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Plonk​ ​Manual​​ ​​

v1.01 

 

 

 

Init

 

Preset 

Initializes

 

the

 

current

 

settings

 

to

 

a

 

default

 

preset

 

which

 

is

 

a

 

useful

 

starting

 

point.

 

Any

 

unsaved 

settings

 

will

 

be

 

lost. 

Send

 

Presets 

Sends

 

all

 

saved

 

presets

 

over

 

USB-MIDI.

 

See

 

The

 

​​

MIDI

 

Preset

 

Transfer

 

section

 

for

 

more

 

details.  

Loading

 

and

 

Saving

 

Presets 

Because

 

of

 

the

 

large

 

number

 

of

 

parameters

 

involved

 

in

 

physical

 

modelling,

 

Plonk

 

has

 

an 

onboard

 

flash

 

memory

 

that

 

allows

 

storage

 

of

 

up

 

to

 

128

 

preset

 

settings.

 

The

 

preset

 

storage 

functions

 

are

 

accessed

 

via

 

the

 

​​

SAVE

​​

 

and

 

​​

LOAD

​​

 

buttons.

 

When

 

Plonk

 

first

 

starts

 

it

 

will

 

load

 

the 

last

 

used

 

preset. 

Preset

 

Overview 

It’s

 

important

 

to

 

recognize

 

that

 

Plonk’s

 

concept

 

of

 

a

 

“preset”

 

is

 

slightly

 

different

 

than

 

programmable

 

synthesizer’s

 

concept

 

of

 

a

 

“preset.” 

On

 

a

 

typical

 

programmable

 

synth,

 

recalling

 

a

 

preset

 

sets

 

every

 

parameter

 

to

 

the

 

value

 

stored 

within

 

it

 

 

regardless

 

of

 

the

 

current

 

position

 

of

 

its

 

knobs.

 

But

 

Plonk

 

presets

 

follow

 

a

 

different 

dictate.

 

Because

 

Plonk

 

is

 

a

 

eurorack

 

module,

 

which

 

is

 

designed

 

to

 

be

 

modulated

 

and

 

controlled 

by

 

other

 

modules

 

in

 

a

 

larger

 

system,

 

its

 

panel

 

knobs

 

are

 

always

 

live.

 

That

 

is,

 

when

 

you

 

recall

 

preset,

 

every

 

parameter

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

its

 

saved

 

value,

 

however

 

​​

any

 

value

 

presently

 

under

 

the

 

control 

of

 

a

 

front

 

panel

 

knob

 

(or

 

CV

 

input)

 

takes

 

the

 

current

 

value

 

of

 

that

 

knob

 

or

 

CV

 

input

 

into

 

account! 

Strange?

 

Not

 

really.

 

Plonk

 

is

 

not

 

designed

 

to

 

simply

 

recall

 

and

 

trigger

 

static

 

sounds.

 

Instead,

 

it’s 

designed

 

to

 

live

 

and

 

breathe

 

 

to

 

be

 

modulated

 

and

 

tweaked,

 

and

 

to

 

change

 

presets

 

in

 

real 

time

 

while

 

simultaneously

 

being

 

modulated.

 

Think

 

of

 

it

 

like

 

this:

 

a

 

single

 

snare

 

drum

 

doesn’t 

produce

 

just

 

one

 

sound,

 

but

 

rather

 

a

 

variety

 

of

 

sounds

 

depending

 

on

 

how

 

hard

 

you

 

hit

 

it;

 

where 

you

 

hit

 

it;

 

what

 

you

 

hit

 

it

 

with;

 

and

 

how

 

you

 

tune

 

it.

 

But

 

these

 

sounds

 

all

 

still

 

come

 

from

 

the

 

same 

snare

 

drum,

 

and

 

that

 

snare

 

drum

 

is

 

analogous

 

to

 

a

 

Plonk

 

preset. 

Because

 

of

 

this,

 

it’s

 

possible

 

to

 

load

 

a

 

preset

 

that

 

doesn’t

 

sound

 

exactly

 

like

 

you

 

expect

 

(or 

remember).

 

That’s

 

probably

 

because

 

the

 

current

 

position

 

of

 

Plonk’s

 

front

 

panel

 

knobs

 

are 

overriding

 

some

 

saved

 

parameter

 

values.

 

For

 

example,

 

if

 

you

 

recall

 

a

 

sound

 

that

 

you

 

thought 

should

 

have

 

a

 

long

 

decay

 

time

 

but

 

is

 

short

 

and

 

snappy

 

sounding,

 

it’s

 

probably

 

because

 

the 

DECAY

 

knob

 

is

 

turned

 

down. 

 

Page

 

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Содержание Plonk

Страница 1: ...Plonk Manual v1 01 Plonk Physical Modeling Percussion Synthesizer...

Страница 2: ...rt Installing Your Module Quick Start Front Panel Controls Inputs and Outputs Parameter Menus Pitch Parameters Octave Quantize Exciter Parameters Mallet Noise Mix Mallet Stiffness Noise Density Noise...

Страница 3: ...Tone Resonator Inharmonicity Resonator Pitch Envelope Amount Resonator Pitch Envelope Time Polyphony VAR X and Y Destinations MOD Destinations Choke Resonator Noise Both Preset Step Randomize Morph C...

Страница 4: ...Plonk Manual v1 01 Downloading Presets to a Computer Uploading Presets from a Computer Calibration Technical Specifications Firmware Changelog 1 0 July 20 2017 Page 3...

Страница 5: ...t being struck which vibrates resonates and creates the body of a sound Plonk offers several types of resonators beam marimba drumhead membrane plate and string Plonk provides numerous parameters that...

Страница 6: ...nd banks of patches may be transferred via MIDI System Exclusive over Plonk s built in mini USB port to facilitate offline storage by programs or websites that support this capability Plonk was develo...

Страница 7: ...apacity or upgrade your power supply You will also need to ensure you have enough free space hp as well as free power headers in your case to fit the new module You can use a tool like ModularGrid to...

Страница 8: ...s that serve other purposes so ensure the cable is connected to the right one The other end of the cable with a 16 pin connector connects to the power bus board of your Eurorack case Ensure the red st...

Страница 9: ...seated on both ends and that all the pins are correctly aligned If the pins are misaligned in any direction or the ribbon is backwards you can cause damage to your module power supply or other modules...

Страница 10: ...Run the sequencer you should hear the Plonk make noise 4 If your sequencer has a secondary CV output connect it to the VEL input for velocity control Switch between sounds 1 Connect a sequencer track...

Страница 11: ...Plonk Manual v1 01 Front Panel Page 10...

Страница 12: ...odulating the VAR X destination 8 Y Knob Bipolar control for manually modulating the VAR Y destination 9 LOAD Button Accesses the LOAD menu which is used for loading presets from the onboard flash mem...

Страница 13: ...by a gate then any voltage above 1 5 V is sufficient C DECAY CV offset for the DECAY control The accompanying attenuverter can be used to scale and flip the incoming voltage Range of 5 V D Y CV offset...

Страница 14: ...se The mallet is a momentary impulse while the noise is white noise that can be shaped by a lowpass filter highpass filter and amplitude envelope The filters are applied in series so together they can...

Страница 15: ...ate envelope and filter settings a noise density between 50 and 100 can be good for bowed sounds or snares Noise Lowpass Cutoff Sets the cutoff frequency of the lowpass filter applied to the white noi...

Страница 16: ...a drumhead will be bunched closer together The material of the resonator will have an effect on the relative decay of the partials while the position at which it is excited will have an effect on the...

Страница 17: ...he partials Perceptually this parameter affects the object s material Depending on the resonator type lower values may evoke wood nylon or plastic while higher values may evoke metal or glass Resonato...

Страница 18: ...n the modulation destination selection screen you can push the X or Y button a second time to set the DEPTH of the respective control The DEPTH allows you to configure how much the full range of the m...

Страница 19: ...5 will select another preset in the range proportional to the amount of voltage applied Selecting a preset in this way is subject to the following conditions All exciter and object parameters will be...

Страница 20: ...esonator type assigned to the destination preset However all other resonator and exciter parameters do morph CONFIG Settings Gain Adjusts the overall gain of the current patch from 20 dB to 12 dB This...

Страница 21: ...other modules in a larger system its panel knobs are always live That is when you recall a preset every parameter is set to its saved value however any value presently under the control of a front pan...

Страница 22: ...will be indicated by a star next to the preset number Saving To enter the preset save menu click the SAVE button Turn the ENCODER to find a slot in which to save the current module settings The last l...

Страница 23: ...ck the CONFIG button Turn the ENCODER till the display reads Send Presets Click the ENCODER If you haven t yet connected the USB cable to the back of the module the display will read Connect USB Once...

Страница 24: ...zer to the PITCH input Ensure nothing is connected to any of the other inputs 5 Set the voltage source to 0V The number on the display should be around 52000 6 Click the ENCODER The screen will indica...

Страница 25: ...Plonk Manual v1 01 Firmware Changelog 1 0 July 20 2017 Initial release Page 24...

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