Oberheim OB 12 Operating Manual - page 3
OB 12
Z-Domain Synthesizer
CONTENTS
1. IMPORTANTS NOTES ........................................................................................................ 125
1.1 NOTES ABOUT OB-12 ................................................................................................ 125
1.2 NOTES ABOUT THE MANUAL ................................................................................... 125
2. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................. 126
3. CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS ...................................................................................... 127
3.1 THE FRONT PANEL .................................................................................................... 127
3.2 THE CONTROL CENTER SECTION........................................................................... 129
3.3 THE REAR PANEL ...................................................................................................... 130
4. CONNECTIONS................................................................................................................... 131
4.1 SPEAKERS AND MONITORS ..................................................................................... 131
4.2 MIXING CONSOLE ...................................................................................................... 132
4.3 MIDI UNITS .................................................................................................................. 132
5. HOW TO BE OB-12 IS ORGANISED ................................................................................. 133
5.1 MAIN STRUCTURE ..................................................................................................... 133
5.2 PROGRAM, TIMBRE AND SYSTEM ........................................................................... 135
5.3 THE AUTOMATION SECTION .................................................................................... 138
6. PLAYING THE PROGRAMS AND TIMBRES ..................................................................... 143
6.1 PLAY PROGRAM ......................................................................................................... 143
6.2 PLAY TIMBRE .............................................................................................................. 145
7. USING THE PANEL ............................................................................................................. 146
7.1 SETTING THE FIRST WAVEFORM (OSC.1) .............................................................. 146
7.2 SETTING THE SECOND WAVEFORM (OSC.2) ......................................................... 148
7.3 MODIFYING THE PARAMETERS COMMON TO OSC.1 AND OSC.2 (OSC.COMMON) . 150
7.4 MODIFIYNG THE TIMBRE (FILTERS) ........................................................................ 152
7.5 VOLUME CONTROL (AMPLIFIER) ............................................................................. 155
7.6 MODULATION THE SOUND CYCLICALLY (LFO1) .................................................... 156
7.7 MODULATING THE SOUND WITH THE [MODULATION] WHEEL (LFO2) ............... 157
7.8 SETTING THE KEYBOARD (KEYBOARD) ................................................................. 158
7.9 ADDING EFFECTS TO THE SOUND (EFFECTS) ...................................................... 160
7.10 EQUALIZING THE SOUND (EQUALIZER) ............................................................... 161
7.11 REGULATING THE GENERAL VOLUME (VOLUME) ............................................... 162
7.12 USING THE [PITCH] AND [MOULATION] WHEELS ................................................. 162
7.13 ENABLING THE VELOCITY AND AFTERTOUCH .................................................... 163
7.14 USING THE RIBBON CONTROLLER ....................................................................... 163
8. EDIT TIMBRE ...................................................................................................................... 164
8.1 EDIT OSCILLATOR 1 ................................................................................................... 165
8.2 EDIT OSCILLATOR 2 ................................................................................................... 168
8.3 EDIT OSCILLATOR COMMON .................................................................................... 171
8.4 EDIT FILTERS .............................................................................................................. 173
8.5 EDIT AMPLIFIER ......................................................................................................... 179
8.6 EDIT LFO1 ................................................................................................................... 181
8.7 EDIT LFO 2 .................................................................................................................. 183
8.8 EDIT KEYBOARD MODE............................................................................................. 184
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