Kilpatrick Audio K6100 User manual

K6100PanningVCA
UserManual
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Introduction
TheK6100PanningVCAfromKilpatrickAudioisacompactandgreatsoundingVCA.Itwillbecomeanessentialpartofanysystem.Useitastwo
independentVCAs,ortogetherasastereoVCAorpanner.
Setup
TheK6100PanningVCArequiresonly+12Vand-12V.Makesureyouuseagoodpowersupplythatisnotoverloaded.Thevoltagesshouldmeasure
ascloseto+12Vand-12Vaspossible.
Togetsomethinghappeningrightaway,justconnectanoscillatorsignaltotheSIGIN1jack,andconnecttheOUT1jacktoyourmixeroroutput
interface.SetthePANOFFSETcontrolinthecentrepositionandadjusttheAMP1control.Thevolumeofthesignalshouldgoupanddown.
NowtryfeedinganLFOintotheCV1jackandgetsometremologoingon!
JacksandControls
TheK6100isadualchannelunit.Eachchannelcanbeusedindependently.TheCV1andSIG1inputjacksarenormalledtothesecondchannel.Ifa
plugisnotinsertedineithertheCV2orSIG2jack,theCV1orSIG1signalsrespectivelywillbeautomaticallypatchedtothesecondchannel.
Thefunctionofeachofthejacksisasfollows:
CV1-Amplitude(VCA)controlinputforchannel1
SIG1-Audiosignalinputforchannel1
OUT1-Audiosignaloutputforchannel1
CV2-Amplitude(VCA)controlinputforchannel2-withnopluginsertedthisreceivesthesignalfromCV1
SIG2-Audiosignalinputforchannel2-withnopluginsertedthisreceivesthesignalfromSIG2
OUT2-Audiosignaloutputforchannel2
PANIN-Panningcontrolinput-affectsbothchannels
/PANOUT-InvertedversionofthePANINsignalforconvenienceuse
Controls
Eachchannelcanworkindependently.WhenusingindependentlymakesurethePANOFFSETcontrolissetinthecentreposition.Thepanning
circuitsaffectbothchannels.

Thefunctionofeachcontrolisasfollows:
AMP1-ControlstheamplitudeofVCA1-usethisasamanualvolumecontrolortotailortheresponsetomatchyourCVinputsignal-an
LEDnexttothiscontrolshowstheVCA1status
AMP2-SameasAMP1butcontrolsVCA2-anLEDnexttothiscontrolshowstheVCA2status
PANLEVEL-AffectsthedepthofpanningfromthePANINjack
PANOFFSET-Affectsthepanbalancebetweenthetwochannels-usethisasamanualpancontrolortoadjustthepanningresponse
betweenthetwochannels-anLEDbesidethiscontrolshowsthepanstatus:red(left),green(right),andoff(centre)
AudioandControlVoltages
KilpatrickAudiostrivestomakeproductswiththemostconvenientanduniversalvoltagestandardspossible.Webelieveintheapproachthat
everythingshouldbeabletopatchintoeverythingandthereforeallourmodulesarebasedaroundthemostuniversal-5Vto+5Vrange.Pulsesand
gatesare0Voff/+5Von.Pitchvoltagesrangefrom-5Vto+5Vandusethestandardized1voltperoctavescaling.Audio,LFOandenvelope
voltagesalsorangefrom-5Vto+5V.Thisgivestheabsolutebestcompatibilitybetweendifferentmoduletypes.Ournon-Eurorackproductsalso
followthissamesystem.
WheneveryouseeanoffsetcontrolononeofourmodulesthatismixedwithaCVinput,thereisaneasywaytopicturehowitworks.Simply
imaginetheoffsetcontrolsettingthevalueoftheparticularfunctionwithnoinputsignal.(ora0Vinputsignal)PuttingaCVsignalintothe
correspondinginputjackwillsimplyaddorsubtractfromthisoffsetsetting.Someinputshaveattenuatorcontrols(wecallthemLEVEL)thatallow
youtoscaletheinputsignal.Thissimplyscalesdowntheinputsignalbeforeitcanaffecttheinternalcircuitry.
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