Setting up your Dual EnvVCA
1. Power off your Eurorack system.
2. On the back of the
Dual EnvVCA
you will see a 10-pin header. The 10-pin
header connects to a Eurorack power header using the included power
cable. Connect the 16-pin end of the power cable to a 16-pin Eurorack
power header on your power supply distribution board and the 10-pin end to
the
Dual EnvVCA
with the red stripe on the power cable oriented towards
the bottom of the module.
3. Using the included screws, securely attach the
Dual EnvVCA
to the rails of
your case.
4. Power on your Eurorack system.
Note: The
Dual EnvVCA
is reverse-polarity protected, but incorrectly connecting any module in any
system can damage other modules on the power bus.
Controls and Jacks
Cycle Buttons and Cycle Jack
The
Cycle
buttons toggle the cycling state for each channel. When cycling,
the
Dual EnvVCA
behaves like an LFO, with an output waveform that
continuously rises and falls. Each button illuminates orange to indicate the
module is cycling. Note that pressing this button does not reset or alter an
envelope that’s already rising or falling.
The
Cycle
jack
toggles the cycle state of both channels. If a
Cycle
button is
off, a gate signal will turn the button on and make the channel cycle for as
long as the gate is held high. If a
Cycle
button is on, then a gate signal will
turn the button off and cease any cycling for as long as the gate is held high.
See Cycle Button/Jack on page 13 for more information.
Rise/Fall Sliders
The
Rise
and
Fall
sliders control the rise and fall times of the envelope.
Shifting a slider up makes the rise or fall portion slower, shifting down makes
it faster.
Each slider has a white light that indicates the current stage and output
voltage of the envelope. When the envelope is in the rise stage, the
Rise
slider light will increase in brightness until the envelope hits its maximum.
Once the peak is reached, the
Rise
light will turn off and the
Fall
light will turn
on, decreasing in brightness as the envelope falls.
Rise/Fall Switches
The
Rise/Fall
switches select the overall range of the sliders. Each slider has
its own switch with three positions:
Fast, Med, Slow.
When the switch is flipped to
Fast
, the envelopes go well into the audio
range, allowing for classic AM, FM, and other fast modulation effects.
The middle position (
Med
)
is designed for typical musical tempos, and can be
useful when using the VCA to make notes at common BPMs.
The
Slow
position is geared for gradual fades and other slow LFO-style
modulations.
See the Rise and Fall Time Ranges chart on page 6 for more information.
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Cycle
Rise
Fall
Slow
Fast
A
Rise
Fall
Slow
Fast
Med
