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Dave Smith Instruments MOPHO KEYBOARD User Manual

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arpeggiator. Mopho can be configured for use with either normally open (+) or
normally closed (-) footswitches. When set to Arp+ or Arp-, the footswitch will
act as a sustain pedal when the Arpeggiator is off.

Pedal: see table—

Sets the destination for the Pedal/CV input. Note that this

input is heavily filtered for clean operation, so there is a limit to the speed it will
respond to changes.

Display Pedal

Routing

FootCtrl

Routed to the Foot Control Modulation

Breath

Routed to the Breath Control Modulation

Expressn

Routed to the Expression Modulation

Volume Controls

Master

Volume

LpFilter

Routed to the low-pass filter

LpF Half

Routed to the low-pass filter, but with half the range

The input will also accept control voltages in the range of 0 to 3.3 volts DC. It is
protected against higher or negative voltages.

MIDI Pressure: Off, On—

When On, the Mopho will respond to received MIDI

pressure (aftertouch) messages and will transmit pressure from the keyboard to
MIDI Out.

Velocity Curve: 1…4—

Sets one of the four velocity curves for the keyboard to

adjust the velocity response to your playing style.

Pressure Curve: 1…4—

Sets one of the four pressure curves for the keyboard to

adjust the aftertouch to your playing style.

Basic Patch

Press the Write button to load a basic patch into the edit buffer.

The patch will not actually be written to the current program location unless
intentionally written to memory in program mode using the Write button.

Reset Globals

Mopho does not have a full hardware reset, but select this

parameter and press Write to reset the global parameters to their factory
defaults.

Balance Tweak: -14…14

—Adjusts the left/right output balance by

approximately +/- 4 dB.

MIDI SysEx Dump: see table—

Allows dumping of Programs in SysEx format

via MIDI. Also enables the translation of Mopho Keyboard programs into
formats readable by other DSI synths. Tetra’s voice architecture and voice
program parameters are basically the same as the Mopho Keyboard’s. The
desktop Mopho’s Feedback Gain is not programmable, so some tweaking of that
control may be necessary to match the sound to the keyboard. And the Prophet’s

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