SOMA Pulsar 23, User Manual

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PULSAR • 23 USER MANUAL
AUXILIARY INPUT TO THE MAIN MIX BUS
MIX IN pin is an audio input for signals that should be added to the main mix.
To create a metronome, connect the output of the clock divider of the desired time
signature (usually 4 or 2) to the attenuator input, and connect the attenuator output
to the MIX IN.
VCA
The two VCA modules are two independent CV-controlled amplifiers. They can be
used for control and audio signals.
IN pin — controlled signal input.
OUT
pin
— controlled signal output after VCA processing.
CV pin — control signal input. The voltage at this pin determines the gain of the VCA,
which can range from 0 to 1.
INV
NON-CONTROLLABLE INVERTER
Inverts the incoming signal relatively to the value of +5 volts. It can be used for
control and audio signals.
IN
pin — inverter input.
OUT pin — inverter output.
How to create a sidechain compressor effect: Connect the ENV BD output to the input
of the non-controllable inverter, the inverter output to the CV VCA input, the VCA
OUT to the MIX IN input; apply a long signal to the VCA IN, for example, noise from
the NOISE pin.
INV CONTROLLED INVERTER
Inverts the incoming trigger signal when a voltage higher than +5 volts is applied
to the CV pin. It can only be used for trigger signals since it has a binary output
of 0 \ +10V.
IN pin — inverter input.
OUT
pin
— inverter output.
CV pin — control voltage input. Applying voltage to this contact will invert the signal
applied to IN.
You can use the controlled inverter to control the shift of pulses coming from the clock
divider that are used to trigger synthesis modules. For example, you can shift a hi-hat
pattern from fourth to unstressed eighth notes. When voltage is applied to the CV pin,
the trigger input of the HHT module will begin to respond to the negative edge of the
signal, which coincides with unstressed eighths. If you remove the voltage from the
CV pin, the HHT beats will return to fourth notes.