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Content

Foreword .....................................................................................................................3"

Specifications............................................................................................................. 5"

Control Features & Connections................................................................................ 6"

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About this Manual....................................................................................................... 8"

General Safety Guidelines.......................................................................................... 9"

Setup and Connections ............................................................................................ 11"

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The Multi Mode..........................................................................................................60"

The System Menus....................................................................................................65"

Appendix....................................................................................................................74"

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Foreword'

4M'Manual'

M Development Team

Project'Management:' Rolf' Wöhrmann,' Vladimir'

Salnikov'

DSP'Software:'Vladimir'Salnikov'

System'Software:'Oliver'Rockstedt,' Vladimir'

Salnikov'

Hardware/Housing:'Oliver' Rockstedt,' Vladimir'

Salnikov,'Frank'Schneider'

Design:'Axel' Hartmann,' Vladimir'''

Salnikov'

Manual:'Holger'Steinbrink'

Revision:'1.0,'July'2021'

rPlease'visit'our'website'for'further'support'and'

downloads'for'your'M:'

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We would like to thank

Claudio'Chiriatti,'Karsten'Dubsch,'Willie'Eckl,'Joachim'Flor,'

Kevin' Junk,' Roger' Keller,' Jonathan' Miller,' Pierre' Nozet,'

Miroslav' Pindus,' Winfried' Schuld,' Michael' von' Garnier,'

Tim'Waldmann,'Kurt'‘Lu’'Wangard,'Haibin'Wu'and'anyone'

we'have'forgotten.'

Very' special' thanks' to' Andreas' Busse' (†)' for' his' ground-

breaking'development'work.'

Beta test

Jürgen' Driessen,' Wolfram' Franke,' Dr.' Georg' Müller,'

Anthony' Rother' (Datapunk),' Winfried' Schuld,' Holger'

Steinbrink,'Martin'Stürtzer'(Phelios)'

M contains sounds from

New'sounds:'Kurt'Ader,'Jürgen'Driessen,'Wolfram'Franke,'

Rob' Papen,' Anthony' Rother,' Vladimir' Salnikov,' Martin'

Stürtzer'

Classic' Waldorf' Microwave' sounds:' Claudius' Brüse,' Dirk'

Fabritius,'Wolfram'Franke,'Dave'Gould,'Bruce'Henderson,'

Uwe' G.' Hoenig,' Tobias' Menguser,' Dr.' Georg' Müller,' Rob'

Papen,'Mike'Rosen,'Geoffry'Ryle,'Martin'Stehl,'Stefan'Sten-

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