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1. Use only KOMA CV signal CV OUT CV IN CV IN CV OUT PSU to ensure Make sure the EFFECT ON OFF indicator is OFF Play your in ae ore oe strument and adjust the volume Press the Bypass switch ea A QV DC INPUT performance and the EFFECT ON OFF indicator will turn green which means Prenes Sul the effect is now active If necessary adjust the INPUT GAIN Pes control to match the levels of the processed signal and the bypassed signal 5 SET LEVELS 6 PLAY Now play that machine Be aware of volume changes in your signal when using the FT201 Make sure that when you plug M P R N T Vertretungsberechtigte Registergericht Court of Registration KOMA Elektronik GmbH in the unit the RESONANCE slider control is not fully set to Gesch ftsf hrer Managing Director Amtgericht Berlin Charlottenburg Mahlower Strasse 24 HIGH this to avoid very loud and very high pitched sounds Christian Zollner amp Wouter Jaspers Registernummer HRB 145453 12049 Berlin Neuk lln while sound checking or you might just be really into that in KOMA Elektronik GmbH is a subsidiary Sitz der Gesellschaft Registered Office Umsatzsteuer ID VAT ID DE285522050 Germany that case leave it up high and roll with it company of KOMA Elektronik B V Berlin Germany2. A 1 N 1 xO 1 BS N 2 wm my D ES ima G ea 20 gt S J EXT CLOCK CUTOFF set SEED INPUT GAIN EFFECT ON OFF Ore CLICK IN Use a loud click signal for example a short kick or rim shot to clock the Sequencer of the FT201 via the EXT CLOCK CV input You can use a signal from your DAW or drum computer We offer a few example files Ableton Live and WAV format on our website from your DAW or drum computer We offer a few example files Ableton Live and WAV format on our website SEQ SPEED 6 CUTOFF SEQ LENGTH Oe 1S es 1S 5 e 0 LOW NPUT GAIN EFFECT ON OFF RESONANCE DISTORTED LOW FREQUENCIES great for bass synths When the input gain is all the way up the signal is distorted along with high resonance creating a gritty sound TECHNICAL SPECS Casing Shipping Weight Powder coated aluminum casing silk 1 kg 3 0 lb including power adapter screened text and wooden side panels and instruction manual Dimensions 24 cmx cmxo cmixWh Power requirements 9 x 6 x 2 Lx Wx H 9V DC power adapter 500mA min Net Weight center polarity negative only use the 850 gr 1 8 lb KOMA adapter shipped with the pedal WARRANTY KOMA Elektronik warrants its products to be free of defects in materials workman ship and conforming to specifications at the time of shipment for a period o
3. 01 FRONT PANEL CONNECTIONS amp CONTROLS ANALOG FILTER 10 STEP The patch bay consists of ten 1 4 mono jack sockets used to send and receive various audio or control voltage signals Blank arrows mark CV inputs outputs black arrows mark audio inputs outputs If USER MANUAL the arrow is pointing towards the jack socket it shows you that this is an output If the arrow is pointing away from the jack socket it is an input The FT201 has been designed to accept unipolar CV signals only Because the pedal runs on 9 volt every time you patch a control voltage to one of the CV inputs the respective knob e g SPEED knob or SPEED IN CV input determines the offset voltage of your CV input signal Dear KOMA user ue pape BAND PASS Audio Output 2 LO PASS Audio Output T SEQUENCER OUT CV Output SEQ RESET CV Input Filters are amongst the most important audio sculpting tools l s E when it comes to defining your own unique sound There s a The bandpass output of the filter The lowpass output of the filter The output of the sequencer ranging from A rising edge trigger or gate signal ot of discussion going on about different filter topologies 0 7V Note that this is the sum of the se arriving at this CV input resets the se heir respective sound and how to electronically solve eee CUTOFF CV Input quencer itself and the the CUTOFF knob quencer to step 1 A trigger will reset and a gate will hold the sequencer at diffe
4. 20 VAC for the USA 220 VAC for Europe or most oth er countries oot REAR PANEL CONTROLS Be sure your amp or mixer is turned off then connect your in strument to the FT201 by using the AUDIO INPUT on the upper right of the patch bay Connect one of the three filter outputs to your amp or mixer 3 SET UP THE FT201 TO A BASIC PATCH The FT201 is running on a 9V power supply To make the unit compatible to all other equipment out there we provide you with a trimmer for each CV input on the backside of the panel So whenever you notice a significant distortion or clipping in your control signal waveform or strange CV behavior simply turn the trim pot counter clockwise until you hear the desired result By turning it counter clockwise Set all the rotary controls on the FT201 to 0 Turn down the you attenuate the incoming CV signal Fully counter clockwise means that the incoming CV signal is completely trimmed down whereas fully clockwise means that the incoming CV signal is arriving to the volume of your amplifier circuit unattenuated 4 POWER UP BYPASS SENSOR CV OUT SENSOR CV OUT Connect the FT201 power supply to the FT201 DC input on the gdu itie ENE onne PENCEN nE Oeon C motion controller signal of the Sequencer backside of the pedal When you press the bypass switch the SENSOR RESONANCE CUTOFF SEQUENCER EFFECT ON OFF led will light up this means the effect is ON RESONANCE CV IN DC POWER CONNECTOR Attenuates the incoming gt z
5. BASIC SETTINGS or Coni AUDIO OUT eae eens ooo OH rH PASS BAND PASS LO PASS sogen mm ooo EXT Clock CUTOFF RESONANCE SEO RESET SENSOR SEQ SPEED 8 CUTOFF 4s 6 cae KA 6 0 Low INPUT GAIN EFFECT ON OFF T OO OSCILLATOR Patch the HI PASS output back into the AUDIO input to create an oscillator Sequence the pitch and even hold the sequencer when you place your hand over the SENSOR that is patched into SEQ RESET S0 SPEED 6 CUTOFF SEQ LENGTH oO GOO oO A 0 Low INPUT GA ON OFF o SUB BASS RESONANCE When using the HI PASS output at a very low cutoff and high resonance sub bass frequencies are added around the Q frequency TIPS amp TRICKS Linear PSU To ensure the best sound quality we recommend using a linear power supply at all times Because the sensor circuit needs a lot of current we recommend a minimum of 500mA Since it s a linear power supply not switching make sure the power supply is rated for the line voltage of your country 120 VAC for the USA 220 VAC for Europe and most other countries How to clean your FT201 The FT201 s body is white which means the chance of it becoming dirty after a show or intense studio session is high To clean the pedal use some pure cleaning alcohol e g isopropyl Make sure you use it safely that stuff is pretty flammable Also
6. atch bay you can control other features of the pedal SEQUENCER STEPS Q Slowest f you tum the SEO SPEEL as well as other KOMA Elektronik pedals or synthesizers that oen uiy D o yay accept control voltage The sequencer of the FT201 consists can turn the sequencer off with a out of 10 steps that you set with th click there s a built in switch in the Combining these two sound tools brings up a whole new vari 10 small knobs in the middle of th potentiometer ety of defining your sound and playfully work with it Have fun unit It is easy to imagine these te CUTOFF with your new machine knobs as duplicates of the big CUTOF knob the amount set with the litt Sets the cutoff frequency for the fil All the best from Berlin sequencer knob of the active step i ter simultaneously for all three filter added to the current setting of the characteristics Fully counter clock The KOMA Elektronik Team CUTOFF knob or in other words You i wise sets the cutoff frequency to can shift the sequencer CV up and the lowest and fully clockwise to the down with the CUTOFF knob similar to Ja EFFECT ON OFF highest frequency setting a bias voltage for incoming CV 2 signals You can use the sequencer RESONANCE CV Output on the patchbay to controls z EY m m mm mm m n m m m another function on the FT201 with CV or send it to another device INPUT GAIN B The INPUT GAIN slider of the FT201 provides you with an adjustable gain to boost low
7. f two years from the date of purchase During the warranty period any defective products will be repaired or replaced at KOMA Elektronik s option on a return to factory ba sis This warranty covers defects that KOMA Elektronik determines are no fault of the user Returning Your Product You must obtain prior approval in the form of a RMA Return Material Authorization number from KOMA Elektronik before returning any product Email us at support ko ma elektronik com to request the RMA number All products must be packed carefully and shipped with the KOMA Elektronik supplied power adapter Sorry the warranty will not be honored if the product is not properly packed Once you have received the A write it on the box together with the word WARENRUCKSENDUNG and carefully R pack your product ship the product to KOMA Elektronik with transportation and in surance charges paid and include your return shipping address What will we do Once received we will examine the product for any obvious signs of user abuse or damage as a result of transport If the product has been abused damaged in transit or is out of warranty we will contact you with an estimate of the repair cost Warranty work will be performed and KOMA Elektronik will ship and insure your product to your address free of charge How to initiate your warranty Please initiate your warranty online by sending an email to support koma elektronik com FI 2
8. level input signals By onance at the given cutoff frequen sliding from left to right you can boost cy Be aware of the fact that the filter your signal from zero gain to 100 might start self oscillating when you gain 0 to 20qB Al z are at or near maximum resonance pi e een Renee ets the Q of the filter better known as resonance The resonance of a fil ter determines the gain increase of the signal at the cutoff frequency Set it to LOW left to leave the signal gain at cutoff frequency at zero and slide it to HIGH right to hear plenty of res FOOTSWITCH c Heavy duty Alpha foot switch turning the effect on and off GETTING STARTED N m o m m lt r The SEQ LENGTH knob is a rotary switch that Emits a CV signal that can be connected to lets you choose the length of the sequencer any CV input on KOMA products or for ex pattern from 2 10 in other words on what ample your modular synthesizer or other step that the sequencer will go back to step effect unit By moving your hand over the 1 The currently active step is indicated by a sensor you can control the parameters of small red LED next to the step number the CV input patched to it 1 UNPACK YOUR MACHINE The package comes with the FT201 pedal a 9VDC 500mA center negative power supply and this manual Make sure that the power supply is rated for the line voltage of your country 1
9. make sure there is no solvent mixed in this will remove the screen printing on the pedal Cleaning the Sensor After intensive use the sensor can be a bit dusty we recommend to clean the sen sors with a simple old toothbrush Manipulating the Sequencer Length The FT201 s internal sequencer can officially only run from 2 10 steps Try to chal lenge this principle by setting the SEQ LENGTH controls to 1 We think this feature is very useful FEATURES The use of the filter section of the FT201 is pretty straight forward There is the CUT OFF knob with which you set the cutoff frequency for the filter simultaneously for all hree filter characteristics Fully counter clockwise sets the cutoff frequency to the owest and fully clockwise to the highest frequency The RESONANCE slide he Q of the filter better known as resonance The reso nance of a filter determines the gain increase of the signal at the cutoff frequency Set it to LOW left to signal gain at cutoff frequency at zero and slide it to HIGH right to hear p esonance at the given cutoff frequency Be aware of he fact that the filter might start self oscillating when you are at or near maximum esonance The sequencer is divided into two parts A control section and the actual sequencer itself The control section consists of the two knobs named SPEED and SEQ LENGTH The SPEED knob sets the speed of the sequencer
10. ob back and forth rapidly until your fingers fall off but simply connect an alternating CV to the RESONANCE CV input You can take control signals from any source for controlling the inputs of the FT201 All of the CV inputs theoretically accept control voltages from 100V to 100V though a range from 5V 12V 15V to 5V 12V 15V is more common and usable BIPOLAR CV SIGNALS ee Voltage set by knob CDE ORT CV Signal inside the pedal Original CV Signal The incoming bipolar CV signal is shifted around the voltage that you select with the corresponding knob Example if you insert a 5V to a 5V sine wave into the CUTOFF CV input you will get the following results while turning the CUTOFF knob BIPOLAR CV SIGNALS tV 9V BiasVoltags qs ssa ah areca Bias Voltage set by knob N set by knob OND 0V NDE Original CV Signal CV Signal inside the pedal Low Bias Voltage High Bias Voltage A similar thing happens to unipolar CV signals their point of origin OV is shifted by the amount set with the corresponding knob In other words you add the voltage of your knob to the voltage of your incoming unipolar CV signal UNIPOLAR CV SIGNALS 9V Bias Voltage set by knob OND 0V Original CV Signal CV Signal inside the pedal FROM DAW as Sree CI ome C Caka maa AUDIO AUDIO OUT IN el O OQO BS n wo E am eS EA Ss AS LO SZ
11. owards the sensor the to rising edge triggers proceeding Da higher the CV raises You can set the one step whenever a trigger or gate 7 sensitivity of the sensor with a small signal arrives i SEQUENCER trimmer on the back called Sensor ZA The sensor output is 0 8V What is a vactrol Basically it s a light dependent resistor LDR and a LED kissing each other under a lightproof plastic blanket When you send current through the LED it shines pn brighter therefore the resistance of the LDR decreases and f vice versa Vactrols are great for sound application because RESONANCE CV Input RS they are not prone to distortion and are known for their soft N A Z Y yy i 0 SEQUENCER SPEED n SZ Controls the amount of resonance Z and organic analog response and sound gt f A in your given filter setting When you SA SZ SZ The SEQ SPEED knob sets the speed insert a control voltage into this input EXI CLOCK CUIOFF of the sequencer the time it takes to Sequencers on the other side are great tools for modula the RESONANCE slider determi th f eee t d tion possibly the most logical thing after a simple knob With 3 E EES SEO SPEED 5 a 3 i T SE NE S the onboard step sequencer you can twiddle with charming A Sa E E a a a frequencies and their resonant overtones or find a pretty eaan single suey Calne seele e pattern to go through your tone With the sequencer output meane 2 I6 the fastest 1016 ine on the p
12. rent approaches At KOMA Elektronik we went for a very RARE Controls the cutoff frequency of the step 1 as long as it is high versatile filter architecture called state variable filter One of j he advantages of this filter is that you have band pass high fitis wien Jas ine a Canol 7 pass and lowpass characteristics available simultaneously u me U a e AUMON Aa unAn or a given input Other musically convenient advantages are knob cietenmines ihe eiser voltage mi The main audio input of the FT201 The sound source plugged in here will go through the whole effects section he independently adjustable Q resonance and gain that can be set without affecting other variables HI PASS Audio Output an KO M A F K R N K 7 There are two gain cells in the signal path of a voltage con The nighpass ouiput of ne fuer T 201 ANALOG FILTER 10 STEP SEQ JENCR rolled state variable filter so there are different approaches z o represent those gain cells Usually these gain cells are EXT CLOCK CV Input 4 SENSOR CVOutput represented by an IC called transconductance amplifier a small chip but for the FT201 we decided to take another Accepts ie See i th l 7 N Z f N Ae is the CV eae the infrared electronic part here commonly known as vactrols sequencer by overriding the interna D 0 motion sensor The closer you move clock set by the SPEED knob It reacts yy N y something t
13. which means the time it takes to go from one step to the next one and at the same time also the duration of each single step On the scale that means 2 is the fastest 10 is the slowest If you turn he SPEED knob fully counter clockwise you can turn the sequencer off with a click there s a built in switch in the potentiometer AUDIO TO AUDIO MIXER IN m ED TEEEETTTTG A O i q Ic ig je AX q OAA j Ot 1 z EXT CLOCK CUTOFF RESONANCE SEO RESET SENSOR SEQ SPEED ee 4e 6 re A ae 9 7 SEQ LENGTH yO Oe ee Oe 0O j 2 3 4 5 6 i 10 Oe Oe 3 to Oe We 0 100 LOW HIGH INPUT GAIN EFFECT ON OFF RESONANCE 3 MIXER CHANNEL Take each output channel into its own channel on a mixer to blend between each filter type manually SEQ SPEED oe CUTOFF A 8 3 9 Qe 8 10 SEQ LENGTH a 9 0 0 o Oo 0o 100 Low GAIN EFFECT ON OFF RESONANCE DEEP BASS PUNCH plug your amp into the LO PASS output CV THEORY The concept of control voltage CV is not hard to understand instead of turning a knob on your pedal you simply connect a voltage the control voltage to the corre sponding CV input that does the job for you For example if you want to have quickly varying RESONANCE you don t have to turn that kn
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