Analogue Solutions Polymath - Manual (Page 11)

Polymath
Analogue Solutions | Circuit in Details 11
CIRCUIT IN DETAILS
Here follows details on all the sockets and controls, with brief simplified explanations of what
the circuits do. We have not gone into technical details on how or exactly what each circuit
does but tried to explain each control's function and effect.
We won’t describe in full detail what a ‘VCO’ is, for example. In principle, a Polymath VCO is
the same as any other VCO. We have assumed you have at least abasic understanding of
analogue synthesis and modulars. There are plenty of resources and tutorials on the web
explaining the fundamentals of subtractive analogue synthesis and modular use.
This synth has been designed to be simple and intuitive to use, just like the original analogue
synth’s of the 70s and 80s. There are no multi-layered menus to work through.
Anyone who has used synthesisers before should be familiar with the terms used and
therefore be able to predict their behaviour and how they affect the sound. The best way to
learn how to use Polymath is to go straight ahead and play with it. Reading of this manual
may only be necessary for finer operational detail.
SOME INITIAL NOTES
To get a useful sound from Polymath, some cable patching will be neccesarry. See the
‘Basic Patch’ example at the end of this manual as a starting point.
There are a few dashed lines on the front panel ‘connecting sockets’. These just suggest
some patches you can do with cables.