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Software-Update

Wave

Vers.2.0
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Deal' MicroWave user I dealer,

at the end o'l'tihlls mant.JOiII you find <I drawmg olitne MrCf()W3Ve'S dig~tal boards, with whllch you can locate tne IE-PROMS to oe changedl.

,lp,leilse reganll the fQllcwililg: 1. PUllIIme lQower ccabl,eout of th,e!>ocket before exchanging
E:'PROMS, 2.

the

the ~·PRO:Ms,.Sh,Qlulldyou want to save the sends nevertheless, RAMI c01nt

me

MicroWalis'ssounds

wUi

not ne (j,Hnag,ed

or Ct1.Uil!!;lIM ElYCl1ang~ng

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4, You will find tile IE41~OMS, mat yO~1 wanrtto e>'ichange, on time Dlgltall BoarcL T1lhls,board is; ~eK1W tne car(ll siot on the Ileft side of t~,e' MicroWave. Lool!: at the in-1,cluded drawirm to see whiCh [)l.gltal Bo'al'"d versl,QlnvOlL~have 3~,(I to ~Mn CletermU'u3wnh::h E·pr'HJM g09s.llrilto will en seeket. s, Remove~~e Old E·P,lfH}MSci'm~ruHv w~tit'ii a flat sCliew dllilvef 'or so. Pileasetake s.pecla:1 care IIiiIOUO damage erseraten me ,D,lgital Boord.
6. Insert the Inew E·PROMs into tineir socket .. falke' care that: · V XXI( b Is the lLO IE-PROM. • V X.::KXH IS ttie' HI E·iPROM. · Tile (m.:ler ano the IOoslltlon 'of the notoh, must 109theS<lme dr<liWlng. • AU pl~l$ must: bEl s,tldl(Jllngsecurely lin Ule scceet, 7, Keep:lng I:'l1le· pilllrameterlVaIUEl· • d~sjjl!ay_ 8. Ilf yo'!tU do 111101:: have amlt\! 5<SfOr'Ul,e Oloi IE·PROMS· we wo~!d .apprecllatle U ~fVO'~I senttnern ~aol!.:.m, button

as on cne

MlcroWtlV8_ The new version n,umbell and d1i.liteSl"lOWdshow on tlhllll ~I::

pressed.swttch

on the

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Addendumfol' the MicroWave PERfO!RMANCIE MANUAl

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Key Limit Low

MicroWa.ve' Sorftwar~ Version 2 .. 0

4.';_ IDeylQ,s-pa!1'amete[ The M icroWaVEl SoHw<I re Version 2.0 oontai!ls a [Jew Devioe

l:Iey limit: High Ve\locitv Curve

'(C-Le8)

Parameoor.

fast
slow;

ThiS mode

oorrespoMs to the o1d1MicroWave· version. Svsfx dum DS are sentwit~ maximum speed.
When set to sl'ow SysEX d:lJmps. a~e sent with appmximately the m3!Ximum speed. Use thl5 feiJlru~e If you have troubles oommm1icating with others'!ow devices or softvll'are. 1/3 of

VelCIICitvII mit I~OW Velocrrty Limit i'ligh I=!rogra Change F1Il Pitchl Wh.eel M adulation

![InT. ln-, ,e.x~,e'x:-, xf+,xf ....VT1".4) (1.. 127) (L12n (on/off) f!Qn/ofl'~
(Or)loff~

(C<2.-.'G8)

001 127

om
on on

Ali'tenrouc~

Sus:ta In IPed<ll1

PolV Press'Ur'e Vdlume Control Panorama Control

(ONoff'~ ~ol1i!ofFI ~Qn!offI

~QnVoff) (Oli"i/Offl!

on on
011

on
0111

.5.' M.llllli Prograllni Inslrul1il!!lilt Paramcfer

TM order

5.11. MIlflt1 Un1t of tne' ~llIstrurnent Parameters was dharlged in the M~orlJWave Sof't'ware Vers[Qrn :2.0 fur more d<lfitv. Furthermore another Instmmenrt Pa rameter was adcfoo, w[th whtC!l, ~u can OOJ1trolthe. M iorowave"s Voies Seloction_ This ,enables you to activate the long-awaited Mono Mode_

This: section onlv describes the cOOr1ged or mew parameters compared to Ver5'ion 11,25 .see the Mie:roWave IP·errormance Manual for more information.
IIINSli1I1.UMENif MODI"

Il1Istrum.enit: Palrameter

Range
tA01 ..C321

IDef,BUlt
A01

The oldl parameter "Ins:tnJment E~ab!e· nas been exchanged with ~llnstfument

Mode!"_
off:

SOuM

Midi Channel

U)L16~

01
on

AltocatiOfl Mode

Imtrument Mode

(offlmJsDlol

~nstrLlmenlt lis ~urned off, i_e YOUcannot hear it and it is disre[l'<!rded 'bV the Voice MOcartliO~iL

Routing

rransocse
Detul"l!?

Volume panl1ing Pannillg MOdulation

(dyna mlc, mono renf.gg:er, mono 1000·prlorlity r,etrlgger, mono hl.gllprimlty r,etnigger. mono single trigger. mono tow·prila. &lngl(,J~rig:ger. mono h Igh- pr!o. Single~rigger) (L+R. Out 1 ...41 10... 127'1127 !L.64... MOO .....~531 !off. on. ~r1\1'€rsJ
(-24 +24} (·64 +63)

diyllam ie

so~o:

AI~ocaliioll!. :Al:.l-OCATlONI MO:DE

Instrument 'is on, :a!~~l"'i5trllJl men ts whose 'I nslirumel1t Mode' are not sst to ·sOIO·esnnot be heardl and wm 00 d ISliegar"d~oo by~he Voice

L+R MOO on
0 0

This is;a mew Instrument Parameter. Itcontrcil5:the allocation of 'I.IOices00 11n5:~u rnents

dynamic:

lihis eorreseonds to me mooe iUS€d Ibyall previous MicroWave versions I.IIP to V1.2S.An instrument ill tih~smode ls POlyphonic ancl ca n nerce be Played with LIP to ei ght voice,> (If (onl'leotM
to afhHthe.r M[C~OMVe in Liflk Mode, even more; Inr til is rnoee an instru ment becomes rmJf1ophol1!C- N ew No~ o ns OIl~VaQt~va~ea vo'jce if~h~s instru rnent i,s not active or the new note is higner tharn the one cu~refitlv oolng plaV€d.

rernperrnenc

Un+,ln-, rm, m2., H1...4. nrnn

In+

-:2-

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sgl·trig:

in this mod~ an ~nstrumerlt becomes monop~onlc. Ilhe sound's at:t3ck ls ,onl'll played if the instrumernt [ISnot a.ctlve, l.e. no key is pressed. If a Ikev <llreadiy was pressed onl~ the new pitch <lillie! velocity lIa'IUE'!s,al'l[! USlSd.
In this mode an inl5tfument becomes monophonic, The sound's atl:<lGkis .ontvD!ayed i~ Inslirument I:; riot ,active, te, tile no key is pressed. If ",key a'lreOldVwas pressed only tile new pitch and velocitv lIaluas affl used!, bu t on~'y if the new now is lower than~he 011 OJ~re.ntliVbeing ~ayW. e

The user interface I'm the Microwave "TallieS/Maps" has boon eXP<lnded, Besides the tu nin g Tabl€!'S1 & ::1 and ths velocity Tables 4 & 2tihe'l\m i I1gland V'eloeity Tables 38: <1 are mow editatlre dirnctlywittn the MieroWali'€, however onlv when alSO using a RAM·Calrtrictge, . The tables
<If,,!

displaved in the followingl order and can, be edited as u.suaL

tHingls:

In this mode

all instrument becomes m~lilopholl'lic, 1M' sound's attaok is,,onl~ :plaved i~ Instru ment I:' not <JQti\le,Le. tlie no key is pressed, If a key alr'eadV'!NOlSressed on'lv tne new c lJi[ochandlv€locity values are: usedl, but onlV if the new note lis hi ghe.rtihan the one currentlv beirmg 1)13'1'90.

RQ!JIIING

User Tuning ra~bl'e1 user TUrllfm Table 2 user Turning nble 3 User n.Jning Table,!l User Veloci tv Table ~ User \l@loclty T<I:ble 2 User Velocity Ta ble 3 Use~ V,elocitv rab!e 4 Sou rnd p~ogr,am Change Map Mllr~i r.rogram Change Map

lil1@functton<llilv oF the !Routing IParameter has eeen chall1lgoo because of the rlew Voice AI!CiC<ltionModes_

OLlT'!,.,4:

d i reus the i nstru ment to the Ind ivldlJill Jacks 1 • 4. As they are not oo~vpho:n~c tne 'retirig" voice Allocation ils used auoom"itically_ pta.cIJicallv thsra is no diff'ersrw8 to tile previous Micr(IW<1IV,eSoftware versions

Thefur1lc~ion "AJito Card" has been r,enannedland is now calJed '8ac~up to C<'!rd-.
function In M~(JOW8\l'eVersion 2,0 called 'ConV8lit to Calro~. Fi'rst the whole internal mE!ii'!ilOrv is saved to the FlAM Cardl after which air pmgrrams are mooifloo, so that only data at'! the card ts usee;

Funhermor,e there lis <Jnew

PANN~NQ MODE

To use this function eFficierltlnou mustmake sura that the prog[rams YOUwa!lt 00 oom do nat neEd arilV diata from the RAM·Carxj" otn@rwlse the data would be erased. ",1
t

LQadLfrom

car1fD1

off: on: in\!':

No P<Inn i ng Mooulation.

The function 'Card to lnt," has been renamed to "Restore f. Card".

ru rthermore there is a mew function in MicrOWave Ver5<iorl2'-OIcalred from ca rd" .me i!1\!'erse'function eo 'Convert to Ca.id"_
TM Panning MoCIlI~atiori is:acti\le, Ihow€\!'er with inverse filJncti(]!1alltv, A sound that would !ii!orm:aI'lvbe moV€d left (if '0111" w@[€ set) will now be moeed Ii~ht

'COil\ie!t

First aillihe memory on the card 1!5 oo,DiOO into the Microwail~'$ inoomal memory .<iflier which all pmg rams are mod ified, so tMt only d.;lit;ll in the MicroWave'S i ntefnal memory is usee, To Uisethis:hmction effioiellitly'you must make sure thattns program:. you want to copy eo not need an'll data from [tile MicroW,ave's linilernal memory, otherwise tne (lata would be erased,

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AddiendumfQr' the M'icroWav>e PROGRAMMINC

MANUAL

MicroWave Software Version 2.0 3.2, Wa,ves: 1 ,& 2

The MiicroWaV€' SQftware-V,ersiorli 2.D MS 32 new Wave Tab~es" Wl1icllyo!J can s.... lect as L:lsualJ. Besides that. w'a\le Ubtes are now diSplayed wiflh their nama IFollowlng '\1'01.) wl1l find a list of all available Wave- n~blesandrheir narnes.the wave Tables are not OOitatJ.1e,
R01 R02 R03 IR04 IROS IR06 R07 1<NJ8

The Wffl6 lab:les 133 - CS6 ",!"IE! em,pty and can 0li11ybe created w,ith the helD of s.peoi"j software on .. host corrouter. Besides; t~at there are now programmable wave Tables. YOU can find more,detalls, in the System ~dusive Darn Format DOOUmer1!tatio.n,

Resonant

C<'l5

SQrsweep
~eep

Res[Jnt2 M311e~

C46
e47
019
(,5jJ

user u~

~ser 14

·13
1')

The Microwave Version zo now allows you t.@mooulatetheamplitude oHM !:W() o5cillaIDr5 as well as theampli~ude for the' noise individually, Six new parameters were ~nf;rooucedfor this,

IBellish pu~weep MelioSaW IFeedbad:: Add Harm Reso 3HP W'iim:l'Syn Clipper

ells
(:51

ROO

C52

'~10

C5:!l C"i4

,R13;

R11 R12

HighHlI!'ITI

C55 G56

User 16 user 17 user 18 IMr 19 U5Ier 20 useI' 21 LJ~Elr 22

U~r

'w<JIie 11Mod ulatlon Source· determlnes for wave 11,

whJch

source

rnodu lolWSthe amplitude

'wave 1 Modulation Amount" ~·7.,.+7l determines how lnrlucf1the modulation source changes the amlplitude for WiNe 1,
'WBNe 2 vol!U mel' (0. J~ adjusts; the (lUltPut level of wave 2 as befme.

R1~ R15 R16

R17' R18

Of'g:anSVri
IF(lrmant1 PO!atecJ TransIT

SciJare5aw

RS7 IR58 R59

R6IO

user

5a'ollSV!'\C1

23 24

SalNSvnc2

saW'Svn~

for waive 2.,

'wave

2 ModulatiOn

SOurce'

dete/mines which source mOdulates me amp!uWde

R19

RZO'

11<:22 R23
R'2'A!

1?21

R25 !'i::i:El,

R27

R'obOIiC strong H PerCOrolii ClipS'w'ep ReSOHrms 2 tcnoes FOl'l'lIlant2

Ete.d1J'

~1 R!52 R63

R64 R65

1266 R67 R6a.

R69

P!JISVnc1 PuisYnc2 PuIS'frilC3 SlnSynC1, Sif!S\'nC2 SinSynC3 P'lNMPuI5E1 P'Il'III.!1 saw

FUZ2:W31re

''l/itaI\l,e:2 Modlu'ation Am,Clunt" (·7..,.j.7) determines 'how much tne medulaticn source chanqss the amplitude for Wave: 2.

"Noise Mooul'atioli SQuroe" d'etermil'les wihf.ctlsource modu,lates the amplJtude

for the' noise generator. "Noise ModulatiOlli Amount' 1-7,.,+7) determnes ~ow much the rnodulatlon source chanqes the <lll1plutud:eror the noise g:ell'le,ator,

R70
11iI7·1

Di~to:rtd

lrileawFuz
!rUllSyOC K+St. ~'1

!<lS

Fmnrvoo
MWSvnc

R29' R30
R31.

R31 133
134 13.5 156

user

MicroPWM GIa~sV StlU3f\e~P

1

User :2 user :3

r~7 User S 1~6 user 6

1]91

user

<1

R?2 R?'3 R'i4 R7S R/6 R77 RIB R/9 I'<B(I

RE31 1<82

K+'St ~2 K+5t 113

IimrnUo5 19120

~llO
1.<1,1

user
user user

Wflrij) 111 MriJJII2 WTrl,pl~3 W'TrtD~:4 M1IIE:Voic !.(lwlF'lano

~j)

The MicroWave Softw.,re Version 2,0 JlOW offers a fu rtnar WdVe shape for LFO 1. Besldes SInus, tri~rlg~e, square and random there is 031 ampfe & ho!o funotfon s This~UJnenon sa rnpl es a ra ndom wave form oor!odical~v, .acoordililg to the ,Rate setting,

7 '9

User

llil:::r 8 10
11

R83 'R84
R&'5

XmasM!I FM Piano
FatOf'!j<ln

4S. !,EQ2
The Mi[!mW'!'ile SoFtw03 rEi' VerslQn 2,1Q now offers <I fu~ther WdVe sna pe ror LFO '2. Besl.des smus, triangle. SQU'a~e an.d randomtnere ls a sample & hOld f!Urlctiorn, fhis function samples <31 random wtll\f\€! form periocli:camV, accordi,nQI to the Rate settling,

!42 143
44

User 12 -16-

RBi
R88

R86

Vibes Chorus 1

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Besides that lFO 2 can be used to create a wave form with a dIfferent phase than the wave form for IJFO1. ro do tnls, LFO2 has a further parameter: IPhase Shift: 2_.100

lFO 2 modulates; IMependently beforel

of LFO1. nhe same as

LFO2 creates a wave form, wtlose phase is shif~ed by 2'.,180 degrees, com paredl to LFD 1. In th is mode tne Rate parameter nas no elfect_ using the Phase Shift function is only sensibte when using svmrnemca wave forms. te, sinos, tria,!'1gle andSl1uar-e.

4.(i,. Glide The MicroWave SOftware version 2.0 oontains two new Glide Functions, wlnlch Iboth allow 'Fingerled pontamento·" Lie. the portarnento only oocurs if at lea'iC one ~IeyIs pressed. Tile first key hit always plays the correct pirtCh right away, Felis'.; Fingered Glls--sando Fingered Portamento TiMm'ieQre'twQ, (!!!tempt I<IIU1s'Of [ng!ra'· 1M3 fg Ner;SIQ [J $;

FPorta

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