SergeModular

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