Polaxis Talko User manual

 
>Talko
Have your modular speak out the CV, the LPC, 8 bits, vintage way.
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 
Table of Contents
1Short description..............................................................3
2Technical details............................................................ 3
3Banks........................................................................................ 4
4Panel.......................................................................................... 4
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  !
"#!
$!
% !
! !
&$  !
5Basic Patches................................................................... 7
6Hardware connections..............................................7
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!'()(*+,$- &
7Software upload.............................................................. 7
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&/( 0
Assembly............................................................................ 10
9Appendix................................................................................ 11
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13
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1 Short description
(,((2')4,
)
("((5637'.
8Speech(6(,,
)
8Repeat(
)(),
9))(
8VCO(62'6)
7'.(,6(
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:)9;,
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($,
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2 Technical details
,(5=
5>
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3 Banks
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5:
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4.1 Mode Switch
"((*5-63
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8Repeat mode6))
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
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4.2 Sound jack & pot
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4.3 Gate jack
:((*,-
8,(36
)
8,(7'.6
)
4.4 Bend Switch
8,646
87'.(,,(,,)''@6(
4.5 Speed jack & pot
',B(7'.(:,,(#
(
4.6 Pitch jack & pot
',(7'.(
4. Bend jack & pot
'(,,7'.(
!

 
5 Basic Patches
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(),()(#)))
#
:,$>67'.(6$,)''@,
()6
)))D7'.(
()D
6 Hardware connections
6.1 USB
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86(5
6.2Connection to the modular system (Doepfer Bus)
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()('$*
-
7 Software upload
.1 Connect COM Port
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((()-
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.')('>>(
@,5
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J>>;>;>19
K9/
C5+;/,,))(*0!
,";.!,!;.-
:,6)('.)(
()D(
K,)))(
8,6((
.2 Updating firmware
()/(=),
,+55GGGG
Install Easy Uploader
8,,(,5
=)(
@=)(Connect the USB port
'(,=)
Run the Uploader
- 5:("0
- ')(
"- /,(+
Attention do not upload any .hex file containing bootloader (files that
can by produced by the Arduino software) : this would delete the
original bootloader and would require the use of a programmer to
reflash it.
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 
Assembly
8,)(6#()5
5GG(GG;(GG:(;
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 
9 Appendix
9.1 List of phrases
0: “set the control for the start of the one”
1: “C time slow”
2: “start the fire
3: “smoke the circuit”
4: “turn past the time”
5: “stop the machine”
6: “too low for you”
7: “fire an ice”
8: “heavy machine”
9: “new groun circuit”
10: “repair the machine”
11: “Wir Sin ie Roboter”
12: “Error Instruments”
9.2 Revisions
- May 2016 rev0 : initial release
- Aug 2016 rev1 : new banks / 15: French Vowels Male / 16: Voice allophones /
17: VCO frien ly voice allophones
- Feb 2017 rev2 : VCO mo e play semi-tones with 1V/Cctave on Pitch input
Re uce the wor vocabulary from 62 to 53 to fit programm into
memory
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