Special Stage Systems MING MECCA, User Manual

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patching a
GATE
signal into one or more of the
DIRECTIONAL INPUTs
will automatically engage relative control for the appropriate direc-
tion. Exiting the system is similarly straightforward: to regain absolute
X
/
Y
control of
SPRITE 1
, simply patch a voltage into its
X
or
Y CV
input
(or wiggle its corresponding knob).
Let’s try moving
SPRITE 1
using the
DIRECTIONAL INPUTs
. If you’ve
linked a
CONTROL CORE
, all you need to do is start pressing the
D-
PAD
buttons—the
DIRECTIONAL OUTPUTs
are already normalled to the
DIRECTIONAL INPUTs
. If your
CONTROL CORE
is unlinked, or if you
don’t have a
CONTROL CORE
, you’ll need to patch into the
GATE
in-
puts manually.
You should see
SPRITE 1
move around the screen in response to the
DIRECTIONAL INPUT
activity. Try changing the
SPEED
toggle to get a
feel for the different rates of motion. If
GATE
signals are sent to adja-
cent
DIRECTIONAL INPUTs
simultaneously, a diagonal motion will be
produced (for instance,
UP
and
LEFT
, or
DOWN
and
RIGHT
). If oppos-
ing directions are triggered simultaneously (
LEFT
and
RIGHT
, or
UP
and
DOWN
)
SPRITE 1
will simply freeze in place.
Now let’s move back to the absolute
X
/
Y
positional system by turn-
ing the
X
and
Y
knobs. You should see
SPRITE 1
“snap” to the voltage
position specified by the knob, indicating that the axis has been
placed back under absolute control.
The
WORLD CORE
decreases its sensitivity to the
X
/
Y
inputs
when using the
DIRECTIONAL INPUTs
. This is to avoid
problems where small fluctuations in voltage could “steal”
control away from the
DIRECTIONAL INPUTs
, causing
SPRITE 1
to jump in position unexpectedly. If you find that
SPRITE 1
is
not changing position in response to the
X
or
Y
knobs, try
wiggling the knob faster or over a greater range of values.
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