SergeModular

The drop you are referring to is the dreaded 3dB cut in the center caused by
panning via crossfading. Personally I can't go into details about how the
UAP overcomes it, as I don't know this circuit, but yeah, this is what the
equal power panning function is all about.

- Peter


paradigmshiftbeats 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
>
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