1. pitch each of the four oscillators have a dedicated pitch control knob. pitch is raised by turning clockwise pitch is lowered by turning counterclockwise |
4. direct outputs |
each oscillator has a direct out. |
the directs are post the volume controls. volume controls affect both the direct out level and the send to the master mix output simultaniously. |
5. oscillator on/off ------active when switches are up------ |
these four switches turn each respective oscillator on and off in both the mix out and each direct out |
| 6. light sensors on/off ------active when switches are up------ these switches activate or deactivate each of the oscillators respective light sensitive pitch controls when activated each oscillator becomes a light theremin |
| darker light equals higher pitch brighter light equals lower pitch the pitch knobs and light sensors can affect the pitch of each oscillator at the same time . turning the pitch knob while the light sensor is active increases the lowest point in pitch that the light sensor will produce with maximum light. when a light sensor is not active only the knob will affect the pitch |
7. tweak bus ------active when switches are up------ how and how much the effect of the tweek bus has upon the oscillators depends on all of the parameters affecting each oscillator. pitch.,..... volume.........etc. when the tweek bus is activated it sends a feed of the oscillator to the master tweak bus controller and from there this dial controls the amount of inter-oscillator tweakage.) the oscillator signals will bleed into one another in different ways this knob kind of facilitates a beautiful tapestry of beat frequencies, bleading and more. the tweek function of this instrument greatly influences the amount and quality of the ring modulation that occurs while the four oscillators are being mixed together |
| 8. harmonic limiter /grinding controller turning this knob increases the grinding/limiting effect which is applied to the mix/summing output signal. the four leds act both as a signal envelope follower and signal INTENSITY GRINDING indicator. when the leds are at the brightest the GRINDING / limiting effect exhibits the most influence on the signal. |
| 9. power turns the instrument on and off |
| 10. external 9 volt d.c adaptor input uses boss type adaptor sleeve is + center is - |
| however when used in conjunction with the other four outputs the full sonic potential of this instrument becomes quite clear as you drift into a trance |
| 12. mix out the mixed signal of all four oscillators |
| 11. master volume allows control over the mix blend volume the mix out ring modulates up to all four of the signals routed through it. |
3. volume |
each oscillator has dedicated volume control |