Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 5U Oakley
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Oakley Sound Syste ms 5U Oakley Modular Series VCO Controller 1U wid e osc ill ator m aste r m odule User Manual V0.0.04 Pre lim ina ry Vers ion More Info rm atio n to f oll ow Tony Al lg ood B.
The suggested panel for fitti ng to an Oakley modular system w ith the Oakley CV/gate buss. The twin keyboard control voltage (KCV) signals that this m odule generates are connected to the VCOs behind the front panel. If you do not have the facility for this you can make two of the front panel socket s carry the two KCV signals instead.
Int roduct ion Thi s is the User Manua l for the is sue 1 VCO Contr oll er 5U modul e from Oakle y S ound. Thi s document contai ns a basi c sum m ary of its operation, how our Oakle y Buss works, a guid e to the front panel c ontrols, how to connect it to your modul es and f i na l l y cal ib rat ion procedures.
Al so avai l ab l e are two oc tave switc hes. Thes e aff ect the two key board contr ol voltage (KC V) out puts of the modu le in di v i du al l y . Th is each VCO, o r VCO ban k, can be rais ed or lowered by one oc tave at a fl ic k of a switc h.
The Oakl ey VCO has a Oakl ey Buss inp ut header on its socket board. Pin 1 of this header is connected to the NC lug of the 1V/octave in put socket. So any voltage on pin 1 of this header is automatica l ly connected to the modu le' s 1V/oc tave in put unl ess as jac k is ins erted into that socket.
Front Panel Cont rols [more to come here ] 6.
Calibr ation The uni t has seve n trim me rs and thus ma y seem a li ttle daunti ng to trim cor rectly . However, the unit has be en desi gne d so that it is easy to set up and no spec ia l equi pm ent is required other than a guitar tuner or a decent set of ears.
SCL2 – This trim m er sets the scal e of the KCV2 outp ut Repeat the above but wit h y our second VCO and use the Key -CV2 ou tput . The purpose of both SCL trim m ers is to ensure that the VCO Cont.
Final Comments I hope y ou enjo y usi ng the Oakle y VCO Controller. If you hav e an y proble m s with the modul e, an exc el l ent source of support is the Oakle y S ound Forum at Muff wi g gl er.com . Paul Darlow and I are on this group, as wel l as man y othe r users and bu i ld er s of Oakl ey modul es.
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