SergeModular

Ups,

PanDrop@3/9 looks like an email address, but it was just meant to be an
abbreviation for the "Panning produces a level drop at 3 PM and 9 AM o'cloc=
k
position".

Sorry,
Jan-Hinnerk


--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "metafoetus2002" <jan-
hinnerk.helms@t...> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> thank you so much for verifying. I can feel peace of mind again :-)
>
> Regarding the explanation, however, I am unsure if this PanDrop@3/9 is
> caused by equal power panning. My Mackie mixer 1604 has equal power
> panning, and it does it without level drops.
>
> Reading EGRES/Wizardry/VCAs and Mixers, I discovered the following
> paragraph regarding the response of Serge VCAs to control voltage:
>
> >Below .5 volts, they want to attenuate completely, keeping noise

minimized=

> .
>
> Do you think that this can have something to do with the PanDrop@3/9?
> Perhaps at the 3 PM and 9 AM the voltage controlling the VCA of the side =

th=

> at
> gets softer and softer drops below 0.5 volts, so that the VCA shuts down =

> completely abruptly?
>
> Or am I confusing things?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> best regards,
> Jan-Hinnerk
>
>
> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "paradigmshiftbeats" <
> c.d.sawyer@t...> wrote:
> > Jan-Hinnerk,
> >
> > My UAP (also part of an Animal panel) behaves identically to yours.
> > This, I believe, is a function of the Serge "equal-power" panning
> > versus the linear panning we're generally accustomed to. Perhaps
> > some of the more experienced members can shed more light on why the
> > equal-power approach (which I think is designed to keep loudness the
> > same when at dead center as when panned right or left) causes each
> > sound to drop at its opposing 3/9 o'clock mark.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "metafoetus2002" <jan-
> > hinnerk.helms@t...> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was able to aquire an Animal, just some month old, from Joe
> > Millar. Very
> > > smooth deal, good trader.
> > >
> > > After the first blast of excitement, I discovered the following.
> > >
> > > I feed a sine wave into the right input of the [UAP] and switch
> > the [UAP] to Pan
> > > mode. Now, when I turn the Pan knob from the middle position to
> > the right, the
> > > following happens: The right signal gets gradually louder, the
> > left signal gets
> > > gradually softer. So far, so good. But at around the 3 PM o'clock
> > position of the
> > > Pan knob, the left signal drops abruptly to zero level.
> > >
> > > Accordingly, if I turn Pan to the left, the left signal gets
> > gradually louder, the
> > > right signal gets gradually softer. But at around the 9 AM o'clock
> > position, the
> > > right signal drops abruptly to zero level.
> > >
> > > Also, if I set the [UAP] to Xfade, I can not do a smooth
> > crossfade. E.g. I start
> > > with signal 1 only -- at the 9 AM position of the Xfade signal 2
> > gets abruptly
> > > switched on. And at 3 AM signal 1 gets abruptly switched off.
> > >
> > > Is this strange or the normal behaviour of the [UAP]?
> > >
> > > If this is how it is meant to be - although I find it hard to
> > imagine that it should
> > > be this way - I am fine with it, as this small panel is a
> > powerhouse of an
> > > electronic musical instrument, unlike any other I have ever owned
> > or played. I
> > > just want to have peace of mind.
> > >
> > > In any case, I already ordered a [TKB]. Hehehe.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance, best regards,
> > > Jan-Hinnerk