Those are phase distortion algorithms from the Casio CZ series. They all simulate a filter sweep with the shape parameter. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 12: W01 To W15
Each wavetable contains 33 slices. The shape parameter controls the position of the reading index and will interpolate between the slices. w16 to w30 User wavetables. By default, these wavetables produce no sound… until you upload your own :) Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 13: Oscillator Tips
These filters are all working in the same way: • When the value is negative, it acts as a 6dB lowpass filter • When the value is positive, it acts as a 6dB hipass filter • When set to 0, it has no effect Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 14: Source Mixer | Mixer
You can also set the rmd level, which is the level of the output of osc1 and osc2 thru a ring modulator. When adjusting patch volume, always compare the patch level compared to one of the factory presets, pushing this parameter too hard (especially for polyphonic patches) may end with unwanted nasty distortion. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 15: Filter | Filter
2 modulation amount (targets cutoff) • lfo2 lfo2 modulation amount (targets cutoff) • keyboard tracking amount (0, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%) Filter types The Micromonsta filter topology allows different filter types • 1-pole lowpass filter • 2-pole lowpass filter • 3-pole lowpass filter •... -
Page 16: The Voice Settings Page | Voice
– pan - 20 lin • synth mode (polyphonic 1, polyphonic 2, mono, legato) • number of unison voices (1/2/4) • detunin voice detune amount oscillator random detune amount • pan spread algo (lin/equ) pan spread amount Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 17: Envelopes | Env
Envelopes | ENV The Micromonsta features 3 envelopes per voice. They all have the same parameters and their behavior is the same. ENV1 atk dcy sus rel rst 25 off • ENV1 envelope curve (fast | exponential | linear) •... -
Page 18: The Global Page | Global
In this menu, you can set the 4 shortcuts to parameters available in the Home page. encoder en3 en4 en5 en6 assign cut res bpm mix • encoder 3 assignment • encoder 4 assignment • encoder 5 assignment • encoder 6 assignment Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 19: Low Frequency Oscillators | Lfo
Low frequency oscillators | LFO The Micromonsta has 3 LFOs per voice that can optionally be synced to the patch tempo LFO1 spd dly atk phs rst tri 1/8 • LFO1 waveform • speed (around 0.05Hz to 78Hz – values above 127 are tempo sync values) •... -
Page 20: Rst = On
Note: This phase relationship will be true unless you modulate the LFO speed in the modulation matrix. If you applied modulation and removed it, you can resync the LFOs either by: • sending a MIDI start command • turning the phase parameter encoders Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 21: The 8-Step Lfo Sequence | Step
Remember that, to be active, one (or several) LFO(s) shape must be set to ‘stp’ for the sequence to have an effect. And you also need to set a modulation destination amount different from 0 for this LFO in the matrix too to hear the effect of the sequence on the sound. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 22: The Modulation Matrix | Matrix
Some sources are bipolar (lfo’s, rnd), other unipolar (envelopes, velocity, …). Modulation amount is bipolar, meaning you can reverse the modulation source amount by setting a negative number. On lfo’s, this reverse the phase for example. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 23: Before Using The Matrix
This means that if you want to modulate the filter cutoff by a LFO, the first best candidate is LFO2, as it is already routed to the filter cutoff, it does not “eat” a modulation slot. Some more are available in the Voice and Global pages (glide, pitch bend, detune). Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 24: Scalers & Lag | Scaler
Filter page, that is +40 But when modulation wheel is set to 0, LFO2 WILL have an effect on Filter cutoff, the more the scaler amount, the less the effect, here at 50% of +40, which is +20. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... - Page 25 In fact, the scaler amount allows you to set a minimum value for the scaler destination when the source is set to its minimum value. Sounds scary? Try them by yourself, they’re easier than you may think and they’re the ideal way to add velocity or aftertouch expression to your patches. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual...
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Page 26: The Pattern Arpeggiator | Arp
The pattern arpeggiator | ARP On top of its powerful synthesis capabilities, the Micromonsta is equipped with quite a powerful arpeggiator engine, capable from classic to more esoteric polyphonic arpeggios. The arp page The first page is the classic side of the arpeggio... -
Page 27: The 1 St Line
Tip 2: if you set the voice mode to m2 (legato mode), a step set to _ or / will slide to the next step if it is different from a rest and if glide is different than 0. Great for 303-ish mono sequences. Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 28: The Chorder | Chord
(major, minor, harmonic minor) • 2nd note to add to the base note (from 1 octave down to 2 octaves up) • 3rd note to add to the base note • 4th note to add to the base note Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 29: Effects | Fx
(-64: first ping on left channel | 63: first ping on right channel | 0: ping center (no ping pong effect)) • eq cutoff frequency • mix level Stereo delay effect with a filter in the feedback path Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 30: Mod
Stereo chorus/flanger effect with positive or negative feedback path. Basically, this is a short delay line modulated by a LFO. You get a flanger sound with smaller delay time values and high feedback amount. FX tim fbk spd dpt d/w • delay time Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... - Page 31 • feedback amount • lfo speed • lfo amount • chorus mix level Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual...
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Page 32: System Settings | System
• send patch sysex (only if midi out mode is set to cc) • save system settings • put the Micromonsta in update or wavetable upload mode (press 2 seconds to trigger this action) Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 33: Midi Control
MIDI control All the Micromonsta parameters are mapped to either 1 CC or NRPN number. The list can be downloaded from www.audiothingies.com/micromonsta Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual... -
Page 34: Table Of Contents
Table of contents Overview.............................. 2 Specifications...........................2 Front panel............................4 Rear panel............................5 Quick start............................6 Using the Micromonsta........................7 Navigating pages..........................7 How to navigate throughout the MM architecture?..............7 Editing parameters........................... 7 HOME | Main page..........................8 OSC | Oscillators..........................9 Oscillator 1............................9 Oscillator 2............................9... - Page 35 The 2 line..........................27 The chorder | Chord..........................28 Effects | FX............................29 stw..............................29 p/p..............................29 dly..............................29 mod..............................30 chf..............................30 System settings | System........................32 System settings..........................32 Tools menu.............................32 MIDI control............................33 Table of contents..........................34 Audiothingies Micromonsta user manual...
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