Plankton Electronics ANTS!, Manual

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recreating the classical electronic bass drum. There are 3 main parameters
that will affect the drum sound:
RATE , CV1 Atten and DECAY . Small changes
here will change the drum sound completely. Try to use different waves and
the VCF . See what happens when you turn the ATTACK pot CW.
NOTES ON THE ENVELOPES
1. AD ENV 1 is a fast envelope. Very useful to create clicked and aggressive
sounds like basses and drums when a short ATTACK is needed. ASR ENV 2 is
slower. Best used for softer and long attack sounds
2. AD ENV 1 goes slightly below 0V when it is relaxed. You may notice it
when you connect it to some modules.
3. You can shape a sound wave by plugging it to the TRIG or GATE ins. Turn
completely CCW all the pots. Now turn one of them slightly CW and see the
result. You can listen the envelope.
VCAS
The VCAs (Voltage Controlled Amplifiers)
are usually used at the final stage of a
synth and they are in charge of control the
amplitude (volume, level) of the sound.
ANTS! has 2 VCAs and both can manage
audio and CV signals. VCA2 is more
complete and more often used as the
output module of the synth.
The VCAs receive an input signal which is processed according to the
control voltage (
CV IN ). In the next drawing you can see how a sine wave is
processed by the VCA with a short ATTACK and
long RELEASE envelope. We have seen it many
times with the examples. If you want to try it
again set the first patch of the manual and play
the sound. The
AD ENV 1 is in charge of
controlling the VCA. The sound will fade in and
fade out depending on the
AD ENV 1 settings.
The VCA1 has only 2 inputs and 1 output. The IN
is for the signal to be processed, the CV is for the
controlling signal. The
VCA2 has 3 extra
potentiometers: like in other modules, CV ATT is in
charge of controlling the amount of modulation
that controls the function;
BASE is a constant