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INSTAllaTIon The Make Noise RxMx is an electronic signal router requiring 35mA of +12VDC and 30mA of -12VDC 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.
EXPANSION The OUTputs of the Make Noise FXDf can be normalled to the 6 Channels of the RxMx by using the included 10-pin chain connector cable and connected as indicated below. Alternatively, you could connect the DPO’s waveforms to the 6 Channels of the RxMx by using the included 10-pin chain connector cable and connected as indicated below.
OVerVie W The RxMx is a Vactrol-based 6-Input, 3-Output, macro-Low Pass Gate and Signal Crossfader. The concept is based on Grant Richter’s circuit idea for applying “cadavre exquis” (aka exquisite corpse, a technique of serial blind composition) to modular synthesis. When modulating the RxMx with a Wogglebug, one will achieve modular “cadavre exquis.
pErsPE CtIVe The RxMx contains 100% analog filters and gain cells designed for musical applications and is not suitable for laboratory use. The RxMx, being a Vactrol-based circuit, will never have the speed or tight-tolerances found in many other VCA and VCF circuits. I would recommend that musicians desiring closely-matched Gain across multiple channels of VCAs look elsewhere! What the RxMx does offer is extremely-low noise with low distortion, in a smooth, naturalsounding circuit.
1 4 2 3 5 6 7 8 RxMx Panel Controls 1. Out A: 10Vpp (depending upon Level setting and source material), DC coupled output for CH. 1, CH. 2 and Aux A. Normalled to Out B. 2. Out B: 10Vpp (depending upon Level setting and source material), DC coupled output for CH. 3, CH. 4 additionally Out A and Out C are Normalled to this output. 3. Out C: 10Vpp (depending upon Level setting and source material), DC coupled output for CH. 5, CH. 6 and Aux C. Normalled to Out B. 4.
9 16 10 17 11 12 13 15 14 19 18 RxMx Panel Controls (cont’d) 9. CHANNEL Panel Control: Uni-polar control for selecting which of the 6 Low Pass Gate circuits is driven by the Level and Strike parameters. Possible selections are 0 (no channel), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. 10. CHannel SELect CV Attenuator 1: Bi-Polar attenuator for CHANNEL Select CV IN 1. 11. CHannel SELect CV IN 1: Control signal input for CHANNEL Selection. Associated with CHANNEL Select CV Attenuator 1. Range 0V to 5V. 12.
GETTING STARTED The RxMx contains 6 Low Pass Gate circuits. The LPG is a specialized type of synthesizer circuit developed by Don Buchla, where the amplitude of the signal is not only frequency dependent, but also under Voltage Control. It is in essence, a Voltage-Controlled Filter and Amplifier, a VCFA. Traditionally, the Lowpass Gate has had a very mild filter slope of 6db/ Octave.
A BIT MORE On CHAnnEL + RADIATE . . . Because the RADIATE parameter turns on adjacent channels, it possible to achieve similar results using the RADIATE controls. With CHANNEL set Full CCW and no CHANNEL modulation (nothing patch to CH SEL CV IN 1 or 2) CH. 0 is selected. Although no physical CH. 0 exists in the RxMx, it is still a possible channel selection. Therefore, increasing the RADIATE parameter value will turn on channels adjacent to CH. 0, beginning with CH. 1.
PaTCH Id EAs Cadavre Exquis -Patch any six audio sources to the six inputs of the RxMx. Set Level full CW, Radiate full CCW, Channel Full CCW. -Patch Wogglebug Stepped Random to Channel CV Input 1, adjusting input attenuator to allow random selection of all six channels. Adjust Wogglebug clock to taste. Mélangeur Automatique -Same patch as "Cadavre Exquis", but use a non-random stepped voltage source such as René or BRAINS/ Pressure Points. Taxonomy -Mult a single audio source to channels 1, 3 and 5.
MORE PaTCH Id EAs: Tossed as it is Untroubled -Patch RxMx B Output to VCO FM Input. Patch VCO to Optomix Channel Input. -Patch Tuned Voltage out from 2 chained Pressure Points to VCO 1v/oct input, and mult to RxMx Channel CV Input. -Tune Pressure Points channels so that Channel selection goes up from left to right. -Patch Pressure Points Common Gate to RxMx Strike, and mult to Optomix Strike. -Patch Pressure Points Common Pressure to RxMx Level CV Input, and Mult to Radiate CV Input.