[A6] re: A6: Tracking Generator?

[Richard]

so am I right in saying it can be set to output either linear (smooth) or
non-linear (stepped) values? I'm trying to optimise the input from a wind
controller so obviously only the possibilty to edit the resposne in a linear
manner is useful...

Richard


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Evans" <dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>
To: <MelloT at aol.com>
Cc: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] re: A6: Tracking Generator?


> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 05:08:54PM -0400, MelloT at aol.com wrote:
> > You set it to receive a signal input - and then TELL it what level
output
> > that will cause to happen. For example, you could say, "as they Mod
Wheel level
> > rises, make the output go Hi, Low, Hi, Medium, Low, Meium, Low." That
would
> > generate something that seems like a sequencer output with three levels.
It's
> > almost like a Sample and Hold, but where you specify the output
depending on the
> > input...
> >
>
>   I'd caution thinking of it in terms of S&H, since S&H has some sort of
> temporal assocation ("when the clock signal appears, you sample.")  The
> tracking generator provides a simple mapping: "when the input control
signal
> is at this level, output this other level."  You can think of it as a
graph,
> with the input signal's value along the bottom and resulting output signal
> shown vertically.
>
> > My theory is that it gets used less, because it's response is less-like
the
> > organic world; it ouputs in a non-linear manner (if you set it up that
way).
>
>   Tracking generators typically provide a specifically linear mapping;
> I can't recall whether the one on the A6 does anything more exotic as I
> haven't used it in over a year.
>
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