Melbourne NINA - Table of Contents

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MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS – NINA V1.1
Contents
Introduction ........................................3
Safety & Compliance Statements ................. 3
Overview ...........................................4
Voice Architecture ..................................4
Unit Overview ......................................6
Main Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
NINA Keys ........................................8
NINA Knobs ......................................9
Rear Panel & Connections ......................10
Display Layout ................................... 12
Basic User Interface Principles ..................... 12
Presets ............................................ 14
Loading Presets ................................. 14
Initialize Preset .................................. 14
Banks ........................................... 14
Rename ......................................... 14
Saving Presets ................................... 15
Import & Export Presets .......................... 15
Morphing and A/B Compare .......................15
Dance Mode ..................................... 16
DJ Mode ........................................ 16
Store to A/B ......................................17
Load a Preset into B ..............................17
Patch Design .......................................17
Nina Voice Block Diagram .........................5
Analog VCOs .....................................17
Digital Oscillator ................................. 18
Noise and Other Sources .......................... 19
XOR ............................................. 19
White ............................................19
Pink .............................................19
Aux In ........................................... 19
Input Select ....................................... 19
Ex Input Gain .................................... 19
Voice Mix ..........................................20
Drive & Overdrive ..................................20
Filter / VCF ........................................20
Filter Envelope EG1 ................................ 21
EG1-CUT ........................................ 21
VCA EG2 ........................................22
Glide / Portamento ................................22
Stereo Innite Panning .............................23
The Panner ......................................23
MOD Matrix Pan .................................23
Unison ..........................................24
Spin .............................................24
Modulation ........................................25
LFOs ............................................25
EG1-CUT ........................................26
MOD mode ......................................27
Modulation Sources ..............................28
Modulation Destinations ..........................29
Layers / Multi-timbral Operation ...................30
Eects with Multi-Timbral .........................30
Arpeggiator with Multi-Timbral .................... 31
Multi-Timbral Conguration ....................... 31
Reset ............................................ 31
Current Layer .................................... 31
Layer Voices ..................................... 31
Output Routing ..................................32
Low Note / High Note ............................32
MIDI Channel ....................................32
CV A and CV B Source ...........................32
Volume ..........................................32
Patch/Preset Global Settings ......................32
Poly Mode .......................................32
Unison Voices and Unison Detune ................33
Panner Voices and Panner Mode .................33
Pitch Bend Range ................................33
Time Mod Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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