Pressure Points
Limited WARRANTY: Make Noise warrants this product to be free of defects in materials or construction for a period of one year from the date of purchase (proof of purchase/invoice). Malfunction resulting from wrong power supply voltages, backwards power cable connection, abuse of the product or any other causes determined by Make Noise to be the fault of the user are not covered by this warranty, and normal service rates will apply.
Installation: The Make Noise Pressure Points is an electronic signal generator requiring 20mA of +12V regulated power and a properly formatted distribution receptacle to operate. It is designed to be used within the euro format modular synthesizer system. Go to http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm for the details of this format.
Jumper and Cable Connections: (Power connections for each module not shown for clarity.) Single Pressure Points with no BRAINS attached. Note all the "Close 4 Master" locations are closed, as well as the Expand headers. Two Pressure Points, chained. Note that the "Close 4 Master" headers are closed on the first unit (will be on the right when installed in the case).
Jumper and Cable Connections (con’t): BRAINS with a single Pressure Points: Note the single open "Close 4 Master" header, the BRAINS cable connected from "Points 1-4" header to EXPAND header, and the jumper on BRAINS set to "1PP.” BRAINS with two Pressure Points: Two is the maximum number of Pressure Points that can be attached to a single BRAINS.
2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 9 10 18 19 11 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pressure Points Panel Connections 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Pressure Out 1 Gate Out 1 Pressure Out 2 Gate Out 2 Pressure Out 3 Gate Out 3 Pressure Out 4 Gate Out 4 Active Stage Indicator LEDs Tuned Voltage Out X: 0 to 8V. Tuned Voltage Out Y: 0 to 5.5V. Tuned Voltage Out Z: 0 to 5.5V. Digit Trimmer: Use to adjust Touch Plate sensitivity to taste.
Overview Pressure Points is a controller in which 1 of 4 sets of 3 tuned voltages are selected by touching the corresponding printed copper wire at the bottom of the instrument. Touching Pressure Points, you become part of the circuit, generating a gate signal (Gate OUT), a control signal proportional to the amount of pressure applied (Press OUT) and activating the corresponding Stage. The Tuned Voltages for the activated Stage appear at their respective X, Y and Z OUTs.
TIPS & Tricks: -The Top row of Tuned Voltages range 0 to +8V, and may therefore be used to generate gate signals where full CW is Gate ON and full CCW is Gate OFF. -Process the Pressure Control Signal with a slew limiter and attenuator on Channels 1 or 4 of MATHS to achieve larger than life modulations.
