Make Noise Mysteron User Manual

Page 4

Overview

Some say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, expecting different results. By that

definition, the Mysteron IS insanity.

Simply put, it is a voltage controlled Digital Waveguide algorithm; however, that does not completely explain all of its

behaviors. The Mysteron algorithm is a bit of a mystery even to those of us involved in its design. Despite being

completely digital, it is highly organic, displaying variation in outcome often seen only in nature. It is a formless blob

of DSP that you grow, modulate, and patch into new sonic territories- some vaguely recognizable and others

completely otherworldly.

For a long time, the Mysteron project had no name. It was later referred to as “Mystery Module” and then just “???”

Finally, the module was named for the extraterrestrials in the long forgotten BBC television series: “Captain Scarlet

and the Mysterons.” Those Mysterons discovered the secret of “retrometabolism” or “re-generation.” They had the

ability to alter matter and to recreate the exact likeness of any object once the original object had been destroyed, or

“de-generated.” Because the Mysteron algorithm shared some of these qualities (as well as a some unidentifiable

behaviors), the name seemed to fit to those of us working on the project.

mutate

IMPULSE

PITCH1

fine

TYPE

DEPTH

GENERATION

cv router

egu

i e

e u

v g

i e

out

EXCITE

PITCH2

Map of the Mysteron.