Synton Fenix III - sequencer companion notes - 2

 This is part 2 of my companion notes for the fenix III sequencer.

 

 

Part 1 is here:

  Synton Fenix III - sequencer companion notes - 1 

Note that the patch points are colour coded.

+ Inputs = Black

+ CV out = blue

+ Bus in/out = yellow

+ CV step input = grey

 

+ It is NOT OK to interconnect the blue outputs

+ It is OK to interconnect black inputs

+ It is OK to interconnect any number of yellow outputs

       These yellow outputs are binary (gates ... >7V or <1V)

       If one or more of the interconnected yellow sockets is HIGH, then all will be HIGH.

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Buffer Modules.

This module operates only for Logic signals ... eg those from the Yellow Bus outputs .

A Buffer is a special Logic gate. It's a non-inverting amplifier.

 

It is recommended to use a buffer module when connecting the yellow Bus to a normal gate source or an input (such as the clock input) which has internal patching.

A buffer will turn a non-buffered output (yellow jacks) into a buffered output.

When in doubt it doesn't hurt to use a buffer. Its a safety module.

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The Master clock module controls the speed of the sequencer

 

The Clock frequency can be set by the frequency knob
and modulated with an external voltage at the FM1 and
FM2 input or by external Midi
 

There are 5 clock outputs:

Clk out, 

Out x 4

Out/4

Out/16

Out/32

 

 

The Clock outputs are I understand to be same voltage range as Gates .. that is ... 0 to +8V

 (need to confirm with a multimeter) 

If you want to connect the Fénix with an instrument based on S-Trigger (Vintage Moog 

or Korg MS 20 etc), you need an S-Trigger converter. 

If you want to use an S-trigger to control the Fénix, you can connect the S-trigger to

 the (-) input of the comparator and the output of comparator
can be used as gate. You'll have to look for a correct setting with the control knob.

The CV out is the CV of the Frequency knob. 

You can use this as an additional control voltage. 

The R/S and Reset inputs need Gates to work.

Anything larger than +5V is high

Anything under +1V is low

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The 3 main sequencers (C1/B1/A1) have some unique input controls:

 

To clock the sequencers using an external sequencer you'll need

a +5 gate (or larger).

A signal larger than 5 volts is considered
high, and a signal that lower than one volt, low. 

The gate and trigger outputs produce such a signal.

Triplet & Duplet

To be continued...