quick start
A short introduction to using the marvelous.
marvelousMI
Connections
marvelous has two types of connections, 3.5 mm jacks and jumper pin headers. The 3.5 mm sockets are:
- stereo audio out on the left (headphone friendly)
- midi input on the front
The meta knob
The meta button/encoder knob, upper left, currently has the following functions:
- Press down to advance through the modules: Plaits, Rings, Braids
- Turn the encoder to advance through the engines of each module
- Long press the encoder button to activate the meta editing screen (ADSR, global volume, etc)
A/B/C encoders
The 3 encoders on the right directly control the main parameters of each module/engine.
- A corresponds to the ‘morph’ parameter of Plaits, damping of Rings and color in Braids It is labeled M in the display.
- B corresponds to the ‘harmonics’ param of Plaits, the ‘structure’ of rings and has no function in braids (atm). It is labeled H in the display.
- C corresponds to the ’timbre’ param of Plaits, the ‘brightness’ of rings and the timbre of braids. It is labeled T in the display.
In meta mode:
- A controls the Attack rate
- B controls the decay rate
- C controls the release rate
- C with button depressed controls the sustain volume
The encoder buttons of A/B/C have various functions.
- A, pressing the button for about one half second causes rings to go into easter egg (FM synth mode
- B, in progress
- C, pressing a turning the encoder at the same time controls the Position parameter of Rings and Plaits.
Pin headers
The headers are designed for input voltages up to 3.3 volts and will clip any higher voltages. In order, top to bottom:
- trig is the trigger input. With a sufficient voltages (1 volt) it will cause a ’note on’
- v/oct will map an incoming voltage from 0-3.3 to the midi range 36-84 by default
- CV1 - corresponds to the morph parameter, encoder A
- CV2 - corresponds to the harmonics param, encoder B
- CV3 - corresponds to the timbre param, encoder C
- CV4 - controls the position paramter
- CV5 - is input for the exciter in Rings
The use of CV is still in progress.
