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Chapter 2: Controls and Connections

Venom User Guide

Inst Gain Controls the input gain of the audio signal from the Instrument Input. When the incoming signal is

greater than –20 dB, the LED lights green to indicate the presence of an incoming audio signal on the Instru-

ment Input. The LED lights red to indicate clipping. Adjust the Inst Gain level to the highest setting possible

without clipping to get a good signal level for recording when using Venom with any audio recording soft-

ware.

Mono Monitor Button

Mono Monitor Button This button switches the headphone and main outputs to Mono Monitor mode. Mono

Monitor mode pans these audio output signals to the center of the stereo field, allowing you to hear a mono

mix of your recorded tracks.

Phrase Arpeggiator

On/Off Button Enables (or disables) the Phrase Arpeggiator.

Tap Tempo Button Lets you tap in the tempo (tap at least twice) for the Phrase Arpeggiator, LFOs and tempo-

based delay effects. The LED blinks on and off in time with the quarter note pulse. Press and hold the Tap

Tempo button to set the tempo using the Value knob.

Arpeggiator Latch Simultaneously pressing the On/Off and Tap Tempo buttons switches the Arpeggiator Latch

function on and off. The LCD screen display the status as either “ARP LATCH ON” or “ARP LATCH OFF”.

Octave/Transpose Buttons

Octave/Transpose Buttons Let you transpose the keyboard up or down in octaves (+/–3) and semitones (+/–12).

Press the left button to transpose down by an octave and press the right button to transpose up by an octave.

Press both buttons simultaneously to enable transposition by semitones. Alternately, while holding both but-

tons down, adjust the Value knob to set an offset of +/–12 semitones. You can also press a key on the keyboard

while holding both buttons down to set the transposition. Pressing any key above or below middle C sets the

level of transposition to that key (up or down). Pressing middle C resets the transposition back to 0.

Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels

Pitch Bend Wheel Sends MIDI pitch bend messages to the synthesizer as well as the USB and MIDI Out ports.

This lets you create expressive changes in your performances by raising and lowering pitch. Moving the Pitch

Bend wheel upward raises the pitch of the synthesizer, and moving it downward lowers the pitch. When using

Venom to control another hardware synthesizer or a software synthesizer, the upper and lower pitch bend

limit is determined by settings on your hardware or software synthesizer, not by the Pitch Bend wheel on

Venom. This wheel is spring mounted and returns to the center position when released.

Modulation Wheel Sends MIDI CC 1 messages to the synthesizer as well as the USB and MIDI Out ports. This can

add expression to your performance by changing the intensity of certain effects. Typically, the Modulation

Wheel is used to control vibrato (change in intonation) or tremolo (change in volume). The MIDI data range

of the Modulation wheel is 0 to 127, with 0 being the note-unchanged position.

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