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Polysix Modwheel ALWAYS controls pitch

Polysix Modwheel ALWAYS controls pitch

2016-09-25 by ocguitar@gmail.com

I'm wondering what could cause the Modwheel to always effect VCO even when the Mod switch is set to VCF or VCA. On VCF and VCA the Modwheel effects VCO AS WELL AS VCF or VCA. So I'll get a pitch wobbling up and down plus filter or amplitude LFO.


In other words, the Modwheel always makes the pitch wobble up and down in addition to whatever setting the switch is on. I don't think it used to behave like this. Has anyone else run into this? Is this an easy fix? 


Thank you!

-Steve

Re: Polysix Modwheel ALWAYS controls pitch

2016-09-26 by jesusgallego@gmail.com

This is normal behaviour of the mod wheel on the Polysix that typically confuses new users. The LFO on the wheel is fixed to pitch control, in addition to the EG settings (in just increases intensity even further if EG is set to VCO already). The upside is that you can have the LFO affecting two destinations at once if you wish so.

Re: [PolySix] Re: Polysix Modwheel ALWAYS controls pitch

2016-09-26 by Johannes Hausensteiner

In the files section of this group in the folder "Mods & Repair" there
is a file P6_MODS.ZIP. There you can read - among other stuff - how to
make the Mod Wheel follow the programmed modulation (VCO/VCF/VCA).

Have fun! Johannes

On 2016-09-26, 17:44 jesusgallego@gmail.com [PolySix] wrote:
>
>
> This is normal behaviour of the mod wheel on the Polysix that typically
> confuses new users. The LFO on the wheel is fixed to pitch control, in
> addition to the EG settings (in just increases intensity even further if
> EG is set to VCO already). The upside is that you can have the LFO
> affecting two destinations at once if you wish so.
>
>

Re: Polysix Modwheel ALWAYS controls pitch

2016-09-27 by ocguitar@gmail.com

Ahh okay! Good to know it's not a glitch. I had my P6 brought back from the dead (battery) so I just wanted to make sure it wasn't going haywire again. Thank you!