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Kurzweil Mangler User Manual

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Summary of Mangler

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    © young chang co., ltd. 2003. All rights reserved. Kurzweil ® is a product line of young chang co., ltd. Young chang®, kurzweil ® , rumour™, mangler,™ v. A. S. T. ®, kdfx®, pitcher®, and laserverb®, ksp8 ™, k2600™, k2500™, and k2000™ are trademarks of young chang co., ltd. All other products and bra...

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    Ii important safety & installation instructions instructions pertaining to the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons warning - when using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following: 1) read these instructions. 2) keep these instructions. 3) h...

  • Page 3: World Wide Web Home Page

    Iii young chang international contacts contact the nearest young chang office listed below to locate your local young chang/ kurzweil representative. A n d music corp. P.O. Box 99995 lakewood, wa 98499-0995 tel: 1-253-589-3200 fax: 1-253-984-0245 young chang co., ltd. 178-55 gajwa-dong seo-ku, incho...

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    Iv radio and television interference warning: changes or modifications to this instrument not expressly approved by young chang could void your authority to operate the instrument. Important: when connecting this product to accessories and/or other equipment use only high quality shielded cables. No...

  • Page 5: Table of Contents

    Table of contents-1 table of contents getting to know rumour & mangler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    Table of contents-2 enter bootblock? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 the boot block’s back door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 eq but...

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    Getting to know rumour & mangler quick start 1-1 chapter 1 getting to know rumour & mangler overview rumour and mangler are based on the effects found in the ksp8, kurzweil's flagship multi- channel effects processor, and offer easy-to-use effect presets for any environment. Both models are single r...

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    Getting to know rumour & mangler quick start 1-2 setting levels after making audio cable connections to the unit, send audio from your source device to the rumour or mangler. Set input source on the master menu: 1. Press the master button on the front panel of your unit. 2. Turn the select knob unti...

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    Getting to know rumour & mangler quick start 1-3 editing effects each of the 192 effects provided with your rumour or mangler sounds great right out of the box, and is ready to handle whatever live or studio application you throw at it. However, since each effect is based on kurzweil’s highly-regard...

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    Getting to know rumour & mangler quick start 1-4.

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    Making connections audio 2-1 chapter 2 making connections this chapter explains how to make all power, audio, midi, and pedal connections on the rear panel of your rumour or mangler. Both devices offer the same i/o options, described in detail in this chapter. The rear panel below is a picture of th...

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    Making connections audio 2-2 analog inputs and outputs stereo analog inputs and outputs are balanced 1/4” jacks that will accept either balanced trs (tip-ring-sleeve) or unbalanced ts (tip-sleeve) connectors, as shown below: when you plug a single cable (i.E., a mono signal) into either analog input...

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    Making connections audio 2-3 for -10dbv unbalanced analog input and output: - use unbalanced audio input (ts cables). - set input level to approximately half way. - set output level set to 0db. - set output level switch to -10dbv. - use unbalanced audio output (ts cables). Digital inputs and outputs...

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    Making connections midi 2-4 footpedal plug either a single or double pedal into your rumour or mangler’s pedal jack for a convenient way to tap in a system tempo and perform effects bypass. To use a pedal for tapping a tempo, you must first press the tap button on the front panel. With a single peda...

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    Using your rumour or mangler input level knob & input meters 3-1 chapter 3 using your rumour or mangler the front panel let's examine the front panels of the rumour and mangler, from left to right: input level knob & input meters on the far left is the input level knob, which controls the analog inp...

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    Using your rumour or mangler output level knob 3-2 you must set the input signal level carefully, especially with the mangler. We recommend that you try to set the level as close to -10 dbv as possible. Otherwise, scrolling through effects may cause volume jumps from effect to effect (due to the dif...

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    Using your rumour or mangler master button 3-4 master button pressing the master button displays the first master menu parameter. The red led in the master button will be on when you are in the master menu. Use the select knob to select a master parameter to change, then use the value knob to change...

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    load=erase use this option to delete the contents of the user banks. You can erase all four banks in one fell swoop, or you can choose to erase individual banks. You cannot, however, delete a single preset (a...

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    Using your rumour or mangler eq button 3-12 eq button the eq button accesses your rumour or mangler’s dedicated 3-band equalization. The eq is performed on the signal before it goes to the effect. Also, when you set the eq on your unit, that setting is used “globally”; it will not change when you se...

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    Using your rumour or mangler contrast knob 3-14 midi the red midi led, to the left of the display, flashes to indicate that the device is receiving midi data. To change presets remotely, send your rumour or mangler program change information on the midi channel specified in the master menu. The rumo...

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    Using your rumour or mangler bank knob 3-15 bank knob the bank knob lets you choose the bank for the type of effect you wish to use. Use it in conjunction with the preset knob to quickly get to any of the 256 possible effects in the device. When you turn the bank knob, the name of the current bank w...

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    Using your rumour or mangler load button 3-16 preset knob the preset knob selects among the 16 presets (effects) in each bank. Appendix a of this manual provides complete lists of the presets included with rumour and mangler. Unoccupied user locations have x/y > as the effect name, where x is the us...

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    Using your rumour or mangler store button 3-17 store button the led in the store button will light any time you change an effect parameter. If you are editing one of the rom effects (banks 1–12), pressing the lighted store button lets you save the edited effect to one of the four user banks (user1–u...

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    Using your rumour or mangler parameter knobs: select and value 3-18 parameter knobs: select and value the two knobs in the parameter section, select and value, are used for a number of purposes in the device. Already discussed are the master menu parameter selections, eq menu parameter selections, a...

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    Using your rumour or mangler restoring your presets 3-19 backing up your presets using midi sysex to make backup copies of the presets you’ve created and stored in user banks 1–4, you’ll need to have a midi sequencer attached via midi to your rumour or mangler. Here’s what you need to do: • connect ...

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    Using your rumour or mangler troubleshooting 3-20 troubleshooting this section describes a few things to check when your rumour or mangler doesn’t do what you think it should. First of all, you may want to re-initialize your unit with a soft or hard reset (described on page 3-10). Remember that a ha...

  • Page 35: Appendix A

    Effects tables appendix a-1 appendix a effects tables this appendix lists the preset effects available in each bank of the rumour and mangler. Each preset includes the number of the algorithm on which it is based. You can download the complete algorithm reference manual at http://www.Kurzweilmusicsy...

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    Effects tables rumour effects appendix a-2 rumour effects ambience small rooms large rooms 1 small closet alg 10 17 brightsmallroom alg 1 33 brt empty room alg 7 2 tight ambience alg 6 18 small drum room alg 1 34 in the studio alg 4 3 add more air alg 10 19 smallstudioroom alg 4 35 tabla room alg 12...

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    Effects tables rumour effects appendix a-3 gated / rvrs / cmpr unusual laserverb 97 gated snare rvrb alg 3 113 non-linear 1 alg 10 129 laserverb alg 100 98 gated booth alg 3 114 non-linear 2 alg 15 130 laserwaves alg 100 99 tight gated rvrb alg 3 115 non-linear 3 alg 6 131 skinny laserverb alg 101 1...

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    Effects tables mangler effects appendix a-4 mangler effects chorus flange phase / tremolo 1 stereo chorus alg 201 17 big slow flange alg 225 33 slow deep phaser alg 251 2 dense gtr chorus alg 201 18 pseudoanagtrflng alg 225 34 saucepan phaser alg 253 3 chorusier alg 204 19 ned flangers alg 225 35 fa...

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    Effects tables mangler effects appendix a-5 filters pitcher / synth freq shifters 97 envelope filter alg 360 113 pitcher g3 alg 382 129 ring modulator1 alg 380 98 bass env filter alg 360 114 pitcher c5 alg 382 130 ring modulator2 alg 380 99 synth env filter alg 360 115 pitcher d & a alg 382 131 ring...

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    Effects tables mangler effects appendix a-6.

  • Page 41: Appendix  B

    Specifications appendix b-1 appendix b specifications dimensions height: 1.8 inches (45 mm) width: 19 inches (482 mm) depth: 8.1 inches (205 mm) weight: 5 lbs. (2.27 kg) inputs analog two analog inputs, balanced / unbalanced using 1/4” tip-ring-sleeve jacks input impedance: 20k ohms balanced, 10k oh...

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    Specifications appendix b-2 outputs analog two analog outputs, balanced / unbalanced using 1/4” tip-ring-sleeve jacks d/a converter: 24 bit, 128x oversampling maximum analog output level: +22 dbu balanced minimum analog output level for 0 dbfs: +10 dbu unbalanced output impedance: 400 ohms balanced,...

  • Page 43: Appendix C

    Midi implementation chart appendix c-1 appendix c midi implementation chart model: rumour/mangler manufacturer: date: 5/13/03 young chang version 1.0 effects processor o = yes x =no function transmitted recognized remarks basic channel default 1 1 changed 1 - 16 1 - 16 mode default messages x x alte...

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    Midi implementation chart appendix c-2.

  • Page 45: Index

    Index index-1 index numerics –10 dbv / +4 dbu switch 2-2 a a n d music corp. Contact information iii algorithms a-1 b backing up presets 3-19 balance 3-12 bank knob 3-15 bank selection 3-14 basic fx parameters 1-3 bass eq settings 3-12 boot block 3-11 double button press 3-11 bypass button 3-3 bypas...

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    Index index-2 midi control of parameter values 3-14 midi implementation chart c-1 midi led 3-14 midi sysex 3-19 o operating system updating 3-11 output level knob 3-2 outputs 2-2 p pan 3-12 parameters controlling via midi 3-14 power supply 2-1 preset knob 3-16 presets backing up 3-19 mangler a-4 res...