Doepfer Dark Time Sequencer - Manual (Page 5)

Dark time DOEPFER Introduction
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1.2. Getting started
When lifting Dark Time out of its box for the first time, please make sure that everything is in its right place.
You will find the following component parts in the box:
• Dark Time sequencer
• wall-wart (12V AC / 400mA)
• USB cable (A-B type)
• two A-100 patch cables
• this owners´ manual
You will also need:
A suitable sound generation device with MIDI- and/or CV/gate connectors (e.g. Doepfer Dark Energy
synthesizer).
To run Dark Time via its MIDI-DIN socket, you will also need:
• A MIDI cable to control a suitable MIDI-synthesizer from Dark Time.
To run Dark Time via its CV/Gate inputs, you will also need:
• At least two 1/8” plug patch cables – the more, the better – and a suitable equipped analogue
synthesizer (e.g. the Doepfer Dark Energy or a Doepfer modular synthesizer model A-100).
1.2.1. Setup:
Use Dark Time in a flat or upright position. Please use a suitable support. Used pizza cartons or beer crates
should not be your first choice. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
1.2.2. Connections:
You do not necessarily need all its built-in sockets to get Dark Time going. For a simple setup, you will need
just the ones pictured below. Make use of the additional terminals and you will tremendously expand Dark
Time’s potential. These connectors will be described along with the corresponding modules later on in this
manual.
• Power supply:
Connect the included power adaptor (“wall wart”) to the 12V AC socket on the rear panel of
Dark Time.
Important: Use this power adaptor only or an equivalent one with exactly the same specs!
Powering Dark Time via USB is not possible since the internal analog circuitry of Dark Time
runs at +/-12V.
• USB:
First, power up Dark Time. Second, connect Dark Time’s USB socket with your suitably equipped
synthesizer or computer. Any configuration or driver installation work is not required on your
computer.
• MIDI:
Connect Dark Time’s MIDI-out socket with the MIDI-in socket of your MIDI synthesizer to run Dark
Time in a conventional MIDI setup without USB.
The default setting of Dark Time‘s MIDI channel is Channel 1. How to change this setting is
described on page 16 in chapter 3.2.1, “USB/MIDI interface“.