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Kilpatrick Audio K6101 User manual

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  • What voltage does the K6101 Dual Envelope require?
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K6101DualEnevelope
UserManual
DownloadaPDFversionofthemanualhere:K6101-dual_envelope-manual.pdf
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Introduction
TheK6101DualEnvelopemodulefromKilpatrickAudioisaEurorackversionofthefamousPHENOLenvelopegenerator.Thiswascreatedby
populardemandandwilldefinitelyaddanewlevelofcreativitytoyourmodularsystem.
Setup
TheK6101DualEnvelope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,turnthethirdknobonthetoprowallthewayup.Turnthelefttwoknobsuphalfway.Setthetopgroupof
blackbuttonssothatonlythetoponeison.Thisputsthefirstchannelintooscillatormode.PatchtheOUT1jacktothepitchinputonanoscillator.
Tryturningdownthethirdknobtoquantizetheoutput!
JacksandControls
TheK6101isadualchannelunit.Otherthansharingsomecircuitryandapanel,thetwochannelsfunctioncompletelyindepedentlyofeachother.
Notethatbuttonsareusedtochangemodes.Thesesettingsareautomaticallystoredinnon-volatilememoryandshouldrestoretheprevious
settingwhenpowerisapplied.
Thefunctionofeachofthejacksisasfollows:
GATEIN1/2-Triggertheenvelope-inoscillatormodethisinputcanbeusedtomomentarilytriggertheoscillator
CVIN1/2-Adjusttheenvelopetimeoroscillatorspeed-thissignalwilladdorsubtractfromthecurrentpanelssettings
OUT1/2-Theenvelopeoroscillatorsignaloutput-theoutputvoltagecanrangefrom-5Vto+5V-anLEDabovetheGATEbuttonshows
theoutputlevelasred,(negativevoltage)green(positivevoltage)oroff(nearzerovolts)
Controls
Thefunctionofeachcontrolisasfollows:
UPTIME/SPEEDKNOB-Setstheuptime(envelopemodes)oroscillatorspeed(oscillatormode)
DOWNTIME/LEVELKNOB-Setsthedowntime(envelopemodes)oroutputlevel(oscillatormode)
THIRDKNOB-Hasthreepossiblemodeswhicharesetwiththethirdknobmodebutton(describedbelow)
GATE-Buttontomanuallygenerateagatesignal-alsohasanLEDthatshowswhenthegateison
Envelope/OscilltorModeButton-Topbuttonselectsbetweenthemainoscillator/envelopemodesasdescribedbelow
ThirdKnobModeButton-Middlebuttonselectsbetweenoneofthreemodesforthethirdknob
OutputModeButton-Bottombuttonselectsbetweenoneofthreeoutputmodes
Oscillator/EnvelopeModes
YoucanoperatetheK6101channelsintwodifferentenvelopemodesoranoscillatormode.Themodesaredescribedbelow:
OscillatorMode
TopmodeLEDwillbeoninthismode.Inoscillatormodetheoutputgeneratesatrianglewave.Thespeedisvariableusingthefirstknob,andthe
outputlevelisvariedwiththesecondknob.Whenyouturnonoscillatormode,thegatewillbelatchedonautomatically.Bypressingthegate
buttonorinputtingagatesignal,youcanoperatetheoscillatorinmomentarymode.Toresetthelatch,turnoscillatormodeoffandbackonagain.
Attack-ReleaseMode
TopmodeLEDwillbeblinkinginthismode.Inattack-releasemode,theoutputwillrampupatatimesetbythefirstknob(UPTIME)andfadeback
downautomaticallyatatimesetbythesecondknob.(DOWNTIME)Thelengthofthegatehasnoeffectontheenvelopeoutput.
Attack-Hold-ReleaseMode
TopmodeLEDwillbeoffinthismode.Inattack-hold-releasemode,theoutputwillrampupatatimesetbythefirstknob(UPTIME)andstayatthe
maximumvalueaslongasthegatesignalispresent.Whenthegateisreleasedtheoutputwillrampdownwithatimesetbythesecondknob.
(DOWNTIME)
ThirdKnobModes
Thethirdknobcanbeassignedtoaffectthreedifferentparameters.Themiddlemodebuttonselectsthemode.Thesearedescribedbelow:
GateDelayMode
MiddlemodeLEDwillbeoninthismode.Thethirdknobwilladjustthegatedelay.Whenagatesignalisinputorthegatebuttonispressed,a
timeoutmustoccurbeforethegatewilltrigger.Turnthethirdknobtoadjustthedelay.Thedelayonlyaffectsthegateturningon.Whenthegateis
removedtheoutputwillchangeimmediately.
ScalesMode
MiddlemodeLEDwillblinkinginthismode.Thethirdknobwilladjustwhichoneof16pre-programmedscalesandarpeggiosareusedtoquantize
theoutput.Theoutputiscalibratedbydesignbutmightnotbeexactly1V/octave.
StepsMode
MiddlemodeLEDwillbeoffinthismode.Thethirdknobwilladjusttheamountofquantizationorthenumberofstepsintheoutput.Therange
goesfrom2steps(minimumsetting)tofullysmooth.(maximumsetting)
OutputModes
Theoutputcanbepresentedinthreedifferentwaysbasedonthesettingofthethirdmodebutton.Thesemodesaredescribedbelow:
InvertedOutputMode
BottommodeLEDwillbeoninthismode.Inthismodetheoutputwillbeinverted.Insteadofrangingfrom-5Vto+5V,theoutputwillrangefrom
+5Vto-5V.WhentheenvelopeorLFOisnotrunning,theoutputwillsitat+5V.
AbsoluteValueMode
BottommodeLEDwillbeblinkinginthismode.Inthismodetheoutputwillproduceanabsolutevalueandwillonlygofrom0Vto+5V.Byusingthe
Stepsmodeinthelowestsetting,youcancreate+5Vpulsesandgatestodriveothermodules.
NormalMode
BottommodeLEDwillbeoffinthismode.Inthismodetheoutputwillrangefrom-5Vto+5V.WhentheenvelopeorLFOisnotrunning,theoutput
willsitat-5V.
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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