Doepfer Dark Energy I (device no longer available) - Manual (Page 6)

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Dark EnerGy DOEPFER Introduction
• Power supply:
Connect the included power adaptor to the 15V AC socket in the rear panel of Dark Energy.
Importand: Only use this power adaptor or an equal one with exactly the same specs!
A powersupply via USB is not possible since the internal analogue circuits of Dark Energy run with +/-12V.
If two or more units run in parallel, each units needs it‘s own power supply with power adaptor. If there will
be a demand, we may consider offering a bigger power adaptor with several connections.
• USB:
Connect Dark Energy‘s USB socket to your computer. Any configuration work or driver installation is not
needed.
• MIDI:
To run Dark Energy in a conventional MIDI setup without USB, please connect Dark Energy‘s MIDI-in so-
cket to the MIDI-out socket of your MIDI controller device (e.g. masterkeyboard, synthesizer, sequencer).
The default setting of Dark Energy‘s MIDI channel is Channel 1. Changing this setting is described on
page 19 in the chapter „USB/MIDI interface“.
• Audio:
Connect the Audio output socket on Dark Energy‘s frontpanel to the audio input of your mixer, amp, etc.
Please use the included connection cable.
• CV/Gate:
To run Dark Energy with a CV/Gate sequencer / keyboard, you have to connect at least Gate- and
VCO F sockets. Gate triggers the notes, VCO F determines the pitch of the notes. Using additionally
VCO PW, VCF F and VCA A connections, Dark Energy‘s corresponding soundparameters can be
controlled dynamically via control voltages. More on this topic later on in this manual.
1.3. Check it out
Please bring all frontpanel controls to it‘s basic setting as shown in the picture below. The default MIDI
channel setting is 1 and should not be changed at this moment.
Tune
Res
ADSR
Range
Shape Shape
Shape
Range
Range
LFO1 LFO2 LFO1
LFO2
up half low
high
high
high
low
low
ADSR ADSR ADSR
ADSR
down full medium
Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release
medium
medium
Frequ.
Frequ.
Inputs Outputs
Gate VCA A VCF F VCO PW VCO F Ext.
Audio
LFO1 Envelope Audio
VCO VCF Envelope
VCA
LFO1
LFO2
off off
off
off
off
off
off
off
Frequ. Amp
AM XFM FM
PW
PWM
LFM
Octave
Source Source Source
Source
Track
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4
5
1
3
2
10
9
7
8
0
4
5
1
3
2
10
9
7
0
4
5
1
3
2
10
9
7
0
4
5
1
3
2
10
9
7
0
4
5
1
3
10
9
7
0
4
5
1
3
10
9
7
0
4
5
1
3
10
9
7
8
0
4
5
1
3
10
9
7
8
0
4
1
3
10
9
7
8
0
4
5
1
3
10
9
7
8
0
4
1
3
10
9
7
8
0
4
1
3
10
9
7
8
0
1
3
2
10
9
8
0
4
1
3
2
10
6
9
7
8
0
4
1
3
2
10
6
9
7
8
0
4
1
3
2
10
6
9
7
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