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R W Y P H O Q Y ELECTRONICS-MUSIC-HOME RECORDING September/October 1982 r w y p h o q y ELECTRONICS-MUSIC-HOME RECORDING September/October 1982 EXCLUSIVE! SSM2011 MICROPHONE PREAMP THE SNARE PLUS PERCUSSIVE VOICE CIRCUIT 8 TRACK REVIEWS PLUS FOUR SIMPLE GUITAR PROJECTS THE VOICE 400 The Fastest, Most Versatile and Musical Synthesizer Voice Available Oscillator A Oscillator B continuous waveshaping, continuous waveshaping variable pulse width, mod­ from saw to sine, AR enve­ ulation by S/H or LFO, low ­ lope generator or LFO er octave, linear F.M. modulation, hard sync to VCO A. Keypad and Bank Switch Filter Selects one o f thirty-two Fligh pass, Low pass, Band presets. pass all modes are 24db/ oct. Controls include Reso­ O perating M od e nance, Response (continu­ Switches ously variable) ± : ADSR control Live, Memory and modulation, S/H or LFO Edit functions. mod, Noise source, Key­ board tracking. Output Section Voltage Controlled mixes your external signal into the delay, mixes Dry/ A m p lifie r Delay, and output volume has its own ADSR and fea­ control. tures low noise and wide dynamic range. A n a log D elay wide range low noise delay line operates from flanging to multiple wide range Low Frequency Oscillator with continuous waveshap­ repeats. Regeneration and LFO depth control w ill create a w ide ing of three waveforms. LFO may be modulated by the Attack range o f eff ects. Release envelope generator. The Voice 400 answers the need for a programmable syn­ * A voice for a sequencer or computer. thesizer that’s versatile enough to be all these things: * A complete synthesizer for wind or string controllers. * A programmable filter and/or a programmable delay * A complete keyboard instrument with the optional SMS Jine. Model 430 Digital Keyboard. Quality components have been carefully selected for this * An expander for your present synthesizer whether instrument. Great effort has been taken to insure that the ef­ mono or poly. fects o f temperature and vibration are minimal. When * An acoustic instrument-controlled synthesizer when you’re ready to play, the Voice will be too. accurately, and used with a pitch-to-voltage converter. every time. #430 Digital Keyboard Sequencer •16 sequences o f up to 64 notes each programmable from the k ey b oa rd —1000 notes total •3 axis joystick fo r pitch bend , filter and mod depth *New Note assignment fo r ultimate lead “feel” •Built in LFO with two waveshapes and rate LED •Digital circuitry fo r drift-free performance •Portamento •3 position octave switch (digitally implemented) •Full length 61 note keyboard •Instant transposition to any key fo r both keyboard and sequences •Sequences may recycle, play once and end or advance from one sequence to the next •Footswitch input to start and resync sequences •Remote selection o f Voice 400 presets •Fine cabinetry with genuine walnut Jinish P.O. Box 40267 San Francisco Ca., 94140 Tel (415) 824-4837 East Coast Office: 8 Tyler, Norwell Ma., 02061 (617) 659-2618 STAFF ISSN: 0163-4534 PUBLISHER John S. Simonton, Jr. Volume 8, Number 1 |September/October, 1982 EDITOR Craig Anderton MANAGING EDITOR Linda Kay Brumfield TECHNICAL ILLLUSTRATOR Ambience in Electronic Music Caroline Wood By: Don A r n e y ................................. 36 CIRCULATION Another Cheap Trick: Tone Bypass for Fender Amps Ramona French Peggy Walker By: Steve Morrison............................ 12 Attention Independent Musicians BOOKEEPING By: Robert Carlberg & Craig Anderton .......... 25 Cathi Boggs Independent Record Manufacturers Convention PRINT PRODUCTION By: Gilbert Trythall .......................... 32 Phuong Nguyen SEMCO Color Press 8 Track Reviews By: Jim Aikin & Mark Styles ................... 8 POLYPHONY (ISSN 0163-4534) is published Parametric EQ tips bimonthly at 1020 W. 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By: Thomas Henry ............................... 28 CHANGE OF ADDRESS notifications must Polytest : Snare Plus ............................. 23 include your former address and zip code, and any numbers from the mailing label, as well as your new address. When you move, be sure to notify your post office that you DO want second class and controlled circulation publications forwarded. This will save Advertisers Index .................................. 37 lost or returned issues. Polyphony is Current Events ..................................... 22 not responsible for replacement of lost or returned issues when we have not been Equipment Exchange ................................. 38 supplied with change of address information. Letters ............................................ 4 TO POSTMASTER, send address changes to: POLYPHONY PO Box 20305 Oklahoma City, OK 73156 Ph. (405) 842-5480 Polyphony S ep tem b er/ O ctob er 1982 3 hasn't appeared in Polyphony in quite some time. G. M. Montalbano University of California 2200 University Ave., Rm 681 Berkeley, CA 94720 G. M. - A lot of people have asked when John would be coming that you'll have to hardwire the ADDRESSES? back - including me!! He's been I am looking for the ad­ output to the input, but you can real busy with PAIA; however, dresses of the following manufac­ route this wire through the jack. you'll be glad to hear that he turers: Buchla, Fairlight, and This approach means that you'll plans to resume Lab Notes on a Rhodes. I can't find the ad­ end up with a sturdy package that semi-regular basis starting with dresses in any of my music jour­ has no patch cords. the next issue. He sounds like nals...not even Rhodes! I would he's got some pretty neat projects certainly appreciate any help you Doug Young planned, too! can give me. Also - how about an Barberton, OH article on utilizing external ef­ GOZINDA REVISITED fects (flanging, chorus, echo, CONCERT TIP etc.). A lot of groups are using "The Story of Gozinda and wireless transmitters; so, I smug­ Gozouta" in the July/August 1981 Eric Sjogren gled an AM/FM radio into a Styx issue of Polyphony has an Piscataway, NJ concert and tuned in between FM erroneous statement in it. The stations. This let me pick up the article states that an op amp can Eric - No problem. Here they sound off the transmitters, so I be used as a balanced input stage are: Buchla and Associates, PO was able to hear all of the guitar only if operated in a unity gain Box 5051, Berkeley, CA 94705; and bass licks individually, and mode. This is incorrect. The Fairlight CMI, 1616 Butler Avenue, it was sensational! No kidding - circuit can be operated with any W. Los Angeles, CA 90025; Fender- it was really awesome. Check it desired gain (G) and input Rogers-Rhodes, 1300 Valencia Dr., out. Fullerton, CA 92631. impedance (Z) using the equations shown. Re the article on utilizing Bob Bath The following is a complete effects, see my piece in the Aug­ San Juan Capistrano, CA ust 1982 issue of Keyboard maga­ circuit with adjustable gain and input balance: zine on using time delay effects with keyboards. That should tell ONE LESS KEYBOARD you what you need to know. I'd like to mention to Pratt- Read keyboard users something that may have escaped their attention: HELP! there are two busses on the 37 We are a fairly large key­ note AGO keybaord. Most digital board distributor in Australia. applications call for only one - We have a Steiner Synthasystem but the other "gate" buss is wasted. have neither the owner's manual or When I recently added a Proteus to service manual. Anything you can my setup, I realized that I had do to get us these manuals or two digitally-encoded keyboards copies of the manuals would be (one for my 8700 system, and one greatly appreciated! for the Proteus) where only one was needed. By removing the Pro­ Rick Chadwick teus key contact circuit board Orbital Music Pty. Ltd. (not as terrible a job as it may 503 Pittwater Road appear) and cutting the circuit Brookvale, NSW 2100 traces between the key contacts on Australia the "gate" buss, I gained another (Example: G = 3) electrically isolated buss suit­ MXR OWNERS TAKE NOTE able to support an encoder. Now R2 = Z = 20k I have four of the small MXR both my encoders are run from the RI = G Z = 60k metal boxes in my pedalboard, and same keyboard. This is perfect R4 = Z/(G+1) = 5k wanted to tie them together in one for multi-track work, where a R3 - Z-R4 = 15k package.
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