Doepfer

What happens when you tune the dials on the pressure section, like  
lowering the threshold or increasing the CV scale?  Is it more  
sensitive then?  (Just curious, I don't own one.)

On Dec 27, 2008, at 10:26 AM, mm123 ah wrote:

>
> Thanks to Josh for answering my BBD question. Now here's one about  
> the A-198 Trautonium / Ribbon Controller.
>
> Is it normal for the pressure gate on the original
> A-198 Trautonium / Ribbon Controller to require a very uncomfortably  
> heavy "touch" to activate the pressure gate? I use the word touch in  
> quotes because it requires so much weight to activate (even at the  
> lowest threshold setting) that it feels like I'm having to  
> practically jump on it to get it to gate. The way this unit's  
> responding, I feel it puts a dangerous amount of strain on my  
> fingers and wrists to be able to use it regularly.
>
> I'd like to be able to play melodies on the ribbon controller the  
> way one would use a standard keyboard controller, with an envelope  
> controlled VCA thats got a significant release time. The way things  
> seem to be set up, when hold is set to off, the gate is activated on  
> ribbon contact and deactivated when the ribbon is released. At the  
> same time, the CV output drops suddenly when the ribbon is released.  
> This obviously won't work for most sounds that haven't got an  
> immediate release. If the hold switch is set so the output CV  
> doesn't drop off upon ribbon release, the CV holds well enough, but  
> the gate remains on. Is this normal?
>
> Is it possible to set up the ribbon controller (without using  
> additional modules) to play a sound with a decent release without  
> its pitch changing on release? I thought perhaps the pressure gate  
> could be used, but like I said above, it requires an uncomfortable  
> amount of pressure. Plus, when the pressure gate is used, the normal  
> (non-pressure) output CV increases on ribbon release (!). Is  
> something wrong with this unit or is this just the way it was  
> designed?
>
> Please reply to me directly at minime123 at onebox dot com as I  
> don't check my hotmail account too often.
>
> Thanks,
> Mini
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