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Moog 500 SERIES User Manual

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  • Page 1 500 SERIES - ANALOG DELAY...
  • Page 3 MOOG 500 SERIES ANALOG DELAY Thank you for purchasing the Moog 500 Series Analog Delay - the world’s first delay designed exclusively for the 500 Series format. The Analog De- lay features 800ms of the warmest, and most musical analog delay on the...

  • Page 4: Gain Staging

    The term Delay Line refers only to the Bucket Brigade Devices (BBDs) and analog signal processing between the input and output stages. Delay and Analog Delay refer to the entire 500 Series Module. GAIN STAGING Unlike digital delays, pushing the Analog Delay into overdrive is a very musically useful effect.

  • Page 5: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL DRIVE: Sets the input sensitivity of the Analog Delay providing a 30dB range of adjustment for optimum signal path, level matching, or over- driven sounds. LEVEL LED: Works in conjunction with the DRIVE OUTPUT LEVEL RED indicates clipping (this can DRIVE control.
  • Page 6 Analog Delay via MIDI. TAP/CV IN : Assignable 1⁄4” TRS jack that can BYPASS be used with a Moog EP-2 expression pedal for variable control, Moog FS-1 tap switch for tap tempo, or external control voltage source. NOTE: The TRS input provides a +5V refer- ence on the ring, input on the tip and ground on the sleeve.
  • Page 7 DELAY LINE CONTROL – VIA EDITOR The editor provides additional “under the hood” control of the Delay Line. For controls that are available on both the front panel and the editor, set- tings made using the editor (or via MIDI) will take priority over front panel settings.
  • Page 8 SLEW RATE: Sets the speed at which the DELAY TIME transitions from a prior setting to a new one when changing delay time via LFO or directly. MIDI CC#: MSB-5, LSB-37 MULTIPLIER: Depending on DELAY TIME and TIME RANGE settings, the MULTIPLIER enables longer DELAY TIMES.
  • Page 9 LFO RATE: Adjusts the LFO RATE (and Clock Divisions when synced to MIDI) from 0.05 Hz to 50 Hz. MIDI CC#: MSB-15, LSB-47 LFO SHAPE: Selects from Sine, Triangle, Square, Ramp, Sawtooth, Sample and Hold, and Smooth Sample and Hold modulations as well as OFF (no LFO).
  • Page 10 Tempo. MIDI CC#: 87 TAP SWITCH POLARITY: Sets the TAP/CV INPUT to work with switches that are Normally Closed (such as Moog FS-1) or Normally Open. MIDI CC#: 114 TAP TEMPO MULTIPLIER: Selects whether a tap equals a quarter note (1x),...
  • Page 11 MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROL The editor contains controls for setting MIDI keyboard parameters. The following section details the editor’s MIDI keyboard controls and their MIDI mappings. NOTE NUMBER-> DELAY TIME: When engaged, MIDI notes sent to the Analog Delay will adjust the delay time to pitch bend the delayed audio by the musical ratio corresponding to the semitones between the notes.
  • Page 12 KNOB BEHAVIOR: Selects between vertical and rotary knob scrolling. MIDI PORT WARNING: Activates a warning when a MIDI port is unreachable. LFO THEORY OF OPERATIONS DELAY TIME AND PITCH SHIFTING When you adjust the DELAY TIME control of the Analog Delay you are actually changing the clock rate of an oscillator that determines how fast signals go through the individual circuits in the Bucket Brigade Devices.
  • Page 13 EXAMPLES CHORUS EFFECT With the DELAY TIME at a short setting, MIX at 12:00, the LFO settings smoothly modulate the DELAY TIME so that the delayed signal has its pitch slightly raised and lowered, creating a chorus effect. BOUNCE OCTAVE PITCH SHIFT With Delay Line settings as in the previous example, these LFO settings modulate the DELAY TIME so that...

  • Page 14: Tap Tempo

    The TAP TEMPO input on the Analog Delay can be used to control either the DELAY TIME or the LFO RATE. SET A TEMPO: Simply plug in a Moog FS-1 footswitch and tap at the de- sired tempo in quarter notes. After the third tap the Delay will begin calcu- lating the tempo and keep the average tempo as you continue to tap.
  • Page 15 LFO AMOUNT: A setting of 0 volts or GROUND sets the LFO AMOUNT at zero while a 5v setting sets the AMOUNT to maximum. To modify the LFO AMOUNT from minimum to maximum via control voltage or expression pedal, set the LFO AMOUNT control to the lowest setting via the editor or MIDI message.

  • Page 16: Circuit Configuration

    CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION The figure below is a simplified block diagram of the Analog Delay. MIDI CONTROL OF THE ANALOG DELAY The following section explains the MIDI implementation of the Analog De- lay. For information about what MIDI is and how it works, you can go to the following webpage for tutorials: www.midi.org/aboutmidi/tutorials.php MIDI CHANNEL The default MIDI Channel for the Analog Delay is Channel 1.
  • Page 17 MIDI CONTROL CHANGE (CC) MESSAGES The settings of the Analog Delay can be controlled by MIDI Control Change (CC) messages. In addition to the front panel controls, there are a number of advanced features that can be enabled and edited with Control Change messages.
  • Page 18 PARAMETER TYPE VALUES PERSI- STENT LFO Sync on/off Discrete [2] 0(off), 64(on) LFO Clock Div. Discrete [21] See MIDI Clock Division Chart Pitch Bend Amt. Discrete [8] 0(off), 16(2 semi- tones), 32(3 semi) 48(4 semi), 64(5 semi), 80(7 semi) 96(12 semi), 112(24 semi) MIDI Note Mode Discrete [3] 0(off),...
  • Page 19 The DELAY TIME MULTIPLIER multiplies the delay time by 2, 4 or 8, vastly extending delay time. This feature is for obtaining unusual and lo-fi echo effects. When the delay time is increased past the default maximum delay time available on the front panel, the BBD Clock signal will be audible. MIDI CLOCK DIVISIONS (DELAY TIME CC#77, LFO RATE #79) CC VALUE...

  • Page 20: Installation

    MIDI SYSEX MESSAGES: Used for updating or finding out the unit’s firm- ware version. For more information about this, refer to user notes with any firmware updates posted in the Analog Delay section of the www.moog- music.com website. STEREO LINKING TWO ANALOG DELAY UNITS The included Stereo Linking Kit allows you to link two units together via special stereo linking cable.

  • Page 21: Specifications

    *Specifications subject to change without notice. LIMITED WARRANTY Moog warrants its products to be free of defects in materials or workman- ship and conforming to specifications at the time of shipment for a period of one year from the date of purchase. During the warranty period, any defective products will be repaired or replaced, at Moog’s option, on a...
  • Page 22 ASHEVILLE, N.C. USA 28801 ATTN: NEW PRODUCT REGISTRATION Note: Specifications subject to change without notice. Moog® is a registered trademark of Moog Music Inc. ©2013 Moog Music Inc MOOG MUSIC INC. 160 Broadway St. Asheville, NC 28801 P: (828) 251-0090 E: [email protected] W: www.moogmusic.com...

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